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From the other end of the spectrum, a famous case of (adults) getting shipwrecked and going batshit insane: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batavia_(1628_ship) ht

• trhway 5y ago
  The Bounty mutineers' settlement on an uninhabited island also comes to mind https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutiny_on_the_Bounty#Pitcairn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutiny_on_the_Bounty#Pitcairn
  • frosted-flakes 5y ago
    Imagine having that as your family history. There are still 50 or so descendants still living on Pitcairn today.
    • mikestew 5y ago
      For a discomforting high number of those, their ancestry is probably the least of their worries: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitcairn_sexual_assault_trial_of_2004 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitcairn_sexual_assault_trial_...
    • goodcanadian 5y ago
      And several hundred descendants living elsewhere (Norfolk Island, Australia, New Zealand).
• battles 5y ago
  To be fair, it didn’t help that they left a psychopath in charge.