reverieeee posted:

i saw mumford and sons with my dad for fathers day and i'm pretty sure i only saw like three black people the entire night

and this was not a small concert

thathonkey posted:

ive known ~4 people that had/have horses and 2 of them have suffered skull & brain injuries from being tossed by them. so add "surprisingly dangerous" to the list of horse person perks.

Fetus Tree posted:

loving christ equestrian singles is a disturbing phrase

reverieeee posted:

i saw mumford and sons with my dad for fathers day and i'm pretty sure i only saw like three black people the entire night

and this was not a small concert

Jerry Mumphrey posted:

and they only showed up by accident b/c they thought it was a sanford & son concert

17 Things Horse People Do That Shock and Sometimes Disturb Non-horse People posted:

Karlie Mitchell lays it all out there.

From Karlie:

I get a lot of shocked and sometimes disturbed looks from non-horse people over things I do or admit to doing regarding my horses quite regularly. Here are a few from a never-ending list:

Wearing old worn out clothes while your horse runs around tearing up brand new blankets

Refusing to get a manicure or pedicure or anything along that lines, yet your horse needs regular trims and perfectly clean and moisturized hooves

Sheath cleaning

Temperature taking

Eating a sandwich or snack in the barn with your dirty hands, yet once in the city you are reluctant to touch door handles

Getting up super early on weekends for horse shows

How much you spent on vet bills

Talking to your horses excessively: “GUYS stop fighting over food right now!” “Awee did you like your treats?” “BOYSSS come get your treats!!” “Ooo you like when I scratch your rump don’t you??”

Family pictures but instead of a family it is just you and your horses

When you get upset because your friend or family cannot tell your horses apart

Your “nice” or “expensive” clothing is your show clothes or fancy barn clothes

Bought a truck with nice leather seats that smells soooo clean… let’s just throw this sweaty and dirty tack on these nice clean seats and enjoy the aroma of barn while driving

When company comes over to your house and you have to abandon them to go do chores because the horses do not like when their feeding is late

Discussing mares in heat with horse people around non-horse people

Discussing worm counts and vet fecal tests

When a friend opens your fridge and find horse vaccines

When someone notices horse teeth somewhere in your house being stored like treasures

Fonzarelli posted:

I hear that to autistic girls, horses are their version of trains

Wanamingo posted:

tomstuart posted:

lets be honest at least one of those sites is a front for horse beastiality

Wanamingo posted:

Fonzarelli posted:

I hear that to autistic girls, horses are their version of trains

Business Gorillas posted:

i'd like to nominate fencing as the whitest thing, since horses still have practical applications outside of their associates rich white people "sports". same with sailing/rowing.

edit: same with archery/skiing

thathonkey posted:

golf is whiter because it requires tons of land just to play a stupid rear end rich person game on

Wedemeyer posted:

This is not a horse nor White Child. I'm posting it in White People + Horses thread to demonstrate this Brown child's abilities to domesticate a wild Mongolian Steppe Dog.

Pick posted:

Horses are really wonderful, sorry you beep boops don't have emotions or care about things.

Quirky Things Only Horse People Do posted:

Have you ever gotten strange looks for something you’ve done that you realize later only riders would do or understand?

We asked ourselves what quirky things horse riders do and came up with a few ideas, like wearing new tall boots out to dinner, holding extension cords like a lead rope and pocketing peppermints from restaurants for the next horse you’ll see.

You came up with many more quirks when we asked for your ideas on Facebook. Here are some of our favorite responses:

Calling “Door” whenever you walk through double doors.

Clucking and kissing whenever someone or something is not moving fast enough for you.

Poking ribs and/or saying “over” instead of asking someone to move over.

Telling people, animals and inanimate objects “whoa” when you want to slow down.

Saying “easy, easy” when calming down people or other animals.

Saying “walk on” when the stop light changes.

Whistling or whinnying for people and horses.

Using bailing twine for nearly everything; belts, hair ties, leashes, fixing fences, etc.

Asking other people if you smell like horse because you can’t tell nor do you care.

Telling someone, “Don’t pin you ears at me!” when they’re grumpy.

Wearing barn clothes in public, including breeches even after you’ve ridden bareback.

Loping or cantering instead of running or jogging.

Saying “foot” when tying shoes or putting socks on children.

Mounting bicycles, tractors and ATVs only from the left.

Riding an ATV in proper riding position on bumpy roads.

Wearing cowboy boots with shorts on.

Knowing other horse people even though you don’t know them.

More great responses from Facebook and Twitter:

Wearing spurs anywhere and everywhere.

Introducing siblings as “full brother” or “full sister.”

Using starch to iron jeans.

Judging people like they were in a halter class.

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opus111 posted:

goons have recently decided that horses are problematic, theres a BFC thread where goons are seething about them for pages and pages. also goons have decided that horses are pussies who are scared of everything, despite them being the stars of war for centuries. news: nobody on this forum know what the hell they're talking about.

Pick posted:

Horses are really wonderful, sorry you beep boops don't have emotions or care about things.

thathonkey posted:

golf is whiter because it requires tons of land just to play a stupid rear end rich person game on

opus111 posted:

goons have recently decided that horses are problematic, theres a BFC thread

Pick posted:

Horses are weak fragile twig animals who need people to survive, which is why they immediately established in North America and Australia the second colonists accidentally left their paddocks open.