Ellie Trashcakes posted:

I grew up around them and was badly injured more than once and frankly they're just too loving dumb to safely be that strong, but I don't approve of causing pain to a creature to get what you want out of it.

Displeased Moo Cow posted:

you’re not a horse though

haveblue posted:

why is humans giving each other rides called piggyback

no one rides actual pigs

haveblue posted:

why is humans giving each other rides called piggyback

no one rides actual pigs

alexandriao posted:

I feel like the "nobody should ride on a horse" thing comes from not entirely getting the mutual bond and symbiosis, just like the "nobody should own a dog" thing.

That being said, a large amount of people either do not understand the trust that you have to build up, or they abuse it.

mediaphage posted:

“The adverb piggyback likely began as "a pick pack." Another early form of the word is pickback, evidence of which can be found in the still-extant variant pickaback. The adverb piggyback dates to the mid-16th century, and the noun-referring to an act of carrying piggyback-was in use by the end of that same century. The adjective piggyback, as in "piggyback ride," didn't enter the language until the 18th century, and the now-common verb piggyback didn't piggyback on the others until the late 19th century.”

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piggy-back, "on the shoulders or back like a pack or bundle," 1823, probably a folk etymology alteration of colloquial pickapack, pick pack (1560s) "on the back or shoulders like a pack," which perhaps is from pick, a dialectal variant of pitch (v.1).

Ellie Trashcakes posted:

Yeah, gently caress those guys. Don't abuse animals.

PokeJoe posted:

actually I don't give a poo poo if you ride a horse, I just don't like to do it myself. do whatever you want. you can get a dog too

Ellie Trashcakes posted:

I grew up around them and was badly injured more than once and frankly they're just too loving dumb to safely be that strong, but I don't approve of causing pain to a creature to get what you want out of it.

rotor posted:

idk poo poo about horses but like they're huge with very thick skin so what looks like you're wailin on em might just be like a small monkey whapping you with a lil plastic straw or something idk

alexandriao posted:

I didn't mean to single you out and I was only partially talking about what you said, sorry about that bud

alexandriao posted:

I feel like the "nobody should ride on a horse" thing comes from not entirely getting the mutual bond and symbiosis, just like the "nobody should own a dog" thing.

mediaphage posted:

“The adverb piggyback likely began as "a pick pack." Another early form of the word is pickback, evidence of which can be found in the still-extant variant pickaback. The adverb piggyback dates to the mid-16th century, and the noun-referring to an act of carrying piggyback-was in use by the end of that same century. The adjective piggyback, as in "piggyback ride," didn't enter the language until the 18th century, and the now-common verb piggyback didn't piggyback on the others until the late 19th century.”

AnimeIsTrash posted:

If you saddle them up too young or are riding a horse that can't support your weight you are physically hurting them and for younger horses you can cause lasting injuries.

That doesn't seem like the same thing as owning a dog at all.

DrPossum posted:

what is a horse even?!

rotor posted:

a small monkey whapping you with a lil plastic straw or something idk

Displeased Moo Cow posted:

Kernel Sanders posted:

small monkeys are no joke. I’ve been to a monkey sanctuary and got to interact with adolescent capuchin monkeys that were beer can sized. the little fuckers had pinched so strong it felt like they’d tear an ear straight off if it wanted to

Agile Vector posted:

did you do the wood wrap yourself, or is it a shell? I was looking for a good vinyl or solid color shell, but could probably have better luck buy the sheets myself since the shell I tried is thin paint so it's going back

GATOS Y VATOS posted:

where did you get those aluminum buttons from?

rotor posted:

this is fuckin sweet as hell man

DrPossum posted:

what is a horse even?!

Ruddha posted:

I don't know about anyone else, but I know for a fact that horses are stupider than poo poo and WILL kill themselves if you don't take an absurd amount of precautions and adorn them
in the right silly accessories so that they don't scare themselves and fall over dead, and even then at best you can reduce the chances that they will do that, but they're still absolutely going to.

Women who are obsessed with horses are just as bad as ones who are obsessed with anything else, but it may be dumber because it's a placeholder for animalistic male sexuality; however, in reality,
it doesn't hold up because dominant male sexual energy is incompatible with horse personality and tendencies because, again, they're absolutely going to kill themselves by accident, whereas studs
and straight power tops are highly unlikely to catch their reflection in a mirror then break their leg and get eaten by a mountain lioness

Of course, if you don't nail little metal rings onto them, they'll split open, and then they'll die.

I personally guarantee you a dog will never in this life hear a bee then have a heart attack out of fear, dying.

Babies grow up and that's okay, it's like, sometimes a great meal is worth a lot of prep, for example. Horses only get more likely to die from a stupid reason as they get older. Oh poor ol' Freckles, thought of ants and died.

That's understandable, but in the scheme of things it's a fairly low chance. With horses, there is no such thing as a natural death at any point in existence: they've strictly only died from stupid poo poo. Saw water and passed away.Ruddha posted: