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[–] cybervseas@lemmy.world 89 points 3 days ago (2 children)
[–] nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago

You know there's a Canadian sports exec named Dick Pound?

Mr and Mrs Pound had a baby, looked at it, and said "were going to name him Richard, and he will be known as Dick. With a hard D".

Really makes you wonder.

[–] daannii@lemmy.world 78 points 3 days ago (2 children)

The artist knew exactly what they were drawing.

[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 28 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

Exactly. I hear so many "fails" on school books from across the world. I think a lot of the time school books are not getting reviewed enough before being published, and the author will see if his/her prank fails. Sometimes, however, there is intentional propaganda being peddled.

[–] HowAbt2day@futurology.today 9 points 2 days ago

Peddled? It’s more like galloped.

[–] tomiant@piefed.social 6 points 2 days ago

Knights fighting snails.

[–] cynar@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago

That image will stick in the mind of every school boy (and possibly girl) who sees it. That's a win for the textbook.

[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 42 points 3 days ago

Measuring horse height in hands is oldschool, we measure it in Mr. hands now.

[–] QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works 31 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (6 children)

did you know a horses penis can be 12-24inches? Some can be over 30. This would probably rupture a humans organs.

NSFW educational imagesthey have a muscle that retracts the penis into the body so it's honestly surprising to see just how big it really is

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also when googling I found this image which is kinda funny to me because whoever saw it happening really spent the time drawing it manually and putting it into a book.

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Also, horses have really massive hearts, which is pretty cool

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[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Preemptive edit: Connect keeps deleting the text of my post before I can post it and it's really annoying. As a result this might not be as articulate as I tried to make my first attempt at a response.

Where I grew up, there was a horse pasture at the end of the road. (And another at the other end, but that one was at the top of a big hill so I never really saw the horses there. I only know it was a pasture because apparently my sister had a horse there, then lost it when she started getting younger brothers.)

Once my mom was driving my brother and me somewhere, doesn't really matter where, and while she waited at the intersection adjacent to the pasture we could see, my brother and I observed a horse in an odd pose. While waiting to be able to cross traffic, she realized we were trying to figure out the horse's unusual stance and said "and that, gentlemen, is how horses pee."

Thank you for reminding me of my mother, if in an unconventional manner.

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago (3 children)

That's why it's dangerous to have sex with animals. The size alone can be trained for, but you're dealing with an animal that does not understand consent. Allegedly most horse sex videos featured the animals being drugged to avoid such incidents.

Seriously, just get a horse dildo instead of sexually abusing animals. There's some evidence that they suffer from it, even if the animals can't speak of the harm they suffer.

[–] tomiant@piefed.social 11 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Seriously, just get a horse dildo instead of sexually abusing animals

Ok, you've convinced me.

Might I recommend the flared Chance model from Bad Dragon?

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Seriously, just get a horse dildo instead of sexually abusing animals.

If you've ever actually been around horses, you would know that in the case of horses at least, you are in far more danger than them. I've nearly been crushed by mares in estrus or tackled and bit hard enough to draw blood and create massive bruises by randy young stallions. They are horny monsters and can kill you accidentally with ease.

Also, if you've been around real horses you should quickly lose whatever kinks or desires you think you have. They're horrifying animals and they fart louder than lawnmower engines and tend to create pools of urine and feces that will make your eyes water and burn your lungs with the amount of ammonia they produce.

edit: here is a video of an absurdly expensive friesian stallion, the very same kind I used to tend, getting killed from one casual kick with from a mare who wasn't in the mood. Obviously, if you don't like seeing animals die this clip is extremely NSFL, and NSFW because of visible horsedick.

NSFW/NSFL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jH5JkYQGMfs

Yes, this is human failure that led to this, but I think it should be a warning to people who think these are beautiful, magical, "sexy" creatures who won't mind if you jump a fence to fool around with them. Do not fucking fuck with horses. You will die and have a very embarrassing obituary.

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Sexual abuse =/= injuries from sex. Animals can get PTSD-like symptoms from being forced to have sex with humans, it's just they can't speak.

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I'm saying unless you're so committed that you are in fact drugging and restraining them, and that's just... that's some serious level of investment and commitment that no warnings on Lemmy are going to effect, they're not the ones at risk of PTSD or at risk of being forced to do anything, you are.

Please stay away from horses, do not hop fences to fondle them as people get caught doing way, way too much. You will get hurt or worse. Do not fetishize them, do not mess with animals in any sexual capacity. Have your fantasies all you want but keep it strictly in the realm of weird AI generated porn and weird shaped hunks of unfeeling silicone. I promise there is a community out there who will roleplay with you and you won't get criminal charges or caved-in skulls.

edit: Lemmy- the place where you get equal divide in opinions on molesting dangerous animals.

[–] QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

also you know how a cats tongue is like sandpaper? Well I heard a story once about a man taking advantage of a cow and apparently their tongues are the same sandpaper consistency...

I'll leave the rest up to your imagination

[–] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

When they say how much a heart weighs, does that include the weight of all the blood inside it? That doesn't seem appropriate because the blood isn't part of the heart, it's actively being pumped through it.

If the blood is not included, then holy crap how is it 5 kg?

[–] Dojan@pawb.social 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I think the blood in the muscle itself is probably included but likely not the blood in the chambers.

[–] Septimaeus@infosec.pub 1 points 1 hour ago

What, your lab doesn’t make jerky out of organs before weighing them?

[–] SethTaylor@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Of all the NSWF things I'm not clicking, I'm not clicking this one the most

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If you haven't seen so many horse dicks that you're completely desensitized to them, have you really been on the internet?

[–] Septimaeus@infosec.pub 1 points 1 hour ago

If I know the video, it is mildly disturbing mostly due to the sudden death. The stallion stiffens and collapses after the mare brains him and the person filming happened to capture a lot of detail of the dying CNS including the stallion’s face.

[–] Taldan@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

This would probably rupture a humans organs

Anyone around for early '00s internet knew that already...

[–] giraffes@kbin.earth 26 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The horse knows what he's doing.

[–] FridaySteve@lemmy.world 22 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] Asfalttikyntaja@sopuli.xyz 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 days ago

No, they clearly drew a guy with hands. You could probably even call him Mr. Hands.

[–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 20 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 days ago

That's not a fail. That's just french.

[–] solomonschuler@lemmy.zip 11 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Is this the trojan horse V2?!?!

[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)

This time, we fill the man with horses?

[–] Bonus@mander.xyz 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)
[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 2 points 2 days ago

It's a Troy under the glorious Soviet Russia protection, tovarish.

In Soviet Russia, you don't stuff the horse. The horse stuffs you!

[–] gbzm@piefed.social 11 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

What the fuck? Its elbow is equivalent to pour wrist??

[–] Deconceptualist@leminal.space 23 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Yep. Morphologically, that is the horse's wrist, not its elbow. And at the end of the limb is essentially just one big toe, with the hoof being an adapted toenail.

[–] nymnympseudonym@piefed.social 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I am disgusted at myself for laughing at all, much less this much, and absolutely horrified to suddenly find myself sharing it

This is despicable

[–] Dicska@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Now imagine being the teacher, trying to proceed with the class when they first open it at this page.

[–] Frjttr@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 days ago

Typical horse dicked French dude.

[–] tyo_ukko@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 day ago

All jokes aside, that picture is actually very cool and informative.

[–] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 2 points 2 days ago

So horses have back and front arms in French?

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 day ago

Oh I remember that video. Will never forget that grunt.