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[–] eestileib@sh.itjust.works 73 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Dogs served in war at least as much as horses, and are currently doing so in larger numbers.

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah there's a reason "cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war" is a Shakespeare line (from Caesar)

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 37 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Dog: Does he play fetch with you?

Horse: …

Dog: Does he let you sleep in his bed?

[–] Kitathalla@lemy.lol 2 points 2 weeks ago

I remember a horse that would play with one of those big inflatable exercise balls. Still wouldn't fetch though.

[–] EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone 32 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Horses are Machine-kinds best friend.

[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)
[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Was expecting the creepy spider dog. This looks like Eric Cartman’s dog in the future.

[–] pingveno@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

K-9 from Doctor Who

[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

mc chris has some words to say about his relationship with his robot dog.

[–] nomy@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago

Knowing MC Chris they're probably complaints about the sound levels or the dogs social media posts.

[–] RubberElectrons@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Somehow I knew that was from the Animatrix.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 4 points 2 weeks ago

Probably through the magic of memory

[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.world 28 points 2 weeks ago

“Outside of a dog, a book is a man’s best friend. Inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read.” -Groucho Marx

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 26 points 2 weeks ago

The horses only reward is to be the animal most frequently farted on by humans.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 24 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah well they should have learned how not to shit in the house.

[–] Shard@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

It's a mainly with predators that we have an easier time toilet training them. Evolution has killed off those that shat in their own caves because of diseases and bringing food back to a contaminated den will in turn contaminate the food. Whereas horses and most other herbivores live out in the open, move around more and travel long distances to graze.

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] Omnipitaph@reddthat.com 1 points 2 weeks ago

This was by far the most fun thing I've read all day. I'm sharing this with my fam lol

[–] potentiallynotfelix@lemmy.fish 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Horse reaction: "neigh"

[–] Please_Do_Not@lemm.ee 13 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

wtF Is up with The Capitalization in oop's Post?

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 1 points 2 weeks ago

boomer Capitalization

[–] JDTIV@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago

I could be wrong about this but I'm fairly sure dogs have been with man for A LOT longer. Like 40,000 years ago, and I think, just from a quick Google, horses are like 4000 years...

[–] JaymesRS@literature.cafe 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Artax didn’t give his life for that sort of disrespect.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

YOU HAD TO BRING UP ARTAX!

[–] Kitathalla@lemy.lol 2 points 2 weeks ago

Best scene of the whole movie.

Dogs fought in our wars as well

[–] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 weeks ago

Jazira: What does this mean?

Frank T. Hopkins: Shunka Wakan? Big dog. There's no word in Sioux for horse. When the Indians saw the first one the Spanish brought over, they didn't know what the hell it was. When they saw how it could run, carry a man through battle, become his friend for life, well, they figured it had to be a sacred animal.

Jazira: Indeed.

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

Horses are more like our bedridden English children.

[–] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 weeks ago

One side of the war loves them, but I'm sure the other side doesn't have nearly as high of an opinion.

[–] therealjcdenton@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 weeks ago

The horse is here

[–] hansolo@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[–] FelixCress@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Horses are also tasty. Dogs apparently are not.

[–] OpenStars@piefed.social 1 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

How uh... would you know?

Asking for a friend.

[–] FelixCress@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

I tried, of course.

"Horse meat is commonly eaten in many countries in Europe and Asia. It is not a generally available food in some English-speaking countries such as the United Kingdom, South Africa, Australia, the United States and English Canada."

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse_meat

[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

He ate glue as a child.

Edit: No jokes about horses becoming glue, noted lol.

[–] OpenStars@piefed.social 2 points 2 weeks ago

While the dog was the one sent to a farm upstate.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Chihuahuas only exist because the Aztecs thought dogs were tasty.