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You Can Tell A Lot about Someone theough Repeated exposure to them and the usage of your.e observational skills
I understand the stereotype of rich horse people but it’s kind of gotten insane that anyone with a horse is now automatically seen as a landed gentry bourgeois so much so that people are straight up calling horses bourgeois creatures and calling for their ABOLISHMENT and even extinction like wtf is wrong with you. Don’t let the era of the automobile erase the horses history as a beast of burden for the working class and farmers. Horses belong to the proletariat just as much if not more than the role of rich person’s plaything.
People calling my bluff, I’ve seen it on twitter in the wild and it is quite weird
Most of the pro-extinction people are PETA aligned ARAs against horseracing but there’s also people who are simply horse haters because of the rich person connotations
Have you guys never actually driven through rural America? ‘Cus growing up in the South, there’s places where people just have their horses and chickens in their yard with a tiny house back in the corner. And from my experience, those people love their horses and make sure their horse is cared for even if they themselves have to go without.
People use horses for things that they’re the best at, there’s just nothing quite as good to replace them with. They use them to round up livestock, they’re used in agriculture, used to travel in places that were originally designed to be navigated by horse, not car.
There’s horse racing, but I’m not talking about the “fancy” kind, I’m talking about kids barrel racing and competing against their friends, building community across small towns. Better than that, horses can be great therapy animals and working with them can be nice for kids and adults with a variety of disabilities. I remember my little brother riding horses as a kid to help build muscle and balance he didn’t have because of a metabolic disorder.
Some people will really see something adopted or made to look more exclusive by the rich and label it evil without having the slightest clue what impact it has on “regular” people. They’ll see a working dog or horse do anything other than be pet by a human and think it’s animal abuse.
Yep. The same people will think a husky living in the texan suburbs left alone for 6 hours a day is living the dream life while denouncing working sled dogs as abused and neglected.
Ffs these people are so alienated from working DOGS that they see a lean one and immediately yell neglect just because it isn’t obese. That’s how disconnected they are from working animals.
There will always be bad people who work their animals to the point of abuse, or exploit them purely for profit in inhumane conditions (there are horror stories of tourist dogsledding companies, and of course the gambling empire built around horseracing where the animals are viewed as nonliving assets), but working animals actually enjoy working! It’s what they were bred for, we selected those traits, and soo many pets go stir crazy when denied fulfillment of said instincts. But imo the first world has internalized the concept of work as miserable drudgery thanks to capitalism, and I think we project those feelings onto the animals we keep. that they must love this easy life in our living rooms and would actually find misery in work.
There’s been studies measuring blood cortisol levels in horses before and after working and guess what, when done correctly they aren’t distressed by pulling carriages, even in NYC!!
At worst this attitude can be downright harmful to vulnerable populations. For example, animal rights groups successfully petitioned to have horse carts banned from cities under the banner of welfare.
But these animal drawn carts are vital to Palestinians who have EXTREMELY restricted access to cars and certain roads by the apartheid government. This guise of humane animal rights can so often be weaponized against minorities. From the demeaning paternalistic attitude that these folk must not know what’s best for them to actively sabotaging their culture by uprooting and destabilizing their way of life in an effort to assimilate them.
These people who say “just left machines do it” think it is by default the more humane option. Would you also goad on the systemic culling of Inuit sled dogs and replacement with snowmobiles that was pushed by the Canadian government in the mid 20th century? Do we really need more gas guzzling machines to replace something an animal can do better and also brings a sense of cultural fulfillment and connection to the world around us?
I’m sick of leftists who haven’t left sheltered urban or suburban areas speaking on animal welfare and the relationships humans have with their animals when it’s anything beyond a pet cat or dog. Wtf constitutes a useless animal!?? Shouldn’t you be in Yellowstone larping as a Disney princess and harassing the bison? They are so disconnected from the rich history and culture humans share with our domestic animals.
making this on my phone with very little sleep or consideration, but i think the point stands
I can’t remember if I shared the wheelbarrow photoshoots but here’s Peppercorn 🥺💙
women should lift weights because it prevents osteoporosis in old age and makes you a more capable person in everyday life please shut up about butts and waists and hourglasses i'm going to fucking kill
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genuine question from someone who would rather chew their arm off than go to a public gym, and also doesnt have a lot of money: how do you safely get into strength training? are there youtube channels, apps (android), etc anyone recommends that makes it approachable and don't lean into diet culture / body shaming?
also the biggest thing that keeps me from working out is that I already have joint and spinal issues and moving the wrong way can fuck up a knee or a shoulder or my spine for days. I really don't want to injure myself, and have unwittingly done so before. resources that are extremely clear on exactly how to move and offer gentler / alternative ways to move for people with limited range are vital.
Okay, so this may not technically be strength training, but muscles are dumber than bricks and cannot tell the difference between your own bodyweight and actual weights.
So, may I recommend:
He runs a YouTube channel where he goes over how to work your way up to more complex exercises (for instance, his pull-ups videos start with using a door jamb and moving your weight back and forth) so it's good for easing yourself into things.
You also don't have to fork out for expensive weights and such if you don't want to/can't. Substitute with stuff you either already have at home or can get from the supermarket and build up the weight you can exercise with. 500 gram cans of butter beans then 750 gram bottles of pasta sauce. 1 litre drink bottle then your 1.5 litre milk bottle. 3 litre bulk-buy bottle of laundry detergent. Etc. One of my dogs weighs 13 kilos and I pick her up on the regular (to her delight). One weighs 16 kg and I pick him up too (to his consternation and mild disapproval). You don't have to fit out some fancy home gym before you can start strength training.
I second Hybrid Calisthenics, that's the program I use. It's run by one guy who's taken it upon himself to make exercising more accessible and it's completely free! Each exercise has different variations based on your ability and each variation is further divided into different levels of difficulty so you can work up to where you want to be. If you can't do a single push up for example then this program will help you work up to the point where you can, and if you're a master of push ups then there are more advanced body weight exercises you can tackle so you can keep moving forward in your training without stagnating. The routine offers a full body workout with absolutely no equipment required for the beginning levels. The only reason you would need to buy anything is if you want to work up to a full pull up, at which point you would need actual pull up rings
Here's his actual website which I feel is easier to navigate than the YouTube channel on its own and organizes things in a way that's easy to understand. He explains everything you need to know about the routine and each individual exercise has both a text description and a video tutorial