Hi #fediverse.
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@glitzersachen @Pepijn @dabeaz You’re not sure if it was a horse?
@Nickiquote @glitzersachen @Pepijn @dabeaz Some of the people here think that ponies don't count
(They absolutely do)
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Hi #fediverse. We need to talk about something.
While talking to a colleague about how I recently learned most people have never sat on a cow it came up that she has never sat on a horse. Like, not even once during childhood.
Another colleague admitted they also have never sat on a horse.
My hypothesis is that most people have at one point in their life sat on a horse.
Have you sat on a horse?
Please boost for scientific accuracy.
@Pepijn My youngest aunt runs https://horseshelpingpeople.co.uk/ - so yes, once or twice
although not for years now.There's a great photo of me when I was a tiny barely school-age child, perched on top of a huge gelding another aunt used to own. We were wildly mismatched in size, but Captain was a very good, patient, and placid boy
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Hi #fediverse. We need to talk about something.
While talking to a colleague about how I recently learned most people have never sat on a cow it came up that she has never sat on a horse. Like, not even once during childhood.
Another colleague admitted they also have never sat on a horse.
My hypothesis is that most people have at one point in their life sat on a horse.
Have you sat on a horse?
Please boost for scientific accuracy.
@Pepijn Does a poney count as a horse?
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Hi #fediverse. We need to talk about something.
While talking to a colleague about how I recently learned most people have never sat on a cow it came up that she has never sat on a horse. Like, not even once during childhood.
Another colleague admitted they also have never sat on a horse.
My hypothesis is that most people have at one point in their life sat on a horse.
Have you sat on a horse?
Please boost for scientific accuracy.
@Pepijn I have, twice, sat on a horse.
The second time, that horse decided I didn't know what I was doing, so he'd be in charge. Not disastrous, but not helpful. Total time: about five minutes.
The first time, that horse decided I didn't know what I was doing, so it was time for me to get off. She moved so quickly two feet to the left that I did not. Of course, at that point, gravity took over. Total time: about five seconds.
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Hi #fediverse. We need to talk about something.
While talking to a colleague about how I recently learned most people have never sat on a cow it came up that she has never sat on a horse. Like, not even once during childhood.
Another colleague admitted they also have never sat on a horse.
My hypothesis is that most people have at one point in their life sat on a horse.
Have you sat on a horse?
Please boost for scientific accuracy.
@Pepijn several times even
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Hi #fediverse. We need to talk about something.
While talking to a colleague about how I recently learned most people have never sat on a cow it came up that she has never sat on a horse. Like, not even once during childhood.
Another colleague admitted they also have never sat on a horse.
My hypothesis is that most people have at one point in their life sat on a horse.
Have you sat on a horse?
Please boost for scientific accuracy.
@Pepijn At age 50 I called my dad to say, “I'm doing something I've never done before, that millions of people do every day.”
“Riding a horse?”
“Come on, you've seen me on a horse.”(I was walking a dog.)
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Hi #fediverse. We need to talk about something.
While talking to a colleague about how I recently learned most people have never sat on a cow it came up that she has never sat on a horse. Like, not even once during childhood.
Another colleague admitted they also have never sat on a horse.
My hypothesis is that most people have at one point in their life sat on a horse.
Have you sat on a horse?
Please boost for scientific accuracy.
@Pepijn If a pony counts, then yes -
Hi #fediverse. We need to talk about something.
While talking to a colleague about how I recently learned most people have never sat on a cow it came up that she has never sat on a horse. Like, not even once during childhood.
Another colleague admitted they also have never sat on a horse.
My hypothesis is that most people have at one point in their life sat on a horse.
Have you sat on a horse?
Please boost for scientific accuracy.
@Pepijn I once had to wrestle a cow. TBF it was still a baby cow, but yeah. Somehow the little fucker got through the fence and didn't want to go back in the pen.
Now seeing a farmer running tackle a (different) calf that managed to run through the electric fence somehow was downright terrifying... (It hit the fence, got tangled in it, then untangled on the other side within the span of ~3 seconds, "mostly unharmed" at the end of the ordeal)
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Hi #fediverse. We need to talk about something.
While talking to a colleague about how I recently learned most people have never sat on a cow it came up that she has never sat on a horse. Like, not even once during childhood.
Another colleague admitted they also have never sat on a horse.
My hypothesis is that most people have at one point in their life sat on a horse.
Have you sat on a horse?
Please boost for scientific accuracy.
@Pepijn I had nothing but horses on my mind when I was growing up. Started vaulting when I was 7 and riding about two years later. I earned it by helping in the stable and with the smol kids vaulting lessons. Stopped when I was 18.
I guess it depends on where you grew up if you even regularly see horses... The swiss government payed farmers for breeding and keeping military horses. In the 90s it was pretty common for farmers to have some horses for that purpose.
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Hi #fediverse. We need to talk about something.
While talking to a colleague about how I recently learned most people have never sat on a cow it came up that she has never sat on a horse. Like, not even once during childhood.
Another colleague admitted they also have never sat on a horse.
My hypothesis is that most people have at one point in their life sat on a horse.
Have you sat on a horse?
Please boost for scientific accuracy.
@Pepijn Horses are something to be seen while driving in the country... who actually sits on one!?
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Hi #fediverse. We need to talk about something.
While talking to a colleague about how I recently learned most people have never sat on a cow it came up that she has never sat on a horse. Like, not even once during childhood.
Another colleague admitted they also have never sat on a horse.
My hypothesis is that most people have at one point in their life sat on a horse.
Have you sat on a horse?
Please boost for scientific accuracy.
@Pepijn The first time I rode a horse (a pony) was when I was about 7, on an uncle’s farm. An older brother and I decided we were going to ride him, so we somehow managed to get onto him together (no idea anymore how) and the first thing the pony did was run straight under a low hanging tree branch. From getting on to hitting the ground took about 3 seconds. My uncle enjoyed a good laugh.
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Hi #fediverse. We need to talk about something.
While talking to a colleague about how I recently learned most people have never sat on a cow it came up that she has never sat on a horse. Like, not even once during childhood.
Another colleague admitted they also have never sat on a horse.
My hypothesis is that most people have at one point in their life sat on a horse.
Have you sat on a horse?
Please boost for scientific accuracy.
@Pepijn Not sure about the cow. I used to have a friend who casually rode his favourite cow but I don't think he ever let me ride. I probably did *sit* on her though, statically. The cow's name was Joris.
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Hi #fediverse. We need to talk about something.
While talking to a colleague about how I recently learned most people have never sat on a cow it came up that she has never sat on a horse. Like, not even once during childhood.
Another colleague admitted they also have never sat on a horse.
My hypothesis is that most people have at one point in their life sat on a horse.
Have you sat on a horse?
Please boost for scientific accuracy.
@Pepijn Do poneys count?
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Hi #fediverse. We need to talk about something.
While talking to a colleague about how I recently learned most people have never sat on a cow it came up that she has never sat on a horse. Like, not even once during childhood.
Another colleague admitted they also have never sat on a horse.
My hypothesis is that most people have at one point in their life sat on a horse.
Have you sat on a horse?
Please boost for scientific accuracy.
@Pepijn putting no for "not that i recall". If i did i was very young
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Hi #fediverse. We need to talk about something.
While talking to a colleague about how I recently learned most people have never sat on a cow it came up that she has never sat on a horse. Like, not even once during childhood.
Another colleague admitted they also have never sat on a horse.
My hypothesis is that most people have at one point in their life sat on a horse.
Have you sat on a horse?
Please boost for scientific accuracy.
@Pepijn during a trip to Jamaica, we rode horseback thru the ocean and on land.
Was just a kid and was given like zero instruction lol. I made it. If I didn't move my leg fast enough once I would've smacked it on a fence. -
Hi #fediverse. We need to talk about something.
While talking to a colleague about how I recently learned most people have never sat on a cow it came up that she has never sat on a horse. Like, not even once during childhood.
Another colleague admitted they also have never sat on a horse.
My hypothesis is that most people have at one point in their life sat on a horse.
Have you sat on a horse?
Please boost for scientific accuracy.
@Pepijn I need the data
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Hi #fediverse. We need to talk about something.
While talking to a colleague about how I recently learned most people have never sat on a cow it came up that she has never sat on a horse. Like, not even once during childhood.
Another colleague admitted they also have never sat on a horse.
My hypothesis is that most people have at one point in their life sat on a horse.
Have you sat on a horse?
Please boost for scientific accuracy.
@Pepijn I remember the "Have you sat on a cow" query, and I thought it strange that an opportunity like that would come up. But, a horse or a pony, or a donkey or a burro: most people have sat on one of them at least once, even if they didn't ride them in anything but a circle. I find donkeys much nicer than horses.
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Hi #fediverse. We need to talk about something.
While talking to a colleague about how I recently learned most people have never sat on a cow it came up that she has never sat on a horse. Like, not even once during childhood.
Another colleague admitted they also have never sat on a horse.
My hypothesis is that most people have at one point in their life sat on a horse.
Have you sat on a horse?
Please boost for scientific accuracy.
@Pepijn it depends on where people grew up and when. Many people who've grown up in cities haven't been to areas with horse riding. Unless they're rich enough for holidays with horse riding included this won't factor into their lives.
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Hi #fediverse. We need to talk about something.
While talking to a colleague about how I recently learned most people have never sat on a cow it came up that she has never sat on a horse. Like, not even once during childhood.
Another colleague admitted they also have never sat on a horse.
My hypothesis is that most people have at one point in their life sat on a horse.
Have you sat on a horse?
Please boost for scientific accuracy.
@Pepijn
On a hobby horse of course. And on a marry-go-round too. But real ones are scary big.
I'm a city dweller. And I was never one of those horse loving girls with Wendy subscription. -
Hi #fediverse. We need to talk about something.
While talking to a colleague about how I recently learned most people have never sat on a cow it came up that she has never sat on a horse. Like, not even once during childhood.
Another colleague admitted they also have never sat on a horse.
My hypothesis is that most people have at one point in their life sat on a horse.
Have you sat on a horse?
Please boost for scientific accuracy.
Year 1991. I’m the kid on the back.
