*excited horse noises*
July 21, 2015 1:34 AM Subscribe
This has the Official Good Horse-Keeping Seal of Approval
posted by Katjusa Roquette at 1:40 AM on July 21, 2015 [7 favorites]
posted by Katjusa Roquette at 1:40 AM on July 21, 2015 [7 favorites]
I think the husband needs to take the test. Is Your Girlfriend A Horse?
posted by shii at 1:42 AM on July 21, 2015 [7 favorites]
posted by shii at 1:42 AM on July 21, 2015 [7 favorites]
This tickles my wtf.
Also: excellent use of the iknowwhyyouthinkitmightbecreepybutitsnot tag.
posted by mosk at 2:24 AM on July 21, 2015 [4 favorites]
Also: excellent use of the iknowwhyyouthinkitmightbecreepybutitsnot tag.
posted by mosk at 2:24 AM on July 21, 2015 [4 favorites]
It's going to be difficult to engineer a situation where I can legitimately say, "The science oven won't give me my popcorn back," but I feel compelled, now, to try.
posted by Wolfdog at 2:30 AM on July 21, 2015 [12 favorites]
posted by Wolfdog at 2:30 AM on July 21, 2015 [12 favorites]
IFDSSN9, it is a CRIME that the site has folded and that we can't link to that any more.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 4:16 AM on July 21, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 4:16 AM on July 21, 2015 [1 favorite]
The problem I have with this is that his wife is a horse.
posted by (Arsenio) Hall and (Warren) Oates at 4:51 AM on July 21, 2015
posted by (Arsenio) Hall and (Warren) Oates at 4:51 AM on July 21, 2015
the fanwanks we love never truly leave us, EC
posted by kagredon at 5:01 AM on July 21, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by kagredon at 5:01 AM on July 21, 2015 [2 favorites]
Thinking quickly, I seduced one of the primitives I think that was done to me. I didn't realize she was a horse.
posted by Mr. Yuck at 5:11 AM on July 21, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by Mr. Yuck at 5:11 AM on July 21, 2015 [1 favorite]
The problem I have with this is that his wife is a horse.
And so is Kristen Schaal.
posted by Strange Interlude at 5:21 AM on July 21, 2015 [1 favorite]
And so is Kristen Schaal.
posted by Strange Interlude at 5:21 AM on July 21, 2015 [1 favorite]
The deputies in the To Catch a Predator-style sting responded to Crawford’s online ad seeking horseplay, arranged a meeting with him over the phone, picked him up at the Phoenix airport, and took him to meet a volunteer’s two mini-horses before arresting him for bestiality.
between the reporting pun and the fact that the guy was using the handle horseluvr47 and asking "are u rly a horse" I was like "oh, the quaint days of the old internet" and then I looked up and saw that this was from last week
posted by kagredon at 5:47 AM on July 21, 2015 [2 favorites]
between the reporting pun and the fact that the guy was using the handle horseluvr47 and asking "are u rly a horse" I was like "oh, the quaint days of the old internet" and then I looked up and saw that this was from last week
posted by kagredon at 5:47 AM on July 21, 2015 [2 favorites]
The problem I have with this is that his wife is a horse.
This response interests me. Partially the phrasing: the blog is more about the wife than the husband, from the brief look I took, so why focus on him? There's no problem with the horse having a human husband, but there is a problem with the human having a horse wife?
That leads on to 'where do you draw the line'? If our hypothetical sentient horse wife had a hypothetical sentient canine husband, would that be an issue? How about human / humanoid alien? Human / X-Man (i.e. a mutant)? I seem to recall some time ago reading about some people projecting personalities onto objects, and so one woman wanted to marry a section of picket fence. Is this the same issue?
posted by YAMWAK at 5:50 AM on July 21, 2015
This response interests me. Partially the phrasing: the blog is more about the wife than the husband, from the brief look I took, so why focus on him? There's no problem with the horse having a human husband, but there is a problem with the human having a horse wife?
That leads on to 'where do you draw the line'? If our hypothetical sentient horse wife had a hypothetical sentient canine husband, would that be an issue? How about human / humanoid alien? Human / X-Man (i.e. a mutant)? I seem to recall some time ago reading about some people projecting personalities onto objects, and so one woman wanted to marry a section of picket fence. Is this the same issue?
posted by YAMWAK at 5:50 AM on July 21, 2015
This reminds me somewhat of this funny Japanese comic my wife introduced me to. It is about a cat who learned how to do housework and works for a maid service type thing. The cat's name is Nekomura-san.
For example:
http://casabrutus.com/en/special/nekomura/1
Makes about as much sense as Horse Wife I think. The tone is a bit more matter-of-fact and absurdist. Also, Nekomura-san appears to be better at cooking and cleaning than Horse Wife. I mean, she got a job doing it, whereas Horse Wife doesn't seem to have many marketable skills, other than hugging. No offense meant to Horse Wife, of course.
I was thinking of doing a post on Nekomura-san at some point.
posted by dubitable at 5:52 AM on July 21, 2015 [3 favorites]
For example:
http://casabrutus.com/en/special/nekomura/1
Makes about as much sense as Horse Wife I think. The tone is a bit more matter-of-fact and absurdist. Also, Nekomura-san appears to be better at cooking and cleaning than Horse Wife. I mean, she got a job doing it, whereas Horse Wife doesn't seem to have many marketable skills, other than hugging. No offense meant to Horse Wife, of course.
I was thinking of doing a post on Nekomura-san at some point.
posted by dubitable at 5:52 AM on July 21, 2015 [3 favorites]
In a similar vein, Neko Ramen, for which much of the humor is based on cats being poorly-suited for work in the food service industry. (And the twist: humans not being all that much better at it either).
posted by ardgedee at 6:00 AM on July 21, 2015 [3 favorites]
posted by ardgedee at 6:00 AM on July 21, 2015 [3 favorites]
I've been trying to put my finger on what I like about this since I saw it earlier this morning, and it's elusive but I think I've got it: his wife is a horse.
posted by Wolfdog at 6:02 AM on July 21, 2015 [5 favorites]
posted by Wolfdog at 6:02 AM on July 21, 2015 [5 favorites]
"Why don't you call her? She has a phone.
No. I have no idea how she answers it."
posted by three blind mice at 6:14 AM on July 21, 2015
No. I have no idea how she answers it."
posted by three blind mice at 6:14 AM on July 21, 2015
Actually, she doesn't really resemble any horse I've ever seen.
If we are to read this as a satire on the housewifely role (can we?) then it makes sense that she should be both a toy and the kind that covertly encodes qualities of infancy. The traditional husband, we are surely invited to agree, wishes not merely to objectify the wife, but also to infantilise, both in the service of society's oppressive power relations, and dare we say, in order to gratify his unacknowledged paedophilia.
Probably the full depth of the semiotic apparatus escapes me, though.
posted by Segundus at 6:15 AM on July 21, 2015 [2 favorites]
If we are to read this as a satire on the housewifely role (can we?) then it makes sense that she should be both a toy and the kind that covertly encodes qualities of infancy. The traditional husband, we are surely invited to agree, wishes not merely to objectify the wife, but also to infantilise, both in the service of society's oppressive power relations, and dare we say, in order to gratify his unacknowledged paedophilia.
Probably the full depth of the semiotic apparatus escapes me, though.
posted by Segundus at 6:15 AM on July 21, 2015 [2 favorites]
This only happened because Eagles are turning Humans into Horses.
posted by You Should See the Other Guy at 6:45 AM on July 21, 2015
posted by You Should See the Other Guy at 6:45 AM on July 21, 2015
I was going to send this to my friend, the horse person.
I don't think I will.
posted by St. Hubbins at 6:47 AM on July 21, 2015
I don't think I will.
posted by St. Hubbins at 6:47 AM on July 21, 2015
This response interests me. Partially the phrasing: the blog is more about the wife than the husband, from the brief look I took, so why focus on him? There's no problem with the horse having a human husband, but there is a problem with the human having a horse wife?
The wife is being portrayed as childish, immature and incompetent. Literally represented by a child's toy. The husband's loving, devoted accessory.
I found it creepy and weird.
posted by zarq at 6:50 AM on July 21, 2015 [1 favorite]
The wife is being portrayed as childish, immature and incompetent. Literally represented by a child's toy. The husband's loving, devoted accessory.
I found it creepy and weird.
posted by zarq at 6:50 AM on July 21, 2015 [1 favorite]
*sigh*
posted by Wolfdog at 6:56 AM on July 21, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by Wolfdog at 6:56 AM on July 21, 2015 [2 favorites]
Actually, she doesn't really resemble any horse I've ever seen.
I thoroughly agree. Quite deficient in the muzzle and those ears are way oversized. I mean, I have big ol' mare ears, but this's somethin' else entirely.
I have some questions about those legs but I get kind of squicky when I try to look closely.
posted by Favorites Pony at 6:59 AM on July 21, 2015 [2 favorites]
I thoroughly agree. Quite deficient in the muzzle and those ears are way oversized. I mean, I have big ol' mare ears, but this's somethin' else entirely.
I have some questions about those legs but I get kind of squicky when I try to look closely.
posted by Favorites Pony at 6:59 AM on July 21, 2015 [2 favorites]
The wife is being portrayed as childish, immature and incompetent. Literally represented by a child's toy. The husband's loving, devoted accessory.
I found it creepy and weird.
All of which is perfectly valid criticism. The thing is, that isn't what they were complaining about. If the topic of the tumblr was, instead of a fantasy horse, a fantasy elf living in the modern world, would there have been the same objection (his wife is an elf)? I haven't looked at the tumblr in detail, but I imagine a lot of the jokes would be the same.
If everyone's objection is the infantilisation and objectification of the wife, irrespective of species, I'm fine with that. I just found the focus on the species, as opposed to the other stuff, and the holding of the human to be more important than the wife, interesting. Sort of.
I'll shut up now.
posted by YAMWAK at 8:23 AM on July 21, 2015
I found it creepy and weird.
All of which is perfectly valid criticism. The thing is, that isn't what they were complaining about. If the topic of the tumblr was, instead of a fantasy horse, a fantasy elf living in the modern world, would there have been the same objection (his wife is an elf)? I haven't looked at the tumblr in detail, but I imagine a lot of the jokes would be the same.
If everyone's objection is the infantilisation and objectification of the wife, irrespective of species, I'm fine with that. I just found the focus on the species, as opposed to the other stuff, and the holding of the human to be more important than the wife, interesting. Sort of.
I'll shut up now.
posted by YAMWAK at 8:23 AM on July 21, 2015
Makes about as much sense as Horse Wife I think. The tone is a bit more matter-of-fact and absurdist. Also, Nekomura-san appears to be better at cooking and cleaning than Horse Wife. I mean, she got a job doing it, whereas Horse Wife doesn't seem to have many marketable skills, other than hugging. No offense meant to Horse Wife, of course
Crossover, please.
posted by Going To Maine at 8:26 AM on July 21, 2015
Crossover, please.
posted by Going To Maine at 8:26 AM on July 21, 2015
The wife is being portrayed as childish, immature and incompetent. Literally represented by a child's toy.
I saw it as a parody of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, especially in the way the ponies manipulate things without having hands. Of course that cartoon was so very very long ago, so it's only natural people here wouldn't get the reference.
posted by happyroach at 11:01 AM on July 21, 2015 [2 favorites]
I saw it as a parody of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, especially in the way the ponies manipulate things without having hands. Of course that cartoon was so very very long ago, so it's only natural people here wouldn't get the reference.
posted by happyroach at 11:01 AM on July 21, 2015 [2 favorites]
the fanwanks we love never truly leave us, EC
what
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if I put my head in the science oven will it zap away that memory
posted by feckless fecal fear mongering at 11:07 AM on July 21, 2015 [4 favorites]
what
no
if I put my head in the science oven will it zap away that memory
posted by feckless fecal fear mongering at 11:07 AM on July 21, 2015 [4 favorites]
I saw it as a parody of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, especially in the way the ponies manipulate things without having hands. Of course that cartoon was so very very long ago, so it's only natural people here wouldn't get the reference.
I got the reference. And yes, it's a parody. MLP:FiM used to be one of my daughter's favorite shows when she was 5 and 6, so it played constantly in my house for at least a year or two. She's now 7 and has only just grown out of it. Two new "Equestria Girls" movies were released in the last year and a half, and they've been on various tvs and electronic devices so much in my house that I can practically quote dialogue.
posted by zarq at 11:10 AM on July 21, 2015
I got the reference. And yes, it's a parody. MLP:FiM used to be one of my daughter's favorite shows when she was 5 and 6, so it played constantly in my house for at least a year or two. She's now 7 and has only just grown out of it. Two new "Equestria Girls" movies were released in the last year and a half, and they've been on various tvs and electronic devices so much in my house that I can practically quote dialogue.
posted by zarq at 11:10 AM on July 21, 2015
"What is love?" is one of the most adorable ones so far. Adding crackers to shopping list.
posted by Drinky Die at 1:14 AM on July 24, 2015
posted by Drinky Die at 1:14 AM on July 24, 2015
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