The rural population. If you own a piece of land and a small farm, keeping a horse is much cheaper. If you have a stable with a few animals anyway, adding a horse isn’t much extra work.
I could be grazing 6 moocows (maybe 7) if I have 3 hectares, giving me 32,000 litres of milk or more. Only rich people can afford to turn pasture over to horses and turn down that money.
It depends a lot on circumstances. Rural people often own land they aren’t using optimally. Cows also mean extra labor with milking and such. You might not want to do that. Keeping three cows is small time in the first place and not very efficient.
Rural living, agriculture, and forestry usually means you have a surplus of something and those around you do as well.
I know rural people. They might work a job in a shop, office, or contractor, but have some small time agriculture on the side. A lot of that is done in direct exchanges in the community as well. Like, Ben gets to take some firewood from my forest and in return he houses my horse in his stable. Gertrude can use my unused pasture to graze her sheep. Or I might be growing oats, so feeding a horse is basically free for me. Joe owns a ranch with a few horses where the wealthy keep theirs for a fee. I can trade him oats for a horse directly.
These types of arrangements can be very good (tax free) business and also strengthen social bonds.
Yep. Land where I grew up was notoriously cheap if you didn't get the mineral rights. You could be poor as fuck and have a tar paper shack on 10 acres and have zero time to produce anything useful on the land. Horses aren't expensive to buy. You can get used tack and hay and oats were inexpensive where I grew up. Maybe a hundred bucks a month to own a horse (this would have been over 30 years ago, definitely more expensive today)? This was not for racing, heavy work, or horse girl stuff, but you could take care of one for not much if your hobby was riding or if you just liked having a horse around. Or you have zero land and help your neighbor with chores and your horse lives next door.
I do pretty well for myself but I've got an arrangement like that right now. I go help out on my buddy's small ranch every year during the summer. I help enough that there's a horse out there that's mine, on paper at least. He gets the same treatment as the rest of the horses and I own all the gear. Costs me some time, but in all honesty it's time I want to be outdoors anyway.
Fuck your Mitsubishi, I've a horse outside
For those who need a banger to brighten their day: https://youtu.be/ljPFZrRD3J8
Nah, i wouln't look cool carrying a man in my back
Hey everybody, this guy is a horse!
But seriously, guys. If you want a ride that actually gets women interested ... this is it.
It's a one in a million woman who cares about your pickup truck or your sports car. But, like 70% of women will want to pet the pony.
You’ll attract horse girls and remain poor for life. Holy fuck are horses a money suck.
Have you tried not being poor? I heard it helps
One way I’ve heard to become a millionaire is to be a multimillionaire and meet a horse girl.
You could be the guy the horse girl marries to make dad mad.
But you have to remember, you'll always be her second favorite. The horse comes first.
Well, she comes first or you’re not invited anymore
Third. Daddy's money comes before you as well, I've heard.
Not all horse girls have 'daddy's money'.
Sometimes, that's what they're looking for from you.
Sir, this is a horse.
Or you could...you know...have a personality.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljPFZrRD3J8
Look at my horse, my horse is amazing.
I bet he tastes just like raisins.
I have horses, they definitely don't pee lemonade.
Sweet lemonade, sweet sweet lemonade
Fine, but who can afford a damn horse?
the very rich and the very poor
The rural population. If you own a piece of land and a small farm, keeping a horse is much cheaper. If you have a stable with a few animals anyway, adding a horse isn’t much extra work.
It does cost a lot when you factor in opportunity costs of pasture.
There's a reason we have the phrase "eats like a horse". Horses ate 63% more than moocows in this study: https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1046/j.1365-2664.2002.00693.x
(Mules fix this.)
Irish Equine Centre recommends 2 horses per 3 hectares: https://irishequinecentre.ie/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Grassland-for-Horses.pdf
I could be grazing 6 moocows (maybe 7) if I have 3 hectares, giving me 32,000 litres of milk or more. Only rich people can afford to turn pasture over to horses and turn down that money.
It depends a lot on circumstances. Rural people often own land they aren’t using optimally. Cows also mean extra labor with milking and such. You might not want to do that. Keeping three cows is small time in the first place and not very efficient.
Rural living, agriculture, and forestry usually means you have a surplus of something and those around you do as well.
I know rural people. They might work a job in a shop, office, or contractor, but have some small time agriculture on the side. A lot of that is done in direct exchanges in the community as well. Like, Ben gets to take some firewood from my forest and in return he houses my horse in his stable. Gertrude can use my unused pasture to graze her sheep. Or I might be growing oats, so feeding a horse is basically free for me. Joe owns a ranch with a few horses where the wealthy keep theirs for a fee. I can trade him oats for a horse directly.
These types of arrangements can be very good (tax free) business and also strengthen social bonds.
Yep. Land where I grew up was notoriously cheap if you didn't get the mineral rights. You could be poor as fuck and have a tar paper shack on 10 acres and have zero time to produce anything useful on the land. Horses aren't expensive to buy. You can get used tack and hay and oats were inexpensive where I grew up. Maybe a hundred bucks a month to own a horse (this would have been over 30 years ago, definitely more expensive today)? This was not for racing, heavy work, or horse girl stuff, but you could take care of one for not much if your hobby was riding or if you just liked having a horse around. Or you have zero land and help your neighbor with chores and your horse lives next door.
I do pretty well for myself but I've got an arrangement like that right now. I go help out on my buddy's small ranch every year during the summer. I help enough that there's a horse out there that's mine, on paper at least. He gets the same treatment as the rest of the horses and I own all the gear. Costs me some time, but in all honesty it's time I want to be outdoors anyway.
Unrealistic though because most people who ride horses aren't as cool as Subcomandante Marcos
A good point
Fuck your Honda Civic, I’ve a horse outside
Fuck your Subaru I’ve got a horse outside
And fuck your Mitsubishi I’ve a horse outside
If you’re looking for a ride, I’ve a horse outside
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ljPFZrRD3J8
Subcomandante is an Anarchist icon!
Is he smoking while wearing a mask? That's pretty cool, NGL.
A bit much bling bling.
Smoking a pipe through the mask, not sure if it's for extra filtering or what
Ni!
....I know I look cool in both my F150 and my mustang
Have you met our Lord and Saviour, Coyote V8?
Looks like AI slopedit: turns out it's realSource it
^ I still stand by this
Its a well known picture of Subcomandante Marcos.
Heres an article feom 2008 with a low res version of the picture
And heres one from 2014
Thank you
NP
It kinda sucks how AI now makes us doubt everything
No, haven't you heard? Literally everything is AI, just like literally no story told on the internet ever happened.
been seeing it for decades
stop being that guy
Who's that guy ?
in future, you can paste the image URL into yandex.com/images for more information on a picture