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[–] Shieldtoad@sh.itjust.works 92 points 1 year ago (4 children)
[–] Mothra@mander.xyz 60 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Wow that's sad but understandable.

... Why is everyone looking so cheerful in that page? You don't smile when discussing euthanasia or learning about it...

[–] RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

WikiHow had a certain style to it. I love it

[–] Ryantific_theory@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Feels a little like an Eldritch corporation that doesn't totally understand humanity, but produces simple guides to existence in a an effort to ease the suffering of our poor squalid souls.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Reminds me of that scene from Fight Club. Apparently everyone on WikiHow is high on concentrated oxygen 😄

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 year ago (3 children)

That was actually sad to read, even being a hypothetical situation.

[–] RangerAndTheCat@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Because they don’t have to beat it afterwards? 🤷🏾

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemmy.ml -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What the fuck is wrong with you?

[–] RangerAndTheCat@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

“Beating a dead horse” is an old saying/idiom in the US meaning “that a particular effort is futile, being a waste of time without a positive outcome,” such as flogging/beating a dead horse, which will not compel it to do useful work. Maybe it didn’t land as well I thought it would.

[–] andrew@lemmy.stuart.fun 3 points 1 year ago

For reals. Those human empathy/nurturing emotions are strong.

[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, that's some serious chronic severe lameness 😟

[–] Waraugh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Step 8) ensure that your horse is dead.

This guide is perfect

It's a really grim article but it's goddamn hilarious that it exists. I'm just picturing someone following it step by step without reading the whole thing first. "Okay aim the gun at a point just off the side of the bony ridge, okay..." points gun at blindfolded horse "...now what? Hang on."

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I really like this pic earlier in the article where the vet's stethoscope is informing the owner that the horse has a tadpole and is going to turn into a mind flayer 😁

[–] aracebo@unilem.org 1 points 1 year ago

Noooo curse you internet! 😂