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[–] Rusty@lemmy.ca 35 points 8 months ago (1 children)

In Civilization 7 Horses resource gives +1 damage to Cavalry units in Ancient and Exploration Eras, but in the Modern era Horses resource gives +6 Happiness instead.

[–] roguetrick@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Owning a horse is like owning a boat. It's not going to grant you happiness.

[–] baguettefish@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Considering horses have the possibility of being loyal lifelong pets I'd say they can very well give happiness

[–] gens@programming.dev 5 points 8 months ago

I once raced a 3 day old horse, and he was slightly faster then me. And I was pretty fast for a human.

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

They say the two happiest days in a horse owner's life are the day they buy the horse and the day the horse tramples them to death.

[–] StaticFalconar@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

For most of us yes. The decent amount of money that allows us to live comfortably gets real limited when we stretch out further with stuff like a boat and a horse. But for those that got lucky in life to comfortably afford it, a boat and a horse arent seen the money drains since they have more to give. This lets them enjoy the activities that comes with a boat and horse more.

[–] Asetru@feddit.org 29 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Germany recently declared horses are no longer work animals but recreational, hiking vet prices astronomically. Also, horses might be driven around now but I'm sure there were more of them when 90% of the population were farmers and they all needed some of them.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 12 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Quality life vs. quantity life. Humans should take note.

[–] excral@feddit.org 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

How does this hike vet prices astronomically, through taxes?

[–] Asetru@feddit.org 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Vets aren't organised as a free market in Germany. Instead, prices are set by the federal government through the "Gebührenordnung für Tierärztinnen und Tierärzte (GOT)".

[–] DavidGarcia@feddit.nl 21 points 8 months ago (2 children)

when horses turned from a commodity to a luxury good it also resulted in a massive horse genocide. anyway, buy my AI app

[–] MBM@lemmings.world 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I see what you're going for re: automation, but calling this a genocide seems weird to me. Then scaling down cattle farming would also be genocide. There's no horse culture that got eradicated, just less breeding.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago (2 children)

They didn't just scale down. Literal tons of horses got slaughtered around the turn of the century and great depression.

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

There was also the two world wars to consider in terms of horse deaths. Of course those horses died for a noble cause: helping humans slaughter each other in even larger numbers.

[–] Inaminate_Carbon_Rod@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I’d love to read more about this if you can point me in the right direction.

[–] Meron35@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

When Americans Ate Horse Meat - Priceonomics - https://priceonomics.com/when-americans-ate-horse-meat/

[–] Salamanderwizard92@lemm.ee 10 points 8 months ago (1 children)

If there's any animal that deserves our respect and our care, it's horses.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

#KillRacingNotHorses

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 4 points 8 months ago

Search "Macintosh skydiving game." Skydive! from 1999? You mean Skydive!? Don't scroll down, it's all Skydive!.

Search "classic Mac skydiving game." Skydive!'s an iMac-era classic, so you must want another twenty of the same thing.

Search "classic Mac freefall game." Ohhh, you mean Sky Diving Simulator, from the same year.

Deep sigh.

Search "classic Mac game where you can drop a guy on a horse." Stunt Copter, yeah.

FINALLY.

[–] andybytes@programming.dev 2 points 8 months ago
[–] bluewing@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 months ago

So horses and Harley Davidson motorcycles have that in common since they most often seen riding on a trailer?

[–] muusemuuse@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago

I need this shirt

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago

Lacks the image of free wild horses tho.