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RavenofDespair@lemmy.ml to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 14 hours ago

"You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink", though you can drown it.

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"You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink", though you can drown it.

RavenofDespair@lemmy.ml to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 14 hours ago
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  • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    It’s actually the other way around: it can be REALLY difficult to lead a horse that doesn’t want to be led anywhere, whereas a horse standing still within reach of water tends to start drinking with no prompting needed eventually if not immediately 🤷🏻

    • TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip
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      You might not bd able to lead a horse to water, but if it already happens to be near water, you won’t need to force it to drink.

      • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        Admittedly not quite as snappy as the factually inaccurate original 😁

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    14 hours ago

    Guessing you havent been around horses before. Real strong.

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    This is probably a LOT harder than you’re thinking. Horses are Hella strong and also float. Not actually sure how you would drown a horse short of like a bag full of water on the head or something

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    I think they tried that in Dune

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      NeverEnding Story did it first.

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