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[–] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 76 points 1 month ago (5 children)

imagine going to jail because you just couldn't stand the thought of not having the "best goat," whatever the fuck that means. and no, if you know what that means, don't tell me--i refuse to have that information wasting space in my brain

[–] Gork@lemm.ee 49 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] Frozengyro@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

Rip in peace poisoned goat of all time goat.

[–] brygphilomena@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Gork@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month ago

The best part is that it's recursive, like GNU.

[–] Hubi@feddit.org 33 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Vanlandingham confessed to police that she deliberately poisoned the goat because she believed the animal’s owner was “a cheater”

How do you even cheat with a goat? The whole thing is ridiculous.

[–] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 43 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

being in america, it's apparent that there are a large number of people (especially in red states) for whom part of the strategy is to accuse everyone else of cheating, all the time, no matter what.

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago
[–] synae@lemmy.sdf.org 16 points 1 month ago

How do you even cheat with a goat?

Poisoning the opposition goats, I think

[–] TotalFat@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago

I'm not saying they're all the same, but 100% of the Vanlandingham's I have met in Texas have been rotten to the core. Real sociopaths. Smiling and friendly all while planting a knife in your back. And yes there's more than one example in my weird little anecdote. They eat their own children! (figuratively)

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 14 points 1 month ago

Steroids, perhaps? Do they judge how hard a goat can headbutt things? I don’t friggin’ know. Never mind.

[–] peto@lemm.ee 10 points 1 month ago

I severely hope the best goat is the one that commits the most crimes at the fair.

[–] Steve@startrek.website 6 points 1 month ago

Tell me you never attended a rural high school

[–] protist@mander.xyz 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 21 points 1 month ago

just as absurd as all the other bullshit animal contests that judge "contestants" based on completely arbitrary physical characteristics which lead to severely inbred, sick, miserable animals

people are so fucking stupid

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 3 points 1 month ago

Why do I find out about these things just after Christmas? Birthday it is, then!