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[–] AnomalousBit@programming.dev 33 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Why does their bottom half look like a car wash?

[–] WorkIsSlow@lemmy.world 38 points 1 year ago

It's for cleaning your horse while riding.

[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 35 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They’re chaps, with the fur still on like that it’s good for cold climates.

[–] casmael@lemm.ee 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There are a couple of chaps in the photo most assuredly - the gentleman above asked what they were wearing on their legs 🤔

^laughs in bri’ish^

[–] RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oi mate, yous got a loisence for that joke?

[–] casmael@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago

Yiss m8 go’ me joke license renewed @ the dept of japes and humour last week m8 sware on me mum

[–] Nacktmull@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Do we know today how high the percentage of black cowboys was? I could imagine classic western movies have lied to us in that department too ...

[–] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

"A significant number of cowboys were black, with some estimates giving figures as high as 25% nationwide for those on trail drives."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowboy#History

[–] Bassman1805@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

No idea on numbers, but considering IRL cowboys were poor folks doing hard work nobody else wanted to do...probably quite a few black men 0-3 generations removed from slavery.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It was a shit job that rose to prominence shortly after the civil war during the era of sharecropping. I’d assume it’s pretty damn high. In general jobs that suck that much get filled by people whose other options are worse.

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

In general jobs that suck that much get filled by people whose other options are worse.

Reminds me of reading a collection of excerpts from women working in a textile mill in the early 19th century. Like, the conditions are described are fucking HORRIFIC, like, 14+ hour shifts, one day off a week kind of shit. And you know what many of these women write about, other than the grueling conditions?

How fucking great it is. How great it is to be free. To have financial independence. To have something to call their own.

It's at once inspiring, that humanity can find happiness in the struggle for their own self-actualization even in terrible conditions, and fucking horrifying that THAT state of affairs in the mill was an improvement for those impoverished coming from traditional farms with little hope of learning other trades that would give them independence.

[–] fubarx@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Every time this gets posted, someone mentions Lil Nas X.

[–] taiyang@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean, it would make a pretty badass album cover. Their facial expressions are serious.

[–] idiomaddict@feddit.de 6 points 1 year ago

The one on the right looks like how I feel when someone tells me some qanonsense

[–] Nacktmull@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] casmael@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

^ahhahahahahahhaaaaaahah^

[–] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wonder how these guys are doing today.

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Celebrating their 140th birthday soon

[–] idiomaddict@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago

I hope they’re planning something nice to celebrate

[–] casmael@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago

Looks like a high poly update to the handshake meme 🤝

[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

How about an animated comedy series that teaches US history based on this premise... They always end up having partners and kids two of which always end up being cowboys.... Until the final season when they choose normal modern day jobs.