Last night, a helpful Twitterer pointed me to a news story from a couple of years back about a rather obstreperous goat who climbed onto a roof and wouldn’t get down — a bit like those Fathers 4 Justice protesters who like to dress up like superheroes and climb up buildings and bridges and even, last November, Buckingham Palace.
The goat’s aspirations were a tad more modest; he just climbed atop a one-story house. As the Mirror reported:
A routine patrol took an unexpected turn for police in Gresham, Oregon, when they spotted a goat stuck on a roof.
With the officers experienced in dealing with cut-throat criminals on a daily basis, they would have been expected to make light work of dealing with the runaway animal.
However, they were warned not to get any closer to the goat with anger issues as they attempted a rooftop rescue.
‘The goat will charge you,’ one neighbour told the officers during the incident last week.
Yep. Sounds a lot like an MRA.
Another told the perplexed Gresham police team that the ‘goat only respects one man’ and warned them to stay away.
Reports that the goat set the house on fire and then yelled out “made it, ma! Top of fhe world!” turned out to be something that I made up just now.
The goat was eventually rescued when the aforementioned respected owner came home and safely removed him from the roof.
If only MRAs could be dealt with so easily.
Unlike MRAs, though, goats are kind of awesome. To make up for comparing them to MRAs, here are a couple of videos of goats being goaty.
First, baby goats climbing a tree!
https://twitter.com/EverythingGoats/status/684459181563199488
And another goat that got itself into trouble with the law.
https://twitter.com/EverythingGoats/status/683329217371619329
Goats are infinitely better than MRAs and MGTOWs. They’re a lot more agreeable (under most circumstances, can’t say that one on the roof was particularly agreeable towards anyone but the respected owner-person.) just make sure to avoid wearing clothes with buttons.
Goats have a tendency to eat buttons. And anything else they happen upon that looks kinda edible or like it *might* be food. Or shiny.
The best kind are the ones that ‘faint’*.
*They don’t technically faint, it’s a genetic neuromuscular disorder in goats who are myotonic, causing their muscles to freeze up for 10-20 seconds when they experience feelings of panic. This ‘freezing up’ makes the goats fall over with all four legs extended out stiffly until the muscles relax and the goat can get up and go on its goat-way.
@msexceptiontotherule
From what my ex-brother-in-law tells me (he owns goats), they’ll eat everything except for Purina Goat Chow.
Notwithstanding the fact that goats will turn any environment into an environ meme fit only for goats and will eat your tent,they are cool.
Can someone more techno literate post the video of the goats on sheet metal, it’s hypnotic.
I fully love and support all things goat.
http://www.kickweak.com/img/fun/when_you_are_a_gamer/gaming_humor_9.jpg
@ dhag
“I like the way Snrub thinks!”
I once went camping to Santiago del Estero, one of the hottest provinces, were the smallest insect is the size of my fist!
But I had the chance to hang out with a neighbour’s goat herd, which was awesome. I remember one that was probably a baby, coming up to me and offering their head like cats sometimes do to be petted.
Then I petted them, but they started pushing my hand, like goats do with other goats’ heads. I spent all that afternoon playing with Tiny Goat ?
Anyone thinks MRAs would be less unpleasing if they had fur?
Me neither.
I think I’ve mentioned before about how a goat at the city farm used me as a (literal) springboard in an escape attempt.
And how, somehow, it was my fault apparently.
Is this the one you were thinking of Alan.
@ mildlymagnificent
Indeed it is; thank you!
I know what I’ll be watching for the next hour or so.
I can milk a goat. My sister raised them in 4H. Just sayin…
I wish I was a goat, then I could run wild in endless rolling hills, bleat to my hearts content, and never have the misfortune of making conversation with a MRA. *sigh* Maybe next year Santa will make my wish come true.
I wish I was a goat so I could scream and people would think it’s cute instead of “inappropriate” and kick me out of the library.
Those babies are climbing a mesquite tree in the first video. Bet that’s Texas. 🙂
My family raised orphaned baby goats when I was a kid. They were adorable, and a huge pain in the ass. We completely loved them.
Have you been screaming in libraries again?
Next time you’re in the library ask the librarian if they have a copy of “How to accept disappointment without killing”
I’ve always been impressed by goats’ capacity for play. And for their ability to climb things that no human foot to get a purchase on. Sometimes I’m even impressed by their capacity to eat just about anything, short of actual rocks.
But MRAs, migtoes, and other manospheric morons? Well, the only thing about them that impresses me is their endless capacity for sexism. And teh stooooooopid. And not nearly in as pleasant a way as goats.
Gooooooats.
ETA: Heh, someone else posted another version of the same video. Fistbump!
I love this video, but severely dislike the title.
Reposting baby goats in pajamas:
And firstposting baby goat:
When I read the roof-goat article, there was linked at the bottom a story about a man who spent five years trying to get a penis drawing recognized as his signature. This seems like something that MRAs and suchlike might be redirected into that would be more productive than their current activities.
So, Milo’s (and by extension, his fanbase) still throwing a hissy fit over having his verified status on Twitter taken away from him.
And apparently Roosh is also (tentatively) supporting him as well. As long as Roosh can have his butt to a wall, because he doesn’t want Milo coming on to him, apparently.
https://twitter.com/chiller/status/685803753967095808
I’m having quite a laugh at “I wouldn’t go on to private property with him” line. Looks like Roosh is still a fan of that “rape on private property” thing. So much for satire, huh?
I don’t understand what it is with straight dudes and thinking every gay man wants their butt, especially the super homophobic ones. Don’t fuckin’ flatter yourselves. Gay peeps want nothing to do with you, let alone get close enough to you to have sex with you.
Yes, Milo’s a self-hating gay man, but I would dare say that he has standards. Standards that include not sticking his giblets anywhere near your unwiped and unwashed butthole. (Sorry for the imagery, but I’m dying of laughter over here.)
*watches all the goats on the metal*
I think brown goat is going “I stayed up there longer. Totally more points than you.”
Heh. Good ol’ Roosh…proving, once again, the axiom that homophobia is nothing more than straight men fearing that gay men will treat them the way they themselves treat women. Does Milo have to say “no homo, bro” before hugging him, I wonder?
Looks like my ex found a new hobby. Good for him.
@PI
I’m still too angry over the #JeSuisMilo thing to even word properly. FFS.
(Autocorrect changed that to #Jesus Milo. Add a comma in there and I wholeheartedly agree.)
The “Crazy Baby Goat” is Buttermilk Sky of Took A Leap Farm in Maine. She had three babies of her own last year. Goats are wonderful.