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Shamorza
"and private Dick Johnson shall represent horse's cock" -the officer responsible for the ceremony.
AlligatorTown
I teared up in about two seconds. Ow my heart
nomar8219
mrPoopieButt
"Neato!" - all the dead horses, probably
snappygiraffe
How pigment challenged does a guy need to be to be asked to take off his shirt?
Splittmark
I like how that guy is turned to make the mouth
digitreal
This is what people did before memes.
Arkmer
And on that day we told the world that though we fought and killed, we are not monsters For we mourn and bury our dead No matter who they be
madmadders
https://thumbs.gfycat.com/NecessaryIdealDuckbillplatypus-small.gif
vegecat
What ever level of respect this suggests, I hope they were shown it when they were alive
charliem
Are horses even around anymore
artman55555
Why the long face?
StrixUralensis
Perfect... The horses were more humane than people
HorseonaBike
I approve of this post
Keicars
Tesco's did the same
TypedThisWithMyPenis
Yes because we've only had artists and engineers for the last 50 years or so. It must be aliens.
Cake34
Eight million horses died in the First World War. :(
Blastergv9
Yes, keep in mind they still had cavalry in this war
Barkinsons
An estimated 8 million died during that war. Their epitaph reads: "They had no choice."
CatsUpvoteTerror
... well neither did the men
TheSexiestRaccoonEver
My great-grandpa trained with his horse and had him throughout the war. Lost him when a German pilot shot them. The horse died, he didn't.
gavr1loo
Horses likes this.
Cereaza
Go read War Horse you fuckers.
Brandy321
a horse is a horse of course of course unless he is talking to you of course.
WintherIsComing
So.. how many people in this photo..?
hadji
I'm sure horses everywhere feel honored. Just ask them!
somethingsomething6969
They should pay tribute to the people that lost their lives in WW1
CatsUpvoteTerror
... those guys were actual soldiers in WW1
somethingsomething6969
and they should be paying tribute to their fellow humans soldiers who died. Also I made that comment 9 months ago wtf
phairysquid
Who is this for though? Did the surviving horses appreciate the gesture?
Morgankm123
What’s the point in funerals? Or remembrance day? It’s to show we care and will remember what happened.
Neogreenyew
Why would americans pay tribute to the horses in a war that they never took part in.
newyorknyc
Wat.
Neogreenyew
huh I guess the US did join the war. I never remember learning that.
CatsUpvoteTerror
120,000 Americans died in the war
Frankinbeijing
Horses are easy to get attached to. You develop trust and a bond.
CactusFantastic0
40 horses died in the ca fires this past week
blurgh
Goes for almost all animals.
JailtimeBillC16
Almost like they’re made out of glue...
z3lfmoord
And bondage.
dontmagpie
of course you do. theyre soldiers too, and damned invaluble
EnigmaV8
And in an ironic twist: horses can also develop a bond you can trust.
YouBlinkYouBleed
A simple yet heartwarming comment.
Kainih
Red dead redemption 2. That is all.
NoseriouslyImnotBatman
Horses are easy to get attached to....No one knows it better than @ElbowDeepInAHorse
straikychan
I think that's more of a stuck than attached
HarryDresdenIsMySpiritAnimal
Of course you bond with a horse. That's why they're used to make glue!
Frankinbeijing
dark bro +1
JeremyPeevin
Damn. That picture took some goddamn effort. We see stuff like this now all the time, but in 1918?
fouroneone
This is probably a Mole and Thomas photograph https://blogs.loc.gov/picturethis/2016/05/formation-photographs-lining-up-to-salute-the-flag/
RepostFromLastWeek
What do we have today that they didn't have back then to make this kind of a photo? All you need is a high platform and a camera.
foxfire1112
the military does shit like this all the time. Roman's would have complete formations like this
pfsar
Everybody else was living in 1918 but they were living in 2018...
DuchessImguraff
Yeah it's easier now in the photo culture instagram and facebook made. Back then they had no clue.
fluhatinrapper
No clue for what? How to make an outline and stand in it?
yoshi
[citation needed]
Linhtendo
they built the whole country. dont act like people from the past were stupid.
JeremyPeevin
Sure, and marginalizing the effort they put into making this photograph sure is a good way to prove that, eh?
arphaSleepWrecker
And what a great effort right ?
JeremyPeevin
"Just trust me, It'll look right." "But there's like 35 people making up the ear, and 20 people making up the neck." "Just. Trust. Me."
AnOpinion
I think they did it because of the angle of the photo so it wouldn’t look short or anything idk I think it worked
DrSchmolls
that is exactly the thing that @JeremyPeevin was creatively describing via a hypothetical conversation involving the planner
36roentgen
Lot more than 35, the full picture has 11,000 people in it.
Lukapaka
Lolwat
AnOpinion
No it doesn’t?
cantthinkofaclevernameatm
Sauce?
SumDumFox
https://i.pinimg.com/736x/e5/8f/c2/e58fc24bf62353aa927cc752bd00c4eb--horse-head-the-horse.jpg
cantthinkofaclevernameatm
Threefiddy actually
SumDumFox
Definitely not 11,000.
magichal
Looks like about 600-700
BoooBerry
Why would something like this be more difficult then than now?
piratica108
You wouldn't think so, but you would be shocked how much we take for granted growing up into many of the cultural revolutions they lacked
JeremyPeevin
1/2 Because we've SEEN pictures like this. We know it can work. And even if it's not perfect there's photoshop. People forget how many
JeremyPeevin
2/2 advancements have been made in the arts in the past 100 years. And a lot of it is BECAUSE of the innovative photographers like this.
DickPicEnthusiast
Digital cameras are less unwieldy and have better optics, plus they can accurately preview the image and see the results immediately . Also>
DickPicEnthusiast
> it would be easier to plan the design and necessary distortion on a computer than by hand. Today, all it takes is a bunch of bored teens.
fluhatinrapper
Exactly my thought. Make the outline. Get people to stand. Get on a ladder. Move people as needed. Same 100 yrs ago.
DrSchmolls
actually way more impressive than what I've seen a lot of recently where people cut out the angle/perspective issues by using drones
JeremyBeadlesHands
They've also had to orientate it to get the light right so the spaces create darker patches. Really clever