A Good Laugh

[jason]

These come from a news/link aggregate site called reddit.  A very popular site with the younger crowd, probably in the top 25 of websites visited on the internet.  If a you post something that is popular, it gets upvoted and if gets enough upvotes it can make it to the frontpage.  Which is very hard to do on site that is this huge.

I happen to see this topic on the 2nd or 3rd page, which is quite the accomplishment.

Anyway the photo shows Texas Tornado and Johnny Football, but the funny part is the comments people have added.  I will post a few of the good ones.

"damn those are fluffy"

"they just keep making me giggle every time i see them!"

"How fluffy is the beef?"

"my mind is utterly blown. I've seen nothing else like it. I WANT ONE."

"MUST....SNUGGLE!"

"so damn fabulous"

"These cows are clearly wearing the Fall line."

http://www.reddit.com/r/aww/comments/1evosm/cows_dont_usually_get_posted_here_but_theyre_just/

 

[jason]

Here is the photos that people are commenting on.

 

[RyanChandler]

They make me giggle too  (lol)

 

[jason]

You can imagine an ad featuring either bull in the showtimes or showcircuit with the caption under the ad reading

"they just keep making me giggle every time i see them!" or "so damn fabulous"

On 2nd thought, this quote could make a good ad

"my mind is utterly blown. I've seen nothing else like it. I WANT ONE."

 

[savaged]

Happens every year at our county fair.  Families will come up to the grooming chute when the calf is all blown dry and just beg to pet them.  People are mesmerized by a cool looking and fitted calf.  (If they only knew what it took to accomplish.....)

 

[shortyjock89]

That was on reddit!?  I'm on there quite a bit, surprised I never saw that. Pretty cool Jason!

 

[BadgerFan]

I went over to that site out of curiousity.  I don't get it.  What's the point?  Can someone explain?

 

[RyanChandler]

I went over to that site out of curiousity.  I don't get it.  What's the point?  Can someone explain?

Entertainment. 

 

[jason]

I went over to that site out of curiousity.  I don't get it.  What's the point?  Can someone explain?

The key appeal to that site is the most newsworthy or entertaining information gets pushed the frontpage and comments inside the topic get pushed up.

There is a lot of crap, but you can filter most of it out by only joining certain areas of the site that you are interested it.

The good side, when a major news event happens, information is gathered from multiple sources assimilated in 1 topic and provides updates faster than cnn.

The bad side, in the instance of the boston bombers, a large group of redditors tried to find the boston bomber before the suspects name were released, which led them to identifying the wrong person, harassing him on facebook, which led to a lot of backlash.


All in all, it is a time waster for me now and then.  Not for everyone, my wife either hates it or doesn't get it, or course her internet is limited to facebook, pinterest, and friend's blogs.  Very, very popular site with younger folks.

 

[jason]

That was on reddit!?  I'm on there quite a bit, surprised I never saw that. Pretty cool Jason!

IIRC, it was on the 2nd/3rd page of the frontpage without me being logged in.  From time to time, you see highland calves make a push toward the top.  The person who posted didn't seem real knowledgeable about what they posted.

 

[Telos]

We are breeding big, soft teddy bears. I like "fluffy". Maybe the judges can use this for their reasons when placing a class.

 

[Limiman12]

It actually bothers me when people with no clue about cattle start saying, SO CUTE! I WANT ONE! OR I WANT TO CUDDLE A COW.........  Makes them ripe for HSUS BS

 

[RyanChandler]

It actually bothers me when people with no clue about cattle start saying, SO CUTE! I WANT ONE! OR I WANT TO CUDDLE A COW.........  Makes them ripe for HSUS BS

As if their carrier status doesn't already do that.

 

[squirt71]

Just saw this on Facebook, they did a Yahoo "Odd News" story about this:
http://news.yahoo.com/video/internet-users-fall-love-fluffy-214408897.html

 

[jason]

Reddit AMA on it

http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1flz9y/i_am_matt_lautner_i_own_the_fluffy_cows_ama/

 

[BTDT]

It actually bothers me when people with no clue about cattle start saying, SO CUTE! I WANT ONE! OR I WANT TO CUDDLE A COW.........  Makes them ripe for HSUS BS

Exactly. Mr.Lautner needs to explain things a bit better.  You don't just "get one" or "buy one" to keep in the back yard.  He also needs to make a point to say "These are NOT pets. They are future burger to put between two buns."

I Also noticed he skipped over the question of "how do you get semen?"  If you do it for a living, you shouldn't be ashamed of, or embarrassed to explain the process.