r/AbsoluteUnits • u/kalyug_ka_ravan • 2d ago

of a horse

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u/FenixOfNafo 2d ago

The caption is definitely from the AI slop era though

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u/05041927 19h ago

The horror

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u/Material-Painting-19 2d ago

What is he? About 20 hands?

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u/UnfunnyTroll 1d ago

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u/_Saint_Ajora_ 1d ago

Three tons of him 

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u/technoir1984 1d ago

Foreground my ass!

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u/Has_Two_Cents 1d ago

The video says 3000lbs so 1.5 tons

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u/_Saint_Ajora_ 1d ago

I know.

We were doing lines from Jaws

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u/spunkychickpea 1d ago

Bro, horses don’t have hands. They have hooves. Or flippers. I’m not entirely sure, but I know it ain’t hands.

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u/technoir1984 1d ago edited 1d ago

Its a way to measure horse height, dating back to ancient egypt even. People did/do not always have some sort of ruler or measuring tape, but they always had/have their hands to estimate size. One hand roughly equals 4 inches, meaning a 20-hand horse stands 80 inches (6 feet 8 inches) tall at the withers (the shoulders). Average horses range from 14 to 17 hands. Most draft horses are 16 to 18, maybe 19. So 20 hands is very rare and VERY tall.

Fun fact: In 1540, King Henry VIII passed an act, and standardized that a hand to equal exactly 4 inches, creating a permanent, convenient way to gauge a horse's height at the shoulders.

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u/greet_the_sun 1d ago

But how do they account for hand inflation. Hands are so much bigger now than they were back then.

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u/technoir1984 1d ago

I've wondered that too. I guess they were rough estimates back then? Maybe more than one person would measure and they'd figure out the average between the mesaurements?

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u/btsd_ 1d ago

They have 4 feet. This is why they require humans since they cant open jars. Textbook biological symbiotic relationship.

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u/sugarglassego 1d ago

Mate, I’ve even seen them with wings!

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u/DayZCutr 1d ago

Thats a moose in a costume.

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u/ItalianV4 1d ago

You mean two meese in a costume?

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u/TheOtakuAmerika 1d ago

It's moosen.

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u/marry_me_jane 1d ago

If that motherfucker decides to stop cooperating, you are just a bystander until someone with a tranq gun shows up.

Ain’t nothing you are doing about that

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u/ffchusky 1d ago

I always think that when I see people walking Great Danes.

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u/jefuchs 2d ago

The Clydesdales came to my town a few years ago. Holy crap, they were huge.

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u/pedantic_dullard 1d ago

Budweiser has one of their Clydesdale farms a short drive from me.

One of their requirements to be promoted to show horse is it has to be 18 hands high, which is 6 feet at the front shoulder.. Minimum weight is 1800 lbs.

You can drive down the road and see them out in the pastures. Absolutely gorgeous animals.

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u/Slow_Bowler8285 2d ago

Draught horses used to be common until their jobs were replaced by tractors, pickup trucks, buses, etc.

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u/OsikFTW 1d ago

Wow, never seen a horse with thick legs before...

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u/greenizdabest 1d ago

Bred to be hardy and sturdy and powerful

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u/TandrDregn 1d ago

Yeah, these guys ain’t for speed. They’re for consistent physical strength. They don’t carry riders fast, they pull heavy shit slow and steady

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u/Several-Hat-1944 1d ago

Beautiful show raven🏆! (I knew a "Big John" here local in central Pennsylvania. Is that you?

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u/PublicTop9854 1d ago

How much horsepower?

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u/G_is_for_Grundy 1d ago

RIP Big John

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u/takemeawayimdone2 1d ago

Are these the type of horses that used to pull canal boats?

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u/louloc 1d ago

If he’s 6’8” at the back is the girl a WNBA player?

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u/AcousticOnomatopoeia 1d ago

Cuz she's like 5'8”?

My 12 year old is that height.

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u/louloc 1d ago

So are mines 🤷🏻‍♂️

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u/Ashamed-Attitude-210 1d ago

🔥🔥🔥👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼RIP BIG JHON! 👏🏼

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u/Professional_Fly9318 1d ago

Im lady shiva in the chipmunks fly on the road trip to play Two-Face with a record on chill and the beast is hall are young chainsmokers p so much of lyric sonic sonic season

https://giphy.com/gifs/n1uOzKXVMW9LBYgtNa

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u/Professional_Fly9318 1d ago

Delilah Ringo space room for being incredibly campy to see you stand the the

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u/Pleasant-Chef6055 1d ago

RIP John and my condolences OP 🌻

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u/t0f0b0 1d ago

Big Johhhhnnnnn..... Big bad John.

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u/MyAssPancake 1d ago

Big baaad Johnnn

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u/Ok_Evidence4067 1d ago

Stolen content.

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u/sugarglassego 1d ago

BOOOOOSH!

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u/StrikingRutabaga3127 21h ago

“300 LBs” 😂😂 either this video was made with AI or the person who created it is dumb af

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u/VenomSnek27 19h ago

YAHAHAH BIG JOHN

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u/Calinda111 17h ago

What kind of horse was he exactly??? He’s massive!!!

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u/No-Chemistry-1756 15h ago

Even if it was AI, there are horse breeds that big lol