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Hubi@feddit.org to Offbeat@lemmy.caEnglish · 5 months ago

Texas teenager accused of using poison to kill rival’s competition show goat

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Texas teenager accused of using poison to kill rival’s competition show goat

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Hubi@feddit.org to Offbeat@lemmy.caEnglish · 5 months ago
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Aubrey Vanlandingham charged with animal cruelty after reportedly confessing to force-feeding pesticide to goat
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  • solsangraal@lemmy.zip
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    imagine going to jail because you just couldn’t stand the thought of not having the “best goat,” whatever the fuck that means. and no, if you know what that means, don’t tell me–i refuse to have that information wasting space in my brain

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      “best goat”

      Goat Of All Time

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        Rip in peace poisoned goat of all time goat.

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        A GOAT goat, if you will?

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          The best part is that it’s recursive, like GNU.

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      Vanlandingham confessed to police that she deliberately poisoned the goat because she believed the animal’s owner was “a cheater”

      How do you even cheat with a goat? The whole thing is ridiculous.

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        being in america, it’s apparent that there are a large number of people (especially in red states) for whom part of the strategy is to accuse everyone else of cheating, all the time, no matter what.

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          projection

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        I’m not saying they’re all the same, but 100% of the Vanlandingham’s I have met in Texas have been rotten to the core. Real sociopaths. Smiling and friendly all while planting a knife in your back. And yes there’s more than one example in my weird little anecdote. They eat their own children! (figuratively)

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        How do you even cheat with a goat?

        Poisoning the opposition goats, I think

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        Steroids, perhaps? Do they judge how hard a goat can headbutt things? I don’t friggin’ know. Never mind.

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      I severely hope the best goat is the one that commits the most crimes at the fair.

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      Tell me you never attended a rural high school

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      https://showgoatlife.com/

      They have merch

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        just as absurd as all the other bullshit animal contests that judge “contestants” based on completely arbitrary physical characteristics which lead to severely inbred, sick, miserable animals

        people are so fucking stupid

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        Why do I find out about these things just after Christmas? Birthday it is, then!

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    One time, we all got hauled out to someone’s farm, for ag class, to watch pigs get castrated. A student was handling all the procedures until they got to the the likely prize show pig another student owned. The teachers husband took over and preformed the procedure. That likely prize pig, and only that pig, died that day. Rumor had it, that he purposefully botched the procedure so his own kid could win.

    Im just sitting here wondering why this is making the rounds, except for this girl got caught. This is the par for the course and happens more often than one would think.

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    killed a 15 yo’s sweet lil animal friend over some stupid competition. i hope she gets at least the full two years. sick and twisted. makes me wonder what her parents are like.

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      She’s a psychopath. Sadly, I don’t believe she’ll change.

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    Investigators who searched her phone history found that she had searched “how much bleach can kill an animal” and “poisoning pets, what you should know”, People reported. She also allegedly searched “how to clear search history”.

    Clearly wasn’t very successful xD

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      “poisoning pets, what you should know”,

      It feels like she was looking for a book called “poisoning pets for dummies”

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    the average american has essentially zero regard for the well-being of non-human animals, this is not surprising in the least.

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      They aren’t so good about the well-being of their fellow humans, either. Think of all the things other civilized countries have that we don’t because people don’t want to pay for anything that doesn’t benefit themselves and only themselves.

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      Meanwhile China is eating dogs. It’s not an American thing, it’s a people thing

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        How does it matter whether it’s dogs or cows? Factory farming any animal is a great wrong we should leave behind us as quickly as we can.

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          Correct, which is why I said it’s a people thing

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    New Game of Goats season is out, huh?

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    “offbeat” ?

    • Hubi@feddit.orgOP
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      A planned murder by a rival at a goat competition is not offbeat enough?

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      I thought you said off bleat!

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    A future Texas senator in the making

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    As you do…

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    • GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      Is there a point to your comment…? It’s only pretty rivalry, so let the sociopath walk? Is that what you’re saying?

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        • GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          Let’s start with all.

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            • GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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              How enlightening. Really stick to your guns, dontcha?

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                • metallic_substance@lemmy.world
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                  The classic “I’m too far above you to explain myself” defense after being backed into a corner by someone who is probably smarter than you

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                  I don’t have time to respond

                  The pile of response you’ve left after saying this proves that was a lie.

                  and I don’t match energy with fools

                  pats head Sure. They outwit you constantly.

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              Lmfao

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      I can’t help but notice it says all that in the headline

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      it sounds like rivalry to me

      No shit? Like that wasn’t patently obvious?

      What point are you trying to make? This girl is a psychopath.

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          Your original comment is unclear or unnecessary, I think that’s why people are confused.

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            • Scary le Poo@beehaw.orgBanned
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              What is wrong with you?

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                  The headline already did.

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                  Sorry. Using words and sentences doesn’t help grow your knowledge maybe repeated “memes” will?

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    “Offbleat”

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    Texas teenager accused of using poison to kill rival’s competition show GREATEST OF ALL TIME

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    Lol that’s funney

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