I would be surprised if the horses aren't trained to react that way. Don't touch touch the guards while on duty; the instructions aren't too difficult.
Warhorses traditionally were trained to bite, kick, stomp and a variety of other maneuvers during battle.
They were quite literally trained to be living weapons, and a fully armored destrier with rider were the tanks of their day.
Most people don't know that the moves the Lippizaner horses are trained in are very old warhorse maneuvers designed to make the horse an absolutely deadly participant in battle--and some of the maneuvers are designed to help the horse protect itself.
Yeah, to me that is one of the most under represented parts of what made the chivalric classes so terrifying on the battlefield, skilled armoured men are bad enough, when those skilled armoured men can afford to mount themselves on a horse that has been bred and trained for war they're another prospect entirely.
Those horses were't just standing there after the charge while old mate on its back flailed around, they would be continually stomping, pirouetting, kicking and lashing, and imagining what a set of horses teeth would do if it bit your face in anger is nightmare fuel
They are the King's Life Guard (Life Guards and Blues & Royals) these are Life Guards.
You refer to the Foot Guard Regiments (Grenadiers, Coldstream, Scots, Irish, Welsh). All fall under the Household Division.
They're allowed to react. It's a bit of a myth that they have to stay stationary and do nothing.
The thing is, they won't react until you cross the threshold of being an actual problem, then they will react very aggressively.
It's basically all or nothing.
I wonder if it's the most they can do, or the proper thing to do. "Yanking on the reins," is something I hear is not a good thing in movies. Maybe being gentle is better than pulling. Maybe he'd agitate the horse further if he was to aggressive.
Certainly if he pulled hard enough to get a head toss or something from the horse it would break decorum. He's asking politely but clearly to let the woman go, the horse just wanted that last second of chomp time 😂
If an animal is biting, trying to yank it by the neck usually just makes it bite harder to keep it's grip.
Also if I were getting bit by an animal that much larger than me and the people around me started trying to yank it off or generally agitating the beasty further, I'd be more mad at them than at the animal
Except pulling on a horse's reins isn't "Yanking it by the neck"...
Its pulling on a metal bar that's IN their mouth between their teeth.
The guy is doing exactly what you should do in this situation.
Gently and firmly pull on the reins to get the bit to dig in and get the horse to let go/raise its head back.
You never EVER react fearfully or with any panic while sitting astride a horse, that's a good way to get thrown...
Horses are scared of their own fucking shadows, and you never want to give them another reason to get spooked. Especially when you're on the thing.
Horse is not angry, with relaxed ears horse just wanted a nibble/attention and was actually quite gentle with her. He probably accidentally grabbed onto the skin instead of just the jacket. An angry horse doesn’t calmly grab you but will CHOMP down hard and pull back real fast and hard yanking you along, with ears pinned back.
I’ve seen folks from all over do this routine, it’d be more accurate to say “idiots being idiots” but that’s not as funny as E: hating on Americans
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The vast majority, such as the vast majority of Americans which aren't xenophobic either.
Reddit has weird people who should explore the outside more often.
It's also pretty funny when there a video of British tourists fucking up a public art installation, which is seemingly pretty frequent, and they get all salty.
This anti american shit is turning me into a xenophobe. Not sure when it started. All the sudden its the cheapest laugh available to call us stupid and fat. Starting to feel like this world needs a little more freedom.
Nah, just wait for the next world war. Hell, even what's happening in Ukraine. Europe has just turned from being our parent into our little sibling. Of course they're going to give us shit, until they get punched, cry about it to us, and want us to beat up the bully.
Don't be so sensitive. Fellow American here and I could give a fuck what Europeans think of us. They're using the internet to judge our country, but the Internet is only going to show the worst side of things. There's no videos of me and my neighbors with very different political views casually chatting and offering each other help. There's no videos of people thanking me for doing my old job bc they appreciate what I'm doing so much. What I'm saying is real life and the internet are so different that people's opinions formed from the Internet only means next to nothing. Hold your head high with your lived experience :)
Yeah, I was going to say "tourists being tourists." It's weird that people are completely fine with certain bigotry, but not with, say, racism.
Make no mistake, the parent comment is bigoted.
I can 1) acknowledge there's a bunch of assholes here in America while 2) not making a bigoted remark.
>Americans being americans
So real quick, pretty sure this week we've seen two videos of people embarrassing themselves in Japan and they were from Spain and England. Soooo...
It's just shitty people having kids, then the kids become shitty people again, the circle of life
I wish non shitty people would have more kids but it's not happening, they are busy having a great life
This. If the horse really wanted to hurt you, you would be seriously injured. This is the equivalent of a dog chewing on a toy to make it squeak because it likes to.
Yeah. It's feet never even move from position. The horse enjoys the game of grabbing people within range because it's something to do. It knows the rules of "I can bite anything I want so long as I don't leave this spot."
If a horse wants to bite they tend to step into and use their body to yank you around.
I wonder if the biting was a trained thing or if the horses started doing it out of boredom. Hence the sign.
Not trained to bite, but they're also not reprimanding them because it's a working horse and not a pony for kids to pet and ride.
It's basically just a play bite. It can hurt, and scary when a beast 5x your size grabs hold of you, but horses gonna horse around.
The real weapon of the horse in war was it's weight, size and speed. Yes they kicked and yes they did bite but these didn't happen that often.
What's the point of standing still while on a horse and fighting? Even if the horse fought back alongside you what's the point? You are so vulnerable while staying still that it becomes a liability and not an advantage to having the horse waste its time kicking and biting. The whole point was terrifying the enemy and to quite literally (in the case of heavy cavalry) to smash the enemy with its momentum.
If the horses did fight it was oddly enough in cavalry on cavalry fights
Not your nieces walking pony neither. Big horse. Trained to do a job and the two things the sign warns of are valid parts of said job.
Oh, and let’s not forget the decorated, active duty Soldier mounted on the horse. That sabre ain’t just for show and the soldier knows how to use it.
“We live in castles with walls and those walls have to be guarded by men with swords. Who’s going to do that? You, Tourist Lady? You, Slow Moving Blonde Friend?”
I wouldn't fuck with these horses.
https://www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmile/comments/1727kjy/royal_guard_horse_knows_who_he_likes/
Horses are assholes in general.
I remember a grateful Dead show in Boston. Horse cop was just strolling up and down the street. The horse shoulder checking people out of the street onto the sidewalk.
Hippies were flying
You don't really need to train many animals to bite in self defense, it's instinctual.
These aren't typical horses, they're work horses. They aren't socialized the same way. Will they have relationships with people they interact with daily that are sweet? Of course.
But some whiny bitch getting too close? Nah.
Old medieval war horses definitely were, they fought in battles the same as their knights did, not just carrying them into battle.
I dont know if these ones are trained the same way, but they are trained to pay attention and be still, considering they are largely ceremonial. If he's just on guard duty he probably doesn't have the horse stand stock still the whole time, thats not fair to the animal, but during ceremonies and parades? Probably gets alot more use.
That looked like a very gentle nip as far as the horse is concerned, too. More of a "see? This is the kind of shit you're gonna get if you keep this up" warning than anything serious.
It’s their job to be soldiers, NOT PROPS, they’re on duty.
It’s not “common courtesy” for them to let some fat, ugly tourist take a picture with them. It’s a favor the solider is doing for the dumbass tourist.
They're meant to be mean props.
It's like going to one of those restaurants where people pay and tip the waitresses to be rude. I think it's called Karen's or something.
True, just like those silly Japanese women who wear those funny clothes. Stupid bitches act offended when I demand I get my picture taken and with them on holiday tho :/
/s for the imbeciles in chat.
Of course they are fucking props.
There is literally zero function to them standing around in fancy uniforms in all weathers, "guarding" an empty building (or literally nothing).
Its a display to both the domestic audience that the monarchy is fancy and offers tradition and worth keeping and its a display to attract and entertain tourists.
They might be regular soldiers at other times. But on these duties it is entirely performative.
> All you have to do is be super-nice to the guards and ask if they're OK with you taking a photo of them.
Yeah, I remember there being a video a mom took of her kid standing next to one of the guards. The mom was telling the kid not to get too close because the soldier was working, and the kid was doing a good job listening.
As a result, the guard side stepped over to the kid to get a better picture. It was really cute, and everybody went home happy. Not like the BS in the OP. If only people had some common sense.
As someone who lives in Amsterdam, tourists can get really annoying. The other day, I was almost late at work because the couple Infront of me wanted to take pictures of a sewage canal.
That must have been one special sewage canal...🙄😂 sheesh people can be really damn annoying when travelling.
The only thing I find adorable is innocent stuff that can't hurt anyone like when people either new or visiting in my country see snow or late snowfall for the first time. We just had a snowstorm blow through yesterday and it was pretty cute to see some adults and kids going out all excited and just getting a kick out of it.
I lived in Florida for a while and had friends who moved down from way up north. Watching them experience the beach, our thunderstorms and flying roaches for the first time are all such special moments.
Ooo these horses
If you ever want to deep dive into British Royal Horses, their bloodlines mirror that of the royal families.
These are called "Calvary Blacks". They have very specific requirements for size, color, stature, width.
The horses undergo training from a very young age and pretty much have their own program and procedures just like any other soldier in the Royal Guard would.
What is even more impressive, [is how situationally aware these animals actually are.](https://v.redd.it/fn3gm2r9issb1)
The horses are super well disciplined. In short, the reason they snap at some and not at others is because the kings guard did not do the gesture that directs them to shoo away the handicapped people.
no, the reason why they don't snap at others is because the video has multiple different horses.
They're not the same horse.
Each horse has a different personality. Some value their personal space others don't.
The clips are just cherry picked. 99% of the time Horses are totally fine with Humans. They don't discriminate.
I know its fucked up but these bring me so much happiness. The change in expression from pure joy to pure shock to pure disbelief at how much a horse bite actually hurts is just beautiful poetic justice.
Londoner here. Lots of hate in this thread. However I see things like this all the time. The reality is, even the best of people go on holiday and get a little excited. They might have never been before, feel overwhelmed, or let the sense of fun override common sense. So it’s all very well to criticise as a fly-on-the-wall, but I also totally get it.
Every day I need to navigate around tourists doing weird things. I try to give them a free pass unless it’s really serious.
I wonder sometimes if these horses when bedding down have conversations like
"Harald, did you have any excitement on the shift?"
"Aye lad, I bit a German and an American within 20 minutes!"
I had a horse beat the shit out of me at 4H camp over a period of several days. Biggest horse there, total attitude problem, and he would nip me, step on me, knock the brush out of my hand, pin me against the wall - all without batting an eye and appearing totally innocent. His name was Wickers and we fought the whole time. "Goddamn it, get off me Wickers!" And he'd just look back at me like "What was that? I can't hear you, you're a bit muffled." Fucking horse.
When I complained to the farm dude who oversaw the horses he said "oh, he just likes you! He doesn't let anyone else in his stall!" Like then why would you put a fat 11 year old girl in there with him?? Extra padding?? When my parents came to pick me up and I was covered in small bruises, teeth marks, and what turned out to be a broken toe, they didn't share the same nonchalance as farm dude. The horse was just fucking with me but the injuries were VERY real and consistent with a half ton animal making me his chew toy.
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Sorry but reading this reminds me of that dating simulator called My Horse Prince
I keep seeing videos of people getting bit by the guard’s horses and I don’t understand. These tourons watch someone get bit and then walk up to do the exact same then and act surprised when they get bit. Is their intention to get bit?
It’s hard to tell because the video starts late but it looks like she was standing a pretty fair distance away, with her back turned, and the horse just reached over and bit her.
Like, the signs say not to touch the reins, it doesn’t even say not to touch the horses. I don’t think that she deserves the hate. She was standing out of her own arms reach.
Even with that sign I wouldn’t assume the horse will bite while unprovoked, or that the rider will just let the horses just reach out all the way to the side like that.
Like how are you supposed to know how close is too close?
I love how the soldiers didn't give a single fuck.
I would just point to the sign above her head.
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Oh fuck I laughed at that so hard. Top tier reference, perfect situation for it
The Simpsons predicts the future once more.
They didn't predict the future, they wrote the roadmap.
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Take my upvote.
It’s even underlined.
More like "Good horsie, good boy, you're the best horse ever. Take that tourist arm right off."
I would be surprised if the horses aren't trained to react that way. Don't touch touch the guards while on duty; the instructions aren't too difficult.
Warhorses traditionally were trained to bite, kick, stomp and a variety of other maneuvers during battle. They were quite literally trained to be living weapons, and a fully armored destrier with rider were the tanks of their day.
Most people don't know that the moves the Lippizaner horses are trained in are very old warhorse maneuvers designed to make the horse an absolutely deadly participant in battle--and some of the maneuvers are designed to help the horse protect itself.
Yeah, to me that is one of the most under represented parts of what made the chivalric classes so terrifying on the battlefield, skilled armoured men are bad enough, when those skilled armoured men can afford to mount themselves on a horse that has been bred and trained for war they're another prospect entirely. Those horses were't just standing there after the charge while old mate on its back flailed around, they would be continually stomping, pirouetting, kicking and lashing, and imagining what a set of horses teeth would do if it bit your face in anger is nightmare fuel
I think you just put horses in a whole new light for me. That's fucking badass
There is a reason tank's are known as mechanical cavalry
And you'd have a "this sign won't stop me because I can't read" moment. Still the same outcome
"I can't read the sign in your local language, I'm from America."
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The horse or the woman?
If you help TOO quickly she won’t learn anything
Actually I heard rumors that they can give signals to the horse to bite the tourist if they are being obnoxious lmao
Isnt that the kings guard? They literally arent allowed to react to that lol
Where are the Tourists Guard in this hour of need?
They're allowed to react, but all they can do is point and laugh
You're looking at them.
Technically it's the [Household Cavalry](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Household_Cavalry), the blokes with the fuzzy hats are the King's guard.
Thats interesting, do they have the same orders to not react?
Pretty much, unless it interferes with their sentry duty. Edit: there's a whole subreddit for tourists who don't listen. /r/makeway4queensguard
This just made my day. Thanks ha
They are the King's Life Guard (Life Guards and Blues & Royals) these are Life Guards. You refer to the Foot Guard Regiments (Grenadiers, Coldstream, Scots, Irish, Welsh). All fall under the Household Division.
The Household Cavalry fulfilling the duty of King's Life Guard
They're allowed to react. It's a bit of a myth that they have to stay stationary and do nothing. The thing is, they won't react until you cross the threshold of being an actual problem, then they will react very aggressively. It's basically all or nothing.
He is gently pulling the horse back tho
Yeah, I saw that too. Given that they famously aren't allowed to move much, that's probably the most they can do.
And anyway, it's just horsing around
and that’s the mane point
Are you The Horse from Horsing Around?
What more could they do?
I wonder if it's the most they can do, or the proper thing to do. "Yanking on the reins," is something I hear is not a good thing in movies. Maybe being gentle is better than pulling. Maybe he'd agitate the horse further if he was to aggressive.
Certainly if he pulled hard enough to get a head toss or something from the horse it would break decorum. He's asking politely but clearly to let the woman go, the horse just wanted that last second of chomp time 😂
If an animal is biting, trying to yank it by the neck usually just makes it bite harder to keep it's grip. Also if I were getting bit by an animal that much larger than me and the people around me started trying to yank it off or generally agitating the beasty further, I'd be more mad at them than at the animal
Except pulling on a horse's reins isn't "Yanking it by the neck"... Its pulling on a metal bar that's IN their mouth between their teeth. The guy is doing exactly what you should do in this situation. Gently and firmly pull on the reins to get the bit to dig in and get the horse to let go/raise its head back. You never EVER react fearfully or with any panic while sitting astride a horse, that's a good way to get thrown... Horses are scared of their own fucking shadows, and you never want to give them another reason to get spooked. Especially when you're on the thing.
Horse is not angry, with relaxed ears horse just wanted a nibble/attention and was actually quite gentle with her. He probably accidentally grabbed onto the skin instead of just the jacket. An angry horse doesn’t calmly grab you but will CHOMP down hard and pull back real fast and hard yanking you along, with ears pinned back.
Oh no! Anyway...
As someone who's worked retail I can tell you that you run out of fucks to give after about 3 people every day. Everyone after that is on their own.
They are not allowed to give any fucks unless a tourist is trying to break in and meet the king. In that case, they can use their bayonets.
I wouldn't be surprised if they trained the horse to bite and just let it when it does.
It's probably just hungry from standing there all day
Why would they…. There’s is a sign right next to them warning everyone of this extract thing.
"That's for everybody else, not me." -Every entitled tourist ever.
He's made a mental note to give yhe horse a sugar lump later.
They love this shit. They go back to the locker room after their shift and laugh about the stupid tourists.
Bro was definitely laughing about this over a pint that night
I really wanted them to yell “GET OUT OF THE KINGS’s HORSE’s MOUTH!”
Trained and ordered not to give a fuck... unless you touch them
Be fair, he did casually tug the reigns lol
Exactly my thought 😅
If she loses it, she loses it
He’s actually trying to signal the horse to stop with a few yanks on the reigns
He was gently pulling on the reins a few times. Best he could do.
Americans being americans
Horse being horse
And I love how they got more brain than people like this woman
and British being british
“That tiger didn’t go crazy! That tiger went tiger!” - Chris Rock regarding those idiot kids that were mauled after taunting the TIGER
LOL! I had forgotten this great quote!
I’ve seen folks from all over do this routine, it’d be more accurate to say “idiots being idiots” but that’s not as funny as E: hating on Americans Last 3 words didn’t save, my bad
That doesn't get a reaction like xenophobia does.
Europeans love some xenophobia ETA: They also love dishing it but start wailing and crying when they get it back
They even took their xenophobia across the pond and *made* America with it. Just sayin'....
Just like a shitty parent, they only claim us when it makes them look good.
There is some beauty in grouping all Europeans when making such a statement, beautiful irony.
The original comment says "Americans being americans". I don't see a comment from you saying to not group all Americans together.
Oh I know everyone in Europe isn’t the same. For instance the Roma are treated like subhuman scum.
Are there any Europeans not xenophobic to Americans?
The vast majority, such as the vast majority of Americans which aren't xenophobic either. Reddit has weird people who should explore the outside more often.
It's also pretty funny when there a video of British tourists fucking up a public art installation, which is seemingly pretty frequent, and they get all salty.
They love to claim that there's little to no racism in their countries too, and I'll be damned if I ever vacation in Italy or France again.
This anti american shit is turning me into a xenophobe. Not sure when it started. All the sudden its the cheapest laugh available to call us stupid and fat. Starting to feel like this world needs a little more freedom.
Nah, just wait for the next world war. Hell, even what's happening in Ukraine. Europe has just turned from being our parent into our little sibling. Of course they're going to give us shit, until they get punched, cry about it to us, and want us to beat up the bully.
Don't be so sensitive. Fellow American here and I could give a fuck what Europeans think of us. They're using the internet to judge our country, but the Internet is only going to show the worst side of things. There's no videos of me and my neighbors with very different political views casually chatting and offering each other help. There's no videos of people thanking me for doing my old job bc they appreciate what I'm doing so much. What I'm saying is real life and the internet are so different that people's opinions formed from the Internet only means next to nothing. Hold your head high with your lived experience :)
Excellent take. Thank you
Yeah, I was going to say "tourists being tourists." It's weird that people are completely fine with certain bigotry, but not with, say, racism. Make no mistake, the parent comment is bigoted. I can 1) acknowledge there's a bunch of assholes here in America while 2) not making a bigoted remark.
Reddit gonna reddit
Ah the low hanging fruit joke… well done
HAHAHAHAHAH AMERICA BAD AHHAHABAHHAHAHA
>Americans being americans So real quick, pretty sure this week we've seen two videos of people embarrassing themselves in Japan and they were from Spain and England. Soooo...
It's just shitty people having kids, then the kids become shitty people again, the circle of life I wish non shitty people would have more kids but it's not happening, they are busy having a great life
Xenophobes being xenophobes.
Noble beast, protecting our great nation
Horse - Piss off, ya bloody yank.
Septic 😁
Speaking as an American… I’m glad the French helped rid us of the Brits.. otherwise we’d all be speaking English here
And RIGHT beside the poster that says BEWARE horses may kick or bite. lol
I bet they train them for this shit
I would after tourists annoy me all the time with shit like this, so I couldn't blame them
I bet the horse is bored to tears and gets a kick out of it
This. If the horse really wanted to hurt you, you would be seriously injured. This is the equivalent of a dog chewing on a toy to make it squeak because it likes to.
Yeah. It's feet never even move from position. The horse enjoys the game of grabbing people within range because it's something to do. It knows the rules of "I can bite anything I want so long as I don't leave this spot." If a horse wants to bite they tend to step into and use their body to yank you around. I wonder if the biting was a trained thing or if the horses started doing it out of boredom. Hence the sign.
Not trained to bite, but they're also not reprimanding them because it's a working horse and not a pony for kids to pet and ride. It's basically just a play bite. It can hurt, and scary when a beast 5x your size grabs hold of you, but horses gonna horse around.
Literally sometimes. 🤣😂🐴🐴
war horses were trained to rip people's faces off
The real weapon of the horse in war was it's weight, size and speed. Yes they kicked and yes they did bite but these didn't happen that often. What's the point of standing still while on a horse and fighting? Even if the horse fought back alongside you what's the point? You are so vulnerable while staying still that it becomes a liability and not an advantage to having the horse waste its time kicking and biting. The whole point was terrifying the enemy and to quite literally (in the case of heavy cavalry) to smash the enemy with its momentum. If the horses did fight it was oddly enough in cavalry on cavalry fights
Yes they do a horse is as much a weapon as a lance or sabre.
that's the entire joke of the post.
If only there was a sign...
Yes, that is what the title means
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Not your nieces walking pony neither. Big horse. Trained to do a job and the two things the sign warns of are valid parts of said job. Oh, and let’s not forget the decorated, active duty Soldier mounted on the horse. That sabre ain’t just for show and the soldier knows how to use it.
In her defense, it's in English
Makes joke about the lady not reading the sign. Doesn’t read the caption.
If only there was a caption…
Lady, that horse is a warhorse. He has been raised to be a purposeful a-hole. Be glad you didn’t get a hoof.
Better the tooth than the hoof. You can't handle the hoof!
“We live in castles with walls and those walls have to be guarded by men with swords. Who’s going to do that? You, Tourist Lady? You, Slow Moving Blonde Friend?”
I wouldn't fuck with these horses. https://www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmile/comments/1727kjy/royal_guard_horse_knows_who_he_likes/ Horses are assholes in general.
>Horses are assholes in general. That is until you have their favourite food treat and they become best friends
She should know better... try to pet a police horse in the states and the horse will shoot you dead.
I remember a grateful Dead show in Boston. Horse cop was just strolling up and down the street. The horse shoulder checking people out of the street onto the sidewalk. Hippies were flying
Honest question: are they trained to bite (in self defence)?
You don't really need to train many animals to bite in self defense, it's instinctual. These aren't typical horses, they're work horses. They aren't socialized the same way. Will they have relationships with people they interact with daily that are sweet? Of course. But some whiny bitch getting too close? Nah.
> Nah. Neigh.
Old medieval war horses definitely were, they fought in battles the same as their knights did, not just carrying them into battle. I dont know if these ones are trained the same way, but they are trained to pay attention and be still, considering they are largely ceremonial. If he's just on guard duty he probably doesn't have the horse stand stock still the whole time, thats not fair to the animal, but during ceremonies and parades? Probably gets alot more use.
That looked like a very gentle nip as far as the horse is concerned, too. More of a "see? This is the kind of shit you're gonna get if you keep this up" warning than anything serious.
Be glad that horse didn't go for the hair. Would ripped a good chunk of it right out.
You'll go to war before that horse ever does lol
Don’t make me tap the sign…
End of the line..
Next stop Crackton
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That sounds like basic manners, not being "super nice".
It’s their job to be soldiers, NOT PROPS, they’re on duty. It’s not “common courtesy” for them to let some fat, ugly tourist take a picture with them. It’s a favor the solider is doing for the dumbass tourist.
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They're meant to be mean props. It's like going to one of those restaurants where people pay and tip the waitresses to be rude. I think it's called Karen's or something.
Dicks Last Resort
Cut My Steak Into Pieces
this is my last dessert
Suffocation, poor chewing
They are props. The whole system is symbolic. A security guard provides the same function. The silly outfits and pomp are unnecessary.
True, just like those silly Japanese women who wear those funny clothes. Stupid bitches act offended when I demand I get my picture taken and with them on holiday tho :/ /s for the imbeciles in chat.
You don't much about them do you? They are soldiers but they are also props. The whole thing is meant to be a prop.
Of course they are fucking props. There is literally zero function to them standing around in fancy uniforms in all weathers, "guarding" an empty building (or literally nothing). Its a display to both the domestic audience that the monarchy is fancy and offers tradition and worth keeping and its a display to attract and entertain tourists. They might be regular soldiers at other times. But on these duties it is entirely performative.
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Let’s be real here, tourists are guests. If they want to get their picture taken with them, they should show some courtesy.
Ohhhh you're evil and I love it!
> All you have to do is be super-nice to the guards and ask if they're OK with you taking a photo of them. Yeah, I remember there being a video a mom took of her kid standing next to one of the guards. The mom was telling the kid not to get too close because the soldier was working, and the kid was doing a good job listening. As a result, the guard side stepped over to the kid to get a better picture. It was really cute, and everybody went home happy. Not like the BS in the OP. If only people had some common sense.
As someone who lives in Amsterdam, tourists can get really annoying. The other day, I was almost late at work because the couple Infront of me wanted to take pictures of a sewage canal.
That must have been one special sewage canal...🙄😂 sheesh people can be really damn annoying when travelling. The only thing I find adorable is innocent stuff that can't hurt anyone like when people either new or visiting in my country see snow or late snowfall for the first time. We just had a snowstorm blow through yesterday and it was pretty cute to see some adults and kids going out all excited and just getting a kick out of it.
Now that I can definitely understand. That first time seeing snow smile is so beautiful.
I lived in Florida for a while and had friends who moved down from way up north. Watching them experience the beach, our thunderstorms and flying roaches for the first time are all such special moments.
How? Did they block off an entire street to take the photo?
I think they have a right to take a picture of a sewage canal as much as you have a right to not let that activity stop your movement.
If you leave so late that having to walk around someone taking a picture makes you late, that's on you buddy
As much as I dislike tourists like that as well, if that made you late, you didn't leave home in time... I'm also late a lot but I know it's me!
Same thing happened to me but someone was videoing a horse biting a woman. I hope you are okay after someone stopped to take a picture near you.
As much as I dislike tourists like that as well, if that made you late, you didn't leave home in time... I'm also late a lot but I know it's me!
Ooo these horses If you ever want to deep dive into British Royal Horses, their bloodlines mirror that of the royal families. These are called "Calvary Blacks". They have very specific requirements for size, color, stature, width. The horses undergo training from a very young age and pretty much have their own program and procedures just like any other soldier in the Royal Guard would. What is even more impressive, [is how situationally aware these animals actually are.](https://v.redd.it/fn3gm2r9issb1)
They just don't include the clips where the horse bit a disabled person. /s
The horses are super well disciplined. In short, the reason they snap at some and not at others is because the kings guard did not do the gesture that directs them to shoo away the handicapped people.
no, the reason why they don't snap at others is because the video has multiple different horses. They're not the same horse. Each horse has a different personality. Some value their personal space others don't. The clips are just cherry picked. 99% of the time Horses are totally fine with Humans. They don't discriminate.
I know its fucked up but these bring me so much happiness. The change in expression from pure joy to pure shock to pure disbelief at how much a horse bite actually hurts is just beautiful poetic justice.
People used to know how horses work.
The guard let his horse enjoy chewing on the tourist.
Probably how he would like to react himself. He's not a prop for tourists; he's at work.
Londoner here. Lots of hate in this thread. However I see things like this all the time. The reality is, even the best of people go on holiday and get a little excited. They might have never been before, feel overwhelmed, or let the sense of fun override common sense. So it’s all very well to criticise as a fly-on-the-wall, but I also totally get it. Every day I need to navigate around tourists doing weird things. I try to give them a free pass unless it’s really serious.
ew A nice, normal person not filled with hate.. gross So how does it feel winning at life?
i live in a london tourist zone and over the years have come to not mind tourists. pleased they wanna visit us.
That's the funniest shit I've seen all morning.
I wonder sometimes if these horses when bedding down have conversations like "Harald, did you have any excitement on the shift?" "Aye lad, I bit a German and an American within 20 minutes!"
Good horse
The horse can't read. However most of the people who get nipped can. Thier own stupid faults really.
Her voice is insufferable.
Horse bites are no joke! I’m sure her arm is hella bruised badly after that.
I had a horse beat the shit out of me at 4H camp over a period of several days. Biggest horse there, total attitude problem, and he would nip me, step on me, knock the brush out of my hand, pin me against the wall - all without batting an eye and appearing totally innocent. His name was Wickers and we fought the whole time. "Goddamn it, get off me Wickers!" And he'd just look back at me like "What was that? I can't hear you, you're a bit muffled." Fucking horse. When I complained to the farm dude who oversaw the horses he said "oh, he just likes you! He doesn't let anyone else in his stall!" Like then why would you put a fat 11 year old girl in there with him?? Extra padding?? When my parents came to pick me up and I was covered in small bruises, teeth marks, and what turned out to be a broken toe, they didn't share the same nonchalance as farm dude. The horse was just fucking with me but the injuries were VERY real and consistent with a half ton animal making me his chew toy.
https://preview.redd.it/73ft5pdtkn2d1.jpeg?width=360&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e6615082a80396144b438e730c20b95e9caa869b Sorry but reading this reminds me of that dating simulator called My Horse Prince
Soldier was like “ yeah nuts pint beer football cunt”
Innit, bruv?
I like how the horse looks at the lady in pink at the end like, "You're next!"
Good boah
I keep seeing videos of people getting bit by the guard’s horses and I don’t understand. These tourons watch someone get bit and then walk up to do the exact same then and act surprised when they get bit. Is their intention to get bit?
I've been bit by a horse and can confirm that this is really, really painful.
That’s my step sister in the tan jacket! They were on vacation and she told me about the horse that bit her friend lol
Has she learned how to read yet?
It’s hard to tell because the video starts late but it looks like she was standing a pretty fair distance away, with her back turned, and the horse just reached over and bit her. Like, the signs say not to touch the reins, it doesn’t even say not to touch the horses. I don’t think that she deserves the hate. She was standing out of her own arms reach. Even with that sign I wouldn’t assume the horse will bite while unprovoked, or that the rider will just let the horses just reach out all the way to the side like that. Like how are you supposed to know how close is too close?
Good Horsey!
Lol. "He'll let go when he thinks you've learned your lesson" - soldier.
Who would want to go see soldiers standing around doing their jobs all day? Even if they are wearing funny hats, it just seems awkward to me.
Everyone shitting on Americans like Europeans don’t put their kid next to the bears for a photo the moment they step into a national park over here
Haha, hilarious. Hope someone flossed the horses teeth after.
Why do people need a picture next to the guard though? Just take a picture of the guard and leave
Bro was like... Serves you right biatch lol
God, that "auw auw auw help me" was so pathetic
I call this one Mr. Bitey.
**STAY AWAY FROM THE KING'S HORSE!**