Post #3728062
2026-07-10 20:28 UTC
@DJDarren@mendeddrum.org I had a major problem with that film (not a spoiler because it crops up early on).
The sheep are terrified of leaving their field and crossing a road.
No sheep has EVER been afraid of such things. Sheep love escaping. If the escaping comes with a possibility of death, all the better. Given the opportunity, they will go where they're not supposed to be as often as possible.
Anyone who has lived their lives in a sheep farming area has encountered sheep on the road far too many times to count.
The writer of this story has clearly never got to know sheep. And that is the tiny hill upon which I shall lay down my life.
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@ophis@brain.worm.pink 2026-07-11 00:12
@RolloTreadway@beige.party @DJDarren@mendeddrum.org from now on i will understand the expression "like sheep to the slaughter" as being about wandering into traffic
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@KaraLG84@dragonscave.space 2026-07-10 21:42
@RolloTreadway@beige.party @DJDarren@mendeddrum.org Yep. I was woken up once by a ewe calling for her lamb, or that's what it sounded like, and this was nowhere near a farm.