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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (2 children)

No have horse?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Humans can actually outrun a horse under certain conditions, notably hot temperatures and extreme distances.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

But like if he could have ridden a horse and then ran and found a new horse ya know? Maybe he could have lived

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Funnily enough, a pony train has been the solution many times throughout history. A messenger would ride one horse to exhaustion, jump on another at a depot, and continue.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Now we're cookin with grease

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Very expensive, like owning a Rolls Royce as a modern day gig worker delivering pizzas...