• Afelia@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    I think they’re trying to count on their “fingers,” but they’re horses so they only have the one hoof?

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      1 year ago

      It’s referencing an old trick some charlatans would do where they would train a horse to stomp its hoof in order to appear like it can do arithmetic. So like the con-man would ask the horse “what’s 3+2?” And the horse would stomp its foot 5 times.