heh, for a moment this connected in my mind with the thing about gay ram's wool that circulated a few days ago — i don't remember if they were from germany or not, but that's possible anyway!
One out of 12 rams (male sheep) is uninterested in females and prefers the company of males. They are deemed “non-procreative” (worthless to a farmer) and sent to slaughter. So this German farmer, Michael Stücke, rescues the gay rams and forms the company Rainbow Wool, selling wool from the gay sheep. Collaboration between Rainbow Wool and Grindr resulted in a fashion show called I Wool Survive. It featured 36 unique looks by designer Michael Schmidt, made entirely from the wool of the gay sheep, and celebrating queer identity through knitted and crocheted archetypes like Fireman, Sailor, Jock, Daddy and more. Proceeds from sales went to LGBTQA charitable organizations. In a culture of Stephen Miller and Peter Thiel, be a Michael Stücke or a Michael Schmidt. Make art, make beautiful things, make people laugh, promote inclusivity, promote fabulousness- and find a way to accept whatever you consider “useless sheep.” Maybe instead of killing them, help them become Rainbow Wool. RESIST. And do it in style, if you can.
@Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦 because of the shortages of consumer goods in communist Europe, in the DDR they bred sheep that were suitable for both wool and meat production¹, with as fine a wool as suitable for the non-Spanish climate of Germany.
People in other places where Merino sheep don't thrive are looking for those rams to breed their own flocks.
For obvious survive-the-apocalypse-and-rebuild-things reasons.
¹ source²: I've skimmed whitecloversheepfarm.com/prl-a… , which was the first search result and I'm definitely going back to read the whole thing ² of course I care about sources for my shitposts!
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HANDFLATA-UPP(2-handstecken)_g
in reply to Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦 • • •heh, for a moment this connected in my mind with the thing about gay ram's wool that circulated a few days ago — i don't remember if they were from germany or not, but that's possible anyway!
only then i got the joke
HANDFLATA-UPP(2-handstecken)_g
in reply to HANDFLATA-UPP(2-handstecken)_g • • •ha, i encountered the story again. they *were* german rams :D
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Elena ``of Valhalla''
in reply to Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦 • •@Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦 because of the shortages of consumer goods in communist Europe, in the DDR they bred sheep that were suitable for both wool and meat production¹, with as fine a wool as suitable for the non-Spanish climate of Germany.
People in other places where Merino sheep don't thrive are looking for those rams to breed their own flocks.
For obvious survive-the-apocalypse-and-rebuild-things reasons.
¹ source²: I've skimmed whitecloversheepfarm.com/prl-a… , which was the first search result and I'm definitely going back to read the whole thing
² of course I care about sources for my shitposts!
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in reply to Elena ``of Valhalla'' • • •Thanks for comment and link to an interesting article about farming in East Germany during the USSR years.
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in reply to Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦 • • •Oh. I thought it's about this incident.
The Battle off Gedser 1980
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