SoulMonster Posted August 15, 2015 Share Posted August 15, 2015 He's living the dream, I tell you. None of us have come as close to the full goat lifestyle. But there he is, beside his caprine brothers and sisters, eating grass on a steep hillside.Thomas Thwaites is an artist in London. In the past, he attempted to build a toaster from scratch. That's no small effort, since his starting point was personally mining and smelting the iron.As you might expect, this project inevitably led him to attempt to live as a goat. He explained to the Daily Mail that this animal-inspired lifestyle could offer people an alternative to a future of cybernetics:Thwaites, who is interested in transhumanism, believes not everyone will want to become a cyborg in the future.Biorobotics, he told Motherboad, could be used by people to de-volve instead of evolve.‘I initially wanted to be an elephant, but it wasn’t going very well,’ said Thwaites. ‘I visited a shaman, and she said “you’re an idiot”. So, I decided to be a goat.’Thwaites worked with a zoologist to develop the custom prothetic limbs. He's now attempting to cross the Alps with a particular herd of goats.Source: http://www.neatorama.com/2015/08/14/Man-Uses-Custom-Prosthetics-in-His-Quest-to-Live-as-a-Goat/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len Cnut Posted August 15, 2015 Share Posted August 15, 2015 I figure you wannabe an idiot, stay human, animals are pretty sensible all told, they know what they want, they stay in their lane, they act generally upon necessity and essential propulsions. I'm so happy to be a part of the true idiot species though, stuff like this is golden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PITBOSS Posted August 15, 2015 Share Posted August 15, 2015 goats in the background are looking at him like WTF? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gracii Guns Posted August 15, 2015 Share Posted August 15, 2015 Transhumanism isn't atheists who identify as a different gender to their biological sex, then? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spunko12345 Posted August 15, 2015 Share Posted August 15, 2015 Been trying that old trick in the Merthyr Valley for years mun 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxlisOld Posted August 15, 2015 Share Posted August 15, 2015 Since when did being an "artist" give you free reign to be a fucking weirdo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Len Cnut Posted August 15, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted August 15, 2015 (edited) Since when did being an "artist" give you free reign to be a fucking weirdo?I thought that was the whole point of it Edited August 15, 2015 by Len B'stard 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amir Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Sabbath Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 When goat simulator isn't enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulMonster Posted August 16, 2015 Author Share Posted August 16, 2015 I don't usually recommend the services of shamans, but I am tempted to make an exception for this one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake-Pit Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 I guess he's just one of The Men Who Stare at Goats.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulMonster Posted August 16, 2015 Author Share Posted August 16, 2015 I wonder how long he's had a grass based diet and how far across the Alps he is by now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Drama Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 This twat needs to be shot.In related news, I had goat for dinner. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulMonster Posted August 16, 2015 Author Share Posted August 16, 2015 Ahh, disappointed now! It turns out it was only a three-day project:This is the man so intruiged by goats he gave it all up to live with them in the mountains.Thomas Thwaites spent three days as part of a herd in the Swiss Alps while investigating goat behaviour.He used special prosthetic limbs made to enable him to move around on all fours easily.And the designer even considered having a fake stomach fitted to let him to eat grass, just like his four-legged friends.He told Mashable: "My goal was to take a holiday from the pain and worry of being a self-conscious being, able to regret the past and worry about the future."Mr Thwaites is a British conceptual designer interested in how humans will use technology to fulfil their desiresBut being a goat wasn't a completely care-free existence.He told Motherboard: "I was able to keep up for maybe a kilometre or so on this migration down the side of this kind of rocky mountain, and then they just left me in the dust."So I spent the rest of the day trying to catch up to them and eventually I found them again, and it was quite nice, in the actual soft grassy pasture bit."But actually heading down the mountain was petrifying. Because if I fell I didn’t have any hands to stop me from hitting a rock."Thwaites has written a book about his experiences, called ‘GoatMan; How I Took a Holiday from Being Human’.Source: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/meet-man-who-gave-up-6251934 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gracii Guns Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 High on a hill was a lonely goatherdLay ee odl lay ee odl lay hee hooLoud was the voice of the lonely goatherdLay ee odl lay ee odl-ooFolks in a town that was quite remote heardLay ee odl lay ee odl lay hee hooLusty and clear from the goatherd's throat heardLay ee odl lay ee odl-oohO ho lay dee odl lee o, o ho lay dee odl ayO ho lay dee odl lee o, lay dee odl lee o layA prince on the bridge of a castle moat heardLay ee odl lay ee odl lay hee hooMen on a road with a load to tote heardLay ee odl lay ee odl-ooMen in the midst of a table d'hote heardLay ee odl lay ee odl lay hee hooMen drinking beer with the foam afloat heardLay ee odl lay ee odl-oohOne little girl in a pale pink coat heardLay ee odl lay ee odl lay hee hooShe yodeled back to the lonely goatherdLay ee odl lay ee odl-ooSoon her Mama with a gleaming gloat heardLay ee odl lay ee odl lay hee hooWhat a duet for a girl and goatherdLay ee odl lay ee odl-oo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Facekicker Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 Taking pissartistry to a whole new level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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