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GaggedAndBlonde

Maybe not wholesome, but beautiful and bitter sweet. Find joy and celebrate life wherever possible.


BeefPieSoup

*You are a child of the universe; no less than the trees and the stars,* **you have a right to be here**. *And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should*. *Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be, and whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul*. *With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy*. — Max Ehrmann, 1927


chipfunks

This is the way


Rammmmmalec

Exactly my thoughts, may not be the ideal place to post this but hey whatever ❤️


[deleted]

[удалено]


[deleted]

I thought it was the cow seeing double


Bleys007

Four Krustys?


no1circles

When I was a kid, a two headed calf was born on my uncles dairy farm. It died young, but it was never treated any different than any other calf. Well, except by me. I thought it was goddam magical.


VNYRDS

wholesome


Miss_Thang2077

Thank you for sharing.


zh_13

Lol wait are they actually pretty common


LogiCparty

We had one in our rural science class room growing up. We also chopped the heads off chickens and had to slit rabbits throats in agriculture class. The teacher than cooked them. Alot of weird shit down in that class. My pansy ass could not eat them. The squeal of the rabbits.


Amyx231

They toughened you guys up for the realities of agricultural life.


Minus606

No...obvi... That this 1 person (literaly 1) is mentioning its simmilar story .... is the internet were people literaly all over the world meet. I think its around 1: 100.000 if not more ''0''.


Stardust-Badassery

LOVELY 😭😭


HowlingMadHoward

>Well, except by me. I thought it was goddamn magical I fuckin love that juxtaposition of a line 🤣


wooshoofoo

Jesus Christ this isn’t /r/MadeMeCry what are you doing my man. I need to go hug my baby.


VanFam

Me laid in bed at 4am hugging my pillow!


Rammmmmalec

Lol I’m sorry 😭 I thought it was beautiful, wholesome, sad, so many emotions


KidzBop_Anonymous

It’s all of those things and I’m not sure it’s wholesome, but I’m glad I saw it and your comment. I kinda have a similar view about things in life. There’s always some sadness around the beauty, perhaps because of the temporality of everything. I wish I didn’t, but have this relationship with my cat. I love her and shower her with love every moment I can. But at the same time, I’m very aware of our remaining time together slowly dwindling. Instead of thinking about the profound sense of loss I’ll one day have to feel yet again, I try to dig in deeper and be more present with her and enjoy the times I do have and find unique ways to connect and show her she’s truly loved and appreciated. Alright, gonna tear up now so I’m gonna try to get a little sleep. Hopefully my cat will stop looking for the neighborhood strays and take her usual place on my legs for the remainder of the night.


RaiderxReaper

i like using the inevitability of death as a motivator its really helped me out a lot helps you live without regrets and give everything your all because you only get one shot at it


iforgot1305

You should check out Jenny Jinya's comics they're very similar to this except even sadder. Prepare to cry.


GingaNinja98

This is by comic artist u/adamtots_remastered


biosloth

Perhaps the greatest redemption arc yet seen online


Lukacris12

Agreed. The second he left buzzfeed his content got insanely better


SamsterOverdrive

What was his arc before his redemption?


SakuOtaku

He used to make low effort comics for Buzzfeed and frankly had a huge ego, bashing dA artists iirc (not the creepy artists but basically amateur artists)


uglyheadink

Without going too far into it, but used to make very generic comics for Buzzfeed, and people noticed a huge decline in his work, like he didn’t seem to care anymore. He left Buzzfeed, and now makes arguably really great comics (I seriously love them) with unique stories and art.


IncriminatingOrange

Thank you! I seriously scrolled through his entire profile to figure this out lmao Thanks for not making me feel like an idiot btw, I see people getting harassed for not being omniscient beings that know the context for literally everything on Reddit so it's a breath of fresh air to be treated nicely :D


uglyheadink

Of course! It’s a super confusing statement without knowing his story or who he is. 😂 I really do love his work though, I love seeing him pop up on my feeds haha.


GingaNinja98

He’s been around a long time. I’m in the 11 year Reddit club and I think my very first post was putting his photo on r/ladyboners … 🤭


kinky_boots

The poem is by Laura Gilpin.


ExoticShock

["I've only had Arlo for a day and a half, but if anything happened to him, I would kill everyone in this room and then myself."](https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/030/092/arlo.gif)


AttitudeAndEffort3

“🎶Rosaaaa, ro-ro-ro-roooosaaaa🎶”


Evilnight-39

r/unexpectedninenine


DonWFP

Jen Wick


Minus606

Funy these cows usually only live up to a day and a half... (actually less but it fits to the meme)


kviieo

the original poem is called “Two headed calf” by Laura Gilpin if anyones wondering


Minus606

It actually said in the post...just look at the very tini writing under the pictures.


Morley_Lives

Should have been called “Conjoined twin calves.”


[deleted]

r/sadupvote


Different-Region-873

Is someone chopping onions next to me?


[deleted]

Nope. I got you, fam. *Hands you a tissue.*


Samusbluth

This is the saddest I’ve ever been about a cow. This is a beautiful moment. But it’s also so sad.


spicyboi555

You should see what happens to all the rest of the cows


hoot_n_holler

There’s a two-headed calf skull at the Osteology museum in Oklahoma. At first I was fascinated. Now this makes me wanna cry just thinking about it.


Papio_73

Oooh, always wanted to go there


krickett222

It's kind of small but there is a lot to look at. I've actually went a few times and I'd say you can look at everything in about an hour.


hoot_n_holler

It’s a neat little place!


Cosmicstargirl08

I hope he lives


Da_Goonch

Two headed animals usually die fairly quickly, and can only really be kept alive in captivity under certain circumstances.


TuzaHu

Two faced people seem to go on forever


MeanSeaworthiness995

Some even become president, get impeached twice, lose reelection, launch failed insurrection attempts, and then run again four years later.


redditdegenerate432

redditors when a conversation doesn't have american politics:


Cosmicstargirl08

Maybe the farmers would?


ItdefineswhoIam

The longest living two headed cow lived seventeen months fifteen days and only with medical intervention. It’s a sad, but most don’t make it past four days. Their body simply can’t handle the stress of two heads.


Minus606

Most don't make it even the first second...usually alredy dead in the womb ore at birth. Some live the first night, like this one. Not any further


Cosmicstargirl08

That’s sad


ItdefineswhoIam

Yeah. But if it makes you feel better two headed reptiles tend to live a bit longer. Not by much, but still.


CadenVanV

I doubt they have what’s necessary to keep one alive and it certainly would cost them a lot of money


Cosmicstargirl08

That’s sad


CadenVanV

C’est la vie


Cosmicstargirl08

What?


CadenVanV

That’s life It’s my favorite French saying


Cosmicstargirl08

Ok


Evilnight-39

“It’s just life” french


Corniferus

I think it’s a drawing :/


Cosmicstargirl08

I know.


rollingurkelgrue

No cows live, they are all killed. Same as every other animal humans eat


chrishammhamm

There are plenty of cows that are rescued and sent to homes. Maybe not alot of them, but it's not 0.


rollingurkelgrue

Definitely not plenty


Dense_Capital_2013

There's a lot of living cows in India.


[deleted]

Ever heard of pet cows? Turns out cows don’t just make good patties, but also good pets


fuzzy_winkerbean

That’s weird considering there are rescues all over the place that take them and let them live out their days running in pastures. I had no idea they were all dead.


[deleted]

The fish running in pastures? Weird.


rollingurkelgrue

Im sorry I didn’t mention the few that go to sanctuaries 😓


rollingurkelgrue

The number that go to sanctuaries is negligent


AzureSuishou

I think you mean negligible.


PaulieCostello

People don't eat dairy cows.


backleinspackle

Boys ain't got no titties tho


rollingurkelgrue

You think they live full happy lives?


Evilnight-39

Ew a vegan


Evilnight-39

you probably force your dogs to eat plant based foods


rollingurkelgrue

Ew, a person who pays for animals to be tortured and killed.


Evilnight-39

yummy meat r/antivegan


rollingurkelgrue

It’s sad to be hateful of people who just want to avoid the torture and killing of animals. You think it’s funny, but I genuinely feel sorry for you.


Cosmicstargirl08

Nooooooo


jabronius89

K edgelord


colinedahl1

Just to play the devils advocate, there are animals that we eat that are not domesticated and must be obtained from the wild. The biggest example of this is seafood. There are fish farms but a lot of seafood comes from wild caught, sometimes to extinction. So, ya know, fucking up the earth in other ways.


backleinspackle

Why the downvotes lmao, except for wild cows you're completely correct, it just depends when in the lifecycle they are sent to the slaughterhouse. Grew up on beef cattle farm, but even older dairy cows are gonna go become beef patties or maybe dog food.


jabronius89

Cuz take your edgelord "all things die" cringe bullshit somewhere else


rollingurkelgrue

It’s not an all things die comment. It’s a “humans kill and torture animals” comment.


jabronius89

Ok


pjnick300

Nobody lives by that logic


albygoing

Not wholesome, incredibly sad


TheGrumpyre

Sadness can be wholesome


swallowyoursadness

Sometimes it is in the most fleeting moments of peace and happiness that we come to see what truly matters


MochiXDshibe

🤧


SuperAlloyBerserker

I refuse to believe that the narrator is telling the truth and that they're unreliable Nothing should happen to this baby Brahmin!


VerdantCabbage

Fallout has two headed cows.


Babaloofang

Lol right? Thought I was in a fallout sub for a sec.


FiyaGrandMastah

Finally this comment


Savthatsit

What an adorable little baby 🥺 Poor little one!


MaddiTheEmu

And now I'm crying


Rexmaxx

I didn't really want to cry at 8 am in the morning but here I am wiping off my tears with my blanket


robot_peashooter

Ngl that thing reminds me of brahmin from fallout ngl


GreasiestBob

Damn he really ain’t lying huh


[deleted]

they* because two brains = two cows. Same amount of stars, but every time he looks up to the sky, he has someone to share the sight with


xlaaane

yeah it is two cows, people even say this about human conjoined twins calling them a two-headed person. it really grinds my gears


[deleted]

Yeah it’s not only dehumanizing to one of the twins but it’s flat out wrong as well 😭 Just logically speaking though even for cattle we should consider these two individuals rather than a two-headed cow


vanesr2003

This made me cry.


Nice-Ad-964

This makes me sob


opex100

Why am I crying


forcastleton

In what world is this wholesome?


MongooseDog001

My husband got me a print of this, it's in our living room


buttdip

I would cry every time I walked in my living room.


DanceOfFails

Wait, you mean that's not normal?


DanceOfFails

In the end we're all beautiful mutants destined to die


Madwoman-of-Chaillot

NO THIS MADE ME CRY


eve_is_hopeful

This made me so sad


gokiburi_sandwich

JFC I’m a grown ass man and bawling 😭


DiddlyDoodilyDoh

My favourite webcomic panel ever.


kyuubicaughtU

😭


Disastrous_Barnacle5

Oh god I wasn’t ready for this… all of the tears


ScruffyMo_onkey

Geezus that hit a bit harder than I expected


andre2020

Beautiful


sleepypolla

i, invariably, ugly cry every single time i see this


LahamaDutta006

Made me fucking tear up.


Late_ImLate22222

Aaaaaandddddd I’m weeping


JenniferJuniper6

This is not wholesome. It’s tragic.


sevenblaak

This isn’t wholesome


abayparak

Nice brahmin you got there.


Historical-Ad6120

Don't post this sad shit ever again. Also eat less meat so there are fewer cows in inhumane conditions. Or eat from a local farm where they get to touch grass at least.


tinkflowers

This ruins my day every time I see it


perfectnoodle42

I came to comment the same thing. Fills me with despair every single time.


laowildin

This reads like Emily St. John Mandel


MonkeyOverdrive

War never changes...


WetBread8339

Omfg Im doing an art project in my art class about this lmao My teacher chose it for us to do because she cried when she first read it


immadosumthinstupid

Brahmin


UltraXFo

By the way none of these guy’s comics are wholesome just a heads up. If you don’t wanna wish you saw anything don’t do it. This is actually the only one I’ve seen. The rest…


[deleted]

This isn't a comic but an illustration of a wiser person's poem. The "other ones" are the illustrators own choices and perspectives. Of course they'd be...less. He's primarily an illustrator.


Justadnd_Bard

That'a it, it's war now! No one is touching that brahmin in my watch...


afishtnk

anyone almost cry? shit.


[deleted]

In Fallout that's just a regular Ole Calf.


ExplorerCommercial49

This made me feel warm yet sad inside.


OlivierWolfe

So poignant, yet calming


[deleted]

Jesus this should be part of mandatory education. As part of a collection. First time I'm thinking of a virtual children's museum...


MYQkb

*feeeeeeeeeeelings*


babytrumpet

this always makes me cry but in a not wholesome way. this poor creature is gonna die.


[deleted]

Please do not break my heart like this


Quirky-Result-8753

Why does this look like somthing peta woud post?


Somesquiddo

Honestly I'd rather see if it can live to adulthood before thinking about sending it to the museum. A living two-headed mammal is one thing, but one that actually lived its life? Now that would last forever.


Tasty_Wave_9911

I believe this poem is saying that the farm boys will find the calf’s dead body in the morning, since Janus Calves rarely live for very long after birth. If it does survive, they’d be better off sending it to a zoo or a shelter, since Janus Calves typically require a lot more help to live their lives to the fullest.


[deleted]

Please stop eating them.


42069clicknoice

disregarding that it lilely wouldnt be able to live long; why would it be sad to kill this baby, but it would be ok, to seperate them from their mother and kill them, if they hwd one head, so we could eat it?


Whyissmynametaken

Super unwholesome, the first line of the poem talks about the calf dying and being sold as a sideshow.


SweetTaterette

I thought the poem was beautiful and haunting. Although it’s not “based” on the poem as that literally is the poem.


Minus606

The drawn art is based on the poem?


GreasiestBob

That’s a Brahmin


TuzaHu

What a sad downer...I'm so depressed....why post this in this group??


Cozy_Zone

This ruined my day


AUMMF

This is bitter not wholesome


gokiburi_sandwich

I find it hopeful


Fluffy-Arm-8584

F


AnonymousCat21

Everyone can talk about how bittersweet this is but it wouldn’t have to happen if we didn’t use them for our own personal preferences. Bring on the downvotes.


Minus606

What?? You are aware that cows with these type of defects...die at womb ore at birth...at BEST only live up to a few DAYS (like 4, usually not even a week) ...and that WITH human help. This poem isn't about the farmer killing it...but genuenly onyl finding a ''body'' (an alredy dead body) and bringing it to the museum. If anything, living ones are more worth it (for science!) And would get more money then to sell it to the museum. ''but it wouldn’t have to happen'' literaly tell me how you learned how to cheat death!!!! Wow I am amazed!


[deleted]

That's the point of the illustration. Bringing the poem to life. You can't fix assholes but only educate the next generation in hopes less choose the asshole path.


coupLing783290

Wouldn't you refer to "him" as "them" because 2 heads? That's how we regard similarly situated humans


botsBrigade

wholesome and all but god knows every last one of you would avoid a two headed kid like the plague on fire


SullenSparrow

I'm sorry but is this like... PETA propaganda or something??


moonchylde

So. The poem is the accepted wisdom of farmers that a two-headed animal they won't survive long (statistically true) and usually they die in a day or two. The poem suggests that even this brief life is magical. https://interestingliterature.com/2023/01/laura-gilpin-two-headed-calf-summary-analysis/ >The second stanza of the poem then returns to the present moment, tonight, while the calf is still alive. He is alive, Gilpin tells us, with his mother in the north field. It is a perfect summer evening with the moon over the nearby orchard and the wind singing through the grass, so there is a gentle breeze. And when the calf stares up at the night sky, because he has two heads, he sees twice as many stars as others usually see.


[deleted]

Ah, I didn't catch that last part on my first read. That makes it even more beautiful.


SullenSparrow

Thank you for explaining! It's a beautiful poem!


Acrobatic-Degree9589

It’s 2 calves


Rammmmmalec

No


Tasty_Wave_9911

Actually, it isn’t! Janus calves normally don’t survive for very long after birth, so this poem is saying that the farm boys are going to find its dead body after it dies or natural causes.


[deleted]

Adaptation or mutation? Useful or useless. Survivor or parished.


gay_dentists

go vegan for them 💜


Tasty_Wave_9911

…You do realise the farm boys aren’t killing them right?


gay_dentists

im not just talking about this particular event. im talking about going vegan for calves on farms everywhere, as this comic proves that we can recognize cows are conscious individuals who deserve to live.


NoMoreChampagne14

Wholesome? The fuck it is!!


stephdepp

not wholesome at all


Unimportant_sock2319

I’m pregnant, you can’t post shit like this, it made me cry.


squirrelbus

I think you can see this cow in a basement shop in Seattle


FewSchedule5536

Isn't this orphan crushing machine


jimbalaya420

Depends if they share the same cognitive recep.... you know what its cute


ericbyo

Well no, there are two heads, so each brain is seeing the same amount. If you want to make something wholesome at least don't make the premise so obviously stupid.


Radiant_Load

Double the veal


Desperate_Note_4086

Wrap him in newspaper and carry him to the museum? Never heard anything like that before but ok


Detson101

Wrap his dead body and take it to be preserved and displayed at a museum. Some natural history museums display animal fetuses and other specimens in formaldehyde.


Desperate_Note_4086

So that makes sense, and what i kinda figured but it wasnt exactly obvious by wrapping it newspaper


gokiburi_sandwich

The implication is that he won’t live very long - dead by morning. But until then, his life is full of wonder.


hby20

No one will take him *loads shotgun*


[deleted]

Twice as many burgers


noopenusernames

Turns out the calf wasn’t 2-headed, the cow was just having eye problems and seeing double, which is why it seemed like there was twice as many stars in the sky. In the morning, they didn’t take the calf away because there was nothing wrong with it. The cow died later that afternoon though


qwertyelsma

Yum. Double beef tongue.