RESEARCH DISCOVERS HORSE PEOPLE ARE ASSHOLES

   

     RECENTLY PUBLISHED RESEARCH AT THE 
UNIVERSITY OF PRINZWEILER HAS PROVEN 
WHAT MANY HAVE SUSPECTED ALL ALONG 
--HORSE PEOPLE ARE ASSHOLES.  "We wouldn't
necessarily use that term" says Dr Von Furderberg, lead
author of the study "however what our study did
demonstrate is that individuals who own horses tend to
possess  unusually strong Narcissistic personality traits
--some of the highest ever found in an empirical study.
Utilization of ANOVA methodology found subcorrelates
between horse ownership and narcissism even stronger
when additional factors such as participation in competitive
equine activities such as rodeos were involved.  Additionally
horse owners with a history of membership in so called
"Greek" organizations, that is fraternities and sororities,
were incredibly strong in their Narcissism."
    The study explains this relationship as status driven.  For
example, many individuals in the United States, which is
where the data comes from, often drive large SUV's and
trucks because being high off the ground, as childish as it
seems, makes them feel special, and will purchase grossly
over sized vehicles even where their needs would be more
rationally met by a smaller commuter type automobile.
These type of people want to be high off the ground and
feel higher in status when they are.  "There is also an
obvious association between the cowboy mythos and
horse ownership.  In any case, horse owners can almost
always be predicted to be vain" further explains Von
Furderberg.
     So what does this all mean?  We asked Dr Von
Furderberg if Narcissism would ameliorate with the
removal of horses.  "No, that is highly unlikely.  Were you
to take away the actual horses, after a brief period of
disorientation a horse person would find some other prop
to lean on. Likely a large truck, of course, a bigger home,
or breast implants or other genital enlargement  surgery."
     Finally, we asked what one should do were one to find
oneself next door to an obnoxious horse person:  "Move"
Dr Furderberg replied without hesitation.


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