He’s at a horse auction, and doesnt want the auctioneer to think he raised his hand (thus placing a bid). At least I’m pretty sure thats whats going on
It’s also a joke about how very subtle actions count as signaling a bid. Never been to a horse auction so I don’t know how true that is IRL, but it’s a trope in media.
There’s a livestock option in the town I live near. I’ve only been once but my partner has a few times. During the actual auction part people bidding barely raise their hand. Just a quick gesture so the auctioneer can see it.
You could 100% be thought you’re placing a bid by scratching your nose. They move fast as there’s lots of animals to auction off so it’s all about speed.
That’s actually the listed recommendation in the official handbook, with another option being unhinging your jaw and scratching your nose with your teeth.
There’s a field guide out there on myspace.com somewhere, but if you don’t have the time to find it you can always remove your nose prior to the auction.
There were even cartoons in the 80s and 90s that made this joke. I vaguely recall a Bugs Bunny cartoon or something similar where the characters were at an auction, and one went to hit another and the auctioneer interpreted it as a bid, and they spent the rest of the show trying to get other people to accidentally place bids, too, to outbid them so they wouldn’t have to pay for it.
They are at an horse auction. If the man lifts his hand that counts as a bet. He is saying he doesn’t Want to be mistaken for placing a bit by moving incorrectly. It’s just an auction joke that not even OP gets.
I know. I just associate ostentatious wealth/purchasing requiring such with the first world more. I’m not saying it’s correct, that’s just how my brain is wired 🤷🏻
you just needed your dopamine.
In my defense, my ADHD means that I’m starting at a significant deficit, so I need a bunch of hits to even arrive at the levels neurotypicals wake up at 🤷🏻
It’s equally weird to interpret the second part as an aggressive complaint that the other user wanted dopamine by writing the comment, no? I feel like that aggressiveness is unfounded.
I get what you mean. I usually try to assume good intent when I can, and there really wasn’t any reason for someone to be aggressive here. If it was the intent, it really came out of the blue.
My problem is that I literally can’t see a well-intended reading of it. “even if someone is in a 3rd world country they still need their dopamine” is not a reading of their comment that makes any sense to me even after it’s been pointed out as a possibility, and it certainly isn’t one I could come to myself.
Neither of us were to have known this at the time, but their other two (more recent) comments in this thread have also been, to put it mildly, quite curt. Which retrospectively makes me feel like my interpretation was more accurate.
Can someone explain the joke to a silly girl like me
He’s at a horse auction, and doesnt want the auctioneer to think he raised his hand (thus placing a bid). At least I’m pretty sure thats whats going on
It’s also a joke about how very subtle actions count as signaling a bid. Never been to a horse auction so I don’t know how true that is IRL, but it’s a trope in media.
There’s a livestock option in the town I live near. I’ve only been once but my partner has a few times. During the actual auction part people bidding barely raise their hand. Just a quick gesture so the auctioneer can see it.
You could 100% be thought you’re placing a bid by scratching your nose. They move fast as there’s lots of animals to auction off so it’s all about speed.
What if you tucked your face between your own thighs and gave your nose the ol’ reach-around.
That’s actually the listed recommendation in the official handbook, with another option being unhinging your jaw and scratching your nose with your teeth.
Yeah, but I’m not talking about pro moves here. Most of us can’t pull that one off.
Not with that attitude
There’s a field guide out there on myspace.com somewhere, but if you don’t have the time to find it you can always remove your nose prior to the auction.
I mean, eye contact with the auctioneer is probably also very important for the bidding.
So just look away and scratch as you please.
There were even cartoons in the 80s and 90s that made this joke. I vaguely recall a Bugs Bunny cartoon or something similar where the characters were at an auction, and one went to hit another and the auctioneer interpreted it as a bid, and they spent the rest of the show trying to get other people to accidentally place bids, too, to outbid them so they wouldn’t have to pay for it.
They are at an horse auction. If the man lifts his hand that counts as a bet. He is saying he doesn’t Want to be mistaken for placing a bit by moving incorrectly. It’s just an auction joke that not even OP gets.
Nah, it’s an auction joke that OP gets and is amused by 😁
They have horse auctions in third world countries, you just needed your dopamine.
I know. I just associate ostentatious wealth/purchasing requiring such with the first world more. I’m not saying it’s correct, that’s just how my brain is wired 🤷🏻
In my defense, my ADHD means that I’m starting at a significant deficit, so I need a bunch of hits to even arrive at the levels neurotypicals wake up at 🤷🏻
They were using 3rd person you as in, “even if someone is in a 3rd world country they still need their dopamine”. I think you misunderstood.
Are you sure? That’s definitely not how I read it, and even rereading it I struggle to see how it could work like that.
It’s equally weird to interpret the second part as an aggressive complaint that the other user wanted dopamine by writing the comment, no? I feel like that aggressiveness is unfounded.
I get what you mean. I usually try to assume good intent when I can, and there really wasn’t any reason for someone to be aggressive here. If it was the intent, it really came out of the blue.
My problem is that I literally can’t see a well-intended reading of it. “even if someone is in a 3rd world country they still need their dopamine” is not a reading of their comment that makes any sense to me even after it’s been pointed out as a possibility, and it certainly isn’t one I could come to myself.
Neither of us were to have known this at the time, but their other two (more recent) comments in this thread have also been, to put it mildly, quite curt. Which retrospectively makes me feel like my interpretation was more accurate.
Fair enough 😁
ADHD isn’t the problem.
What do you mean?
What doesn’t OP get?
Has been explained thank you for participating.
He can’t afford a $30,000 purchase, let alone the upkeep for a horse
Incorrect. It’s an auction joke.
It’s already been explained, but here’s an example: https://youtu.be/Qe0qpwXI6aM
Skip to 1:08:30
Warning! It’s a fish auction and shows fish being filleted