You are being offered the strength and constitution of an ox, but as a side effect you're also going to grow to be a big big lad, lass or other, with a big honking pair of horns atop your head, and become a pure herbivore.
Would you?
Make me BIG 🐂
31.1%
I'd do it, yeah?
8.1%
I'd feel conflicted, but for my health...
11%
It's not for me, no thanks.
36%
Only if I also get a tail etc.
13.8%
Poll ended at .
This poll brought to you by me thinking about cows and how forest cows are good cows. And how if I could, I'd happily be as robust as a cow, because wow did I sleep badly last night compounded by all of my The Health. 😭
@sinituulia Nah. What I'd gain in strength I'd lose in having to buy / make all new clothes.
@thegiddystitcher Yeah, I did think about this as well. So much to remake! So much!
Would love to be healthier, but yeah.
@sinituulia like just more belly, or do I get taller and bigger boobs?
@Dangerous_beans Tall, muscular, more bosomful... Built like a brick shithouse is the usual wording I think
@sinituulia I wanna go full minotaur!

@devlin Perfectly respectable, sage nodding from me.

What coat colour of minotaur would you like to be?

@sinituulia like dark brown, looking almost black

@devlin Very good

I'm sure I'd be torn between dark brown/black, a good reddish red brown, and one of those beige almost white cows with the pink noses and soft blue eyes

@sinituulia @devlin and pass up the opportunity of a mottled coat?!?
@VileLasagna @devlin There are very many good cow colours out there, huh
@sinituulia do we become as dumb as an ox because then yes where do I sign??
@sinituulia @catsalad
It's a common misconception, but oxen haven't actually ratified their constitution yet.
@FritzAdalis I let out an affronted snort of laughter
@sinituulia
Omg yes. Strong please 🥹
@sinituulia i would love to make a big effect on people i want to impress 

@sinituulia

Depends, does the wish include me maintaining my new body shape no matter how much or how little I eat?

Cause I feel otherwise I would be losing that new strength quite fast again x3

@Alek_Unleashed Well, you'd have to eat 'enough' to not wither but you'd not lose your large frame and all the musculature required to keep it in motion, at least? That's not insignificant, a dinky little cow can still fuck shit up!
@sinituulia Hi! I like your polls.
@Emmi_Konster Thank you, I'm glad! I enjoy making a silly little poll, they're fun and it's nice when people participate together
@sinituulia So, basically a tauren? I'd be tempted, but I feel like there are consequences to this choice I may not fully oversee right now 😂
@sindarina @sinituulia The first problem would be fitting in common homes. The Gandalf Hobbiton problem.
@sindarina You wouldn't be alone in any case, based on these results!

@sinituulia Well, that depends, really; about two-thirds of 183 people might very well mean that you never run into another, even if they were all within the same country.

It's kind of like being trans; there's a lot of us, but much more dispersed than being on fedi might suggest 😂

@sindarina A city of just Fediverse people would probably look a little different than most cities...
@sinituulia I remember a story about a future in which Berlin is a completely queer city state of sorts, which would be interesting.
@sindarina *Babylon Berlin Ein Tag Wie Gold starts playing in my head*
@sinituulia @catsalad Wait, would I have the four stomachs thing and have to hork up cud to re-chew it? I wanna change my vote.
@bcasiello Not really, unless you specifically requested it and any other cow features with the last option! It's really pretty arbitrary!
@sinituulia who's voting no
@heatherhorns_lite Not everyone longs for the bovine life
@sinituulia fools. stagnant cowards.

@sinituulia

big, with horns AND a tail, yes, please!

@sinituulia

I couldn't smash the 'Make me BIG 🐂' fast enough. I long to be a Minotaur. I really feel like it's a lifestyle that I'm made for.

@TheBreadmonkey I'm sure you'd make a lovely Minotaur (Benotaur? Beigetaur? anyway) and you'd have a lovely time being one! Imagine the satisfaction of stomping around the place, being able to reach everything.

"Where's Ben?"
"Look for the horns"

@sinituulia @TheBreadmonkey - and just casually munching on a was of grass the whole time. Sign me up. 🦬

(yes, I know it's a buffalo emoji)

@jwcph Not all emojis are created equal, and the buffalo emoji just happens to be fucking fantastic

@TheBreadmonkey

@sinituulia @TheBreadmonkey Is that because you know the story? Because if not, prepare to love it even more 💛 👉 https://www.bisonemojipodcast.com/
1 Way To Make An Emoji (the bison emoji podcast)

1 Way To Make An Emoji (the bison emoji podcast)
@TheBreadmonkey @jwcph I have but the vaguest of memories of once having read about it, but... It's very very vague
@sinituulia @TheBreadmonkey The podcast is an absolute delight, highly recommend it 🥰

@sinituulia

mmrrroooooOOOOOOOOOooooooo

@TheBreadmonkey @sinituulia
And let's TALK about the part where they build a labyrinth around you so nobody can find you! 😍
@TheBreadmonkey @sinituulia I chose that option because I'd be a fetish buffet for mornin glory milking farm fans
@bimmer @TheBreadmonkey that's certainly a series of words that followed other words 😶
@bimmer @TheBreadmonkey @sinituulia I've just boosted this context unknown and am looking forward to journeying upthread

@internetsdairy @bimmer @TheBreadmonkey @sinituulia

I find it is often best to not scroll upthread and leave it as a mystery

@PetraPhoenix I am showing my solidarity with this comment by having no idea what it is referencing and being ok with that.
@TheBreadmonkey @sinituulia the more beige big folks we get, the more we can become the Minotaur party! I'm in! I couldn't smash that radio button fast enough either.
@TheBreadmonkey @sinituulia I wouldn’t mind being as strong as an ox, but maybe I could take Ozempic so I could still fit into my clothes?
@arratoon @TheBreadmonkey Sadly you'd still be the size of a house, tall and muscular, no matter what your padding percentage
@TheBreadmonkey @sinituulia you'd be like a Ben in a china shop
@TheBreadmonkey @sinituulia would you do the nose ring?

@http_error_418 @sinituulia

100% yes. I want one anyway but my wife said I am not allowed - or I am but I need to make some big lifestyle changes. Like not being married anymore.

@sinituulia I'd need one of those giant keyboards
@kinsale42 *gazing out the window and into the distance, thinking probably for the first time in my life about how hard it must be to type with massive hands*