The Tweet That Broke the (Horse) Internet

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Apparently we are (once again) at that stage of the pandemic when people flock to their local Tractor Supply or Agway in order to buy Ivermectin. The funny tweets abound, but this has broken the internet.

So, Ivermectin sales are going up and, in some cases, the dewormer is hard to find. If you assume, like most reasonable horse owners, that the uptick in purchases of the pesticide is because it’s fall and it’s time to address those nasty tapeworms and other intestinal parasites, you’d be wrong. No, people are rushing to their local  to — you guessed it! — treat (or maybe prevent? I am unclear on this) COVID-19. Because, you know, taking horse dewormers is always a good plan. 🙄

In an effort to prevent the lesser adept of the world from experiencing the symptoms of Ivermectin poisoning (which, according to the Cleveland Clinic, include diarrhea, itching, hives, balance problems, seizures, low blood pressure, coma, vomiting and even death), some stores have been requiring proof of horse ownership before someone can purchase the dewormer.

This is what leads us to the tweet heard ’round the horse world:

Twitter user @RayRedacted asked either innocently enough or completely tongue in cheek, “Do people who own horses typically walk around with a photo of themselves and their horse?”

And then literally every horse own everywhere responded with this (as they whipped out their phones to pull up the 2,367,458 photos they have of them with their horse(s):

Of course those on #HorseTwitter responded like champs. We’re totally here for it. Enjoy some of these highlights:

We’re certain the replies will just keep coming. Until then, give your horse a hug, take a selfie with it and try to avoid eating its dewormer.