Why I Don’t Like Unicorns
Posted: January 20, 2014 Filed under: favorites, Foolishness | Tags: comedy, discrimination is wrong, horses, humor, postaweek, stereotyping, unicorns, unicorns suck 170 CommentsRecently, someone asked where I stood “on the unicorn question.”
I don’t like unicorns.
Now, you’d be correct if you pointed out that I’ve never met a unicorn. There may be a unicorn out there who could change my mind. The first unicorn I meet might make me think otherwise about the rest of them. He might, but I doubt it.
A Brief Shot At Mimes
It’s not my way to condemn an entire group, as I’m doing with unicorns.
There are exceptions. I think we can all agree that all flu viruses and all mimes are worthy of our condemnation. That is because we know that it is inconceivable to think that we might meet an individual mime or a single virus who would make us feel bad about disliking their entire species.
Until I meet that one unicorn who changes my mind, I am sticking with my position. I don’t like unicorns.
The inevitable question is “why?” What reason would I have for disliking unicorns? My answer is that it is hard to narrow it down to one reason, so I won’t.
Lousy Slackers
When you get right down to it, unicorns are horses. They’re capable of doing all the helpful things that horses do; they choose not to participate.
It isn’t hard to find a horse getting involved in helpful work. But when you see unicorns in a pictures, they are usually standing around looking at a waterfall or the moon. No one benefits from all that sedentary staring. Unicorns don’t contemplate a waterfall, then issue some new philosophical break through. As best I can tell, when a unicorn finishes staring at something, it goes and stares at something else.
The other thing unicorns seem to do in pictures is jump and release rainbows from their backsides. Once again, this is something we really don’t need done. We’ve got rain and sunlight involved in the rainbow business, in partnership with some basic physics. They take care of all our planet’s rainbow needs. Rainbows that come out of unicorns are redundant and just a bit nasty.
Most of all, unicorns run with pointed sticks. The entire non-unicorn population of the earth learned from their mothers not to run with a stick. Unicorns do it all the time. And each of them choose to run knowing that, while he could harm others, he will never be injured with his own pointed stick.
Are A Few Extra Rainbows Worth Damaged Corneas?
So unicorns are lazy, defiant, rule-breakers. Rule-breakers who produce fewer rainbows than they do ophthalmic injuries. Their own sloth is the only thing stopping them from racing, helping out around the farm or some of the other things other horses do to make themselves part of society.
Don’t get me started on those Pegasus freaks.
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If I remember correctly, you don’t like reindeer either, yet they’re certainly not lazy and don’t produce wasteful rainbows. Do you have something against hooves and horns in general?
I’m actually very pro-reindeer, they work their asses off. Regular deer are impatient jerks.
You may be on to something with the hoof thing. Minotaurs and centaurs piss me off.
And Satan. This guy is the worst.
Him and his tail and fork. Who the hell does he think he is?
You are right. Unless you are a four year old girl, unicorns suck.
Right. And if I were a four yeast old girl, would I be able to grow this cool beard with enough gray to say “been there, done that”?
Holy crap. I’m old.
I hold ponies, pegusi, and unicorns responsible for the fact that I know what a “brony” is and that they exist. May your punishment be swift and just.
I was going to say that bronies aren’t so bad, my son knows one. But then you went pegusi on me so I’m bending to your will. My punishment will be swift, but unjust.
Incredibly, as someone who once owned a pair of unicorn shaped barrettes with rainbow colored ribbons streaming from them, I had never made the unicorn/rainbow connection. I just thought they liked to hang out near rainbows. My mind is officially blown. And what are your feelings about zebras?
Somewhere you’ll find it, the rainbow connection…
I was backstage at a circus and saw some zebras up close. They’re not as big as they look on tv. They’re also kinda slim. Maybe it’s the stripes.
So if I really wanted to freak you out, I’d skewer a pumpkin gourd on a unicorn’s horn and leave it on your front step.
Something to remember…
It is 4 am. Wanna know why I’m awake? I read this comment before bed and I’ve been having night terrors ever since.
So I’m kind of a fantastical “amber alert” of horror.
I can live with that.
I find this so amusing. The only thing I have ever collected is Unicorns. They are magical, mythical and beautiful! And for the record I have never met a lazy unicorn.
Why do I keep doing this to you? First the shoes with toes, now unicorns.
It isn’t you.
Please tell me you don’t like mushrooms.
I do. Who doesn’t??
They do just stare, don’t they? Worthless! But they are so pretty and don’t forget magical. Certainly, you’ve met one in one of your dreams? Hmm?
Not yet. If I ever do, I hope it is on one of the nights I wear goggles to bed.
Do you think the second rainbow, of a double rainbow, are products of jealousy or rainbow envy on the part of Unicorns? I can hear them now “One rainbow? Is that all you got? Here hold my..( carbonated beverage of choice)”.
Could be. If so, I think they produce the lower, smaller one. They don’t have the initiative to aim higher.
“Here, hold my Zima. I’m going up to squeeze one out. Somebody pull my horn.”
Wonder if they taste good…
I suppose you could roast one. You’d only need one skewer.
When my comment is judged as having gone too far, I’m going to claim that you started it.
I’m sorry. Just curious is all.
I gotta admit, with a good rub and the right BBQ sauce, you might be on to something.
I have to agree… but in a nice way. (Disclaimer: Dedicated Blurt readers — please don’t hurt me.)
Rainbows and unicorns? Where’s the blog posts about manly stuff, like puff pastries and china patterns?
I scratched myself and ran around the living room shouting “yeah! in your face unicorns” to reestablish macho equilibrium.
Unicorns and Pegasus? One threw you off as a child, didn’t it?
Nah. I never liked getting on horses. People always say you’ve got to kick them to get them going. I never kick anyone who carries me. Let me tell you something – if you ever decide to give me a piggy back ride I am not going to kick you to get you to go faster.
I don’t like them either, Oma. The horn is useless. Now if it had a laser beam in it, or shot pumpkin lattes from it – that’d be entirely different. I’d own one.
A laser would be good, if they had the initiative to put on shows with it. I just don’t see them doing that.
I’ve never been a fan of Unicorns. It occurs to me I didn’t really know why as everyone else seemed enthralled by them. Thank you for giving me these valid observations to back up what I knew intuitively.
They’ve got people snowed. Speaking of snow, I think once I saw a picture of one of them standing in snow, staring.
I’m unicorn-neutral, but I wanted to congratulate you on another Freshly Pressed.
Thank you.
I’m a little frustrated that you can’t get on the correct side of an issue that is affecting the vision health of millions. I hope you see the light before we all have eye patches.
You make a good point, so to speak.
It’s a slippery slope from there to everyone walking around talking like pirates. ::shudder::
This is one of the funniest things I’ve read in a while, great post! 😀
Thanks so much!
Welcome 😀
Do you know what a Brony is? If you do, I hope they don’t find this post!
I do know about Bronies, I hope they aren’t organizing as we speak.
That would be terrible.
Unicorns are fantastic – something long and round for virgins only – hey, now I know why you got a problem with them 😛
Fortunately I’m not a virgin anymore.
I never thought of unicorns in this manner. Thanks for sharing and I will keep this in mind when I do meet a unicorn.
When you do, hold that unicorn responsible for its behavior.
Thanks for this advise! I will! http://www.segmation.com
Hilarious, but also genius! This is why I love Freshly Pressed because I can assure you that my usual troll for “Service” tags would not have led me to the deep disgust I now feel for Unicorns. I’ll stick around and check you out! Thanks for sharing.
Deep disgust!! You have no idea how satisfying that phrase is.
That is also the first time I’ve ever felt satisfaction from that phrase.
If your a virgin and female, you can tame one. As you have a beard that’s greying slightly, it’s a safe bet you’ll not be involved with the unicorn taming business anytime soon. Perhaps this is the source of your dislike.
You’re aware that a unicorn will never fall asleep on your lap and you probably can’t convince a fair maiden virgin to aid you in the hunt, which is always a bad thing.
You therefore have good reason to dislike these insufferable creatures who fart rainbows.
Good call.
I don’t want a unicorn on my lap. Having to wear goggles would be a pain. Of course it might be funny to have people say “is that a unicorn on your lap or are you just glad to see me?”
nice
Grateful.
thnks
That was very informative, with your permission I will like to read this article at the next ‘Pointy-Animals-Who-Only-Stare’ meeting. Our membership is huge!
I’m concerned. Will there be a protest march after you present this?
No way! After the meeting is over I turn on the water faucet and they practice their unicorn like starting….
dagnabbit! 😉 I meant staring*…
Have you never seen the Chronicles of Narnia? That unicorn is up for a battle, no moongazing at all 😀
I haven’t seen it. Are you sure that wasn’t a horse dressed as a unicorn?
LOL. NO! Full-blood unicorn. Maybe the moongazing, lazy unicorns you saw were donkeys in disguise…
Do you mean to tell me a bunch of asses got together and conspired against unicorns?
You really didn’t know?
Asses cant fit the Unicorn costumes ,….. Legs , the Legs , They would need Stilettos for the makeup , Can you imagine that , Donkeys With Stilettos ?
A Very twisted version of a Pink Floyd Album cover just came to mind for some reason .
Hahaha. I’ll have to tell my friend to train up her unicorn right! We can’t have a lazy one! 🙂 🙂
Thanks for your help. Please make sure your friend wears goggles.
Hahaha. A must!
I wrote a piece of flash fiction about a purple unicorn. Do you have less contempt for purple unicorns? The purple unicorn is also worthless and somewhat dubious. It’s a valid point.
Oh no, more. Definitely more.
Haha. Excellent.
Unicorns did exist just like the ‘Do DO Bird’ (extinct thanks to human evolution) and Dragons. Who’s to say that only that animals that were put onto The Ark existed? Mermaids exist too.
I dated a mermaid but the sex was lousy.
Why? Did your fingers always smell fishy? lol!
Haha, very funny post! You are a very talented writer, my friend!
Wow, thanks so much!
I agree with you on the fact they run around with a pointy stick on their forehead. That is every parent’s nightmare. Lol good post!
And they don’t care at all!
I don’t blame you, My Little Pony ruined unicorns for all of us.
Ok second response in the last three referring to when I was dating.
I dated a woman who had a daughter who loved “My Little Pony”. I played a lot of Ponys while I was over at their apt. Apparently I didn’t do it right… Playing My Little Pony, not yknow…
But unicorns are magical! I often ride mine to my shrink’s office while wearing my cape. You have to bare in mind that I did vow to poop rainbows and fart glitter in 2014 so technically speaking I must love unicorns to accomplish this task.
You might want to reconsider the fart thing. If you glitter fart you will never be able to slip a silent one out. You’ll suffer.
Oh wow… you know what you’re right… that silent but deadly thing would be totally ruined… think of all the murder trials!
Loved reading this. The humor is just so awesome.
Please keep writing more. I love it.
~Erin
Thank you for a great laugh!
Funniest thing I’ve read all year. I can’t stop laughing! Lazy rule-breaking slackers, lol!
Cuz their scary?
My dear blurt, we had years of drought in this country (Australia). We could have done with a few unicorns issuing rainbows our way. And please don’t be offended, but could you reconsider flue viruses? I’ve yet to meet a more caring and sharing species.
But their rainbows are fauxbows. They raise false hopes for rain.
Viruses talk a good game, but in the end, you’re retching and shivering. Don’t fall into their trap.
There’s no PC way to say this, but that doesn’t usually bother me, so I’ll just say it. If you work around a horse, and turn your back on one and maybe bend over to pick up something, you might get a head-butt from a cranky horse. But, with a unicorn…. What I mean to say is (of course, not that there’s anything wrong with that), even if a person liked that sort of thing, it would certainly be overkill, I think.
On the plus side, it’s a free prostate exam, where applicable.
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I’ve found this to be the greatest! I have always known that Unicorns exist. I am currently a member of “The Unicorns.” I am not much into the whole mythological concept at all. However, I thought that it was odd that they had tattoos, colorful hair, and pooted glitter. My group is steadily trying to figure out a meal that fits a Unicorn’s diet. I believe that they eat Mac & Cheese, and corn. They also love Berry Punch. Unicorns do have immense staring problems but they also abide by one rule. Rule Seventeen, Don’t Give A F###. I would truly hate to agitate a Unicorn. Uni doesn’t play.
WHAT DO UNICORNS EAT?
I’m certain they don’t eat corn. I like corn, so I’m saying that unicorns can’t like it.
Your logic is impeccable, good sir.
Seeing the topic on Freshly Pressed, I just had to read on. I’m glad I did! I couldn’t stop laughing while I read all of the comments. I never thought of unicorns as creatures that stare at random things and fart rainbows.
Reading anything about these jerks is a leap of faith that I’m glad you took.
Oma – congrats on being FP’d especially when it is about such a vital topic. This post is really a public service. People need to stop with the unicorn love and focus their attention to far more important matters.
Dragons. We need dragons.
Thanks my friend!
See dragons don’t suck. They just need to use their skills for good and not evil.
THANK YOU. Finally, someone had the guts to say what we’ve all been thinking.
Deny the unicorn conspiracy!
hm, interesting
Hmm, subtle, yet non committal.
Goog 🙂
Yes !
unicorns…from star wars…are awesome.
Are you sure?
yes.
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Unicorns are just lazy horses. So very true, but to be honest, that kind if makes me love them more.
Well, you’re entitled, but I don’t think we should reward them.
if unicorns evolved into horses, y’kno, losing their one horn,…
What do you make of the future of man’s penis??
If we lose our boners sooner than an eighth grader at Sea World,
how will the human race go on?
Well, ideally, we won’t evolve past our “horn” while I’m still going.
I think what speaks in favor of the penis is that men are only part time slackers. Unicorns are full time slackers so evolution is pushing them out.
Funny post, please do Pegasus..
what do you think of Centaurs, and Minotaurs discriminating the Fauns.
Centaurs and Minotaurs are proof that men are really odd. You don’t see female versions.
Your post is ammusing. After reading it, I started to have second thoughts about liking unicorns 🙂
They’re not worthy of your affection and don’t return it. The best you can hope for is a good state from one of them.
I totally get you, but don’t forget that we’d rather have unicorns running around than other mythical beings like fire breathing dragons and orgres!
Well, we can put out a fire, but we can’t replace an eye.
Love your humour.
PS Am author of a seminal work ‘10,000 techniques for learning to see Unicorns’ and am also Lifetime Elected President of the Internationally Recognised Unicorn Liberation Front. The ULF currently has 1 member. Membership is however open to anyone who wishes to join. Annual Membership (renewable monthly) to be paid by standing order, which we suggest be sent to debit your account on the 7th, 14th, 21st and 28th of the month. Alternatively a one-off payment to Paypal may be made. Current rates are : Annual Membership £100 – this should be renewed monthly (£100 a month) The weekly standing orders option should be in the amount of £30 a week. The one-off Paypal payment can be from as little as £250.
We respectfully ask for donations in order to ensure the seminal 10,000 techniques book can secure a publisher.
Here is a little sneak preview of one of the techniques :
1) Buy a 2 litre tin of white emulsion paint. Catch a horse
TIP: if you catch a WHITE horse make sure you have previously negotiated ability to return and get 100% refund of emulsion paint provided tin has not been opened
Cut 18 inches off a wooden broom handle and whittle (see technique number 56) one end to a point
TIP : if your broom handle was NOT white, but your horse was, you will need to go back to the paint shop and buy the smallest tin of white emulsion you can find
Using superglue carefull attach the unwhittled end of the broom handle to the centre of horse’s forehead
TIP: It is best to do this FIRST before painting your horse (if your horse is not already a natural white horse) It is essential the horse stays STILL for 30 minutes to allow the glue to properly stick. Once you have painted your horse (if you needed to) you are likely to find the horse will not let you come near it for several weeks, so by the time it let’s you come close enough for horn attachment, the emulsion will have become quite grubby
I’m sure you are eagerly waiting to read the other 9,999 techniques but this is the end of your free reading preview.
So you advocate creating fauxnicorns?
Am merely demonstrating my political savvy by creating a spin illusion, she said huffily.
Anyway, this is the FIRST technique, and the simplest. You don’t really expect me to give away my see a true unicorn, which takes years of study, for FREE do you. This was just a little teaser to encourage you to delve deeper and possibly enrol on the Diploma course I am developing in Unicorn Studies
Oh god! I think my boyfriend may be a secret unicorn. According to my mother he poos rainbows and his farts smell of the sweetest roses. What should I do?
Also, please send goggles, in case of occular threat
Wait, does he have a job? If not, yes, he is a unicorn and your relationship is in peril as well as illegal in all states. Except maybe Nevada.
One of the best things I’ve read in quite some time; highly amusing and well-written. The feature is well deserved, and unicorns do suck.
You are a person of tremendous taste. I’m glad you stopped by.
Fun fact: The unicorn is the national animal of Scotland.
Damn. I loved Scotland.
Unicorns were bred for one purpose. Meat for the people who like meat. Get the point is there slogan. Once you have unicorn meat, heavy on the corn, you can get instant miracles and do unicorn things, like shoot your eye out as you have pointed out.
The other, other white meat?
You make many interesting points, but I find the suggestion that the unicorn could step into the (round iron) shoes of the working horse erroneous.
Most working horses are expected to fit into standard domestic accommodation for their species, i.e. stabling. Unicorns, having a large spike on their heads, are unsuited to stabling. They are unable to drink from a horse’s water bucket/trough if it is placed in the usual location of a corner because their horn hits the wall. They cannot eat from a haynet because it gets stuck on their head. If their food is placed near the wall they cannot get to it because their horn hits the wall.
The only way to successfully stable a unicorn would be to have a much larger stable so that there is room for everything to be away from the walls and there still be room for the animal to easily lie down without damaging water bucket etc. or catching them with his horn while laying down or getting up. The need for a massive stable is an issue; firstly because existing stables are horse sized and secondly because if you have a very large stable it will cost a great deal more in bedding to maintain an absorbent, hygienic and humane surface. The human labour involved in mucking out will likewise be increased.
To conclude, a working horse is much more economically viable than a working unicorn. Anyone trying to run a business will not employ a unicorn if they could get a horse to do the same job. Whether this is moral is another matter, but you cannot blame the unicorns for this economic situation. In the current climate, who has money to spare on a unicorn?
And I agree. But the issue is that unicorms have bred the economic viability out of themselves over successive generations. They’ve no one to blame but themselves.
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An insightful view on the internet’s favorite pretend horse. My sides still hurt from laughter!
Grazie!
No problem my friend. I’ll be following your blog from now on for more hilarity! Lots of luck!
Personally, I agree with all your points. I am not a unicorn fan, though some of my friends are. Those unicorns need to do some work and take some safety into account before I become a fan:) Great post!
Hannah
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I just think you’re jealous because Unicorns get to break all the rules!
How do you feel about goats? They have TWO pointy-things, are obstinate and untrustworthy, and don’t even look pretty while they chew on your house.
Freshly Pressed!?! Ya big strapper! All of us old time Oma disciples are proud of ye…Darn proud!
Now that I think about it, they are always standing around doing nothing but looking at the moon or a random rainbow. I do the same thing. Are you calling me lazy???
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wow you are hilarious I even read your comments and posts..lmaooooo
Unicorns have managed to get me out of many a pickle … I love unicorns !! Xx
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There was a time when a group of writers I know were obsessed with unicorns for yet another reason. This post appealed to me because I didn’t get it. 🙂
That’s a fair assessment.
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I’m SO going to poop rainbows later –> http://theawesomer.com/photos/2010/05/051710_Canned_Unicorn_Meat_1.jpg
Once I was interviewing people for a job in my team and I asked: what is your favorite animal and why? She said: the unicorn because they are magical. Ok…, I said. And what about REAL animals? 5 seconds thinking and she says: I will say that is also the unicorn!!
And I was speechless.
I love you!
I’ve never really give Unicorns much thought, but you’ve really opened my eyes. Thank you.
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lol
I know people are obsessed w unicorns and I just don’t get it. Ha, great post!
Modern virgins would be much too saavy to tame an old fashioned lazy-looking unicorn. Don’t you think, after all this time, that perhaps there would have been some evolutionary developments that would render the modern unicorn less, conspicuous? I imagine they would have come up with some sort of camouflage or cloaking device by now to catch the eye of the ever more elusive modern virgin.
This is my first time here. Your brain…..I want to hug it. lol
This is good old fashion disdain, and I never miss a good opportunity to commend some real top-notch hoofed hatred!! I agree, the unicorn is worthless. Not only does he serve no viable purpose, but when you think about it he isn’t majestic at all – as he is typically portrayed in popular unicorn culture. He has a damn sword sticking out of his head! What if I had a sword sticking out of my head? No one would want that…ever. “Oh yeah this, yeah that’s just a thing. It’s there all the time and it stabs stuff and I’ve never used it for anything. Pay no heed.” I would have no joy at any time. More of us need to start recognizing this trans-equine fool for what you have depicted him as: a pointy headed slacker. Well done!
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I, for one, adore viruses. Have you seen bacteriophages? ADORABLE. And anything that can hijack a cell with it’s own DNA/RNA (when it isn’t even technically alive) is totally badass.
I concede that when I saw that you already had 147 comments, I thought to myself what can I possibly add. Then it dawned on me. I could add the 148th comment. You’re welcome. Oh, and thanks for the highly entertaining read. I may have giggled. In a manly way of course.
But… But I thought… I thought unicorn tears healed crap and stuff…
The neo-marxist Mafia gave me a very stern warning regarding the writing of Romantic Poetry. I foolishly chose to disregard their thinly veiled threats, however. One morning I woke to find a severed unicorn head in my bed. It smelled sweet, like cotton-candy. and it’s blood tasted like amaretto, so really… it did not dissuade me in the least, despite a follow up phone call admonishing me to properly embrace post-modernism and renounce all ties to Romantic Realism. Now, after writing hundreds of sonnets, it appears they have chosen instead to ignore me. It seems, then, that the poor beast died in vein….
“its,” dammit!
I enjoyed this…but I still like unicorns 😉
Thank you for this. I’ve always been a bit creeped out by unicorns too. I am a horsey gal; I adore them. But unicorns. . . a little weird. I read this post with a grin on my face saying to myself, “I know! So true! Good point!” P.S. I tried to convince several of my 7th grade students today that 2017 is the year of the unicorn. They did not fall for it!
I’d have to say I’m pro-unicorn myself, however it might be an idea to get them out working, and doing more for society in general.
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So how do you feel about Starlight from Rainbow Brite,? The bastard stepchild of a unicorn and a horse?
I once was a “frumpy unicorn” for Halloween. I wore a white sweatsuit and a homemade horn. My tail was a piece of string that I safety pinned on, i.e. Eyore. You maybe would’ve liked that… I didn’t involve any rainbows.
Unicorns rule! Just play Robot Unicorn Attack. You’ll love Unicorns forever and end up even owning things such as unicorn socks, like I do.
If i discover that you are this funny in other posts i might just well follow you as holding a neutral stance on unicorns i find i’m not offended enough to close my browser in disgust.
I have to ask though what about zebras? They don’t really do much apart from show off about how multicultural and unique they are all the time?
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I have found this post most amusing as well as some of the comments. The weird thing about unicorns is that they are said to be attracted to virgin females…but I cannot remember if the said virgins are attracted to the unicorns. As mythical creatures go I would take a dragon over a unicorn any day.
Haha this was a very amusing post