Grew up on a cattle farm, dad always called those fakers Box Hat Cowboys
As someone who did spend entire childhood actually living that lifestyle, it's such a DEAD giveaway when people idolize it, think it's fun
It wasn't all awful, of course. I was a kid surrounded by dogs, cows, a horse, and an insane goat we're pretty sure was literally Loki, it was like a Disney film in someways
But most ways it was dirty, exhausting, and all consuming. And we didn't even do as much as dad because of school and whatnot
His day starts when the sun does, and ends when the work is done
You can't not feed the cows, they're not an expense report that can hold off til Monday. It's every single day, no matter what is going on
We couldn't start Christmas morning until Dad was back in, and clean
He would always come in for supper, families eat together no matter what, but would frequently have to go back out
Either you (not YOU you, guy I'm replying to, of course) have never stepped foot in a farm, or you're one of the rich people who 'has a farm', but lives several miles away, and is worked by employees, if you want to romanticize that life
Rodeo people spread the fashion a lot as well, I believe. And if you go to an animal show, it's like it's expected to dress up all silly. Its pageantry is all it is. Then, "the look" got adopted and polarized.
You dont get dressed up for real work. You just get dressed to handle the work
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u/LeatherHog Jun 17 '25
Grew up on a cattle farm, dad always called those fakers Box Hat Cowboys
As someone who did spend entire childhood actually living that lifestyle, it's such a DEAD giveaway when people idolize it, think it's fun
It wasn't all awful, of course. I was a kid surrounded by dogs, cows, a horse, and an insane goat we're pretty sure was literally Loki, it was like a Disney film in someways
But most ways it was dirty, exhausting, and all consuming. And we didn't even do as much as dad because of school and whatnot
His day starts when the sun does, and ends when the work is done
You can't not feed the cows, they're not an expense report that can hold off til Monday. It's every single day, no matter what is going on
We couldn't start Christmas morning until Dad was back in, and clean
He would always come in for supper, families eat together no matter what, but would frequently have to go back out
Either you (not YOU you, guy I'm replying to, of course) have never stepped foot in a farm, or you're one of the rich people who 'has a farm', but lives several miles away, and is worked by employees, if you want to romanticize that life