>>12029230The fainting is a byproduct.
Back in "the day" (Tennessee, about 1880), people were using shitty stone walls to fence in their livestock. Goats, being capable of light activity, were constantly jumping over these walls. Then one guy (by the name of John Tinsley) apparently showed up with goats that, because their joints were so shitty, couldn't make it over these walls. "What the hell," everyone said, "that's amazing. If I had some of those goats, I wouldn't have to replace my shitty walls with actually good ones." And so, those genetic defects prospered, with farmers enjoying their all-around docile nature.
Over time, people began to build actually decent fences, so the "specialized" goats weren't as needed. Or wanted, because these goats tended to be smaller than normal goats, which meant less meat. Until about a hundred years later in 1980, when people remembered the little shits. "They're smaller, docile, and pretty funny." They started getting bred for their meat again, but also their sheer novelty factor.
Basically, they're the result of a genetic defect that would have been bred out ages ago, but was commercially viable enough for farmers to breed them and keep the defect alive.
