Tourists visiting the Greek island of Santorini used to exclusively rely on a massive fleet of overworked donkeys to haul their luggage up hundreds of steep, slippery cobblestone steps from the port.

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Tourists visiting the Greek island of Santorini used to exclusively rely on a massive fleet of overworked donkeys to haul their luggage up hundreds of steep, slippery cobblestone steps from the port. For decades, these miserable pack animals trudged up a cliffside in the blistering Mediterranean sun, carrying sweaty vacationers who were too lazy to walk off their feta cheese hangovers. Animal rights activists finally intervened, and a modern cable car was installed to effortlessly whisk visitors to the top of the volcanic caldera in three minutes. Yet, somehow, tourists will still voluntarily pay to ride a grumpy, exhausted donkey up a cliff that smells entirely of manure, completely bypassing a marvel of modern engineering just so they can get an authentic, agonizingly bumpy photo for their social media!