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Ram Ranch

Ram Ranch is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Ram Ranch rather than just read about it. In short: "Ram Ranch" is a song by Canadian musician Grant MacDonald. Released in 2012, it contains explicit lyrics about a large orgy of gay cowboys on the titular ranch.

Key takeaways

Ram Ranch belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Ram Ranch to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Ram Ranch from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

"Ram Ranch" is a song by Canadian musician Grant MacDonald. Released in 2012, it contains explicit lyrics about a large orgy of gay cowboys on the titular ranch. The song was created as a protest against radio stations based in Nashville, Tennessee, which rejected his previous music. Years after its release, the song went viral, becoming popular in Internet meme culture and prompting MacDonald to create hundreds of sequels. It was used by counter-protestors during the 2022 Canada convoy protest, where they flooded communication networks between protestors with the song and created the "Ram Ranch Resistance", which led to more memes.

Background and composition Grant MacDonald is a musician from Summerside, Prince Edward Island. Prior to "Ram Ranch", he had made numerous songs depicting same-sex themes, including "Cum God" and "Prince Harry's 12-Inch Cock". He had also directed and produced gay male erotica films. Upon attempting to pitch three songs depicting love between two cowboys to radio stations based in Nashville, Tennessee, his work was rejected. MacDonald viewed this as homophobia in the country music industry, and created "Ram Ranch" in 2012 out of spite, describing it as a "protest song" in an interview with Rolling Stone. The loudly shouted lyrics of the song depict a story of eighteen gay cowboys having sex with each other on the titular Ram Ranch. In an interview with BuzzFeed News, MacDonald stated the song was made as an example of "how gay country music could be". The lyrics feature explicit phrases such as "eighteen naked cowboys wanting to be fucked" and "big, hard, throbbing cocks waiting to be sucked."

Impact Around 2016, "Ram Ranch" went viral and became popular in Internet meme culture. As the song rose in popularity, a fan requested that MacDonald create a sequel. He originally hesitated to do so, stating that it would've been "like Pink Floyd putting out Dark Side of the Moon 2". However, he did eventually create "Ram Ranch 2" and has since made several hundred sequels to "Ram Ranch".

"Ram Ranch Resistance" In 2022, "Ram Ranch" was used during the Canada convoy protest by counter-protestors to troll those attending and organizing the protests, primarily by flooding their Zello channels with the song's intro. According to Rolling Stone, the song was chosen to make fun of the Dodge Ram trucks used by the protestors, as well as to subvert their patriotism since MacDonald is Canadian. As the song increased in prominence throughout the protests, the "Ram Ranch Resistance" was formed on Twitter, whose members identified themselves as "ranchers". The "ranchers" continued to sabotage Zello channels with the song, with one of the channels having nearly 2,000 members. This specific use of the song was attributed to helping end a protest near Windsor, Ontario due to its disruptive use. According to Twitter user @NoelleNarwhal, who first started the "Ram Ranch Resistance", at least three Zello channels were shut down using the song. The "Ram Ranch Resistance" also led to a charity site dedicated to businesses affected by the protests, numerous memes, and physical signs used by counter-protestors that stated "Welcome to the Ram Ranch." Upon learning about "Ram Ranch" being used during the counter-protests, MacDonald said that he was "totally elated that [his] song could be used to stand up for science". He subsequently created an over twenty-minute song with equally explicit lyrics called "Ottawa Truckers", specifically themed around the truckers.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Ram Ranch

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Ram Ranch claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Ram Ranch before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Ram Ranch ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Ram Ranch

In research: Ram Ranch appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Ram Ranch in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Ram Ranch is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 2012 songs, COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, Canadian hard rock songs, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Ram Ranch outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Ram Ranch in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Ram Ranch means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Ram Ranch out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Ram Ranch in simple terms?

"Ram Ranch" is a song by Canadian musician Grant MacDonald. Released in 2012, it contains explicit lyrics about a large orgy of gay cowboys on the titular ranch.

Why does Ram Ranch matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Ram Ranch?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Ram Ranch.