I have a feeling number 2 and 3 aren't that big of an issue if you catch my drift.  

Damn it, I was going to caption this with the arfcom basement dweller meme, but I can't find it.  

I don't put people on ignore, it messes up the flow.



But if I could right a script that replaced the text of your posts with Lorem Ipsum it would be less offensive and make more sense.



 

Greasemonkey.  Do it.  

My dad doesn't really care what I do as long as I stay out of trouble, make decent money (working on that bit...), and eventually intend to make grandbabies (eh, I have a brother and he has a tiny wife, they'll satisfy my parents' grandbaby-madness eventually).

I don't talk to my dad very much. We don't have a lot in common, and I frequently get the feeling that he has very little respect for me, mostly because he never listens to anything that I say (this feeling predates my watching MLP by many years).

Not applicable (ETA: No boyfriend, either; I've never dated anybody). Several of the bronies who post in the big thread are married, though.
It doesn't bother them. It is a source for FRIENDLY RIBBING, but so is every attribute of a friend. My friend Jared gave me a 'Feathermay' (a red pegasus) figurine for our Secret Santa exchange at work, and it occupies a place of honor on my SHELF OF MORAL DECAY.

Negative. I do have several MLP toys, but they're sort of just scattered around among the other goofy shit I've accumulated over the years (the shelf of moral decay also features an action figure signed by Kevin Smith, a comic signed by Scott Kurtz, a stuffed killer whale I found in the parking lot at work, a couple of empty growlers, a battered deck of Fluxx cards, and three small stuffed rabbits (and the zippered cloth carrot in which they can be stored)  given to me by my friend Rose). I have tried to comb the hair of two of the pony figurines that I have to make them look presentable on the shelf, but I've made a mess of it each time, so I gave up on it.

There used to be a LEGO star destroyer up there, too, but I disassembled it to build a dock for my phone which now lives in my truck.

I'm not sure how to answer that. Any answer I think of either sounds pretentious and self-aggrandizing (e.g., "hurr, I'm unique, and all you normal people are  boring!" which I don't thing), or else pretentiously self-deprecating. I will settle for being pretentiously ambivalent. I dunno, man.

I think that "lifestyle" is a little grandiose. I like a TV show, and I like candy-colored plastic toys, and I like the crazy shit that fans of same produce. I go to work, I play video games, I shoot my guns every once in a while; every saturday I go out and have a couple of drinks with a buddy from work; I chat with my internet friends... and I watch this TV show and talk about it a bunch. There's really not that much to it.

I don't know what you consider wrongs deserving of righting, but if clear and proper communication are part of your mandate, that's "right all the wrongs".

and the world would be a better place if i could write all the wrongs in it

bronies and other emasculated fanboys are a cancer to society, they deserve to be ridiculed

What's "normal?"  And I'm not being funny.  That's the thing about society, is what's normal to you is not to someone else.

Edit-the only kids show I will watch is Super Why with my nephew.  It's his favorite show, and it has a good bit of education to it.

peace through firepower everypony! ^_^

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My favorite part of the Bronycon FAQ:

Q: Will there be any NSFW content?
A: There will be no NSFW content. BronyCon is an all ages, family friendly event. NSFW is not allowed to be viewed, shown, or sold at the convention.

Just the fact that there is NSFW content...



Wife joked we should go with the kids, since our 2 year old and 6 year old like the show...but judging from the pictures....no way.  

I can smell the feet and ass from here.  

The rules are absolutely specific on this point: NO. EXCEPTIONS.

Your avatar is Bolt, right? There's NSFW Bolt content, guaranteed.

Please don't lump all people with autism/Asperger's into the My Little Pony crowd.  Please.

Doesn't make it right.

If Disney had a Bolt convention, I doubt they would have to post that NSFW rule.

That means NSFW fan art of MLP is widespread and pervasive.

And that is where it gets gross and creepy.

Eh, I watch the show with my three year old girls who love it.

Lauren Faust, the show's creator, was involved in the Powerpuff Girls and Fosters Home for Imaginary Friends.  MLP:FIM is similar in terms of humor and content to those shows.  

Not a girly show, necessarily.  I'd say it definitely has mass appeal, and can see why it has such a massive following.

Not a brony, but I enjoy the show.

I like both of those other shows. Now I'm going to have to check out MLP:FIM.



 

If a bunch of /b/tards and /co/lleagues were the founding members of the group that organized the convention (the whole brony phenomenon got its start on /co/ on 4chan, which, as you may know, is a hive of scum, pornography, and villainy), they totally would.

Not me, saw this at the range.

Now that I know that, I'm for sure glad we didn't take the kiddos to it.

FIFY



 

Interesting. I'm sure you could easily fill a book with what I don't known about My Little Pony and the Bronie subculture. I had seen referenes to the TV show on this site but had always assumed they were being made by men who had daughters or otherwise had little girls in their lives and as a result had seen the show. It never occured to me that adults would be watching it by their own choice. When I said life style I'm picturing a guy who regularly wears MLP related clothing, has MLP related stuff all over their home, the fact that there are conventions leads me to this. But you are saying this is a relatively small part of your life?

With the "marched to the beat of your own drummer" thing. I was more trying to politely ask if you were always kind of weird. I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that most bronies were always considered a little bit odd or weird. I don't picture the bronie convention having the most popular guys in school attending. though perhaps I am wrong?

Were you close with your father during your childhood?

Were you interested in this sort of thing as a child and it just continued into adulthood or is this something you became interested in as an adult?


I'm just trying to wrap my head around this thing because when I first heard references to Bronies I thought AR15.com was just messing around. Then I read about it in the paper.

In the words of Ryan Phillipe from The Way of the Gun: "That's creepy."

what's wrong with that

I don't know you Deej, it seems like you are a pretty solid dude from what I can tell on here... But you need to take that shit back RIGHT NOW


I can understand comparing it to a Anime Con (still a pretty far reach), but comparing a bunch of Pony Lovers to a Star Trek convention? Herpity Derpity doesn't even begin to describe that statement.

Read This, and tell me how they are remotely the same. Star Trek has Inspired Generations, and without that, technology wouldn't be as far as it is today... What have the Bronies done?




End Rant... Have a nice day

He's a troll man, don't sweat it.

I'm sorry.

This thread needs more homosexual equines: Here's Charlie!

Shit Homes, I'm not actually mad... Just goofing around


But seriously, that comment was out of line. I expect more out of you

As a Non Bronie and Non Trekkie you are both a bit out in left field to me. But Trekkies seem way way more social acceptable. While I think we can take if for granted that the Bronies themselves have likely accomplished very little. The MLP TV show could have accomplished a lot for all we know. Perhaps they inspired generations of little girls to be nicer to people, I don't know, but let's not discount what ever good they may have accomplished out of hand.

I think Deej is speaking of fandom genres or  fandom culture in general, IMPO I don't think he is making a connection or comparing Pony fans or Star Track fans.

what is the link to the brony thread anyway?

It's in the Team forum, I'm afraid, so you won't be able to um... attend it, I guess, unless you buy a Team Arfcom membership.

 

go on.

That was... unexpected.

Holy crap that was fast

I was going to pull the trigger on it anyway, this just made it more hilarious.

Well player sir.  You've earned it.

Link

*facepalm* @ your FAIL

What. The. Fuck.

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Just sayin...

Ahahah! Nice.

The brony thread can now be blamed for at least $24 and (to my knowledge) up to $48 in Arfcom revenue. It's a real moneymaker, y'all.

Exactly my point.  Now, I wish no harm on Trekkies, one of my college profs is a Trekkie, she just came back from the big Nashville con.  

Dude, I'm buying you a whore for the night.

John Delance  (Star Trek's Q) plays a prominent role now in the brony phenomenon.  

dafuq did I just read?

Can't say I'm a fan of the show myself, but whatever floats their boat. I do think it's funny how some folks in ARFcom view every fringe group as a short slide down towards the apparently gigantic chasm of pedophilia that everything ends in...?

I don't get it at all but, if cartoon ponies are your thing, more power to you.

You tell a working girl to get in a room with a guy who is into brushing his toy pony's hair and watching cartoons targeted to little girls, and you are going to pay a HEFTY kink penalty.