This thread makes me want to play the Whimsyshire level of Diablo 3.

MoronLessOff: loveblondieo: Cartoons were at their peak in 80s


Icy Chill

I miss Mr. Kazoo.
We need a Futurama-like miracle.
Bring back Bloo, Cheese, and Goo.

For the children.

lizyrd: Draq
Growing up is something teenagers do to be less fun. Once you're an adult, there's no need for it anymore

Not sure what you mean, Peter Pan. Seems to me that as an adult, I need to work to support myself and my family. I need to take care of my house, the yard and the family cars. I need to spend both money and time wisely to create the best chance for happiness for both myself and my family. Watching cartoons meant for 10-year olds and buying the associated toys is incompatible.

The toys are still there when you become an adult, they are just supposed to change. I got the same kick out of the new trailer I bought for my side business as I did when I got an NES at 8. I get the same satisfaction out of a six-pack as I got out of a new CD at 13. There's just something off about someone who's tastes remain with cartoons and toys through their 20s.

I'm just gonna let C.S. Lewis take things from here. Mr. Lewis?

cgraves67: My wife was a big G1 MLP fan. I haven't told her about bronies yet.

You should start her off by having her read this piece of fanfic:
"Mare's Milk" on Topless Robot. It's the touching tale of a pregnant MLP babysitting three adolescent ponies and getting off on breastfeeding them.

No, really, you'll be doing her a favor. Getting the hardest core raping of your childhood out of the way up front makes all the bronies with "tattoos" easy to take.

/My little brother was a MLP fan in the 80's
//I got to play with his GI Joes, he with my My Little Ponies, and no one got uncomfortable at us hopping across gender role lines from time to time as a result.

MLP is crap. Utter crap. Why would any self respecting adult actually watch this tripe?

I mean, it's not even very well made! When the Cutie Mark Crusaders were asking the ponies how they got their Cutie Marks, and Pinkie Pie was retelling the story of how she saw a rainbow then threw a party for her rock-herding family, in one scene the younger version of Pinkie Pie clearly had her cutie mark (three balloons), but this was BEFORE she actually got it! The very next frame change her cutie mark was gone again.

Shoddy animation only suitable for children or the retarded.

FirstNationalBastard: ph0rk: Draq: [i.imgur.com image 320x267]

The people I've seen complaining about bronies are assholes 100% of the time. I'm convinced nobody I'd like to know actually cares what they think.

The only real issue I have with seeing them is I think at this point they're pretty low on the originality/creativity scale. Not that we get lots of that particular quality or anything.

Now that I can understand.

But, hell, every internet meme is uncreative/unoriginal after a certain point. Then, it dies down. After a while, it becomes retro.

/Just look at HAHA guy.

I less than three you.

Yuri Futanari: MLP is crap. Utter crap. Why would any self respecting adult actually watch this tripe?

I mean, it's not even very well made! When the Cutie Mark Crusaders were asking the ponies how they got their Cutie Marks, and Pinkie Pie was retelling the story of how she saw a rainbow then threw a party for her rock-herding family, in one scene the younger version of Pinkie Pie clearly had her cutie mark (three balloons), but this was BEFORE she actually got it! The very next frame change her cutie mark was gone again.

Shoddy animation only suitable for children or the retarded.

lizyrd: I get the same satisfaction out of a six-pack as I got out of a new CD at 13.

Wait, I'm a little confused: CDs are for teens only? Personally, I like both music and beer.

Still trying to figure out why MLP-FIM is considered more for children than those God-awful 80s sit-coms. Or Reality TV. Or any other form of mindless relaxation.

Yuri Futanari: MLP is crap. Utter crap. Why would any self respecting adult actually watch this tripe?

I mean, it's not even very well made! When the Cutie Mark Crusaders were asking the ponies how they got their Cutie Marks, and Pinkie Pie was retelling the story of how she saw a rainbow then threw a party for her rock-herding family, in one scene the younger version of Pinkie Pie clearly had her cutie mark (three balloons), but this was BEFORE she actually got it! The very next frame change her cutie mark was gone again.

Shoddy animation only suitable for children or the retarded.

Well played once again, Yuri Futanari.

Bronies?

*cue fruit*

;)

Whenever a member of a fandom says "[Insert Fandom] have the most smartest and intelligent people I know!" it really means the opposite except much worse.

I fell for that line with the furries and I'm not falling for that line again with bronies!

And in case no one has posted it yet:

Yogcast + Minecraft + MLP

/something MAGICAL has happened

The Jami Turman Fan Club: Still trying to figure out why MLP-FIM is considered more for children than those God-awful 80s sit-coms. Or Reality TV. Or any other form of mindless relaxation.

80s nostalgia is about, "everything was better back in my day," and has nothing to do with MLP being childish. Reality TV tends to appeal to the lowest common denominator of humor (slapstick and dirty jokes that are only "funny" because they're supposedly risque) but doesn't too often play the adult/childish card (see the C.S. Lewis quote above)

I'll be honest, I have yet to be able to sit through an episode of MLP, I am sure the voice-acting is good but the pitches they hit hurt my ears. I still enjoy a good pony image macro though, nothing wrong with a bit of cute fun.

No different than sports geeks/nerds complaining about new fans calling them "fair weather fans" or that they are just on the "bandwagon".

TheBigJerk: I'll be honest, I have yet to be able to sit through an episode of MLP, I am sure the voice-acting is good but the pitches they hit hurt my ears. I still enjoy a good pony image macro though, nothing wrong with a bit of cute fun.

this is exactly how it started for me. Be careful. It could get you, too.

/no regrets
//I avoided the show for well over a year, but eventually watched it. The first two episodes were a bit cheesy, the rest was gold.
///but it was the macros that got me first

the thing I remember most about My Little Pony was popping their heads off to the wailing cry of my little sister

they glued most of those things on so it was always a fight getting them off and boy did my little sister cry

Keizer_Ghidorah: lizyrd: Draq
Growing up is something teenagers do to be less fun. Once you're an adult, there's no need for it anymore

Not sure what you mean, Peter Pan. Seems to me that as an adult, I need to work to support myself and my family. I need to take care of my house, the yard and the family cars. I need to spend both money and time wisely to create the best chance for happiness for both myself and my family. Watching cartoons meant for 10-year olds and buying the associated toys is incompatible.

The toys are still there when you become an adult, they are just supposed to change. I got the same kick out of the new trailer I bought for my side business as I did when I got an NES at 8. I get the same satisfaction out of a six-pack as I got out of a new CD at 13. There's just something off about someone who's tastes remain with cartoons and toys through their 20s.

Guess what? You can do all of that AND enjoy something that's "childish". In the real world, there is more than "either-or", "us or them", "with us or against us", etc. I'm sorry that you feel the need to overdo maturity so that others won't see you as "immature", but many of us do work, and support families, and have social lives, and watch cartoons.

An amazing concept, isn't it? Hope your mind can handle that.

No, both money and time are limited. Do I go mow a lawn with this free time, thereby earning $40 and keeping the customer happy? Or do I sit on my ass and watch TV (news, sports, or children's cartoon)? Do I work on the house, whether engaging in needed improvements or just cleaning, or do I sit on my ass and watch TV? Do I go for dinner and cocktails with my wife and friends, or do I use that money for pieces of plastic shaped to look like something on TV?

There is a reason my cars are paid off, I have no credit card debt, own and operate a small but profitable business aside from my full-time job, have a fixer-upper that is rapidly becoming a nice house, and have enough money saved to see myself through some hard times. It's because I recognized in my mid 20s, after years of foolishness, that when money and time are concerned it is always an either-or situation. Either you spend wisely Or you waste.

Your accusation that I live this way based on how I want other people to see me is bullshiat. I live this way because I wasted too much time and money in my youth. I had a "holy shiat" moment when I saw an example of where I was headed. I don't have money to waste, and I certainly don't have time.

Hope your mind can handle that.

Pony threads are worse than anything from the politics tab. It is scary how riled up people get over a cartoon.

/fluttershy is my nick name at the animal shelter. Therefore she is best pony.

ds_4815: sp86: You just described MLP: FIM.

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I LOL'ed.

Love MLP:FiM

While I will admit that for no reason in particular Bronies_TM conjure in my head images of;



However, I happen to watch Power Puff Girls, Invader Zim, Archer, Family Guy, Dexter's Lab, Ed, Edd and Eddy, Dragonball Z, play video games (on my NES, Super NES, Sega Genesis, PS2, PS3, XBox and WII) and post on Fark.com. I know I cannot, in good conscience, say a goddamned thing to these wacky people.

/Party on Bronies
//just don't invite me

lizyrd: Your accusation that I live this way based on how I want other people to see me is bullshiat. I live this way because I wasted too much time and money in my youth. I had a "holy shiat" moment when I saw an example of where I was headed. I don't have money to waste, and I certainly don't have time.

Hope your mind can handle that.
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And yet here you are, wasting time making walls of text nobody will ever read through.

Frankly, watching MLP is probably a better use of your time.

TXEric:
/I know, I actually came into this thread to post that.
//Still stunned over the absolute overpowering presence of these damn thing in last years' NFL threads.

I couldn't figure out why the ponies were in the NFL threads, either. But then I Netflixed the show with my daughter and now I love it.

lizyrd: The toys are still there when you become an adult, they are just supposed to change.

lizyrd: No, both money and time are limited.

lizyrd: Do I go for dinner and cocktails with my wife and friends, or do I use that money for pieces of plastic shaped to look like something on TV?

lizyrd: Your accusation that I live this way based on how I want other people to see me is bullshiat...I had a "holy shiat" moment when I saw an example of where I was headed.

It's always charitable when someone puts the refutations of their arguments in their own post, really saves time.

I had a handful of G2s when I was a kid (I still like their aesthetic the best out of the pony generations - especially the little rhinestones they had in their eyes).

I think I had some ongoing plot wherein they kept stealing each other's accessories and putting curses on each other and stuff. Sometimes in musical format. Other lines of collectible toy were often involved. I was a strange little girl.

Draq: [i.imgur.com image 320x267]

The people I've seen complaining about bronies are assholes 100% of the time. I'm convinced nobody I'd like to know actually cares what they think.

Man, I hate Star Wars fanbois.
Man, I hate Trekkies
Man, I hate Apple cultists
Man, I hate Browncoats
HEY, YA'LL JUST HATERS ON MY LITTLE PONY. LELELEL OVER COMPENSATING AREN'T CHA?

Maybe, Just this once, you can step outside yourself and see how not everyone likes a show made for 12 year old girls, and having it shoved in your face every 12 seconds with no invitation. I really had no problem myself with MLP, until it hit the realworld outside fark and the rest. suddenly even NPR is covering this garbage.

I'm not manly enough to sit in bars for 8 hours when I'm not working in the acid mines, but when I go to the local shop to play some games and shoot the shiat, I don't really appreciate the constant iphone and laptop streaming the latest youtube MLP parody and episodes on infinite volume.

So, no bronies, you aren't some special secret club that no one understands. We all understand. You need to stop obsessing over a cartoon, cause that crap ain't right.

FirstNationalBastard: The Jami Turman Fan Club: lizyrd: Your accusation that I live this way based on how I want other people to see me is bullshiat. I live this way because I wasted too much time and money in my youth. I had a "holy shiat" moment when I saw an example of where I was headed. I don't have money to waste, and I certainly don't have time.

Hope your mind can handle that.
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And yet here you are, wasting time making walls of text nobody will ever read through.

Frankly, watching MLP is probably a better use of your time.

I have to wonder... he seems to be living a life of urgency. he has NO TIME!

What is he running toward? Death? There's not going to be a magical finish line where someone hands him a gold medal and says "YOU WIN!".

And it's not like he even holds to this work ethic, he's already stated, "I have fun" he just doesn't have a better excuse for the hatin' beyond, "work ethic! productive citizen! cartoons are a waste of time!"

Moving on...

I never watched the original MLP, and I haven't seen the current one. I am generally indifferent to bronies, though I enjoy indulging in some mockery. But I mock just about everything.

That said, even though Lyzard sounds like that "26 minutes to the gym" guy, he does have some good points. Fact is, people are going to judge you if you own lots of plastic pony toys. This can hurt your social capital. If you're cool with this, good on you, but don't expect society to conform to you.

Likewise, you do have to make choices with your time, though I wouldn't really hate on someone for watching MLP instead of the Super Bowl (personally, I have no interest in either). Again though, one of them is going to be harder to talk about in public, and you have to accept that.

I'm not going to argue that watching MLP is somehow more wasteful than posting on Fark, but there is a price to fandom.

Then again, I never quite understood the appeal of merchandise. I never felt the need to have a Breaking Bad-themed calendar or a WoW-themed coffee mug. I'm also a horrendous cheapskate, so that might be why. I also dislike crowds, so I never felt tempted to go to big geek conventions; I'd rather just hang out with my friends and drink absurd amounts of coffee/beer while talking about all kinds of things.

optional: I'd rather just hang out with my friends and drink absurd amounts of coffee/beer while talking about all kinds of things.

Or cut out the middleman: take a Four Loko and talk about everything there has ever been or ever will be, in 10 seconds flat.

Bloody mary, blessed are you among cocktails. Pray for me now in the hour of my death, which I hope is soon. Amen.

/the only damn cartoon you should watch.
//Hot like Lana