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(03-20-2012 08:57 AM)UnschoolShqiponjë Wrote: I think the thing is deep down even guys like colorful happy shit but most parents raise boys to dislike that "girlie" stuff and bronyism is rebellion against that.
(03-20-2012 09:18 AM)Sapphire Flames Wrote: I still don't get what the conflict is about.
There is a show called My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. There are a number of people who like the show, including some adult males. They call themselves, "bronies," and spend a portion of their time talking about their love of the show on the internet.
This annoys many other people on the internet who don't like the show, and flame/troll wars pop up between the brony fans and other assorted people. So basically, it's not about the show, but about the behavior of the fans, similar to Twilight.
I should also probably state that I didn't realize this wasn't a serious discussion until gore goroth explained that he posted brony Hitler, "for the lulz."
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(03-20-2012 09:18 AM)Sapphire Flames Wrote: I still don't get what the conflict is about.
There is a show called My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. There are a number of people who like the show, including some adult males. They call themselves, "bronies," and spend a portion of their time talking about their love of the show on the internet.
This annoys many other people on the internet who don't like the show, and flame/troll wars pop up between the brony fans and other assorted people. So basically, it's not about the show, but about the behavior of the fans, similar to Twilight.
I should also probably state that I didn't realize this wasn't a serious discussion until gore goroth explained that he posted brony Hitler, "for the lulz."
I know what it is, I have the jist of most of season 1 actually thanks to my 6 year old cousin I'm responsible for.
What I don't get about the conflict is why it matters so much to the people attacking fans of the show.
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(03-20-2012 09:18 AM)Sapphire Flames Wrote: I still don't get what the conflict is about.
There is a show called My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. There are a number of people who like the show, including some adult males. They call themselves, "bronies," and spend a portion of their time talking about their love of the show on the internet.
This annoys many other people on the internet who don't like the show, and flame/troll wars pop up between the brony fans and other assorted people. So basically, it's not about the show, but about the behavior of the fans, similar to Twilight.
I should also probably state that I didn't realize this wasn't a serious discussion until gore goroth explained that he posted brony Hitler, "for the lulz."
I know what it is, I have the jist of most of season 1 actually thanks to my 6 year old cousin I'm responsible for.
What I don't get about the conflict is why it matters so much to the people attacking fans of the show.
Same reason why people diss twilight and jersey shore. The fanbase and the big trends that come from them.
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(03-20-2012 08:57 AM)UnschoolShqiponjë Wrote: I think the thing is deep down even guys like colorful happy shit but most parents raise boys to dislike that "girlie" stuff and bronyism is rebellion against that.
I love the color pink and rainbows.
Agreed.
Second that.
Nope. I like dark, evil devilish shit. Hating everything FTW!!
(03-20-2012 08:57 AM)UnschoolShqiponjë Wrote: I think the thing is deep down even guys like colorful happy shit but most parents raise boys to dislike that "girlie" stuff and bronyism is rebellion against that.
(03-20-2012 08:57 AM)UnschoolShqiponjë Wrote: I think the thing is deep down even guys like colorful happy shit but most parents raise boys to dislike that "girlie" stuff and bronyism is rebellion against that.
um no bronyism is the cancer of the internet, a growing trend of faggots who think "hurr durr mlp so gud becuz ~counterculture~" when it's actually mediocre and does not deserve anywhere near the level of popularity it recieves
inb4 stury and myth responds with more TOLERANCE and shitty pony captions because it is physically impossible for a ponyfag to not keep ponyshit to themselves
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Quote:I think the thing is deep down even guys like colorful happy shit but most parents raise boys to dislike that "girlie" stuff and bronyism is rebellion against that.
I thought this was SS, where we all hate everything and we are 'fuck da system' cynics.
MFW: SS is being taken by the brony machine and turning into love and tolerence baby boomer hippies.
As baron would say: "surley the end times are near."
>Checks thread
>References MLP with negative liberty ideals
>MLP confirmed for noharm
OK, lets allow it.
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look up at me and you see a god;
look straight at me and you see yourself”
HeartofShadows Wrote:"Life is nothing more than a druggie trying to get their quick fix of happiness while dealing with the harsh withdrawal of reality"
Osip Mandelstam Wrote:"I divide all of world literature into authorized and unauthorized works. The former are all trash; the latter--stolen air. I want to spit in the face of every writer who first obtains permission and then writes."The Fourth Prose, 1930.
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Quote:I think the thing is deep down even guys like colorful happy shit but most parents raise boys to dislike that "girlie" stuff and bronyism is rebellion against that.
I thought this was SS, where we all hate everything and we are 'fuck da system' cynics.
MFW: SS is being taken by the brony machine and turning into love and tolerence baby boomer hippies.
As baron would say: "surley the end times are near."
Well I never really fell into that category.
Also I am not too much of a fan of MLP. I just don't see the appeal besides what I said and "zomg counter culture".
I mean... sometimes Go Diego Go entertains me but that's about it.
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Dear Tumblrites:Despite your wrongly self-diagnosedPTSD, no line ofscientific evidencesuggests people can be triggered over theinternet. Triggering works through thesenses(i.e. smell, taste, touch, vision, hearing.) but it goes throughreal time; if you're not experiencing it in real life as it'sACTUALLY HAPPENINGin yourACTUALlife, youCANNOTbe triggered. The only exception to this is if you have aseizure, but then again, that's triggered byepilepsy(i.e. rapidly-changing flashing lights)NOT PTSD. Remembering a bad incident is NOT the same thing as having aflashback. When you remember, youthink; when youflashback,youfeel.
#HashTagsAreForIdiots
Max Stirnir Wrote:"In the time of spirits thoughts grew till they overtopped my head, whose offspring they yet were; they hovered about me and convulsed me like fever-phantasies -- an awful power. The thoughts had become corporeal on their own account, were ghosts, e. g. God, Emperor, Pope, Fatherland, etc. If I destroy their corporeity, then I take them back into mine, and say: "I alone am corporeal." And now I take the world as what it is to me, as mine, as my property; I refer all to myself."The Ego and Its Own, pg. 15
Charles Manson Wrote:“Look down at me and you see a fool;
look up at me and you see a god;
look straight at me and you see yourself”
HeartofShadows Wrote:"Life is nothing more than a druggie trying to get their quick fix of happiness while dealing with the harsh withdrawal of reality"
Osip Mandelstam Wrote:"I divide all of world literature into authorized and unauthorized works. The former are all trash; the latter--stolen air. I want to spit in the face of every writer who first obtains permission and then writes."The Fourth Prose, 1930.
Lukas Foss Wrote:That is why the analogy of stealing does not work. With a thief, we want to know how much money he stole, and from whom. With the artist it is not how much he took and from whom, but what he did with it.
Not me. I didn't hardly even know people liked it anymore. It's probably just some thing about getting attention, you know, how people want to be interestingly 'random,' or 'unique,' or immature or insane or whatever. The world is a big place, you know. There aren't enough bandwagons to jump on in terms of the unique way.
I think it's dumb. I think it's just like Hello Kitty, only more dumb. You know what I mean. All these girls used to pretend to be into Hello Kitty, ones old enough to be in or out of high school.
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not a fan of the show(never seen it) but I did find a comic of sorts which for some reason made me go wtf(not gonna post the wtf parts) though least they aren't horses.
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