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Accelerator wrote: I get that this is the Off-topic area of the forum and all, but I really don't get what's the point in posting a thread about this, specially when it clearly is to find people with the same interests. I don't know, if I wanted to do something like that, then I'd just look for people who have related stuff on their user info and PM them, or make an IRC channel about it and wait for it to flood.

Or do the right thing and go to a site dedicated to people who watch this. I'm sure you'd have a better time talking about this shit in one of those sites than in here.

Zalewa wrote: Then again I can see how you're trying to make a point by putting this thread into existence.

Watermelon wrote: Its not the topic that pisses people off, it's how people bring it up all the time and use it obnoxiously everywhere. Combined with being an 8 year old show for little girls (though objectively theres nothing wrong with liking such things), it's a recipe for disaster.

• people have a right to have opinions, and to be offended by whatever irks them, just like how people have a right to feel any other emotion
• being offended does not make you special; it does not give you special powers, it does not allow you to be protected from second hand insults and inflamed sensitivities
• no one has the right to not be offended; people can't claim they have a right to not be offended when freedom of speech is prevalent
• nobody will ever be granted special rights simply because they are offended
• people shouldn't purposely try to offend others
• no one should make a mountain out of a molehill, etc

Watermelon wrote: Its not the topic that pisses people off, it's how people bring it up all the time and use it obnoxiously everywhere. Combined with being an 8 year old show for little girls (though objectively theres nothing wrong with liking such things), it's a recipe for disaster.

Tor-Bjorn wrote: Here's where it's at for me: I'm all for you doing your own thing, whatever it may be; everyone should have a personal interest that they can call their own. HOWEVER, there is a limit to what I consider normal and civil. I couldn't care less about "bronies" in the conventional sense that they have a fad that they like, but we're talking about adult men watching a show that was clearly intended for a younger more feminine age group. I would like to think on psychological level that this is not correct male behavior for adults and could be a result of a chemical imbalance in their brain. Not because of their love for ponies, but to the extremists that display an unhealthy fetish for inter-species copulation.

I don't even think it's about horses that make this show appealing. I believe it to be a subconscious desire for women and I'd like to see where the show's popularity/ ratings would be if all the characters were changed to men and drawn to more accurate-horse-specifications. It's more about bronies themselves than the actual show. I get extremely irritated with their constant need to flood everything with ponies. Why do you think Christians are so hated in parts of the world. Like Religious fucks, MLP fans have a uncanny talent for pushing their shit on everything. Almost any famous meme will have a MLP counterpart, as if, ponies some how make it better.

I remember asking a few "bronies" on other forums and websites what exactly makes it so special for them. The responses I got were predictable & expected. Most of whom were stating that it teaches good life lessons, and that it gives them an escape from the "cold world" as we know it. Some stating that because they watch it, they're comfortable with their sexuality. If this really is the consensus when it comes to MLP I have to comment at how silly that sounds. Im basing this around the fact that some odd 20+ year old me tell me they get away from the worlds problems through a kids show and learn morals that most presumably learn at an adolescent age, not 18.

This is why I have little respect for MLP fans and the show. Not because it's about ponies, or that some people enjoy the show, but because of the twisted fucks & shitbags who are overly obsessed enough to associate EVERYTHING with ponies. I feel like it is potentially breeding a weak generation that won't be able to handle the hardship this world will throw. I mean if people get up in arms about people bashing MLP over a forum, I hate to think what will happen face to face. Even more so, wouldn't it sound awkward in a job interview for a 22 year old man to say he enjoys MLP? Just a few examples of how the real world just isn't ready for this yet.

I don't like MLP, and I think you have some subconscious issues you need to resolve if you're a die hard fan, but I will treat you with respect if you can keep it in line, and be respectful about it. This means not talking about it at every opportunity you get, forcing me to watch the show, and repeatedly insinuating how fad X would be better with ponies.

My $0.02

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nightshade94 wrote: From what I've read, a lot of you have really valid points. Yes, bronies and haters can be as equally as annoying by spreading the fandom everywhere on youtube and message boards.
But to say that only bronies do that is an understatement. Every fanbase does this. Even us Doomers are guilty of the same annoyances bronies cause. Just like the brony fandom, we create fanart, music remixes, new mods, and fanfiction (Yes, there's Doom Fanfiction.). Just like the bronies, we have haters that call Doom a shitty, pixelated mess of a game that shouldn't be played because it's old. I'm sure in other message boards in the internet, you can probably find threads related to Doom.

So in the end, it's nothing but a cycle. You have the fans, and you have the haters. Both groups will argue against each other, annoying the ones that aren't a part of either group. This isn't just a Brony issue, it's an issue for everything. Star Wars VS. Star Trek, Lego VS. Megabloks, Xbox VS. PS3, Battlefield VS. COD, the list goes on.

Just accept the fact that for everything we love, they'll be people that will hate it, and vice versa. It's a battle that can't be won.

nightshade94 wrote: A mature community doesn't care if you love ponies. I fucking love ponies.

Yes, some other communities (keyword: SOME) create fanart, some other communities create remixes and some others create fanfiction. However, I don't fucking see Doom fans, or Metroid fans, or Fighting game fans plastering their goddamn fandom on every fucking community they inhabit or every fanart they make.

TerminusEst13 wrote:

Yes, some other communities (keyword: SOME) create fanart, some other communities create remixes and some others create fanfiction. However, I don't fucking see Doom fans, or Metroid fans, or Fighting game fans plastering their goddamn fandom on every fucking community they inhabit or every fanart they make.

I would suggest looking at a much larger fan community.