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KYM Pony General IV: Electric Scootaloo

Last posted Feb 19, 2012 at 11:26PM EST. Added Dec 15, 2011 at 11:43AM EST
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VWOOOORP… VWOOOORP

Did someone say Doctor Who? Welcome to the club Ideo!

@Doc greg's post from several hours ago:
I find it to be quite the hilarious coincidence that the "apocalypse pony" sketch was one of my favorite robot chicken sketches.

@Algernon
Well that does indeed suck. I wish I could give you some advice, but I'm terrible with this type of situation. The best I could think of is do as sandvichman did, or stay neutral if you mention it, as torturing the guy is a bit dickish regardless of if you like the show or not.

Mother of god, it's a scootaloo takeover!

Everyone remain calm! I have been trained to deal with D'aw overload! I repeat: remain calm!

nukefire wrote:

VWOOOORP… VWOOOORP

Did someone say Doctor Who? Welcome to the club Ideo!

@Doc greg's post from several hours ago:
I find it to be quite the hilarious coincidence that the "apocalypse pony" sketch was one of my favorite robot chicken sketches.

@Algernon
Well that does indeed suck. I wish I could give you some advice, but I'm terrible with this type of situation. The best I could think of is do as sandvichman did, or stay neutral if you mention it, as torturing the guy is a bit dickish regardless of if you like the show or not.

Mother of god, it's a scootaloo takeover!

Everyone remain calm! I have been trained to deal with D'aw overload! I repeat: remain calm!

Thanks, nuke. And good luck. It's reached this level:

@Algy: I know I'm a little late with the response. tl;dr incoming.

Given the same situation, I would probably laugh too because, well, let's face it, sitting in the back of a lecture looking at ponies is a little…extreme. (I'm guessing it was a large first-year lecture, yeah? To be fair, that sort of thing gets harder when it's just 25 people) I think of myself as able to keep things in my life separate; I don't feel the need to look at ponies all the time, and especially not in lectures, and I think that that's a valuable skill to have. I think that people who are compelled to be looking at ponies all the time probably should take a step back and think about how deeply emotionally invested they are in the show, and perhaps consider if they're addicted. If someone were playing TF2 all the time in the back of lectures, I would consider that an addiction, so someone looking at MLP, or even Facebook for that matter, falls under the same category. An MLP addict, I think, should carefully consider what the show provides for him in terms of emotional attachments, and think about ways to supplement that with real-life interactions.

And thus the whole issue of social lives rears its ugly head. I know that for many bronies, social interactions can be difficult for a variety of reasons. One of the reasons behind MLP's draw, I think, is that the show, with its themes of friendship and love, can provide some of the emotions that are lacking for those with little to no social lives; this is something that I’ve posted about before. And as we all know, being a brony isn’t exactly going to help one’s social status. Now this isn’t always true, many have found friendship among other bronies, but for the majority it simply furthers their social isolation. And therein lays the danger of addiction. Once isolated, someone could easily become dependent on the show for its emotional responses, something that I think happens all too often. People who rely on MLP for their friendship may forget that the emotions triggered by the show pale in comparison to those that arise from proper social interactions, but if it’s all they have, it’s clear how someone would feel compelled to watch ponies whenever they can. In one way, it is ironic that a show about friendship often furthers our own social isolation, but in a more poignant way, it’s actually quite sad.

(Personal narrative time. It is relevant, but if you don’t want to read it you can skip the next two paragraphs.)

I consider myself to have a fairly robust social life, at least when I’m at uni. But for those who are maybe less socially-inclined than myself, I fully understand how daunting it seems to go out and make new friends. I was in a similar situation in grade 10, when I lost all my friends for reasons that I still don’t really understand. This was before the days of FiM so I turned instead to music (now you know why I’m so obsessed), TFC, and a few Nation RP forums. After a few months, though, I decided that this was not how I wanted to live my life, so I decided that I would just have to ignore my fear of rejection and start talking to people. It was hard at first, but I pushed through, and I still count many of those people as my friends.

I first got into the show over this past summer, when I was living at home, working full time, and my friends were either still in Canada or on vacation in Europe. I certainly felt isolated; for one thing, I was the youngest person at my work by about 25 years, and living at home was not exactly conducive to making new friends, so I spent some time on the internet, and then found KYM when it was dominated by ponies. My interest waned a bit over the ensuing months, but I got back into it when I started posting here a few months ago. I wasn’t feeling the same way I did over summer; rather, I was curious about the fandom and I wanted to understand it better. Since then, I’ve found that I’ve been able to maintain my fandom separate from my other social interactions. It’s taken a bit of doing, and maybe it’s consumed a little more time than I intended, but it’s been worth it. As I’ve mentioned before, I wouldn’t necessarily come out and tell my friends, but if they found out, I wouldn’t really care, because I know they wouldn’t think any less of me for it. I consider myself very fortunate to have such good friends.

The reason for me going off on this long-winded personal narrative is this. Friendship is magic, but magic isn’t easy. But, as the saying goes, nothing worth having in life comes easy. As great as the show is, it can’t fulfill our requirements as social beings. And as for being open about it, if people would think less of you because you watch the show, then they aren’t your friends. Remember that you don’t need to tell your friends, but you should try not to be afraid that they’ll find out, and if they do, just be nonchalant about it – whatever you do, don’t get defensive.

ninjacount=14 – tied!

Last edited Dec 21, 2011 at 06:32PM EST

Since I, in fact, hit the 5000 character limit in that post, have an image to balance things out a bit:

I should have added this earlier: DON'T QUOTE THAT DAMN POST

Last edited Dec 21, 2011 at 06:54PM EST

@Algernon

Not to sound like an ass, but you probably should have said something to the guys laughing at him. You didn't have to say you liked the show, but you could have been at least neutral or something.
As for telling anyone, I don't, really. I'm a closet brony IRL (thought I'm perfectly fine with admitting my bronyism online). I get enough s**t at school already, I don't need more of it.
And as for the social life thing, as I've said many times before, I hate people. I'm perfectly fine not being friends with any of the wannabe frat boys in my school.

opspe wrote:

@Algy: I know I'm a little late with the response. tl;dr incoming.

Given the same situation, I would probably laugh too because, well, let's face it, sitting in the back of a lecture looking at ponies is a little…extreme. (I'm guessing it was a large first-year lecture, yeah? To be fair, that sort of thing gets harder when it's just 25 people) I think of myself as able to keep things in my life separate; I don't feel the need to look at ponies all the time, and especially not in lectures, and I think that that's a valuable skill to have. I think that people who are compelled to be looking at ponies all the time probably should take a step back and think about how deeply emotionally invested they are in the show, and perhaps consider if they're addicted. If someone were playing TF2 all the time in the back of lectures, I would consider that an addiction, so someone looking at MLP, or even Facebook for that matter, falls under the same category. An MLP addict, I think, should carefully consider what the show provides for him in terms of emotional attachments, and think about ways to supplement that with real-life interactions.

And thus the whole issue of social lives rears its ugly head. I know that for many bronies, social interactions can be difficult for a variety of reasons. One of the reasons behind MLP's draw, I think, is that the show, with its themes of friendship and love, can provide some of the emotions that are lacking for those with little to no social lives; this is something that I’ve posted about before. And as we all know, being a brony isn’t exactly going to help one’s social status. Now this isn’t always true, many have found friendship among other bronies, but for the majority it simply furthers their social isolation. And therein lays the danger of addiction. Once isolated, someone could easily become dependent on the show for its emotional responses, something that I think happens all too often. People who rely on MLP for their friendship may forget that the emotions triggered by the show pale in comparison to those that arise from proper social interactions, but if it’s all they have, it’s clear how someone would feel compelled to watch ponies whenever they can. In one way, it is ironic that a show about friendship often furthers our own social isolation, but in a more poignant way, it’s actually quite sad.

(Personal narrative time. It is relevant, but if you don’t want to read it you can skip the next two paragraphs.)

I consider myself to have a fairly robust social life, at least when I’m at uni. But for those who are maybe less socially-inclined than myself, I fully understand how daunting it seems to go out and make new friends. I was in a similar situation in grade 10, when I lost all my friends for reasons that I still don’t really understand. This was before the days of FiM so I turned instead to music (now you know why I’m so obsessed), TFC, and a few Nation RP forums. After a few months, though, I decided that this was not how I wanted to live my life, so I decided that I would just have to ignore my fear of rejection and start talking to people. It was hard at first, but I pushed through, and I still count many of those people as my friends.

I first got into the show over this past summer, when I was living at home, working full time, and my friends were either still in Canada or on vacation in Europe. I certainly felt isolated; for one thing, I was the youngest person at my work by about 25 years, and living at home was not exactly conducive to making new friends, so I spent some time on the internet, and then found KYM when it was dominated by ponies. My interest waned a bit over the ensuing months, but I got back into it when I started posting here a few months ago. I wasn’t feeling the same way I did over summer; rather, I was curious about the fandom and I wanted to understand it better. Since then, I’ve found that I’ve been able to maintain my fandom separate from my other social interactions. It’s taken a bit of doing, and maybe it’s consumed a little more time than I intended, but it’s been worth it. As I’ve mentioned before, I wouldn’t necessarily come out and tell my friends, but if they found out, I wouldn’t really care, because I know they wouldn’t think any less of me for it. I consider myself very fortunate to have such good friends.

The reason for me going off on this long-winded personal narrative is this. Friendship is magic, but magic isn’t easy. But, as the saying goes, nothing worth having in life comes easy. As great as the show is, it can’t fulfill our requirements as social beings. And as for being open about it, if people would think less of you because you watch the show, then they aren’t your friends. Remember that you don’t need to tell your friends, but you should try not to be afraid that they’ll find out, and if they do, just be nonchalant about it – whatever you do, don’t get defensive.

ninjacount=14 – tied!


Summary pl0x.



ME GUSTA

Last edited Dec 21, 2011 at 06:45PM EST

opspe wrote:

@Algy: I know I'm a little late with the response. tl;dr incoming.

Given the same situation, I would probably laugh too because, well, let's face it, sitting in the back of a lecture looking at ponies is a little…extreme. (I'm guessing it was a large first-year lecture, yeah? To be fair, that sort of thing gets harder when it's just 25 people) I think of myself as able to keep things in my life separate; I don't feel the need to look at ponies all the time, and especially not in lectures, and I think that that's a valuable skill to have. I think that people who are compelled to be looking at ponies all the time probably should take a step back and think about how deeply emotionally invested they are in the show, and perhaps consider if they're addicted. If someone were playing TF2 all the time in the back of lectures, I would consider that an addiction, so someone looking at MLP, or even Facebook for that matter, falls under the same category. An MLP addict, I think, should carefully consider what the show provides for him in terms of emotional attachments, and think about ways to supplement that with real-life interactions.

And thus the whole issue of social lives rears its ugly head. I know that for many bronies, social interactions can be difficult for a variety of reasons. One of the reasons behind MLP's draw, I think, is that the show, with its themes of friendship and love, can provide some of the emotions that are lacking for those with little to no social lives; this is something that I’ve posted about before. And as we all know, being a brony isn’t exactly going to help one’s social status. Now this isn’t always true, many have found friendship among other bronies, but for the majority it simply furthers their social isolation. And therein lays the danger of addiction. Once isolated, someone could easily become dependent on the show for its emotional responses, something that I think happens all too often. People who rely on MLP for their friendship may forget that the emotions triggered by the show pale in comparison to those that arise from proper social interactions, but if it’s all they have, it’s clear how someone would feel compelled to watch ponies whenever they can. In one way, it is ironic that a show about friendship often furthers our own social isolation, but in a more poignant way, it’s actually quite sad.

(Personal narrative time. It is relevant, but if you don’t want to read it you can skip the next two paragraphs.)

I consider myself to have a fairly robust social life, at least when I’m at uni. But for those who are maybe less socially-inclined than myself, I fully understand how daunting it seems to go out and make new friends. I was in a similar situation in grade 10, when I lost all my friends for reasons that I still don’t really understand. This was before the days of FiM so I turned instead to music (now you know why I’m so obsessed), TFC, and a few Nation RP forums. After a few months, though, I decided that this was not how I wanted to live my life, so I decided that I would just have to ignore my fear of rejection and start talking to people. It was hard at first, but I pushed through, and I still count many of those people as my friends.

I first got into the show over this past summer, when I was living at home, working full time, and my friends were either still in Canada or on vacation in Europe. I certainly felt isolated; for one thing, I was the youngest person at my work by about 25 years, and living at home was not exactly conducive to making new friends, so I spent some time on the internet, and then found KYM when it was dominated by ponies. My interest waned a bit over the ensuing months, but I got back into it when I started posting here a few months ago. I wasn’t feeling the same way I did over summer; rather, I was curious about the fandom and I wanted to understand it better. Since then, I’ve found that I’ve been able to maintain my fandom separate from my other social interactions. It’s taken a bit of doing, and maybe it’s consumed a little more time than I intended, but it’s been worth it. As I’ve mentioned before, I wouldn’t necessarily come out and tell my friends, but if they found out, I wouldn’t really care, because I know they wouldn’t think any less of me for it. I consider myself very fortunate to have such good friends.

The reason for me going off on this long-winded personal narrative is this. Friendship is magic, but magic isn’t easy. But, as the saying goes, nothing worth having in life comes easy. As great as the show is, it can’t fulfill our requirements as social beings. And as for being open about it, if people would think less of you because you watch the show, then they aren’t your friends. Remember that you don’t need to tell your friends, but you should try not to be afraid that they’ll find out, and if they do, just be nonchalant about it – whatever you do, don’t get defensive.

ninjacount=14 – tied!

I find that MLP helps me with friendship and such. My RL are computer geeks and skeptics (well, two of them are), while I'm more of a cyber goth and into the paranormal and spirituality (also a bit of a nerd). In general, my friends and I are a bit different and tend to have different opinions on things. MLP helps me get along with them, being a Pinkie Pie among a duo of Twilight Sparkles.

Last edited Dec 21, 2011 at 06:50PM EST

Cite wrote:

@Algernon

Not to sound like an ass, but you probably should have said something to the guys laughing at him. You didn't have to say you liked the show, but you could have been at least neutral or something.
As for telling anyone, I don't, really. I'm a closet brony IRL (thought I'm perfectly fine with admitting my bronyism online). I get enough s**t at school already, I don't need more of it.
And as for the social life thing, as I've said many times before, I hate people. I'm perfectly fine not being friends with any of the wannabe frat boys in my school.

Just for the record, I've never actually met the guy. He wasn't present at the time, and we were just talking about him. If he were actually getting bullied in front of me, I would probably try to stand up for him (I don't tolerate that kind of thing, even when my close friends are the ones doing it). My friend just mentioned him and made some remark that it was a really sad thing to be doing, and rather than arguing with him I just agreed with him. I was fully aware of my own hypocrisy at the time, and I didn't enjoy having to play along. I didn't say anything that was massively insulting about bronies, but I certainly didn't give the impression that I support them.

@opspe
Wow… that post… it's just… wow. I agree with pretty much everything you said there, which is quite impressive considering how much you wrote.

I've got to work on my tl;dr posts. I can't keep up with you guys.

Last edited Dec 21, 2011 at 07:03PM EST

Algernon wrote:

Just for the record, I've never actually met the guy. He wasn't present at the time, and we were just talking about him. If he were actually getting bullied in front of me, I would probably try to stand up for him (I don't tolerate that kind of thing, even when my close friends are the ones doing it). My friend just mentioned him and made some remark that it was a really sad thing to be doing, and rather than arguing with him I just agreed with him. I was fully aware of my own hypocrisy at the time, and I didn't enjoy having to play along. I didn't say anything that was massively insulting about bronies, but I certainly didn't give the impression that I support them.

@opspe
Wow… that post… it's just… wow. I agree with pretty much everything you said there, which is quite impressive considering how much you wrote.

I've got to work on my tl;dr posts. I can't keep up with you guys.

tl;dr is impossible for me. It cannot be done!

Algy wrote:

Wow… that post… it’s just… wow. I agree with pretty much everything you said there, which is quite impressive considering how much you wrote.
I’ve got to work on my tl;dr posts. I can’t keep up with you guys.

Aww thanks man. What can I say, great minds think alike. And your tl;dr's are excellent, don't kid yourself.

@Ideo: One day, you'll get the hang of it. And it's great to hear that MLP is helping someone socially for a change, as it's intended to do.

Ideological the Vinyl Scratch wrote:

Scootalove is when people express their love of Scoots. It's a good thing and involves tons of Scootaloo pics, most of them seizure-inducing.

Is Scootaloo one of those ponies that are popular because of fanart/fics like Luna? Personally, I like her name, it's just so, so, awesome. She's definitely up there in the coolness factor, Rainbow Dash can't compare at all.

opspe wrote:

Algy wrote:

Wow… that post… it’s just… wow. I agree with pretty much everything you said there, which is quite impressive considering how much you wrote.
I’ve got to work on my tl;dr posts. I can’t keep up with you guys.

Aww thanks man. What can I say, great minds think alike. And your tl;dr's are excellent, don't kid yourself.

@Ideo: One day, you'll get the hang of it. And it's great to hear that MLP is helping someone socially for a change, as it's intended to do.

I sometimes think I'm the only one who learns from the show. Right now, I'm trying really hard to be more honest.

@twins: I don't think so. If you don't already know, that pony you have as your avatar is Scoots.

Last edited Dec 21, 2011 at 07:16PM EST

opspe wrote:

@Algy: I know I'm a little late with the response. tl;dr incoming.

Given the same situation, I would probably laugh too because, well, let's face it, sitting in the back of a lecture looking at ponies is a little…extreme. (I'm guessing it was a large first-year lecture, yeah? To be fair, that sort of thing gets harder when it's just 25 people) I think of myself as able to keep things in my life separate; I don't feel the need to look at ponies all the time, and especially not in lectures, and I think that that's a valuable skill to have. I think that people who are compelled to be looking at ponies all the time probably should take a step back and think about how deeply emotionally invested they are in the show, and perhaps consider if they're addicted. If someone were playing TF2 all the time in the back of lectures, I would consider that an addiction, so someone looking at MLP, or even Facebook for that matter, falls under the same category. An MLP addict, I think, should carefully consider what the show provides for him in terms of emotional attachments, and think about ways to supplement that with real-life interactions.

And thus the whole issue of social lives rears its ugly head. I know that for many bronies, social interactions can be difficult for a variety of reasons. One of the reasons behind MLP's draw, I think, is that the show, with its themes of friendship and love, can provide some of the emotions that are lacking for those with little to no social lives; this is something that I’ve posted about before. And as we all know, being a brony isn’t exactly going to help one’s social status. Now this isn’t always true, many have found friendship among other bronies, but for the majority it simply furthers their social isolation. And therein lays the danger of addiction. Once isolated, someone could easily become dependent on the show for its emotional responses, something that I think happens all too often. People who rely on MLP for their friendship may forget that the emotions triggered by the show pale in comparison to those that arise from proper social interactions, but if it’s all they have, it’s clear how someone would feel compelled to watch ponies whenever they can. In one way, it is ironic that a show about friendship often furthers our own social isolation, but in a more poignant way, it’s actually quite sad.

(Personal narrative time. It is relevant, but if you don’t want to read it you can skip the next two paragraphs.)

I consider myself to have a fairly robust social life, at least when I’m at uni. But for those who are maybe less socially-inclined than myself, I fully understand how daunting it seems to go out and make new friends. I was in a similar situation in grade 10, when I lost all my friends for reasons that I still don’t really understand. This was before the days of FiM so I turned instead to music (now you know why I’m so obsessed), TFC, and a few Nation RP forums. After a few months, though, I decided that this was not how I wanted to live my life, so I decided that I would just have to ignore my fear of rejection and start talking to people. It was hard at first, but I pushed through, and I still count many of those people as my friends.

I first got into the show over this past summer, when I was living at home, working full time, and my friends were either still in Canada or on vacation in Europe. I certainly felt isolated; for one thing, I was the youngest person at my work by about 25 years, and living at home was not exactly conducive to making new friends, so I spent some time on the internet, and then found KYM when it was dominated by ponies. My interest waned a bit over the ensuing months, but I got back into it when I started posting here a few months ago. I wasn’t feeling the same way I did over summer; rather, I was curious about the fandom and I wanted to understand it better. Since then, I’ve found that I’ve been able to maintain my fandom separate from my other social interactions. It’s taken a bit of doing, and maybe it’s consumed a little more time than I intended, but it’s been worth it. As I’ve mentioned before, I wouldn’t necessarily come out and tell my friends, but if they found out, I wouldn’t really care, because I know they wouldn’t think any less of me for it. I consider myself very fortunate to have such good friends.

The reason for me going off on this long-winded personal narrative is this. Friendship is magic, but magic isn’t easy. But, as the saying goes, nothing worth having in life comes easy. As great as the show is, it can’t fulfill our requirements as social beings. And as for being open about it, if people would think less of you because you watch the show, then they aren’t your friends. Remember that you don’t need to tell your friends, but you should try not to be afraid that they’ll find out, and if they do, just be nonchalant about it – whatever you do, don’t get defensive.

ninjacount=14 – tied!

I quoted it when you said not to.

Twins the Serendipitous Serval wrote:

Is Scootaloo one of those ponies that are popular because of fanart/fics like Luna? Personally, I like her name, it's just so, so, awesome. She's definitely up there in the coolness factor, Rainbow Dash can't compare at all.

I like her because she's ridiculously adorable. I think that's mostly because of her appearance, and how much she hero worships Dash. The fanworks definitely help, as it's near-on impossible to get through all of the Scootalove pics on Ponibooru without suffering from some sort of cardiac disease. The only other character in the show to even come close in terms of sheer cuteness is Sweetie Belle with her voice cracks.

So much d'aww…

opspe wrote:

@Algy: I know I'm a little late with the response. tl;dr incoming.

Given the same situation, I would probably laugh too because, well, let's face it, sitting in the back of a lecture looking at ponies is a little…extreme. (I'm guessing it was a large first-year lecture, yeah? To be fair, that sort of thing gets harder when it's just 25 people) I think of myself as able to keep things in my life separate; I don't feel the need to look at ponies all the time, and especially not in lectures, and I think that that's a valuable skill to have. I think that people who are compelled to be looking at ponies all the time probably should take a step back and think about how deeply emotionally invested they are in the show, and perhaps consider if they're addicted. If someone were playing TF2 all the time in the back of lectures, I would consider that an addiction, so someone looking at MLP, or even Facebook for that matter, falls under the same category. An MLP addict, I think, should carefully consider what the show provides for him in terms of emotional attachments, and think about ways to supplement that with real-life interactions.

And thus the whole issue of social lives rears its ugly head. I know that for many bronies, social interactions can be difficult for a variety of reasons. One of the reasons behind MLP's draw, I think, is that the show, with its themes of friendship and love, can provide some of the emotions that are lacking for those with little to no social lives; this is something that I’ve posted about before. And as we all know, being a brony isn’t exactly going to help one’s social status. Now this isn’t always true, many have found friendship among other bronies, but for the majority it simply furthers their social isolation. And therein lays the danger of addiction. Once isolated, someone could easily become dependent on the show for its emotional responses, something that I think happens all too often. People who rely on MLP for their friendship may forget that the emotions triggered by the show pale in comparison to those that arise from proper social interactions, but if it’s all they have, it’s clear how someone would feel compelled to watch ponies whenever they can. In one way, it is ironic that a show about friendship often furthers our own social isolation, but in a more poignant way, it’s actually quite sad.

(Personal narrative time. It is relevant, but if you don’t want to read it you can skip the next two paragraphs.)

I consider myself to have a fairly robust social life, at least when I’m at uni. But for those who are maybe less socially-inclined than myself, I fully understand how daunting it seems to go out and make new friends. I was in a similar situation in grade 10, when I lost all my friends for reasons that I still don’t really understand. This was before the days of FiM so I turned instead to music (now you know why I’m so obsessed), TFC, and a few Nation RP forums. After a few months, though, I decided that this was not how I wanted to live my life, so I decided that I would just have to ignore my fear of rejection and start talking to people. It was hard at first, but I pushed through, and I still count many of those people as my friends.

I first got into the show over this past summer, when I was living at home, working full time, and my friends were either still in Canada or on vacation in Europe. I certainly felt isolated; for one thing, I was the youngest person at my work by about 25 years, and living at home was not exactly conducive to making new friends, so I spent some time on the internet, and then found KYM when it was dominated by ponies. My interest waned a bit over the ensuing months, but I got back into it when I started posting here a few months ago. I wasn’t feeling the same way I did over summer; rather, I was curious about the fandom and I wanted to understand it better. Since then, I’ve found that I’ve been able to maintain my fandom separate from my other social interactions. It’s taken a bit of doing, and maybe it’s consumed a little more time than I intended, but it’s been worth it. As I’ve mentioned before, I wouldn’t necessarily come out and tell my friends, but if they found out, I wouldn’t really care, because I know they wouldn’t think any less of me for it. I consider myself very fortunate to have such good friends.

The reason for me going off on this long-winded personal narrative is this. Friendship is magic, but magic isn’t easy. But, as the saying goes, nothing worth having in life comes easy. As great as the show is, it can’t fulfill our requirements as social beings. And as for being open about it, if people would think less of you because you watch the show, then they aren’t your friends. Remember that you don’t need to tell your friends, but you should try not to be afraid that they’ll find out, and if they do, just be nonchalant about it – whatever you do, don’t get defensive.

ninjacount=14 – tied!

Ooh, I always love reading walls of text that interest me (not very keen on fanfics though), and that was beautiful. There is a level of addiction with these things, and too much of a good thing can be a bad thing, or something like that.

Actually, I think this is a pretty amazing show to help people with little social lives. I mean, everyone can be social, at least that's what I think, it's just harder for some people to do so.By watching MLP, people with little friends can learn how it all works, and perhaps make a lot more in real life, with nothing to do whatsoever with ponies. However, once your entire life starts revolving around them is when the trouble starts. There are people whose entire life is a social life, and then they do drugs, and go depressed and kill themselves, or people who simply don't want to (I'm not saying can't, everyone can) make friends, and also succumb to loneliness and suicide. You have to balance these things. Ponies can get you on the right track, the rest is up to you.

As for me, I'd say I'm a decently socialized person. There was a point in my life where I just didn't feel like I fit in anywhere, and I really had nothing to do in life, but I managed to push on, and realize, just like opspe, that this wasn't how I wanted to live. So I turned my life around, made tons of irl friends and online friends, and that brings me to here, 3 years later. It was extremely hard for me to start being more confident, and less awkward, but once I found out who I really was, something like a Pinkie Pie-Applejack mix now that I think about it, I embraced it entirely.

That's not to say I don't like ponies. I really do, and since my friends don't even want to try them, and none of my trolling will get them to change their minds (yet), I'm starting off here.

Ideological the Vinyl Scratch wrote:

I sometimes think I'm the only one who learns from the show. Right now, I'm trying really hard to be more honest.

@twins: I don't think so. If you don't already know, that pony you have as your avatar is Scoots.

I'm not that clueless. I just liked her name, and that picture especially.
Sorry about the double post. I know how to edit, it's just that I thought someone would have already posted between them.

Algernon wrote:

The only other character in the show to even come close in terms of sheer cuteness is Sweetie Belle with her voice cracks.

I died every time Sweetie Belle opened her mouth in that video. The way she says Applebloom, like "aaaeplebloom" sets off my nonexistent epilepsy. Speaking of Applebloom, she's cute too.

The day they get their cutie marks is the day they stop being cute. Scratch that actually, Fluttershy is definitely the 5th cutest in the show.

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Algernon wrote:

I like her because she's ridiculously adorable. I think that's mostly because of her appearance, and how much she hero worships Dash. The fanworks definitely help, as it's near-on impossible to get through all of the Scootalove pics on Ponibooru without suffering from some sort of cardiac disease. The only other character in the show to even come close in terms of sheer cuteness is Sweetie Belle with her voice cracks.

So much d'aww…

This.

@twins:Okay then. Time for my cute pics. Allons-y!


Ideological the Vinyl Scratch wrote:

Scootalove is when people express their love of Scoots. It's a good thing and involves tons of Scootaloo pics, most of them seizure-inducing.

I probably should have responded to this earlier, but it's better late than never, right?. It's just I'm pretty sure Scootalove is a more specific thing.

(Quick history lesson for those who don't already know.)
It spawned from the Scootabuse fad where (seriously messed up) people started drawing Rainbow Dash physically, mentally or sexually abusing Scootaloo. It all started when Faust made some comment on DeviantArt saying that Rainbow Dash would make a terrible sister, and some fans took it really overboard. As you can imagine, not many people were supportive of Scootabuse. Scootalove the backlash from the community, where fans instead started drawing Rainbow Dash caring for Scootaloo, and today it's much more popular.

This post has been an elaborate excuse to post moar Scootalove.

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Algernon wrote:

I probably should have responded to this earlier, but it's better late than never, right?. It's just I'm pretty sure Scootalove is a more specific thing.

(Quick history lesson for those who don't already know.)
It spawned from the Scootabuse fad where (seriously messed up) people started drawing Rainbow Dash physically, mentally or sexually abusing Scootaloo. It all started when Faust made some comment on DeviantArt saying that Rainbow Dash would make a terrible sister, and some fans took it really overboard. As you can imagine, not many people were supportive of Scootabuse. Scootalove the backlash from the community, where fans instead started drawing Rainbow Dash caring for Scootaloo, and today it's much more popular.

This post has been an elaborate excuse to post moar Scootalove.

I think Fuast meant that RD isn't suster material. Role model, yes. Sister, no. Idol, definitely.
Now, here's Scoot.

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Dammit, G-Mod.
I was trying to make the most epic thing ever (a screenshot involving gratuitous explosions, Heavy, and Derpy Hooves), and the Derpy ragdoll is HORRENDOUS.
HOW IN THE NAME OF F**K AM I SUPPOSED TO POSE THIS IT DOESN'T CORRESPOND TO THE LAWS OF PHYSICS WHOEVER MADE THIS RAG DOLL NEEDS TO MAKE IT NON CRAPPY GAAAAAAAAH
…
Oh, hello.

Cite wrote:

Dammit, G-Mod.
I was trying to make the most epic thing ever (a screenshot involving gratuitous explosions, Heavy, and Derpy Hooves), and the Derpy ragdoll is HORRENDOUS.
HOW IN THE NAME OF F**K AM I SUPPOSED TO POSE THIS IT DOESN'T CORRESPOND TO THE LAWS OF PHYSICS WHOEVER MADE THIS RAG DOLL NEEDS TO MAKE IT NON CRAPPY GAAAAAAAAH
…
Oh, hello.

I know dat feel
I've used pony ragdolls before i tried makeing an animation but Gmod did not want me to pose it

Hey guys.
Finally caught up on Dr. Who.
So what are we on about now?

Social lives and Ponies?
I'd like to think I'm a reasonably social person. I mean I do stay inside a lot but I have a decent amount of friends and they usually end up convincing me to do stuff with them anyway.

And there was that thing about telling friends. I was the first person in my IRL group of friends to become a brony and my brother (Sandwichman) shortly followed but we only really confessed to each other when it first showed up on Cartoon Network. For a while it was just me and him but then eventually I was talking to my friend on MSN and he said something like "I think I'm going to check this my little pony thing out, just to see what all the fuss is about" and I didn't want him to know I watched it so I said "lol okay". About a week later he was like "Why can't I stop watching it, it's great!" and that was when I told him I'd been watching it for a few months. Right now he runs a pony tumblr. so after that it pretty much snowballed. My friend Ed later became a fan just because he likes memes and I've converted a few other friends too. Being a brony isn't exactly the sort of thing I wear on my sleeve but I am a bit more open about it now that I have a few friends who watch it.

'Macho Man' Staz wrote:

Hey guys.
Finally caught up on Dr. Who.
So what are we on about now?

Social lives and Ponies?
I'd like to think I'm a reasonably social person. I mean I do stay inside a lot but I have a decent amount of friends and they usually end up convincing me to do stuff with them anyway.

And there was that thing about telling friends. I was the first person in my IRL group of friends to become a brony and my brother (Sandwichman) shortly followed but we only really confessed to each other when it first showed up on Cartoon Network. For a while it was just me and him but then eventually I was talking to my friend on MSN and he said something like "I think I'm going to check this my little pony thing out, just to see what all the fuss is about" and I didn't want him to know I watched it so I said "lol okay". About a week later he was like "Why can't I stop watching it, it's great!" and that was when I told him I'd been watching it for a few months. Right now he runs a pony tumblr. so after that it pretty much snowballed. My friend Ed later became a fan just because he likes memes and I've converted a few other friends too. Being a brony isn't exactly the sort of thing I wear on my sleeve but I am a bit more open about it now that I have a few friends who watch it.

I have so many facets that I don't know which to wear on my sleeve.

Riyku wrote:

I never told my social life because i don't have one i don't have any friend's and its not because no one likes me in real life

I agree with this man's statement a lot. I do not have a social life as well I just choose not to have one.

Oh hai guys. Se we're still on Scootalove. So let me contribute


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About opspe's TL;DR post:

I'm glad to be able to as well separate ponies from my real life. They're restricted to the internet, here most of the times. But to be addicted to a show you must be with real deep social problems. The guys watching ponies at the back of the class that Algy mentioned, don't know, he could be doing that out of pure uninterrest for the lecture (I'd do that too if the class really sucked). And about brony friends, I still struggle to continue being part of my school group of friends, but still haven't told all of them about the show, mostly because I'm still not that close to them. But I have already given a few hints to some, and they either laughed or showed no interrest :/

And Ric and Ryiuku, not saying that I don't have friends, but I'd really love to have a deeper social life. I still fight for it, true, but don't know how you guys choose just to not have one.

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Dr. Gregory Horse The Pony Medic wrote:

Oh hai guys. Se we're still on Scootalove. So let me contribute


_______________________________________________________________________________

About opspe's TL;DR post:

I'm glad to be able to as well separate ponies from my real life. They're restricted to the internet, here most of the times. But to be addicted to a show you must be with real deep social problems. The guys watching ponies at the back of the class that Algy mentioned, don't know, he could be doing that out of pure uninterrest for the lecture (I'd do that too if the class really sucked). And about brony friends, I still struggle to continue being part of my school group of friends, but still haven't told all of them about the show, mostly because I'm still not that close to them. But I have already given a few hints to some, and they either laughed or showed no interrest :/

And Ric and Ryiuku, not saying that I don't have friends, but I'd really love to have a deeper social life. I still fight for it, true, but don't know how you guys choose just to not have one.

I don't know either. I'd really like more friends, especially if they were bronies or cyber goths.

I believe the understanding of one's friends of you being a brony depends on how internet savvy they are. As a person who mainly uses the internet for social media might have a harder time understanding its spread and fanbase. He might also not take the trouble of looking into it, it's a part of the internet he's not used to and for that reason might not want to look into it.

A person who is a common visitor of sites like 4chan and Reddit has a higher chance of knowing what you're talking about, even friends who use Tumblr can understand you more easily. A good scale to base it on might be the person's understanding of internet memes. Does he only knows the common ones, or does his knowledge goes beyond that? And what does he think of internet memes.

Of course the personality of the person is also important. When telling a person, tell the calmest person who has the highest chance of understanding or the person you're the closest with. Also adapt your way of telling it to the person. Don't just say you're a brony, start more simple. Tell him how you've seen a lot of MLP related content on the web. Ask if he knows what you mean and what his opinion is on that. If he is unaware of the spread, give him some more information or perhaps offer to send him some things through mail you "accidentally" stumbled upon the day before. When he asks for your opinion stay neutral but go to the positive side and respect his opinion. Talk how you think it's interesting that something like MLP could spread like this, a spread like this of course can't mean it's really bad. When he is more understanding, perhaps tell how you "gave it a shot" yesterday. Be positive but don't go yell how amazing it is.

Try to place yourself in a save position so that if it goes wrong, you have an easy excuse and a quick escape. I know this is cheap and not the best option, but it might save you some trouble.

Of couse it all also depends on the type of person you are, adapt your strategy to that. If you're the type of person who just says he watches MLP and likes it, go with that. Don't place yourself in a weak position.

MLP, serious business.

As for my social life as a brony. I try to keep internet and social life seperated, it's just two things I rather not have mixed up.

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RandomMan wrote:

I believe the understanding of one's friends of you being a brony depends on how internet savvy they are. As a person who mainly uses the internet for social media might have a harder time understanding its spread and fanbase. He might also not take the trouble of looking into it, it's a part of the internet he's not used to and for that reason might not want to look into it.

A person who is a common visitor of sites like 4chan and Reddit has a higher chance of knowing what you're talking about, even friends who use Tumblr can understand you more easily. A good scale to base it on might be the person's understanding of internet memes. Does he only knows the common ones, or does his knowledge goes beyond that? And what does he think of internet memes.

Of course the personality of the person is also important. When telling a person, tell the calmest person who has the highest chance of understanding or the person you're the closest with. Also adapt your way of telling it to the person. Don't just say you're a brony, start more simple. Tell him how you've seen a lot of MLP related content on the web. Ask if he knows what you mean and what his opinion is on that. If he is unaware of the spread, give him some more information or perhaps offer to send him some things through mail you "accidentally" stumbled upon the day before. When he asks for your opinion stay neutral but go to the positive side and respect his opinion. Talk how you think it's interesting that something like MLP could spread like this, a spread like this of course can't mean it's really bad. When he is more understanding, perhaps tell how you "gave it a shot" yesterday. Be positive but don't go yell how amazing it is.

Try to place yourself in a save position so that if it goes wrong, you have an easy excuse and a quick escape. I know this is cheap and not the best option, but it might save you some trouble.

Of couse it all also depends on the type of person you are, adapt your strategy to that. If you're the type of person who just says he watches MLP and likes it, go with that. Don't place yourself in a weak position.

MLP, serious business.

As for my social life as a brony. I try to keep internet and social life seperated, it's just two things I rather not have mixed up.

I don't know if it's the music I'm listening to or that ii's because of how beautiful your post was but I feel like crying.

@Ric:

Last edited Dec 21, 2011 at 09:54PM EST
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