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Friend Lee Ghost
Joined: 06 Jun 2011
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 Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2011 11:50 pm Post subject: Bronies taking over |
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Grown men watching cartoons of cute little ponies? 
My Little Pony Corrals Unlikely Fanboys Known as �Bronies�.
Each day, out-of-work computer programmer Luke Allen self-medicates by watching animated ponies have magical adventures.
The 32-year-old, who lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico, loves his daily fix of My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic, and he�s not alone. He�s part of a growing group of �bronies� (�bro ponies�) � men who are fans of a TV show largely intended for a much younger audience.
�First we can�t believe this show is so good, then we can�t believe we�ve become fans for life, then we can�t believe we�re walking down the pink aisle at Toys R Us or asking for the girl�s toy in our Happy Meal,� Allen said in an e-mail to Wired.com. �Then we can�t believe our friends haven�t seen it yet, then we can�t believe they�re becoming bronies too.�
Every nerd has a favorite TV show they watch religiously and know inside and out. But My Little Pony seems like an unlikely object of fanboy love. Since the show debuted last fall on cable channel Hub TV, it�s attracted a growing number of male fanatics. Their love of the show is internet neo-sincerity at its best: In addition to watching the show, these teenage, twenty- and thirtysomething guys are creating pony art, posting fan videos on YouTube and feeding threads on 4chan (and their own chan, Ponychan).
They also risk life, limb and being trolled to death on the /co/ board to fawn over a small gaggle of ponies with names like Twilight Sparkle, Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash...
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These guys really are nuts. Everybody knows MLP can't compare with Nyan Cat. |
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Fox
Joined: 04 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2011 12:02 am Post subject: |
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| My Little Ponies is a disease, and Count Duckula is the cure. |
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Captain Corea
Joined: 28 Feb 2005
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2011 12:14 am Post subject: |
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| Recently put this series on my daughter's iPad. Not a bad show, actually. |
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Friend Lee Ghost
Joined: 06 Jun 2011
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| Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2011 9:07 am Post subject: |
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| Captain Corea wrote: |
| Recently put this series on my daughter's iPad. Not a bad show, actually. |
That's a pretty transparent pretext. We all know you did it just so you could watch it yourself, Captain Brony! |
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RangerMcGreggor
Joined: 12 Jan 2011
Location: Somewhere in Korea
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| Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2011 10:27 pm Post subject: |
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| This reminds me of the time when Sailor Moon was popular. We always said we were running home to watch Dragonball Z, but we were all covering the fact we wanted to see of Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Mask ever get together again. |
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Chet Wautlands
Joined: 11 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 12:55 am Post subject: |
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| RangerMcGreggor wrote: |
| This reminds me of the time when Sailor Moon was popular. We always said we were running home to watch Dragonball Z, but we were all covering the fact we wanted to see of Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Mask ever get together again. |
Wait... saying you were going to watch Dragonball Z was your excuse? |
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RangerMcGreggor
Joined: 12 Jan 2011
Location: Somewhere in Korea
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| Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 7:05 pm Post subject: |
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| Chet Wautlands wrote: |
| RangerMcGreggor wrote: |
| This reminds me of the time when Sailor Moon was popular. We always said we were running home to watch Dragonball Z, but we were all covering the fact we wanted to see of Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Mask ever get together again. |
Wait... saying you were going to watch Dragonball Z was your excuse? |
This was back when I was 12-15 years old. We all liked pretty silly things back then. |
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Chet Wautlands
Joined: 11 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 7:17 pm Post subject: |
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| RangerMcGreggor wrote: |
| Chet Wautlands wrote: |
| RangerMcGreggor wrote: |
| This reminds me of the time when Sailor Moon was popular. We always said we were running home to watch Dragonball Z, but we were all covering the fact we wanted to see of Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Mask ever get together again. |
Wait... saying you were going to watch Dragonball Z was your excuse? |
Yeah, I agree. But saying you like ANY anime, where I lived, was not a tolerable offense. Arbitrary, but those were the rules. ha ha
This was back when I was 12-15 years old. We all liked pretty silly things back then. |
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RangerMcGreggor
Joined: 12 Jan 2011
Location: Somewhere in Korea
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| Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 9:39 pm Post subject: |
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| Really? It was pretty popular where I lived, but there was also numerous geek groups that weren't completely ostracized from everyone. |
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rollo
Joined: 10 May 2006
Location: China
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| Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 12:54 am Post subject: |
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| Strange quirks of the mentally ill. I suppose that there will be a Bronny Defense group and perhaps a PAC. |
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Friend Lee Ghost
Joined: 06 Jun 2011
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| Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 1:08 am Post subject: Re: Bronies taking over |
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| Friend Lee Ghost wrote: |
| These guys really are nuts. Everybody knows MLP can't compare with Nyan Cat. |
Damn, 16,000,000+ hits!
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