a question, a serious question.

[sunburst]

You enjoy a show about colourful ponies with enough childish, cliched balls to subtitle itself Friendship is Magic. Congrats. No one else cares. My Little Pony fans asking everyone to just give it a shot always remind me of that one guy at a party who just did a blowjob shot with the girls. He gagged and got cream all over his face; now he must desperately convince at least one other guy to try one in order to stop feeling so lame.

 

[JCBFGD]

People are allowed to like whatever they damn well please. Jesus Christ! Fucking hardcore bronies need to shut the hell up and let people like what they like. That coming from A GORRAM BRONY!

On the other side, though, people need to stop ripping on MLP and, again, let people like what they like. I, personally, don't care either way what you like, so long as you don't force your opinion on others.

 

[6SteW6]

Lastly, you seem to have the term 'Shoving down people's throat' all wrong and I hope that hasn't caused you and physical or psychological damage throughout your life. Me sitting in the corner of a room, playing my DS on my lunch break with the sound off is not 'Shoving it down peoples throats'. I might be subtly advertising the Nintendo DS console and Pokémon game, but unless they get really close to me they can't see what I am playing.

YAAY, you got my point. I'm not trying to defend the show, but the way you stated all of it was something along the lines of "Suck it up, you little shits" but now I understand your points. Didn't mean anything by the Macho Man thing, but the last line on the thing I quoted out of you was something that highly reminds me of that Macho Man stereotype.

It keeps happening, rage at any fan about how you don't like something every second and their bound to retaliate. Thats why these threads keep being made, because people can't bloody stop poking at harmless shows. For fucks sake people, don't crusade hate at even a sight of the thing you hate when its even harmless.

Whoa did...did two people just settle a debate on the internet amicably? Holy hell, the end certainly is nigh!

And I agree with your last point but it is something that can't be fixed. People who love something will post about their love for it and haters will respond. Hater's will post their hate for something and lovers will respond. It's a vicious cycle and the only way to stop it is to ignore it and that will never happen because be it a lover or a hater we all like to voice our opinions. The best we can hope for is to agree to disagree with whomever starts these arguments because we can't change anyone's mind. And as I said arguing over it will just take away the enjoyment of the particular thing you like to do.

 

[Shinomori]

The MLP forum about the pony being a lesbian. That right there beautifully illustrates why. That forum is a joke right?

 

[Daverson]

A pony once bit me and tried to trample my dog. So my opinion may be a bit biased.

Ponies and all evidence of their existence must be expunged alongside these unholy monstrosities. To me, this show is nothing more than sheer propaganda spewed forth by verminous filth that seek to propagate the idea these insipid equine degenerates are somehow desirable. It's the memetic equivalent of the black death!

(Honestly though, I've never seen it. Well... I saw CR!'s show on it, and the clips looked kinda funny... not the sort of thing I'd watch if it were on, though.)

 

[DRes82]

Heh, I'm fascinated by the fact that so many apparently intelligent people can be so taken with such an insipid and irritating idea for a cartoon. While I was growing up, my little ponies were goofy plastic toys with bristly plastic hair that little girls played with. They had an accompanying, badly animated, and badly voice acted cartoon. I know this, because I grew up with two sisters.

Maybe everyone who is so in love with the show, should take a minute and do some history research on it. You might see why some people are biased.

I'll admit, with all the interest in it...I thought momentarily about checking it out. I like to think that I keep an open mind. However, the minute I said 'My Little Pony" out loud and considered explaining to my girlfriend why I, as a 29 year old self respecting man, was watching "My Little Ponies", I quickly decided against it.

To each their own, though. =)

 

[Zarkov]

This is a serious question?

The quality of the show is subjective, some like it, some don't, and the polarization coupled with established cultural perceptions on masculinity cause the friction.

Yup, this. And this is also why it's a love/hate type of trend with people exposed to the show. It either attacks their masculinity or they find it humorous and witty.

Then there are those that jump on the bandwagon and those that don't really feel anything towards the show but I'd like to imagine they would be in the minority. Myself? I don't care for either way. I might give it a try if I had the time or if I didn't always have better things to do. ((In other words, if I were bored enough.)

 

[Snake Plissken]

I don't watch the show because

its rather annoying

and

its a show for little girls

 

[Thaluikhain]

Sure, any fans can be annoying. But MLP fans are borderline rapists with their fandom

Borderline rapists? In that they are somewhat irritating?

I don't think that word means what you think it means.

 

[Callate]

I don't know how seriously I can take any post referencing "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic".

Nothing against the show, honest. What little I've seen of it, it seems a fairly innocuous cartoon; probably somewhat better drawn, animated, and written than many in the age of cheap vector animation. Nothing of what I've seen inspires in me either obsessive devotion or a disgusted rage that outshines a thousand suns.

But of all the topics I've seen come up on these forums, including issues of suicide, pregnancy, gender relations, racism, bullying, nationalism, war- you will forgive me if MLP:FiM and how people regard same doesn't quite fit in my definition of "a serious question", warranting a blind forum header to attract the attention of all.

 

[Jazoni89]

I don't even like cartoons much, let alone a carton aimed at little girls (which it is, so don't quote me on the stupid bullcrap quote Lauren Faust said).

So take that as you will.


Also, I find that most people in the fandom, just like it for the sake of it anyway, because it makes them feel different, and edgy. What these kids do for attention nowadays...tsk...tsk.

 

[Dfskelleton]

Because I'm entitled creating an opinion on something based on prior knowledge before I actually subject myself to the thing. I've never cut my arm off with a chainsaw, but I'm pretty sure I'm not gonna like it.

If you're ever given a choice between the two, go with the chainsaw. At least the pain will go away eventually, and people won't constantly say "Whatever, cutting your arm off with a chainsaw is like, the coolest thing ever, bro."
I'm serious, I watched an episode, and I developed this horrible burning sensation underneath my face, like someone removed my muscle tissue, threw it in the microwave for a few minutes, and then put it back.
Also, the fact that it has fans doesn't bother me; it's the fact that the fans won't shut the hell up about it. I'm a fan of H.P. Lovecraft, but I don't bring him up in every thread I go on.

 

[A Free Man]

Question's already been asked a million times and the answer is the same (for me anyway). I don't like the show for the same reason I don't like anything else... it doesn't look like it will provide me with any entertainment. Are people really so needy that they need others to like the things they like to validate their decisions? If you like it just watch it, if you don't, don't. Pretty simple. Also the "just try it before you make a decision" thing could be applied to anything. So unless you have tested every single piece of entertainment before you have judged it then congratulations to you, but most aren't willing to waste their time like that.

 

[Asuka Soryu]

Because it is weak... Why is it weak? Because it lacks... It lacks... Hatred.

Mangekyou Sharingan away!

 

[Amphoteric]

I don't even like cartoons much, let alone a carton aimed at little girls (which it is, so don't quote me on the stupid bullcrap quote Lauren Faust said).

So take that as you will.


Also, I find that most people in the fandom, just like it for the sake of it anyway, because it makes them feel different, and edgy. What these kids do for attention nowadays...tsk...tsk.

No, most people like the show because they like the show.

Problem with that?

 

[dickywebster]

Watched like the first 2 or 3 episodes cause it was doing the rounds on DA, personally dont see why its popular.

 

[Jazoni89]

I don't even like cartoons much, let alone a carton aimed at little girls (which it is, so don't quote me on the stupid bullcrap quote Lauren Faust said).

So take that as you will.


Also, I find that most people in the fandom, just like it for the sake of it anyway, because it makes them feel different, and edgy. What these kids do for attention nowadays...tsk...tsk.

No, most people like the show because they like the show.

Problem with that?

"some" is the keyword here.

There are legitimate fans, and there are posers who just jump on the bandwagon.

It's the same for anything, a recent example would be Dubstep.

 

[anthony87]

Fuck off.

Seriously, what is with the bloody MLP fans trying to make us like the damn show? Yes I know it's not all the fans but even the fans have to admit that the ones like the OP are pretty damn annoying.

I haven't watched MLP because where I'm from it's on very early in the morning and I'm usually sleeping and I'm not arsed downloading an episode. I've seen clips and whatnot which have warrented a chuckle, I'm pretty sure I'd like it if I watched it. But I don't want to watch it at the moment, maybe some day I will but not today.

EDIT: Hmm...probably came off a little aggressive on that first line. To be fair, all this "watch it/give it a chance" crap is getting ridiculous now.