Cheery Lunatic said:
What I find hilarious is the retarded idea that people hate on MLP in order to be "hip".
That and the fact that people don't seem to realize that the Escapist isn't the only internet forum out there.
Just because people on here -generally- confine their love of MLP to their avatars doesn't equate to the rest of the internet.
I rarely if ever mention my dislike for Ponies, it's only whenever someone brings up the show in the first place. In fact, I think this is the first time I've even mentioned it on this site. But hey, thanks for insinuating I'm some kind of attention grabbing hipster.
Wait, so now even doing something popular counts as "being some kind of hipster"? Does that term have any actual meaning anymore, or is it just something people get insulted by like "emo" or "hippie"?
I only quoted you because you were the most recent example of someone saying some derivative of "I HATE PONIES".
Can you honestly say that there aren't
any people who simply hate MLP because so many people like it? Setting aside any actual complaints you may have about the show and its fanbase, step back and take a look at all the other internet forums that you apparently think I don't know exist. Even the ones right here on The Escapist. Can you
truly, without a doubt say that
nobody hates MLP and the Bronies just because they are around?
For the record, I have never even watched the show. I just find it completely mind-boggling that so many people develop such an exuberant vim toward hating a cartoon (EDIT: Or the fans of said show:EDIT) because some other males enjoy it. Imagine if I said that I hated,
hated, Lady Gaga because she makes pop music and I happen to not enjoy listening to pop music.
There is no reason to develop such strong emotions about something so trivial. You don't like something? You're not being forced into viewing or listening to it. As I said, the way I've seen it in the months since I've started actively posting on these forums, ponies get brought up more by haters than bronies. All of those "fuckings gifs of it everywhere" that you dislike so much? At least here, don't get brought up until someone with a strong
hatred for MLP starts posting about how much they
hate it. And while I can't speak for whatever other forums you happen to frequent, I can't imagine that it's too difficult to avoid the posts with ponies in them, or just skim by them to posts that you believe have more worthwhile content in them.[footnote]By the way, my use of the word "hatred" directed in your direction is meant to be facetious. I am not implying that you specifically have some undying hatred for the show and all of its fans, as you merely said you have a "dislike for Ponies". My usage of the term is meant as a satirical jab at all of the people who
do throw it around all too often in forums. In the last two paragraphs, I am using blanket statements, not addressing you specifically.[/footnote]
