How do bronies exist?

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#1 DeathReaperQ
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Could someone please tell me why people older than 6 watch My Little Pony?

I have several brony friends and I don't understand.

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#2 theone86
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I dunno, how do you exist, how do I exist? I know that I do exist, but how? I haven't a clue.

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#3 Just-Breathe
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:roll:

They exist because people (including those over 6) watch and enjoy the show. Thats why!

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What happens when you pinch them?
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read how do my boners exist, oops :oops:
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#8 metroidprime55
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Well you see, when you see a girl with little to no clothes on blood fills...oh, bronies, I'm convinced their from another planet.
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#9 zeldaluff
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Well I saw it on tv one morning after a criminal minds induced nightmare, gave it a try and it was actually pretty awesome.

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#10 Mega-Mustaine
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They watch it and find they enjoy it. What's so hard to grasp here?

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#11 LovePotionNo9
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Ask your brony friends why they're bronies.
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#12 parkurtommo
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I like the colors

(*slowly looks at avy*)

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Well I saw it on tv one morning after a criminal minds induced nightmare, gave it a try and it was actually pretty awesome.

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Anything would be awesome after a Criminal Minds induced nightmare. I can't trust anyone for days every time I watch that show.
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#14 deactivated-57e5de5e137a4
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Fads happen.
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#15 CHOASXIII
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Why do people older than 6 watch any cartoon? Gee...

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#16 jesuschristmonk
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Could someone explain to me why anyone over the age of a fetus thinks Adventure Time is anywhere remotely funny/entertaining?

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#17 Tylendal
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Why do people older than 6 watch any cartoon? Gee...

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This. As to why so much fan created content exists? I dunno. I personally think it has something to do with Friendship is Magic being part of a franchise that really has no right to ever be anything but saccharine pap. Something about the dissonance makes fans more expressive.
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#18 dercoo
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Well I deal with the two hows involved.

1.How can adults like a show about ponies?

Lauren Faust rebooted a quality dead franchise by getting an A team of animators, writers, composers/musicians, and voice actors to make a show targeted at the family audience in the same way Pixar does with movies.

Faust really wanted to get her own series made, Galaxy Girls, but Hasbro only offered MLP. She decided to make the best of it by ^

Bronies enjoy the quality made show created by all this.


2:How can can a "girly" show gain such popularity.

The Internet, and its anonymity.

The internet allows users to have a faces less avatar not connected to them. Allowing them to explore interest they would normally keep bottled up.(the whole niche entertainment movement the internet brought forth that helped other entertainment properties, like with anime)

Then throw in a good helping of meme advertising and you have popularity.

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#19 Rikusaki
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'Cuz I like it? lol? Haha? Hoho?

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#20 RisethNameless
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Why do people older than 6 play Mario?
Because It's fun!

Why do people older than 6 watch My Little Pony?
Because It's 20% cooler, in 10 seconds flat

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#21 RisethNameless
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Well I deal with the two hows involved.

1.How can adults like a show about ponies?

Lauren Faust rebooted a quality dead franchise by getting an A team of animators, writers, composers/musicians, and voice actors to make a show targeted at the family audience in the same way Pixar does with movies.

Faust really wanted to get her own series made, Galaxy Girls, but Hasbro only offered MLP. She decided to make the best of it by ^

Bronies enjoy the quality made show created by all this.


2:How can can a "girly" show gain such popularity.

The Internet, and itsanonymity.

The internet allows users to have a faces less avatar not connected to them. Allowing them to explore interest they would normally keep bottled up.(the whole niche entertainment movement the internet brought forth that helped other entertainment properties, like with anime)

Then throw in a good helping of meme advertising and you have popularity.dercoo

Good answer. Very, very good answer

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ESdYTJg9j-4

Because of this man.

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#23 metroidprime55
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ESdYTJg9j-4

Because of this man.

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That guy is bucking crazy.
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#24 DeathReaperQ
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uugghhh just forget I asked -_- I'm gonna go cry for society now.

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#25 DJ_Lae
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People don't have enough of an identity, so they latch onto the 'bronie' label in order to fit into a group of other socially awkward individuals. I place them one rung above furries. Both are generally harmless, however, as long as you don't wander near them wearing an assless pony costume.
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#26 jesuschristmonk
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[QUOTE="DJ_Lae"]People don't have enough of an identity, so they latch onto the 'bronie' label in order to fit into a group of other socially awkward individuals. I place them one rung above furries. Both are generally harmless, however, as long as you don't wander near them wearing an assless pony costume.

I'd count furries to be much worse. There's at least a boundary between liking the show MLP (which pretty much labels you as a "brony"), and being completely obsessed with the show/characters, to where you're talking about the show all the time, and also how much you love this character, or that character, and you wear MLP clothing to symbolize your love for the show. That's where the "brony" line reaches furry level, because just "liking" animals doesn't make you a furry, you need to be obsessed with animals to the point where you want to be one, and have sex with them, and what not. lol
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#27 Fundai
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Internet. Otherwise no persOn would have the guts to be such a fanboy about it. And it's actually not a bad show, a friend of mine started some brony Break out at school and has "converted" some people to being a brony. I watched a few episodes myself, but im not a brony. (yet, I doubt I will ever be one though and if I am I wont be one of this flamboyant irksome ones)
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#28 CaveJohnson1
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Probably the same reason furries and bestiality fans exist.

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A secret government experiment gone horribly wrong.
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Remember that South Park episode where all the kids did cough syrup?
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#31 Tylendal
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Probably the same reason furries and bestiality fans exist.

CaveJohnson1
One is a sexual fetish, the other... well, furries just defy classification. How is that at all related to the fandom of a unexpectedly good quality T.V. show. (personally, I think the whole "unexpected" part is a good part of why it's so popular)
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uugghhh just forget I asked -_- I'm gonna go cry for society now.

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#33 live-a-live
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Could someone please tell me why people older than 6 watch My Little Pony?

I have several brony friends and I don't understand.

DeathReaperQ

i thought this was a thread about brownies. greatly disappointed.

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#34 Fundai
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[QUOTE="DeathReaperQ"]

Could someone please tell me why people older than 6 watch My Little Pony?

I have several brony friends and I don't understand.

live-a-live

i thought this was a thread about brownies. greatly disappointed.

There have not been nearly enough threads about baked goods on ot for a while.
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#35 mitu123
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It could be a fad. I'm wondering what's with so many pics.

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#36 Tylendal
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It could be a fad. I'm wondering what's with so many pics.

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Not mainstream or short-lived enough to be a fad. It's just a genuinely good show. The reason (I think) that there's so much fanwork and image macros and the like is because My Little Pony, as a franchise, really has no right being good, so people are very open and forward about it as a sort of shock factor.
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#37 CreasianDevaili
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[QUOTE="DeathReaperQ"]

Could someone please tell me why people older than 6 watch My Little Pony?

I have several brony friends and I don't understand.

Are you asking how to become a brony so you can fit in? This reminds me of a Will & Grace episode where a guy was pretending to be gay to fit in.
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#38 cheese_game619
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Oh, you're a Brony? Yeah you look like this.

If only they stayed anonymous.

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#39 cheese_game619
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I'm sorting my pictures ATM and I found another one:

XD

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#40 Tylendal
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Oh, you're a Brony? Yeah you look like this.

*Image*

cheese_game619

Yeah, I've seen that one meet-up image thrown around a lot. There's some normal looking people there, there's plenty of creepy looking people there, and they're all in their dank nerd dungeon. How about a few other pictures?

This one, obviously, is from Singapore.

This one's in Poland

This is DC

Here's one from Brazil.

Vancouver here. I'm the guy in the 20% cooler T-Shirt.

Boston

And last but not least, Queensland Australia

Equestria Daily usually has one or two pictures of this sort, every night, from all around the world.

Pretty, normal looking, average bunch of guys and girls, right? Not creepy, overweight nerds, or strange old men with funny beards?

Edit: Don't bother telling me that I screened this for only the good pictures. I simply searched "Vancouver Brony Meetup" on Equestria Daily, and took all the meet-up pictures from the top five or so Nightly Round-up results, plus the ones from tonight's Nightly Roundup.

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#41 Celldrax
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It's just a good show. Don't like it? Fine (I've got no motivation today...).

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#42 Rikusaki
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Oh, has this become a post your pic thread?

Me next. lol

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#43 King-gamer
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Bronies exist because MLP exists.
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#44 Tylendal
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Oh, has this become a post your pic thread?

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What was the point of that? One guy decided to post some of the worst group pics to be found. I posted a random selection of group pics to say "Hey... be fair." You're just being disruptive however.
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#45 Rikusaki
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[QUOTE="Rikusaki"]

Oh, has this become a post your pic thread?

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What was the point of that? One guy decided to post some of the worst group pics to be found. I posted a random selection of group pics to say "Hey... be fair." You're just being disruptive however.

sorry lol
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Yeah, I've seen that one meet-up image thrown around a lot. There's some normal looking people there, there's plenty of creepy looking people there, and they're all in their dank nerd dungeon. How about a few other pictures?Tylendal

Okay...

O.o

Don't bother telling me that I screened this for only the good pictures.Tylendal

OHGODMYSIDES

None of them are normal! They're all ugly and weird looking! You didn't help your case at all XD

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Because the world is a depressing place now and its full of idiots.

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#48 cheese_game619
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I CAN'T STOP LOOKING AHAHAHAHA SOMEONE COUNT THE FEDORAS OH GOD
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[QUOTE="cheese_game619"]I CAN'T STOP LOOKING AHAHAHAHA SOMEONE COUNT THE FEDORAS OH GOD

Troll harder, bro. Looks like a pretty diverse bunch to me. If you're just going to outright troll, and least make an effort to be subtle. :roll:
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Because the world is a depressing place now and its full of idiots.

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