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[Jacob]

What I don't get is why there is scorn in the first place?

Part of it is self-hating geek backlash (see also: sci-fi vs. fantasy nerds, Star Wars vs Star Trek, etc.). For whatever reason, a lot of geeks love to eat their own and are fiercely tribal.

I think another part of it is that that brony-hate is as much a meme as bronies themselves (see also: furries and "Amir0x is a fag" comments on YouTube videos).

 

[Violet_0]

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I feel like I'm gonna get banned for this.

nothing offending there

I don't get why some people seem to 'hate' bronies, but I definitely understand why they are ridiculed by ... pretty much everyone else

 

[marrec]

Part of it is self-hating geek backlash (see also: sci-fi vs. fantasy nerds, Star Wars vs Star Trek, etc.). For whatever reason, a lot of geeks love to eat their own and are fiercely tribal.

I think another part of it is that that brony-hate is as much a meme as bronies themselves (see also: furries and "Amir0x is a fag" comments on YouTube videos).

I agree, at least some of the hate has to come from the normal internet hate machine that allows people to be hyperbolic in their hate toward something they have no actual knowledge of. It's a meme as much as 'It's a Trap' is a meme.

 

[OriginofHysteria]

nothing offending there

I don't get why some people seem to 'hate' bronies, but I definitely understand why they are ridiculed by ... pretty much everyone else

I don't think its hate, I think its more ridicule like you said.

 

[BLACK AMERICAN PSYCHO]

I always thought people who were into to this type of stuff were mentally mind fucked and I wouldn't trust them around children. They are at least 10000000x worse than the sonic fan base IMHO. This dude tried to say the show was genius and that it wasn't aimed towards children. Never spoke to that guy again.

 

[RedNumberFive]

From what I gathered from this thread, GAF is more tolerant of users who sexualize cartoon ponies, than being republican or Christian.

 

[marrec]

I agree, at least some of the hate has to come from the normal internet hate machine that allows people to be hyperbolic in their hate toward something they have no actual knowledge of. It's a meme as much as 'It's a Trap' is a meme.

Thanks for providing me and example of exactly what I was talking about 9thwonder.

I always thought people who were into to this type of stuff were mentally mind fucked and I wouldn't trust them around children. They are at least 10000000x worse than the sonic fan base IMHO. This dude tried to say the show was genius and that it wasn't aimed towards children. Never spoke to that guy again.

 

[Boss Doggie]

The Brony Excuse: "There's other people out there being creepy so why can't we be creepy too".

That's everyone's excuse.

 

[Alucrid]

I agree, at least some of the hate has to come from the normal internet hate machine that allows people to be hyperbolic in their hate toward something they have no actual knowledge of. It's a meme as much as 'It's a Trap' is a meme.

Come test me. I'll meet you in Pittsburgh and you can wear sandals, cargo shorts and a fedora. Bring it brah

 

[marrec]

Come test me. I'll meet you in Pittsburgh and you can wear sandals, cargo shorts and a fedora. Bring it brah

What will this test involve?

 

[RedNumberFive]

I always thought people who were into to this type of stuff were mentally mind fucked and I wouldn't trust them around children. They are at least 10000000x worse than the sonic fan base IMHO. This dude tried to say the show was genius and that it wasn't aimed towards children. Never spoke to that guy again.

Nothing is as bad as Sonic fans. Nothing. Bronies come close, but Sonic fans make then seem like well-adjusted members of society by comparison.

 

[demidar]

From what I gathered from this thread, GAF is more tolerant of users who sexualize cartoon ponies, than being republican or Christian.

I think the difference is that Conservatives actually get a shot at steering America, and that should terrify everyone.

 

[WarMacheen]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9jHHSLIjvc&feature=relmfu

 

[RedNumberFive]

I think the difference is that Conservatives actually get a shot at steering America, and that should terrify everyone.

The thought of grown men lurking around the little girls section of a toy store is certainly more terrifying.

 

[OriginofHysteria]

The thought of grown men lurking around the little girls section of a toy store is certainly more terrifying.

Yep. You can stop Republicans from taking a political seat. You can't stop grown men from going to the MLP aisle.

 

[demidar]

Yep. You can stop Republicans from taking a political seat. You can't stop grown men from going to the MLP aisle.

I think the Conservatives would definitely do something about this. We (and by that I mean you) should elect them into office.

 

[Kageshinzo]

What I don't get is why there is scorn in the first place?

As I wrote a few pages back, at least a part of it is also how some bronies take over threads in forums with their MLP nemesis even if it's not relevant. Then another closet brony appears and then another and the next thing you know the whole thread's infested with them. There are also some who try to convert you to them even if you say you're not interested, saying you should just give it a chance or some such shit even if you've already said no. For a fandom whose motto is love and tolerance, they're awfully pushy if you say you don't want to watch their show just because you think it's for girls.

This is all anecdotal though and I am not saying it's definitely why they're hated so much. It's just why I'm annoyed by this fandom.

 

[Mumei]

Is there something inherently frightening about grown men going to an MLP aisle? And "lurking"? They're standing about in a well-lit store, shopping.

 

[WarMacheen]

Is there something inherently frightening about grown men going to an MLP aisle? And "lurking"? They're standing about in a well-lit store, shopping.

Not frightening, just odd when grown men go into a young girl's toy isle shopping for themselves.

 

[Trey]

From what I gathered from this thread, GAF is more tolerant of users who sexualize cartoon ponies, than being republican or Christian.

Because bronies don't have the social or lawful power to push their worldview onto others, usually the unwilling.

 

[demidar]

As I wrote a few pages back, at least a part of it is also how some bronies take over threads in forums with their MLP nemesis even if it's not relevant. Then another closet brony appears and then another and the next thing you know the whole thread's infested with them. There are also some who try to convert you to them even if you say you're not interested, saying you should just give it a chance or some such shit even if you've already said no. For a fandom whose motto is love and tolerance, they're awfully pushy if you say you don't want to watch their show just because you think it's for girls.

This is all anecdotal though and I am not saying it's definitely why they're hated so much. It's just why I'm annoyed by this fandom.

Oh yeah that definitely happens. Someone with authority needs to explain to them why they shouldn't do that. Beat'em with rationality.

Is there something inherently frightening about grown men going to an MLP aisle? And "lurking"? They're standing about in a well-lit store, shopping.

As much as a greasy, unkempt and overweight man walking into a Toys 'R' Us hung over and dropping 350 Benjamins on Skylanders.

 

[ghst]

so you guys want a badly animated cartoon with a central theme of adolescent friendship viewed through a mature lens with humour and character interactions which are genuinely appropriate for your level of development?

i want 10,000 gifs by sundown.

 

[marrec]

so you guys want a badly animated cartoon with a central theme of adolescent friendship viewed through a mature lens with humour and character interactions which are genuinely appropriate for your level of development?

Holy fuck that's a good show.

Seriously.

 

[RedNumberFive]

Because bronies don't have the social or lawful power to push their worldview onto others, usually unwillingly.

Roger. I guess acceptance and tolerance are optional for Bronies.

 

[marrec]

As much as a greasy, unkempt and overweight man walking into a Toys 'R' Us hung over and dropping 350 Benjamins on Skylanders.

Hey, Jeff is a professional video game journalist.

 

[WarMacheen]

Oh yeah that definitely happens. Someone with authority needs to explain to them why they shouldn't do that. Beat'em with rationality.



As much as a greasy, unkempt and overweight man walking into a Toys 'R' Us hung over and dropping 350 Benjamins on Skylanders.

Do you have video or some other evidence of creepiness, or just more sweeping generalizations of gamers??

 

[Mumei]

Not frightening, just odd when grown men go into a young girl's toy isle shopping for themselves.

I agree that it is odd; I just think this undertone of "They might be pedos!" in a lot of these posts is really overwrought.

 

[Trey]

Roger. I guess acceptance and tolerance are optional for Bronies.

Acceptance and tolerance has always been optional on a personal level.

 

[Drugula's Wrath XXX]

I would hope so since Gaf is generally smarter and more informed than the average person.

Gaf is a collective of people with ranges of intellect, like the entire planet basically.

 

[OriginofHysteria]

I think the Conservatives would definitely do something about this. We (and by that I mean you) should elect them into office.

.

 

[demidar]

Hey, Jeff is a professional video game journalist.

I don't think he considers himself a games journalist, but I could be wrong.

Do you have video or some other evidence of creepiness, or just more sweeping generalizations of gamers??

Can't tell if serious.

Gaf is a collective of people with ranges of intellect, like the entire planet basically.

...I see.

And quote that image, god.

 

[Snkfanatic]

Good god is that comic big enough? lol

 

[Pavaloo]

so you guys want a badly animated cartoon with a central theme of adolescent friendship viewed through a mature lens with humour and character interactions which are genuinely appropriate for your level of development?

i want 10,000 gifs by sundown.

good shit.

 

[Amibguous Cad]

What do you expect? Everyone should tolerate everything about everyone else all the time?.

Basically, yeah. If you're a dick to someone about something that doesn't hurt someone else, you're an asshole. You're making the world a worse place, if only by a minuscule amount. And yes, that applies to the more "out there" individuals.

I think we should ask...

MLP GAF, do you consider yourself a brony?

I do. The word only at first meant older male fans who liked the show. It only got its current form when fans decided they needed a label to ostracize the people in the fandom they don't like. I find that kind of high school identity politics distasteful, so I continue to use the word in its original definition.

 

[WarMacheen]

I don't think he considers himself a games journalist, but I could be wrong.



Can't tell if serious.



...I see.

And quote that image, god.

Lol, nice deflection. I'm done with this thread and the creepy ass grown men buying little girls toys, defense force.

 

[Ken Masters]

urge to kill... rising...

Why did those guy have to look exactly what I thought they'd look like?

 

[OriginofHysteria]

And quote that image, god.

Lol sry, I'm on mobile gaf.

 

[demidar]

Basically, yeah. If you're a dick to someone about something that doesn't hurt someone else, you're an asshole. You're making the world a worse place, if only by a minuscule amount. And yes, that applies to the more "out there" individuals.

Every new person I meet is either with indifference or with an amicable disposition, but never outright dislike or hate. No sense hating someone you don't know.

Lol, nice deflection. I'm done with this thread and the creepy ass grown men buying little girls toys, defense force.

No, really, I can't. If you couldn't tell, I was being facetious. Do you even understand the reference?

 

[marrec]

Lol, nice deflection. I'm done with this thread and the creepy ass grown men buying little girls toys, defense force.

There's a large group of adult gamers who've spent a lot of money getting Skylanders figurines, this is undeniable.

You're original question seems to be asking 'are they as annoying as the guys in this specific video' to that I'll have to say, I don't know.

 

[Dead]

Why did those guy have to look exactly what I thought they'd look like?

dude in the back.

fedora status: confirmed

 

[Krogan]

Is there something inherently frightening about grown men going to an MLP aisle? And "lurking"? They're standing about in a well-lit store, shopping.

But 8-9 men with one of them filming it....

 

[Flame Lord]

I'll never understand the obsession with this show. I've given it a fair try and I never saw anything in it that would make me want to watch it regularly. Both AT and RS blow it away.

 

[Metrotab]

I find the perpetual derision and ridicule, to the point of immediately declaring them sexual deviants and mentally ill, of the MLP fanbase, ubiquitous on the internet, much more unsettling than the weird fringe behavior of the fanbase itself. Apparently buying merchandise related to a show that doesn't correspond to you in gender and age demographics, is not acceptable social behavior and warrants untrust from your fellow peers.

To me, that simply seems bizarre and irrational.

 

[Owlowiscious]

It's when their more vocal group go into a discussion and start injecting pony memes and some such shit even though they don't belong there that annoys me. And before people go "But other fandoms do the same!", no they don't.

Well let's check this very pony thread.

???

 

[lunarworks]

Numbers wise? Sure, but break down by precentage of the fanbases and I think pound for pound creepy MLP fans beat creepy Supernatural fans.



Plus MLP would never have the balls to call the fans out and get in on the joke like Supernatural has.

I know a hardcore Supernatural fangirl, and yup, they can be creepy. But comparing Supernatural to My Little Pony is like comparing Batman to Family Circus. Plus, I don't think Supernatural fans tend to outwardly define themselves through their fandom, they tend to keep it within the community.

 

[Ferrio]

Well let's check this very pony thread.

Except you'll take note, none are from the same source.

Now if they were all star wars reply gifs, then yes I'd agree.

 

[prelude514]

Well then. That was sad and pathetic.

 

[akira28]

Both AT and RS blow it away.

Can't stand Regular Show, and Adventure time sucks ass. MLP is far, far superior.

:>

 

[Air Zombie Meat]

Y'all posting in a PONY thread. Why do they always get so big?

 

[TAJ]

Are there brony hipsters that only watch the 80s show?

No. They're not sexy enough.