My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Forum Archive (nuked Western Animation thread)
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Mio avatar
#286026
I always felt that late Steam Punk/early Diesel Punk would be the cut off point for Equestrian technological variation. Of course that not accounting for the arcade cabinets in the middle of the field (road?) in Ponyville.

[down]That's kind of a given, is it not?

edited 22nd Sep '12 6:26:39 PM by Mio

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#286027 from Singapore
Ponies seem to have mental abilities on par with humans.
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#286028
Funny you should bring that up; back in season 1, that was part of my headcanon for why there seemed to be so many more mares than Stallions. In the cases of same-sex couples, the females would be able to have children via that method (magically), and always have female babies, whereas males who had to go through the surrogate process had equal chances of having a male or female foal. Over time it skewed the gender ratios towards a female majority.

As I find so much pleasure in that melts like my breath, I am always full of regret.
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#286029 from Chicago
Their trains are steam powered, but also horse drawn.

[up] [lol][lol][lol]

edited 22nd Sep '12 6:25:40 PM by condottiera

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#286030 from Delamare
@ Story, oh yeah i remember that scene, and yeah it's totally true.
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#286031 from Appleloosa
Seriously they still use firefly lamps!

And yet they also have modern flashlights.
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#286032 from Chicago
Firefly lamps are great for ambiance.

Their just being classy.
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#286033 from Appleloosa
There were also hints of modernity in MMDW and FAP.
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#286034 from Singapore
Oh yeah, they have a massive dam, and wood-frame roller printers.
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#286035 from Andromeda Galaxy
As far as I'm aware, mares can't have babies without a stallion.
Yeah, Andromeda is heading for you. You got over 9000 years until it collides.
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#286036
What is the most advanced piece of technology we have seen so far?
As I find so much pleasure in that melts like my breath, I am always full of regret.
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#286037 from Connecticut
There were also hints of modernity in MMDW and FAP.

Ha. FAP.

IS FUNNY.
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#286038 from Viridian Forest
The Cider Squeezy.
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#286039
I'm gonna say probably between X-Ray and the video game. I'm not sure how complex X-ray machines are, but I do know that even Arcade Cabinet games are crazy complex, since they require a pretty high level of computation even for early 'ai'.
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#286040 from Singapore
The arcade cabinet is probably a vacuum-tube type system, so I reckon the X-Ray machine might be more advanced (unless they have a spell for that).
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#286041 from Chicago
@Gex: I am ashamed of how hard that made me laugh.
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#286042 from Singapore
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#286043 from Chicago
@Ace: Aw, I am so glad that they are friends.
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#286044
X-Ray was in use, if I remember correctly, since 1896.

Commercial arcade game was first in use in 1972.

edited 22nd Sep '12 6:43:13 PM by dRoy

As I find so much pleasure in that melts like my breath, I am always full of regret.
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#286045 from Appleloosa
Well if you assume the bald patient had chemotherapy, that's pretty advanced.
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#286046 from Andromeda Galaxy
I would say the 3D game rocket dj playe... OH wait! That won't be discovered until...tongue
Yeah, Andromeda is heading for you. You got over 9000 years until it collides.
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#286047 from Singapore
They have flush-capable outhouses as far out as Dodge, that's pretty modern [lol]
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#286048 from Chicago
But maybe it's like in Harry Potter, where the doctors are just using healing magic.
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#286049
We could just say that they are as advanced as the writers need them to be and leave it at that.
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#286050 from Appleloosa
Or as advanced as they feel like it.
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