HT was just really nitpicky about his fashions and Photo Finish didn't really understand Fluttershy's plight.
Re: Literacy
I assume the literacy rate is pretty much 100%. After all, the setting is basically the present day minus technology. And they do all go to school.
It's pronounced "Te-ah-low-ve"
Am I never getting human Sparkler?
^Some of the other Gala guests seemed a little rude, though they were justified in being snippy with Pinkie - it wasn't that sort of party, after all.
I'm a college student! I don't have time for this!
Maybe the new technology can be explained by progress!Luna's reform efforts.
It's pronounced "Te-ah-low-ve"
^On the other hand, if all three of them managed to fit into that mailbox, then they have promising potential as Cutie Mark Crusader Reality Warpers apprenticed under Pinkie, I think. =)
I'm a college student! I don't have time for this!
Um... they all sound pretty bad, come to think of it. Especially Applejack... but Princess Fahncy Celestia deserves a mention too.
I'm a college student! I don't have time for this!
Well, by "best" I mean "least of the evils."
But isn't the idea of Mare Do Well being just these ponies who are around every day even more encouraging? After all, it shows that anypony can be hero if they put their minds to it.
"it would teach children that if their granny or grandad is dead, they come into play with 1/1 counters."
Clearly, Batman is a brony.