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#11751 0dd1 Fri, 13th Apr '12 8:30:58 PM from Nowhere Land

Dunno if y'all are aware of the latest Collegehumor video My Little Brony

. You might not like it, though, so fair warning.

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#11752 Giggles Mc Yummy Sat, 14th Apr '12 12:12:52 AM from Ohio

I just set the sad Pinkie Pie image as the background on my parents computer as a symbolism for how my mom wouldn't let me use this computer when mine wouldn't work, acting like I'd somehow ruin it using it for tonight, but my dad let me on.

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#11753 Rainbow Matt Sat, 14th Apr '12 12:18:09 AM from Poneyville

Entirely not enough talk about Rainbow Dash goin on here lately :P

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#11754 Kerrah Sat, 14th Apr '12 7:55:56 AM from Helsinki, Finland

Ye olde. That was released in the 28th of February.

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#11755 Rynnec Sat, 14th Apr '12 10:13:03 AM

So the hub is airing The Last Roundup for the first time since the Derpy debacle.

And it's (unsuprisingly) the edited version. :(

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#11756 Kerrah Sat, 14th Apr '12 11:03:48 AM from Helsinki, Finland

Goddammit.

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#11757 Rainbow Matt Sat, 14th Apr '12 12:17:20 PM from Poneyville

What's all of this??

http://popwatch.ew.com/2012/04/13/my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic-wedding-announcement/

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#11758 randomtropeloser Sun, 15th Apr '12 12:28:39 AM from Goof High School

The thing I didn't really understand about the College Humor video is that it implies a toy would actually care about tea parties and mane-brushing or whatnot if it even had the capacity to. If toys had personalities, they'd probably automatically love you for giving money to their parent company and have few interests outside of that.

edited 15th Apr '12 12:55:40 AM by randomtropeloser

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#11759 Pykrete Sun, 15th Apr '12 12:35:48 AM from Viridian Forest

Or, y'know.

#11760 randomtropeloser Sun, 15th Apr '12 1:00:17 AM from Goof High School

Come to think of it, a pretty common criticism of that video is that it's Toy Story 2 with ponies. I like to think that the guy is actually the bad guy from the film, and the reason the ponies are so upset is because it's a failsafe Hasbo programmed in to prevent people from stealing.

Seriously though, Toy Story is a cute series, but there's no reason a toy would give a lick about anything but money unless it was manufactured for a purpose besides that.

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#11761 Kerrah Sun, 15th Apr '12 1:31:46 AM from Helsinki, Finland

Your logic is faultless, my good sir. Truly you have something to teach us all about the psychology of living toys.

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#11762 Death Cloud Sun, 15th Apr '12 1:35:15 AM from Horsehead Nebula

Case in point: Small Soldiers move with actual design of living toys.

Most common criticism is fact that video is just boring.

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#11763 randomtropeloser Sun, 15th Apr '12 2:05:06 AM from Goof High School

As far as I know, I'm the only auhority on th subject in existence, as no-one else as done quite as much extensive research as me.

The toys in Small Soldiers were a crime against nature.

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#11764 Octo Sun, 15th Apr '12 10:23:55 AM from Germany

Dunno if y'all are aware of the latest Collegehumor video My Little Brony. You might not like it, though, so fair warning.

Haha. They criticisize bronies * but actually get the random trivia fact out of the series right, IIRC...

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#11765 That One Guy Named X Sun, 15th Apr '12 10:27:13 AM from Arica, Chile

That video was abhorrently bad. Not because of the idea behind it or the obvious trolling, but because it's the exact same goddamn joke we've already seen a million times, just animated differently.

Seriously, you could change my little pony in that video to anything and the joke would be the same. And it still wouldn't be funny.

Excuse me, what's so wrong with bronies for you?

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#11766 doctrain AUM Sun, 15th Apr '12 10:29:07 AM from New Jersey

It's probably similar to how Star Trek fans absolutely despise Trekkies because of the association.

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#11767 marston Sun, 15th Apr '12 10:31:27 AM from America

You just summed up my thoughts on that horrid video quite nicely good sir.

#11768 Kerrah Sun, 15th Apr '12 10:37:23 AM from Helsinki, Finland

Which, really, is something I can get behind. There are people who like MLP aaand then there are bronies...

Oh yay, it's another one of those "I'm a fan of X, but I'm not a [word that means fan of X]" arguments.

I guess it's so much easier to hate people if you have a label to use for them.

It's basically the same as (a man) saying: "Me and my boyfriend agree that homosexuality is evil and gays are going to burn in hell! Good thing we're not those sick fucks!"

edited 15th Apr '12 10:39:42 AM by Kerrah

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#11769 That One Guy Named X Sun, 15th Apr '12 10:38:28 AM from Arica, Chile

I hate it when people go saying "Oh, yeah, I love that show, but I'm not a fan".

That's called chickening out.

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#11770 Japanese Teeth Sun, 15th Apr '12 10:39:06 AM from Meinong's jungle

I think it depends on how "brony" is defined. Some people simply use it for "anyone who likes the show and is outside of the target demographic", and others use it to mean "people who are obsessed with the show". Kinda like the difference between somebody who just happens to like Star Trek, and a hardcore Trekkie who collects memorabilia and attends conventions all the time. People who like the show but don't have a big obsession with it don't want to be lumped in with the more extreme portions of the fanbase.

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#11771 inane 242 Sun, 15th Apr '12 10:41:58 AM from A B-Movie Bildungsroman

Yeah.

Like I identify as a Brony, 'CAUSE I GOT HERE FIRST.

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#11772 Kyler Thatch Sun, 15th Apr '12 10:43:10 AM from Gravity Falls

There's a reason I don't label myself.

Am I a brony? I dunno, you tell me.

I took a guess and cut a portion out of my heart.

He said, "That's nowhere close enough, but it's a damn good start."

#11773 Octo Sun, 15th Apr '12 10:46:06 AM from Germany

You bring up exactly what's the problem: The self-labeling. Liking a show, well, nobody can say anything against that! But when it reaches the point of self-identification, well, then that's something different. Hence there is in fact a great difference between "I like MLP" and "I'm a brony". Even if you ignore all stereotypes associated with bronies, it would still make a large difference.

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#11774 Kerrah Sun, 15th Apr '12 10:46:43 AM from Helsinki, Finland

I think it depends on how "brony" is defined. Some people simply use it for "anyone who likes the show and is outside of the target demographic", and others use it to mean "people who are obsessed with the show". Kinda like the difference between somebody who just happens to like Star Trek, and a hardcore Trekkie who collects memorabilia and attends conventions all the time. People who like the show but don't have a big obsession with it don't want to be lumped in with the more extreme portions of the fanbase.

The problem being that when someone decides that to him or her, Bronies are those obsessed freaks, all the people who label themselves as Bronies but are not obsessed freaks are going to get ridiculed by him or her for no good reason.

That's why if people want to hate, they should hate fans of FIM who take to extremes, rather than hating a label.

edited 15th Apr '12 10:49:52 AM by Kerrah

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#11775 Japanese Teeth Sun, 15th Apr '12 10:48:17 AM from Meinong's jungle

I never said it was a good thing, just that it happens. I personally use the "anybody who likes the show that isn't a little girl" definition, just because that's kinda how the term originated.

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