My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

[KennyMan666]

Being able to honestly enjoy a cartoon made for six-year-old girls and admit it is a far greater sign of maturity than it is to deride it and call those who watch it immature.

You've made a lot of sensible arguments in this thread so far, in spite of the subject matter - but that hackneyed statement is a load of rubbish man, sorry. If anything, the comment in itself is a mark of immaturity.

I admit that "mature" and such weren't the best terms to start throwing around, but you're going to have to explain this one to me.

Also, I think my favourite part of this thread is how both the pro-pony people and the anti-pony people saw the opposing side as the SERIOUS BUSINESS people, and themselves as having a laugh at their expense. I'll freely admit to doing that.

[Skykid]

Being able to honestly enjoy a cartoon made for six-year-old girls and admit it is a far greater sign of maturity than it is to deride it and call those who watch it immature.

You've made a lot of sensible arguments in this thread so far, in spite of the subject matter - but that hackneyed statement is a load of rubbish man, sorry. If anything, the comment in itself is a mark of immaturity.

I admit that "mature" and such weren't the best terms to start throwing around, but you're going to have to explain this one to me.

Think about the statement.

Why is an adult who doesn't watch cartoons for 6 year old girls of lesser maturity for deriding adults who do, simply because they admit to it?

Admitting to watching MLP religiously is half the battle, now you have to stop watching it and get on with the rest of your life.

[Obiwanshinobi]

I am officially worried now that the people I considered online family are tucking themselves in at night with a MLP comforter.

Plenty of stuff appears to be your family.

For me, my Cave boards are like my wives. If I have that exclusive touchy feely relationship with it that few others can't have I feel priveleged. If its emulated its like a free whore that anyone will want to creampie anytime they want. Then the product is soiled to me and I lose interest.

If your online family plays your PCB family emulated, isn't it breaking some taboo? Are you real?

[KennyMan666]

I had to stop, season 1 ended and season 2 doesn't begin until fall. :V

I'm definitely not watching it religiously, I've seen every episode from start to finish once and then I've rewatched some parts of some episodes for some reasons. I know people who have rewatched whole episodes multiple times, so, yeah.

[renardqueenston]

japanese artists love (and illustrate) ponies so it's okay for me to love ponies! (that's how the internet works, right?)

I had to stop, season 1 ended and season 2 doesn't begin until fall. :V

I'm definitely not watching it religiously, I've seen every episode from start to finish once and then I've rewatched some parts of some episodes for some reasons. I know people who have rewatched whole episodes multiple times, so, yeah.

yeah, i watch new episodes when they're posted, which is hardly religious considering it takes 20-some-odd minutes of every week when i'm not busy, and aside from that have rewatched a couple episodes with friends while becoming increasingly shitfaced. that's always fun.

[Obiwanshinobi]

japanese artists love (and illustrate) ponies so it's okay for me to love ponies! (that's how the internet works, right?)

Not anymore. Japanese is too 1999 for today's internet.

[Jockel]

I think it's interesting that all the pro-pony people communicate solely via image macros. As an avid fan of linguistics, I think it's fair to treat this as a separate language entirely. It combines features of kanji, but with a synthetic morpheme structure typical of an Indo-European language. Word order, fascinatingly, is done away with almost entirely, being replaced by only one or two "macros" that convey entire sentences of meaning. Truly, this is the apex of agglutinative language structure.

Most unusually, I have never seen it spoken - this is one of the few written-only languages I can recall hearing of. Absolutely fascinating!

And what is this "haters gonna hate" word I see? It's so ubiquitous that I simply must assume it serves as a grammatical marker. I must observe further, for the sake of science!

[drauch]

I think it's interesting that all the pro-pony people communicate solely via image macros. As an avid fan of linguistics, I think it's fair to treat this as a separate language entirely. It combines features of kanji, but with a synthetic morpheme structure typical of an Indo-European language. Word order, fascinatingly, is done away with almost entirely, being replaced by only one or two "macros" that convey entire sentences of meaning. Truly, this is the apex of agglutinative language structure.

Most unusually, I have never seen it spoken - this is one of the few written-only languages I can recall hearing of. Absolutely fascinating!

And what is this "haters gonna hate" word I see? It's so ubiquitous that I simply must assume it serves as a grammatical marker. I must observe further, for the sake of science!

worst post of 2011.

[system11]

Just to throw this out here, but we've never had a culture here of nothing but image replies, and I don't want it to start. Ponies will be deleted.

Fucking stupid things, they've infested all but one forum I go to.

[RNGmaster]

I would never let you pass Linguistics 1.01, sorry [/Chomsky-Montague mode]

I'm a conlanger, not a linguist. And P.S. Chomsky is an arrogant asswipe.

worst post of 2011.

Don't worry, there's still time for you to beat me!

[neorichieb1971]

I am officially worried now that the people I considered online family are tucking themselves in at night with a MLP comforter.

Plenty of stuff appears to be your family.

For me, my Cave boards are like my wives. If I have that exclusive touchy feely relationship with it that few others can't have I feel priveleged. If its emulated its like a free whore that anyone will want to creampie anytime they want. Then the product is soiled to me and I lose interest.

If your online family plays your PCB family emulated, isn't it breaking some taboo? Are you real?

That my friend was a joke intended to get a reaction. I don't really think my Cave PCB's are like wives. I'm glad i've finally cleared that up for you. My PCB's are more like a jigsaw piece that fit in the picture of "the whole arcade experience" which you don't get in emulation.

[greg]

I haven't seen the new My Little Pony show, but if people say that it's a children's show that is funny enough for adults to enjoy, then I'm all for it. When my daughter is older and enjoys this show, I'll be excited. Compared to the insipid original MLP cartoon, this new one must be a Godsend. Children's shows have become rather great lately, such as Yo Gabba Gabba and the awesome indie rock bands that play on that show.

And yeah, I thought that Powerpuff Girls was great. Many episodes were a great critique of comic book superheroes and such. I have a Hello Kitty stuffed doll, too. Go ahead, call me a fag. Plenty of girls like guys who aren't afraid to have a plush or two, and my wife's one of them.

So if many of you are having a conniption fit that adults would enjoy watching shows like MLP, it just makes me want to watch it even more. If you don't have the maturity to deal with it, then get bent.

[Marurun]

Did I seriously just read through 6 pages of MLP discussion and why "bronies" are social misfits? And here I thought furries discussing gender confusion was some seriously bizarre internet entertainment. Bravo, people.

In my opinion, sure, let em' watch it and enjoy it. Why they enjoy it I'll never understand. It's not like Powerpuff Girls, which Craig McCracken purposely made to be corny and aimed at college age people. Bronies are weird, that's fine, as long as they're not like anime-geeks who try to push THEIR FAVORITE SHOW on any person they speak to, and then attempt to seduce them into cosplaying and dancing to CaramellDansen.

I really only have a problem when it gets to the point where they get things like this.

[Obiwanshinobi]

My PCB's are more like a jigsaw piece that fit in the picture of "the whole arcade experience" which you don't get in emulation.

You do realise that a grown up man who instead ot boxing, fishing, fox hunting or going to pubs and watching footy on the TV, stays home and gets intimate with his PCBs, may be considered somewhat eccentric by a fair share of population, don't you? I for one remember how going to real arcades was like and you'd had a hard time convincing me your ways of worshipping arcade gaming recreate "the whole arcade experience". You may like what you have now better and that's fine, but it's hardly a norm.
While we're at it, "normal" and "socially acceptable" are different things. Some behaviour patterns are quite normal, yet not socially acceptable all the same, from stuff actually breaking taboo (driving while drunk) to petty toilet drawings. As for the MLP geekdom, I fail to see how social acceptability even comes into discussion. An albino certainly doesn't fit the norm, but what's to accept or not accept about it?
Although stuff in our cultures considered mildly eccentric is a genuine taboo in some parts of the world (for being a Christian in North Korea there's a penalty of reeducation camp), something tells me you wouldn't want to live there.

[Skykid]

If you don't have the maturity to deal with it, then get bent.

Nope, someone tried that line not too long ago. Doesn't fly.

A grown man watching My Little Pony may not point at another grown man and call them 'immature' for not respecting their decision to watch it.

World does not work that way.

[Vyxx]

Ponies will be deleted.

Please, burn them with fire.

[renardqueenston]

Children's shows have become rather great lately, such as Yo Gabba Gabba and the awesome indie rock bands that play on that show.

yo gabba gabba is great! some seriously good music on that show and great guests.

[stryc9]

Children's shows have become rather great lately, such as Yo Gabba Gabba and the awesome indie rock bands that play on that show.

yo gabba gabba is great! some seriously good music on that show and great guests.

They show it here in Australia. I thought it was awful. The idea that formless, genderless garbage like this could replace something as intelligent and non-pretentious as Play School is truly a frightening thought.

For children, that is. Adults are supposed to be able to discern these things.

[greg]

If you don't have the maturity to deal with it, then get bent.

Nope, someone tried that line not too long ago. Doesn't fly.

A grown man watching My Little Pony may not point at another grown man and call them 'immature' for not respecting their decision to watch it.

World does not work that way.

Yeah it does. Get bent. (I still like you, though.)

Children's shows have become rather great lately, such as Yo Gabba Gabba and the awesome indie rock bands that play on that show.

yo gabba gabba is great! some seriously good music on that show and great guests.

They show it here in Australia. I thought it was awful. The idea that formless, genderless garbage like this could replace something as intelligent and non-pretentious as Play School is truly a frightening thought.

For children, that is. Adults are supposed to be able to discern these things.

Oh, for Bob's sake! Do you know what parents had to put up with 15 years ago? Barney the fucking purple dinosaur. And Teletubbies. Do you remember how mind-numbingly STUPID those shows were? Yo Gabba Gabba is like Citizen Kane compared to that crap. For that reason, I am so very glad that I'm a parent of this generation and that my daughter likes to watch that show. I loved that show the first time I saw The Shins play on that show. Any kids show that has bands like The Shins, Weezer, Devo, Shiny Toy Guns, The Ting Tings, and Ladytron on its show is FAWESOME. I know that there are at least a few parents on this forum, and I'm sure they can back me up on this.

[stryc9]

Children's TV has been bad for longer than 15 years, and in general is getting progressivly worse. Not just thematically but artistically in regards to animation with the whole computer thing etc. Obviously nothing's gonna compare with Transformers, M.A.S.K., Brave Starr, Thundercats, Loony Toons or anything else from that era.

Although I'll give you Barney cos that shit was sumpn' else

EDIT: Also, indie bands on a children's show? For real? No wonder there is talk that kids have no childhood anymore...

[Drum]

Guys, watch Adventure Time. Seriously.

[drunkninja24]

Guys, watch Adventure Time. Seriously.

I do. It's a great show as well.

[Jockel]

Guys, watch Adventure Time. Seriously.

Truer words were never spoken.

[Skykid]

If you don't have the maturity to deal with it, then get bent.

Nope, someone tried that line not too long ago. Doesn't fly.

A grown man watching My Little Pony may not point at another grown man and call them 'immature' for not respecting their decision to watch it.

World does not work that way.

Yeah it does. Get bent. (I still like you, though.)

Lol

[greg]

Children's TV has been bad for longer than 15 years, and in general is getting progressivly worse. Not just thematically but artistically in regards to animation with the whole computer thing etc. Obviously nothing's gonna compare with Transformers, M.A.S.K., Brave Starr, Thundercats, Loony Toons or anything else from that era.

You've got your nostalgia goggles on, my dear. As much as I treasure watching GI Joe and Transformers as a child, many of those episodes were rather poorly scripted. Yes, the amount of excellent cartoons out there today aren't as numerous as when we were growing up, but there are some pretty cool animated shows made within recent years. Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes is an awesome show, but unfortunately it only lasted one season because Cartoon Network wizzed it down their leg. Avatar: The Last Airbender shows all the stupid Dragonball and Naruto fans what a decent kung fu-style storyline should be like. Wolverine and the X-Men was superb, and it's ongoing story arch was amazing. It only lasted one season as well because Disney would rather let it die than to allow a Marvel license to continue running on Nicktoons and not Disney XD. However, Disney XD is now showing The Avengers: World's Mightiest Heroes and this show is pretty cool, from what little I've seen of it so far.

BTW, does anyone remember Exo Squad from the early '90s? That was a real cool Robotech-inspired show that was American-made.

EDIT: Also, indie bands on a children's show? For real? No wonder there is talk that kids have no childhood anymore...

It's not like that at all. If they were singing "I Wanna Be Sedated," then yeah, you have a point. But no, these bands are singing songs about friendship, washing your hands, insects are cool, playing with balloons, let's solve the problem together, sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, etc. It's great stuff.

[renardqueenston]

BTW, does anyone remember Exo Squad from the early '90s? That was a real cool Robotech-inspired show that was American-made.

holy shit dude! do i ever! i've still got my genesis cart for the licensed game, which is admittedly pretty crap, but good memories.

EDIT: Also, indie bands on a children's show? For real? No wonder there is talk that kids have no childhood anymore...

there's talk about kids having no childhood? news to me!

[bulletcurtain]

This must be a joke, right? I don't think anyone would argue that it's "normal" for grown men to play with barbies, and as far as I can see this is no different. I must admit that my friends and I have enjoyed programming meant for toddlers, but only after a heavy night of drinking.

The fact that people are arguing about whether it's normal for grown men to watch a show about ponies should alarm me, but it's too damn funny!

[DragonInstall]

This must be a joke, right? I don't think anyone would argue that it's "normal" for grown men to play with barbies, and as far as I can see this is no different. I must admit that my friends and I have enjoyed programming meant for toddlers, but only after a heavy night of drinking.

The fact that people are arguing about whether it's normal for grown men to watch a show about ponies should alarm me, but it's too damn funny!

Thats exactly how I feel on this matter. But I guess thats just the way society is heading right now.

[ryu]

a grown man shouldn't be watching children's cartoons!

force fed stereotypical opinions and values are no arguments.

your view on what a "grown up man" is is wholy subjective, even though society might make it seem "right" to you. your words are not truth.

[drunkninja24]

I'm not sure if the debate is really about whether or not it's "normal" at this point. I'm certainly willing to admit that my own fandom of the show is certainly outside what most people in society would consider "normal". But I don't particularly care about that. I enjoy the show, and if someone wants to know why, I'll tell them. If they want to scoff at it, that's their right. I'm not going to force it on anyone, but that doesn't mean I won't recommend it for someone curious.