slow news day I guess
The latest incarnation of the My Little Pony franchise has attracted an unexpected demographic: Adult men. The men, who call themselves "bronies," have formed an extensive online community, including a roughly 100-member group in Portland.
They're self-described geeks, nerds or video gamers in their teens to mid-30s. They discovered My Little Pony after noticing a glut of pony-related activity while browsing Internet forums. Curious, they checked out the show and got hooked.
"I've gotten raised eyebrows from friends," says Jim West, a 20-year-old brony from Olympia.
But don't call them girly men. Yes, some bronies are sensitive types. But they also rock climb and play sports, have girlfriends and maintain active social lives.
http://www.oregonlive.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2011/09/seriously_my_little_pony_grown.html
― Darin, Tuesday, 1 November 2011 16:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
oh dude we have been lolling at these guys for a while
TS: My Little Pony vs. Care Bears
― he carried yellow flowers (DJP), Tuesday, 1 November 2011 17:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
Jesus you're fast. I was coming here to write - "Dan P to thread".
― Juggy Brottleteen (ENBB), Tuesday, 1 November 2011 17:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
E! - I summon you to Pulp top ten 0_o
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Tuesday, 1 November 2011 17:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
ha - I should have known that you guys would already have these goofballs on your radar
― Darin, Tuesday, 1 November 2011 17:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
let me try that link again: TS: My Little Pony vs. Care Bears
― he carried yellow flowers (DJP), Tuesday, 1 November 2011 17:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
when these dudes get into reggae, they're called jah bronies
― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 1 November 2011 17:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
or pot bronies
#savederpy
― Matt Armstrong, Monday, 27 February 2012 08:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://savederpy.tumblr.com/
― Matt Armstrong, Monday, 27 February 2012 08:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
fake copypasta is fake
― CAKE CAKE CAKE CAKE CAKE CAKE CAKE CAKE CAKE CAKE CAKE CAKE CAKE (dave cool), Monday, 27 February 2012 12:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
https://twitter.com/ichlugebullets/status/174252689650225152
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Monday, 27 February 2012 22:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
i have a student who is a "brony", he looks and acts like a cross between data and wesley crusher. he receives educational support for asperger's syndrome but he really doesn't need it, he seems less disabled on a social level and more disinterested ... anyway he spends all of his spare time in class - which is quite a bit, he's super bright - drawing male my little ponies and writing fan fic about them
the weirdest part about it is that he doesn't seem to catch any shit about it from other students
― the late great, Monday, 27 February 2012 22:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
he looks and acts like a cross between data and wesley crusher.
the calls are coming from inside the house...
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Tuesday, 28 February 2012 02:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
wait I thought this whole thing was like an ironic thing 4chan people did
― iatee, Tuesday, 28 February 2012 02:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
no this student is doing this in earnest
― the late great, Tuesday, 28 February 2012 02:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
more like boneries
― Male Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Nutsack (Abbbottt), Tuesday, 28 February 2012 02:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
i liked sailor moon when i was a pre-teen, that's not so far off being a bronie.
― one dis leads to another (ian), Tuesday, 28 February 2012 03:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
― der Truthahn des Giftes (Eisbaer), Tuesday, 28 February 2012 03:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
not a single wet dick amongst them
― der Truthahn des Giftes (Eisbaer), Tuesday, 28 February 2012 03:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://bronies.com/map/
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 28 February 2012 03:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
i think at least two of them are girls.
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 28 February 2012 03:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
after the whole d3@thdr0ne revelation I wouldn't count all of these guys as sexless
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 28 February 2012 03:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
one is sort of hitable.
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 28 February 2012 03:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
swim goggles girl is pretty cute tbh
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 28 February 2012 03:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
there's always a fedora guy, isn't there?
alright. we're in agreement that's a girl then
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 28 February 2012 03:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
this bronie dude will hit it:
― der Truthahn des Giftes (Eisbaer), Tuesday, 28 February 2012 03:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
I like guys who really play the absurd and goofy hat card bcz they frequently contrast it by wearing the world's blandest of casual wear.
― Male Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Nutsack (Abbbottt), Tuesday, 28 February 2012 03:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
fedora guy is so wrong, in so many countless ways ...
― der Truthahn des Giftes (Eisbaer), Tuesday, 28 February 2012 03:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
how many of the guys pictured in this thread qualify as "grown men" tbh?
― one dis leads to another (ian), Tuesday, 28 February 2012 16:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
the amazing thing about fedora dude is that he manages to pull focus from the dude in the center wearing a Nightmare Before Christmas raver hat
I mean, just ponder that
― Vaseline MEN AMAZING JOURNEY (DJP), Tuesday, 28 February 2012 16:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
I am considering becoming a brony
― valleys of your mind (mh), Tuesday, 28 February 2012 16:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
tbh i don't believe this is real.
― jed_, Tuesday, 28 February 2012 16:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
What was the "revelation"?
― stan this sick bunt (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 28 February 2012 16:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
I haven't watched any of these, but Powerpuff Girls definitely had crossover appeal and in-jokes for adult audiences. There are also dudes who are really into animation stuff regardless so... this doesn't seem that odd considering the writer and context.
There has to be some sort of version of Rule 34 that also states that if there's an entertainment media, there is a group of men into it somewhere.
― valleys of your mind (mh), Tuesday, 28 February 2012 16:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
that he existed and occasionally had sex. sometimes even consensual.
xpost
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 28 February 2012 16:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
thank (or blame) cankles for the bronies convention pic (he posted it on the OG my little ponies thread this summer).
dan OTM about fedora dude.
― der Truthahn des Giftes (Eisbaer), Tuesday, 28 February 2012 17:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
For all of your gift giving needs: http://bronymerch.tumblr.com/
I am seriously considering sewing plush my little ponies because the bronies are willing to fork over mad cash for them.
― Nicole, Tuesday, 28 February 2012 18:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
raver hat guy seems to be a bit of a media whore
― Darin, Tuesday, 28 February 2012 20:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
Just imagine how disgusting the inside of that hat must be after wearing it around all day at these awesome brony events.
― stan this sick bunt (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 28 February 2012 20:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
he's just happy that he's not being upstaged by Fedora Dude. Fedora Dude just abides, man.
― der Truthahn des Giftes (Eisbaer), Tuesday, 28 February 2012 21:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
"yeah yeah, you have a wacky hat with ponies glued to it; could you tell us more about the dude with the tie and fedora?"
― Vaseline MEN AMAZING JOURNEY (DJP), Tuesday, 28 February 2012 21:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
"Chewing on a pen" is my favorite brony in that picture.
― Laura Lucy Lynn (La Lechera), Tuesday, 28 February 2012 21:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
I like so not gonna happen guy at the left end, in the green shirt.
― stan this sick bunt (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 28 February 2012 21:30 (1 year ago) Permalink
is that j0rdan s. next to the pen-chewer?
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 28 February 2012 21:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
Me too! There ought to be a poll. xp
― Nicole, Tuesday, 28 February 2012 21:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
"chewing on a pen" is the only one i'd guess has ever had some stank on his hang-low.
― der Truthahn des Giftes (Eisbaer), Tuesday, 28 February 2012 21:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
Some serious underestimating at what goes on at these kind of conferences. I guarantee a scary amount of those guys have gotten some play with their fellow enthusiasts.
― stan this sick bunt (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 28 February 2012 21:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
I think you mean "sex-related stank on his hang-low" because I may be prejudging but, based on this picture, I am pretty sure a good number of the people in that picture are familiar with stank all kinds of places on their bodies
― Vaseline MEN AMAZING JOURNEY (DJP), Tuesday, 28 February 2012 21:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
they make these guys in factories
― mackleless (latebloomer), Saturday, 27 April 2013 23:50 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
― mackleless (latebloomer), Saturday, 27 April 2013 23:53 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
that post-anime worship of cute/comforting escapist objects
i love adventure time (which makes me one of the worst people in the world, apparently), and this is undeniably a big part of the appeal: the retreat to something safe, comforting and arguably infantile. but that's not the whole of it. i mean, i don't watch bubble guppies or my little pony. i like cartoons, like drawing & design in general, but what i like most about adventure time is the freedom the show's producers clearly extend to the artists and writers who create it. it can go anywhere, do anything, and almost always looks great in the process. the individual sensibilities and styles of its various creators are clearly visible in the episodes they produce. it's subversive and wildly psychedelic without being jarringly cruel or cynical. i wish i were involved somehow. it's the only thing currently on television that strikes me as "real art", something in which i can discern vision, personality and focused craft.
this is tangential to the thread topic, but i hate to see my favorite show lumped in with all the gross, fedora-wearing brony crap.
― controversial vegan pregnancy (contenderizer), Sunday, 28 April 2013 01:49 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
I'll back you up on this one contendo.
― resulting paste of mashed cheez poops (silby), Sunday, 28 April 2013 01:50 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
adventure time isn't remotely MLP-ish tho, it is definitely actively pursuing an audience of both children and adults. it gets reviewed by the avclub every week. i don't think there's any inherent "shame" expected by watching it, as bronies seem to think of their obsession
― infirm neophytic child (zachlyon), Sunday, 28 April 2013 02:00 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
yeah you know it's 2013 why would anybody hassle a grown man who likes my little pony unless they were drawing attention to themselves and defending themselves in advance?
― resulting paste of mashed cheez poops (silby), Sunday, 28 April 2013 02:13 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
i don't think bronies are real, i think they are just trolling. why would someone be obsessed with my little pony? it doesn't even make sense.
― Pat Finn, Sunday, 28 April 2013 02:39 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
blah blah sports analogy
― resulting paste of mashed cheez poops (silby), Sunday, 28 April 2013 02:45 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
i can kind of see being into a nostalgic cartoon but these people seem to make it a central part of their identity in a way that is ridiculous/insane. like, i am a fan of bob dylan: own all the albums, see him live, have scores of song lyrics memorized, but if someone called me a bob-ie or dylanbro i would tell them to not call me that... this thing about identifying with cultural products you like is sort of weird to me.
― Pat Finn, Sunday, 28 April 2013 02:55 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
probably the urge to define oneself via cultural consumption is the real issue here, and it is the main problem these bronies are suffering from. they need to know where they "fit in"; it's not enough to just be a person in the world. as far as those guys overlap with the fedora/PUA/MRA community, the pigeonholing thinking relates to the gross, darwinian language they use when describing status: alpha, beta, etc. if they just cut that shit out of their thinking, and considered their identity fundamentally in terms of themselves as individuals, they would be better off i think.
― Pat Finn, Sunday, 28 April 2013 03:06 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
i think kurt vonnegut discussed this fallacy in cat's cradle; he called these false identites/communities "granfalloons."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granfalloon
― Pat Finn, Sunday, 28 April 2013 03:09 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
The more pertinent question would be what conditions creates "bronies" in the first place.
Society fails young men by indoctrinating them into a patriarchal thought process that defines masculinity by sexual prowess and social facility. With the increasing atomization of human interaction under late capitalism (and especially the niche consumer culture of the internet), more and more young males are failing to live up to these patriarchal ideals. But instead of this creating an opportunity for young men to redefine gender roles for themselves, it leads them to embrace reactionary impulses born from self-hatred and sexual frustration, which is projected outward as misogyny and homophobia.
The solution is to seize the internet and put it under the control of those who understand how to properly utilize it.
― Banaka™ (banaka), Sunday, 28 April 2013 03:36 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
Also Christmas should be banned.
― Banaka™ (banaka), Sunday, 28 April 2013 03:38 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
banaka otm
― resulting paste of mashed cheez poops (silby), Sunday, 28 April 2013 03:48 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
yeah more or less what I was getting at, latebloomer, excluding of course that obligatory post-human totalitarian thing at the end
― Chris S, Sunday, 28 April 2013 04:38 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
i agree with chris agreeing with banaka with a caveat
― Pat Finn, Sunday, 28 April 2013 05:17 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
thread was crying out for banaka
― turds (Hungry4Ass), Sunday, 28 April 2013 05:24 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
I don't think I understood or had much awareness of the banaka project before but now I'm totally on board with it now
― resulting paste of mashed cheez poops (silby), Sunday, 28 April 2013 05:25 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
wait banaka is latebloomer?!
― the late great, Sunday, 28 April 2013 05:32 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
Banaka are an idea not an individual.
― Banaka™ (banaka), Sunday, 28 April 2013 05:34 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
xp yep
― Chris S, Sunday, 28 April 2013 05:38 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
― mackleless (latebloomer), Sunday, 28 April 2013 05:43 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
brob dylan
― infirm neophytic child (zachlyon), Sunday, 28 April 2013 05:51 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
joke rocker
― Sébastien, Sunday, 28 April 2013 06:06 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
4chans mlp tolerance board isn't having it yet, banaka
― Sébastien, Sunday, 28 April 2013 06:10 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
really tasteless to refer to banaka as latebloomer. you think thats gonna get you 'cool' points, pal? you think you're 'in' now? think again, fucko. you're on the shitlist, Chris S.
― turds (Hungry4Ass), Sunday, 28 April 2013 06:15 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
I remember the reveal to be pretty out-in-the open, and had seen a jokes/references made about it since...? had no idea anyone didn't know honestly. eh, apologies if that was that rude but... it's a sock
as to your second question, no, that wasn't on my mind. shitlist? relax
― Chris S, Sunday, 28 April 2013 06:31 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
best response i have read yet to banaka's spiel: I'm a Marine, and you're a faggot
― Sébastien, Sunday, 28 April 2013 06:37 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
take screenshots
― resulting paste of mashed cheez poops (silby), Sunday, 28 April 2013 06:40 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
https://boards.4chan.org/mlp/res/10173302#p10174336run with it if you feel inspired
― Sébastien, Sunday, 28 April 2013 06:48 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
i can kind of see being into a nostalgic cartoon
When are you saying they're nostalgic for, the same morning?
― just a dorp in the scrooge vault (sic), Sunday, 28 April 2013 07:10 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
presumably the original run of "my little pony." but i think most mlp fans were probably just being born around the time of its airing, so i doubt nostalgia plays a huge role
― chilli, Sunday, 28 April 2013 08:07 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
iirc bronies are mostly pretty strident/outspoken about their distaste for pre-FIM mlp
― turds (Hungry4Ass), Sunday, 28 April 2013 08:10 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
people who believe friendship is magic don't deserve friends
― the late great, Sunday, 28 April 2013 08:11 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
j/k
― the late great, Sunday, 28 April 2013 08:27 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
wait, banaka is a sock?
― controversial vegan pregnancy (contenderizer), Sunday, 28 April 2013 13:00 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
just disinterest I would think? make sense that anyone into FIM would get into Powerpuff Girls but not necessarily '80s MLP (unless they actively want to seek ersatz nostalgia)
― just a dorp in the scrooge vault (sic), Sunday, 28 April 2013 13:09 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
i dunno about powerpuff girls, either, though. bronyism seems awfully dedicated to this particular instance of the beloved thing. it's not about "cute cartoon featuring magical little girls", it's about PONIES.
― controversial vegan pregnancy (contenderizer), Sunday, 28 April 2013 13:15 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
Those 'kinds' of guys either end up as bronies or
― abcfsk, Sunday, 28 April 2013 13:17 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
i dunno about powerpuff girls, either, though.
Lauren Faust
― just a dorp in the scrooge vault (sic), Sunday, 28 April 2013 14:06 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
oh i know, but my mental image of the brony depends on total abject worship of PONIES, with no other gods before them
― controversial vegan pregnancy (contenderizer), Sunday, 28 April 2013 14:25 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
― wedgie jackson (Eisbaer), Sunday, 28 April 2013 21:14 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
― wedgie jackson (Eisbaer), Sunday, 28 April 2013 21:20 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
do the bronies wear fedoras or do they wear equestrian attire?
― Pat Finn, Sunday, 28 April 2013 21:55 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
wow that youtube channel
― goole, Monday, 29 April 2013 15:19 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_0WgsuFdHw
― ְ֮֠֓֟֬֩ (gr8080), Monday, 29 April 2013 16:24 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
― Mordy, Tuesday, 7 May 2013 20:39 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
Why...
― The last of the famous international Greyjoys (Nicole), Tuesday, 7 May 2013 20:43 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
Beautiful, just beautiful. Keep making these edits.
― Moron Tabernacle Chior (Jon Lewis), Tuesday, 7 May 2013 23:26 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
what a beautiful world
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 8 May 2013 01:20 (2 weeks ago) Permalink