Meet 'bronies' -- grown men who are fans of My Little Pony

It's funny bc they asked him not to where his fringed leather jacket to the wedding, and he showed up in brony uniform. Classic Neil Young. He's lookin good.

I agree that Eisbaer's picture did not make me laugh my butt off

I think the funniest MLP stuff is this and it's okay to laugh at

http://i.imgur.com/rkOpKdi.jpg

i hope the kid hangs himself with that belt on his bed

i can get behind that material, though. "what i have to live with" and it's a tiny cartoon horse that wants him to fuck it.

thank you 龜

you can "get behind" it

you are "hungry4ass"

o man

you are saying "o man"

"Once In a Lifetime (ILX 2014 Remix)"

The new cartoon is crap, btw. It's not a show "that even adults can enjoy!" like Spongebob or Phineas & Herb. It's still real simple "Oh no! The rainbows are running out of magic!" type plots. One of the damn horses sounds like Reba McIntyre, so yes, I do leave the room when it's on.

Beeps loves it, though. She is a six-year-old child and I am a 40-year-old adult. Might have something to do with it.

You like Spongebob? Jesus christ. What is wrong with you. Do you wanna fuck a sponge

surely there's a big difference between being an adult who even watches every my little pony episode and actually characterizing yourself socially as a brony. like one is watching a tv show and the other is a lifestyle choice. vis-a-vis adventure time, i'd consider myself a pretty big fan (it helps that my daughter + i can enjoy it together) but i would not call myself an adventure toney or whatever - it's something i watch not something i am. i like spongebob + phineas & herb too tho so obv i'm developmentally + aesthetically stunted.

http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120216210256/phineasandferb/images/4/48/Perry_the_Platypus_Fedora_Gift_Promotional_Image.png

Only this guy gets away with his choice of hatwear.

I mean, this thread title is GROWN MEN Who Are Fans of MLP. I don't think I've ever come on and made fun of children for watching it.

what's wrong w/ grown men being fans of the show tho? it seems sweet. as long as you're not fucking plush bronies or whatever

I watched and enjoyed The Powerpuff Girls. I did not want to fuck them, though.
I watch and enjoyed Adventure Time. I do not want to fuck them, though.
I watched and enjoyed Foster's Home for Imaginary Monsters. I did not want to fuck them, though.
I watch and enjoy Regular Show. I do not want to fuck them, though.
I watch and enjoy The Amazing Adventures of Gumball. I do not want to fuck them, though.
I watched and hated My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic. I did not want to fuck them, though.
I watched and hated Uncle Grandpa. I did not want to to fuck them, though.

If we're at the point as a society where thinking that dudes who want to fuck cartoons are creepy and pathetic makes you an asshole, I have never been prouder to be an asshole. And no, I don't think every guy who likes this show wants to fuck cartoon ponies; I only think the ones who are on the Internet talking about their imaginary pony girlfriends and "clop" want to fuck cartoon ponies. It's not like I'm projecting things onto these guys or putting words into their mouths.

And really, the only judgment I have of grown men who don't want to fuck ponies who are into MLP:FIM is that I thought the few episodes I tried to watch were super cloying and overly precious and I can't imagine voluntarily sitting through them again. Which, again, is fine; I'm not a fan of the show. Big whoop.

Read each one of those carefully, D, hoping there'd be a confession somewhere in there where you didn't use the word "not."

'Wanting to fuck cartoon characters' vs 'Wanting to fuck porn stars who always appear in layers of makeup, surgically altered breasts, contrived sexual situations and irl uncomfortable athletic sex acts'

I watch tons of mlp:fim with my kids. I do agree that it's not as smart or cleverly-written as some people make it out to be. And feel like it went downhill quite a bit after Lauren Faust left (haven't seen anything from season 4 yet though). But it's enjoyable to me. I love Daniel Ingram's songs.

My son has been made fun of a little bit at school because he knows so much about ponies from hanging out with his sister. It doesn't win him over with the sports crowd.

I hate when I'm watching some youtubes with my daughter and a my little pony fan video will pop up in the sidebar and she'll point to that one. Then comes the agony of clicking on it and waiting to find out if its some cute, funny little homemade non-canon video or some like, atrocious 4channy ponies on drugs/watching porn/getting their heads chopped off. Send all those people to the dungeon, imo.

btw, since DJP's here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4TedkQP_hM

I think the world would be a better place if more people limited themselves to being attracted to things that don't actually exist

Some people def wanted to fuck Popeye and Olive Oyl back in the day because Tijuana Bibles are a thing

see now THAT is some entertaining My Little Pony shit there

Nobody is attracted to these ponies. They're making it up in order to feel like they're a part of something.

^^^ friendzoned by Derpy

Also i stand by the idea that this is way too sordid and pathetic to be funny. Not being a fan of the show, but engaging with it obsessively as an adult to the point where you actually identify as a "brony"

Plenty of examples of people sexually attracted to unreal beings outside of bronies - pop stars, porn stars, also characters in mainstream films and actors who become identified w/their characters in the viewer's mind, Tijuana Bibles, Lara Croft – which seems worth mentioning for context. And many of these cases are condoned/promoted/accepted.

Bronies fixating on MLP prob stands out as especially weird because -

The character is an animal, albeit anthropomorphised but still an animal (bestiality)
The character is from a show aimed at very young children (suggestion of paedophilia)
The character is female/effeminate but very far removed from an actual girl or woman

Not being a fan of the show, but engaging with it obsessively as an adult to the point where you actually identify as a "brony"

And then there's this element - the identity/club/subculture element, publicly identifying

Plenty of examples of people sexually attracted to unreal beings outside of bronies - pop stars, porn stars, also characters in mainstream films and actors

"unreal"?

e.g. Captain Jack Sparrow

plus tacit acknowledgment from most people who are or were Beatles/Backstreet Boys/Bieber devotees that the object of their affection isn't really real. The Beatles are not the boys at school you actually kiss at the disco

I don't know what your issue is, treesh. I can get behind DJP's opinion here, but judging how deeply people engage in things they're interested in is kind of a bad look imo. People surround themselves with shirts, posters, and other crap for all kinds of interests. tbh bronies are no worse than Packers fans or w/e

I compare 'em to Star Trek fans.

Not the rapey bronies, just the ones who collect the figurines and wear the t-shirts.

oh, definitely

HOWEVER, I have yet to see as much Packers slash (and good lord, you've got Aaron Rodgers right there in your face) or "I'm taking Uhura to the prom" shit as I have with MLP culture.

people are really real abt their trek fandom, whence the slash in slashfic

not so much now, but you know, back in the day

naw i dont think dissing adult dudes who want to fuck MLPs is bad! doi, its gross. i just don't think they're the norm.

http://www.qotd.org/search/single.html?qid=45288

is our culture a desert island?

TS wanting to fuck a cartoon vs. wanting to fuck a picture of a chair

tbf, the chair looked 18

A certain kind of sports fan is depressing to me too (cf that movie with patton oswalt.) i guess who am i to say what is worthy of emotional investment maybe my obsessive interest in certain writers is the same sort of thing etc. but still: bronies, and inept, oft-ridiculed people in general bum me out. Xp mh

i'll tell u that your love of tao lin is def more embarrassing than anyone's love of bronies

fair point tbh.

And my school admiration is even worse in retrospect. I've had many embarrassing obsessions in my life so my pity for bronies is probably informed by the pain of identification.

Wtf shd have read "hs admiration for woody allen"

Still, theres something undignified about identifying as a brony, esp as an adult