So here we are ladies and gentlemen, I'm here to post on something that could very possibly tear the entirety of the Internets apart: My Little Pony- Friendship is Magic (And SOPA). Yes, I know, posting about this thing can bee a sort of taboo, but I think that as readers of this blog you should be mature enough to handle this sort of situation. Oh, who am I kidding? None of you care. But, this was a topic I wanted to bring up for the longest of times, and now, I decided to interview a few of my friends to show both sides of the story. One of them is heavily against the movement, the other is a brony himself. I conducted the post over steam, so a big thanks to both Gabe Newell, and my friends.
Santa: Hello gents, thanks for joining me after that last game of LoL, remind me to physically sacrifice my computer to Satan.
Santa: So, Timmeh, whats your view on bronyism?
Timmeh: It's a drain on society.
Santa: Ah.
Santa: And you, Gioff?
Toast: Bronyism is a means to express childhood as an adult.
Santa: Very interesting, what introduced you to the movement?
Toast: I found myself drawn to it after I heard the hype...I watched a few episodes, and was absolutely addicted.
Santa: Timmeh, what makes you want to round up the herd and burn them on a pike?
Toast: It's a silly way to express a desire for the friendships many of us had as kids...
Timmeh: I don't necessarily want to burn them, I like my pony meat medium rare.
Santa: Good point, meat is expensive nowadays.
Timmeh: True.
Timmeh: I don't see much of a difference between bronyism and furryism.
Santa: Santa, your response?
Toast: Being a furry isn't a terrible thing, it's a choice. And the brony movement itself isn't hostile to you in any way, shape or form - why would you want to hurt them? Or for that matter, why would you meddle in their affairs?
Timmeh: Being a furry isn't something to be proud about, furries are trying to be something they aren't, which is pathetic on so many levels. Bronies themselves I have no problem with as long as they don't spam my message box with links to brony youtube videos and wear pony costumes.
Timmeh: Santa -.-
Santa: But timmeh, where else am I supposed to prance around in my self-made pony suit? Isn't the internet a place of free expression?
Timmeh: I meant the youtube links.
Timmeh: -.-
Santa: True, but my point is why can't bronies get an equal cut?
Santa: The internet is the final frontier of free expression,well until SOPA's passed
Timmeh: Not when so called "bronies" are forcing their culture onto other people.
Santa: The internet is the final frontier of free expression.
Timmeh: Not when so called "bronies" are forcing their culture onto other people.
Toast: They aren't, though.
Toast: In fact, it's more the other way around!
Toast: The rest of the internet sees the brony movement as foreign, new, and uninteresting
Toast: and because of that conflict of interests (as happens so often on the internet), everyone imposes their opinion upon one another.
Toast: With the bronies being but a small sliver of the massive internet pie, they face adversity wherever they go.
Toast: No brony is forcing his links in your inbox or his profile on your friends list, you don't 'have' to click the videos, nor do you have to watch them.
Santa: I wouldn't say thats true, if you go just about anywhere on the internet, bronyism is present. Deviant is full of it, boards have popped up like Ponychan, and Equestria Daily has nearly 85 million hits. I see a lot of bronies trying to "assimilate" new members into the herd, any comments on this?
Toast: It's the very same as any other growing movement - people want other people to like what they do. It's harmless to those that don't click on any of the links, and the videos are easy enough to ignore.
Santa: What about spamming?
Toast: Like I said, you can't force anyone to Ponychan or Equestria daily...
Toast: And spamming is a cancer common to all of the internet.
Timmeh: But "bronys" do spam, Santa himself, (as well as others) have spammed links into my chatbox all the while trying to deceive me into clicking them.
Santa: I'm not a good control for the average brony.
Timmeh: No one else has ever tried to do that to me, only "bronys"
Toast: That's simply because your brony friends are trolls.
Santa: Guilty as charged.
Santa: Timmeh, do you think there's anyway bronies and the other 7% of the internet could ever live in peace?
Timmeh: I would say, they are still bronys, and knowing the internet, most bronys would be trolls, since it's an internet fad.
Timmeh: I think they could live in peace with eachother Santa, if they don't try to force their mindless cute pony videos onto everyone else.
Santa: We can only hope.
Santa: One last question.
Santa: Who is the best pony?
Toast: RAINBO DUSH
Toast: WAIT
Toast: BABY PONY
Santa: That baby pony is pretty cute.
Santa: How about you Timmeh?
Timmeh left chat.
Santa: Well, thanks Toast, but we all know that Big Macintosh is the best pony.
Santa: So, Timmeh, whats your view on bronyism?
Timmeh: It's a drain on society.
Santa: Ah.
Santa: And you, Gioff?
Toast: Bronyism is a means to express childhood as an adult.
Santa: Very interesting, what introduced you to the movement?
Toast: I found myself drawn to it after I heard the hype...I watched a few episodes, and was absolutely addicted.
Santa: Timmeh, what makes you want to round up the herd and burn them on a pike?
Toast: It's a silly way to express a desire for the friendships many of us had as kids...
Timmeh: I don't necessarily want to burn them, I like my pony meat medium rare.
Santa: Good point, meat is expensive nowadays.
Timmeh: True.
Timmeh: I don't see much of a difference between bronyism and furryism.
Santa: Santa, your response?
Toast: Being a furry isn't a terrible thing, it's a choice. And the brony movement itself isn't hostile to you in any way, shape or form - why would you want to hurt them? Or for that matter, why would you meddle in their affairs?
Timmeh: Being a furry isn't something to be proud about, furries are trying to be something they aren't, which is pathetic on so many levels. Bronies themselves I have no problem with as long as they don't spam my message box with links to brony youtube videos and wear pony costumes.
Timmeh: Santa -.-
Santa: But timmeh, where else am I supposed to prance around in my self-made pony suit? Isn't the internet a place of free expression?
Timmeh: I meant the youtube links.
Timmeh: -.-
Santa: True, but my point is why can't bronies get an equal cut?
Santa: The internet is the final frontier of free expression,well until SOPA's passed
Timmeh: Not when so called "bronies" are forcing their culture onto other people.
Santa: The internet is the final frontier of free expression.
Timmeh: Not when so called "bronies" are forcing their culture onto other people.
Toast: They aren't, though.
Toast: In fact, it's more the other way around!
Toast: The rest of the internet sees the brony movement as foreign, new, and uninteresting
Toast: and because of that conflict of interests (as happens so often on the internet), everyone imposes their opinion upon one another.
Toast: With the bronies being but a small sliver of the massive internet pie, they face adversity wherever they go.
Toast: No brony is forcing his links in your inbox or his profile on your friends list, you don't 'have' to click the videos, nor do you have to watch them.
Santa: I wouldn't say thats true, if you go just about anywhere on the internet, bronyism is present. Deviant is full of it, boards have popped up like Ponychan, and Equestria Daily has nearly 85 million hits. I see a lot of bronies trying to "assimilate" new members into the herd, any comments on this?
Toast: It's the very same as any other growing movement - people want other people to like what they do. It's harmless to those that don't click on any of the links, and the videos are easy enough to ignore.
Santa: What about spamming?
Toast: Like I said, you can't force anyone to Ponychan or Equestria daily...
Toast: And spamming is a cancer common to all of the internet.
Timmeh: But "bronys" do spam, Santa himself, (as well as others) have spammed links into my chatbox all the while trying to deceive me into clicking them.
Santa: I'm not a good control for the average brony.
Timmeh: No one else has ever tried to do that to me, only "bronys"
Toast: That's simply because your brony friends are trolls.
Santa: Guilty as charged.
Santa: Timmeh, do you think there's anyway bronies and the other 7% of the internet could ever live in peace?
Timmeh: I would say, they are still bronys, and knowing the internet, most bronys would be trolls, since it's an internet fad.
Timmeh: I think they could live in peace with eachother Santa, if they don't try to force their mindless cute pony videos onto everyone else.
Santa: We can only hope.
Santa: One last question.
Santa: Who is the best pony?
Toast: RAINBO DUSH
Toast: WAIT
Toast: BABY PONY
Santa: That baby pony is pretty cute.
Santa: How about you Timmeh?
Timmeh left chat.
Santa: Well, thanks Toast, but we all know that Big Macintosh is the best pony.
And on that note, I bid all of you Fillies and Gentlecolts goodnight.
--Santa
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