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Why little pony??

Samir Duran DuranSamir Duran Duran Registered User regular
edited May 2011 in Social Entropy++
From wiki:

"My Little Pony is a brand of toy ponies marketed primarily to young women and children and produced by the toy manufacturer Hasbro.[1] These ponies can be identified by their colorful bodies and manes, and typically a unique symbol or series of symbols on one or both sides of their haunches. Accordingly, the ponies are named after the symbols on their haunches."



What is up with all the My Little Pony avatars and sigs and whatnot that everybody seems to have these days? I mean, far be it from me to tell people what they should like but is there something about the new line of MLP products that makes them attractive to grown men and women or is this all just some super-meta internet thing that I am not in on?

I know somebody has a My Little Pony animated GIF to convey confusion so somebody post that here for me. I've been wondering about this for a while.

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  • MonkeyfeetMonkeyfeet Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    no please don't

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  • PwnanObrienPwnanObrien He's right, life sucks. Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    I guess there's a new show that's actually pretty good. It's made by the wife of a guy who does Superjail or Adventure Time or something.

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  • TheySlashThemTheySlashThem Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
  • Samir Duran DuranSamir Duran Duran Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Well I've seen it on other forums too so I figured this was a bit more about the big picture than the details of little pony itself.

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  • KrunkMcGrunkKrunkMcGrunk Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Nerds.

    That is all.

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  • MarshmallowMarshmallow Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    You can still just ask in the main thread, you don't have to read the whole thing or anything. We're helpful, friendly folk.

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  • Speed RacerSpeed Racer Scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratchRegistered User regular
    edited May 2011
    it's pretty good cutesy fun

    I don't really get all the obsession with it as far as the endless fanart and music remixes and comics and shit but the show itself is pretty good

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  • FirmSkaterFirmSkater Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    A bunch of people enjoy a decent show for children. They did the same thing for Phineas and Ferb

    Personally I can't watch it because it doesn't hold my attention

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  • ShabootyShabooty Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Why, little pony!?

    Whyyyyyyyy!?

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  • MugginsMuggins Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    POR QUE!?

    POOOOOR QUUUUUUEEEEEE!?

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  • Clint EastwoodClint Eastwood My baby's in there someplace She crawled right inRegistered User regular
    edited May 2011
    a bunch of gay babies watching a show for gay babies

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  • tardcoretardcore Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Bunch of hipsters trying to be ironic.

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  • MugginsMuggins Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    It's very obscure you've probably never heard of it

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  • tardcoretardcore Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Maybe pedophiles.

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  • Clint EastwoodClint Eastwood My baby's in there someplace She crawled right inRegistered User regular
    edited May 2011
    spergy creeps who get waaaaaay too defensive when people make fun of them for getting obsessive over a show for six year old girls

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  • Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Ho! Ho! Ho! Drink Coke!Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    they're all trying to slowly drive you insane

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  • BugBoyBugBoy boy.EXE has stopped functioning. only bugs remainRegistered User regular
    edited May 2011
    it's a conspiracy

    and everyone's in on it, except for you

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  • WeedLordVegetaWeedLordVegeta Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    spergy creeps who get waaaaaay too defensive when people make fun of them for getting obsessive over a show for six year old girls

    hey hey hey

    your face is a poop

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  • ShabootyShabooty Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Shabooty wrote: »
    Why, little pony!?

    Whyyyyyyyy!?

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  • MugginsMuggins Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    I have a confession

    I

    I don't really see anything wrong with the show


    But now this thread is gonna be about something else. I need topics people.

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  • tardcoretardcore Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    "Come over to my van, little girl. We can eat candy and watch My Little Pony all day long"

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  • Kevin CristKevin Crist I make the devil hit his knees and say the 'our father'Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    I watched a few episodes but it didn't grab me. But I keep tabs on the pony thread because I'm amused by the fanbase's creativity.

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  • Viscount IslandsViscount Islands [INSERT SoKo HERE] ...it was the summer of my lifeRegistered User regular
    edited May 2011
    I will forever resent MLPs for unseating K-pop as SE's weird obsession.

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  • Shock GShock G Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    but vis, only like three people listen to kpop

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  • tardcoretardcore Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    At least you guys have healthy obsessions. Some people like to eat couch cushion stuffing.

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  • MugginsMuggins Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    I will forever resent MLPs for unseating K-pop as SE's weird obsession.

    Make this the k-pop thread

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  • Goose!Goose! That's me, honey Show me the way home, honeyRegistered User regular
    edited May 2011
    A guy with pokemon in his sig questioning the MLP obsession.

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  • NaphtaliNaphtali Hazy + Flow SeaRegistered User regular
    edited May 2011
    People obsess over stuff Muldoon, simple as that

    In four months people will be fauning over something else instead ponies

    Circle of life goes on




    Personally I think the next fad is going to be pogs again, their time has come

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  • MacGuffinMacGuffin Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    What do you mean with "pogs again"? Like they ever stopped beeing relevant.

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  • Der Waffle MousDer Waffle Mous Blame this on the misfortune of your birth. New Yark, New Yark.Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    I watched a few episodes but it didn't grab me. But I keep tabs on the pony thread because I'm amused by the fanbase's creativity.

    Pretty much this.

    Its delightful but I find the random fanstuff the best part

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  • PoorochondriacPoorochondriac Ah, man Ah, jeezRegistered User regular
    edited May 2011
    My Little Blowny

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  • A duck!A duck! Moderator, ClubPA Mod Emeritus
    edited May 2011
    Goose! wrote: »
    A guy with pokemon in his sig questioning the MLP obsession.

    So I'm not the only one that thought this.

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  • NaphtaliNaphtali Hazy + Flow SeaRegistered User regular
    edited May 2011
    MacGuffin wrote: »
    What do you mean with "pogs again"? Like they ever stopped beeing relevant.

    Yes

    Yes this is what I want

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  • ArtreusArtreus I'm a wizard And that looks fucked upRegistered User regular
    edited May 2011
    I watched a few episodes but it didn't grab me. But I keep tabs on the pony thread because I'm amused by the fanbase's creativity.

    Pretty much this.

    Its delightful but I find the random fanstuff the best part

    That is what I find creepiest about it.

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  • 101101 Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Veretas wrote: »
    I will forever resent MLPs for unseating K-pop as SE's weird obsession.

    Make this the k-pop thread

    n-no

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  • ShabootyShabooty Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Shabooty wrote: »
    Shabooty wrote: »
    Why, little pony!?

    Whyyyyyyyy!?

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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHwegwXwwHs

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  • DJ EebsDJ Eebs Moderator, Administrator admin
    edited May 2011
    I think the k-pop thing was weirder because all the k-pop avatars looked like they were of fifteen year-old girls and dudes

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  • Clint EastwoodClint Eastwood My baby's in there someplace She crawled right inRegistered User regular
    edited May 2011
    wonder what the overlap between mlp fanatics and mspa fanatics is

    HMMMMMMM

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  • FoolproofFoolproof thats what my hearts become in that place you dare not look staring back at youRegistered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Hullis wrote: »
    spergy creeps who get waaaaaay too defensive when people make fun of them for getting obsessive over a show for six year old girls

    hey hey hey

    your face is a poop

    pownage

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  • MugginsMuggins Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    OH SHIT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT POGS NOW

    SHIT YES POGS

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