Board 8 > I love that people can enjoy different things

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but for the life of me I cannot grasp the my little pony thing.

Like I don't mind telling people I'm addicted to One Piece, but I just can't ever imagine trying to explain My Little Pony to someone. I mean my niece is going to be a champion horseback rider so I could explain that I just have it on my PC for her to watch or some s***, but still.

How do you guys do it? Foolmo, I'm looking for you, because other than the absurd TF2 addiction you seem pretty well-adjusted.

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It's not like we tell people out of the blue.

I just tell them it's hilarious when the subject comes up.

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It's cute. I like cute things. It's funny. I like funny things.

i still don't get the mlp thing, but then i also don't watch the show or have any inclination of doing so. i mean, i understand that it turned out better than some people expected, but for it to have exploded as it has.....boggles my mind.

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From: blindhobo13 | #003
It's cute. I like cute things. It's funny. I like funny things.

This is the correct answer.

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Omega I would think that you would have a pretty clear understanding about liking odd things, but I am not all that surprised at you being unable to explain it for me.

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Also I didn't mean to subtley call you Bronies poorly adjusted there in the first post. What I mean is that foolmo is a college party guy and from what I see, goes out a lot and knows what he's doing socially. Forgive me, but that is a HUGE step up from a lot of us.

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ExThaNemesis posted...
Omega I would think that you would have a pretty clear understanding about liking odd things, but I am not all that surprised at you being unable to explain it for me.

i like all kinds of odd things, true...

so i perfectly understand how the thing can be liked, i am just in a position of being largely outside the sphere the interest is wrapped up in. it touches tangentially on a bajillion of my other interests, but at the core of it, i am not immersed enough in it to fully grasp WHY it is what it is.

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From: SovietOmega | #008
i like all kinds of odd things

putting it mildly, he said...

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"It is important that supporters and everyone at the club remembers that the cannon on the chest is more important than anybody."

You realize that someone could copy/paste your first post, replace "my little pony" with "One Piece" and vice-versa, and change "horseback rider" to "sailor" and it would be equally as valid, right?

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^ the difference is that one piece is awesome >_>;;

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From: WazzupGenius00 | #010
You realize that someone could copy/paste your first post, replace "my little pony" with "One Piece" and vice-versa, and change "horseback rider" to "sailor" and it would be equally as valid, right?

Not really even a little.

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"It is important that supporters and everyone at the club remembers that the cannon on the chest is more important than anybody."

the difference is that one piece can be explained as liking action, aka, 'a guy show'.
while my little pony is for 8 year old girls.

your best bet if you can't just lie and if it ever comes up and you can't use your younger siblings as an excuse is probably hide it better. >_>;

or mention powerpuff girls creator made it too so you gave it a shot. insert blame of youth here (or family members' youth here, either or they went on for a goddamn decade). don't even need to say you watched it and can just say you downloaded it and never bothered to delete it. which... can probably work on most people anyway just by how incompetent some are with computers.

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...though i guess it's a given that if ppg actually works in a positive reaction well, play by ear.
or blame nostalgia. couple routes in that direction at least that don't follow 'i like this show on its own merits'.

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I really, really don't get it >_>

But then I'm 21 and I like Pokemon so I'm not judging but...it's just...odd. Like I've seen people like some crazy s*** on board 8 and in general, but MLP really ranks among the weirdest.

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This isn't a B8 problem at all, but for pretty much everywhere else:



Yeah.

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From: XIII_rocks | #015
But then I'm a Spurs fan so I'm not judging

and rightly so

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"It is important that supporters and everyone at the club remembers that the cannon on the chest is more important than anybody."

I will say one thing though, the MLP fanbase is wonderfully self-aware. You can't get to them by insulting their show, they know it's a bit weird and don't mind, and I think that's pretty good.

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f*** off Extha :D

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From: KimPilgrim | #016
This isn't a B8 problem at all, but for pretty much everywhere else:



Yeah.

See this stuff is silly. People should be able to post stills that they want or talk about what they want, especially since this place is such a social message board.

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"It is important that supporters and everyone at the club remembers that the cannon on the chest is more important than anybody."

easier reason why it sailor moon isn't as strage is because at least those are chicks in mini skirts. all a guy has to excuse that with is "i was 14, there was a cartoon with cute chicks in mini skirts, i became a fan."

with ponies, well...
yeah.

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Yeah, that post seems to be implying the reaction images are a problem. They're not, a lot of them are pretty funny.

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From: ExThaNemesis | #020
See this stuff is silly. People should be able to post stills that they want or talk about what they want, especially since this place is such a social message board.

Absolutely. The difference is, and this isn't a B8 issue, but pretty much everywhere else, pony fans will bring up MLP no matter what the topic is at hand, no matter where they are, no matter the discussion, and they will do so at every single possible opportunity, constantly. It is an obsession.

No other fanbase does this.

Except maybe the Tea Party.

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...alternative approach, or one that you can tie into why you know the ppg person created this show: a weird online friend you have made a bet with you over <insert something here> and you lost. loser had to watch a show of the winner's choice. you picked <insert show that's fine here>, he picked my little pony. you lost. he rambled on about it which is why you know so much about it. you were forced to watch the whole series.

losing bets are always easy excuses though so just be believable. <_<;

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When the hell did that happen here?

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KimPilgrim posted...
Absolutely. The difference is, and this isn't a B8 issue, but pretty much everywhere else, pony fans will bring up MLP no matter what the topic is at hand, no matter where they are, no matter the discussion, and they will do so at every single possible opportunity, constantly. It is an obsession.

No other fanbase does this.

Except maybe the Tea Party.

......this happens? Lame

I guess they know what they're watching is so...unusual considering their demographic they have to show how little they care, or something.

Or...well, there's a reason they are 25 and watching MLP. >_>

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like, you'll walk into a doctor who discussion, and then WHAM Matt Smith pony is grring at David Tennant pony and all kinds of pony hell is wrought across time and space...

very much a creepy phenomena....and as mentioned, i know a thing or two about creepy phenomena >_>;;

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Yeah, people have asked why I tend to get a little peeved at the whole pony thing, but it has nothing to do with B8. You guys have a topic. A reaction image here or there, whatever, I am the LAST person on this board with the right to **** about people posting too many pictures.

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See, I haven't even experienced the MLP fans throwing it in everyone's face so I don't have this extreme dislike of it.

The reaction images are f***ing hilarious, too.

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"It is important that supporters and everyone at the club remembers that the cannon on the chest is more important than anybody."

As ridiculous and ignorant as it sounds, I've yet to encounter a single community on the internet with even a remotely similar level of proper grammar, spelling, and just general overall sense of intelligence as B8. That's why **** like this never becomes a problem here.

I mean, have you SEEN most of our gaming forums? Hell, even in that CE college pranks topic, the way people talked and reacted to each other just seemed so....low brow.

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Oh you're preaching to the choir about Board 8 being better than everywhere else on the internet, here. Not to infringe on the Ulti trademark too much, but I've been saying that for years.

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this is the best


MLP fans just post about MLP sooooooo much augh. I'm not gonna hate on the show, I believe it might be enjoyable, if you enjoy it suit yourself I just don't feel compelled to do the same. But holy balls they just keep posting MLP everywhere

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I mean, we have our stuff that gets run into the ground on Board 8 though. Pokemon is a pretty specific example this Spring.

We shoved that s*** down everyone's throat here.

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"It is important that supporters and everyone at the club remembers that the cannon on the chest is more important than anybody."

Black/White wasn't nearly as bad as Diamond/Pearl.

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Really? What happened then?

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I was here for both instances, but they both enhance the point.

And you know what, I think they answer my question. I do not like explaining Pokemon to people. I would be mortified to find out a girl I was trying to get with found out about it.

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From: Pram_the_Oracle | #035
Really? What happened then?

We literally took the board over for Pokemon.

I'm not even joking.

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From: GenesisTwilight | Posted: 9/12/2011 2:54:25 AM | #034
Black/White wasn't nearly as bad as Diamond/Pearl.

man, pre-D/P I was completely uninterested in Pokemon

I was just in a "eh Pokemon completely dropped the ball last gen" mood, and really wasn't hyped for D/P, or even planning to buy it


but the very day it got released, B8 just exploded with hype, and I instantly went to the store and bought it that same day. Board 8 got me back into Pokemon because of it.

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ExThaNemesis posted...
From: Pram_the_Oracle | #035
Really? What happened then?
We literally took the board over for Pokemon.

I'm not even joking.

And it was glorious.

I remember the board exploding for stuff like Tales of Symphonia when that came out and to some extent Kingdom Hearts 2, as well, but Pokemon was all over the place and it was great

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Don't worry, XiC. I won't even post on any Arsenal forums because I don't like putting unnecessary stress on my heart. I stick to the arseblog arses. They're cliquey as hell and a lot of the humor goes over my head, but they aren't stupid to maddening levels like your average football fan forum-goer.

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"It is important that supporters and everyone at the club remembers that the cannon on the chest is more important than anybody."

I want the board to explode for Gunnerkrigg Court.

Speaking of which, 3 AM, that means new Gunnerkrigg Court!

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It's either a weird anime or a weird comic, I'm not sure I want to know which.

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"It is important that supporters and everyone at the club remembers that the cannon on the chest is more important than anybody."

Web comic.

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It's an excellent webcomic. The kind you'd be willing to pay for a hard copy of.

Pretty much universally loved by all that read it.

Hell, in the last 2 days, we've had 2 guys marathon it already!

http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/60271270

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ExThaNemesis posted...
Don't worry, XiC. I won't even post on any Arsenal forums because I don't like putting unnecessary stress on my heart. I stick to the arseblog arses. They're cliquey as hell and a lot of the humor goes over my head, but they aren't stupid to maddening levels like your average football fan forum-goer.

606 on the BBC Sport website was like...amazing. Honestly, it was like monkeys with a keyboard at times. I joined solely so I could become the one-eyed king.

The forum I post on worships "ITK" and you are not allowed to question it, lest you scare them away. I once got a 2-week suspension for calling Robbie Keane a malignant cancer - but the kicker was that it wasn't because of the potentially offensive connotations of that (and seriously, man up, these are probably the same people who call Adebayor's mother a whore), but because when the admin gave me the chance to apologise I posted a semi-justification along with my apology.

Pathetic. I've just come off a three-month suspension for posting my football blog, and I found a slightly better forum to lurk on so I just went there instead. I think I'll go out in style on this one though.

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Calling his mother a whore isn't even the most offensive thing in that song.

I just recently had a discussion with an Arsenal fan over there who likes to make up chants, and he got to telling me about how hyper-sensitive about the stupidest things they are. Like I guess people got outraged at Arsenal fans saying 'yids' when Sp*rs fans call themSELVES that.

He also made a nifty little Frimpong chant to the tune of "The With Doctor" that Frimpong himself re-tweeted, but a group of people got all upset and said it was racist.

On a side-note you would probably get in trouble on most sites for calling Robbie Keane that, truthful as it may be. >.>

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Fair enough.

Still scratching my head on why he was allowed back into the team after he left.

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I called him that on the football board four or five times, it was fine

I mean, I get it, don't get me wrong, but it's incredibly narrow-minded. His affect on the team was akin to that of a cancer. He made us worse, negatively affected how we operated. And with every game he played it become more obvious. "Malignant cancer" was the best way to describe his play.

Like I said though, the topic wasn't deleted straight away. The admin gave me a chance to apologize, but he suspended me because alongside my apology I posted a justification.

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bronies are currently the cancer of the internet.

Now you know how the rest of the league feels about Edmonton fans.

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