Owning a plushie and a couple of figures, watching the show, visiting internet forums would imply "big fan" to most people. None of those and even all of them together implies any kind of inteference with "life" as you put it.
None of these things are a bad thing to do with your life if you are an eight year old girl.
If you're a 40 year old man, sorry, it's just weird. I know at this point the slashdot libertarians will bring out the "you should be free to do anything you like as long as it doesn't harm others" card.
Fine, I didn't say it should be illegal. I just think that, taken seriously and not as a camp joke, being a brony is going to make people think you are weird. That's your right, but it is ridiculous to pretend you don't see why it's weird.
> In short, you can like my little pony all you want. But when you go so far as to modify your life such that it now revolves around that show, and you feel compelled to convert others to your obcesson, then there is a problem.
What about religious people whose lives revolve around the religion and they try to convert others to the religion?
You're right, that's a (slightly different) problem too.
So if a girl likes a guy thing like football or wearing pants that aren't skirts, that's normal.
But if a guy likes a girl thing, it's clinical fixation disorder.
You are what is wrong with society.
There's a difference between an adult guy liking an adult girl thing and an adult guy liking a girl child thing.
I've watched all sorts of crap with my kids over the years, but I wouldn't search it out to watch in adult company. This applies equally to Barbie and Ben 10, it's not a sexist thing.
I'm living in a podunk midwestern town at the moment, where it's normal for people in their 20s and 30s not to have a smartphone or even an iPod. Despite never going out besides the gym or groceries, I still managed to overhear a conversation about how the gym owner and another woman hate Facebook and even how the security policies change so often that setting things to private doesn't mean anything.
I don't think Facebook comprehend how much reach their dickish behavior has had.
The almost hyper-realism of your anecdote certainly had me convinced. It was almost as though I was there listening to these two non-geeks bitch and whine about security policies and online privacy concerns. I'm surprised they didn't mention their favourite Linux distro and how fucking awesome bitcoins are too.
Seriously has anyone ever had a positive experience with an HTC?
captcha: cellular
My HTC One makes the Samsung Galaxy look like a kid's plastic toy in terms of construction quality. I've no idea why people rate Samsung so highly, their phones look as though they'd disintegrate if you put them down on a table too hard.
People only use it to catch up on old high school aquaintences to see how fucked up their lives are now they are adults.
Yes, people often forget about the valuable aid to stalking that facebook has become. Any replacement would need to replicate that functionality if nothing else.
When I do sign in, I just scan over some of the stupid shit my family and acquaintances are doing. Occasionally, I'll sign in to post a petition to kill bankers, or kill pharmaceutical corporate officers, or kill all lawyers and politicians
So your family and friends posting photos of interest, discussing topics of mutual interest or just having a few giggles is "stupid shit" but signing a totally meaningless and juvenile petition to kill strangers is somehow a good use of your time and the resources of the internet?
Because you could connect with classmates that you didn't necessarily know. There was a good 18-month period where FB was very useful for setting up study sessions and whatnot.
Maybe US colleges are different than here in the UK, but how fucking difficult is it to talk to people in your class? Out of all the times in your life, college is where it's easiest to meet new people.
Christ knows what you were like when you started working, did you literally never talk to any of your colleagues except over the internet? Even if they were sitting next to you?
But if you're looking for a relatively free country, a country with relatively low taxes, or a country with a lot of opportunity you aren't going to do much better than the US.
The main area of freedom where the US leads the world is the freedom to own many guns, which is irrelevant to all but a handful of people in the rest of the civilised world.
And high taxes never stopped anyone succeeding, it just means they have to pay some of their wealth back into supporting society. There are plenty of entrepreneurs in Scandinavia, or wherever.
As an example, back in the late '60s and early '70s there were an awful lot of angry young sheeple bleating, "Hell no, we won't go!" because they were only interested in what their country could do for them and weren't willing to do anything for their country
The opposition to the war in Vietnam wasn't just a case of people being scared to fight. It was massively unpopular for very good reasons, including the fact that it was unwinnable without actually flattening Vietnam and killing everyone there, and it served no useful purpose other than cock-waving at the Evil Commies.
I'm more disappointed at the lack of similar protests by people over the Iraq war. Or perhaps it's just that politicians don't even pretend to listen any more.
Sir, I spent my childhood being shot at and living in the woods, under a pile of 2x4s and a tarp, and my toilet was a hole in the ground. So don't talk to me about your "trailer park" growing up.
Repeating something more and more loudly doesn't make it true.
If the economy is up the spout and there are lots of unemployed people around, you cannot necessarily get a job at all, never mind one that is the start of an actual career.
Yes, some people will succeed - of course they will by definition unless there's 100% unemployment. That doesn't mean they're any more intelligent, hard working or anything else apart from lucky.
The whole fucking point of capitalism is that the worse the economy, the higher the unemployment, and the easier it is for companies to screw workers. Right up to the point where no one's got any money left to spend on food even, and the riots begin.
If you want to make your life better, that's on you: it won't be handed to you. You can make your life better, but only if you're willing to change. You have to change you, not the world.
What fucking Christmas cracker did you get that gem from?
Next you'll be telling us that our children are the future, and that learning to love yourself is the greatest love of all.
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I'm confused.
Owning a plushie and a couple of figures, watching the show, visiting internet forums would imply "big fan" to most people. None of those and even all of them together implies any kind of inteference with "life" as you put it.
None of these things are a bad thing to do with your life if you are an eight year old girl.
If you're a 40 year old man, sorry, it's just weird. I know at this point the slashdot libertarians will bring out the "you should be free to do anything you like as long as it doesn't harm others" card.
Fine, I didn't say it should be illegal. I just think that, taken seriously and not as a camp joke, being a brony is going to make people think you are weird. That's your right, but it is ridiculous to pretend you don't see why it's weird.
Still though I wouldn't be caught dead wearing pink.
I'm no fan of bronies, but that is just silly machismo bollocks.
A nice pink shirt and tie are part of every gentleman's wardrobe, unless he is a closet homosexual.
> In short, you can like my little pony all you want. But when you go so far as to modify your life such that it now revolves around that show, and you feel compelled to convert others to your obcesson, then there is a problem.
What about religious people whose lives revolve around the religion and they try to convert others to the religion?
You're right, that's a (slightly different) problem too.
Wish I had mod points.
Wish I had ponies...OH SHIT!
So if a girl likes a guy thing like football or wearing pants that aren't skirts, that's normal.
But if a guy likes a girl thing, it's clinical fixation disorder.
You are what is wrong with society.
There's a difference between an adult guy liking an adult girl thing and an adult guy liking a girl child thing.
I've watched all sorts of crap with my kids over the years, but I wouldn't search it out to watch in adult company. This applies equally to Barbie and Ben 10, it's not a sexist thing.
At 12000 feet, I exited the vehicle and went tracking for about half a mile before deploying my parachute.
Parachute? I bet it's made out of silk like a big girl's blouse.
Real men rely on chance interactions with trees or washing lines to break their fall.
Although I have strong theoretical objections to extra-judicial executions, in the cases of bronies I would be glad to make an exception.
It does what they want (sharing photos of kids and dogs, spreading incredibly dumb chain-letter type communications, and internet meme/groupthink)
So if it's some psychotic geek on reddit or 4chan it's cool to keep reduplicating memes, but if a pleb on facebook does it it's dumb?
I'm living in a podunk midwestern town at the moment, where it's normal for people in their 20s and 30s not to have a smartphone or even an iPod. Despite never going out besides the gym or groceries, I still managed to overhear a conversation about how the gym owner and another woman hate Facebook and even how the security policies change so often that setting things to private doesn't mean anything. I don't think Facebook comprehend how much reach their dickish behavior has had.
The almost hyper-realism of your anecdote certainly had me convinced. It was almost as though I was there listening to these two non-geeks bitch and whine about security policies and online privacy concerns. I'm surprised they didn't mention their favourite Linux distro and how fucking awesome bitcoins are too.
HTC - Horrible Taiwanese Crap
Seriously has anyone ever had a positive experience with an HTC?
captcha: cellular
My HTC One makes the Samsung Galaxy look like a kid's plastic toy in terms of construction quality. I've no idea why people rate Samsung so highly, their phones look as though they'd disintegrate if you put them down on a table too hard.
People only use it to catch up on old high school aquaintences to see how fucked up their lives are now they are adults.
Yes, people often forget about the valuable aid to stalking that facebook has become. Any replacement would need to replicate that functionality if nothing else.
When I do sign in, I just scan over some of the stupid shit my family and acquaintances are doing. Occasionally, I'll sign in to post a petition to kill bankers, or kill pharmaceutical corporate officers, or kill all lawyers and politicians
So your family and friends posting photos of interest, discussing topics of mutual interest or just having a few giggles is "stupid shit" but signing a totally meaningless and juvenile petition to kill strangers is somehow a good use of your time and the resources of the internet?
Gotcha.
Because you could connect with classmates that you didn't necessarily know. There was a good 18-month period where FB was very useful for setting up study sessions and whatnot.
Maybe US colleges are different than here in the UK, but how fucking difficult is it to talk to people in your class? Out of all the times in your life, college is where it's easiest to meet new people.
Christ knows what you were like when you started working, did you literally never talk to any of your colleagues except over the internet? Even if they were sitting next to you?
Everybody hates it and everybody uses it? That doesn't make any sense.
Really? Because everybody hates driving in rush hour traffic, and pretty much everybody has to.
(Yes, I'm being Amerocentric)
Unless everyone were forced to use facebook for their work, your analogy is profoundly unhelpful, verging on idiotic.
Everybody hates it and everybody uses it? That doesn't make any sense.
Mind = Blown @ how much you must think everyone loves the shitter...
Last time I checked, shitting wasn't optional.
I think you're wrong. Most people I know under 40 use facebook every day.
Everybody hates Facebook - they only use it because everyone else does and they have to use it to keep in touch.
The last time I checked, no government in the world had made signing up for facebook a legal requirement.
To say you're a follower of fashion then moan about people following fashion is...illogical.
But if you're looking for a relatively free country, a country with relatively low taxes, or a country with a lot of opportunity you aren't going to do much better than the US.
The main area of freedom where the US leads the world is the freedom to own many guns, which is irrelevant to all but a handful of people in the rest of the civilised world.
And high taxes never stopped anyone succeeding, it just means they have to pay some of their wealth back into supporting society. There are plenty of entrepreneurs in Scandinavia, or wherever.
As an example, back in the late '60s and early '70s there were an awful lot of angry young sheeple bleating, "Hell no, we won't go!" because they were only interested in what their country could do for them and weren't willing to do anything for their country
The opposition to the war in Vietnam wasn't just a case of people being scared to fight. It was massively unpopular for very good reasons, including the fact that it was unwinnable without actually flattening Vietnam and killing everyone there, and it served no useful purpose other than cock-waving at the Evil Commies.
I'm more disappointed at the lack of similar protests by people over the Iraq war. Or perhaps it's just that politicians don't even pretend to listen any more.
Paris, the city of lovers, where the subways smell like shit soaked in piss and marinated in a slurry of decomposition.
Where opportunity flows freely, unless you are over age 40.
If you're still waiting for opportunities at 40 you're fucked in most places in the world.
Sir, I spent my childhood being shot at and living in the woods, under a pile of 2x4s and a tarp, and my toilet was a hole in the ground. So don't talk to me about your "trailer park" growing up.
We used to dream of having a tarp...
Sorry.
what I'm yelling is: "I did it, so can you".
Repeating something more and more loudly doesn't make it true.
If the economy is up the spout and there are lots of unemployed people around, you cannot necessarily get a job at all, never mind one that is the start of an actual career.
Yes, some people will succeed - of course they will by definition unless there's 100% unemployment. That doesn't mean they're any more intelligent, hard working or anything else apart from lucky.
The whole fucking point of capitalism is that the worse the economy, the higher the unemployment, and the easier it is for companies to screw workers. Right up to the point where no one's got any money left to spend on food even, and the riots begin.
If you want to make your life better, that's on you: it won't be handed to you. You can make your life better, but only if you're willing to change. You have to change you, not the world.
What fucking Christmas cracker did you get that gem from?
Next you'll be telling us that our children are the future, and that learning to love yourself is the greatest love of all.
You don't need to insult someone to get your point across
Some people and opinions deserve to be insulted.
"If Adolf Hitler was here today // they'd send a limousine anyway".