I don't quite know what he's thinking about when he talks of manhood but if fictional talking horses are enough to bring it to its knees it's probably not worth worrying about.
This is hilarious, but by far the best part is this
Makes me want to wretch
Definition of WRETCH 1 : a miserable person : one who is profoundly unhappy or in great misfortune 2 : a base, despicable, or vile person
Yeah, sounds a lot like him, really butthurt... at the very least if he is going to write an article, he might as well know the difference between "wretch" and "retch".
Seekster: What the crap is a Bronie? From what I gather it seems to be related to some recent reboot of My Little Pony I don't know. In any case I don't really see the problem.
Go out and meet a Real Bronie and then tell me whether or not there's a problem.
Seekster: What the crap is a Bronie? From what I gather it seems to be related to some recent reboot of My Little Pony I don't know. In any case I don't really see the problem.
Go out and meet a Real Bronie and then tell me whether or not there's a problem.
I may have already but I dont know what a Bronie is and I am starting to not care.
Seekster: What the crap is a Bronie? From what I gather it seems to be related to some recent reboot of My Little Pony I don't know. In any case I don't really see the problem.
Go out and meet a Real Bronie and then tell me whether or not there's a problem.
I may have already but I dont know what a Bronie is and I am starting to not care.
A full grown man......that likes an animated show about ponies.......
Aris Khandr: It seems to me that if "American Manhood" is such a weak, sickly thing that it can be threatened by pastel ponies, perhaps it deserves to die out. What's so great about manhood anyway?
I have to agree.
I mean, American Manhood seems so weak compared to regular manhood.
Regular manhood = Do what you want, like what you want, be secure in who you are no matter what you like.
American Manhood = Do what I want, like what I want, because I can't be secure in myself if I see anything that doesn't match with my worldview.
They call themselves "bronies," a terrifying hybrid of "bros" and "ponies."
Bronies are not sufficiently terrifying.
If they were, I might actually pay attention to that show. But as it stands...I'm sticking to much better shows aimed at young girls like H2O: Just add water...or somewhat better shows aimed at young girls like The Elephant Princess.
thaluikhain: ...or somewhat better shows aimed at young girls like The Elephant Princess.
I've heard good things about that show. I've also heard it went to crap after season one. Mind if I ask your opinion on both?
I've not seen season 2, and only a few episodes of season 1, so I can't really say.
There's a lot of the usual running around trying to hide magicky things from friends and family who don't know about them, and the misunderstandings this cause, which makes sense but it keeps popping up in shows like this (same thing A LOT in H2O, by the same producer, for example), it gets tired. Also, it seems people assumed that a magical kingdom ruled by a monarchy that keeps the peasants in check with laws that were supposedly to be funny by being terrible is an inherently good thing.
On the other hand, it's good a great OtT bad guy with a goatie beard. That cures many ills.
And, yeah, a princess with magic powers from an Indian themed kingdom who has a strong New Zealand accent who rides about on an elephant which is also magic and can teleport or become invisible...what's not to like?
I might be a bit biased, though, because the very first episode I saw turned out to be a lot better than the later ones I watched, mind.
Aris Khandr: It seems to me that if "American Manhood" is such a weak, sickly thing that it can be threatened by pastel ponies, perhaps it deserves to die out. What's so great about manhood anyway?
I have to agree.
I mean, American Manhood seems so weak compared to regular manhood.
Regular manhood = Do what you want, like what you want, be secure in who you are no matter what you like.
American Manhood = Do what I want, like what I want, because I can't be secure in myself if I see anything that doesn't match with my worldview.
You also forgot FOOTBALL! Dressing up as football players, watching a slow game with constant stops in the action with players wearing several tons of safety gear, making a large metagame around your favorite players!
Not G. Ivingname: You also forgot FOOTBALL! Dressing up as football players, watching a slow game with constant stops in the action with players wearing several tons of safety gear, making a large metagame around your favorite players!
Now that is MANLY! D:<
Just saying. I'm about as far from "manly" as you can get (being a girl and all), and I still understand what is and is not a football.
Aris Khandr: It seems to me that if "American Manhood" is such a weak, sickly thing that it can be threatened by pastel ponies, perhaps it deserves to die out. What's so great about manhood anyway?
I have to agree.
I mean, American Manhood seems so weak compared to regular manhood.
Regular manhood = Do what you want, like what you want, be secure in who you are no matter what you like.
American Manhood = Do what I want, like what I want, because I can't be secure in myself if I see anything that doesn't match with my worldview.
You also forgot FOOTBALL! Dressing up as football players, watching a slow game with constant stops in the action with players wearing several tons of safety gear, making a large metagame around your favorite players!
Now that is MANLY! D:<
Not to say, how can football in all that safety gear be less manly than rugby where they do pretty much the same thing more or less wearing nothing like that. Seriously, those dudes are a tad crazy if you ask me.
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Yup... Fluttershy.
I play rugby as a prop: The prop's are the ones on either end... the big guys hitting eachother...
I also tend to break up fights and am not afraid to hurt people if the circumstances deem it to be the best course of action for the majority of people, though a diplomatic solution is significantly better.
Liking MLP affects your "manliness". Bullshit of the highest order xD
A few questions first tight or loosehead? second who are the guys in white? it doesn't look like any England kit i can recall. And a random third observation the white teams binding is woefull.
Tanner The Monotone: A full grown man......that likes an animated show about ponies.......
And that's a problem?
For some people, yes. Look around at The Escapist whenever someone says that they enjoyed a game that some section of gamers didn't. Watch the flames ensue. There are a lot of people in this world who just cannot get over the fact that somewhere out there is a person who doesn't (dis)like the same things that they (dis)like.
jimborious: A few questions first tight or loosehead? second who are the guys in white? it doesn't look like any England kit i can recall. And a random third observation the white teams binding is woefull.
Number 3, tighthead.
Not a fucking clue who those guys are, either side. I merely google searched for an image of a (clear) scrum, to show those who don't know what a scrum is. It's basically as if two sumo's were thrown a ball and each pushed to get it and get it with thei legs... except it's multiple people :P
Also looking at each teams legs I'd say the green team were a lot more ready for the push than whites >.> The whites could have won that but they wouldn't win the game through the bloody scrums with those guys xD
Not G. Ivingname: You also forgot FOOTBALL! Dressing up as football players, watching a slow game with constant stops in the action with players wearing several tons of safety gear, making a large metagame around your favorite players!
Now that is MANLY! D:<
Just saying. I'm about as far from "manly" as you can get (being a girl and all), and I still understand what is and is not a football.
funny thing though was that football was originally more like rughby and american football before they decided to add a no hands rule to game. so the new rules caused the variant with hands to be called "rugby football" and the other just football or soccer. us americans though did not change the names with the Europeans though. http://www.primermagazine.com/2009/field-manual/know-it-all-why-is-american-football-called-"football"
Not G. Ivingname: You also forgot FOOTBALL! Dressing up as football players, watching a slow game with constant stops in the action with players wearing several tons of safety gear, making a large metagame around your favorite players!
Now that is MANLY! D:<
Just saying. I'm about as far from "manly" as you can get (being a girl and all), and I still understand what is and is not a football.
Hey now, if you're going to get picky about the shape of the ball, at least call it what it is.
The term to use is oblate spheroid thank you very much, not egg, and the shape of a soccer/futbol ball would be technically that of a bucky ball. (odd name, I know, but that's what you get when naming things after architects)
BTW I'm not a brony, but considering how much Republicans of his type talk about how the government is trying to take away their freedom of belief he'd be a bit more okay with the 'to each their own'.
My mother always told me to only speak good of the dead.
I've often been curious as to why people say this. If a dead person was a douche, then they ought to be remembered as such so the living can try to be less like them.
That was the setup line to my flat joke in the following line.
jimborious: A few questions first tight or loosehead? second who are the guys in white? it doesn't look like any England kit i can recall. And a random third observation the white teams binding is woefull.
Number 3, tighthead.
Not a fucking clue who those guys are, either side. I merely google searched for an image of a (clear) scrum, to show those who don't know what a scrum is. It's basically as if two sumo's were thrown a ball and each pushed to get it and get it with thei legs... except it's multiple people :P
Also looking at each teams legs I'd say the green team were a lot more ready for the push than whites >.> The whites could have won that but they wouldn't win the game through the bloody scrums with those guys xD
Well the guys in Green are South Africa i just couldn't think of anyone apart from us who plays in white, Georgia maybe but i'm not sure. I think tight head might be the only position I haven't played, i'm normally a loosehead but I'm kind of a utility forward so I often pay as a flanker or lock, I must confess though that I hate propping but mostly because I'm 6'3 and our first team tighthead and hooker barely scrape 5'5 so you can imagine how much i have to contort myself in order to get low enough to keep the scrum level.
Even if fans of MLP couldn't possibly be 'manly', I fail to see how a minority of men not being 'manly' could be a threat to the 'manliness' of the rest of them. It's like saying that gay marriage is a threat to marriage.
Seanchaidh: Even if fans of MLP couldn't possibly be 'manly', I fail to see how a minority of men not being 'manly' could be a threat to the 'manliness' of the rest of them. It's like saying that gay marriage is a threat to marriage.
Just to point out, this guy beliefs that about gay marriage too.
EDIT: Huh. Maybe that's where the real threat of Bronies lies. It's not the Bronies themselves, it's the fear and worrying it instills in others that is threatening to American manhood. Man up, American manhood.
jimborious: A few questions first tight or loosehead? second who are the guys in white? it doesn't look like any England kit i can recall. And a random third observation the white teams binding is woefull.
Number 3, tighthead.
Not a fucking clue who those guys are, either side. I merely google searched for an image of a (clear) scrum, to show those who don't know what a scrum is. It's basically as if two sumo's were thrown a ball and each pushed to get it and get it with thei legs... except it's multiple people :P
Also looking at each teams legs I'd say the green team were a lot more ready for the push than whites >.> The whites could have won that but they wouldn't win the game through the bloody scrums with those guys xD
Eeeep, I don't envy you chief, I had to drop my regular slot as number 8 to stand in for our tight prop once back in school, and the gimps on the opposing side kept collapsing the scrum; my neck was agony for a month(ironically, a week after coming back in my regular "safe" 8 spot, I took a bad tackle that put me out for good :P).
Seanchaidh: Even if fans of MLP couldn't possibly be 'manly', I fail to see how a minority of men not being 'manly' could be a threat to the 'manliness' of the rest of them. It's like saying that gay marriage is a threat to marriage.
This sort of conservative tends to be deathly afraid of Gay Cooties. :-P
I don't quite know what he's thinking about when he talks of manhood but if fictional talking horses are enough to bring it to its knees it's probably not worth worrying about.