Regarding pony hate

[DJDarque]

People who can't participate in an argument or debate without resorting to macros, or just fall back on the "just watch it before hating it" with YouTube links. Stop it. You're not helping.

I vaguely disagree. It's one of the best arguments you can make. Nopony should actively dislike or even hate something they've had no experience with. if they watch it and don't like it, fair enough. But people really need to learn to make informed judgements and opinions instead of the "herpaderp is for leetle girls" nonsense they do now.
And no, not just for pony-based animation, but any bloody thing in life.

Except vegetarianism, that's just silly. Animals are delicious.

I get what your saying, but this is a cartoon show, not deciding who's going to rule your country for the next X years. Think realistically. If someone is dead set on hating the show than posting episodes and telling them to watch it isn't going to do anything but make them more upset and giving them more of an excuse to call you preachy.

 

[meepop]

So wait...People dislike it because of the FANS? Isn't that the same kind of unjustified hate with Twilight and Justin Bieber as well, though? Not that we dislike the thing in question, but the fans who support it? Correct me if I'm wrong, but both of those are ALSO forms of media that have been hated on for no reason, have they not? If you don't like something, don't watch it/observe it! This means that people don't hate the show, but the fans surrounding the show. I, for one, like the show.

 

[Innegativeion]

So every 3D model in a game is now a cartoon?

uuuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhh........... I heard putting words in your oppositions mouth is a good way to win an argument? We're talking fox mccloud not master chief

An animated anthropomorphic fox is generally regarded, by experts in the field mind you, to be a cartoon.

Though MC could be argued to be a cartoon too, considering how unrealistically he's portrayed.

 

[effilctar]

Also, most people on the escapist doesn't hate MLP. They do NOT care, at all. Haters and bronies are both a minority.

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.308046-Poll-Memes-you-find-annoying

As of the time of posting, of a sample of 322 Escapists, a more than reasonable sample size, 46.6%(150) find My Little Pony the most annoying. That's triple the second highest option which was the blanket option 'other'.

 

[Ninjasander]

I get what your saying, but this is a cartoon show, not deciding who's going to rule your country for the next X years. Think realistically. If someone is dead set on hating the show than posting episodes and telling them to watch it isn't going to do anything but make them more upset and giving them more of an excuse to call you preachy.

Honestly, that should just be common sense.

 

[blaqknoise]

This thread is going exactly the way I thought it would.

 

[El Luck]

I was going to write quite a longish post, however...

Threads like these showcase some of the reasons I am sometimes disappointed to be a part of the fandom. "Why do people hate us so much for no good reason? It's not like we've done anything to them." Get over the persecution complex. It's the real world. People like stuff and people hate stuff. MLP just happens to be the flavor of the month(s).

People who can't participate in an argument or debate without resorting to macros, or just fall back on the "just watch it before hating it" with YouTube links. Stop it. You're not helping.

"Bronies." No. Just no. I am a person who happens to like a show. I don't need to further segregate myself by adding a dumb moniker.

"Somepony," "Anypony," and "Nopony." For the love of [insert divine entity] stop. This is like nails on a chalkboard to my eyes, and I am one of you. I can't imagine how grating it must be for someone not in the loop.

I'm sorry if I disappoint you, but it needs to be said.

This post accurately sums up what I wanted to say, but I'll also add a few other bits I wanted to say. Watch it, enjoy it, fair play to ya, but do any of the above and I'm not paying attention to a word you have to say on anything.

The TV show however I really don't like for another reason and to sum that up very quickly because this isn't really the thread for it, is that I grew up with cartoons which MLP is trying to recreate and as far as I'm concerned it can't be done.

Also can we please stop saying that its down to popularity? "They hate it because its cool" is starting to become the clarion call of people who don't have a clue.

I'm going to bookmark this thread too, because I know this thread will be created again and I just want to quickly copy and paste what I (and the person I quoted wrote)

 

[Innegativeion]

Ok, first of all. Your villian simply threatened to cause harm. Andross destroyed nearly all life in the system and turned worlds into wastelands (look at Zoness, it is a planet filled with nothing but pollution and machinery).

He was on the verge of winning after he invaded Corneria before the Star Fox team came.

Any yes, Space ships are cooler and less childish than brightly coloured ponies who believe "friendship is magic".

Could have something to do with the cartoon being "slice of life" and not a war show. Are all sitcoms, reality shows, hell anything without guns, childish too?

Besides, Twilight beat a giant building-eating bear and a hydra with her bear hooves. I'd love to see fox try that.

qualifier: starfox is awesome, so is MLP:FiM

 

[Ninjasander]

Also, most people on the escapist doesn't hate MLP. They do NOT care, at all. Haters and bronies are both a minority.

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.308046-Poll-Memes-you-find-annoying

As of the time of posting, of a sample of 322 Escapists, a more than reasonable sample size, 46.6%(150) find My Little Pony the most annoying. That's triple the second highest option which was the blanket option 'other'.

Already aware of it. It's also just a MLP hate thread in disguise. And that thread does in no way represent the majority on the Escapist.

Did you know that the MLP usergroup on this site has 872 members while I'm writing this. It's also the 3rd largest group on this site.

 

[Dr.Sean]

Personally I hate anyone that uses something they didn't create to express or represent themselves.

 

[Ratlover]

Id say because you use words like bronie.

 

[TeeBs]

It's a show for 5 year old little girls; that now you, probably an older teenage are watching. I don't like it because most of you who watch this SHOW FOR 5 YEAR OLD LITTLE GIRLS are just people who are into it because the rest of the internet is, because you wanna fit in with a stupid ass group.

Everyone knows video games are just toys for little kids. Honestly I think it's pretty obvious that teens/adults who play video games are just sad, lonely, developmentally retarded shut-ins. Imagine if you devoted all that time and energy to something important, like football! Don't you know this computer games thing is just a fad that will blow over, and you'll be left with nothing but wasted time? If you don't believe me, just watch Fox News (the only news station that hasn't been bought out by corporate interests trying to push that poisonous hobby)!

If you're not being facetious, the stupidity of that comment is enough to make me lose faith in people.

Pokemon is marketed towards little boys, 5 year old little boys, everyone likes pokemon, must be some sort of conformist thing.

I must be one of those losers who think pokemon got boring when i was 10 and hate the pony thing.

Its the same deal though, you don't activities hate everyone with a pokemon avatar, nore does pokemon get any hate, why? because it generally accepted to be a quality Game, the TV show not so much but still, maybe you don't understand what we see in the show, but that isn't to say that lauren faust didn't try there best to make a good tv show, and much of us see that, we see passed the 5 year old asthetic and see whats good about it. Its Looney Tunes with a feminine paint job, and not stupid feminine ether, it has episodes that symbolize religion, racism, how we mistreated native americans and finding strength within ones self. I understand its not for everyone, but saying its not good, or note worthy because it just happened to be "aimed at little girl" is wrong. Its like saying every disney princess movie sucked. Im sorry you don't see what some of us see in it. Yes it is a very large group, and maybe some of us take it too far, but doesn't every group of fans have its bad apples?

 

[Lunar Templar]

It's because people have ponies as avatars. Ponies as avatars. On the Escapist. It's just... it's just going too far.

Not only did I pee myself from laughter, but I also burst my spleen and landed myself in the hospital.

I don't know why you're laughing this is a serious matter. I mean, consider.

There are people

on the Escapist

who have avatars

which contain characters

from the cartoon

My Little Pony.

...

Seriously, how much worse can it get? I don't know why the mods haven't cracked down on these people. The audacity they must have to pull off this heinous and criminal act. It's just sickening. I hope no children happen to glance at the screen while their parents/older siblings happen to be on. The mental scars they're carry through their life... nobody should be made to carry that burden.

the burden of? seeing a brightly colored cartoon pony, that may or may not be a Pegasus or unicorn, or both in rare cases

>.>

yes, a truly terrible thing, unlike the anime/videogame/manga/comic avatars every one else has the mods should crack down on them to, cause those can be just as scarring as the ponies

 

[Kukakkau]

It's really simple - the "bronies" who like it for some reason find it neccessary to post it everywhere, make memes out of it and just blow it out of proportion really

I mean come on if you say some silly nickname is what you are for liking something then it's gone too far

 

[Innegativeion]

I didn't put words in your mouth.

and now you're lying.

You said a 3D model is a cartoon which is a gross generalisation.

Didn't say that, though it IS true for the most part. 3D animation in video games isn't all that different from theatrical 3D animation, like in say, a pixar movie.

And if we go by your definition which is incredibly broad and covers all non-live action media, what is the problem with cartoons?

Putting more words in my mouth.

You talk about Fox as if he is on a higher plane of existence because he's animated using a 3D engine instead of photoshop. I said nothing ill of cartoons, I just want you to stop pretending an anthropomorphic fox is anything other than a cartoon.

 

[TeeBs]

Personally I hate anyone that uses something they didn't create to express or represent themselves.

Like i don't know, everything.

Im sorry this is a really dumb argument the same thing can be said about using Religion, Nationalism, Political Partys, Astrology signs, your favorite sports team, A hat that someone else is wearing also etc.