US Air Force Confirms Existence of "Brony" Squadron

[gmaverick019_v1legacy]

Well, they're called logical fallacies for a reason... they don't follow a line of logic. A strawman argument does nothing to further the conversation or address the issues at hand, hence why people call it out.

oh i understand, and most of the time people are right, but there are times when people even use those wrong, or claim straw man when it really isn't a straw man, and then the argument becomes fuddled over "nuh uh!" and "yeah huh!" rather than what the argument/discussion was originally about. There have been pages of arguments that have had this happen numerous times, and it gets old reading that.


following into that, my own feelings on it:

I just don't like how often people resort to using it, it's like they have a special macro'd keyboard with all the logical fallacies on it, and people are just ready to pounce on anyone just so they can use it regardless of their own opinion on the matter or what the person even truly said/meant.

 

[gmaverick019_v1legacy]

snip.

ah darn, I missed the one, their always has to be that one debbie downer -_-

their needs to be a party pooper badge that can be dubbed to such people.

 

[Neverhoodian]

The Air Force just got 20% cooler.

Secondly... this is not the 41st century, there is no God-Emperor of Mankind, and the Ordos Malleus is not going to smite someone for liking My Little Pony. Calling them "Pony-Fags" isn't gonna help your side of the argument either.

I'd like to apologize on behalf of the more easygoing Warhammer 40k fans for bibblles' outburst. I think some of us take the "burn the heretic" stance a little too seriously for our own good.

 

[Worgen]

I don't care about any argument made in favor of this bullshit. The ponies are an infectious plague, and will be dealt with as such.

Inquisitor Applejack frowns upon on your shenanigans.

No matter how much 40k stuff you post, I can counter it with cooler pony 40k stuff, its fun.

 

[Yuuki]

This thread is a bit depressing, but thankfully people like Bibblles are rare (at least as far as these forums go).

So a bunch of airforce pilots express their love for a certain show, and some others are looking down on them for it? For being fans of something? Really? Are they not allowed to be fans now? Does that diminish their ability to do their fucking job? Does that make them lesser humans?

Or is it because they are pilots who are earning a lot of money and the ones mocking them are just too insecure about themselves to accept the fact that different people like different things?

I can't really fathom the hatred on someone whey they express their fandom for something, especially as something as utterly harmless as My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic. If someone says they are fans of the Nazi's then yeah, feel free to hate them, but disrespecting/insulting them for being a fan of a cartoon show? That's pretty much the definition of immaturity.

 

[kael013]

Well at least it's not in the RAF, so I still have some respect for the pilots protecting my country.

Well at least the pilots in the USAF can show they aren't uptight all the time while still being professional, so I have respect for the pilots protecting my country [i/]because[/i] of this.

OT: Not much of a fan of the show (I only hang around bronies for the dubstep and the cupcakes), but this is pretty funny. However, the patch design is pretty weak; they should have had the rainboom [http://images.wikia.com/mlp/images/6/65/Rainbow_Dash_Atomic_Rainboom_Explosion_S2E3.png] on it [i/]somewhere[/i]. Way to miss an opportunity guys.

EDIT:

Inquisitor Applejack frowns upon on your shenanigans.

Oh dear God-Emperor. That is hilarious!

 

[Thaluikhain]

Firstly, you just know there is at least one pilot there who really, really hates ponies.

Secondly...can't help but imagine what'd happen if one of those planes crashed into a hillside or something. Lot of weird news reports that day.

Third, about the Brony thing...eh? I can definitely sympathise with people fed up with all the friendship and love and being pissed off that Derpy Hooves got redone so we aren't laughing at the mentally handicapped. But otherwise it's just another reasonable show with legions of devoted fans. They aren't any worse than people that like Firefly.

 

[Proeliator]

This is freaking hilarious.
But... but... I wanted my unit to be the first with pony patches.
Damn. I'll have to rectify this somehow. First wonderbolts unit? eh.

 

[gmaverick019_v1legacy]

Well, they're called logical fallacies for a reason... they don't follow a line of logic. A strawman argument does nothing to further the conversation or address the issues at hand, hence why people call it out.

oh i understand, and most of the time people are right, but there are times when people even use those wrong, or claim straw man when it really isn't a straw man, and then the argument becomes fuddled over "nuh uh!" and "yeah huh!" rather than what the argument/discussion was originally about. There have been pages of arguments that have had this happen numerous times, and it gets old reading that.


following into that, my own feelings on it:

I just don't like how often people resort to using it, it's like they have a special macro'd keyboard with all the logical fallacies on it, and people are just ready to pounce on anyone just so they can use it regardless of their own opinion on the matter or what the person even truly said/meant.

Well, the Escapist does have that ever ominous "elitist" tag for a reason. People like to sound smarter than they actually are.

True, and I prefer to just keep things short, simple, and to the point. Probably why I scratch my head in confusion sometimes reading posts on here, even if the person might be highly intelligent. (don't know if you've ever seen, but those polls/threads where people ask how high the I.Q. is of each escapist member, it was off the charts in genius territory -_- )

still, not use making a mountain out of a molehill, was just chiming in with a couple pennies of my own agreeing with dragmire.

 

[Worgen]

Well at least it's not in the RAF, so I still have some respect for the pilots protecting my country.

Well at least the pilots in the USAF can show they aren't uptight all the time while still being professional, so I have respect for the pilots protecting my country [i/]because[/i] of this.

OT: Not much of a fan of the show (I only hang around bronies for the dubstep and the cupcakes), but this is pretty funny. However, the patch design is pretty weak; they should have had the rainboom [http://images.wikia.com/mlp/images/6/65/Rainbow_Dash_Atomic_Rainboom_Explosion_S2E3.png] on it [i/]somewhere[/i]. Way to miss an opportunity guys.

EDIT:

Inquisitor Applejack frowns upon on your shenanigans.

Oh dear God-Emperor. That is hilarious!

There are a ton of great pony 40k pics out there, here are a few

Spoiler

 

[Dalisclock]

I'm amused by the fact that either the base CO or XO approved this at some point.

 

[GryffinDarkBreed]

Well at least it's not in the RAF, so I still have some respect for the pilots protecting my country.

Pff. Just means 'your' country's airmen are too insecure in their masculinity to admit to watching ponies. Which they do. I can guarantee it.

 

[GryffinDarkBreed]

Resistance is futile. You will be friendsimilated.
Does anyone have a borg Pinkie on hand?

But IceForce, Bronies are known to be one of the more infectious fandoms, and others can find that irritating. It's like Homestruck if everyone attempted to make trolls out of EVERYTHING.

You mean to imply that those Homestuck creepers DON'T push that shit everywhere they go? Last I checked, they do. Thank god that stuff isn't that popular.

 

[Imp_Emissary]

I don't know whether to sigh, lie down and cry myself to sleep or be genuinely impressed.

Why not all 3?

OT: Well this is certainly interesting for sure. Now to wait for the Adventure Time Squad to appear in the Army. ^.^
...it can happen.

Calling it!
Army squad out there is playing a DnD game, set in the world of OOO.

Anyone else hope they go to that crater sometime in the show?

 

[Timedraven 117]

So your saying the pilots in your country are too wussy to like ponies? Its ok, not every county can be manly.

Oh here we go...

The old "You're just too insecure in your masculinity to appreciate some colourful ponies" argument.

I'm sorry, but no. It's a show that is literally made to sell little plastic horses to little girls. Like it if you want, but don't act like you're some kind of paragon of masculinity for doing so.

It does sounds like you are too insecure in your masculinity to appreciate some colorful ponies. Seriously, that sounds like your argument. "Men should only like manly things." My argument is "if you always take the path of least resistance, are you really a man?"

Newsflash, everything is designed to make money. The new mlp was actually designed around that a bit less than most toyetic things. It was greenlit to sell toys but the creative team behind it was interested in more.

I would pay money for this. No joke i would pay for a kickstarter of this.

Anyways OT:

Its interesting to see, i was expecting a different patch but it was chosen ironically, although i wonder if any of them have actually seen Rainbow Dash. All honesty in real life she would be with the Blue Angels I think.