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  1. John Caplan ponyshock

    !utahbronies Hey Everypony, sorry there hasn't been too much activity in our group lately. I wanted to let you know that there will be a meetup at Liberty Park on September 24th. It will be from 12:00 - 5:00 Pm. Hope to see you there. If you have any questions, let me know.

    Saturday, 10-Sep-11 20:19:05 UTC from web
    1. jimbox13 gabumon

      @ponyshock !utahbronies so what do you bring to a Brony meet up? Food? Toys? Family?

      Monday, 12-Sep-11 03:52:16 UTC from web
      1. Dranz E. Pants dranzypants

        @gabumon At the last Brony meetup, some people brought a pony or two. One dude even brought the Pinkie Pie bubble thingy. Same guy had a scrapbook-thing. So, nothing too fancy. Are you coming down for it, man?

        Tuesday, 13-Sep-11 21:38:39 UTC from web
        1. jimbox13 gabumon

          @dranzypants I'm gonna try to make it to the meet up. That's a wide time slot! Is someone bringing a frisbee or lawn darts? Or croquet? If I make it I'll be bringing Pony toys, customs and some TFs too! And Rainbow themed treats. !utahbronies

          Sunday, 18-Sep-11 14:49:30 UTC from web
          1. Austin Clift eliaphir

            @gabumon !utahbronies can't wait to see ya! So far I haven't heard about a frisbee or lawn darts, but I'll probably be bringing (if I'm able to attend) a giant fox and some balls. :D

            Monday, 19-Sep-11 14:42:28 UTC from web
            1. jimbox13 gabumon

              @eliaphir a gaint fox?

              Monday, 19-Sep-11 14:46:50 UTC from web
              1. Austin Clift eliaphir

                @gabumon Mhm. :) My roommate might wear is fursuit to the meet.

                Monday, 19-Sep-11 18:29:09 UTC from web
                1. Eat me, I ain't telling you. quetzalcoatl

                  @eliaphir what? Why?

                  Monday, 19-Sep-11 18:41:44 UTC from StatusNet iPhone
                  1. Austin Clift eliaphir

                    @quetzalcoatl Cause it's cute and fun. :)

                    Monday, 19-Sep-11 18:42:18 UTC from web
                    1. Eat me, I ain't telling you. quetzalcoatl

                      @eliaphir I don't think it's appropriate for brony meetups, though.

                      Monday, 19-Sep-11 18:43:18 UTC from StatusNet iPhone
                      1. Austin Clift eliaphir

                        @quetzalcoatl So? It gives the meetup something more than just playing with toys and watching the show.

                        Monday, 19-Sep-11 18:44:48 UTC from web
                        1. Eat me, I ain't telling you. quetzalcoatl

                          @eliaphir I know as soon as our favorite anti-bronies over on 4chan get a hold of a picture of that, though... We're gonna get cherries on.

                          Monday, 19-Sep-11 18:46:36 UTC from StatusNet iPhone
                          1. Austin Clift eliaphir

                            @quetzalcoatl Then grow a thick skin? To let any of that affect ya is really... pitiful. ;)

                            Monday, 19-Sep-11 18:47:23 UTC from web
                            1. Eat me, I ain't telling you. quetzalcoatl

                              @eliaphir meh, just saiyan

                              Monday, 19-Sep-11 18:48:17 UTC from StatusNet iPhone
                        2. Captain James T. Awesome of The Intergalactic House of Waffles colfax

                          @eliaphir Yeah, it helps cement the wholoe "brony = freak" thing that some people are trying to avoid

                          Monday, 19-Sep-11 18:47:34 UTC from StatusNet Desktop
                          1. Austin Clift eliaphir

                            @colfax Oh please. By that you're calling furries freaks. What happened to friendship and all that? As far as I'm concerned, bronies are just a subcategory of furry.

                            Monday, 19-Sep-11 18:51:09 UTC from web
                            1. Brendan haganbmj

                              @eliaphir I disagree with this. Liking ponies does not imply that you subscribe to or like the furry culture.

                              Monday, 19-Sep-11 18:52:21 UTC from web
                              1. Austin Clift eliaphir

                                @haganbmj Oh please. MLP = anthro ponies. It's pretty much the same thing but people have set up a different label.

                                Monday, 19-Sep-11 18:53:05 UTC from web
                                1. Brendan haganbmj

                                  @eliaphir Does that mean that anyone who likes classic disney movie characters (animal-wise I mean) should be a furry?

                                  Monday, 19-Sep-11 18:54:36 UTC from web
                                  1. Austin Clift eliaphir

                                    @haganbmj Not per say, whether they choose to associate or not. I'm just saying the communities are pretty much the same.

                                    Monday, 19-Sep-11 18:56:39 UTC from web
                                    1. Brendan haganbmj

                                      @eliaphir As a bit of background here, I don't subscribe to the furry fandom. I do however enjoy a lot of the art that comes out of it. I have no problem with a link between the two, but I wish to point out that one does not imply the other (or vice-versa). The communities, while they share some characteristics, are not explicitly linked - and you'll see people on both sides that will try and dissociate the two (regardless of whether a link is present or not). ~ I'm bothered by generalizations and such, I've ranted on this kind of thing before (not just in the mlp community), and it's a personal feeling of mine.

                                      Monday, 19-Sep-11 18:59:28 UTC from web
                                      1. Austin Clift eliaphir

                                        @haganbmj both have porn, both use the case of anthropomorphics, each create personas, both have suits to express the interest. Sounds the same to me. *shrugs*

                                        Monday, 19-Sep-11 19:00:55 UTC from web
                                        1. Brendan haganbmj

                                          @eliaphir True. Each is a separate entity however with similar traits or means of expression. Your initial statement was that one implied the other.

                                          Monday, 19-Sep-11 19:02:43 UTC from web
                                          1. Austin Clift eliaphir

                                            @haganbmj To intertwined to call it separate, but whatever. Because of these similarities I think it's perfectly suitable to bring a little furry into the brony meetups. Just like it's perfectly suitable to bring a little brony in furry meetups.

                                            Monday, 19-Sep-11 19:05:23 UTC from web
                                            1. Eat me, I ain't telling you. quetzalcoatl

                                              @eliaphir oh, well, there's definitely an overlap.

                                              Monday, 19-Sep-11 19:07:27 UTC from StatusNet iPhone
                                        2. Eat me, I ain't telling you. quetzalcoatl

                                          @eliaphir and all fandoms have cosplay and fan characters and rule 34. It's just an internet thang.

                                          Monday, 19-Sep-11 19:04:06 UTC from StatusNet iPhone
                                    2. Eat me, I ain't telling you. quetzalcoatl

                                      @eliaphir most fandoms are pretty similar, whether they'd want to admit it or not. It's the subject matter that matters. Where a furry would most likely be concerned with the fact that the characters in the show are talking animals, to the rest of us, it's more about the characters' personalities and interactions and the writing. I'd still watch this show if it was about banana slugs or wood chips or even discarded candy wrappers.

                                      Monday, 19-Sep-11 19:02:07 UTC from StatusNet iPhone
                                      1. Brendan haganbmj

                                        @quetzalcoatl @eliaphir And that right there is the statement of the day. Bronies are fans of the show (at least a good majority are) - and would be regardless of the anthromorphic (or not) state of the characters.

                                        Monday, 19-Sep-11 19:03:46 UTC from web
                                        1. Austin Clift eliaphir

                                          @haganbmj Assumptions assumptions. :O

                                          Monday, 19-Sep-11 19:05:57 UTC from web
                                          1. Brendan haganbmj

                                            @eliaphir What's your assumption? Like MLP => Like Anthromorphics => Furry

                                            Monday, 19-Sep-11 19:06:54 UTC from web
                                            1. Austin Clift eliaphir

                                              @haganbmj MLP is anthro. Anthro is the art form of the fandom (not exclusive, but that's the art form the fandom likes), communities are similar to the point of being indistinguishable.

                                              Monday, 19-Sep-11 19:09:23 UTC from web
                                              1. Brendan haganbmj

                                                @eliaphir *sigh* My point still remains that one does not imply the other.

                                                Monday, 19-Sep-11 19:10:34 UTC from web
                                                1. Austin Clift eliaphir

                                                  @haganbmj Whatever. *shrugs* I just think it's petty to be so against the combination of communities. So many anti-furry on bronies end, and so many anti-brony on the furries ends. When will you guys just shut up? :O

                                                  Monday, 19-Sep-11 19:12:45 UTC from web
                                                  1. Tristen Roccaforte alphakirby

                                                    @eliaphir When the world ends. War...war never changes...

                                                    Monday, 19-Sep-11 19:13:58 UTC from web
                                                  2. Brendan haganbmj

                                                    @eliaphir Haha, and that was my point initially. If people would just stop trying to generalize and link things then we wouldn't be having these conversations. ~ What does it really matter if they're linked or not?

                                                    Monday, 19-Sep-11 19:14:05 UTC from web
                                                    1. Austin Clift eliaphir

                                                      @haganbmj They're linked because they are. *shrugs* people just need to accept that.

                                                      Monday, 19-Sep-11 19:15:17 UTC from web
                                                      1. Brendan haganbmj

                                                        @eliaphir What's your stance. Is the link a positive, negative, or neutral thing.

                                                        Monday, 19-Sep-11 19:17:00 UTC from web
                                                        1. Austin Clift eliaphir

                                                          @haganbmj It's a positive thing. A sub-community will only benefit from a larger community that has been in existence longer.

                                                          Monday, 19-Sep-11 19:18:14 UTC from web
                                                          1. Brendan haganbmj

                                                            @eliaphir Awesome, haha :D

                                                            Monday, 19-Sep-11 19:18:44 UTC from web
                                                          2. starlightbolt starlightbolt

                                                            @eliaphir NO! That's not true, I have been in many communities... and a certain community usually ends up joining in the community at it's peak. That certain community usually doesn't know how to keep their cherries separated and ends up, ruining the community I am apart of... well not so much ruining it as much as taking it over with their particular dumb murdock!!!

                                                            Tuesday, 20-Sep-11 03:45:05 UTC from web
                                                  3. Captain James T. Awesome of The Intergalactic House of Waffles colfax

                                                    @eliaphir See, more assumptions, you assume we're all anti-furry just because we don't agree with you.

                                                    Monday, 19-Sep-11 19:14:05 UTC from StatusNet Desktop
                                                    1. Austin Clift eliaphir

                                                      @colfax I just send that they were many, not all. ;) Re-read young one.

                                                      Monday, 19-Sep-11 19:14:49 UTC from web
                                                      1. Captain James T. Awesome of The Intergalactic House of Waffles colfax

                                                        @eliaphir You're amusing, once again assuming I'm younger than you.

                                                        Monday, 19-Sep-11 19:15:55 UTC from StatusNet Desktop
                                                        1. Austin Clift eliaphir

                                                          @colfax That statement had nothing to do with age with the way that I used it. Lawl

                                                          Monday, 19-Sep-11 19:17:31 UTC from web
                                          2. Captain James T. Awesome of The Intergalactic House of Waffles colfax

                                            @eliaphir And you keep making them.

                                            Monday, 19-Sep-11 19:07:32 UTC from StatusNet Desktop
                                      2. Austin Clift eliaphir

                                        @quetzalcoatl Oh please. That's based on an individual basis. To say all furries only care about the talking animals while to everyone else its' about the other merits about the show. Stop putting yourself above others, it's unbecoming. ;)

                                        Monday, 19-Sep-11 19:04:24 UTC from web
                                        1. Eat me, I ain't telling you. quetzalcoatl

                                          @eliaphir no no no, that isn't what I meant. I meant that talking animals are usually the main draw for furries. That's how you guys roll.

                                          Monday, 19-Sep-11 19:06:35 UTC from StatusNet iPhone
                                          1. Austin Clift eliaphir

                                            @quetzalcoatl And you know this, how? ;) I'm sure a lot of people would beg to differ. We like to base shows on its' personal merets as well.

                                            Monday, 19-Sep-11 19:08:28 UTC from web
                                            1. Eat me, I ain't telling you. quetzalcoatl

                                              @eliaphir but furries are a fandom for anthro animals of all levels. I'm not saying that's the only reason, but I am saying that it's what's most likely to get the average furry to bite.

                                              Monday, 19-Sep-11 19:10:22 UTC from StatusNet iPhone
                                              1. Austin Clift eliaphir

                                                @quetzalcoatl *shrugs* Could say the same about bronies. I see a lot who watch the show just because "OMG, the characters are cute little talking ponies."

                                                Monday, 19-Sep-11 19:11:38 UTC from web
                                                1. Eat me, I ain't telling you. quetzalcoatl

                                                  @eliaphir well, yeah, I do like the characters for being cute little ponies to some degree. But it just doesn't feel the same. I don't feel a spiritual connection to ponies or desire to be a pony on any real level. Every daydream and fantasy I've had about MLP and being in Equestria, I was still human. I even tried to make a ponysona, and all I got was a dull grey pegasus. I don't really know how to say it.

                                                  Monday, 19-Sep-11 19:17:26 UTC from StatusNet iPhone
                                                  1. Austin Clift eliaphir

                                                    @quetzalcoatl Not all furries have spiritual connections or anything. Some of them just like the art. :O

                                                    Monday, 19-Sep-11 19:18:45 UTC from web
                                                    1. Eat me, I ain't telling you. quetzalcoatl

                                                      @eliaphir well, then I guess I really just can't discern the absolute defining quality that makes one a furry. Everytime I engage this subject on a lot of different sites, it always comes to this. At this rate, I'm willing to believe that the only way to be a furry is to be a furry.

                                                      Monday, 19-Sep-11 19:25:22 UTC from StatusNet iPhone
                                                      1. Austin Clift eliaphir

                                                        @quetzalcoatl There you go.

                                                        Monday, 19-Sep-11 19:27:06 UTC from web
                                                        1. Eat me, I ain't telling you. quetzalcoatl

                                                          @eliaphir well, now that that's out of the way, who's up for tea?

                                                          Monday, 19-Sep-11 19:28:30 UTC from StatusNet iPhone
                                                          1. Tristen Roccaforte alphakirby

                                                            @quetzalcoatl Maybe later,I'm looking for a copy of the first season of FIM that won't eat up the last of my memory.

                                                            Monday, 19-Sep-11 19:30:26 UTC from web
                            2. Eat me, I ain't telling you. quetzalcoatl

                              @eliaphir not harping on furries or nothing, but no.

                              Monday, 19-Sep-11 18:52:58 UTC from StatusNet iPhone
                            3. Captain James T. Awesome of The Intergalactic House of Waffles colfax

                              @eliaphir No, I'm addressing some peoples PERCEPTIONS of furries.

                              Monday, 19-Sep-11 18:53:01 UTC from StatusNet Desktop
                              1. Austin Clift eliaphir

                                @colfax Ya'll need to grow a thicker skin then.

                                Monday, 19-Sep-11 18:59:10 UTC from web
                      2. M. Taylor derpytails

                        @quetzalcoatl Hey Aronld! Now that is a show that takes me WAY Back to when I was a Filly :D

                        Monday, 19-Sep-11 18:44:53 UTC from web
    2. Brendan haganbmj

      @ponydude2143 And such brings up another false generalization/stereotype

      Monday, 19-Sep-11 19:10:56 UTC from web
    3. Brendan haganbmj

      @ponydude2143 Yeah - That's all a good number of people will see though. Fursuits and porn. Reason being that they're easy to report on and will catch attention. They stand out against everything else as something different from the norm. No one cares about the normal people.

      Monday, 19-Sep-11 19:15:56 UTC from web
    4. Brendan haganbmj

      @ponydude2143 It's just how you look at it. People inside the anthro community will look to disassociate the perverted connotation ~ It's all your position and stance.

      Monday, 19-Sep-11 19:22:02 UTC from web
    5. powderbeignet powderbeignet

      @ponyshock Sweet, I'll bring some spiderman cupcakes. That said, Liberty Park is a big place. Is there anywhere in the park specifically that this is happening?

      Monday, 19-Sep-11 23:37:21 UTC from web

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