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#FunFact you can explain a million things you like about the show, but you will never be able to properly explain why you love it.
Sunday, 22-Apr-12 11:15:53 UTC from web-
@alargesmallhorse It's something that can't be conveyed easily through words. It's like describing the taste of salt to somepony who's never tasted it before.
Sunday, 22-Apr-12 11:19:20 UTC from web-
@pony Well it's one of those things where it's just unexplainable. It's more along the likes of how you will love a food, but someone else will hate it. You can explain all the flavors and you can explain the texture and everything, but they will never really understand why you like it. It's a personal preference I suppose.
Sunday, 22-Apr-12 11:21:17 UTC from web-
@alargesmallhorse I think you're right. I've taken a stab at explaining why the show has a large fan community, but in the end it's a personal thing. https://docs.google.com/document/d/183nA78rz96qAq3xcKuUdSpmzvz3CYSysD_Thwi14fh0/edit
Sunday, 22-Apr-12 11:24:08 UTC from web-
@pony When it's time for my paper I will just ask you and add the answers as an attachement. Some empirical data can't hurt.
Sunday, 22-Apr-12 11:26:19 UTC from web-
Sunday, 22-Apr-12 11:28:27 UTC from web
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@pony My professor has yet to agree on the topic, but I've already got a plan how to approach ot.
Sunday, 22-Apr-12 11:30:08 UTC from web-
@hakupony My instructor absolutely loved the idea. he used my topic as an example for the class throughout the semester. It put a lot of pressure on me to do my best.
Sunday, 22-Apr-12 11:31:49 UTC from web-
@pony Well, my professor is doing research about sex and gender in internet o I too have a bit of weight on my shoulders.
Sunday, 22-Apr-12 11:37:02 UTC from web-
@hakupony Likely story, professor!
Sunday, 22-Apr-12 11:37:58 UTC from web-
@pawnheart What do you want to say with that?
Sunday, 22-Apr-12 11:38:53 UTC from web-
@hakupony I was kidding! I just meant that his 'researching sex and gender on the internet' could easily be misread!
Sunday, 22-Apr-12 11:39:47 UTC from web-
@pawnheart i missed an double entendre? NOOOOOOO!!!!!
Sunday, 22-Apr-12 11:40:17 UTC from web-
@hakupony Ah, it wasn't a very good one, so don't worry!
Sunday, 22-Apr-12 11:40:47 UTC from web
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Sunday, 22-Apr-12 11:38:37 UTC from web
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@pony social pedagogy
Sunday, 22-Apr-12 11:39:45 UTC from web-
@hakupony though I didn't have the space to go into it at all, I included a source in my works cited that sounds relevant to that. It's called, "Internet Culture Influence and Strategy for Political and Ideological Education."
Sunday, 22-Apr-12 11:42:50 UTC from web-
@hakupony but it's from a journal called Asian Social Science so I don't know if it fits for European and American culture
Sunday, 22-Apr-12 11:44:26 UTC from web-
@pony It's even more confusing when you consider that "Asian" general has a different connotation in Europe or America. In the UK, "Asian" tends to refer to someone with an Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi heritage, whereas in the states, its more associated with a Japanese or Chinese heritage.
Sunday, 22-Apr-12 11:48:06 UTC from web-
Sunday, 22-Apr-12 11:49:34 UTC from web
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@pawnheart Wow, there was a lot of grammatical failure in that message. That... largely pointless message... anywaaaaaaaay...
Sunday, 22-Apr-12 11:49:57 UTC from web -
@pawnheart In Germany, it is connotated with China, Japan and India.
Sunday, 22-Apr-12 11:51:39 UTC from web-
@hakupony Ahh! I wondered how it varied through Europe...
Sunday, 22-Apr-12 11:54:55 UTC from web
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@pony I'll look into some of your sources but I must hold myself back. I neet theories from Foucault, Butler and Dawkins, a youth study and an approach on what social pedagogics actually is before I can even get started wih MLP and it's effects.
Sunday, 22-Apr-12 11:50:16 UTC from web-
@hakupony Sounds like it will be well focused. I think most of my scholarly items can be found on Google Scholar.
Sunday, 22-Apr-12 11:52:18 UTC from web-
@pony If it isn't it will fail. I'm no pony of simple approaches.
Sunday, 22-Apr-12 11:57:38 UTC from web-
@hakupony My class was a general/core class so I had a lot of liberty. I hope you enjoy writing about it in any case!
Sunday, 22-Apr-12 11:59:36 UTC from web-
@pony Tbanks. It's not about liberty but size. 10-15 pages are quite a limitation if you start with postmodern gender theory and power theory, then proceed explaining the internet, describing what MLP is and then getting to your pont.
Sunday, 22-Apr-12 12:02:06 UTC from web-
@hakupony I was surprised to find myself limited by 12-15 pages for my assignment as well. I thought that would be enough, but it turned out i spent a lot of that space building up a foundation for why the show appealed to our demographic before even getting to my main point about the beneficial impact of the fandom.
Sunday, 22-Apr-12 12:04:48 UTC from web
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@hakupony When I pitched the idea to my instructor I told him that lately I'd been into the show My Little Pony. He was like, "what?!" Then I explained bronies to him and played a clip from Teens React to Bronies for him.
Sunday, 22-Apr-12 11:33:49 UTC from web-
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@pony Precisely my dear watson.
Sunday, 22-Apr-12 11:26:28 UTC from web -
@pony Kwl beans, will give it a peep later on!
Sunday, 22-Apr-12 11:27:22 UTC from web-
@pawnheart at your leisure! I'm finished working on it, though if you have suggestions I'll consider adding them still anyway.
Sunday, 22-Apr-12 11:29:54 UTC from web-
@pony Will do!
Sunday, 22-Apr-12 11:30:52 UTC from web
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@alargesmallhorse ...that is very true!
Sunday, 22-Apr-12 11:45:05 UTC from web -
@greydragon412 haha! I could have probably, but I only wanted to put in just enough effort to put something decent out.
Sunday, 22-Apr-12 12:06:30 UTC from web-
@pony I'm the complete opposite of that, I want my works to be awesome. Not because of the grades but because I want to be proud of what I've done. i had to write an Essay which I just had to pass. I restarted that thing three times until I was satisfied.
Sunday, 22-Apr-12 12:12:45 UTC from web-
@hakupony This is one essay I sincerely worked on and wanted to be proud of, but in the end I feel like I just lack the focus it takes. I have a prescription for Ritalin, but, despite how it helps my focus, it makes me moody which bothers my wife a lot, so I only take it as necessary. In any case I think I did better than average work on my brony paper, though it's definitely not perfect.
Sunday, 22-Apr-12 12:19:04 UTC from web-
@pony ADHD I guess? Really sucks if you do intellectual work I guess. Maybe you can do it the Twilight Sparkle way and plan every step beforehad.
Sunday, 22-Apr-12 12:21:00 UTC from web-
Sunday, 22-Apr-12 12:24:32 UTC from web
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@greydragon412 no point of owning a GCube if you have a Wii because they can play GCube games.
Sunday, 22-Apr-12 12:28:10 UTC from web -
@greydragon412 Can't you download the old games to Wii for a price?
Sunday, 22-Apr-12 12:30:57 UTC from web -
@greydragon412 Agreed
Sunday, 22-Apr-12 12:31:43 UTC from web -
@greydragon412 true! that's why I'm glad i have my Super Gameboy adapter for SNES
Sunday, 22-Apr-12 12:36:24 UTC from web -
@greydragon412 oh awesome! I doubt my adapter will let me play Japanese games. I'd like to try that sometime though
Sunday, 22-Apr-12 12:38:18 UTC from web -
@greydragon412 that sounds like it would fun, plus I've read about glitches that only the japanese versions can perform.. and the alternate sprite art would be awesome
Sunday, 22-Apr-12 12:39:46 UTC from web
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