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I don't mean to echo Thereisnospoon303, but he raises good point. When you say "childish, livejournal-esque topics", what exactly do you mean by this? What topics make you angry? I really am curious to see your reactions to many of the replies in this thread. My experience here at this forum has been the complete opposite of yours. In my experience, the level of discussion here is, on average, considerably better than any other MLP community that I have seen. There are some discussions here that are very serious and in depth. Perhaps you should seek them out before you draw conclusions about the entire fandom? Look, I admit that maybe some topics here on this forum may seem silly or immature to you. So what? Why does it upset you that some people just want to have fun and clown around a bit? Look, this is an online community. There is nothing that is childish, immature, or stupid about people posting here looking for sympathy, support, or praise. As a matter of fact, the posting of such topics is a good sign of a healthy community - a community where every member feels welcome no matter what their age or background is. Age is just a number. Someone's age is, at best, only a rough determinant of their nature. Someone of a very young age can have more wisdom, knowledge, and life experience than someone that is far older. Some of the most amazing people that I have ever met have been teenagers that have accomplished great things in life. Are you aware that the creator and maintainer of this forum is a teenager? Really, I don't think that your problem is age. I think that your problem is something else. I say this respectfully, but I think that you need to smile, relax, and not take life as seriously as it seems that you are taking. Life can be serious enough without being so concerned about "childish" things. You wrote earlier in this thread that you realize you're getting old when you no longer enjoy the simple things in life - like the snow. I'm older than you by a few years, and I still enjoy the snow, the rain, the sky, etc. Actually, I have had some very harrowing experiences and seen some very sad things in my life that lead to me enjoying these things all the more. In the overall scheme of things, a human life lasts for only a very short duration. You should make the most of it. Don't allow getting a little older to rob you of the glimmer of light in your eyes. I leave you with this quote. "Critics who treat adult as a term of approval, instead of as a merely descriptive term, cannot be adult themselves. To be concerned about being grown up, to admire the grown up because it is grown up, to blush at the suspicion of being childish; these things are the marks of childhood and adolescence. And in childhood and adolescence they are, in moderation, healthy symptoms. Young things ought to want to grow. But to carry on into middle life or even into early manhood this concern about being adult is a mark of really arrested development. When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed if I had been found doing so. Now that I am fifty I read them openly. When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up." - C.S. Lewis, "On Three Ways of Writing for Children" (1952)

Yeah, I have seen this all over the place lately. I really don't like this at all, and I don't like the fact that some people would say that I'm a heartless wretch for feeling like this. $15,000 dollars? That is honestly a lot of money to ask for online. And, to save a house? Why not just downsize into an apartment (or smaller house) or do something similar to this to cut expenses? Why turn to the brony community before turning to family and friends for this type of situation? (Family and friends would probably offer better advice.) Personally, I wouldn't donate money. I would donate advice. If someone is really in a $15,000 hole trying to keep a house, then they may want to rethink the entire situation. Maybe it is just not a good idea to save the house? Besides, what makes them think that $15,000 will permanently save the house? There will still be other bills besides the $15,000. There will also still be house payments to make in the future. What happens if these bills can't be paid? Will they ask for another $15,000? That is not a good way to live a life. Too much uncertainty about the future. I don't like these overly emotional appeals for help without evidence or proof of any kind. It just seems like it is built to take advantage of people with big hearts, and I really, really dislike it when trusting people are deceived. If they are trying to deceive people, then that would really be just a terrible shame. It will be a double tragedy, because it will make bronies much less likely to help others in the future. Once bitten, twice shy.

You've got that right. I don't usually react in a sad way to things that happen in any show, but that one moment was a bit of a mood killer. I've watched the episode a few times since then, and it doesn't get any easier to watch that scene. I understand that it took something dramatic to snap Fluttershy out of it.... But.... WHY!!!! WHY DID THEY HAVE TO MAKE PINKIE CRY!!

Whenever I think of MLP, I usually wish that I was watching the show. Then I usually pull out my iPod or laptop and play some pony music.

This reminds me of a story. There was this one time when I was working late into the night and listening to music on my ipod. When I finished, I just tossed the ipod under the sofa. For the next few days, I kept hearing this strange muffled whispering every once in a while. I actually thought that I was becoming delirious due to overwork. That was until I went looking for my usb charger and found it plugged into the wall with my ipod still connected to it. The ipod had been left on the entire time running through my Flyleaf albums on loop. That was interesting. So, yeah... Have you checked around to see if you have an iPod with Flutterwonder running on loop lying around somewhere?

I explain it very simply. I had a few setbacks, and I was totally burned out due to working too many hours. I went about 4 months like this. I kept working through it, but my rate of progress was comically slow. Then, I started watching this show. All of a sudden, I became the energizer bunny. I was finishing things that I would have never even attempted to begin even before I burned out. This show is like a secret weapon. It brightens my day, puts a smile on my face, and a spring in my step. I couldn't tell you why. It's probably some combination of nostalgia, the show's high production values, and the awesomeness of the fan community. Either way, there is no denying the effect that it had on me. The funniest reaction to this had to be from this guy that was stil in a business college. He wondered if maybe the show's effects could be used by a major corporation to increase productivity. I wasn't sure what to say about that....

This is a good point actually. Maybe it is because there is a "ponified" version of france in Equestria? Either way, I do have to say one thing. If they ever write humans into an episode, then I would say that the show had officially jumped the shark at that point.

After seeing today's episode, I have a strong feeling that this upcoming episode may be a bit more intense than I had initially expected.

I thought it was pretty rough. It had to have been a terrible shock to both Pinkie and Rarity that she would say something like that. After all, Fluttershy is supposed to be the element of kindness, but that was decisively not kind. I guess this just continues with the trend of each of the elements not being 100% all of the time. I really didn't like that part myself, but it did snap Fluttershy out of her "crazy" mode.

I enjoyed this episode, but it went almost exactly the way that I thought that it would go from the synopsis. There were just a few exceptions: Ponyville residents can behave like complete jerks, I thought that they would be bad but not that bad. I thought it was 1980s New York for a second there Bugs Bunny reference FTW, I didn't see it coming As Celestia As My Witness! This is the second time they've made this Gone with The Wind reference. I wonder if this is a common saying in Equestria Mean Fluttershy was really mean, way meaner than I expected. Kinda violent too Iron Will was actually not that bad of a guy, I'd thought that he would be a full-blown antagonist, instead he was actually just a self-help guru... That actually honored his customer satisfaction policy. Go figure No Rainbow Dash. I had thought that a conflict between Fluttershy and RD would have been interesting to see... Mean Fluttershy made Pinkie and Rarity cry. That made me a little sad too Also, Iron Will pities the fool!!!