Gather 'round children
So back in the spring of '11 I was hanging around in the International forum (for those of you that might play cybernations) when I started to notice that some of the forum members had avatars and sigs with cartoons (at the time I didn't even know they were ponies) I got curious and started to snoop around the forum looking for what cartoon it was (I never asked anyone directly so that I wouldn't look like an idiot). I found one word "fluttershy" I googled it and it led me to a video on youtube (Fluttershy's introduction in the first episode). After watching the video I said to myself "The was the most adorable thing I've ever seen". In the comment section I noticed the repeat of the word "brony". I googled it and my first reaction was "thats pretty cool, the show must of struck a cord with people to garner such a fanbase!"
I kept telling myself that I would watch the show but never got around to it. Then in January of '12 I found that several of my close friend were bronies, so I decided to finally watched it. The more I watched it the more I loved it.
Long story short: curiosity killed the cat, but satisfaction brought it back