In 2011 I discovered ponies. I kept seeing people ask others if they were bronies and I didn't bother to check what that meant. Then one day someone on Skype asked me "do you watch My Little Pony?" and I was like lolwat? So I Googled it and read all about it on Wikipedia. I was really interested in the fandom. Not a part of it at the time, just really curious as to why people watched it. I watched a few episodes on YouTube the next day to see what all the fuss was about. I guess I liked it a little because before I knew it I was up to episode 7. But that's not when I joined the herd.
In 2012 I was just browsing YouTube and I saw so much freaking pony in the related videos section. I was suddenly interested in My Little Pony again. I started watching the first few episodes again and watching pony videos until I went to bed. I was just lying there and I thought to myself, "am I a brony? That show actually isn't bad." After a few minutes of thinking I just decided, "yep, whatever, I'm a brony" then rolled over and went to sleep. When I woke up I spent the whole day watching episodes and fanmade videos. Good times.