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Admiral Regulus

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  1. Every fandom has its own stereotypes. This problem isn't really particular to bronies or any other group. It is human nature to form groups and cliques, and equally so to oppose said groups. No matter what you do, where you go, or who you associate with, there will always be someone that is all too eager to spill out the bad news.

  2. As a genuine answer, it would depend on the mare's personality. This is really no different a situation from walking up to a girl and patting her on the head or something. Some would freak out, some might just give you a funny look, another might tell you to stop and another might pat your head too. People (and clearly ponies!) are different, so you can't make assumptions that you'll get a certain reaction.

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  3. Legally it's wrong. Morally, I think it's a lot more ambiguous.

     

    You don't have to pay to watch the episodes on TV, and we consider that perfectly legal. That's because TV is funded through advertisements--so indirectly, by watching it live, you are paying for it. Your viewership produces revenue for the channel, and some portion of that is given back to the writers and producers.

     

    However, if you're like me, then you always mute the TV whenever the advertisements are playing anyway. So, you're not really watching them, and there's no real point to having advertisements in the first place. In addition, recording the episodes on your DVR is perfectly legal. When you do this, you can easily fast forward through the advertisements, like they're not even there.

     

    When you add in the fact that, on a show like MLP, almost all the advertisements are targeted towards children, it's a little difficult to see how pirating the show can be considered morally wrong. The show is, more or less, really just a clever advertisement in and of itself. It's meant to sell toys to little girls, and many bronies end up liking the show and buying those toys too. In the end, I see very little harm in pirating MLP in particular. 

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  4. I can't really say I've ever thought this way. Sure, it would be neat to be a pony living in Equestria, but it would be only that. Just neat. It's not like it's my only one hope and dream in life. By definition, Equestria is a fictional place, so it's something that would never happen. I've never bothered to give it all that much consideration.

     

    The fandom isn't something that I'm all that involved with anymore, except from occasionally popping into discussions like this from time to time. Being a brony isn't something I place a lot of emphasis on; it's really just that I occasionally watch FiM and talk about it with friends. That's it. There's plenty of other things that I do and plenty of other things that I like--enough that I don't actually see myself as trying to escape from anything.

  5. I think some people just need to stop clowning around.

     

    I don't know what the actual deal is, but I'm sure it has something to do with the fact that people--in general--want attention and like having things to fear. There are probably a few trolls and/or creepy people who are actually dressing up as clowns just for shits and giggles, but I think the majority of these clown sightings are fake. By that, I mean it's just like these self-claimed ghost sightings, Sasquatch sightings, encounters with the Loch Ness monster, and so on.

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  6. I think it's more weird that people wear clothes all the time. I also think it's funny that people get sooooo weirded out about seeing themselves or others in the nude. People get so uptight about the whole "eww, I don't want to see that," kind of thing, and in my head I just think to myself, Huh. That's weird. I don't see anything wrong with naked people.

     

    If there's no one home but me, and no one is going to see me but me... there's a pretty good chance I'm wearing very little clothing, if anything at all. Clothing provides warmth, a barrier for sanitation, and protection--and hey, I think we can all agree that pockets are pretty neat things to have. But in a climate-controlled environment, when there's no risk of getting sunburned or of spilling acid all over my body, the only thing clothes really do is impede motion. I don't need to put pants on if all I'm doing is lounging around my own house.

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