I really can't dislike a fictional character to the point where I would avoid them like that. Heck, I find it hard to dislike fictional characters overall unless they are designed to be flat-out evil in which case I dislike them for being evil. I really don't dislike any pony in the show!
It also doesn't bother me because I have very little merch. The merch I do have I keep in a pack hidden in my closet.
Only happened once when I was in high school when I had hair down to my shoulders and the guy only saw me from behind. Now I prefer to have my head shaved. XD
A lot of my good friends are former or are current military. Almost everyone I went to dive school with were military, including almost every instructor we had! Quite a few of my family are former military and one of my uncles is still in the Navy.
I seem to be friends with a lot of infantry guys though. XD
Pretty damn good! My father called me this morning to ask if I wanted to go on a 7-day Mexico cruise with my stepmother, grandfather, and himself next month. Gonna ask for that time off at the end of the day.