As I remember it, it was 2013..... I was a freshman in high school and I had like, only a few friends. I've always been bad at talking to people, so I was lucky to get what I could get. One of my friends came up to me one day and asked me "Hey, have you heard of My Little Pony?". When he started to explain what the fandom was like, I thought he was a huge weirdo for that, but then again, our circle was ALL weirdo dorks, so I thought "can't get any worse than that".
I get home later that day and pull up some episodes online. I fell in love with the show immediately.