Pentium100

Yeah, most unicorns cannot fly, but that would not be as big of a problem to me, since I am an indoor person (and even if I was a pegasus, likely I would fly worse than Fluttershy). Not having hands (or equivalent in TK) would suck way worse than not being able to fly. I can't fly right now and do not really have a problem with it. Only few can be that fast though. Also, moving to a different place would mean taking a lot of stuff with you, which you may not be able to carry. Also, while Rainbow is fast, we do not know how far she can fly that fast. IRL Usain Bolt is really fast, but he cannot run very far at that speed.

Cranes were used for a long time - there are some ancient building remaining that are quite tall. And that's the good thing about them, IMO. I would not want to be overspecialized. Hair is flammable, so? You can set a human on fire, you can also set a dog on fire, so I think it would be possible to set a pony on fire. And let us kill the animals that are bigger, faster or more armored than us. Anyway, since we are comparing humans to fictional species, there are some that would be better, for example Klingons - their bodies are stronger and have more redundancies than human bodies. It depends on how it works. I agree that TK would be better in handling dangerous or hot objects as I would not be actually touching them. However, how much concentration does it need? I can hold something in my hand without thinking about it, maybe TK works the same. Also, how does it deal with various forces acting on the object, for example, the recoil of a gun? I usually try to not imagine/plan on something rare. Alicorns are rare, so it is highly unlikely that you would be able to become one. OTOH, why not just say that you would want to be an alicorn from the beginning. I said that - that being a unicorn or an alicorn would suck the least. It is always possible to hire or ask someone to do something, bit I would rather not need that for something simple like writing. Speaking of, I guess being a dragon would also not suck as much - they live very long, can fly, breathe fire and have hands. Yeah, I don't go outside much and I am not the athletic type. And yeah, being a unicorn would suck less than the other two types of "common" ponies because of TK. It would still suck compared to living IRL though. Maybe being a dragon would be better as they live longer at least that would compensate for the general "sucklyness" of that world.

Yes, Pretty much all devices have transformers in them. There are two kinds though. Older devices and higher quality audio devices have big 50Hz transformers and linear power supplies (they are less noisy), pretty much all other new devices have switching power supplies which run the transformer at something like 30kHz - this allows the transformer to be smaller and the power supply to be smaller, lighter, cheaper and more efficient. And yeah, if I somehow ended up in Equestria (very likely against my will) with no way back, I would try to get some money (looks like Equestria uses gold coins) and then go to the EG world. I primarily am concerned about help to myself :). Usually it involves doing something that people pay money for. though. All are better with hands. I prefer jobs that can be done inside. It's not exactly an office job though, so, for me, it would suck. The reason for punishment is twofold. One, it is punishment for the offender so the offender thinks twice before committing crimes again. Two, it's a deterrence for others. If you read about someone getting fined 500EUR for speeding, you may think twice before speeding. And Rainbow did not stop breaking into places. She broke into the weather factory and did some massive property damage (I wonder if screwing up the weather could be classified as terrorism). So, maybe spending some time in jail for breaking into the hospital would have helped.

As I said, the advantage of AC is for voltage conversion which makes long distance transmission easier/cheaper. If you had a local power generator, there would be no difference between using AC and DC for heaters and lights. In modern times a transformer is still a very reliable and cheap way of converting voltage, so they are used in the power grid. Electronics need DC and modern ones use switching power supplies to convert the voltage which are more efficient than small 50Hz transformers and linear power supplies. In the past, converting DC to a different voltage was very inefficient, you had to run a motor and a generator. That's why I would bring generators. Not that I would want to live in Equestria normally, but let's say the circumstances changed. Even without electronics, not having hands (or TK) would make writing more difficult, whether with a typewriter or with a pencil and I think being able to write stuff down is kind-of important. So yeah, only unicorn for me, it would suck the least. They could also use magic I guess, the show did not go into details how the magic worked, maybe it is possible to enchant something so it would spin for a long time providing power. She still showed that she was kind-of stupid. Not the accident, everyone can get into an accident, but then reading a book in secret while saying that books are stupid. Then, after being released from the hospital, breaking in to steal that book instead of going to Twilight who lives in a literal library. I mean, yes, admitting that you were wrong feels bad, but the risk of getting caught stealing a book from a hospital makes her look stupid. Maybe I could be friends with Twilight (I do not have much in common with the others), but I would also try to stay away from the main 6, not because of their personalities (Pinkie is annoying though), but because they are disaster magnets.

Reel to reel tapes were invented before WW2 and improved a lot during it (Germany had invented AC bias for recording, making the sound quality much better than DC bias), after the war, German tape decks were taken to other countries, analyzed and then everyone had good quality tape decks. The oldest tape I have was likely recorded in 1951 (based on the piece of paper in the box). A conveyor belt can be run by a steam engine. IRL factories in the past used a big steam engine to drive all machinery (with lots of line shafts, gears and belts) and used gas for light. By the way, the advantage of AC over DC is that transformers can be used to increase or decrease the voltage for transmission over long distances. You can run a factory on DC, but either the power plant needs to be close or you have to use modern electronics to convert the voltage. I do not think the creators really cared to portray a realistic technology level in the show, so you have ponies using candles for light, but a hospital has modern-looking machines.

Raw power is not useless, but, live everything else there is a tradeoff. I use my hands all the time, while I very rarely go to a forest where a tree could fall on top of me. You, as a human, can also notice when a tree is about to fall and get out of the way. Someone like Usain Bolt could be really fast about it too. Rainbow Dash is fast, but that's because she trains all the time. As an indoor person, I would probably be slower than Fluttershy, because I would not really care about that, just like I do not care about my 100m sprint performance in real life. How well would feathers grip a pen or a soldering iron? Earth ponies are shown writing with their mouths, that has to be a slow and uncomfortable way to write. Ponies are also shown to have typewriters, but either the keyboard has to e really big to accommodate hooves, or they need to type in Morse or some other code to reduce the number of keys needed. That would suck compared to a normal keyboard. That's why if I went to Equestria willingly for some reason, I would have to bring a small train of supplies. Computers, spare parts, a few cars, generators, steam engines, a few tank cars of fuel and oil etc. I could use diesel generators for the short term until I got the boilers and steam engines running, so I could switch to burning coal for electricity. Solar panels could also be useful, but they do not work at night. Without the supplies I am not going, unless there are some very specific circumstances (either go to Equestria or die, then yeah, it would be better than dying). I used a PC without internet for a while. When I was a kid, my parents bought a PC (guess what CPU it had) with brand new Windows 95 OS (previously, my dad would sometimes bring a laptop from work and let me use it, that laptop had Windows 3.11), but an internet connection was expensive, so we do not have it for some years. Later I got dial-up, which was 56kbps in theory, but a bit less in practice (download speed was about 4KB/s) and I was charged by the minute. So, connect to the internet, download email, disconnect, read email, write reply, connect to the internet, send reply. Later I got a faster always-on connection, it was great. Then we moved and I had no internet for 6 months, then dial-up, but this time I could use it as much as I wanted between 18:00 and 08:00 and all day in the weekend IIRC), this is when I learned how to make my PC quiet enough so I could sleep with it on to download something overnight. After some time of that I got a real connection and it was super fast - 1mbps download and 128kbps upload. I think I could survive without internet, especially since I would bring hard drives and tapes full of stuff I wanted. Or, you can be like me and use a tape deck. Still, just like I would not want to digitize all my tapes, I also would not want to record all the music and movies I have on my PC to audio and video tapes. It would take forever. Only if you were friends with the main 6, but then it would not matter what pony type you were, you would get attacked for your proximity to them. There are lots of unicorns and most of them likely would not be priority targets for anyone. Alicorns, yeah, there are very few of them, so they are targets, but they are also stronger and should be able to cook a changeling with their magic.

Wild horses do not have a choice and probably do not live as long. Humans invented horseshoes a long time ago. Still, even so, it does not matter in the modern society. I do not walk barefoot and have no wish to. Also, IIRC in the show the ponies have horseshoes, though I do not know how often they use them. I guess that's where we are different. I do not really care how much of "a problem" it would be, I just want what's best for myself. Normally, breaking laws means getting into trouble, so I would avoid that, but other than that, why not have magic? So, if I was forced to go to Equestria and turn into a pony, but given a choice of the pony type, my first choice would be alicorn and second unicorn, because of the magic. It would somewhat compensate for not having hands. Being a pegasus would not really do much for me, as I am the type that likes to be inside, though it looks like pegasus ponies can use their wings as a crude approximation of hands. With all of those fathers though, I wonder how time consuming wing maintenance would be.

Horses in real life need horseshoes to protect their hooves, people have discovered that a long time ago. Also, I prefer to wear shoes or slippers, see no reason to be barefoot (other than at the beach) and do not particularly care about the materials. However, I get your opinion. I never said that human body is perfect, but I like having hands, being able to hold things while walking and to be able to walk without getting my hands dirty. Yeah, but it's relative, no need for great strength if I can use a tool. No need to be able to run really fast and get tired (by the way, horses can run very fast, but for a short time/distance) if I can just get in my car and drive anywhere I want, even hundreds of kilometers. For me it only needs to be something like 60 years at most, unless medicine advances a lot and I get to live longer. Well, I do not see how that is such a big problem. I mean, yes, crime exists, it also likely exists in Equestria and so do major threats (the ones we see in the show). By the way, the last two are about human society, not human body as such. There's nothing inherent to pony body that makes them less warlike (after all the three pony types were at war with each other in the past). As I am lazy and prefer to stay inside, the pony type that sucks the least is unicorn. At least levitation magic is something all of them can do and is somewhat like having hands. There's probably some combat magic for self-defense as well.

Not really. As fictional places go, Equestria is not that bad, but it is not the best either. Another problem is the change of body. I admit, human body is not the best thing possible and has its own issues, but being a pony would suck. Out of the normal ponies, unicorns have it best due to their magic, but still it kind-of sucks compared to having hands. G4 Euestria is kind-of early 19th century with respect to technology. They have steam engines and record players (which would be early 20th century), but not much more. While I am not the one to go for the latest and greatest, I would still want technology level of, say, WW2. I would like to visit Equestria as a tourist, it looks nice, but I would not want to stay there long. If I somehow was forced to live there, I'd try to live in a larger city away from trouble. Ponyville is a trouble magnet, so is Canterlot, so those places are out.