Night Sky

I have a similar reaction to some of the Doomguy and Pinkie Pie ship memes I've encountered. There's something just wrong about it, especially if you've played Doom since 1994 and get certain references, yeah, Pinkie can get out there sometimes, but this particular genre just takes her in a direction that isn't necessary. Nothing good could come of the premise...the internet did not need it.

I haven't read it.

No one's perfect. Every pony is on a journey and there are never zero missteps. Ponies get used to incorrect beliefs about themselves and others. Entirely natural, friends can and do help, but really time and experiences are what sorts it all out. Which is how it should be. Not being honest with myself and others about who I am is something I know quite well. There's a gulf of difference between all of this and deciding that your own success and happiness looks and sounds like other ponies' misery. That is something else entirely.

It's my opinion and I'm entitled to it. I feel very strongly about this. Unless this is a private thread, not open to the forum at large, if the normal rules still apply, if there's a public discussion about the reformability of the above mentioned ponies in progress, then my one and only contribution is going to be to state that I believe those specific ponies are beyond reform. I have no interest in arguing the point, but if it's a public thread, I want my opinion on record.

Agreed. Tirek / Tirac, King Sombra, Opaline, the Storm King, Cozy Glow and former Queen Chrysalis don't deserve another chance. They know exactly who and what they are and they'll never stop, they'll never change. They'd be someone else if they did. Trixie, Starlight Glimmer, Tempest Shadow, Discord and Diamond Tiara all did change. In spite of being very stridently in possession of their various unbalanced powers, these latter characters were all in another sense quite naive and somehow childish. It made them nasty, but destroying worlds and hurting ponies in masse, were not features of their epistemic orientation. When their lives took a turn, it brought out something else in them. The second group of ponies I've listed had serious problems. The first group of ponies WERE serious problems. Problems that needed to be solved. Friendship is real, Evil is real. Even in Gen 5.

More than ever. No positive action is ever wasted. A positive action is a blessing for however many are involved and everyone else too, albeit a small blessing perhaps. But with how things are now, a positive interaction will contain more merit and more benefit. It's one thing to be kind when it's easy to be kind, a good thing. To remain kind in the face of systemic cruelty and widespread apathy? I call that an even better thing.

I can't hate the creatures who give us honey, that's for sure.

I think lions and Hyenas have both convicted themselves of it. Some of their encounters have been shown to have had nothing to do with food, water or territory. Some engagements are just pure spite, this seems to be a stable pattern for as long as observations have been made. It isn't necessarily frequent, but it happens. Chimps are the worst. Chimp wars, in some senses are even uglier than human conflicts, when you really start to analyze what happened and likely why. And again, sometimes no one is any better off in some cases. Territory and resources are still the most common causes, also access to females. But sometimes it just seems to be spontaneous erruptions of hate. Different chimp groups can become ferocious enemies. Even bonobos are not without conflicts, though they have found a...novel? solution to the problem. Is there a point here? I feel there is. Animals have as much to teach us about ourselves as we do, for better and for worse. That's why we all watch MLP.

For some reason, I would swear I didn't see your reply here. Hmmm. I suppose I should make a video on my YouTube channel demonstrating how to chant these. They're not difficult, I specifically wrote them that way. Of course, there is absolutely no reason why you can't just chant the English translations I've provided. Sanskrit has a wonderful elegant sound, but there's not nearly as much merit in chanting a mantra you don't comprehend, although many voices will say, if the sounds touche the heart it is still doing some good. I'll try a few modes and get back to you soonish. Mind, my attempt to make music out of these may well end in failure. I am not any kind of musician, and chants are designed to be chanted with or without musical accompaniment. Really, getting the pronunciation right and getting comfortable repeating them over and over again is all that's truly needed. You can go fast if you're going to do the full traditional 108 repetitions. I'd recommend at least 27 repetitions if you want to let any nam jaap or mantra have much effect on your mind.

Desktop. Mind you, I've always had uses I could put a laptop to in mind, not that I've ever done it. What I have done, is been stuck with a laptop when I really needed a desktop, and I have believe me, no desire to repeat that experience.

December of 2021. The middle of the pandemic. A real old school OG Brony was my Big Broof. I hadn't hung out with him in a while, his mom had made vague statements about ponies or something. My knowledge of FIM at that point was R&D memes I'd seen online and didn't understand. We spent the night together while he was in town visiting, who'd have thought we'd end up watching FIM, but I think he knew I wouldn't hate it. I had never seen a single part of a single episode. While the intro was playing, for a moment I was thinking, why are we watching this - especially right now of all times? I had even owned a gen 1 pony and several gen 1 puzzles when I was a little guy, but I'd only seen snippets of the other cartoons and that was all years in the past. He showed me The Cutie Map (S5E1). I admitted to him, I enjoyed it. He had succeeded in planting the seed. I did not immediately set out on my first journey to FIM. There were delays, the pandemic was a monumentally busy time for me. I was working harder than ever at a very dangerous job. And yet. The seed did not die only to be excavated as a fossil later. It germinated. And sometime later I watched the very first episode. I was very impressed. And, I had questions. I wanted to know what would become of Princess Luna, now that she wasn't Nightmare Moon anymore. I was dazzled and intrigued by Princess Celestia and wanted to see more of her. I wanted above all to see what nine years of adventure would be like for these amazing Ponies. There was yet another delay as I stablized a few things, but 2023 was the year of my Great FIMbinge. I watched nine years of tv, specials and a film in a little over nine months. One of the perks of working third shift and being able to have my laptop and phone with me. I was just entranced. Now, I'm going through it more slowly. Savoring instead of binging. But none of it would have happened without an unexpected twist that one night during the pandemic.

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Welcome home fellow Pony!

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I don't feel it's ALL bad. The internet has accomplished great things, it still is accomplishing great things and it could accomplish even greater things yet. It probably saves tens of thousands of lives a year at least. But how many people does it kill? Whoa........we need to turn the negativity down a great deal. There's a reason that a place like this is a bastion of good vibrations. Well, I should say there are many reasons. One, we're Equestria. That right there is the real reason. But, it's not for nothing that here we do not have a giant media company turning an algorithm loose upon us to divide and rule. I'm not saying there's any stopping big tech. But the future of the net, if fate smiles, might see a rebirth of places like MLP forums. More people need to break with the platforms and just go back to a more basic way of connecting with like minded folks. These types of forums worked just fine in the 2000's. No, or far fewer adds, Actual moderation, no frills or distractions. Just legit conversation.

I am gradually watching My Little Pony Tales atm. It's somewhat dated, therefore it makes me feel dated, because I was very much watching cartoons when it was brand new. Also, there is only so much Clover that one can take in a single sitting, so I have to pace myself. Some of the things that are said and some of the characterizations would not fly today. But, it's like root beer, the more I watch it, I start to like it more.