How easy is it for people to know you're a brony?

[Rainblow H. Ash 5,091]

Decide for yourself I suppose

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Not easy at a glance; you'd need to understand the references I make.

 

You look like a fusion between a businessman and a preacher...

 

Going off to preach the Holy Word of Celestia?

[hip-indeed 304]

There are three layers of ease, depending on how close someone is to me;

 

If they just see me or talk to me?  Impossible, unless we talk about something to which ponies or my love of them is relevant.  Or if I can tell *they* like them, at which point I'll happily go on and on about them.

 

If they come into my room?  Pretty dang easy; I generally have my Hot Topic Vinyl Scratch sitting around somewhere at least fairly visible and I have hundreds of pony pics all over my computer if they see anything besides just my desktop or a game I may be playing at the time -- not to mention all the pony history and bookmarks and whatnot on my browser if they get into that...

 

But if they open my closet and see the plush Twi and Pinkie sitting there, staring them in the face?  It's game over, baby!

[Draxon 214]

        I really ought to be more trusting of people, as I'd love to wear my Twilight Sparkle and Fluttershy shirts in public.  I'm making progress as far as being more open about myself is concerned, but I'm not quite there, yet.  That said, I'm waiting for the day when I show someone something on Youtube and they notice that everything in "Recommended for you" and "Watch it again" is all My Little Pony.  Or, the day when I go to my iTunes library to put on Metalocalypse and they notice that the only other TV show in my collection is My Little Pony (does anyone think that's kind of bizarre?).  I also have a Twilight Sparkle plush, which would be a dead give away.

 

        Based on other people's responses, I'm wondering if it would be a good idea to display something in public which only fans of the show would recognize, thus enabling me to discreetly meet other bronies.  A Twilight Sparkle cutie mark pin on my laptop bag, for instance.

[Nulln 755]

well if they ask what show i like or if i like mlp, then i will say yeah.  and i draw ponies on my notes during class.  people can't usually see them, but i was sharing my notes for our lab the other day, and someone found the pony on the back XD and she showed everyone else at the table 

[Gernia 691]

It would be tough. I think I look decent irl, and I have no MLP stuff other than earphones and a vinyl figure, which are always in my room, but few people enter that place.

[Fawkes The Phoenix 737]

I have my FB ponified, most of my Google Chrome new tab webpages are pony related, i have a file in my desktop called "MLP" with all the episodes, songs, song videos, a lot of fan mades, etc, most of my Youtube suggestions are pony related, and soon i want to have Rarity as my desktop background....

 

But no one ever uses my computer, and if they do, they use the guests account, and i don't have any pony merchandise (not because i don't want, i just can't find one that i like), so it wouldn't be easy at all.

[Stormcharmer 51]

No one would guess by looking at me either, but I bring it up lots, which makes me laugh because people don't believe me when I do tell them half the time.

[Lord Bradley 1,319]

I usually wear pony merch, so i guess it'll be easy. I dont talk that a lot about it, though.

[Movealge 104]

It's pretty easy for people to tell that I'm a brony. I wear MLP clothing in public a lot and my Steam and YouTube profile picture is Applejack.

[ThatOneComrade 1,091]

My internet history makes it a bit too obvious

[Literally Snails 2,307]

It's uh... It's pretty obvious. Ponies literally everywhere in my room. I have a shrine in my closet.

[Lemon Slices 358]

I didn't tell no one about MLP. I only told a friend (who is a brony too). I live my life in a so normal way that even my mom don't realize that. And it isn't a problem. 

I didn't tell no one about MLP. I only told a friend (who is a brony too). I live my life in a so normal way that even my mom don't realize that. And it isn't a problem. 

[Lost Profile 644]

Well most of the time I have a pony shirt on... And if not I have bouttons on my bag... So I'd say it's quite easy.

[Retro*Derpy 3,182]

The only thing that I have as MLP is the forums on this computer, which no one but myself can access.

 

I thought about getting a bracelet, but I was reminded how much people around here hate bronies. So I just stay quiet, it's for the best.

[Flutter's lover <3 8,205]

Fairly easily. Just need to look at my hat. I've got a a few cutie mark and Fluttershy buttons on it. I've also got a metal Fluttershy keychain that hangs out of my pocket, attached to my keys. If I'm riding one of my bikes, I've got a couple Fluttershy stickers on it as well.

[RainbowdashFTW 50]

Not one person's figured out i'm a brony yet. I just don't fit the stereotypes .

[aoEAF2FBvC0MIo2Q 3,673]

Unless I tell them; pretty much impossible.

 

If there's any little thing at all that may give any semblance of a hint, it'd be the music that comes out of my laptop's speakers when I'm in my campus room which plays songs from Luna Radio which tends to be mostly instrumentals where remixed are somewhat few and far between. What's more, I don't crank up the volume and I don't need to since I tend to hold the laptop a little close to the bed when I listen to the music while lying down. Sometimes the signature "My Little Pony" motif comes along but since it's often mixed up with an otherwise unrecognizable soundtrack, they're not going to figure anything out.

[epzik8 92]

Pretty easy because I don't hide any of my pony stuff. My mom has seen my Doctor Whooves wallpaper on my laptop and not said a word about it, I have a MLP app on my iPod Touch that I've had open with friends around and I've also had no comments on that, and I've watched pony videos on YouTube in the library at my college with other people around me.

[Radiance64 7,053]

Probably not that easy... the only merch I wear is a Rarity cutie mark shirt, you'd probably have to either catch me glancing at pony stuff in stores quickly as I walk by it(almost never really stop and browse lol) or come into my room and see my MLP calender and Rarity poster to really have any idea I'm a brony irl. Not like I try to hide it really, I just tend to highly vary my interests.

[Teriasquest 53]

WEll umm lets see.. pony bag, shirt, plush toy, im all set!! oh and dont forget fan art and how i talk about it all the time XD

[Frostgage 7,975]

Not very easy, considering no one in real life knows I am one. Unless I'm not as good at hiding it as I thought.

[Discordian 6,015]

I specifically shave the hair off my neck to avoid the neckbeard label.

 

But I don't hide it or flaunt it. I have other interests so I don't talk about it all the time. Only when it comes up usually, which is almost never outside of these forums.

[Koukatsu 5,899]

It's not hard to find out I'm a brony. I don't wear much in terms of merch, by which I mean, I don't wear any. But my phone lockscreen and wallpaper are pony related. Most of the music on my phone is music from the show/movies/remixes/MLP-inspired-stuff on youtube. If you pass me on the street, you might not know me for a brony, I suppose.

[boiteporte 591]

When I go to work, I wear appropriate clothing, so no ponies there. Nobody would ever tell that I am a fan of MLP unless they see my phone's background, my computer's background or the ponies which are displayed on my desk.

[Christmasy Britty 2,553]

not too easy considering I'm a girl for one and for two I only have 1 pony shirt so I guess that makes me not so much a pegasister that pops out easily