cider float 2,539 August 25, 2015 Share August 25, 2015 (edited) Let's say there's a scientist that found a way to make the My Little Ponies. And I'm talking about the ones directly from the show just that they were made from labs. So they don't look like this: They look like this: They made unicorns, earth ponies and pegasi. They talk and are sentient. Each costs about $10,000 dollars more including other modifications. There is a special "My Little Pony Control Unit" branched with the police though that will make sure ponies don't cause too much problems and you have to sign a waiver that any problems the ponies cause will be taken into responsibility by the owner (you). Edited August 25, 2015 by cider float 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexamena 391 August 25, 2015 Share August 25, 2015 So, they have human-like feelings and personalities? I think I'd pass. To much like having a child I think. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponies4Bronies 394 August 25, 2015 Share August 25, 2015 How exactly would that work? Would it be like "Too many Pinkie Pies" or would they be changelings that could change into anypony because you might need more than a police branch to handle that a military branch would be better. But as long as I get my Dashie if Pinkies wreck everything I will be fine. XD 1 Honey Wings, my love, my life, together forever. This picture is 20% cooler thanks to Twisted Cyclone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pastel 7,630 August 25, 2015 Share August 25, 2015 Not sure making and selling creatures that can think and act just like us would be authorized. Anyway, I wouldn't buy one because it's too expensive. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cider float 2,539 August 25, 2015 Author Share August 25, 2015 Not sure making and selling creatures that can think and act just like us would be authorized. Anyway, I wouldn't buy one because it's too expensive. I know it sounds unreasonable but since normal ponies of standard breed costs up to 8000 dollars I thought $10,000 dollars for a technicolor talking sentient pony would be close enough. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That One Techpriest You Used To Know 2,286 August 25, 2015 Share August 25, 2015 Noooo thank you! I do not condone the creation and selling of sentient beings, for that is human (or, I guess, pony) trafficking! If anything I would start reporting this for the scientist to halt the 'production' of sentient beings and then attempt to have those that are here have some sort of independent thought. That and if a sentient being can be sold that thinks and talks for itself, how is it not a precedent for other thinking and talking things? Basically, please no. I like my technicolor ponies on my television and my computer, and if we find said technicolor ponies hanging out on a planet somewhere, then awesome I can still cuddle one, but I am not supporting a mad scientist creating sentient life and then selling them like puppy dogs. Good day to you sir. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunset's Shimmer 394 August 25, 2015 Share August 25, 2015 Hmmm, I guess that would depend... if they are bio-organic beings, then no. Morally to me, buying a being that is self-aware and intelligent is wrong. But... say... if they are synthetic... God save the ponies. THE ROBOTS ARE COMING, THE ROBOTS ARE COMING! 4 Sunset Shimmer -----*and*----- Princess Luna Signature by Me, myself, and I Redemption ponies are best ponies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Piranha 29,453 August 25, 2015 Share August 25, 2015 Not sure making and selling creatures that can think and act just like us would be authorized. I think that would be slavery. I would prefer if they were more like dogs, and I would choose a Flutters look-alike, as she won't mind being a pet 1 Sig by Discords Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mobley 113 August 25, 2015 Share August 25, 2015 I'd turn it on its head. I'd commission a 'Rarity' and give her her freedom. I would then, knowing her as being entrepreneurial, invest in her business, maybe even work for her. I have confidence I would make my money back with interest, as well as making a wonderful friend...literally and metaphorically 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randimaxis 8,659 August 25, 2015 Share August 25, 2015 Well, I don't like the idea of this scientist selling them like livestock. That being said, since we're speaking hypothetically here, if I had the money to do so, I would possibly make that purchase - but that's where the "ownership" part would end for me. I'd offer them the option of staying with me, but I would effectively allow them to be free. No leashes, no commands, not even a requirement for them to remain; I would allow them to do as they please from the moment we stepped outside the lab. Sure, it'd be fun if they decided to stay, but ultimately it would be their choice. A considerably small sum of cash for another being's freedom? Yup, that would be me. Of course, I'd offer my friendship. Because friendship is... well, YOU know. 3 ===== ( 0 ) ===== Fnord. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiral Regulus 2,769 August 25, 2015 Share August 25, 2015 There's something interesting about the morality of this situation. Yes, it seems wrong to consider buying and selling a sentient being as an object or a pet. That was my initial thought, and I completely, wholeheartedly agree. My gut instinct tells me that this is very, very wrong; I should probably avoid considering it at all. But, here's the catch. If this doesn't happen, then these ponies are never created and they never exist. You have to consider what the alternative is here: they either exist and are sold to (hopefully) loving and caring homes, or they don't have any chance of ever living at all. Which is worse is a matter of perspective. 2 Tumblr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moony the Cat 3,707 August 25, 2015 Share August 25, 2015 I would say i buy one But then again, you cant buy friends...so there is chance that you and your pony wouldnt get along very well. Also, if they act like humans, wouldnt they want to have their own freedom and choose for them selves with who to live? Its their life. Also creating them to be housepets...wouldnt that be kind off slavery and just being wrong? I mean i wouldnt mind them starting a revolution and overtrow the humans. I guess the world be then a better place But we also all would be dead then...so there is that. I just hope if they start a revolution, that their are only fighting against bad humans, than im totally ok with this Sig made by Kyoshi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glitterbomb 162 August 25, 2015 Share August 25, 2015 I wouldn't buy one cause that would be like buying a person if they were like they are in the show they wouldn't be property. But I would TOTALLY hang out with Pinkie Pie, if she wanted to!! 2 Come check out my commission store or visit my deviantart. Ask me about art trade. Pinkie Pie Best Pony <3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunset's Shimmer 394 August 25, 2015 Share August 25, 2015 I wouldn't buy one cause that would be like buying a person if they were like they are in the show they wouldn't be property. But I would TOTALLY hang out with Pinkie Pie, if she wanted to!! Who wouldn't want to party with Pinkie?! She's the pony that knows everypony. 2 Sunset Shimmer -----*and*----- Princess Luna Signature by Me, myself, and I Redemption ponies are best ponies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT-1138 3,184 August 25, 2015 Share August 25, 2015 (edited) Buy? You can't, like, buy, a person maaaan. They've got feelings too. No, but seriously, it would just be an aberration of nature. They wouldn't really BE My Little Ponies, they would only have a cheap facsimile of one. They would have the appearance of Rarity and Pinkie Pie, but none of their personality because they do not have the same experiences as the real ones. Edited August 25, 2015 by Dinos4Ever 2 Love is a most potent magic My FiMFiction | My DA | My Facebook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuyNamedEarl 1,332 August 25, 2015 Share August 25, 2015 Do you realize how much stuff rwould get broken if you had a Pinkie Pie running around? XD Creator of MLP Ruined Vines and Recorder Sh*t Equestria's Biggest Hip-Hop Nerd Everyday is Leg Day! Follow me on Twitter: @EarlBrony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChikaChan 7,326 August 26, 2015 Share August 26, 2015 I would probably get one and give it the same amount of respect as the ones in the show Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chirox the pony 1,336 August 31, 2015 Share August 31, 2015 Sure. Although only to scare people in the street and then mock them for being scared of a pink pony. No matter how hard I try these ponies will simply never leave me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
best poni 1,521 August 31, 2015 Share August 31, 2015 YES! I'd give all of my money to get one! I'd buy fluttershy! Signature by Laika Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarecrow 44 September 13, 2015 Share September 13, 2015 yes .-., totally espically if there selling flutters however I would let any that I buy go and let them live life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Thunder Dash 7,824 September 13, 2015 Share September 13, 2015 As said, pony trafficking isn't right. I would rather see them on my TV. But, if there was a way to bring them here...that'd be awesome...but for now...I'd rather see them on TV...although you can make tulpas of them... 1 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeWg-TtBRMfqketa1ELyKGg Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/menelik-david-kenneth-cannady 2nd SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/thunder-dash-alternative/tracks Pony.fm: https://pony.fm/thunder-dash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kivil 1,721 September 13, 2015 Share September 13, 2015 Nah it would be weird and I don't have any parenting skills 1 ~My life is a bunch of Discord~Yes, the pun was intended~Kivil~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glike 487 September 13, 2015 Share September 13, 2015 I'd like to see a human control unit that could take on the likes of Twilight Sparkle and Rainbow Dash. Avatar by the lovely ChibiDashie and Signature by the wonderful Pinkamena Dianne Pie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake 516 September 13, 2015 Share September 13, 2015 I would buy them just so they wouldn't go to bad homes.. Imagine not knowing what kind of person would buy you. That'd be terrifying. signature by; https://mlpforums.com/user/26424-minikirby123/art by; http://pucksterv.deviantart.com/ profile picture by; https://mlpforums.com/user/36534-prophet/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin_Case001 4,908 September 13, 2015 Share September 13, 2015 You can't, like, buy a sentient being, dude... I don't even recognize ownership of pets. I refer to it as guardianship. Would you say that you're going to buy a child? No. Then I wouldn't say I'm going to buy a pet. It's adoption. Doesn't matter if it's from a store. Still adoption if it's a living thing. (Well, not plants. Duh.) Anyway, if MLPs were real, I would certainly consider adopting one, if I had the financial situation to support what is basically a child, and if I was ready and able and willing to be a parent, which I'm not. If one did adopt a pony, you'd have to realize that it's no different than a human child. We're talking raising this being as your own, preparing her/him for life and the world, and when she/he is grown, giving her/him the independence which is the basic birthright of any sentient being. There's something interesting about the morality of this situation. Yes, it seems wrong to consider buying and selling a sentient being as an object or a pet. That was my initial thought, and I completely, wholeheartedly agree. My gut instinct tells me that this is very, very wrong; I should probably avoid considering it at all. But, here's the catch. If this doesn't happen, then these ponies are never created and they never exist. You have to consider what the alternative is here: they either exist and are sold to (hopefully) loving and caring homes, or they don't have any chance of ever living at all. Which is worse is a matter of perspective. Actually, I think it's pretty simple. If something doesn't exist at all, then it just doesn't exist. There's no logic in feeling sorry for something that doesn't exist, feeling as though this hypothetical being is missing out on life. I'm not going to get into an abortion debate, which is what I feel like this conversation could easily go careening towards, but if I simply choose to never have kids, then am I a bad person for denying my hypothetical child, that never existed in any form, a shot at life? Of course I'm not a bad person. If we ever had the technology to create life artificially, it would most certainly not be unethical to refrain from doing so, any more than it would be unethical for a couple to choose never to conceive a child. Having the ability to create life doesn't make it tragic to not do so. We don't have a duty to create every hypothetical lifeform possible. If the non-existence of anything is a tragedy, then the universe is filled with infinite tragedy, because there's an infinite amount of beings that don't exist. To think that way is rather absurd, in my honest opinion. Creating sentient life artificially is fraught with much more ethical dilemmas. You know full well that if ponies like this were made, actually made in the real world, many, many of them would suffer, and suffer greatly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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