before you were a brony, what did you think of people wearing pony merch

[Red Cedar 1,407]

I didn't think twice about it. I've spent a large enough portion of my life wearing a jacket with a Starfleet communicator pinned to the front and a Blue Squadron insignia patch on the sleeve that I have no problem with anyone else flaunting their preferences.

 

Now I wear an Applejack t-shirt under that jacket.

[Black Sabbath 2,484]

The same thing I think about it now, that it was really weird.

[Moony the Cat 3,697]

Ive never seen anyone wearing Mlp Merch.

 

Never. Not in public, not in any of the schools and in no workplace. 

[Blackened 512]

I didn't even know it existed until after I became a brony. Then again, the fandom was quite young in 2011...

[Steve Piranha 28,782]

The only time I've seen someone wearing pony merch was in a convention. Other than that, no poneh merch where I live

[Varrack 1,080]

I have a friend who was a brony in 2011 and had a "20% cooler" shirt. Wasn't sure what to think of it, but I was like...ok. It wasn't for another four years till I finally understood what the reference to that was.

[They call me Loyalty 1,941]

Nothing in particular. How would I talk about them, without getting to know them first? That feels wrong.

Although I was quite curious about the show itself.

[JonasDarkmane 19,777]

I never saw people wearing pony merc. Never. It is not really big here in Iceland, I just recently (a few months ago) saw a girl wearing a Celestia shirt. However, if I am to guess how I would think, it would probably be like "Strange.... meh, don't really care" ^^;. 

[Treble Bolt 1,122]

I became a brony before the pony merch became a thing (outside of everything geared towards girls and all G3 related anyways).  However, my views on ponies in general before FIM was "kill it with fire!!"

 

That was/is my view on all things girly (outside of FIM)....this is coming from the girl who wanted to marry Bigfoot the monster truck for over 4 years of her life)

 

[Lisa 5,552]

I thought it was weird but didn't think anything else of it besides that. Shortly afterwards I found out about bronies.

[Idris 241]

I come from a background of diggers and offroading so the unusual is the normal. Cartoon charectors are everyday stuff. If it's bright, funny, garish, oily or sick its cool

But I can't remember seeing any MLPFIM merch before Last February when I found the show?

[FlootahBabby 265]

I saw no merchandise before I became a brony. After I became a brony though, I would see other people's reactions to people who weren't me wearing pony shirts. This one Asian kid was wearing a shirt that was a gallery of ponies in a sort of iPhone layout and someone who I believe was one of his friends was like "we shall now call you mr. Pony man" There was another girl in an airport in Texas wearing a Rainbow Dash shirt, and in middle school there was one day where I was walking across the blacktop and I heard some of my own classmates calling themselves after the mane 6 while playing basketball, it was kind of like "Get it Applejack!" "Pass it to me Fluttershy!".

But, if I saw all of that as a non brony, I would heavily contemplate it. More in a puzzling way instead of a negative way. And (unfortunately) I would probably think negatively if I saw someone wearing a furry shirt (because I'm not a furry).

 

I plan on getting a shirt sometime though. However, it's going to be obscure so only certain brownies will know. I'm going to get a shirt of Javis from SLHRPG. I'm not going to buy it because I like mlp, I'm going to buy it because I like Bobby Shroeder's work and I "grew up" watching PonyPokey.

[SystemError514. 84]

I'm never really bothered what people wear and what they like. Before I was a Brony I thought that if someone liked MLP, then let them like it, they are not killing anybody.