Is your time investment in pony appropriate or inappropriate?

[ManaMinori 4,146]

How much time do you put into MLP related activities? Watching the series, Skyping the VA's, posting or lurking on mlp forums, planning and going to pony cons, making mlp cosplay, hunting and buying pony merch, creating pony fan charas....how much time daily do you invest in MLP things? Is the time invested per day appropriate? Or is it inappropriately invested, and you suffer for it (loss of sleep, job, cutback on studies, etc)?

[Kyoshi Frost Wolf 41,887]

Most of my 'Pony Time' is spent here, on these forums, lurking about, posting, seeing what the friends are up to and such. Considering this place is basically a second home for me, I see that as time well spent. Beyond that of course there are the siggies that I do and whatnot, but the biggest time taker is the forums, but even then, I think I am able to balance it out well. I have a lot of free time anyways so...I suppose it isn't a big deal anyways.

[Odyssey 5,717]

It's inappropriately invested. As a matter of fact, a lot of my interests in general and how I spend time with them is what made me fail school in the first place. I am not proud of this fact, that's for certain.

Edited April 27, 2016 by Odyssey

[hfiosdhvsdovsdio 86]

A little less than 1/3, Though I do like the show, watching it, browsing the forums, etc.. I do have other interests, computer related or not. Since not as much of my time is spent on "pony time" due to other interests, guitar, studying, school, friends, it doesn't cause any problems in my life. In my "pony time" I like to watch fan videos, browse the forums, watch the show and I have a few shirts that I wear occasionally, and I will occasionally find myself listening to brony music but more often you will find me listening to other music, though brony music isn't bad at all.

Edited April 27, 2016 by Treeclimbyou

[hgdsghfdhgfdghfdshg 82]

A long time ago all of my time seemed to be invested in pony related things. Nowadays it is very limited and I'm usually off doing other things.

[Jeric 46,866]

The term is opportunity cost. With everything we do, we give up the opportunity to do something else. Being a part of the fandom has not (to my knowledge) had a negative opportunity cost. It helps that my family are all fans too. It also helps that I can make a post like this in 5.3 seconds while looking over school work and talking to my wife. 

 

No ill effects. 

[Jaxsie (Inactive) 1,343]

To be honest, for me, it is inappropriately invested -- but let me qualify this. I believe that creative output should be balanced with the use of someone else's intellectual property. Meaning, I want to create as much as I enjoy other people's creations. I'll admit that MLP related things takes up too much of my time from creating original work and further cultivating my talents. That doesn't mean that I don't love MLP or that it doesn't have a place in my life -- but it most definitely has taken too much time away from more important things.

Edited April 27, 2016 by Jaxsie-chan

[HoovesOnIce 74]

I sometimes think I waste too much time on MLP related stuff but I would just be wasting time on something else anyways.

[VengefulStrudel 1,495]

I don't inappropriately spend time on them. If there's work to be done that involves school, or generally anything that's important, then I do that first and foremost before anything else.

 

I do a lot of pony-related things in my free time, though. Whether it's browsing the forums, drawing 'em or looking at art, vids and fanfics.

[Alberto Riccardini 1]

Very in inappropri- Oh wait, the new episode is coming up!

[GeekySonic 1,150]

I think it's appropriate so far. I don't have a job anymore, so I got nothing better to do. Pretty much all I do is listen to fan music and read through the forums here.

[Moony the Cat 3,704]

I spend pretty much all day on Mlp Forums, which isnt really good, since there are a lot of Situations, were i just Count in Forum Games and tell everyone in my Status Updates about how bored i am.

 

But other than Mlp...i really dont know where else i could go or spend my time with?

And now, i have invested so much time on here, that...i dont know, i just really like staying here and invest more time here.

[ManaMinori 4,146]

I think it's appropriate so far. I don't have a job anymore, so I got nothing better to do. Pretty much all I do is listen to fan music and read through the forums here.

nothing better to do than looking for a job? Inappropriate ponying, in my opinion.

...not that I'm in any position to judge.

Edited April 27, 2016 by Nightmare Muffin

[TheSqueelyOne 157]

If I was able to do something more productive, then I might say inappropriate. But I dropped out of college once I learned I had cancer (that and the stress of it plus the stress of classes got to be too much) and since my cancer was in my eyelid, it was only slightly-operable. They couldn't remove all of it, so I'm now on daily chemo pills. They leave me incredibly drained, in addition to weakening my immune system, so I can't work. So honestly, obsessing over my fandoms and having fun on forums is a great escape from the harsh realities of life. And I think it's pretty healthy. I'm talking to people and making friends. I can't think of a better way to spend my time.

[Fluttershyfan94 5,742]

Well not a whole lot I'd say about one to two hours a day. I used to spend much more time on it, especially when I was drawing.

[GeekySonic 1,150]

nothing better to do than looking for a job? Inappropriate ponying, in my opinion.

...not that I'm in any position to judge.

Well, I kinda can't. The only businesses near my grandparents' house aren't hiring, and I don't have a car to drive, so I can't go out any further than my school.

 

Not a particularly good excuse, but oh well. Besides, once summer rolls around, I know for sure that I can work on a farm again.

[Solid 1,327]

How much time do you put into MLP related activities? Watching the series, Skyping the VA's, posting or lurking on mlp forums, planning and going to pony cons, making mlp cosplay, hunting and buying pony merch, creating pony fan charas....how much time daily do you invest in MLP things? Is the time invested per day appropriate? Or is it inappropriately invested, and you suffer for it (loss of sleep, job, cutback on studies, etc)?

How do people get the skype contact of VAs? I thought they don't give out their personal info.

 

As for main topic, I think I'm in the normal range in terms of investment, maybe even a tad bit too little.

[Rawzy 1,302]

Well I dunno, I pretty much keep this site open in one of my tabs for the whole day, but I do watch the episodes when they broadcast :3

[Cosmik Vek 764]

When I'm home, I can spend quite some time actually doing pony related stuff, but recently it has really went to a whole new level: I can now obssess about MLP for hours a day now, well, when I can. Aside from regularly browsing the forums and such, I even recently thought about merchandise and even being more open about my love for it. I don't know if I want to call this investiment appropriate as it is a risky thing for my schedule, but I really love looking at this stuff, so I kind of want to say the opposite.

Edited April 28, 2016 by Cosmic V0rtex

[Kimi Vulpine 219]

Way too much time. I need to watch more cartoon series, but MLP keeps getting in the way~

[Rarity Is Best Pony 634]

If I'm not playing Destiny or watching anime I'm engaging with some kind of pony media. So yes I would say that my time invested in pony might be considered inappropriate but if that's the case then all of my hobbies have an inappropriate amount of time sunk into them.

[BastementSparkle 20,334]

Eh, I think it's appropriate, other people probably disagree though. Ponies is one of the few things keeping me even a bit happy/sane, so I think I'm justified in spending so much time/money on it. Not much I want more in life than pony stuff anyway, except a few good friends and occasionally some video games.

[Shanks 10,816]

Since I see MLP as one of many interests that take up my time I would say I have it handled.

[Phanact 333]

Who cares? 

 

I enjoy it so like, what does it matter if its appropriate? 

[gamecubeguy214 2,512]

I think my investment in MLP related activities are appropriate. It's the video games that mainly cause my bad grades.