I am suprised at how many people don't know what a brony is!

[Count Paradox 3,548]

I just became a brony not that long ago, but before I became one, one of my pals told me what they were a few years ago, so I had a small piece of information about who bronies were. Ever since I became one, I have learned so much, and I have not been afraid to tell others that I am indeed a brony and I do watch My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic. The surprising thing is that, out of the many people that I have told, a few are fellow bronies, some dislike me for being one, but mostly, no one really knew what a brony was, or even what My Little Pony was!!! This surprised me quite a bit, because I thought more people knew about us. But I have also found that getting people who know nothing about bronies to become bronies (or pegasisters) themselves is quite easy, easier than trying to get someone who has heard of the show and about bronies and thinks us strange folk. I have gotten at least 4 people a little interested in MLP because I suggested My Little Dashie to them. Hopefully by my diong this, I have gotten more bronies into the herd!

[NavelColt 22,876]

 

Lots of people live under rocks, it's no surprise xD

 

But that's great that you've been converting :3

[Flicker Sweet 3,391]

I know it's insulting!!!!!! http://mlpforums.com/public/style_emoticons/default/dry.png

[FortyShadows 217]

Congrats on being a brony convertor. I found that it's the same here, which surprised me too. Bronies and haters are minority, while the majority is: "You mean brownie?"

Well, turn ALL the people into browniesbronies/pegasisters

[Count Paradox 3,548]

thanx, everyone. i just can't believe, though, that so many don't know about us. I guess I could say that it upsets me a little...

[NeverNeverland 1,940]

Be careful, else you risk winding up like a Jehovah's Witness (with Ponies rather than Jesus).

 

No offense Swit Swat (if you manage to read this).

[JhonHipster 124]

I'm more suprised how many people haven't heard of memes.

[Pinkazoid 3,493]

How can someone be a brony a few years ago, if FIM only started about a year ago?

[Starshine 16,330]

And why the heck everyone should knows what a 'brony' is?

 

It's not like we are the largest fandom or the best one in this world. We are a fan of a show, not some brotherhood of a religion.

 

Stop acting like the FiM was the greatest thing ever grazed the humanity. It's a cartoon, nothing more

[Batbrony 15,994]

Eh, it's not all that surprising to me; I mean, although bronydom is one of the quickest growing subcultures/Internet phenomenons, it's still only about two years old. Heck, most people don't even know about the new MLP, much less bronies, so I wouldn't worry about it if I were you.

[LovingTolerance 131]

It's really not that easy for people to stumble upon this community. I felt like I came to the party late when I got into it.

 

It basically works like this:

1. You are a normal person, so you have a facebook account

2. Some of your facebook "friends" are nerds who know what memes are and post them all of the time

3. You notice a meme on your feed that cracks you up

4. You spend the next six hours flipping through memes

5. You start wondering how these memes came about and end up on Know Your Meme to find out

6. For some reason Know Your Meme appears to be run by cute ponies and you're like "what's up with that?"

7. Welcome to the herd.

Edited May 22, 2012 by SageWise

[I used to be a stranger 7,989]

The periphery is smaller than Team Fortress 2, let alone Team Fortress 2, Half Life and Portal combined; many people haven't even heard of those.

 

I'm not surprised.

[cuteycindyhoney 13,283]

Why worry about it? Edited May 24, 2012 by cuteycindyhoney

[CapnKrunk 307]

It's probobaly because they dont go on the internet a lot.

Edited May 22, 2012 by Flutter Derp

[Mr. Jaguar 1,402]

How can someone be a brony a few years ago, if FIM only started about a year ago?

 

[lardbobobo 1,591]

Yeah, sorry guys; as big as the brony fandom is, it's really only big on the internet. Sure, we have all of these brony conventions, but there's really not that much media attention put on it and when there is, it's normally put in places where the majority of most kids in school just don't read or care about for that matter.

 

But hey, if you really want the world to know about this, keep making fan art and keep praising the show. Look at how big the fandom is already because of that.

Edited May 22, 2012 by lordbababa

[caesar15 231]

Dude same here! I have a picture of derpy and princess celestia "obey" poster and no one has any idea what those are, if they knew what a brony was they would assume i am one bc i have ponies on my binder, only like, 2 guys i know know what a brony is.

[Radiance64 7,051]

Congrats on being a brony convertor. I found that it's the same here, which surprised me too. Bronies and haters are minority, while the majority is: "You mean brownie?" Well, turn ALL the people into browniesbronies/pegasisters

Haha, that reminds me that sometimes when I Google-search bronies it asks 'do you mean brownies?' I guess Google doesn't even know sometimes!

[Crystal Sparkle 344]

Well it does just sound like a some sort of hippie word.

[Yurusumaji 33]

A large amount of the internet populous doesn't go further than Facebook (MAYBE Twitter). The internet is big and scary and mostly nerds rule it. I knew what bronies were as soon as I heard the term used because a close friend of my husband is a brony. However, before finding this forum, I had never even heard the term "pegasister". I guess it's all about which content you run into!

 

Don't be offended. Like you said, the people who don't know what it is are more open-minded about it. That's good. We want more people to, at least, be accepting of us and not treat us like we're mental.

[Mr. Jaguar 1,402]

Haha, that reminds me that sometimes when I Google-search bronies it asks 'do you mean brownies?' I guess Google doesn't even know sometimes!

 

Also reminds me of this adorable image

 

[FortyShadows 217]

Haha, that reminds me that sometimes when I Google-search bronies it asks 'do you mean brownies?' I guess Google doesn't even know sometimes!

 

What, I got it from this: http://img.ponibooru...6a9f44da414d5df

Because Pinkie's awesome.

Edit: I just realized post above me uses same image.

@Pegasus25: Your good, too good, I'm bored...

Edited May 22, 2012 by XraYZPony

[RockinRarity 1,605]

Bronies are kind of like anime nerds. You could even argue that bronies are a growing subculture among anime nerds.

 

As large and popular as anime is, it is not recognized by mainstream media as something that thousands of people enjoy. Thousands and thousands and thousands of people can attend anime conventions, but the mainstream media and Hollywood won't admit their existence, so it keeps the people who mostly pay attention to Hollywood and mainstream media out of the loop. Anime, as large as it is, is quite underground. Sure, many of us who currently love anime watched it on TV as a kid, whether it was Sailor Moon or Dragonball Z or Pokemon (or all of the above), but nobody took it seriously. It was just kids' stuff. The same people who grew up with anime as a kid watch the stuff they air on Adult Swim and what they can find on the Internet or even Netflix. But nobody takes it seriously. Full Metal Alchemist isn't as important as Jersey Shore, right?

 

Bronies are similar. Except we started on the Internet. But I think most of us enjoy anime, right? That's how I got to be a pegasister.

 

Let me give you a recap for how I got around to discovering MLPFiM:

- When I was 5 years old, I saw a commercial on TV for Sailor Moon dolls. I wanted them. Mom wouldn't let me get them because for some reason I wasn't allowed to have toys made by Bandai. But I still remembered Sailor Moon in my heart.

- Second grade, I discovered that Sailor Moon was on TV, but it was on at 2:30 in the afternoon while I was still in school. I remember whenever it was 2:30 imagining myself back at home watching Sailor Moon.

- Fourth grade, Sailor Moon was put on Toonami. I could finally watch the show I'd been dreaming about for years.

- Throughout Toonami's reign, I casually watched other anime, and was also a fan of Pokemon and Dragonball Z. One of my best friends, who bonded over Sailor Moon with me, became a huge fan of Yu-Gi-Oh. I watched some of that too.

- Summer before high school, I saw a commercial for the Teen Titans cartoon. The drawing style was similar to that of anime, so it intrigued me. I watched the show and became a fan instantly.

- I was obsessed with Teen Titans. I wanted to find out more about the characters. I did an intense Google search on them and discovered FanFiction.Net. Thus begins my first expedition on the Internet.

- After a few years of writing FanFiction and making Internet friends talking about Teen Titans, someone linked to a forum called The Robin and Starfire Shrine (which no longer exists as a website, unfortunately)

- I made more Internet friends and bonded with people over Teen Titans

- Someone on the Robin and Starfire Shrine sent me a link to watch Yu-Gi-Oh: The Abridged Series. Here begins part 2 of my Internet journey.

- I watched the entirety of YGOTAS and signed up for their forums. I made many many friendships, some of them quite close, and have even gone to an anime convention to meet LittleKuriboh and Team Four Star in person.

- One of my friends from the forum started posting ponies. My curiosity peaked. I started watching MLP.

- Wanted to find an MLP forum, and got this one.

 

See, my journey to MLPFiM was an anime-and-Internet journey. Most people don't have those. They think anime is dumb and the Internet is for Facebook and porn. They live in a box, in a way.

 

I don't know what your journey looks like, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was similar to mine.

[LovingTolerance 131]

Bronies are kind of like anime nerds. You could even argue that bronies are a growing subculture among anime nerds.

 

As large and popular as anime is, it is not recognized by mainstream media as something that thousands of people enjoy. Thousands and thousands and thousands of people can attend anime conventions, but the mainstream media and Hollywood won't admit their existence, so it keeps the people who mostly pay attention to Hollywood and mainstream media out of the loop. Anime, as large as it is, is quite underground. Sure, many of us who currently love anime watched it on TV as a kid, whether it was Sailor Moon or Dragonball Z or Pokemon (or all of the above), but nobody took it seriously. It was just kids' stuff. The same people who grew up with anime as a kid watch the stuff they air on Adult Swim and what they can find on the Internet or even Netflix. But nobody takes it seriously. Full Metal Alchemist isn't as important as Jersey Shore, right?

 

Bronies are similar. Except we started on the Internet. But I think most of us enjoy anime, right? That's how I got to be a pegasister.

 

Let me give you a recap for how I got around to discovering MLPFiM:

- When I was 5 years old, I saw a commercial on TV for Sailor Moon dolls. I wanted them. Mom wouldn't let me get them because for some reason I wasn't allowed to have toys made by Bandai. But I still remembered Sailor Moon in my heart.

- Second grade, I discovered that Sailor Moon was on TV, but it was on at 2:30 in the afternoon while I was still in school. I remember whenever it was 2:30 imagining myself back at home watching Sailor Moon.

- Fourth grade, Sailor Moon was put on Toonami. I could finally watch the show I'd been dreaming about for years.

- Throughout Toonami's reign, I casually watched other anime, and was also a fan of Pokemon and Dragonball Z. One of my best friends, who bonded over Sailor Moon with me, became a huge fan of Yu-Gi-Oh. I watched some of that too.

- Summer before high school, I saw a commercial for the Teen Titans cartoon. The drawing style was similar to that of anime, so it intrigued me. I watched the show and became a fan instantly.

- I was obsessed with Teen Titans. I wanted to find out more about the characters. I did an intense Google search on them and discovered FanFiction.Net. Thus begins my first expedition on the Internet.

- After a few years of writing FanFiction and making Internet friends talking about Teen Titans, someone linked to a forum called The Robin and Starfire Shrine (which no longer exists as a website, unfortunately)

- I made more Internet friends and bonded with people over Teen Titans

- Someone on the Robin and Starfire Shrine sent me a link to watch Yu-Gi-Oh: The Abridged Series. Here begins part 2 of my Internet journey.

- I watched the entirety of YGOTAS and signed up for their forums. I made many many friendships, some of them quite close, and have even gone to an anime convention to meet LittleKuriboh and Team Four Star in person.

- One of my friends from the forum started posting ponies. My curiosity peaked. I started watching MLP.

- Wanted to find an MLP forum, and got this one.

 

See, my journey to MLPFiM was an anime-and-Internet journey. Most people don't have those. They think anime is dumb and the Internet is for Facebook and porn. They live in a box, in a way.

 

I don't know what your journey looks like, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was similar to mine.

 

I can't get into Anime. It's mostly just a bunch of panning around on stillframes and flashing lights to make it look like there is movement.

 

The mainstream media gives it plenty of attention, but almost entirety in the form of derisive spoofs, so that's not necessarily good.

 

There are a lot of layers of nerd out there. Anime is a big one that kind of ties in with everything. I'm glad to hear you enjoy it though, even if I can't.

[Leo 5]

I tried to convert my friends to bronies. The friends I tried to convert are frequent users of the internet, but they refuse to become bronies. They know what My Little Pony is, but they don't want to become bronies for some reasons I'm not so sure about. One of my friends stated that he will never, ever watch My Little Pony. Another one of my friends occasionally looks at My Little Pony memes on Memebase, but he is not a brony.