KillerKingBakudan 702 November 16, 2018 Share November 16, 2018 According to Lauren Faust, the ponies in Equestria do their business like actual horses. Sure, they've got bathrooms. But for the most part, they're free to just crap anywhere they want in their most private moments (except maybe in Celestia's castle). That said, they may have been fertilizing the ground for so long that they probably don't even notice the smell at all. Or if they do, they might just write it off as a minor inconvenience. Which would practically make Equestria the fictional equivalent to present-day San Francisco. It may have a lot to offer, but no matter what good things you find outdoors, you're bound to get that unmistakable stench stuck in your nose until you leave. Would you say it's worth living in pony society with friends like the Mane Six, or would the shit be too much for you to handle? No questions asked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midnight Solace 5,132 November 16, 2018 Share November 16, 2018 Of course I would! I hate Earth. Have you ever been there? Ponies are way better than humans. 2 1 ~Twilight x Midnight~ Ask Midnight I'm not a bad pony... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Appley Hooves 136 November 16, 2018 Share November 16, 2018 Place we live already smells like one thanks to improperly vented sewers so ehh, I'd be fine with it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clod 8,294 November 16, 2018 Share November 16, 2018 What? No. Absolutely not. That's disgusting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynthia Mintwing 2,216 November 16, 2018 Share November 16, 2018 I personally wouldn't live in Equestria if it smelled like a toilet bowl. Also, our earth is already filthy enough. 1 -She/Her -Big nerd lol -Bacon for life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celtore 2,770 November 16, 2018 Share November 16, 2018 If it just smells like fertilizer/dung, no problem. There are far worse smells present in the washroom that I'd call downright toxic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BornAgainBrony 2,397 November 16, 2018 Share November 16, 2018 There are already farmers who deal with that smell all the time. You hang with a scent long enough you're just not going to notice it anymore. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreambiscuit 9,576 November 16, 2018 Share November 16, 2018 As it is, the human world smells pretty bad a lot of the time (not just San Francisco). So I would choose to live in Equestria surrounded by things I can relate to as opposed to the human world which doesn't have the bonuses of my favorite cartoon ponies. If it got too bad around the ponies, I'd just go to Zecora's and get a potion to mute the noxious smell. Problem solved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misty Shadow 7,837 November 16, 2018 Share November 16, 2018 Sure. I've had to endure the smell of far fouler things than a toilet bowl, trust me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeric 46,850 November 16, 2018 Share November 16, 2018 Ha! You forget that the season 8 finale added that little bit about imbuing magic into food. That changes the whole equation. For all we know, magic food can be more efficient than non magical food eliminating physical waste. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
碇 シンジン 27,431 November 16, 2018 Share November 16, 2018 If you live long enough into some kind of environment you will get used to it and adapt to it. Senses grow more dull to some certain things etc. So i dont really think there would be much of an issue in the longer run if you get past the initial phase. Rarity Fan Club Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dashy 4 Ever 4,835 November 16, 2018 Share November 16, 2018 To see Rainbow Dash, I would. 1 Tell me this isn't the cutest thing you've seen all day? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharpWit 2,611 November 16, 2018 Share November 16, 2018 Here's something you need to consider. What are they eating? Actual horse dung doesn't have a strong smell to it because they're fed grains and grasses. Other animals like pigs which will eat just about whatever you give to them will produce some foul smelling stool. The one exception I've found to an animal that produces waste that wreaks while having a very plain consistent diet is chickens, but birds do all of their business from the same hole and for the most part at the same time so I think that's why they smell so bad. I would expect the ponies to have a fairly diverse diet so they might stink up a storm if they just left it about in the streets but I'm pretty sure they don't do that. Places like Manehatten I'm sure have proper indoor plumbing, Canterlot is set on a mountain so a makeshift stream or spring powered system could be in place washing everything down to some treatment facility at the bottom, and I suspect Ponyville like we saw at Dodge junction, has the use of outhouses. These might be set to up to where they just empty buckets into carts everyday and it's someone's job to dump it far off. Still wouldn't want to live there though. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BornAgainBrony 2,397 November 16, 2018 Share November 16, 2018 (edited) 3 hours ago, Jeric said: Ha! You forget that the season 8 finale added that little bit about imbuing magic into food. That changes the whole equation. For all we no, magic food can be more efficient than non magical food eliminating physical waste. I wonder... what does it smell like around the rock farm? I think the fact that there were ponies living on rocks at all though makes this whole discussion kind of moot. I mean, that establishes Ponies can live on cake, hay, or inorganic matter. Their digestive system must be insanely complex. We can't even imagine what it would smell like. Almost surely not anything we would associate with bathrooms though. Edited November 16, 2018 by BornAgainBrony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goat-kun 2,527 November 16, 2018 Share November 16, 2018 Horse shit does not smell that bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KillerKingBakudan 702 November 16, 2018 Author Share November 16, 2018 3 hours ago, Goat-kun said: Horse shit does not smell that bad. Not unless it comes from horses whose diets are mostly comprised of cupcakes and other confections at Sugarcube Corner. 1 No questions asked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phosphor 11,528 November 16, 2018 Share November 16, 2018 Do the ponies in Equestria really just crap anywhere at random? They seem to use indoor plumbing. Even the extremely rural areas at least had an outhouse (featured in The Last Roundup, think) If they did and Equestria ended up smelling bad, I would just stay where I am. It smells fresh here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pip Plup II 4 November 17, 2018 Share November 17, 2018 No I would not who would. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoOneInParticular 49 November 17, 2018 Share November 17, 2018 That Lauren Faust tweet was a joke and shouldn't be taken as canon. I'm really surprised people still bring it up as if it were anything more than a bit of crude humor. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monsoon 1,662 November 17, 2018 Share November 17, 2018 I could probably handle it however if it gets bad enough I'll just move to a more isolated location like the everfree forest or that desert town starlight first appeared in No Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narcissus 354 November 17, 2018 Share November 17, 2018 3 hours ago, NoOneInParticular said: That Lauren Faust tweet was a joke and shouldn't be taken as canon. I'm really surprised people still bring it up as if it were anything more than a bit of crude humor. Exactly. The ponies may be animals, but they're cartoon animals and just as civilized as humans. The fact that there are outhouses shows that they are aware of a need for both privacy and waste disposal, so the likelihood that they have normal pony-styled restrooms should be the obvious conclusion. Nobody wants to smell shit everywhere, their own included, so I'm sure they have facilities and make full use of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cash In 22,211 November 17, 2018 Share November 17, 2018 ...I guess. I'm pretty sure that the ponies wouldn't lack manners and do their business out in the open. None of them really strike me as the type to be so...uncivilized. At first I rejected the zero, but that was because I simply didn't understand it. Now I do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ganondorf8 11,277 November 17, 2018 Share November 17, 2018 No, I wouldn't be able to handle it. My nose is very sensitive so the smell of a toilet bowl would be too much for me to bear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDDash 19,163 November 17, 2018 Share November 17, 2018 Yeah, okay fine, if you want to be this disgusting about it then I guess you are going to get your own fertilizer. You know what? That's still gross, ponies do have toilets for a reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goat-kun 2,527 November 17, 2018 Share November 17, 2018 16 hours ago, KillerKingBakudan said: Not unless it comes from horses whose diets are mostly comprised of cupcakes and other confections at Sugarcube Corner. If this claim of yours was true, then your problem would have a predominantly gaseous form. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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