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WHAT THE HELL IS A BRONY? PLAYBOY INVESTIGATES
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| APRIL 21, 2015
| Zaron Burnett III
Posted on 04/23/2015 3:35:00 PM PDT by CtBigPat
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Growing up, a lot of my friends were geeks, nerds, gamers - the kinds of guys who purchase ninja stars. I played D&D with miniature metal figurines. I played table-top games that friends invented. I may not be one, but I know geeks when I see them. Bronies are, for the most part, a deep geek culture. Yet, a very different sort of geek than Ive ever known.
Leave it to geeks to figure out a way to become better men by embracing the feminine. Theyve hacked the code of masculinity. And now theyre rewriting it. Bronies are the flip-side of geek culture, the opposite of the ugly sexism often on display. While some gamers feel threatened by women entering their space, Bronies are inspired by femininity. Theyre using a little girl cartoon show to learn how to build communities together. Theyre good people just trying to get by, and loving ponies seems to help
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posted on
04/23/2015 3:35:01 PM PDT
by
CtBigPat
To: CtBigPat
“Bronies can be summed up in one sentence: theyre grown-ass men who love a little girls cartoon show about the adventures of a group of magical ponies.”
Bronies can be summed up in one word: gay.
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posted on
04/23/2015 3:37:14 PM PDT
by
detective
To: detective
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posted on
04/23/2015 3:38:01 PM PDT
by
uncitizen
(I'm Ready for Teddy!)
To: KC_Lion; Crazieman; GraceG; Norm Lenhart; Zionist Conspirator; Berlin_Freeper; dadfly
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posted on
04/23/2015 3:38:58 PM PDT
by
CtBigPat
(Free Republic - The grown-ups table of the internet.)
To: CtBigPat
I’m stupider for having read part of that. Thanks.
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posted on
04/23/2015 3:39:17 PM PDT
by
Tenacious 1
(POPOF. President Of Pants On Fire.)
To: detective
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posted on
04/23/2015 3:41:12 PM PDT
by
CGASMIA68
To: CtBigPat
I think most Bronies do it just to be weird. As geek culture has taken over pop culture it’s harder and harder to be an outlier, and some people have a large drive to be different. Teen to adult male watching a cartoon target marketed at 6 year old girls, that’s different.
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posted on
04/23/2015 3:41:19 PM PDT
by
discostu
(Bobby, I'm sorry you have a head like a potato.)
To: CtBigPat
This thread is perfectly fine without pictures. And since it is from Playboy, no naked brony pictures either.
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posted on
04/23/2015 3:45:43 PM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(Darth Obama on 529 plans: I am altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it any further.)
To: detective
Bronies can be summed up in one word: gay. Not a Bronie, but I do have a 8-year-old girl who loves it, so I have to watch it at times.
It's not bad, and kind of funny, in an 8-year-old-girl-would-love-it kind of way.
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posted on
04/23/2015 3:46:44 PM PDT
by
IYAS9YAS
(Has anyone seen my tagline? It was here yesterday. I seem to have misplaced it.)
To: CtBigPat
I am completely shocked, amazed, and bewildered.
I really thought Playboy had gone out of business a long time ago.
Oh and the cartoon erotic nonsense is also nuts.
To: detective; uncitizen; CGASMIA68
I’ve been to several brony events including a Season 5 Premier party a few weeks ago. Rather weird and extremely geeky but not sick or perverted. Just a bunch of nerds having fun
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posted on
04/23/2015 3:52:29 PM PDT
by
CtBigPat
(Free Republic - The grown-ups table of the internet.)
Adult men who worship a show aimed at 6 year old girls, yeah thats pretty weird and disgusting
To: CtBigPat
This is all BS. It’s about sex.
I’ve got an acquaintance on one of my writer’s blogs who write MLP fan fic porn. She makes more money than I ever will.
IMHO, it’s an outlet for pedophilia.
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posted on
04/23/2015 3:55:43 PM PDT
by
Marie
To: CtBigPat
Bronyism is Masculine Abandonment Level 11.
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posted on
04/23/2015 3:58:14 PM PDT
by
Talisker
(One who commands, must obey.)
To: CtBigPat
"While some gamers feel threatened by women entering their space, Bronies are inspired by femininity." ...and Bruce Jenner just got really carried away.
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posted on
04/23/2015 4:01:55 PM PDT
by
floozy22
( "Government is not the solution to our problem, government IS the problem." Ronald Reagan)
To: CtBigPat
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posted on
04/23/2015 4:02:35 PM PDT
by
anymouse
(God didn't write this sitcom we call life, he's just the critic.)
To: CtBigPat
Uh, yeah, weird
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posted on
04/23/2015 4:02:52 PM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(I'll vote for Jeb when Terri Schiavo endorses him.)
To: detective
Bronies.Just remember the pics of Pajama Boy-same type of arrested development fool.
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posted on
04/23/2015 4:03:27 PM PDT
by
Farmer Dean
(stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
To: COBOL2Java
Well I see you brony and
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04/23/2015 4:03:51 PM PDT
by
GraceG
(Protect the Border from Illegal Aliens, Don't Protect Illegal Alien Boarders...)
To: discostu
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posted on
04/23/2015 4:04:58 PM PDT
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GraceG
(Protect the Border from Illegal Aliens, Don't Protect Illegal Alien Boarders...)
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