[CtBigPat]

(From the article)

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 I’ve ever known.

Leave it to geeks to figure out a way to become better men by embracing the feminine. They’ve hacked the code of masculinity. And now they’re 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. They’re using a little girl cartoon show to learn how to build communities together. They’re good people just trying to get by, and loving ponies seems to help

[detective]

“Bronies can be summed up in one sentence: they’re grown-ass men who love a little girl’s cartoon show about the adventures of a group of magical ponies.”

Bronies can be summed up in one word: gay.

[CtBigPat]

Pony Ping!

[Tenacious 1]

I’m stupider for having read part of that. Thanks.

[discostu]

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.

[KarlInOhio]

This thread is perfectly fine without pictures. And since it is from Playboy, no naked brony pictures either.

[I cannot think of a name]

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.

[Marie]

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.

[Talisker]

Bronyism is Masculine Abandonment Level 11.

[floozy22]

"While some gamers feel threatened by women entering their space, Bronies are inspired by femininity."

...and Bruce Jenner just got really carried away.

[anymouse]

[COBOL2Java]

Uh, yeah, weird

[Chode]

[BenLurkin]

men who love a little girl’s cartoon show about the adventures of a group of magical ponies.

[Rides_A_Red_Horse]

My friends and I played D&D nearly every weekend at first Air Force duty station. We also watched cartoons one guy recorded (Transformers and GI Joe).

If one of us suggested watching something like “My Little Pony” that fellow would likely be thrown out the window.

[windcliff]

ping

[WKUHilltopper]

Bronies? Another word came to my mind.

[Zionist Conspirator]

That's a bunch of nonsense. Bronies are just people who are fans of a great TV show.

I should know. I am one.

[GeronL]

I can’t believe anyone would post an article from a porn rag to FR