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In reply to the discussion: "rape and PIV* are almost the same thing", Part II. Welcome to Bizarro World. [View all]hifiguy
(33,688 posts)Grew up with Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Wile E. Coyote and Popeye and always hated Disney - too sappy. When I was a little boy I adored Rocky and Bullwinkle and got a lot of the adult-oriented jokes even then. Gads, I am old.
I didn't know a single thing about Pony until an old friend of mine, who is a brilliant cartoonist and goes by the handle Tim Kangaroo on the art boards, introduced me to it last summer. It's sweet, smart, snarky and both kid and adult friendly. The show creators are directly tied in to the fanbase and constantly put in shoutouts to the fans.
The world is an ugly place. The Pony/Brony community is based around the themes of tolerance, acceptance and civility, at least at its best. And, remarkably, it sticks to those ideals a surprising amount of the time. It is a welcome respite for the shrieking idiocy one has to deal with in the real world, including DU.
The Usual Suspects are apparently never going away, and I will never understand why. There are 5-6 people that I would have tombstoned with extreme and permanent prejudice more than a year ago. Somehow they all survived with only
their Dear Leader being terminated. It existentially amazes me that people who are at their core right-wing totalitarians who use Left rhetoric continue to be tolerated here.
Whatever. Keep calm and brony on. BTW I am a huge fan of the Workingman's Dead <-> Keith and Donna Grateful Dead. And King Crimson. And Can. Out There is Good.
I look forward to chatting with you frequently, and never be hesitant about sending a PM.