
| Anonymous #428312 10 months ago |
I like the punchline |
| ChickNeighney #428313 10 months ago |
The lady doth protest too much, methinks.
Also, I thought "Brony" was universal? |
| Anonymous #428315 10 months ago |
what punchline? how is this funny? |
| AdrianBrony #428317 10 months ago |
>bronies
>"exclusively male" >implying most people agree "brony" is not a gender neutral term. lol you keep believing that. |
| AdrianBrony #428319 10 months ago |
though I think the joke is she is so obviously a brony but she doesn't want to admit it. |
| Sandman #428321 10 months ago |
Bro is a gender neutral term, thus Brony is gender neutral as well.
Your argument is invalid Lucy. |
| AdrianBrony #428322 10 months ago |
#428321
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| sweatshirt #428335 10 months ago |
^ |
| feather #428340 10 months ago |
lawl |
| Dachimotsu #428342 10 months ago |
I thought everyone knew that "Filly" was the term used for female fans. |
| Sandman #428346 10 months ago |
#428322
You mean it wasn't obvious already? Purposefully invalid argument in order to avoid being outed. Though, she isn't doing a very good job of it. /sarcasm Also, it's "That's" not "Thats" Spelling Fail. |
| AdrianBrony #428349 10 months ago |
#428346
it's an image macro, I didn't make it. |
| WhirlyWillow #428352 10 months ago |
I've always referred to myself as a Brony despite my "lady parts" XD |
| Sandman #428357 10 months ago |
#428349
IRRELEVANT. |
| AdrianBrony #428362 10 months ago |
#428357
as was the fact that there was a spelling error in the first place |
| Sandman #428375 10 months ago |
#428357
as was the fact that pointing out that the spelling error was irrelevant. |
| Sandman #428377 10 months ago |
^#428362
Derp. |
| Jackarunda #428378 10 months ago |
Brony, coming from "bro," coming from "brother," which does indeed indicate male.
However, it would be a pain in the ass and needlessly pedantic to make a name exclusively for girls. "Brony" is thus gender neutral. Besides, it makes us all feel more together when we have the same designation :3 |
| Sandman #428387 10 months ago |
#428378
FOOL! A women can be your bro. Being as it can apply to both men and women, gender neutral. |
| Jackarunda #428443 10 months ago |
Sandman, your stupidity amazes me.
Read my fucking comment one more time. |
| Bluefoxx #428469 10 months ago |
Brony actual comes from 4chan /b/ board's And was originally was /b/ pony, but was shortened to brony. And is simply a name for fans of MLP. Weather they are male or female. Much like all Star treck fans are treckkies.
It has nothing to do with the term Bro or any of that. |
| Bronyboy #428530 10 months ago |
Oh yeah. She's a brony. (In the gender neutral sense of the term) |
| Anonymous #428541 10 months ago |
Brony comes from /b/rother + pony. It is not gender neutral.
Since "bro" is already a word most people understand to be synonymous with "male", it doesn't much matter if the origin of "brony" is gender neutral or not because pretty much everybody will see it as "bro + pony". Just look at the mainstream media coverage of MLP:FiM if you want to see how people are already using "brony" to mean "MALE fan of MLP". Using the term brony to refer to ALL fans of MLP implies that the male fans are the important fans and the female fans are not. Personally, I just use pony (or ponyfan) to refer to all fans. |
| Vree #428559 10 months ago |
Gah not this discussion again.
What people say is true, except for that last one - using a word like brony does NOT imply that female fans are unimportant, nor does it originally come from "bro". It is true that the implication is unavoidable and that people sometimes use it to single out male fans (because male fans of a pony show is considered unusual). So if you feel super-duper bad about being referred to with a word that sounds like it might be exclusively male, then you are free to make up your own version like ponyfan or pegasis. But I think it's being overly pedantic because it's not and wasn't meant as a gender exclusive term. |
| GinTsuKitsune #428587 10 months ago |
Wait. BDK is still alive? |
| Lunacy #428611 10 months ago |
Yes, this discussion again. Obviously it needs to be said again and again until people start listening.
This isn't about feeling "super-duper bad about being referred to with a word that sounds like it might be exclusively male", it's about the fact that, as a community, we need to recognize the fact that Words Mean Things. You can't pretend the "bro" in "brony" doesn't mean anything just because you want to. The implication is unavoidable because "bro" is already synonymous with "male". Brony is already a term for male fans. It doesn't matter if it wasn't meant as a gender exclusive term; intentions don't change the fact that it is. When we refer to all the fans as bronys (bronies?), we are saying that males are the primary fans (because "bro" is already a word with meaning) and females are secondary. It isn't overly pedantic to err on the side of compassion and understanding. |
| Shaky #428615 10 months ago |
I didn't know Tim Buckley started a side project.... |
| ArcCahlon #428636 10 months ago |
I still love the female term I heard for a girl pony fan. gronie. but in all seriousness who gives a damn about its "true" defination or where it come's from. if it offends 1 person to be called or define as that, dont call them that. if you don't like that referance or that desciption fine we all have opinions just let it go and lets get back to our ponies. |
| Gnollbard #428961 10 months ago |
WALLS OF TEXT
OH GOD |
| FanOfMostEverything #429128 10 months ago |
See, this is why I opened my fanfic with "Bronies and gentlemares." |
| Anonymous #431364 10 months ago |
... I haven't seen this comic in years. literally.
better yet, the fact that he made that one and there are no others on the site. I think it MIGHT be photoshopped a bit by him though, because it looks awfully like another joke he did of this. |
| Anonymous #432019 10 months ago |
Wow, brony id getting dangerously close to the question of "What's a furry?" Which results in huge arguements about what the term means. |
| Anonymous #434032 10 months ago |
@432019
People argue about what being a furry means because it's subjective to the person who identifies as a furry. People are arguing over the usage of "brony" because people are sexist and think it's okay to marginalize women. |