Looking back at it, its kind of wild how for years one of the biggest internet subcultures was adult male fans of my little pony (hexbear.net)

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And also there was (And still is probably) a signficant child and woman hating segment of that subculture

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[-] BeanisBrain@hexbear.net 6 points 3 weeks ago

And in all seriousness I think the fact that the fandom allowed men or male-presenting folks to explore popular culture outside of a narrow range of allowed “masculinity” was a very positive thing for a lot people.

Yeah that was 100% the draw for me.

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