Whats up with my little pony? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by cedarmesa@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Just checked out the lemmy version of r/place. On there, on people profiles, and many lemmy communities are devoted to my little pony and various other childish cartoon stuff. Im mostly out of the loop. I read an article a while back about a website that was an alt-right thing that used childish speech and my little pony imagery. Is this what this is? Is it a fetish thing? What is the reason for the prevalence of childish cartoonish imagery on the internet in places most likely inhabited by adults? Dead serious question by someone out of the loop. Anyone in the know please help me out here. Marked Nsfw just in case.

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[-] MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

When the newer version My Little Pony came out the fandom got hijacked by sweaty incel men in their 20s and 30s who are definitely not giant pedophiles. They like to call themselves "bronies" and walk around in pony costumes at conventions but they absolutely are not sexually deviant furries...

[-] cujo@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

[-] MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I'm saving this image. I'm sure I will have use of it again lol

[-] cujo@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

🫡 Glad to be of service, lol.

[-] Lizardking27@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

OP, this is the correct answer. It's being downvoted because the people who are definitely not giant pedophiles are in this thread slinging bullshit.

[-] cujo@sh.itjust.works -2 points 1 year ago

I knew a girl in high school who picked "Not All Bronies are Pedophiles" as the topic of her speech for our public speaking class. We also caught her reading hentai in class... "For the plot."

Stereotypically speaking, stereotypes are bad. But some of them exist for a reason.

this post was submitted on 05 Aug 2023

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