The Brony Degenerates

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[@SWilde-ws9qg]

When I was a little girl I liked ponies and adult men on the internet would bully me for "not knowing the lore".

[@MarcellusJasonClay]

Although I don't have internet access when I was a child. I would feel weird if adults in the internet tells 10 YO me that idk the Barney lore. Edit: its Barney the dinosaur, not from half life.

[@Person106]

Did they know you were a little girl?

[@troywright359]

@@MarcellusJasonClay well....adults do it all the time with pokemon, when a kid tries to tell them that mewtwo ia unbeatable

[@MarcellusJasonClay]

@@troywright359 I hope I will never become one of those kinds of adults

[@Arcania9516]

Wow grown ass men bullied you over fictional characters...that's crazy.

[@LtJason20]

"I was in a dark place" has to be my favorite excuse. You know what else is dark? -A Jail Cell. -A Casket. -The Hole you're digging yourself.

[@arthurbarbosa8204]

@don't be surprised how ironic that you're "making fun of bots" being a bot right

[@mehlessmidori602]

@@arthurbarbosa8204 If only the bot cared about that epic burn.

[@ghost.2527]

GAH DAMN

[@arthurbarbosa8204]

@@mehlessmidori602 I'm sure he would be shaken off his shoes

[@MangoMagica]

It is an excuse but I love your rebuttal! It’s so true

[@dethgnome]

"If the minor is mature enough." Has to be one of the most unhinged things I've ever heard.

[@BertMagurt]

I just started the video, I feel like it'll get worse than that

[@GameExplorer0115]

@@BertMagurt I couldn't stop laughing at the Nazi section of the video.

[@rimmie0769]

Sadly enough I had to deal with stuff like that.

[@__prometheus__]

Ayo???

[@TerminalM193]

Child love will only become more and more normalized. Everyone standing up to the degeneracy is actually being canceled and treated as if THEY'RE the problem rather than you know... The BLATANTLY CLEAR DEGENERATES TRYING TO NORMALIZE PURE FILTH.... Shows that the world elite are openly allowing and help spreading this filth.... This is litteraly how the Roman empire began to crumble...

[@shadowsoulless6227]

Hearing a 24year old tell a 14year old "you have the curves" made me violently angry.

[@Solaris_Paradox]

"It's so exciting knowing that your barely legal." Jesus Christ!

[@broidkanymore-zc4lt]

doxx him and find him then

[@Mitzi-chan224]

​@@broidkanymore-zc4ltdoxxing is not okay

[@broidkanymore-zc4lt]

@@Mitzi-chan224 thats subjective

[@DemBigOlEyes]

Not angry enough, since the person in question is still alive.

[@Pinerobread4294]

Imagine being a father who noticed your daughter enjoyed the show mlp, you then took her to a mlp convention as a surprise and once you took her, you found out all the guests were Middle Aged men with fully grown beards and rainbow wigs on.

[@ShinFahima]

Imagine you're the type of parent that would just drop her off and carelessly just leave. :(

[@flarestriker2005]

I would be like: "Nah nvm..We going to Disney instead."

[@CloudWind0643]

Bobs Burgers did this

[@jar0fflies]

@@ShinFahima my mom was very wary of my interest in MLP and the “brony” community. Not because I was 11-13 years old and enjoying a show aimed at younger kids, but because I was 11-13 and possibly (naïvely and unbeknownst to myself) interacting with grown men who were interested in a show that is aimed at younger kids-more specifically, younger girls. I feel like she would croak at the thought of leaving me at a brony convention alone. I’m so grateful for that sort of guardedness now, honestly. She had me in her best interest.

[@nightwingmix1]

@@flarestriker2005 disney adults are creepy in their own right too. Probably not to this degree tho

[@tori6943]

i was slightly older than the demographic aim of friendship is magic (i was already a teenager when it was in it's heyday) but i was still a teenage girl who liked it and one of the worst things ever was when i went to a toystore and looking at the pony stuff and was legitimately bullied away from them by adult men who were quizzing me on how much pony lore i knew edit just to add LOL thank u to everyone saying they feel bad for laughing at the story, it's absolutely hilarious to me now as an adult it was just insane to even thank about back in the day, so please laugh it's very funny

[@myopiniongoodyouropinionbad]

That's beyond creepy.

[@AwkwardBlackGal613]

Jesus Christ they should be ashamed of themselves

[@ParsureArts]

Aw, that sucks. Some people have no self awareness

[@TheKing-uu7jn]

That is straight up creepy

[@Minkfang]

And then getting bullied by the kids at school because you were like one grade ahead of the other mlp fans

[@scalzo9872]

“If the minor is mature enough” is one of the most fucked up excuses

[@SonarTheBat]

They're not old enough. Thats why they're called a minor.

[@mousii3222]

All the little wet noises from their mouth and the pauses creeped me out

[@NickKurt666]

Hear me out

[@jonathankee3858]

I heard that and I was like "yep you're a pedophile"

[@emerster656]

Minor is mature is crazy

[@mollysvibecorner_42069]

"If the minor is mature enough" JAIL. IMMEDIATELY JAIL 😭

[@DickwadBackroomsugma]

nah wood chipper 💀

[@lordbasilisk]

"How compelling. Please face the wall now."

[@Xenorvya]

"If a minor is mature enough to realize they get too angry in video games, they would have a lot more respect" That's the best way to put this sentence into something normal.

[@Kurlzie]

LITERALLY 😭

[@torterratortellini6641]

Stop it with your bigotry.

[@uncledoctor6920]

That image of Adolph Hitler being forgiven by a cartoon horse is the funniest goddamn thing I've seen all week.

[@MAAS-2008]

W A T

[@TetrahedronDash]

@MelloYelloXP Even though I'm not with them on that, same XD

[@ericp0012]

Basically, a talking alicorn princesses forgave a man who hated six million plus people.

[@jeffreydumont3020]

i wanted to slow clap at the degeneracy level when i saw that

[@TheBlackQueen]

@@ericp0012 Oh you would absolutely HATE Steven Universe then

[@yggdrasilsaltar]

if i had a nickel for every community that features anthropomorphic animals that has a weird fanbase, i’d have a dollar.

[@blaizegottman4139]

Are you saying I'm weird

[@nineinchthread]

@@blaizegottman4139 don't worry I'm also wierd bring weird doesn't mean being bad I do enjoy furry stuff in a general sense

[@harleymitchelly5542]

... OK, now you have me curious as to what 20 groups, and how it stopped at 20. I question whether I wanna know, but I'm gonna ask anyways.

[@Infected-Candies]

you'd have more then a dollar brother

[@yokuutsu9097]

@@Infected-Candies More like 100 dollars

[@chop25official]

I knew a brony for a while, I asked him why he was into it and he said to me that he was apart of the war in Afghanistan and from all the horrors he saw, he saw genuine comfort in this show since the show was so innocent. Which is more understandable than most other explanations. I didnt know he was a brony until he changed his discord pfp to a pony.

[@Korvinian4601]

"The show was so innocent" except for the part when there were slavery in the show which I find very funny

[@cericafe]

@Corvinian wait, which episode?? 😭😭

[@Korvinian4601]

@@cericafe I can’t remember but was it at Crystal Empire or whatever that was?

[@hexcode7707]

@@cericafe s3 ep1,2 characters there had flashbacks and ptsd

[@sebawuba8533]

@@hexcode7707 holy shit

[@friendlysperg1372]

I love how even when they're grilling each other for grooming kids, it still sounds like dialogue from a really shit fanfic "THE ROAD TO HELL IS PAVED WITH GOOD INTENTIONS, ZACH."

[@OverbossZero]

I'm glad my cousin Zac is a well behaved young man. I wouldn't want to tell him that line.

[@RowdyClouds]

Well, they already sound way more articulate then compared to this current generation. Here's to shitty, horrifying grimdarks!

[@entrapta.exe_]

if you're ever feeling down, just remember that child offenders always get attacked in jail by other inmates.

[@TetrahedronDash]

Good. They deserve to rot in tartarus for eternity.

[@nolanwoodrow8747]

after reading that im at least glad im safer by one person

[@GloomGaiGar]

@@nolanwoodrow8747 Your yardstick shouldn't be other people but yourself. Be better than your previous self.

[@franciscofernandez3415]

To be honest, knowing that people really feel Joy in watching somebody getting beaten to death really makes me lose my faith in humanity.

[@sunsetlover123-y7c]

@@franciscofernandez3415 if you know what the person getting beaten did before they went to jail, you'll understand. Although your thoughts are 100% normal, I would kind of lose faith in humanity if I seen others enjoying other people's beatdowns, too. but once you get context, you'll be more than glad.

[@gavinparish8871]

Bro when Zack said "You guys know me," only to have one of his friends respond with "I thought I did," hit me right in the chest. I'd feel betrayed as shit too if I knew someone for that long and discovered they were like this. Sounds like his friends deserved better.

[@thedesensitizedsympathizer5307]

Even so, I would still like to be friends.with Zach. I may not be a minor, but I feel pity for him.

[@flarestorm9417]

That's also one of the most manipulative things you can say. If friends just turn their back on you without strong evidence or hearing your side of things then that is terrible. However, using the "you know me" in response to an allegation without providing actual evidence just plays on the emotional connections people have with you. If anything it seems more suspicious because providing counter-evidence should be enough to prove your innocence.

[@ZeranZeran]

@@flarestorm9417 Amen. A truly honest person will be showing the proof, and angry that you didn't believe them.

[@ZeranZeran]

15:55

[@shoopoop21]

@@flarestorm9417 People are more willing to forgive the murderers of children than this, and I have to say, its because people's concept of morality is fucked. What did he call it, the moral delicacy? - of being able to inflict maximum torment while feeling justified. Plow a truck into a crowd of people, but don't touch the kids, otherwise we're going to look the other way while gangsters murder you as an initiation ritual.

[@Iratechromosome]

I used to be a brony and I was straight up almost groomed by a 26 y/o when I was 13. He knew where I lived because he took me home after a brony meet up (we were the only two brony's there) he would text me everyday and lovebombed me like crazy. my dad INSTANTLY knew what was happening and told the dude never to get into contact with me again Thanks dad. Lil edit: My dad did something as soon as he found out what was happening, I lied to him saying "oh yeah a friend gave me a ride home!" Or something to that extent not realizing the weight of the situation. I was a 13 y/o boy who thought he could defend himself if anything did happen and was just too stoked to have another brony friend hah. It was pure naiveté on my part. My pops did all he could to protect me with the given situation.

[@thekingdomofgondor1913]

Your father is a CHAD

[@doeeyes2]

Where was ur dad when a complete stranger is driving you home at 13?!!!

[@cajunking5987]

How do you end up in such a situation

[@ilikemario295]

at least he didn't bring you somewhere else

[@cajunking5987]

@@ilikemario295 you mean at least she didn’t go

[@AseTheVoiceActor]

"Clopping it" and having "horsefame" is fucking wild

[@jerostz]

and I thought 2024 terminology was bad lol.

[@RowdyClouds]

Those were the days

[@joevaghn457]

Imagine whacking it too animated ponies 💀 wtf

[@RowdyClouds]

​@@joevaghn457 That's hot

[@bigbadlara5304]

My younger sister who is mentally disabled and 16 years old at the time had an online relationship with a 24 year old brony/furry. Relationship lasted 6 months before my parents found out. When he came to visit he should be glad he could run faster than my father...

[@HavianEla]

24 year old’s lucky it wasn’t my dad - he’d have been shot.

[@tacioob2337]

Good to note though that since your sister is mentally ill the rules are diferent. But still, the biological criteria for consensual sex shouldnt be 18

[@HavianEla]

@@tacioob2337 I don’t think there should be different rules for a mentally disabled person. My mentally disabled ex-best friend started dating a 14 year old when she was 20. She also heavily sexualized child anime characters. Mental illness isn’t an excuse to sweep things under the rug, ESPECIALLY pedophilia. There’s never an okay excuse for that. The only pedophiles I have even an inkling of sympathy for are the ones that were groomed to be that way by childhood sexual exploitation themselves, which makes up roughly about 40% of convicted pedophiles. But even then I have trouble being sympathetic to them, as they know first hand the harm they’re putting children through. So, sympathy gone. As a society, we CAN’T let the mentally ill or disabled get away with atrocities. I saw a story of a boy with Down Syndrome who repeatedly groped and assaulted a specific female waitress. People let it happen because of his handicap, leading to what I’m sure is trauma and resentment in that woman. Disabled people are part of the world, and while I think there should be more measures taken to understanding and helping the mentally and physically disabled, it helps NO ONE to let them figuratively get away with murder.

[@tacioob2337]

@@HavianEla you cant convict guilty someone who is mentally disabled. Is just plain out stupid, they dont know what they are doing whatsoever, sometimes they act like savage animals. But i was talking about other thing, the age of consent should be 14 and higher, with a exception of mentally ill people because they cannot consent. We cant think that the criminal justice should be putting people in jail for consensual sex, when they clearly can consent. Below 14-15 years or so is a matter of protecting the pre puberty and the mental state of the child that cannot consent. But convicting a person for consensual sex with a adolescent? Is just plain stupid, i do think the justice should intervene with protective measures, but jail is just stupid.

[@dudex765]

@@HavianElagood comment

[@drewt1717]

My daughter grew up watching MLPFIM, and I watched with her so as to be able to relate to her interests. She's a high school junior now, and we still talk about MLP from time to time. I appreciated the rich characters, interesting storylines, humor, and encouraging messages that the show introduced to kids. I don't care what people want to obsess over, just leave kids OUT of it please, and keep your fetishes away from public places and kids' events. Have the common decency to understand healthy boundaries, and respect them.

[@novatare]

But even that isn't enough for some people; some will actively go out of their way to try and shame things like fetishes.

[@drewt1717]

@@novatare yea that's not cool either.. long as it's between consenting grown-ups, whatever people want to obsess over is their own business and more power to em. Unfortunate that there always seems to be enough troublemakers who give the whole group a bad reputation... it's why humanity can't have nice things that someone doesn't spoil.

[@thedesensitizedsympathizer5307]

You sound like you never got a fetish before. Do you know what it does to you.

[@give-me-your-broadsword]

I hope awareness starts being brought to light to avoid this dark side of the internet

[@ZeranZeran]

Thank you for being a good dad and paying attention to what your kid was consuming. I mean this sincerely. So many parents just do not care. It's nice to know that some still do. Good job dad.

[@joaomonteiro5538]

The thought that grown men would be sexually atracted to ponies never crossed my mind

[@Groza_Dallocort]

Rule 34 is inevitable

[@colbaltmind5696]

This is a real psychological thing that happens. Exposure to constant pornographic or positive material can cause attraction to specific things. That's why fetishes and kinks happen most of the time. Also why people say you shouldn't joke about kinks because you will develop it, the brain is basically a separate entity from the person sometimes and development of kinks is a result of that.

[@sirvilhelmofyonderland]

They aren’t men. They’re children in a man’s body. Lots of men are children these days.

[@ValkyrissaGaming]

Indeed, too pure

[@joaomonteiro5538]

@@colbaltmind5696 But animated ponies? Of all things?

[@765craven4]

Ironic that Lily Peet would call out someone else for problematic behavior involving minors when she herself is guilty of that exact thing, not to mention being abusive.

[@gonnacry442]

I actually feel bad for the creator. It's her first show and it unfortunately gathered... _this_

[@Numbuh900]

Lauren goes through alot of crap

[@davidcook680]

She made a fortune off the creeps. I'm sure she is happy.

[@DrGandW]

@@davidcook680 She was already fine for money this is a matter of conscience

[@coutiya2007]

@@davidcook680 yeah she also seemed happy when 4chan's /mlp/ board sent her the /mlp/ flag for the 4chan cup

[@stephenlawrence554]

@@davidcook680 Mikhail Kalashnikov died regretting creating the weapon that bears his name, despite the awards and wealth it afforded him. Money does not equate to happiness.

[@sylasexd2]

Remember: never dig into a fandom about anthropomorphic animals, NEVER. You will find some of the most disgusting things ever made by humanity.

[@Corvus001]

Online purges are completely justified because of it. There is absolutely nothing worthy in it.

[@Gabezee69000]

As someone in the Splatoon community I've seen some of the most horrendous shit imaginable

[@YTsux100pct._of-the-time.]

*F A C T S*

[@TaRAAASHBAGS]

Furries are doing their damnest to ruin my childhood nostalgia for Sly Cooper.

[@yofwill]

So pretty much any fandom correct?

[@katsidybee]

Having been in this Fandom as a child (and having been scarred for life) I literally cannot wait to hear what this man uncovers.

[@blaizegottman4139]

@Chad 007 bot

[@jacobfleming565]

Bro you are too young for this channel

[@addemup8645]

Same, but I'm more terrified than anything.

[@Minkfang]

@@jacobfleming565 the shows over a decade old

[@gizmo6001]

@Chad 007 Bruh

[@doyouevenban_]

The Skype call with such serious subject matter contrasted with avatars of fucking pony OCs is the most unintentionally hilarious thing ever

[@jerostz]

its a serious situation but watching them talk about it as their Ponies stare into my soul, was not one of the things I would see today.

[@Solaris_Paradox]

Holy shit the pure seriousness of the topic and they have pony ocs is so schizophrenic asf!

[@littlesparrowchirps2311]

I’m really glad Toonz’s friends actually confronted him and didn’t let him make excuses. That kind of accountability goes a long way

[@myinstgiscarbenuim1693]

judgment day is close and people ars asleep it's sad but it's destined to be

[@ctoacu6188]

I was a big fan of their community back in about 2016 and a lot of their fanbase (from what I saw) was younger or adults on the spectrum. I can only imagine how much worse it would have been if they didn't. The whole incident saw many people step away from them as a whole though.

[@xbigbooshx4643]

@@myinstgiscarbenuim1693 And what a glorious day it will be. It'll be a purge unrivaled in scale.

[@myinstgiscarbenuim1693]

@@xbigbooshx4643 are we talking about the same judgment day?

[@RequiemForRavenholm]

"The road to hell is paved with good intentions, Zach"

[@dc7981]

I love how the modern mlp community are the kids who grew up with the show that are now pissed off at the brony community for making the fandom such a terrible place for them.

[@StrashnoeEbalo]

I saw one thread in Twitter a year ago where current generation of bronies were against 4chan /mlp/ and blamed them for random things. Lol, dumb kids, 4chan anons actually created this fandom.

[@Reefer-Rampage69]

@@StrashnoeEbalo We found the Neckbeard Brony

[@spikedtoaster9582]

yeah I grew up with the show and I have never once used 4chan (didn't even know what it was until this video lmao) so yeah it is pretty annoying when people assume stuff about me even when I just liked the show as a show. Like no one ever gets bullied for liking scooby doo or something. It's just kinda dumb

[@finnster3276]

Real

[@zoebinladen]

@@StrashnoeEbalo /mlp/ is a cesspit and m00t should be prosecuted for not ending this cancer back in 2010

[@dino_119_]

My sister was actually a really active member of the mlp/brony community, I went to conventions and meetups with her and honestly out of all the fandoms I've witnessed and been around bronies are either the most degenerate or nicest people you'll come in contact with.

[@SunIsLost]

Eeyup

[@HexFire03lmao]

I had a friend who was a brony when we were younger. He definitely was a weirdo but he was a good dude

[@deusexmachinareznov4975]

Sometime we were both, but never were we neither.

[@vibechecked7522]

It's got a weird revival too, considering they released a new generation of mlp.

[@gokuxsephiroth4505]

I've found something similar with furries. They're either the warmest, friendliest bunch, or unhinged crackpots who I would tuck and roll out of a moving car to avoid.

[@garganrose]

Hey, does anybody remember concerned parent groups back in the 80s who were constantly complaining about how violent transformer cartoons were? They were always talking about children might someday imitate those violent tendencies. I bet they really got on their faces now.

[@jerostz]

Wait that was a thing back in the 80s?? I'm a Gen Z, and ik that when they say video games are bad for you but transformers? crazy.

[@garganrose]

@@jerostz oh yeah, not just transformers but G.I. Joe masses of the universe you name it and it wasn’t always just violence. Sometimes it was stuff like the occult parent groups not liking stuff. Kids are into is nothing new.

[@jerostz]

@@garganrose Yeah always seems to be the trend, I remember my grandma telling me she was always told by her parents to stop listening to the radio, this was in the 40s before TVs were main stream in all houses.

[@garganrose]

@@jerostz not just that I’m pretty sure a lot of parents back then wouldn’t let their kids listen to musicians like Elvis or The Beatles because they said rock ‘n’ roll was the tools of the Devil or something.

[@vunu.]

it saddens me that an innocent community full of children and adolescents was invaded by adults with horrible motives. thank you for shedding more light on this topic.

[@thefool1086]

@Jabooz nah

[@blaizegottman4139]

@Jabooz you look like you have a Adolf Hitler mustache

[@Kashi-K]

COUGHCHRISCHANCOUGGH

[@MBlockLiLdreski]

cope and seethe transphobe

[@highpotencyiron4529]

This comment and it's replies make little to no sense. You know damn well the brony fanbase is nothing but degenerates and weirdos.

[@smolsammichowo]

I always hate it when people say "I was in a dark place & or I have this mental health issue so that means I wasn't in the right mindspace ! " because there are millions of people out there who deal with the same stuff but you're not gonna see them hurt other people or heaven forbid children or animals. There is absolutely no excuse at all for doing that kind of stuff

[@Spiney09]

Using it to explain your actions is one thing, but if you say it, then it should immediately be followed up with “but that doesn’t excuse what I did.” Then take responsibility. Explaining your mental state is great, but like you said it doesn’t give you a free pass.

[@amuu8216]

@@Spiney09 literally. The amount of times I’ve seen people go “I was depressed and suicidal” or something like that in response to why they hurt someone is baffling. Yeah maybe you were feeling that way but that’s no excuse or reason to do what you did. If you do something wrong take accountability, find the source of that problem and do something about it.

[@smolsammichowo]

@@Spiney09 Yea I agree

[@angryboi595]

As someone with mental health issues, I can agree that thats bullshit, just because you have mental health issues doesn’t make it right to commit pedophilia, grooming and bullying, and most people with mental health issues don’t do that shit, they’re completely missing the point of mental health issues and it sickens me that people use this real problem that people to have to excuse their crimes

[@mr.wonkastyle2558]

Wow that is truly a deeply thought out controversial statement you are so brave where should we send the metal we have for you, its for the bravest person in the world

[@bxmluv]

For a show with talking horses spreading friendship the fandom sure like making stories about gore and characters killing each other and turning them into cupcakes.

[@polygonalfortress]

ah yes pinkiepie casually turns rainbow dash into cupcakes for others to eat! *yes i've seen those videos years back ;-;*

[@Naptosis]

Like EDP cupcakes? 😕

[@Horgler]

Cupcakes was made during a time when creepypastas were blowing up, and it was one of the first MLP grimdark stories to get popularized along with Rainbow Factory. The idea of cute cartoon horses getting horribly murdered was still a new concept at the time, which is why it became so infamous in the first place.

[@ImmaLittlePip]

Yup to be fair that was a more edgy era of the internet compared to the sanitize too safe internet today Though I have a feeling that era will return one day (though not as prevascent as the wild west era) human nature is just hard to tame especially when it comes to edgy teenagers writing stories

[@KhakiCap]

Story about killing others and turning into cupcakes? Damn! Isn't that basically Soylent Green but in MLP?

[@joshuacrommie6249]

“I hope I can be with Applejack in the afterlife” that’s crazy

[@earlgreyproductionco]

I was a little girl who was OBSESSED with mlp. I had a “ponysona” that I made, I had all sorts of merch and me and my friend watched it religiously. Thank god my parents didn’t let me have the internet at that age

[@HappiShelly]

I loved it when I was a young adult. The brony community ruined it.

[@SpaghettiDerk]

idk considering ur pfp it looks like they still got you

[@JeNn0mic0n]

@@SpaghettiDerkHAHAA!! Good point. I was thinking the same.

[@zachkralic3939]

@@HappiShellyyea your a fucking weirdo

[@elvenkind6072]

@@HappiShelly Why would the "brony community" ruin it? I've never been part of any "community", but I love animations and cartoons, specially old Disney movies where everything was handmade and they put so much creativity into it, but also newer, animated movies like by Pixar, and I've always loved magical worlds, like with elves and fairies and magic, like Tolkien books and other Fantasy books. As an adult male, MLP was a bit boring and childish at time, but had some positive messages to, about friendship and such, so I watched probably 10-30 episodes on Netflix, and some of the characters was really cute made and some things was really funny. I didn't like the old versions of MLP when I was a kid, that girls liked, and I don't like the newest version of MLP I've seen only a few short clips by, since it seem to lack the "positive message" from the previous version, and is just a little girl thing, like barbie.

[@rewsterfewd1226]

“The road to Hell is paved with good intentions” Damn, he actually went biblical Edit: FUCK no i aint read the bible

[@CodeeXD]

Foreal lmao dude said that with I'd imagine the straightest face

[@Blox117]

has nothing to do with bible

[@Akiraspin]

Isn't even in the bible, though Saint Bernard did say "Hell is full of good wishes and desires." I was always told "Hell is full of good meanings, but Heaven is full of good works."

[@cajunking5987]

Let’s hope not, the Bible isn’t a good place to get your morals

[@jpuc5568]

@@cajunking5987 facts they think its ok to stone gays to death its really fucked up

[@GameAlicornLuna]

Never go too deep in a fandom. You are only hurting yourself.

[@ActivistVictor]

Wish I knew that before the losers on fimfiction votebombed my personal stories and double down when I opened up on how personal they were. Those bullies should be called the heck out

[@M527MD]

I'm glad I made my sister stop watching mlp and told her to watch other cartoon shows like oddbods she's now addicted to that cartoon show.

[@davidbolger2000AD]

*WELL WHAT ABOUT WARHAMMER???????????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OR LORD OF THE RINGS/TOLKIEN??????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OR MOTÖRHEAD AND HEAVY METAL MUSIC?????????????????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OR ACTUAL AUTISTIC SELF ADVOCACY??????????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THOSE ARE ALL POSITIVE THINGS THAT DESERVE CONTINUATIONS OF THE FANDOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*

[@YourMom-ll4el]

@@M527MD any cartoon addiction is bad, not just the mlp cartoon.

[@thefinalkayakboss]

My brother got me a fallout coffee cup for xmas and thats when i knew it was time to go outside

[@Wolf_Blob]

19:09 "Age of consent laws in the Philippines are 12, from what I was told." We filippinos do NOT claim that THING.

[@kirausamaria5409]

'If the minor is mature enough...' and 'The age of consent in this country is...' are two sentences that should give you some jail time instantly.

[@clownworld4655]

I get a strong feeling you’re the type who gets real mad when 30yr old guys date 18yr old girls

[@flarestorm9417]

"You see, in a different time and/or in a different country with different standards this would be completely legal." Because that's totally how the legal system works.

[@nobitches9828]

@@clownworld4655 as they should bc that’s weird

[@clownworld4655]

@@nobitches9828 fitting username for the topic. cry about it. It’s legal

[@nobitches9828]

@@clownworld4655 but it’s weird, i didn’t say it wasn’t illegal. Not surprised tho since your user is “clown world”

[@preciouslaurel5192]

as someone who was actually a little girl when this series came out who was obsessed with it, I can't even begin to recount the trauma I had from being a part of this community AS ITS INTENDED TARGET AUDIENCE 😭 liking mlp when i was 9 or so was how i was first introduced to porn just by googling the character's names to look up pics of them. i'm so glad this era seems to be over or at least has crawled to the corners of the internet to die

[@FoxHybrid]

At 9!? Holy fvcking sh!t!! I feel like kids can’t just enjoy something without it being sexualized by grown ppl

[@Can-of-tomatoes23]

We’re in the same hole bud, i remember so much content where mlp was involved but was intended for an older audience. I have siblings now that watch youtube but i hate how they have free reign of it.

[@fakefish7268]

Jesus christ, this is actually wild. Getting porn photos just from searching up the names of one of the characters from a children's show is one of the craziest things I've heard hope you doin good 👍

[@-Araina-]

something I absolutely hate about the internet is that this is still the case with any animated character. If you google the name of a character from Poppy Playtime, Steven Universe, Adventure Time, Teen Titans, etc. there will always be someone's weird fetish porn fanart within the first few results. I'm not sure why google seems to prioritize these images as being the most relevant when you are just looking up the name of the character and nothing else, but obviously children are going to see that when they just want to look at pictures of their favorite cartoon. it's disgusting

[@Altharionn]

​@@-Araina- worse yet is that safe search doesn't even filter all of it out.

[@GoldenBot-kt7nb]

The guy in the 4chan thread saying “This is going to have so much porn” and guy under him denying it is the funniest shit. I can hear the Morgan freeman voiceover now. “It was very different”.

[@APunishedManNamed2]

"I miscalculated"

[@poliohead5185]

Back when people had more faith in humanity

[@cloak679]

@@poliohead5185 yeah, those where the times

[@Remember_Bubblebutt]

Good comment, didn't notice that.

[@hahaveryfunnyindeed2543]

Time stamp?

[@tanuki2898]

This shit is why I don't engage in online fandoms and communities. As an AFAB brony and a scaly, these communities harbor and at times encourage some horrifically creepy and disgusting shit. I just want to enjoy the wholesome lessons, bright colors and good music. I don't want to see porn of literal animals and characters I associate with my childhood.

[@dentheduck2095]

I am sure hope you engage in RL fandoms and communities then, spending zero time on the internet

[@tanuki2898]

@dentheduck2095 LOL, I don't have any socials except YT if that counts, but that's not all there is to the internet.

[@RowdyClouds]

Humanity's knack for the macabre is a wonderfully horrifying thing.

[@FunnyFavor]

Oh god, a scaly, now THOSE people have some issues with always wanting to be right... And muscles, why so much muscle!

[@tanuki2898]

@@FunnyFavor I mean, I'm definitely the kid that crushed hard on the ninja turtles. Guess that just transitioned to DnD Dragonborn.

[@ImDebiddo]

As a father I am disgusted by what some of these monsters are capable of

[@Mrz-bq2yb]

The excuses and justifications are so rage inducing.

[@Mrz-bq2yb]

@mystic_scythe if you're a grown man and are into MLP you're atleast pedophile adjacent. Go seek professional help.

[@dante_0962]

@mystic_scythewhat are you even talking about?

[@tygical]

don't worry, these freaks make up less than 1% of us bronies

[@TheKoopaKingBowser]

@mystic_scythe Are you special?

[@lulabiebyi8999]

I remember being made fun of by men on the internet and being told I wasnt allowed to watch it because I wasnt old enough to be a Brony, I was around 11 when I joined the fandom

[@rjs4176]

Knowing the state of everything now they were probably just trying to shield you from the horrors that would soon make themselves known lol.

[@kangaroogaming7008]

And now you’re a furry

[@glamorgirl911]

@@kangaroogaming7008 ew furries

[@Powerracer251]

That's pretty lame. You really shouldn't be talking to bronies/furries online at 11 though that is asking for trouble.

[@lulabiebyi8999]

@@Powerracer251 I never responded to them directly, but I had an art account young on Instagram and that’s where the hate would show up

[@ghostlyethos]

to every other little girl who was shunned from my little pony spaces, exposed to disturbing material under the guise of being safe for work my little pony content, even groomed in my little pony roleplay spaces, im so incredibly sorry. i used to love this show until i was allowed freedom on the internet. now just seeing it makes me feel sick. ill always support you, to anyone who was hurt by crazy fandoms.

[@BoleDaPole]

At least you repent your hedonism and say you're sorry for it. A rare thing for bronies.

[@ghostlyethos]

@Casimir III bro what hedonism I was 10

[@yabrofenko]

I used to watch clips of my little pony and I stumbled upon rainbow factory, now I'm traumatized 💀

[@asdasdasdasd8970]

​@@ghostlyethos Perhaps you shouldn't have been watching a show targeted at adult men.

[@ghostlyethos]

@@asdasdasdasd8970 you're right :( i should have been watching You instead. that seems more fitting

[@LouisGwenin]

“The road to hell is paved with good intentions” is too good of a quote to be for a predator brony

[@nikolaiorlov4453]

It's a folks quote

[@wonwon3251]

They came across it as a joke. A bunch of people on 4chan got together to watch the premier and make fun of it together online. Some people started hyping it up as a troll, other people joined in ironically to make it go viral, then as new people discovered it, they didn't understand the compliments were from trolls and they actually got legitimately into the show. Jenna Nicholson does a wonderfully entertaining video about it as she was in the community for a long time, and was a voice on the parody "friendship is witchcraft"

[@therealextractedjuice]

What a terrible thing those fools created.

[@RadSquirrel]

This is definitely the correct original background for it's rise in popularity online originally but spread like wildfire to adjacent groups that had friends who were "window watchers" of 4chan

[@mikeydubbs8565]

You mean Jenny Nicholson? Yeah, her videos are great, she should be more well known because she’s made some of the most well thought out and funniest dissertations I’ve ever seen

[@Mario87456]

@@therealextractedjuice Yep it was a joke that unfortunately went TERRIBLY wrong since it helped create the retarded fanbase known as Bronies.

[@wonwon3251]

@@mikeydubbs8565 YES, that is it, thank you. She's awesome. Such a random upload schedule but so entertaining

[@tyrap6949]

I was a brony when i was around 13-14, and got sexually harassed online by older men constantly to the point where I had to disengage from the fandom because it was just TOO much. I met lots of great people I still talk to during that time, as well, but man, being harassed like that really soured me to bronies in general.

[@matiasandresgonzalezcabrer1173]

Das weird

[@FalLeakyRoofStudio]

That shit happened to me to, it was super fucked up.

[@butter6442]

As a former brony and man, I hate the fact this happen to you. I would have quit the fandom too. The whole reason I got into was how innocent, fun, cute and memey it was. I'm so sorry

[@MarkBruceII-uc6wt]

I think you mean "pegasister" (yes, it's a real term for a female MLP fan), but the hell?What was even the reason for the sexual harassment?

[@noelia8546]

@@MarkBruceII-uc6wt you can be a boy and get sexually assaulted, OP never stated their gender. They could be a brony.

[@Parsnips001]

3:04 imagine going to a brony convention and completely forgetting that alicorns are all THREE types of ponies; Earth, unicorn, and pegasus. Smh

[@-leezha-]

I was a child 'brony' (young to mid teens). man, the things I saw... I still adore this show. For me it will forever remain a wholesome, nostalgic escape. I have, somehow, successfully separated the horrorfic cursed media from the wholesome within my brain and im very grateful for that

[@imtoogoodatpvp1252]

Return to it now, seeing the wholesomeness drop into a deep pit of grimdark despair helps make the cheery parts all the more beautiful.

[@mrfunnixd7381]

I'm 12 years Old brony I feel bad for you..........

[@Waaaaterrrrrr]

I feel bad for all or you

[@artvulture456]

Tbh I was never an inoccent child so none of that shit fazed me

[@matiasandresgonzalezcabrer1173]

Weird

[@grigorigahan]

I genuinely struggle to understand this fandom. I'm 36 years old, my daughter who is 4 loves the show. Sometimes if she's watching and I'm otherwise bored I'll watch a couple episodes with her. Like its a cool show, with really likeable characters and mostly on point feel good messaging. I actually rather like the show -- to a point. At the end of the day its a kid's cartoon and after about two episodes , the fact that its target demographic is not me quickly manifests itself and I start getting bored watching it with her. Like I can understand a grown man liking this show, perhaps really liking it. I still really like old school Rugrats and Doug episodes from my own childhood for instance, but to get this deep -- especially to develop a sexual perversion around it I really really don't get. ** Edit 04JUL23 ** As I stated in a long winded reply below: - There is nothing intrinsically wrong with an adult liking a show who's target audience is children (I even gave examples above) - No.. A fandom is not dictated by its worst members, however its worst members are often the most vocal and the de facto face of the community. I contend that unlike other fandoms around kids shows, the MIL fandom does a very very poor job ostracizing its creeps. - As adults, its our responsibility if we like shows like this and feel inclined to seek out other people who do, to modify our behavior online and off to be age appropriate for that communities target audience. I myself run DND games as a hobby usually for adults, but on the occasions I knew I would have minors at the table, I ensured the session was age appropriate for them (both from myself and other adult players) - Generally speaking however, I feel that obsessing over one fandom or another as an adult is indicative of deeper problems. Its unhealthy in my opinion for anyone, especially an adult to have aspects of their identity tied up in these fandoms.

[@JerseyDevilJerseyGirl]

You put this perfectly. I’m the same way-I don’t understand how a grown adult male could obsess over a show aimed at little girls

[@moonrabbit9621]

i used to adore the show when i was growing up, to the point of obsession, but even then i still never understood how grown men were obsessed to the same or an even higher degree than me. The show is super engaging and well written for children, and pretty engaging and wholesome for adults, but for your enjoyment to twist it into such a disgusting place is a different level of perversion.

[@nxmx6ix]

You see, some people are born this way. They're natural freaks.

[@Justme-rt4gj]

Well about the sexual thing if you mean the massive amount of porn about it well that is kind of inevitable, the exact same happens with basically any moderatly known cartoon and Anime. Like Hey Arnold, Amphibia, Steven Univers, Etc. About that trash guy who groomed kids, well the fandom is very big so some horrible people being in it is practically inevitable and the fact many children are also fan does increas the risk. But I am not sure what can be done about that. The Cartoon Fandoms are mostly online, so people could live in diferent cities, countries or even continents. So you really can't do anything to stop someone from doing something terrible when you are 2000 km away from them. And since is mostly online is very difficult to know something like that is happening at the beggining, until messages and chats are liked. I think the only thing you can do is complety denounce the ones who do that with no apologies and just hope the police do their job.

[@brovid-19]

@@Justme-rt4gj what's wrong with grooming kids? you want them to grow up not knowing how to practice good hygiene and dress themselves? I'll you what Buster "Bucko" Brown, I don't work two jobs slaving over a hot kitchen in the every day oven to raise a slovenly, unkempt hooligan what don't know how to dress themselves or properly clean their genitals for penis inspection day at middle school. If my kid fails his next exam then _I'm_ the one to blame as a parent. im not funny. please end me.

[@characterreporter4420]

That Skype conversation was so morbidly dramatic I had to take my anti-cringe pills.

[@Flesh_Wizard]

I went to the hospital and had to have anticringe medication via IV

[@lihisluikku]

I needed my anti-cringe pills just from seeing Skype again...

[@upscale9109]

while I have the time I'm gonna go under the influence of acid, alcohol, and meth just so I can remember none of it

[@upscale9109]

while I have the time I'm gonna go under the influence of acid, alcohol, and meth just so I don't recognize skype

[@ieatgrass6984]

"THE ROAD TO HELL IS PAVED WITH GOOD INTENTIONS, ZACH" is gonna go on a tapestry on my wall.

[@laurenbauman3517]

It took me two years, but I just realized, that Eurocentric park that guy was talking about doesn’t make sense because Zecora exists

[@ПавелНовиков-х3б]

Also I like how dramatic these skype calls are. Imagine being judged for pedophilia by a bunch of low voiced guys with cute avatars. Thanks for the likes. I aint defending the dude, I just cant stop cringing from the fact. Like, why do you even public this on the internet in the first place?!

[@sharp14x]

THE ROAD TO HELL IS PAVED WITH... GOOD INTENTIONS, ZACH.

[@wolfwonder4957]

@@sharp14xWhen he said that i had to pause the video for 15 seconds because of the cringe. My gosh.

[@BogusmanTheSwagman]

@@wolfwonder4957 *"The road to Hell is paved with good intentions."* - *a fucking horse*

[@sovereign9708]

@@sharp14x yeaaaah don’t know what good intentions he meant

[@f1shze4lot]

I had a fit of Homeric laughter after a guy obviously doing dramatic voice

[@RetroJ3000]

When the girl said he wasn't the first one who told her she should try modeling I felt sick. GIRL you are talking to all kinds of the wrong people

[@colemorgan3356]

God those screenshots of his conversations with that 15yo girl made my fucking heart break. She fucking trusted him when it was so obvious he was a predator. And it hurts worse because I was that kid once. I was overly trusting and eager to please and jumped headfirst into discussions of sex, way back when I was 14-16. I came so fucking close to being actually irrevocably harmed by groomers, and now I'm just left with the shame. Wherever that girl is now, I really hope she's doing ok.

[@selfless-esteem]

I was in this situation, but ended up getting pregnant and dumped. It's horrible that they do this. That was a long time ago btw and I'm a healthy happy adult

[@MachFiveFalcon]

I'm so sorry for you. When I was a boy that age, I was growing up in an extremely strict religious home, and I heavily repressed my sexuality to the point where I ended up finding weird fetish stuff online that was worse than the p**n my parents wanted to protect me from. Really lucky that no predators found me.

[@jin_cotl]

I completely understand. This is incredibly messed up. I’m so sorry this happened to you

[@legalfictionnaturalfact3969]

Mach, you were getting OFF to the predators in that scenario.

[@MachFiveFalcon]

@@legalfictionnaturalfact3969 When I was 14-15 years old, I read stories about femdom on barebones websites that involved boys my age and adult women. There weren't any chat or other communications features, and I was fortunate no predators could reach me because of that.

[@DevilMayCryEnjoyer]

I was a Brony when i sas 13-14. As a dude, i definitely got a lot of flak from almost everyone. When i got into highschool i realized i would actually be traumatized if people knew i watched the show. So i stopped watching it and never mentioned that i did in the first place. Looking back, i realize theres nothing inherently wrong about liking the show. Its just a cartoon. But after seeing this video i realize how bad the community actually was. Man. Am i glad i got out when i had the chance.

[@WobblesandBean]

I used to be somewhat known in the brony fandom as a voice actor. I cosplayed as the character I voiced for fan projects, and went to a con hoping to have a fun time. Instead, I was groped by bronies no fewer than three times over two days. I never cosplayed that character ever again, and quietly exited the fandom.

[@WhitneyDahlin]

I'm so sorry that happened to you! ❤️The problem is those ponies are little girls in all but name. They act like little girls, they speak like little girls, they have problems that little girls care about, they dress like little girls. Those ponies ARE MEANT TO BE LITTLE GIRLS. So it's clear that the grown men obsessed with them are obsessed in a segguxal way. If this was a show about actual little girls everyone would be able to see it for what it was but because it's ponies it gives these creeps plausible deniability. And they can claim oh they just like the show when they actually like little girls but know better than to openly say that. It's a magnet for pe d os

[@reheyesd8666]

I'm sorry it happened to you. A fandom like that is full of people that can't control themselves and have zero awareness. I hope you are okay

[@jor8025]

Lmao what did you expect being a girl and going to conventions full of autist sexually frustrated man children

[@foolishkiwi4546]

@@WhitneyDahlin I agree but disagree. Your point works for this show, but not all shows about kids are sexual in nature, nor is liking them. Madoka magicka is quite literally about little girls, but it's not sexualized and is aimed at teens/young adults demographic wise; and is way too dark for kids. I think it's more that MLP attracts furries than regular pedos, and most open-IRL furries are just really degenerate. Most of them are down with underage stuff, bestiality, etc.

[@kyrohowe3156]

Hope you're okay. Things would never happen if grown-up find some hobbies of their own gender than infiltrating a cartoon fanbase that is meant for young girls. Freaking creeps

[@rafaelmauricio8000]

If there's anything I learned from any franchise targeted towards younger people, you always going to have predators that are influencers in said franchises.

[@Neillan]

It's quite frightening honestly. I could have gone my whole life without knowing that "clopping" was a thing.

[@stubstunner]

That’s because sadly, predators do and will continue to exist.

[@rafaelmauricio8000]

@@stubstunner Yes, now they have more methods of encountering and engaging with children by the illusion of Promoting LGBT drag shows to children.

[@gettrolledloser]

@Trick or Treat go drink antifreeze

[@anthonyg5001]

*cough Minecraft

[@darienodette]

I entered the fandom in the early days during season 1, when I was about 8 years old. I remember being so proud that the show reached the popularity that it did, and I still am incredibly proud of the artists especially (MLP's fan songs, animations, etc SLAP). But it came to a point a few years later where I started to catch onto things and realize how twisted some of these people were. It is very interesting to be an OG fan and experience the destruction of a fandom first hand, I'll tell you that.

[@RockTheDragon]

I know right? I watched MLP since gen 1 so seeing it morph into what it is now is crazy. There are plenty of good and talented people in the fandom but wow, FiM got done dirty by weirdo adults.

[@crippledwings]

mfer you weren't in a "fandom" at 8 years old you were the intended audience

[@LuxxyOfficial]

wouldn't say it destroyed the fandom, it's not like every single adult who watched the show was weird, they added a lot to the community. sure there where a few bad actors in the community, but other than that i would say it thrived.

[@cinemint]

@@LuxxyOfficial there were enough bad actors that associating with it is suspicious

[@StarPlatinum7912]

@Seeing Star please stop, we don’t want your spicy mashed potato recepie.

[@KatJ3st]

And they're ALL single

[@broggy52]

I like to imagine at least some of em do this shit for their daughters

[@richintalent]

And living in momma's basement

[@Isa-sv4jz]

imagine raising a child for 18 years and they turn out to be something so pathetic

[@xdranzer0004]

Or have an overweight socially awkward GF.

[@RowdyClouds]

All except one of my friends are living proof that isn't true.

[@airplanetowardsthesky3265]

The lore of the show is really well done for being a kids show made to sell toys.

[@JDReC100]

for real went way harder than it had any right to

[@seantaggart7382]

Yeah Seriously HASBRO Many companies ESPECIALLY A TOP NAME IN MOVIES Ahem disney Should listen THIS IS HOW YOU MAKE GOOD STUFF

[@christinajackson6309]

That was the most surprising part to me. I always assumed that happened the other way around.

[@seantaggart7382]

@@christinajackson6309 Which hey hasbro hit the jackpot with it If disney and others Watched how hasbro worked maybe everyone would love disney again

[@MalcomJuliaMorgan]

no it wasn't. it was dumb as shit. stop trying to rationalize your mistake.

[@stitchedmitch]

I was the target audience (8 year old girl) when I first watched the show. I was only doing it ironically and to hate on it because I was a pretty big tomboy at the time. To my surprise I liked the first episode and watched more until I eventually considered myself a big-time fan. I even dressed up as Rainbow Dash one time for Halloween. I think a part of the reason it became so popular is because despite it being aimed at children it doesn't baby or talk down to them, and the lessons they taught actually had substance to them. Many of my friends also really liked the show because of this and even my current friends who I did not know at the time also said they watched it growing up. I was a part of the fandom and liked the music, fanart, KZbin parodies, ytps, etc. and somehow I don't think I ever stumbled across anything weird. I lost interest in it at about 14 but thankfully I am able to say that it was a very fond part of my childhood.

[@KoFkrai]

Aw that's a cute story! I wasn't the target demographic when I first watched it in my early teens, but I had a similar experience with the show. When I first learned about it through memes, I began watching it out of spite just to talk shit on it. But for those reasons you mentioned, I started to genuinely enjoy the show.

[@spikedtoaster9582]

I first noticed the show in 5th grade and honestly I had a similar reaction as you. I saw it so often while scrolling on netflix and was finally just like "Alright bro lemme see how bad this is" and then I actually ended up liking the show a lot. I actually started by watching rainbow rocks the movie instead of the actual show first which was kinda confusing lmao but I think it actually got me to tolerate the first season of the show because the movie was a lot better than the first season lol and I think that if I had started with that I woulda quit the show immediately.

[@casiilol]

i was probably around 4 when i started watching.. poor 6 year old me who had unrestricted access to the internet.

[@ShadowJack4488]

That’s so awesome. Wish more people made it out unscathed 😂

[@sky.nanami7]

same bro!

[@imnotokhelpplslol]

I’m a teenage girl who genuinely really enjoys MLP, especially pinkie and fluttershy, and I can say this fandom truly *disturbs* me.

[@awhngelic]

teen girl here too, and same. these ppl r crazy

[@tireddaily]

another teen girl who's a fan, i'm very grateful i found out about these guys wayy later on

[@G_Zilly]

Every fandom has its perverts but bronies are on another level entirely. I grew up in the Sonic & Godzilla fandoms and didn’t see a fraction of this degeneracy

[@HannibalTorrance]

@@G_Zilly Even SONIC has less degeneracy than bronies?

[@cranburrey]

It really does. I remember being 11 and getting bullied on Amino because I didn't ship Fluttershy and Discord. The only good fandom experience I had was doing an art trade with a really nice person 😀

[@Mochiiiee]

as a teenage girl who loved mlp as a child and recently has come back to it (mainly for comfort, but also curiosity to see how my childhood shows have aged) it feels so icky that adult men are in my spaces. Of course they’re allowed to like mlp, and many of them are autistic (so am i) and i understand getting obsessed with a show, but it’s still so scary!! i just want to watch my funny horse show.

[@asurlybarber3620]

My first exposure to this fandom came in the form of Chris Chan. Yeah, that kind of ruined it for me from the get-go.

[@dngernoodle]

Yeah, mine was from those weird gore videos on KZbin when I was like 7. Seriously dude, what kind of fucked people were in that community back then?

[@SupernovaV23]

I'm so sorry...

[@mechanwhal6590]

That’s like getting violently ill on the first day of school.

[@jamesdjl4359]

@@mechanwhal6590 Exactly. I just imagine sitting in your first class, on the first day of school and just spontaneously bursting into explosive diarrhea in your pants.

[@redengineer4380]

@@mechanwhal6590 I dunno what kind of school you went to, but it should probably be demolished if that's what it's like.

[@gordonramslay9955]

''the road to hell is paved by good intentions, Zack.'' jesus christ that guy wrote a script for confronting pedos

[@grief8060]

that part got me so bad, guy sounded so dramatic but i can respect confronting him

[@anarchist_parable]

As a mother, I don't understand how people just leave their kids unsupervised on the internet and don't look into their interests. I had to explain to a friend what her 18-year-old son being a brony was. She found crazy stuff on his computer when she finally looked .

[@nosidenoside2458]

I do see your point of view, but I strongly disagree.

[@stxnlxyz]

@@nosidenoside2458 why do you disagree? They didn't even say anything to disagree with

[@thehale_]

@@stxnlxyz Bro is probably one of those parents who give their kid an ipad with KZbin auto-play instead of actually raising their child.

[@vaughncollins1386]

@@nosidenoside2458 Elaborate.

[@DaveGrean]

@Anarchist_Parable Ironic, coming from an "anarchist". Your kid's interests are none of your damn business

[@jfangm]

The show wasn't made just for girls, and Faust was smart enough to make sure there was appeal for adults, since there would be a lot of parents or other adult guardians watching. That being said, 99% of bronies abhor the monsters highlighted in this video.

[@_Crush__]

finally, a reasonable new comment

[@koopysandwich8423]

I watched it a few episodes when I'd babysit my nieces, but I never really saw the appeal that bronies apparently did. The only thing I remember from that show was everyone forgetting the pink one's birthday, and she lost her fucking mind, went cross-eyed, and started talking to potatoes lol

[@RowdyClouds]

I didn't care if someone put a dark or freaky spin on the show. I love that shit. Obviously inappropriate content never should've been pushed onto minors. That's just sick to think there's adult who do that, regardless if its MLP or not. But some kids naturally get curious and find things on their own and that was me back in 2012. I regret none of it, except WoodenToaster being a jerk but I guess I can understand why he didn't want to talk to a 12-13 year old kid.

[@escarghost]

“Friendship is magic!”

[@misc_man3057]

@Trick or Treat wtf is this reply lmao

[@hexen4907]

Oh no bro

[@BIuteam]

@Jabooz put it in a blender

[@wingz1595]

And magic is heresy

[@mschf_0]

Friendship is magic 😈

[@pokene_pokemon]

I was in college at UNL in Nebraska, my best friend had a brony as a roommate. He drew pony’s on their hallway whiteboard everyday… it was annoying but my buddy ignored it. Then he walked into dude jerking it to the show. Buddy filed a formal complaint, UNL gave him a corner room suite to himself that cost double a normal room - free upgrade

[@radiationshepherd]

U can file a complaint over walking in on your roommate masturbating?

[@arcozako1234]

so did he pay the double price or was it free?

[@Ayuraos]

@@arcozako1234 Free upgrade

[@pokene_pokemon]

@@arcozako1234 free upgrade - same price

[@pokene_pokemon]

@@radiationshepherd i think the staff knew the kid was a lot weirder than just "someone who masterbates" they likely made a special-case for this one - i mean dorms there are 10K per month and my friend was misrable - the masterbation thing was just part of the goofiness

[@thespinodino]

Billy: “Look, you have to believe me, this was a stupid decision but I did it with the best intentions!” Alan: “The best intentions. Some of the worst things imaginable have been done with the best intentions. As far as I’m concerned, you’re no better than the people that built this place.” -Jurassic Park III

[@daspletoproductions]

*ALAN!* -Random Velociraptor

[@Spiney09]

Of all the movies to be quoted about this topic, this was not one I’d expect. But it fits perfectly.

[@xoblivion4118]

“The road to hell was paved with good intentions” was a fucking fire line, I’ve been binging your videos and I’m crashing out

[@haileyshannon7548]

Actually Lauren originally came to Hasbro to pitch her "original" idea called "Milky Way and the Galaxy Girls" to them "Okay, there's these girls with big head and eyes who have powers and fight evil and..." "The Powerpuff Girls, didn't your husband create that!" "No, nothing like that...and they each represent a different planet and... "That sure sounds like Sailor Moon!" "and it'll be these dolls and..." "Hey, those look at lot like those Lalaloopsys our competitor just came up with!" "or that doll from that movie Coraline!" "Well, than what do you think I should do" "Wanna help us reboot My Little Pony" "Okay!" If you think Bronies were bad, you should check out The Loud House fandom.

[@paadoxal]

ahh and the dolls for galaxy girls and the whole concept is so cool!! wish it actually took off

[@chrispambo1539]

The fact that she made (what is pretty much agreed to be) a masterpiece out of this profit-chasing commission, after her own idea was scrapped, shows quite the dedication on her end. Also, having been on DeviantArt quite often recently, I've seen both TLH fans and haters of the wildest varieties.

[@naniness61]

God this makes me sad. No hate to mlp, but milkyway show sounds cooler and original :c

[@MarvinPowell1]

Hailey Shannon's story is mostly accurate.

[@Sejikan]

Loud house fandom is way worse

[@clubpornio8125]

this is one of the oddest fandoms but I have to admit it was a very well produced show

[@mariohcf7550]

I agree with that after watching this video, cause honestly I didn’t even know some of this was a thing. Probably because I got into the show when they were airing their last season. The brony community may be odd (both in a good and bad way) but it is still a good show regardless.

[@KingJinzo2125]

Something I noticed with the EDP that applies to numerous situations like this, ppl are more interested in exposing and feeling like some sort of internet authority instead of actually going to the proper authorities and getting these sickos off the streets/ internet

[@RiichDaKidd]

They clout chasing

[@pepsicola4718]

MamaMax reports pretty much everyone he covers. And the police usually do Jackshit in 99% of the cases, even when he makes that fact public knowledge.

[@thatoneannoyingtornadosire8755]

Most of the people I watch do actively send reports to police, including actual name and photo of the predator (evidence too). It's just that unless you're a channel that works directly with police on a pedo hunt, your report will probably get ignored. I'm not saying to not send reports, but i am saying that most of these pedos get maybe 8 years in jail if police actually DO something. I have rarely ever seen these bastards get sentences in the double digits. And a lot of the time police flat out say they can't do anything, the judge is completely inept or the pedo makes some kind of claim that gets them out of trouble. I have seen a few channels that do it for clout, but they're few and far between, just thought i'd explain some of the frustration that comes with actively hunting pedos to get them arrested. Sometimes it really just boils down to; all we can do is warn people about them.

[@shabbbsy]

As an animator in the brony space back in the fandom's most popular days, I thoroughly enjoyed my time in the community. Thankfully I wasn't exposed to much of the darkness that many people see in the brony community, it was just a lot of collaborating with others on art and animation projects. Sad to see these things happen. Humanity is awful.

[@HighAsDonuts]

“The road to hell is paved with good intentions,Zach. These people are your family. They helped you through so much and you took a giant shit on them.” Had me laughing for a solid 5 minutes straight

[@charlesmartiniii1405]

Dude fr. There are nerds and then there are f*cking losers

[@UmLammyJammer]

Iconic line xD

[@skippygirl959]

I know right, so cringey. He was so excited to say that, was saving it for days.

[@AnakinSkywakka]

Brother was rehearsing that for a good minute. Still, it holds true.

[@Itz_just_VICTOR]

Please gimme that atime stamp lol

[@s1nqq]

Have been in the russian branch of this fandom from the age of 12 to the age of 15. Honestly, it was fun. I didn’t know english at that time, so I couldn’t stumble upon 4chan. It was just about watching the show, finding good art and sitting in that kinda weird group called “brony dubstep”(fucking hell xd). Even though at one point of time I was into fanfiction, it turned out great. I unironically read the whole “Fallout: Equestria” book(which honestly, still blows my mind, just the sheer amount of pages and the narrative), and found out about the Fallout 3 because of that. Still my favourite gaming franchise. I guess the russian branch of this fandom just wasn’t that bad…

[@loSOSina_]

Same here I'm actually glad that my grasp on English was far weaker at that time. For me, English speaking side of the fandom consisted only of well made animations and songs.

[@s1nqq]

@@loSOSina_ yeah, same

[@Solaris_Paradox]

@@s1nqq I'm Cuban and I have the same experience in mlp and the brony fandom on learning english and holy crap! Now I know what the end of the Internet looks like!

[@polishbot]

damn, i got into fallout from fo:e like last year

[@mrbrightsidetf2]

Same

[@cynicaldragons6239]

The pedophilia accusations didn't even phase me, it was honestly just expected

[@1035Ghuraba]

Who knew weirdos who watch and obsess over children shows end up as predators…

[@HavianEla]

Unfortunately accurate :/

[@NarrowSpeedster]

Not really accurate every fandom has a dark side

[@mariohcf7550]

@@NarrowSpeedster Facts! I started watching MLP when I was 16-17 back in 2018-2019, and I know I will never turn to the dark side.

[@NarrowSpeedster]

@@mariohcf7550 haha that’s the spirit

[@d.j.mulcahy1657]

I know you likely didn’t have time, but since you mentioned Lily Orchard, I wouldn’t mind a video delving into the absolute rabbit hole that is her internet presence.

[@liammcnicholas918]

Oh man, the 3 hour Steven Universe rant is going to be fun for Turkey Tom to talk about

[@Undomaranel]

His. Biology cannot be changed. Meanwhile you're shaming and shunning actual women by acknowledging his cosplay and every changing goalposts designed to absorb more and more power, no different than the brony creeps keeping little girls out of a space designed for them. Yes, the parallels are strong. If you side with the T you are literally no different than the neutral bronies that allowed all this to happen. (Brony cons and pride parades are very similar.)

[@ettaetta439]

​@@Undomaraneltransphobes have no place here. Get tf out of every comments section everywhere

[@leeroseperegrine19]

@@Undomaranel Sorry, LGBT people are a thing, and we're not going away.

[@MoonJagNuggetStab]

I actually got exposed to this show because of babysitting, and ended up genuinely enjoying the show with my niece. It was a well written show with lovable characters, at least the parts I saw.

[@tuggleworm2690]

Get help bro

[@jessicawaite5140]

@@tuggleworm2690all he said was the show was enjoyable lmao. Never said he was a Brony, just pointed out how he can see it’s possible to be interested based on what he saw

[@lagtim327]

​@igotsauce Why? There's a big difference between stories written *primarily* for children and stories written *only* for children. It's well-written, funny, and has good characters and an interesting setting. Like... you know employed adults are the ones that create cartoons, right? People who love writing good stories and creating rounded characters and building fun worlds. Heck, I wanna work on cartoons as a career and I hope I get to be part of a crew that loves its work so much. And... like, so what if it was directed at girls? Why is it that nobody bats an eye when shows directed at boy audiences attract girl viewers, but not the other way around? Adults aside, plenty of young boys watched MLP. Heck, one of them got his own character put in an episode thanks to the Make-A-Wish foundation.

[@SupernovaV23]

@@tuggleworm2690 That's not the kind of person who needs help. It's those who became obsessed and those who felt it was okay to bully children and sexualize everything. Enjoying a little kids show is okay, I mean parents watch this stuff with kids and sometimes they end up enjoying it. I know my dad liked SpongeBob haha

[@HeIsTheBluesCat]

@@lagtim327 It's like with Power Rangers. It's a show for kids, but it has so much action and loveable characters anyone can enjoy it.

[@_Wyzteria_]

I was a huge fan of mlp when I was 6-10 yrs old and had hundreds of those blind bag figures you’d get from Walmart. Ofc I looked up mlp stuff on KZbin, and occasionally I’d find some gorey disturbing animation featuring the ponies and would get extremely uncomfortable and upset. Fortunately I didn’t see much of the sexual side of the fandom, but it still scarred me for life watching cupcakes for the first time.

[@goomyliaplayz7911]

I can relate with you, I'm surprised someone else went through what I said. I had to watch Smile HD and it scarred me

[@grapefruitz8973]

I used to LOVE MLP, but I was the opposite. I didn't get to the violent stuff but I remember seeing a shit ton of sexual fanart on Google so messed up

[@misatoholic]

Same here

[@kellyhernandez8696]

just like me frr

[@oblisk7759]

wait until you read sweet apple massacre

[@snaremori]

For whatever reason I really enjoy hearing this guy talk about horrible people

[@connorbrewster6204]

It is similar to Mister Metokur. Both explaining and making fun of them.

[@OG_ZEB]

Check out Count Dankula.

[@Alex-tx2dh]

Yeah I guess he's like count dankula... but way more relatable for me and more based. Tom has his KZbin game locked down. The only commentary channel I can watch, besides occasionally John Swan and Nick DeOrio

[@kAiN123ish]

I got into the show. Loved it for the innocents. Found the reason you made this video and dipped from that Fandom so hard. I just stop talking to people about things I like. People ruin things.

[@aestradademoscou]

Westerners ruin everything.

[@greedyisgud]

“The road to hell is paved with good intentions ZACH” fucking cracked me up good lord

[@supremee6691]

Yeah heres a video explaining it kzbin.info/www/bejne/fqfcooyAaa6papo&ab_channel=fantasticflavours

[@DankOldAcc]

he said it with PASSION

[@greedyisgud]

@@DankOldAcc straight from the heart lmao

[@chaoticneutralgamer3022]

One thing to note about the Toon skype call: He was... almost scarily calm and collected about the whole thing. Acting like he thought they were just going to like.. give him a firm talking to or something. He ONLY got defensive and desperate when they told him that they would disassociating themselves from him. He only became sorry once he realized there was consequences to his actions.

[@ZorotheGallade]

Man I remember when MLP was pretty much the apple of strife in every community and would make fans and haters go to war with each other before it turned into another neutrally regarded memetic phenomenon.

[@punkysnarks]

I remember on Google+, being an anti-brony was a point of pride. People basically wore it on their sleeves.

[@DanknDerpyGamer]

@@punkysnarks Even though I wasn't into the show, I loved trolling people like that in Team Fortress 2 - ofc, I like trolling people in general in that game, but these people were especially fun.

[@tackywhale5664]

I actually kind of miss that, to be honest. Makes me very nostalgic for late 2012-early 2014, from when I was an 8th grader to when I was a freshman in high school (I actually really started to become a full-on closeted brony in October during the first semester of that year, and by the time it became late 2015, the process was complete (though I never bought or unironically embraced any merch). I am still one to this very day.

[@rayw.6677]

@@tackywhale5664 Same here. I was a closeted Brony from early 2013 throughout high school.

[@_Crush__]

people talk about how the sins of bronies is the clop and the gore As a brony, no, the ultimate sin of bronies is that so many including so-called fandom leaders viewed conflict avoidance as the ultimate virtue. Because that’s how we got people like Toon and others, the fandom has/had a real problem with believing that conflict should always be avoided. which is how these monsters got away with so much for so long.

[@grouchyolddan]

"if the minor is mature enough" -a man who is obsessed with my little ponies

[@tomb6576]

The amount of pure cringe I felt as soon as this was said

[@thedesensitizedsympathizer5307]

Where in the video did he say that?

[@semperfi-1918]

Reminds me of the old joke. "Old enough to bleed old enough to breed. "

[@twistedtheartist]

Sneako ahh take 💀💀💀

[@_djc_8223]

I was legit 13 years old when the My Little Pony Friendship is Magic came into my life, even though I despised anything "girly". (Even though I am a girl. But that was a whole other thing I'm not going into today) And I can tell you...this fandom was surprisingly not that toxic but I ran into so many people that looked like they would have a criminal background

[@eschcal9839]

The free access to children and their fandoms that is generally unregulated on social media is a horrible, terrible thing. Its far too tempting for predatory types to find kids who like the same thing you might be into as a kid. You either abolish all anonymity, or parents need to wake up and monitor their kids internet in a non-intrusive way as possible. I don't see how any kids entrenched into social media and fandoms don't come across adults and adult content concerning kids shows.

[@blueknife7728]

I used to enjoy the show myself (I'm a boy) and I luckily never met any bronys as I never went onto websites like 4chan, only playing games on computers.

[@Remember_Bubblebutt]

When I first joined in like 2014 I knew that there were weird ass dudes in the Fandom because I didn't like furries because I thought they were weird, but I never really encountered anyone like that. Just stay away from conventions, don't interact with the community much, or at all, and you'll be fine.

[@_djc_8223]

@@Remember_Bubblebutt I'm not associated with the fandom anymore but looking back, it definitely molded a certain part of my life.

[@MachFiveFalcon]

This makes me sad because as an adult man, sometimes I watch cartoons for kids out of nostalgia or just boredom. I'd hate to be lumped in with these people.

[@elvenkind6072]

Nothing wrong with being an adult man watching cartoons. Personally I love specially old Disney cartoons, those where they hand-made and painted in great detail every frame of the cartoons. They were works of art. But I also love things like Pixar animation films, like WALL-E, Inside Out, Tangled, Brave, Shrek, and there's a lovely Irish movie company that have made some really lovely animated cartoon-movies, like 'The Book of Kells', 'The Song of the Sea' and another one about wolves I don't remember the name of, with mythology and Irish music in it. I specially enjoy stuff like that if I'm depressed or anxious, but also if I'm really bored.

[@semperfi-1918]

Same here. But they are the good one like Thundercats, Heman, and a select few disney cartoon movies to also review to sell as well. Barney and other little kids shows and movies nope. Lol.

[@elyenidacevedo1995]

A lot of people do this. You're fine as long as it has nothing to do with whatever is happening here. 😂

[@blubberingbuffoons]

I love cartoons too and I'm an adult, I get it dude, these people are just weird

[@howdareyouexist]

watching a show is not the same as making it your whole identity 😂

[@MILFZR360]

The joke about vaush in the intro aged well

[@GodBlessPFLP]

Oh god, that one of Ian Kochinski had me rolling.😂

[@captinrex2261]

I’m a guy and I really loved this show, but not in the way a lot of these weirdos do. I more so watched the show to help me cope with my bullying and harassment issues. It really did help and I made a few friends through it.

[@Just-Plain-Potential]

Same here buddy. I was absolutely shielded from the bad stuff until like 2018. Still, a few good ones exist. LittleShyFIM's a good example. I mean, I still am technically one and make animations on them on my other channel. Just fun stuff.

[@habibishapur]

More like you got bullied because you were watching weird shit like this but ok

[@captinrex2261]

@@habibishapur I mean, the bullying was happening long before I watched this show, pretty much since kindergarten, and none of my bullies ever knew I watched it, so I fail to see your point.

[@captinrex2261]

@Jimbo Johnson being toxic to people for no reason is really pathetic tbh.

[@habibishapur]

@@captinrex2261 of course you fail to see my point. youre not very smart, thats why you cant pick up on subtleties, and thats why you get bullied. This show didnt help you "get over" anything. You're still just as cringe as always.

[@foxhitsdrums]

16:45 i understand how controversial the brony community is and how infamous they are for being creepy, but i appreciate the members that seem to genuinely care about protecting young girls from their fellow bronies. mad respect for the normal ones

[@krugerlastitsky8863]

Its good to keep those facts in mind

[@frankmcgarry3155]

“Normal”

[@Rikkity]

sad part is I met actual bronies and most of them alrdy had their own families and lives. The problem is that Furries came in and overtook what was wholesome and destroyed it. Bronies got a bad rep because the Furries were tainting it (as they tend to taint ANYTHING with animals. See Disney characters!)

[@sanchorim8014]

Furries as a whole aren't necassarily bad. They can even be normal, like the Bronies you met. But yeah, a lot of weirdness from them, too.

[@TheWilcoxExperience]

"Furries" and "Normal" are absolutely mutually exclusive lmao@@sanchorim8014

[@StefHMika]

This hits very close to home. I was in the mlp when i was around 12, and had terrible interactions with a brony who i thought was my friend, an over 30 year old man. I did roleplays and video calls with him on skype.. it disgusts me to think back on it, but he used so many guilt tripping techniques to make me stay. These people are horrible and i regret not reporting him to authorities

[@thedesensitizedsympathizer5307]

WHY DIDNT YOU ASK HIM WHAT HAPPENED IN HIS LIFE THAT MADE HIM DO THIS?!

[@StefHMika]

@@thedesensitizedsympathizer5307 i was 12

[@VenusManTrap-777]

@@thedesensitizedsympathizer5307 they were a child…

[@four-en-tee]

The first thing we should be teaching kids once we're parents is "don't make friends with people outside your age range until you're an adult."

[@jacobhoover1654]

Where were your parents?

[@TheNutshaq]

16:22 “the road to hell is paved with good intentions” goes so hard, it sucks that line had to be used against a pedophile

[@grimhoneybee]

As a 27 year old woman, I genuinely enjoy the show. I watched it before I had my kids. Since it first aired. It’s very nostalgic. It’s very wholesome, with a surprisingly good plot. But I’ve always enjoyed cartoons, of all sorts. However. I can’t openly enjoy it because of people like this. The extreme fan base makes me feel shame for enjoying the show. I do not and have not ever associated myself with all that mess.

[@wolfmark-hu8hx]

Well you can't have everything

[@MeowKiii-]

i feel so bad that the mlp fandom turned out the way it did when it first aired. You seem like a nice person, and i wish mlp could’ve had the same affect bluey had on all age groups in 2022, but i guess the same thing happened with both shows, just one became incredibly gross

[@Melnokina.-.]

You want a medal for creating a person who will die

[@MeowKiii-]

@@Melnokina.-. dawg y u making up what they said💀

[@LtClean1]

what is the point of your comment@@wolfmark-hu8hx

[@MarcussJay]

I took my daughter to see the movie a few years back. It disturbed me how many men were around my age (mid 20’s) and older sitting in there by themselves. I’ve never understood the fandom for this and it is quite frankly extremely weird and concerning.

[@astronova3508]

What if they just like it? Why is it weird

[@Korvinian4601]

@@astronova3508 30 year olds childless men obsessed with a mediocre show, def not weird

[@karakattankurai]

​​@@astronova3508any grown ass adults(especially men and internet without strict)potentialy traumatize many little kids with their specific content Call me misandrist but this is very true

[@astronova3508]

@@karakattankurai yeah but a lot of them just like it as a hobby. Sure some are problematic, but as for many fandoms that’s most likely a loud minority. Majority isn’t like that.

[@Korvinian4601]

@@astronova3508 majority of them are kids

[@mark_lgaming6565]

“If the minor is mature enough” 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩

[@mrtrooljacky]

Any time someone talks about a minor being mature, I get very scared for some reason as for what is to come next.

[@ashendude3394]

I physically balked when that comment came outta nowhere.

[@sevdijehavziu3015]

Isn't that contradictory, like a minor is a person who is t fully matured yet, but he's calling the minor....mature? I mean I don't know what I expected from a pedo but ya know

[@mrtrooljacky]

@@sevdijehavziu3015 well, a minor is capable of being mature but that doesn't mean they're a exception to age of consent laws. That's where the argument pedos make (if there is any) falls extremely short.

[@vultusalbus4216]

Red flag. I hope such red flags don’t have a Swosticker on it, if you know what I mean, because Mr mustache was interested in his niece and controlled her to the point she decided to remove herself

[@Grand-Blanc]

the brony skype call where they were confronting their friend was so embarrassing... it was like a D&D roleplay of an actual confrontation

[@FunnyFavor]

I'm glad that I'm not the only one that was thinking that lol. They're so awkward, I assume there's a bit of "tism" in that group.

[@anthoniemccay]

I won't lie friendship is magic is a pretty alright show. When i was still in high school i'd sit down with my siblings while they were watching it and actually catch myself getting kinda sucked in. Really sad that something my little sister really likes is now, in my mind, permanently associated with the ah, the figure in a jar thing, is straight up tragic