Whether you call yourself a pegasister, brony, ect. you still love Friendship is magic, so I wanted to get tips, stories, or just statements on how you do or would like to live your life representing the mlp community and how you deal with haters or people who simply are uninformed about the show and it's viewers. Not just for myself but I hope to put something together to help all mlp fans and regular people I can share this info with. So feel free to post your thoughts!
Don't bother dealing with haters. This is the internet, argueing with them is useless. Unless you can physically approach a hater and talk to him, there's no point.
^ Yep. I just ignore all online haters. They can't really do anything but attempt to annoy you with completely false information and what they claim are 'insults'.
I'm a part of this community because I enjoy the people, the fun, the content. If I was never a fan, I would never have met some of the great people I have befriended over the past year, nor done some of the things I thought I never could. Those reasons are why haters don't get into my head, because this community is something I'll never want to forget. Don't let them get to you. Just be happy you enjoy what you're doing with your life, while they sit there trying to spoil it. Just... don't make life...PONIESPONIESPONIESPONIES...if you get what I mean. Man, I don't post for ages and I come out with this soppy sentiment? Heh.
On the internet, just ignore them completely. In real life, just explain why you enjoy the show. If they continue to insult, just walk away.
Actually meeting them allows for more social contact than the internet can provide. If you're chatting with them online, they'll always find some way to retort with false or out of context statements. As a result, you get annoyed, which means success for them. When you actually talk to them, you can easily recognize their nonsense because they'll be unable to check the internet for resources to retort with, and they'll lose faith in what they pretend to be the truth. In other words, you'll be the one annoying them. That's when one of two things will happen: 1) They agree and at least try to understand you. 2) They go away. That's from my personal experience with them anyway.
3) They'll continue to hate for no reason Sadly, this is probably the most likely possibility. But that's because they hate being proved wrong. Just leave if this happens, let them think that they've won. They're not going to become mature anytime soon.
I agree with all of you and Rarit E's advice makes sense. So after becoming a MLP fan did your point of views on people change? Did anything about you or your life change?
I've actually become a lot more open-minded and more tolerant. I was pretty open-minded and tolerant before, but this show seems to have increased those qualities more. I've also become a bit more confident.
That's actually the same as number 2. If you're talking to them in person, they won't continue hating in your face. They'd rather walk away and go back to hating on the internet. Not in real life, since i keep it on the internet. I grew more tolerant, maybe. Not much. If i saw a troll being who he was, i used to give them the attention they wanted because i couldn't stand them. Now, like i said, i'd rather just walk away and leave them be, even though i still can't stand them.
Unfortunately, there are some people that will continue to hate it in front of you. But I've found that these kind of people are the one's who are closer to you than strangers (siblings, parents, friends, etc.) I've also found that I "troll" less. I used to do very light "trolling" (if you can call it that). Now, I don't do it nearly as often.
I haven't met anyone in my family who has supported me about being a brony and mostly when I mention it they start with the snarky comments. But my Mom keeps telling me this is a stage and it will pass but I 99% doubt it will.
The closer they are to you, the more honest their opinions are. Most of the more extreme real life haters are close family. This is because they feel the need to tease/joke with you.
Yeah my family all around is never to open to new things really, I don't like short shorts and my aunt thinks something is wrong with me cause I'm not acting like "a normal teenage girl" *facehoof*
Your probably not alone. In most families, the adults feel that they know much more than the teenagers. And they're not afraid to tell you there honest opinion. With friends, you have some sense of equality and understanding. With family, you don't have this (most of the time).
1. I do not 'love' the show. That just sounds like I have an emotional attachment to it, which I most certainly do not. 2. My mind/life has not changed one bit. I'm still very much intolerant of many, many things, which I consider to be a good thing.
When I watched the show, I had never heard of, nor met a brony. Only a single Fluttershy avatar on a long dead forum. It sparked my intrest and bugged me. So after a while I read the pony wiki. Then watched every single episode. Returned to a forum I had left and discovered that I was a 'brony' and that it was a whole community. So i've always been open minded and tolerent. But I guess I do think of certain things at certain times. Like being as fearless as possible or staying loyal. Its easier to do something when you have a reason to do it and an excuse.
