Another Sign of the Impending Apocalypse (An Occasional EIP Series)

Bronies:

Bronies?  That would be slang for guys... adult MEN (heh)... who love "My Little Pony."  Say WHAT?  All is revealed here.  A quote:

While Faust acknowledges that her work on The Powerpuff Girls influenced her creative process and that she intentionally looked to create a show that could be enjoyed by adults, she said she’s genuinely surprised about the large number of dedicated bronies, whom she clearly adores.

“This might be a little short-sighted on my part, but I just assumed that any adult man who didn’t have a little girl wouldn’t even give it a try,” Faust said in a phone interview. “The fact that they did and that they were open-minded and cool enough and secure in their masculinity enough to embrace it and love it and go online and talk about how much they love it — I’m kind of proud.”

Faust brings up a good point. Aside from a few brony-haters, blessedly very little (negative) hay seems to get made over dudes liking something that’s “supposed to be for girls” (like, for example, the way girls would be side-eyed for liking Transformers in years past).  (Image credit: Hub TV)

What?  We don't have enough "negative hay" at the moment?  That's only because some of us JUST became aware of the phenomenon and I ain't buyin' that "secure in their masculinity" crock.  Bein' a brony is something that would require elaborate cover-up schemes, a dark basement, and  CIA/NSA-strength encryption for any and all communication on the subject.  In my circles, anyhoo... and I don't imagine I'm out of the mainstream.  We ain't talkin' pink flamingos here.

I might could change my mind if Young Lauren tried to convince me there might be "certain benefits" of comin' over to the darkest corner of a VERY Dark Side.

Nah.  Not even for Young Lauren.  A guy HAS to have standards.

(h/t:  A tweet from Andy Levy.)