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| Theopticals #1395906 2 months ago |
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| Anonymous #1395908 2 months ago |
Futurama is fucking awful. |
| Zincy #1395912 2 months ago |
And? People are entitled to spend their money as they see fit. |
| Gittonsxv #1395915 2 months ago |
its kind of true to be honest, thats a lot of money to spend JUST for a "k thanx bye".... |
| Zincy #1395916 2 months ago |
Go check kickstarter once or twice and see how many useless ass fundraisers are started every bloomin day. |
| Anonymous #1395919 2 months ago |
Couldn't this same money be spent more productively?
And if the commercial turns out to be embarrassing... /sigh |
| SlayerBVC #1395925 2 months ago |
Okay thisbemoo, answer me this. Who the hell are you? Are you important enough that we should all care about your opinion?
No, of course you aren't. |
| Natry #1395926 2 months ago |
People can spend their money on what they want. It's not like they're making an ad for the PPPP or something. |
| Offensive #1395927 2 months ago |
>tags
Oh my god Lrn 2 underscore |
| bboifatz #1395929 2 months ago |
I think this is a terrible idea and I want no part of it. I'm sure that the creators of the show would have been much happier if the fans raised all this money for Toys for Tots or Hasbro's children's hospital or something. |
| Zincy #1395933 2 months ago |
There is no blasted way to tell if that cash would have went toward something useful. Most of those folks probaly would have wasted it on something else or merely horded it. This at the very least adds fire to the capitalist engine. |
| Saint_Braeburn #1395934 2 months ago |
@Anon919
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| Zincy #1395941 2 months ago |
I do wonder if this anon is the OP. |
| bboifatz #1395953 2 months ago |
The worst thing possible would be if the commercial ends up embarrassing all of us. I just hope for all of our sakes that that $14,000 is being well spent, because if it's not then I can only imagine the stupidity that's going to follow when all the non-bronies out there see it... |
| Edzepp #1395956 2 months ago |
Aren't there other brony projects that HAVE raised money for charity?
I mean, yes that's a lot of money for an ad, but bronies have done stuff for the greater good as well. It's not like this makes all that irrelevant. |
| Zincy #1395966 2 months ago |
I shot the OP a post on DA linking her to the Broniesforgood charity. Lets see if she stops bitching about how people should spend their money and actualy takes her own advice and does something good. |
| Offensive #1395968 2 months ago |
I must admit I'm not looking forward to seeing this happen but in a world where people are getting tv shows left and right for having too many babies or being a general fuckwit there's certainly worse things to give your money to. |
| MaroonBunyip #1395986 2 months ago |
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| Zincy #1395993 2 months ago |
Bronies for good, Humble Brony Bundle, Brony Letter Project, Brony patches, FB's Brony Party Charity....
OP acts like we've never done good... |
| RepentantAnon #1396020 2 months ago |
or you know, we can do less charity, since the world is too fucking overpopulated as is :/ |
| Zincy #1396033 2 months ago |
I don't know why this OP pisses me off so much. Maybe its the "we've done nothing good" attitude, brushing off all the positives. Coupled with the fact she's in groups like Sane-MLP-Fans...
I'd put bits that this persons greatest experience with charitable work is gettin teary eyed at a starving kids commercial. People like that annoy me, all well and good to stand on their blasted soap-box and issue edicts but won't do a lick of good themselves. |
| Saint_Braeburn #1396039 2 months ago |
@Repentant
Because all charities involve human don"t they? |
| RepentantAnon #1396043 2 months ago |
^well i've never seen wolves running a campaign to help out deer in decline |
| Anonymous #1396049 2 months ago |
Why don't you faggots show real appreciation buy sending every FiM crew member a gift or a arrange a big thank you dinner for all of them, face it, this project and everyone that supports it only cares about getting attention and desperately needing validation. You're gonna make the fanbase look like a cult at best and a bunch of moronic manchildren at worst. |
| RepentantAnon #1396067 2 months ago |
^"only cares about getting attention and desperately needing validation" case in point? :D |
| Zincy #1396073 2 months ago |
This commercial is mild compared to what other fandom's have done. Should have seen some of the stuff the Starwars fandom pulled back in the day, that shit was crazy. |
| Anonymous #1396129 2 months ago |
[img] http://oi45.tinypic.com/2luonsn.jpg [/img] |
| Shaky #1396214 2 months ago |
Haven't we donated at least $50,000 in total to various charities? |
| Zincy #1396220 2 months ago |
While that is true Shaky, it won't stop the power of idiots on soap-boxs.
I had a rather lengthy convo about this a few min ago. They act like this one thing overshadows all we've done. And Like every single expenditure we make has to be for good...sometimes people spend money for the fuck of it. Should the money I spent on diner last night have been sent to Africa? Should every cent I earn go to others? Are we not entitled to spend on what we please? Slacktavists and their moral pillars piss me off, they stand it shout but never do anything themselves. They're the first ones to call you evil but the last ones to open their own wallets. |
| Saint_Braeburn #1396221 2 months ago |
@Anon129
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| Shaky #1396227 2 months ago |
Could $14,000 really buy 400,000 meals?
They couldn't be very good. |
| Zincy #1396232 2 months ago |
Assuming your average meal, at a cost of roughly 5 dollars (which is a very liberal estimate, the actual cost in transportaion, arrangement, labor, etc). 14k would buy roughly 2800 meals. |
| Zincy #1396237 2 months ago |
Shipping it out of country ( to say a staving nation) would drive the cost up even higher. Protein rich meal substitutes (which are a full meal, and are shipped to africa in large numbers) cost 25 dollars to make and ship to Africa. 14k would make 560. |
| Shaky #1396246 2 months ago |
I guess those 400,000 meals would consist of a ricecake with the thinnest spread of peanut paste.
And a cup, no water though. |
| Zincy #1396250 2 months ago |
Op's just pulling numbers out of her ass like the best politicians and slackavists before her. |
| Shaky #1396256 2 months ago |
Zincy, I think you need a cuddle. |
| Zincy #1396261 2 months ago |
No, just hate slackavists. Its one of my pet peeves. |
| Everypony #1396265 2 months ago |
Fuck you OP the money should go to Lauren Fraust's pocket you dumb dweeb |
| Zincy #1396268 2 months ago |
I've done some number crunching, at 6am... But meals would have to cost something in the range of a % of a cent in order for her math to work. While I can't be sure(again, its 6 am) I know it would have to be way lower then any meal I've ever heard of. |
| Saint_Braeburn #1396271 2 months ago |
Headcanon:Lauren Fraust is now Lauren Faust's evil duplicate. |
| Zincy #1396278 2 months ago |
14k could be made into 140,000 meals...if each meal cost 0.1 cent. |
| Zincy #1396280 2 months ago |
Finally worked it out, 14k would = 400k meals at a cost of 0.035cents |
| Shaky #1396287 2 months ago |
0.035 cents per meal?
What kind of meal is that?! The feather of a chicken? A picture that 5 people have to share of a real meal? A sherbet grain? If anything, it would be an insult to give that to somebody. |
| Shaky #1396294 2 months ago |
The leftovers on a dirty dish cost more than 0.035 cents. |
| Zancrow #1396350 2 months ago |
Butthurt over not getting the money yourself, OP? |
| Anonymous #1396375 2 months ago |
Woah. So many jerks around here.
Good thing you all have jobs and hot food on the table. |
| Zincy #1396391 2 months ago |
6375, I garentee most people here have done more to help then that whiny OP.
I've already explained how the 14k wouldn't go nearly as far as she thinks. Secondly, instead of actively trying to support charities, or give a little herself, she instead opts just to bitch and tell others to do it for her. Thirdly a persons luxury expenditures don't equate to their charitable. I just bought a 60 dollar game 2 days ago with money I earned from my job, 3 days before that i payed for 4 of those Protein rich meal substitutes to be sent to Uganda, my luxury expenditure didn't hamper my ability to give back. |
| John #1396590 2 months ago |
And also:  |
| Anonymous #1396698 2 months ago |
ITT Ponibooru vs /mlp/, Ponygoons, Ponychan, and Reddit |
| Anonymous #1396787 2 months ago |
Haha! Flamewar up in this bitch |
| Anonymous #1396939 2 months ago |
Inb4 tl;dr
Actually, no, that anon wasn't me. OP is right here, folks. In no way have I ever "bitched" tonight. Too bad text doesn't show tone and facial expressions. I've been "snarky", but not bitchy, all for a good reason though. I acknowledge bronies have given a lot, I don't doubt that. I never said this would overshadow us....but this would be, if it succeeds, the first official broadcast to the world. So to ignorant society, it may. It will most likely confuse the heck out of viewers...and strike curiosity in the minds of children who would most likely be oblivious to bronies. Those numbers were crunched by someone from the FeedtheChildren Charity "In the U.S. we could help provide 400,000 meals for $14,000.00. I hope this answers your question. Karolyn Howard Data/Letters Supervisor Donor Services Karolyn.Howard@feedthechildren.org" Got a problem with her math....talk to her. I never said I hate bronies, as that would be an absolute and that's a no-no. Too many sub-cultures in this sub-culture to hate 'em all. Plus I'm a brony so that would indeed include me. I just don't want to be represented by this. I joined those groups on dA ONLY to better spread the publicity. No, I don't think I can put a stop to this. However, I do believe I can help change their motives as well as rethinking their script and where the heck the money will go. [the script is your cliche PSA commercial] The main reason why I posted this everywhere, with a few minor refutations, was to stir the comment board and community and rise awareness. Once this issue is well known, I want to take it to the people organizing this project to show them the flaws in their campaign, and how many agree. This is more impacting than one comment given on the indiegogo comments page. As for the awareness part, more and more people are realizing how easy it is to convince bronies to throw their money at anything pony related or at anyway to get their names out into the community. Ponies are now being used as a source of publicity. I mean, who's to say that this guy could have easily made a wise $500 investment knowing that the outcome would be like this....MAJOR BANK. How the heck are we sure that this guy has the actual ability to convince the hub to do this. I also note that most of the proceeds are going to extra unneeded airings, instead of charity. They have only put aside $2000 for charity and one line at the end of their new revised script. I want to make the brony community aware of this and that maybe, just maybe, most of these charities/fundraisers might be scams....or just plain failures. I have no right to govern how people spend their money, but I do have a right to an opinion. Anyways....I was more of bored than mad... |
| CottonTales #1396960 2 months ago |
I do think this is a waste but people have the right to throw away the money they earned however they please |
| Anonymous #1396963 2 months ago |
Still OP here
BTW I based this opinion after doing more research from these links: Brony Thank You Project: http://www.indiegogo.com/brony This was their original intention of the project: http://bronies.lefora.com/2012/05/03/hashing-out-the-draft/ So see for yourself, and forge your own opinion, help my sculpt mine, as well as solutions that can be taken by this group. I no butt-hurt...I just think this is silly. But rants make more people...rant...and ranting is good if you want something to be noticed. Being noticed is easy if you give people something to debate and pick at. Publicity 101 The more you know! |
| mindcannon #1396969 2 months ago |
Zincy seems to be more mad than the OP |
| Anonymous #1396981 2 months ago |
@SlaverBVC
Okay, SlayerBVC, answer me this. Who the hell are you?! Are you important enough that I should care about your opinion? No, seriously, I'm very curious! I'd be sooo honored for an important person such as yourself, to even pay mind to my post. Comments like this make me laugh...as no one needs to be important to state an opinion. I am free to have an opinion, just as these people are free to waste their money. |
| CottonTales #1396988 2 months ago |
@6963
that's why I'm at least happy they changed the lines still not something I'd pay to air but better |
| Anonymous #1397026 2 months ago |
@#1396590
Why should I be mad that you can't read or are not willing to read a paragraph? I'm more of mad at the person who attempted to give you an education. But it is funny...that you would take the same amount of time to find/make and post those photos, than it would be for an average person to read what is written. |
| Anonymous #1397117 2 months ago |
@mindcannon
Actually he was more of looking for a debate...and boy we had a good time. No one was ever mad here. Zincy and I came out of the debate with a smile. I was deabting with him to test his skill. It was quite enjoyable. I was never mad but more of laughing the whole night at how ridiculous some of us "bronies" can be. |
| Verbose #1397693 2 months ago |
I actually agree with OP more than most of the comments in this thread.
For one, the argument that the money could be spent on worse things does not mean that this is a good use of the money. Second, even if it's your money, it doesn't mean you should spend it on anything. Remember that this isn't just representing a few bronies. This represents all bronies. If it is done poorly, then that $14,000 will do much more harm than good. Adding to the second point, Hasbro will screen this probably to check to see if it's FCC compliant. Not to prevent a poor portrayal of bronies. It's being created by amateurs. People who don't get paid and for the most part have little to no training or expertise in this sort of thing. The cliché script should be evidence of that. Third, being unimportant doesn't mean that a person doesn't have a point. If a five-year old tells you something that is truth or is a valid point, then it's still valid regardless of their age or importance. Fourth, bronies have done a ton of good in terms of charity before this. Again, tapping into the vein of the first point, it doesn't justify spending it on something which is, more or less, expensive and potentially irresponsible attention seeking. Should the people involved want to embarrass themselves, then that's their right. However, they say they represent all of us. Fifth, it's not going to be an accurate portrayal of the community. Its goal isn't to be accurate. It's to show us as having some members who don't fit the stereotype that I imagine a large portion of us do fit. I'm simply going by the images of brony meetups and seeing people with black shirts, long and unkempt hair, blue jeans with cheap sneakers, and people who, in all honesty, aren't all that attractive or athletic looking. They look like what I expect bronies to look like. The commercial is giving us a portrayal that most of us probably don't fit. Not all obese, neckbeards, but we look like geeks. We are geeks. There's nothing terrible about that, and there's no need to try to pretend like we're not. I just scanned through the comments, and I think I hit on most of the arguments for the commercial. But to be fair, I'll add some arguments against OP. DHX won't directly receive money from this. However, Hasbro will. Money talks for Hasbro, as they are a successful and large business. We don't buy a ton of official merchandise, but giving Hasbro $12-14,000 (as the rest is going to charity) is a showing of how committed we are to the show. It may be a point of evidence for them that we really do enjoy the show and how it's being put together by DHX. It may help FiM continue until it hits its natural-feeling end and not being cancelled before DHX has a chance to wrap it up as they see fit (because I imagine that they'll want to move on and focus on other music/animation/directing/voice gigs/etc. at some point in their careers.) I believe one of the animators said that specifically a while ago, and that's well within their rights. And they have been responsive to some of the concerns people have had. The script has changed fairly significantly, so there may be a chance that it isn't damning to the community, at least. A little embarrassing is kind of a given. We are mostly males who watch a show for little girls. Comes with the territory. |
| ToySoldierScratch #1397807 2 months ago |
Whatever floats their boats. I just hope this doesn't backfire horribly. |
| PinkXombie #1401275 2 months ago |
I don't really think that kind of money should be put towards a commercial... I mean, I grew up pretty poor and I'm still not in a great spot financially, and that just seems....like a lot of money for just 10 to 30 seconds.
I would rather the money be donated to charity or something that would actually go to the show or companies involved with the show. But people are entitled to do what they'd like with their money. |
| OmegaSmash #1401401 2 months ago |
Are people really defending this? Good lord. |
| Anonymous #1401458 2 months ago |
@ OmegaSmash
Dude, you missed the whole thing. It all went down on reddit. http://www.reddit.com/r/mylittlepony/comments/tguu0/the_brony_thank_you_project_i_dont_want_this_this/ OP admits it was a clever troll in the first place to make an easy reaction to better gain the attention of the founder's project. IMO, they did a good job with this, because I couldn't even tell! Very well thought out. Reminded me of Discord.... |
| BattleGT #1402829 2 months ago |
After reading that reddit thread this honestly isn't needed it has good intentions but the details are where it fails apart. This comes off as overly obsessive which is something the fandom should try and avoid |