to address your immediate question : it 's overloaded with pink and sparkles .
but the online fan culture of bronies grew out of 4chan , so they have a computer nerd vestigial tail of mountain dew , anime appreciation , chronic virginity , and cyberbullying .
for this today 's my little pony is totally different from what you grew up with in the ' 80s , and it is n't just that you 're no longer interested in brushing a plastic pony 's mane for hours .
dear celestia , today we learned that hasbro , are no real bros .
shortly after the show ( which , true to its origins , still exists in part to sell hasbro toys ) premiered on the hub in october , an article about the show was posted on the 4chan comics and cartoons message board co.
bronies ( bro+pony ) are adult male fans of the new series launched in 2010 based on the classic ‘ 80s my little pony toy that [ spoiler ] your mom secretly threw out your collection of when you went to college .
the new york observer tells the unlikely tale of how the charming 4chan cesspool inspired a legion of men to begin following the adventures of characters like twilight sparkle and rainbow dash .
when the franchise was rebooted last year with the tv show .
in the pecking order of internet weirdo subcultures , bronies fall somewhere between ron paul supporters and furries .