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Woop woop! I gotta admit, I'm a little fascinated by Jaggalos. Though I certainly like seeing them through the lens of a camera more than I like seeing them in person. And those ICP guys, despite coming across as half-retarded (forgive me the "r" word), are geniuses for so thoroughly identifying and merchandising to their market.
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I gotta admit, I'm a little fascinated by Jaggalos. Though I certainly like seeing them through the lens of a camera more than I like seeing them in person. And those ICP guys, despite coming across as half-retarded (forgive me the "r" word), are geniuses for so thoroughly identifying and merchandising to their market.
First time I saw a gaggle of Juggalos (who were quite young and all painted up) I thought "it's really weird that there are such hardcore KISS fans who are under the age of 40."
I liked the documentary for being so honest ... it exposes everything pathetic about The Gathering but also shows that they're ultimately harmless misfits having a good time. As much as their scene is foreign to me I figure it's just another USA subculture. As someone who was heavily into punk/industrial, has thoroughly enjoyed Grateful Dead shows and Acid House/Rave, I don't really feel qualified to diss them. Yeah, they're dumb and pseudo-tough, but there's a bit of that in "our" scene too.
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bansheebot wrote:
... Furries, juggalos, bronies. I can't pick a favorite.
Have you heard any term like that for us, Jason, or anybody? I can't recall ever coming across one (Thank Godzilla).
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But you do realize this is how we're seen by most people, right?
Absolutely!
Agreed. I met someone the other day who you could see was visibly disturbed by seeing my Kaiju collection. They have mickey mouse issues though. To them it was exactly the same as seeing their parents mickey mouse collection room. All toys = kitsch childish consumerism to them and can't blame them.
That's why it's best not to judge or be defensive, rather just to quickly and silently shuffle away from the bronies and to our own little corner of ridiculousness.
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I'll never be able to eat pepperoni again
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I honestly don't give a shit about Bronies. People are welcome to like whatever they want. That doesn't give them immunity to being made fun of, but that doesn't seem bother these people anyway. Like someone said earlier, they must really be brimming with confidence.
There's a documentary recently added to Netflix titled simply Bronies.
It's an entertaining watch but only because I have a sick fascination with loser subcultures. With that being said, it's very biased -- You can tell it was produced by a brony sympathizer if not a brony themselves and even tends to shine a forced 'warm and fuzzy' light on them. While I'm sure not every single brony out there gets their 'clop' on (don't google it), not once does the film even make mention of the fucked up sexually deviant aspects of the culture.
Furries, juggalos, bronies. I can't pick a favorite.
My thoughts exactly. They casually mention cloppers in a song, but I would have liked to see that explored.
I saw the Bronies documentary on Netflix streaming and it completely lacks any sort of an objective viewpoint. IMHO there's nothing worse than these "by fans, for fans" documentary projects. Netflix streaming also has a couple of documentaries up about Firefly and Star Wars fans that are pretty similar.
Tue Jan 21, 2014 10:52 am
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I am not a Brony.... because that's a silly term. In fact, downstairs away from my bedroom shelves I have my Sunguts collection that is kept company by Ponys! When I was a little kid I watched everything that was a cartoon practically; from MLP to Stawberry Shortcake to GI Joe to Vampire Hunter D.
Deeeeeeeeeeee!
Who's this Pony? Yeah, that's a pony avatar of me. No bats though, go figure.
Yes, that is Brock's voice actor.
Setting up a joke here, wait for it...
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