My Own Private Idaho: Sunday Silliness: Ponies. Ponies Everywhere (Know Your Meme 101

I love the internet. And when a new meme comes out, I can't wait to incorporate it into my normal net-mongering.

However, I'm still a little confused by this one.

Ponies.

A new My Little Pony cartoon launched last year, and a slew of Bronies have taken the cartoon and tainted it with the awesomeness of the interwebz.

I watched a few episodes of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, to see if I could understand the phenomenon. While mildly entertaining, I don't know if it warrants popularity for the 20-30 male demographic.

But who am I to argue?

I was overwhelmed with rainbows and cute. There was a lot of quirky humor infused into the cartoon, but come on.

I'm a child of the 80's, and my little ponies were for girls.

I guess the ponies of the 21st century are more for everyone?

I did enjoy the fact there were girly ponies, androgynous ponies, and a couple 'butch' ponies, even though all were female. It's not just about fitting into a predetermined box. Ponies come in all colors, sizes, and orientations.

Even though I have yet to see some hot, steamy 'pony on pony' action, I have a feeling Applejack and Rainbow Dash are getting it on. They look TOTALLY into each other...

...wait...

...am I being sucked in?

...no no.... I'm too manly to be watching ponies...

To amuse and educate, here are a few pony memes found on the internets. Enjoy!