Howard Stern on Bronies

[TheEconomist]

you're not going to find one person who fits it perfectly when it comes to sexuality

I'm entirely and completely "normal". In fact, whenever I run into "deviant" pornography of almost any kind, I'm turned off. And, even assuming I can't read my girlfriends as well as other evidence would suggest, I know quite a few people are as completely normal as I am.

the varied kinds of deviants show that there really isn't

Kind of like arguing everyone's a psychopath because dude down the block got murdered.

Allow me to explain to what what is called the Standard for Deviation. It's an actual "law" in psychology. You've had PSY 101, right? Anyways, just a refresher, it states that, in almost anything related to human behavior, you can expect there to be about 5% that don't do it, have never done, and have no interest in doing, ever and 5% that are far more interested in it, probably even obsessed. The rest of the population in in between, completely and entirely normal.

The only people that deny this are the people that need to justify their pervertedness to themselves. Ever heard a murderer who didn't spout the cliche that murder is in human nature and he was just doing what he felt like doing? Same thing with sexual perversions. If I were to complete a work filled with all of my wildest, most deepest, darkest fantasies, it would be the same as the average typical frat boy trying to go get laid.

You can deny it all you want, but its a matter of textbook 'fact' that sexual preference can and is qualitified within standard deviation. Sure, you'll find a few psychologists that disagree, but since when don't they? This whole thing is just another one of those false sayings that you hear on the intenet becasue its the cesspool for sexual deviants. Enjoy teh cartoon sex a bit too much and see someone insulting something close to your heart? Go on a tangent about how everyone else is as perverted as you, and repeat ad nauseum, until other fools and deviants believe the same lie that you do.

[Jconant]

The extremes of sexuality like the good bronies here are surely an indicator that they are on that obsessed end of the spectrum. What do you think drives them into this kind of behavior?

-On a side note I just want to that that its sad that my commentary on the oddity translates to you as "I'm a freak that enjoys teh cartoon sex a bit too much and I'm going to justify it and be in denial of the fact that its weird", see it agitate you and go on a tirade.

Before being introduced to the video at the start of the thread I had no idea thats what brony meant. I was familiar with how my little pony was made into a new cartoon show and for whatever reason it has a cult of fans, but the sexuality of it...its weird to me. I wanted to join the discussion. You on the other hand seem to only want to mock and smother discussion. Your first reply was " no no no"....what a constructive way to contribute TheEconomist.

[TheEconomist]

I'm sorry that my usually right obsevations have led me to believe something that offends. Oh wait, no I'm not.

You on the other hand seem to only want to mock and smother discussion.

I counter points, like anyone else. Just am usually better at it.

what a constructive way to contribute

You see that large count of posts below my name? Those are all arguments I've been in with people that express themselves better than you. I'm burned out on useless arguments, most of the time. Sometimes, I'm in the mood. Sometimes not. Never the less, your point was stupid enough to warrant a dismissal and nothing more.

In conclusion, if anyone should be offended, its me. You accuse a perfectly normal person of being a pervert because you seem to think everyone else is as well, for whatever reason.

[DemolitionSquid]

I find it hard to believe that you have no so-called "deviant" sexual fetishes, Tychus. What exactly do you believe is "normal" sexuality? Only heterosexual missionary, all the time?

[TheEconomist]

I find it hard to believe that you have no so-called "deviant" sexual fetishes, Tychus.

Why am I not surprised? You are the Squibb after all.

Thanks for making my point for me though.

What exactly do you believe is "normal" sexuality?

If you really have to ask, you're probably not "normal" yourself. For the sake of simplicity though, I'll say that if you can speak to very large of your gender, and express your fantasies and fetishes and not one of them say, "That's disgusting!" or "I'd never do that." then you're normal, obviously.

[DemolitionSquid]

I'm just trying to establish a baseline. I mean, everyone I know here is perfectly comfortable talking about anal, but we both know there are communities where you can't utter the idea without persecution. Are we discussing normal sexuality between friends, or normal in a small rural community, or normal in a large city, or normal across a country, or normal for all 7 billion people on this dying planet? If its the former, we all know there's a tribe in Africa who elongate their necks with rings and enlarge their lips with plates for sexual attraction, and that its completely normal for them. If its the latter, then the only universal normal I can think of is heterosexual missionary in the dark, in your own bed. Literally anything other than that would be "deviant."

[TheEconomist]

Everytime I post on this new styled forum, I get bugged. WTF.

[TheEconomist]

Are we discussing normal sexuality between friends, or normal in a small rural community, or normal in a large city, or normal across a country, or normal for all 7 billion people on this dying planet?

None of the above or perhaps the latter, depending on how you look at it. What I'm talking about is what everyone really wants deep down, not what is cultural. The extent to my deviancy is that I want as much as sex as possible with as little effort as possible with as many women as possible. I want to be adored and worshiped as a sex God by all the women I lay eyes on, I want to be what every man strives to be, and hear the lamentations of their women. You show me someone who doesn't feel this way and I'll show you a woman. You show me a culture that agrees with this and I'll show you a small tribe in Africa, and no one else. I'm not talking about what is normal in a culture, just what is actually normal.

Of course, I love how everyone always counters my argument about the majority with small, obscure anecdotal examples from minor happenstances. Why in the fuck does everyone on this forum do this? (Yes, false generatlization) When no other forum I frequent does this.

[DemolitionSquid]

None of the above or perhaps the latter, depending on how you look at it. What I'm talking about is what everyone really wants deep down, not what is cultural. The extent to my deviancy is that I want as much as sex as possible with as little effort as possible with as many women as possible. I want to be adored and worshiped as a sex God by all the women I lay eyes on, I want to be what every man strives to be, and hear the lamentations of their women. You show me someone who doesn't feel this way and I'll show you a woman. You show me a culture that agrees with this and I'll show you a small tribe in Africa, and no one else. I'm not talking about what is normal in a culture, just what is actually normal.

An acceptable response. As I said, just trying to get a baseline.

Of course, I love how everyone always counters my argument about the majority with small, obscure anecdotal examples from minor happenstances. Why in the fuck does everyone on this forum do this? (Yes, false generalization) When no other forum I frequent does this.

I've found that it happens on every forum, but if you want a concrete answer, just look at what we've been exposed to for the past few years from Blizzard. The lastest Q&A's have been so downright dodgy they're making Gradius cry.

[TheEconomist]

The lastest Q&A's have been so downright dodgy they're making Gradius cry.

Which is probably one of the reasons that I don't bother with any news. If the game is good, it'll enjoy it when it comes out. If not, oh well. I've started to enjoy reading science fictions books more than video game stories and I'm also starting to enjoy more complex, grand strategy games like Europa Unversalis III and Crusader Kings more than StarCraft.

But, that's another topic for another time.