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R: 206 / I: 148The Story Thread - Royal Guard Edition
We used to write stories together!
You can find them here: http://fndkp.jimdofree.com
Nowadays, we just sit around the fire and enjoy the holiday. Feel free to join.
We also have some 8-bit desktop ponies here: https://github.com/RoosterDragon/Desktop-Ponies/releases/download/v1.68/Desktop.Ponies.v1.68.zip
And more are here:
drive.google.com/drive/folders/1aNQL0zy_pIk-DrX9R7DAWqlNcyaUitjh?usp=sharing
Check out the deviantART community:
http://desktop-pony-team.deviantart.com
Your can find the program source code on github:
https://github.com/RoosterDragon/Desktop-Ponies -
R: 53 / I: 40Wordle Thread - 03.25
This shall be my new home.
Wordle 1,372 5/6
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R: 16 / I: 8ITT: Vent about taxes
It's that time of year again to rage at the IRS, dumb-ass tax laws, and horrid shitty tax-filing software like TurboTax. -
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Love is patient; love is kind; love is not jealous or boastful; it is not arrogant or rude. Love does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrong, but rejoices in the right. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
-1st Corinthians 13:4-7, ESV -
R: 2 / I: 1Happy 1st of April
Lets goooooooooooooooo -
R: 20 / I: 15LGBT Themed Chat
Are you gay enough (or bisexual enough) to carry around outside one of the chocolate purses from YouTube? Hmmmm?
And, hey, what's going on with you otherwise? -
R: 22 / I: 4songs you wish you could karaoke
-and by that title i don't mean songs you wish you could karaoke well... i mean songs that don't easily have karaoke versions you can look up!
is the song you want to 'raoke too obscure? too new? is there not even an instrumental version you could try with?
lay your laments in here! share the song you wish you could find the karaoke version for, and maybe we could all try to sing it together -
R: 11 / I: 10Spider Thread 2025
Spring is slowly arriving, there are now a bunch of sunny days on the horizon.
With nature getting more lively outside, I seem to find a list of spiders in and around the house again.
The ever present Pholcoid clambering around the wall, zygiella's nesting all around, a single wolf spider running around on the grass outside.
I just found a steatoda bipunctata (rabbit hutch spider) hiding away in an alcove in the ceiling.
Anyways
I think it may not be fair to just throw potentially triggering images or videos on here. On the same time I have been getting less of a visceral fear reaction and have come to see spiders more with the same fascination of observing a mouse or an interesting looking weevil.
How are you with spiders at this moment in your life? -
R: 2 / I: 1Hobbies
This is one of my hobbies that I have semi recently gotten into-breeding isopods.
I don't know the exact species these guys are, but I'm going to try to breed for more bold patterns down their back.
What are some hobbies you have been enjoying recently? Or maybe put on the back burner? -
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>New Pokemon leaks
>Mega Feraligtr
>It's Water/Dragon not Water/Dark
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH we were so close to perfection only to end up with yet another dragon -
R: 266 / I: 196/b/ & Friends
Back once again with another edition. Officially official.
Talk about anything you fancy and chill with us <3
I would also like to pay tribute to our new royal overlords. :3 -
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R: 5 / I: 3Physical Media That You Own
Rate the first seven albums that I've put into my car after its recent repairs got all finished! Why not?
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And what physical media, if any, do you have that you'd like to share? Or just talk about? -
R: 0 / I: 0ENA: DREAM BBQ IS OUT NOW!
For what seems like eons, we have waited for Ena to return to us!
and when we were in our darkest moment, they returned to us! -
R: 22 / I: 8Furry Related Chatting Yet Again
This is a really silly icon, but I still like it a lot:
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What 'furry things' have you looked at lately? -
R: 52 / I: 38scared of the future
i imagine maybe, many of us are feeling the same way, so i thought... perhaps, it can be a good idea to have a thread to express our concerns and fears and comfort one another.
the future to me seems scary. i hope, dear friends, you will all be ok -
R: 1 / I: 0Lol
after dating transpeople/fucking them, being bisexual/a racial minority myself and ect ect, its actually pretty hilarious that professional victims still exist
You people create your own misery -
R: 30 / I: 19
Which is the better aesthetic? -
R: 3 / I: 1
soon -
R: 749 / I: 650The Story Thread - Apple Family Edition
We used to write stories together!
You can find them here: http://fndkp.jimdofree.com
Nowadays, we just sit around the fire and enjoy the holiday. Feel free to join.
We also have some 8-bit desktop ponies here: https://github.com/RoosterDragon/Desktop-Ponies/releases/download/v1.68/Desktop.Ponies.v1.68.zip
And more are here:
drive.google.com/drive/folders/1aNQL0zy_pIk-DrX9R7DAWqlNcyaUitjh?usp=sharing
Check out the deviantART community:
http://desktop-pony-team.deviantart.com
Your can find the program source code on github:
https://github.com/RoosterDragon/Desktop-Ponies -
R: 31 / I: 1Millennial Brain rot
Post millennial brainrot
Because we skibidid before skibidi was cool. -
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You know what day it be -
R: 29 / I: 18Happy St. Patrick's Day!
Come on in, have a craic!
And today will be a grand day with the legends here!
Cheers!
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4320A3ABCD270D94&si=CzemD6pnhHQSiEmu -
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On my way to Starbucks. Anyone want anything? preferably something hot that's easy to spill? -
R: 146 / I: 96Chatroulette: Sick Edition
Hey everyone! i have come down with a cold. My nose is clogged and i hacked up parts of my lung, but i ate some spicy ramen, so hopefully that burned some of it off.
So let's do the equivalent of vicks vaporub for your brain, and do a chatroulette!
rules simple
roll a 1d10
then do/answer the thing!
(to roll a 1d10, type <1d10> but replace <> with [] )
so let's start
1. What is a food/drink that makes you feel a bit better when you are sick?
2. When was the last time you were sick? What kind of illness was it? (bonus points if you died)
3. Share a video/song/piece of media that you like!
4. remember the good ole days of the pandemic, and we were all locked in? Do you still get freaked out when you or others get sick?
5. without using text, tell me how you feel!
6. Tell me what is something you are currently working on! can be anything as long as it's a thing you are putting effort into it!
7. Share something good that has happened to you recently!
8. What is a weird hyperfixation/obsession/just somethin you think is neat, that has been consuming you recently?
9. ugggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh *dies*
10. if you had to choose to become a fictional character, who would you be?
now let's begin! i'm gonna go lie down... -
R: 0 / I: 0Cartoon Streaming Services
What cartoons have you looked up online to try to stream for yourself, other than you being interested in MLP?
I've got Amazon Prime, but, eh, I don't want to pay for the process of watching things episode by episode in addition to the regular cost of the service even though I wanted to rewatch some 'Samurai Jack' today. To be honest. -
R: 5 / I: 4A Genuine Question
Suppose that you lived on one of these alternate Earths. What would you do? -
R: 516 / I: 342Wordle Thread
Time for a new Worlde Thread.
https://www.nytimes.com/games/wordle/index.html
Wordle 1.249 4/6
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>Another week ends
>Another day to shave -
R: 1 / I: 0Happy Pi Day!
don't forget to go get some pie today! -
R: 0 / I: 0longmont potion castle
you ever tried it, up in ere? -
R: 0 / I: 0Cat Appreciation Chat
I want us to celebrate "Caturday" both today, on Friday, and the day after tomorrow, on Sunday! Why not? -
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>Only 232 days until Halloween
Are you spooked yet? -
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I own a Hunting Rifle for home defense, since that's what Boone intended. Four Legionarys break into my Novac motel room. I shouted "My wifes dead" as I grab my 1st Recon beret and Hunting Rifle, and blow a golf ball sized hole through the first Legionary, he's dead on the spot. Draw my 10mm Pistol on the second Legionary, miss him entirely because it's almost broken and nails the Legionarys mongrel. I have to resort to the Anti Materiel Rifle mounted at the top of the stairs loaded with .50 MG explosive rounds, "The last thing you never see" I shout as the explosive round shreds two of the Legionarys in the blast, pull out my combat knife and charge the last terrified Legionary. He Bleeds out waiting on a Centurion to arrive since broken limbs are impossible to fix without a Doctors bag or Super Stimpak.. Just as Boone intended! -
R: 0 / I: 0Interesting AI Things
Share something AI related that's actually of some interest... why not?
I'll bring up some electronic music that I love to pieces:
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Happy pancake day/Shrove Tuesday everyone!
Regardless of if you like your pancakes in the more British and European thin Crêpe style or you prefer your big thick fat American style pancakes I hope you have a very tasty day! -
R: 10 / I: 4Human x cute chibi animal shipping
Apparently approved in the Sanrio canon?
You learn something new, huh.
#HelloKittyIslandAdventure -
R: 7 / I: 5Hot, Hot, HOT - Spicy Days
I recently got an e-mail about adding spicy sauce to my breakfasts!
To be honest, the idea of putting some "jalapeno lime" atop egg sandwiches and the like doesn't appeal to me!
Yet I wonder about all of you! Now that it's spring, are you eating spicy things less than during the winter? Maybe more? Would you guzzle down the hot sauce that I got this ad for, well, if you had the chance? -
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I can’t believe we’ve all known each other for all of these years… -
R: 2 / I: 1Mold
Mold -
R: 1 / I: 1Donkey the Grappler
I can't wait for the new Shrek movie to come out -
R: 9 / I: 4Slimy Aliens Comin' To You (On Earth)
"Slimy New ‘Alien: Earth’ Footage" just came out yesterday! [ https://www.mensjournal.com/entertainment/alien-earth-series-footage-new-fx-trailer ]
Do you think you'd survive if they came to your neighborhood?
Do you want to watch the films and also television episodes featuring these "slimy" creatures from outer space walking on this rock of ours, with the magazine above calling them "the planet’s greatest threat"? -
R: 9 / I: 6I have lived to see delights that are within my comprehension
Yooo we have made Raticates in real life -
R: 13 / I: 7Tropical Race 4
Do you think we will figure out how to eradicate Tropical Race 4 and/or CRISPR the Cavendish to make it immune before it is too late?
🍌 -
R: 16 / I: 10
Ever since around late October here in the UK it's been dark, dark cold and often wet. Grey too. The sun was setting at 4pm and it felt like it was rising just before 8am.
And yet here we are four months later. I wake up at 6;30am, the sun is up. The sun is shining, it's a bright beautiful day. The birds are chirping. The flowers are blooming.
Spring is here! Are you ready? -
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Spike is best pony. -
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Happy saint david's day!
Rwy’n gobeithio y bydd Cymru bob amser ac am byth yn ffynnu ac yn disgleirio’n ddisglair
(No I was not just trying to summon Cthulhu I that's Welsh) -
R: 73 / I: 53Chatroulette: Dungeons and Dragons edition!
Ye and verily! welcome fellow adventurers to the DnD Chat Roulette! We've got taverns, wizards, dragons, and bards that wish to seduce them!
I've been getting into DnD lately and it's been absolutely a blast! and even if you haven't played it, you've at least heard of it and now the gist of it!
so let's do a DnD flavored chatroulette!
The rules are simple!
roll a 1d20 die (to roll, type <1d20> but replace <> with [] )
and then answer/ do the prompt!
so let's roll!
1. CRITICAL FAIL! tell me how hard you just failed right now in detail!
2. What Race is your character? why? (if you don't know them, i'll accept any fictional race)
3. What class is your character? do you have a specific type? (example: if you choose a monk, you can be an elemental monk, way of the open palm, drunken master, etc.)
4. roll 6 1d20 dice; you must allocate them into strength, dexterity, constitution, intelligence, wisdom, and charisma!
5. Where does your story start?
6. how does your character get introduced to the party/story?
7. your party enters a town, yet it seems deserted! what do you do first?
8. suddenly the townsfolk stumble towards you, as though something has control of their mind! they will be upon you in moments! what do you do?
9. you find yourself inside the lords manor of the town; blocking the shambling mindless citizens from attacking you; however the lord and his guards are still there, and start shambling like the citizens towards you! but something seems a little different about the lord... what do you do?
10. the crisis is averted! the lord is thankful for you saving the town! but there are so many questions left unanswered! what is your next move?
11. After you talked with the Lord, you know some details about what happened, and a very vague idea of who dunnit! tell me the details
12. you now need to set off on an adventure to find the source of the thing that happened! where are we goin? are you prepared?
13. after several sessions and some real shenanigans, what are some of your favorite moments? what things would you have done differently?
14. you are now at the BBEG's (big bad evil guy) lair! What is the lair like?
15. in the lair, you find a giant dragon blocking your way! what do you do?
16. you have finally reached the BBEG's lair; and you see them in the shadows. They give a big monologue, and turn towards you, walking into the light, revealing their identity! who is the BBEG?
17. you are in the fight of your life! keeping in mind your class and race, what is your first move in engaging this enemy?
18. uh oh! you just took massive damage, and you gotta make a life saving throw! if you roll 3 successes, you live! if you throw 3 failures, you die! roll 6 1d20s and count them in succession (any roll above 10 is a success, any roll below 10 is a failure, nat 1s are 2 failures, and nat 20s are two successes)
19. You have thwarted the BBEG, and have them on the ground, powerless to you! before you vanquish them, tell me your epic one liner to send them off!
20. Critical Success! Tell me what happens with your epic roll!
now lets roll!
4. -
R: 620 / I: 506The Story Thread - Changelings & Co. Edition
We used to write stories together!
You can find them here: http://fndkp.jimdofree.com
Nowadays, we just sit around the fire and enjoy the holiday. Feel free to join.
We also have some 8-bit desktop ponies here: https://github.com/RoosterDragon/Desktop-Ponies/releases/download/v1.68/Desktop.Ponies.v1.68.zip
And more are here:
drive.google.com/drive/folders/1aNQL0zy_pIk-DrX9R7DAWqlNcyaUitjh?usp=sharing
Check out the deviantART community:
http://desktop-pony-team.deviantart.com
Your can find the program source code on github:
https://github.com/RoosterDragon/Desktop-Ponies - R: 11 / I: 10
Say Typhlosion I hear you like em young
>New trailer for the new Pokemon Legends ZA
>Starters are Totodile, Chikorita.. And... Tepig?
Bro they really canceled Typhlosion after all the.. You know.. -
R: 3 / I: 1Pets Chat
Coming across certain comics have made me wonder if I even want, truly, to have cats in my current apartment.
What do you think about pets? Or... what has happened to you lately? -
R: 9 / I: 3Curious Cuisine Chat
Here's something that I was recently e-mailed:
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What do you think? Besides the prices themselves and the type of steaks offered, what about what one can do with them? What do you personally eat, if anything, like these? What dislikes do you have, in contrast? -
R: 3 / I: 2Health Thoughts
The month is almost over!
Do you spend enough time running and walking or otherwise going through a lot of steps week by week? Do you have plans? What about goals in terms of other exercises?
I've been trying! Illness is still an issue for me, though! -
R: 26 / I: 9Furry Chatting
Let's talk about furries some more! -
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Have you played any good video games recently? Or any old favorites? -
R: 27 / I: 19i hope you have been well
hello, dear friends. i have not checked on you in a little while. Please forgive me, i have been so terribly busy.
Is everything well? Do you have anything that has happened to you lately, that makes you feel grateful?
i would love to hear such stories, if you have them! -
R: 29 / I: 18Stoned Andrea Thread
OMG I'm so high
And this fucking synth bass and drum groove is blowing my fucking mind:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoPCwlyFj80 -
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>Find a youtube video of someone playing one of your favorite games
>The comments are disabled and the video has a high number of dislikes
What other obvious internet red flags can you think of? -
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Waddup? -
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bronies... -
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Remember: Mo protects against creep. -
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>Less than a month until Pancake Day
Are you ready yet? -
R: 16 / I: 9Valentine's Day Chat
Happy Valentine's Day!
Whether you're single or attached to somebody in some fashion (or a group of somebodies), we can all enjoy the related candies, musical releases, special artworks, and more! -
R: 63 / I: 42LGBT Thread
This promotional selfie of the openly LGBT actor Alan Cumming is one of my favorite selfies that I've ever seen of anybody ever... what does /pony/ think?
And it's time for a general LGBT thread! -
R: 19 / I: 14Generic Cute Anime Girl Thread
Post an anime girl you think is cute.
Kagami's been occupying my thoughts lately. -
R: 10 / I: 7"Everfree, oh Everfree, take me home to Everfree."
What do you want your afterlife to be like?
Do you want to re-encarnate? Do you want a heaven or a hell or something of your own design? Or do you want to forever-retire and be gone?
Teach me about the afterlife you want to live in. Teach me about who even wants an afterlife.
I'll personally carry you home. -
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What would you say are your favorite unsolved mysteries and strange phenomenon? -
R: 28 / I: 0No English Words Allowed Music Thread
We've had music threads in the past that've been fantastic, and there's a great one up right now, but how about us opening ourselves up for one that's exclusively for songs that aren't in English?
I'll start by sharing a wonderful live performance by an iconic Mexican musician, singing in splendid Spanish! -
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Superb owl -
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Please bear with me... 🐻 -
R: 603 / I: 462The Story Thread - New Year's Edition
We used to write stories together!
You can find them here: http://fndkp.jimdofree.com
Nowadays, we just sit around the fire and enjoy the holiday. Feel free to join.
We also have some 8-bit desktop ponies here: https://github.com/RoosterDragon/Desktop-Ponies/releases/download/v1.68/Desktop.Ponies.v1.68.zip
And more are here:
drive.google.com/drive/folders/1aNQL0zy_pIk-DrX9R7DAWqlNcyaUitjh?usp=sharing
Check out the deviantART community:
http://desktop-pony-team.deviantart.com
Your can find the program source code on github:
https://github.com/RoosterDragon/Desktop-Ponies -
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UUUUUUOOOOOOHHHHH
That is all.
Picture actually unrelated -
R: 22 / I: 14Coffee n chill
Haven´t seen circuits coffee streams in a while. Hope they are doing well...
Grab some coffee, tea, hot chocolate. Sit down enjoy the company with kind peeps n furrs, talk about good times, bad times. So, how are you doing? -
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What's the matter straight boy afraid you might like it? -
R: 59 / I: 52Relateable Memes!
post relateable memes!
let's see if other people relate to you! -
R: 7 / I: 4Literature writing thingie thread
Ella has been making this a long time ago. Anyway,it is a fun topic.
Have you been reading something worthwhile lately?
Any books that you ever read that you'd think are neat to mention?
Have you perhaps been writing something of late? -
R: 24 / I: 22DeepSeek
Have you tried DeepSeek r1? It seems quite impressive to me, almost rivaling OpenAI's o1 on reasoning tasks. It won't say anything that would make PRC look bad, though. -
R: 11 / I: 1Animals Chat
In the spirit of our "very cute girls" thread, which is up at >>1183272 there, how about also having a "very cute animals" thread? -
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ZAT MOONY, HE RAPES ZER KIDS -
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*Controversial post that should be on /townhall/ and I even added an image of Adolf Hitler to it* -
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You’d think someone would make a thread about the Year of the Snake by now. -
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>Spring is only just over a month away
Are you ready to smell the flowers? -
R: 2 / I: 0Educational & Informative Thread
Post something that you've looked at lately that you've found informative! -
R: 20 / I: 14No negativity
ITT: You can’t be negative about anything. -
R: 6 / I: 5Dietary Fiber
Do you eat enough fiber to keep your digestive system in good working order? Many Americans don't eat enough fiber, putting them at greater risk for digestive issues and colorectal cancer. -
R: 6 / I: 2Wintertime Laments
So, I got RSV so badly to where I could barely breathe and had to go to the hospital. Come on. At least, now, it's the 23rd with me back home and able to breathe better with intense medication.
Any other sad wintertime things happening to people here? -
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I can't figure out what the topic of this thread is, can you? -
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>Only 280 days until Halloween
I can't wait -
R: 58 / I: 44Winter Wonderland-roulette!
Look how warm it's gonna be this weekend! i am gonna be glued to my space heater ><
well this is as good time to do a roulette!
rules are simple! roll a 1d10, and do/answer the prompt given!
(to roll a 1d10, type <1d10> but replace <> with [] )
so let's begin before the game freezes in place!
1. What temp is it officially cold for you?
2. What is an earworm that has stuck with you recently?
3. Think of anyone, real or fiction! Do you have them in mind? good! now you are that person! what do you do?
4. *touches the thermostat*
5. Post a character you absolutely love! whether it's just cause you like them, or have a hyperfixation of them!
6. What temperature would you consider it to be hot outside?
7. What is the best time of year for you?
8. What is something cozy you like to do?
9. post the last youtube video you watched here!
10. congratulations! you just got a new tattoo! what is it? where is it? and what does it mean to you? (you cannot opt out of it)
now let's begin the rolls! -
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When you play an RPG what kind of class/builds do you like to play as? -
R: 579 / I: 485/b/ & Friends
Welcome to the /b/ & Friends thread! It's that time once again.
Keeping the spirit of friendship and kindness burning all the way. <3 - R: 9 / I: 6
Iambs vs dactyls
If you were to sing of arms and a man, would you sing in dactylic hexameter or iambic pentameter? -
R: 2 / I: 0Mimikyu
Me -
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As a lifelong shitposter I am proud to see that zoomers do in fact have a sense of humor.
Their may be a long way to go before their generation can be saved but they're off to a good start -
R: 629 / I: 446The Story Thread - "Happy Hearth's Warming" Edition
We used to write stories together!
You can find them here: http://fndkp.jimdofree.com
Nowadays, we just sit around the fire and enjoy the holiday. Feel free to join.
We also have some 8-bit desktop ponies here: https://github.com/RoosterDragon/Desktop-Ponies/releases/download/v1.68/Desktop.Ponies.v1.68.zip
And more are here:
drive.google.com/drive/folders/1aNQL0zy_pIk-DrX9R7DAWqlNcyaUitjh?usp=sharing
Check out the deviantART community:
http://desktop-pony-team.deviantart.com
Your can find the program source code on github:
https://github.com/RoosterDragon/Desktop-Ponies -
R: 1 / I: 0Television Chat
Which, if any, television programs that you've come across the first two weeks of 2025 do you feel surprised by? Any of them seem great? Or maybe seem terrible?
[OP is from the British drama program 'MI-5' that's associated with the network BBC One. My understanding of the line and its context is maybe lost to me as an American.] -
R: 19 / I: 12New Years Resolutions!
the old year has come and pass, and the new one is here, and we are standing before it! Heading into the future!
it's also the time of year where people make resolutions to improve themselves! The vast majority of them don't succeed, but you are even more likely not to succeed if you don't try in the first place!
so i wanna know your new years resolutions!
what do you wish to accomplish in the new year? doesn't matter if it's big or small!
also feel free to share some music that gives you New Year vibes! -
R: 1 / I: 0Be safe from the fire!
to yáll thats being affected by the devastating fire.. please yall be safe, oke?
>hugs to those whom needs it -
R: 14 / I: 7Living Household Items
The U.S. news publication NPR has this illustration for one of its articles. And the idea of a)household objects are now alive, b)the soap in particular is alive, plus c)the soap is emotionally overcome by you using him or her on you (just look at that face) all just freaks me out. Isn't this horrifying rather than funny?
What're your thoughts on living soap, specifically, and living household stuff, in general? What would that make your life into? A tragedy? A comedy? Both? Neither? -
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Anyone else sometimes miss the old internet from like the mid 2000s?
Felt more real. More genuine than today. It was of course much smaller, after all for example in 2005 only under 40 percent of people living in all of the EU had internet access. Nowadays that's over 90 percent!
The internet back then felt more niche. More of a fun place with countess forums, people putting out passion projects and games for fun.
Now however it just feels sterile. Somehow even smaller despite being so much bigger. It feels corporate. Cold. Flooded with ai slop and bots too which is of course going to get worse.
Maybe it's just me. -
R: 4 / I: 2Marine Mammals
Would you rather be a prince of whales or a prince of dolphins?
🐳 🐬 -
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Why is she looking at me like that? -
R: 6 / I: 52025 As Personified By Art & Music
I don't know who this woman is, but since she personifies the year of 2025, somehow, I want us to talk about her and those like her (this being an online contest related image from nightcafe.studio not related to me personally, with me finding it kind of randomly):
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What else have you seen that screams "It's 2025!"? -
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God I need Christmas to be over right now, I lost all endurance and Im trying not to have a breakdown at work.
Only the second Christmas I'm going to spend alone, and working retail talking with others who get to be with family just makes me mournful beyond my ability to keep it together at work. I'm on break and hiding in the restroom crying my eyes out. -
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Happy 2005 everyone! -
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Oh god 2025 has everyone but
... me!!
Oh shit! I The futures creeping up behind me!
lol, timezones -
R: 1 / I: 0Happy Newhoof
Remember to pay the news no mind this year.
Happy Newhoof ~ -
R: 8 / I: 5Counting Down To 2025
YouTube just began my day as it recommended this to me after I woke up, this December 31st, which I'm going to interpret as a spiritual omen.
Of what... well... I don't know!
First, are you excited? What's going on with you now that the magical time is upon is? You ready?
Second, what would you do if this was your bathroom? -
R: 5 / I: 5I may be high right now
You ever just stopped and thought about how there's like over a billion people in China?
Kinda nuts -
R: 23 / I: 12Bird Flu
Time to stock up on N95 masks, toilet paper, canned chicken soup, and ammo? -
R: 3 / I: 2Old Games Stream
I'm playing Oregon Trail 5 today. Challenge mode. I'm playing a pastor, starting with $600 cash to purchase all of my starting supplies. I just left Independence as I started the stream. Come watch me travel the Trail back in 1848
https://www.Twitch.tv/bleedingraindrops -
R: 6 / I: 42025 Athleticism / Fitness / Sports
I should probably wait until the 1st of January 2025 to start an official thread that lists everybody's fitness related hopes, dreams, and goals... but I want to do it now, I guess, just for fun!
Speaking of which... well... I hope that it was a good idea for me to join this! -
R: 9 / I: 72024 in review
The last weekend of 2024 is coming up.
So let's review this year personally:
What noticeable things have you occupied yourself with this year?
Any new video game that has captured your attention this year?
Any new video series caught on streaming or on live TV?
Any bands / albums that you have discovered or rediscovered?
Any new hobbies picked up? Or old hobbies that you've worked on?
Any projects done in your private time?
Or any event that marked parts of this year for you? -
R: 2 / I: 2A growing thought
I think I’m beginning to understand the concept of visiting someone for no other purpose than having a casual chat with them.
Perhaps it may seem strange to you that someone would struggle with this concept, and if that’s true, then I envy you just a bit. To me, talking for the sake of talking has always been strange, and I often find myself bored, frustrated, or otherwise stressed, any time I’m at someone’s house and we’re not actively doing something other than talking.
I understand casual chatter when passing someone in the hall at school, or when using the break room at the same time; or perhaps just when you work at the next desk over and your work doesn’t strictly involve language, so chatting is easy. That makes sense, because the conversation is facilitated by a sort of carrier activity.
But when I’ve gone to the trouble of driving to someone’s house, or if I’ve invited them over, and we’re not playing a game, or watching videos, or enjoying some new wine they just bought? It always strikes me as odd, which is further confounded by the way I find television distracting, but other people seem to need it to enjoy themselves. Perhaps they are experiencing the same phenomenon from a different angle.
I suspect it is largely in part to the secluded, very rural nature of my childhood home. IWe lived very far from most of our relatives, and since my parents were often too busy to drive me places, visiting friends was always at least a 20 minute bike ride away. If I was going to visit anyone, it was to try out a new video game, or to watch a movie, or for a birthday party. There was always an activity that allowed for conversation.
When my relatives visited, it was always accompanied by a card game like Rumme or Cannasta at the very least, if not a more involved and colorful system like Monopoly, Catan, and others like that. Maybe there were a few times my uncles would visit on their way through to a different destination, but they always chatted with my parents while I played a game or read a book.
Now that I’m an adult, and most of my relatives see me that way as well, I’m beginning to notice more and more an expectation that visiting someone for a chat is just a normal thing, and it’s taken me a while, but I think I’m starting to get it. We live so near to each other. I can’t think of a single person on my wife’s side who lives more than 20 minutes from where I am now; considering the fact that as a child my nearest relative by physical distance lived nearly an hour away - that’s very strange to me!
But I think I get it. We live such busy lives sometimes, we forget, or feel as though we don’t have the time and energy to visit each other. But we’re friends and family for a reason. We like to be near each other, even if it’s just to say “hey how have you been?”—which is actually not a small question if said with intention.
Someone recently told me that “The Christmas Holiday is not a vacation. It’s intended so that we can all have time off at the same time, to see each other.” And that surprised me a bit—a lot, actually—because I never realized that’s how I saw it: A vacation. As a child, Christmas holiday used to always be the time when I had no obligations, and I could play in the snow (if there was any) with my brothers or sleep in all the time and read a book, and yes of course I often got new toys and we attended some very special Church services.
Now as an adult, I think I can see that Christmas really is used as a day dedicated to family who aren’t usually there, and friends you’re too busy to see, but whom you care about a lot. And having a casual chat about nothing in particular, with nothing else going on - no tv, no movie, no card games - is a regular and completely normal part of all of that. It’s taken me a few years into adulthood to get it, but I think I do now, and I’m grateful to the person who pointed that out, so that I can appreciate much more now the closeness I have with my near and far friends and family.
Happy Holiday Season everyone. -
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Merry Christmas! 🎄 -
R: 16 / I: 7Share your Christmas Haul!
Merry Christmas everyone! I hope everyone had a wonderful day, and spent time with the ones you love <3
but since there are already a couple christmas threads, this one is dedicated to what you got!
What cool awesome swag did you get? Did Santa leave you everything you wanted in your stocking?
Please let me know below!
also share some christmas music too! -
R: 5 / I: 4Boxing Day
Happy Boxing Day.
Post boxes. -
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Merry Christmas! I hope you all have a pleasant day. -
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Is this a classic yet? -
R: 19 / I: 10I have defeated the wheel...
I am free... -
R: 21 / I: 14i'm 3/4 half in the bag, AMA
maybe even 5/6, or potentially even 8/9 -
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This Christmas proposal is for weak people to hide behind weak opinions. You want tumblr 2012? Leave. Allow our hatred to be unfiltered and raw. I'll be the first to say it. I hate blacks, trannies, and flaming faggots. -
R: 19 / I: 10Gift of giving
Since Christmas is now upon us, how do you handle getting and receiving gifts, /pony/?
> Transactional
< Secret Santa / White Elephant gift exchange, or simply agreement under family and friends,... You give a gift while you receive a gift. Fair exchange.
> Santa Claus
< You always get gifts for everyone, even though you barely ever see anything in return. But you know, watching someone get happy over something you gave is all that really matters and you're not crying when jotting this option down.
> Anti-consumerism
< You don't go out to buy any gifts and you don't accept gifts from anyone else. Christmas is not about gifts, it's all about LEAVING ME THE F$$$ ALONE!
> Opportunist
< You don't really go out to get gifts because no money / time /motivation. People do usually get you something, but it's not like you forced them to buy stuff for you. -
R: 0 / I: 0The Christmas Propositions
Good evening, dear friends <3 and Merry Christmas!
i hope this message isn't too sudden. The staff and i have been talking about some changes to the site, and we wanted your weigh in.
To that end, we have two propositions we'd love for you to consider and share your thoughts on.
Proposition 1: Closing Townhall
The first matter is on the possible closure of /townhall/. To put it simply... the townhall experiment hasn't worked out as we'd have liked it to, and it may be time to close up shop.
When we started Townhall, we had a bold vision for what it might be: it was to be both a well-manicured garden for sensible debate and discussion of sensitive topics, but also a place where politics and heavier topics could go, allowing pony to be a bit more carefree.
Unfortunately, it has not worked out that way. We haven’t had the time and resources to proactively manage the garden. And though we’ve had many helpful reports, it has often been difficult to manage the reports within the expectations of Townhall’s userbase. Which is to say, in plain words, that we don’t know what’s best for Townhall, and as it stands, it does not seem like Townhall is good for anyone.
Unless then, there are serious protests, the staff feels quite strongly that it is time to close townhall. What are your thoughts?
Proposition 2: IP/Tripcode Login
Ponyville's open door and gentle hand policies mean that while we are a very inviting community, with a focus on loving and tolerating even those who would wish us ill, the nature of an open board without much protections means that we must rely on users to cooperate with not only the rules as written, but the spirit of the law, so to speak, to help keep Ponyville a kind, fun, gentle place to be.
Unfortunately, it does not always end up this way, and keeping on top of these problems requires a lot of vigilant moderation... which is very taxing, and to be frank, still requires the cooperation of those being moderated against -- the site's open door policies means that is very easy to, say, skirt a perma-ban if one so chooses.
An IP system, or other such a login, will enforce a degree of accountability, and create more serious consequences for actions. But, it may act as a barrier to entry for both new users and old users alike, which is why i would love your thoughts on it.
i will also openly admit too that with Prop 2 comes an expectation that all of our users will be more willing, perhaps, to abide by the site's rules. i don't anticipate heavy-handed enforcement, but the enforcement that is levied is likely to be more effective, and that is something to keep in mind.
What do you think? Share your thoughts with us here, in Canterlot:
https://ponyville.us/canterlot/res/7459.html -
R: 3 / I: 0Reminder: Politics are only permissible on /townhall/
It's been pointed out that the rules on the home page do not make it clear, but political discussions or topics or even suggestions are not allowed on /pony/. We will try to address the rules shortly to be explicit, it takes a bit more technical effort than you'd imagine to edit the main page!
The upcoming election is going to be a very emotionally charged time for many users of this site. Ponyville attempts to cater to everyone across the political spectrum but as we all know that's an extraordinarily difficult position to take.
Many people use this site as a safe haven from the stress of politics, and it's become natural for many users to defend their home from politics creeping into it. Please report incidents and the staff will deal with it. Also, please do not engage with political content, it makes things harder for us to fix and clean up!
Thanks for your understanding. I'll leave the thread open for questions or clarifications.
Pic unrelated, I don't know what an appropriate image is for this so you get to see my bunny. -
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Suffer not the fur to live.. -
R: 22 / I: 19Decorate the tree
It's December 1st! Time to decorate the tree!
Each user add one thing to the tree per post. -
R: 12 / I: 7Aspirational
What would you like to see in Generation Six? -
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It's that time. -
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Love for sale, love is on sale! -
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Merry Christmas and happy holidays to all -
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Support trans rights for Christmas.
Afterall, without hrt, it's just Cismas -
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What are your thoughts on the ""Drone"" situation in New Jersey?
Interesting that even all the local officials are demanding answers from the US government about it now -
R: 27 / I: 14SFW S.Posting
I don't feel like making a Christmas/Holiday thread, so let's have a SFW shitpost thread instead.
Also, hello. How are ya? -
R: 1 / I: 1Yet Another AI Discussion Chat
Should AI really respond to subjective questions, especially involving fiction, as if it can give absolute answers on an objective basis?
What else has been on your mind lately when it comes to AI? -
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>Live action krypto the superdog
WE DID IT! Sure the rest of the movie looks like shit but hey, Krypto -
R: 0 / I: 0An Observation
Something like over 75% of the popular content across all forms of social media over the past decade, more or less, seems to be something like this image. -
R: 511 / I: 384The Story Thread - "Winter's Approach" Edition
We used to write stories together!
You can find them here: http://fndkp.jimdofree.com
Nowadays we just sit around the fire and talk as the snow claims us. Feel free to join.
We also have some 8-bit desktop ponies here: https://github.com/RoosterDragon/Desktop-Ponies/releases/download/v1.68/Desktop.Ponies.v1.68.zip
And more are here:
drive.google.com/drive/folders/1aNQL0zy_pIk-DrX9R7DAWqlNcyaUitjh?usp=sharing
Check out the deviantART community:
http://desktop-pony-team.deviantart.com
Your can find the program source code on github:
https://github.com/RoosterDragon/Desktop-Ponies -
R: 14 / I: 9Daily Reminder - Nothing on Internet Real
This is your daily reminder to non-digital natives that nothing on the internet is real. If you didn't do it or receive it on paper or in person, then it doesn't count. -
R: 2 / I: 1Discussing "The End"
Have you come across anything about the end of your life (or somebody else's life) lately that you find weirdly curious, weirdly funny, weirdly interesting, etc?
Share it here! This meme here is an exact example for me! -
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R: 2 / I: 0Famous People & Unknown Songs Game
I challenge you to share a song that's either released by or otherwise associated with somebody incredibly famous!
But that song itself is something that almost nobody has listed to!
And let's say that you can win this game if it turns out that you pick the weirdest piece of music, out of all of us!
I'll start with a often ignored single from David Bowie... why not? -
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I deleted my discord. None of you will have to deal with big bad nonny anymore. I'm sorry to those I was mean to. This is good bye. This is the end. I'm done with pony stuff and people. I'm done fighting with all of you -
R: 3 / I: 3Fantasy Friend Scenarios
What's something that you'd like to do at some point with IRL friends while out in public?
Something funny in a silly way that I've thought about, based on this social media moment, is what if you and the other three people in a group all dressed in a certain colorful way as if you were like 'Pokemon' characters or something (so, like, I could be 'the Blue guy' alongside 'the Green guy')... what do you think?
Also, just for fun, tag which one of the 'celebrity chef' guys here most reminds you of you? -
R: 54 / I: 0Old cartoon intros
So we had threads about music, husbandos/waifus.
But riddle me this: ever had a older cartoon intro stuck in your head?
>this intro been stuck in my head for the last 3 days!
TL;DR: Nostalgia and cartoon intros -
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我爱柔柔! -
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Am I the only person in America that loves gingerbread? Like, it's fucking Christmas time and I can barely find any grocery stores around here that sell gingerbread cookies/biscuits that are not part of some overprice gingerbread house kit! -
R: 60 / I: 45Would
gimme your "woulds"
gimme your "hear me outs" (preferably with explanation
gimme your smashes -
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^ -
R: 12 / I: 12ARISE, YE TARNISHED!!!
WE'RE HEADIN BACK TO THE LANDS BETWEEN!!!
