#horses - #Boggle is easily our yard favourite

Boggle is easily our yard favourite
https://i.imgur.com/LcnPxd6.jpg

Submitted May 30, 2019 at 01:52PM by CharleyChester
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#horses - #Quick drawing of a knabstrupper horse

Quick drawing of a knabstrupper horse
https://i.redd.it/ct9qjjfv0f131.jpg

Submitted May 30, 2019 at 03:20PM by Polshelemuar
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#horses - #horse and tortoise make natural friends

horse and tortoise make natural friends
https://i.redd.it/2vlbcki8le131.jpg

Submitted May 30, 2019 at 01:52PM by mo9722
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#mylittlepony - #Friendship Is Witchcraft is a masterpiece IMO

Friendship Is Witchcraft is a masterpiece IMO

I know it doesn't have the best reputation but honestly, I think it's amazing.

Each character is fleshed out and has their own motivations, it has an interesting and dark lore, the songs are fucking amazing, memorable, and catchy, it utilizes clips from all throughout the series, it uses original clips, the voice acting is pretty decent, and (imo) the satire works.

I don't think it deserves the hate it gets, I haven't even been a brony for years and I still love FiW. I can still sing the songs word for word by just hearing the first note.

I also love the dystopian, mysterious, and tragic world that Sherclop Pones crafted, it's so memorable and unique.

None of the other abridged series' give me a similar vibe, so IMO Friendship Is Witchcraft is a masterpiece.

Submitted May 30, 2019 at 01:45PM by collinlopezrox_gamin
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#mylittlepony - #YouTube recommend me, I love it! (Children of the Night)

YouTube recommend me, I love it! (Children of the Night)
https://www.youtube.com/attribution_link?a=1NdADJvHC5s&u=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DjW5n3k2VgZE%26feature%3Dshare

Submitted May 30, 2019 at 12:53PM by Zijjukegia
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#horses - #I need to make a difficult decision with my horse and I don't really know what to do.

I need to make a difficult decision with my horse and I don't really know what to do.

I have a 19-year-old horse who likely has some arthritis and can be unpredictable under saddle. I have worked on his groundwork and he is much better in that aspect, but becomes pushy to a nearly dangerous level when not consistently handled and worked with, which is one of the many reasons I will NOT consider finding him a companion/retirement home, along with the fact that there aren't many homes like that available and there's a good chance he'd actually end up in a kill pen or misrepresented and flipped, possibly getting someone hurt.

I can no longer afford to keep him, much less put him through training (which has already been done several times and while one trainer years ago that is now out of business liked him, the rest have said he has a bad attitude and will always have a tendency to crowhop, buck, and act up under saddle; we have ruled out all pain and the arthritis is not the issue, he has been like this his entire life and just has zero work ethic). He is great on the ground with consistent handling, but he's never been consistently good under saddle. I have tried multiple trainers with multiple methods and dumped thousands of dollars into training. He has been in my family his entire life and I've been dumping money into him for 3 years now and nothing has changed. Now I won't be able to keep him because my financial situation is changing.

I have been considering having him euthanized because I know his future would likely be a kill pen or worse. I have had people jump onto me about that being "killing him needlessly" and "cruel", but I honestly think it would be selfish to send him to an uncertain future where he'd either end up in a kill pen, neglected, passed from home to home, or getting someone hurt, all for the sake of humans feeling better about it. I don't know of any rescues that aren't full.

The last thing I want is something bad happening to him, but he really doesn't have anything going for him and is an unwanted horse that would be at major risk of going somewhere bad. At his age, I don't think a trainer or experienced rider would be interested in him, especially since he's never really gotten better. I know several of his half-siblings that were very similar as well.

Am I making the right choice to euthanize him?

Submitted May 30, 2019 at 12:56PM by horsethrowawaysad
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#horses - #Any ideas as to what breed this dude is?

Any ideas as to what breed this dude is?
https://i.redd.it/0d6580pzke131.jpg

Submitted May 30, 2019 at 01:51PM by saggysaur
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#horses - #Billy enjoying his birthday cake! 28 today! (Remembered to upload it on the day this time!)

Billy enjoying his birthday cake! 28 today! (Remembered to upload it on the day this time!)
https://v.redd.it/ry5sp9njzd131

Submitted May 30, 2019 at 11:52AM by Grilled_Charlie
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#mylittlepony - #♫ What is love? ♫ [MLP Animation] by Arctix

♫ What is love? ♫ [MLP Animation] by Arctix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTxdFTgTaY8

Submitted May 30, 2019 at 11:07AM by Torvusil
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#mylittlepony - #Ponymote Madness #229

Ponymote Madness #229

https://www.reddit.com/r/mylittlepony/comments/bs3odq/ponymote_madness_228/

Submitted May 30, 2019 at 09:30AM by Tyranid457TheSecond1
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#mylittlepony - #Pony stuff you want to talk about but isn’t worthy of a dedicated thread! #56

Pony stuff you want to talk about but isn't worthy of a dedicated thread! #56

There are always things about the show I want to talk about, but I'd rather not always dedicate an entire full blown thread to it or it's never the right time to mention because no one would care. Maybe it's a thought that could be answered quickly enough to end discussion or something insignificant and stupid brewing in the back of your head for awhile! Anything you want to throw out to r/mylittlepony and say your piece!

Is there anything you've wanted to mention lately but never got around to it? Anything you want to speak up about for a bit? Any pony topic at all?

Submitted May 30, 2019 at 10:33AM by QABJAB
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#mylittlepony - #Could MLP sustain an action heavy and dialogue light episode?

Could MLP sustain an action heavy and dialogue light episode?

So my favorite movie of the year so far has been John Wick 3. Something I really loved about the movie was the first thirty minutes or so which is basically one long bombastic action scene with very little if any dialogue. The story is told more through physicality and violence, with the main characters desperation palpable even as he dispatches one enemy after another.

That got me to thinking about an old fan animation I really liked called Once Upon a Time in Canterlot that was also an action heavy take on what was happening in the capital of Equestria during the Changeling invasion in A Canterlot Wedding part 2. Its fantastic, in that it also manages to tell a coherent story without the need of dialogue but instead loads of action.

So do you think the current season of MLP could do something similar? Could it devote, say, one episode to Equestria at war, showing the ponies defending themselves from whatever horrors Grogar and his allies will soon unleash? Or do you think that such a set up would be too much for the show, either beyond the ability of the animators to pull offf or too much of a push away from the more dialogue heavy slice of life nature of the program?

Personally I think it's doable, and I'd love it if they shook things up for the last season and had an episode that was packed to the brim with action, but I can understand that might not be to everyone's liking, most of all Hasbro's.

Submitted May 30, 2019 at 07:06AM by TheKnackerman
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#horses - #Opossums on Horse Hay. Save to eat or should it be destroyed?

Opossums on Horse Hay. Save to eat or should it be destroyed?

I've discovered that at least one opossum has been coming into my barn through the cat entrance to eat their food. I've walked in on it a few times. Hopefully the opossum will be removed this weekend. Now my concern is the cat food dish is kept on top of a small stack of 6 hay bales. And that opossums' fecal matter can cause Equine Protozoal Myeloencephalitis (EPM).

I don't see any poop on the 3 top hay bales but I have scooped a couple of spots off the floor. Is there anyway to be absolutely sure? Although I know to be safest would be to throw them out, probably burn, or maybe see if someone wants them for cows. But should I also be concerned about the 3 bales on the bottom? I just hate throwing things away. Even with the alternative being that risk. And at the end of the day, it'll cost $10-15 to replace them and I haven't even needed to feed hay since the spring grass has come in.

Submitted May 30, 2019 at 09:32AM by FireflyRave
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#mylittlepony - #Serious Luna "LOL"

Serious Luna "LOL"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXUzM4bSSUI

Submitted May 30, 2019 at 03:38AM by xKiLLBiLL
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#mylittlepony - #Analyzing Lessons - The Fear And Understanding of Prejudice

Analyzing Lessons - The Fear And Understanding of Prejudice

Another week, another . . . couple episodes morals discussed. Should I make these longer? I try to keep these entries from exceeding a certain length so more people read them.

One of these days I'm gonna start giving shorter breakdowns of each moral and doing more episodes per entry. I have to hit burn-out sooner or later.

Before going to the next episode, /u/Logarithmicon's thoughts on the moral of Bridle Gossip that he shared last week.

Bridal Gossip plays with its moral in an interesting way. I've always liked it as one of the best episodes in terms of actually delivering a subtle, meaningful moral - because beneath the very superficial "Don't judge Zecora by her cover" presentation, I think it also does something far more impressive with its moral: It also applies it to the racists in turn.

While some of what they spout amid their panic is undeniably absurd tripe, there's also elements of it that also make sense: Zecora does a lot of funny stuff with potions, comes from a land far away they know nothing of, and seems to calmly live in the middle of the hell-forest filled with monsters and abominations. And it's not a mob of nobodies that falls victim to this terror, but the same characters we know to be sweet-hearted, caring individuals.

In the end, it is education - not beating them over the head with their wrongness - that helps to resolve the situation. Bridal Gossip's lesson, thus, is also "Don't judge racists as just being racist. Look in to why they've come to be so fearful or angry, and attack the problem at its core."

I was going to respond to this last week but didn't because . . . I'm actually not sure. Anyway, this comment reminds me of a comment I made a long time ago from the POV of a pony in Ponyville responding to accusations of racism. Here's an excerpt;

Honestly, we didn't even know she wasn't an Earth Pony until after the fear of her was cleared up. She'd always emerge from the Everfree forest totally covered in a cloak, pawing at the ground like an angry pony would but just doing it in the middle of a field, and when spoken to would speak in rhyme as if casting spells. Keep in mind at the time, many believed the Everfree forest to be a place where no pony had ever come out alive. I'll admit, we were overly-defensive and reactionary. Some ponies started some rumors and they spread. Ponies can get into such a skittish herd mentality sometimes, but the problem wasn't racism.

As for real racists, I agree. Real racists are just letting natural unconscious biases get the better of them, much like conspiracy theorists and the desire to seek patterns and meaning in random events. To be honest, I've felt similar instincts, but I know well enough to not put weight on them. But going back to the first meetings between Europeans and Africans, I can see how people used to humans having white skin could be perturbed by humans of a totally different color. Before then, Europeans probably only saw skin of a different color in the event of disease. It probably also didn't help that when someone has very dark, pure African skin, their eyes and teeth stand out FAR more than on someone who is pale.

It also hasn't been THAT long since the civil rights movement for racism to disappear. People that harassed and attacked black people in the sixties are people's living grandfathers today.

I think modern white supremacy is just as much a cult luring in vulnerable young men as it is about hate, and white supremacy and conspiracy theories/paranoia also seem to have a lot of overlap.

And without even further ado, next episode on the list.

Winter Wrap Up

This is the first moral in the series that's phrased as having two parts.

First part:

"It helped me to learn that we all have hidden talents, and if we're patient and diligent we're sure to find them."

Before any of the Cutie Mark Crusaders were ever introduced, this is the show's first moral about self discovery.

The show's whole approach to self-discovery, at least in the first five seasons, reminds me of the book So Good They Can't Ignore You by Cal Newport, which emphasizes the matching of the skills you've developed to the needs you observe in your field, as opposed to following the age old advice of following your passion. I'll have more to discuss on that when the CMC get their marks. In this episode, Twilight finally found her place by stopping and noticing the problems that Ponyville had, rather then try whatever struck her fancy where she wasn't actually needed.

Second part of the moral:

"And as always, with good friendship and teamwork, ponies can accomplish anything…"

This is true in real life too. One day ponies will rise up and dominate the earth.

Call of the Cutie

This is another episode where the morals of the show questions the fears of anyone who keeps their love of the show a secret.

"Sometimes, the thing you think will cause you to lose friends and feel left out can actually be the thing that helps you make your closest friends and realize how special you are.."

And sometimes it's the thing that gets you fired from a job. Or just ostracized.

I guess this is more something to be judged on an individual basis; how likely you think it is that someone in the room will stick up for you. I've said before how the moral to this episode and Suite and Elite seem to almost be 'Have your secrets revealed in a big crowd where it's more likely you'll meet someone who's your ally'.

That said, the choice of whether or not to share a secret doesn't even necessarily have to do with whether you'll lose or gain friends. More likely, you may just want to keep other people from making you feel like shit. Though I guess even than, a version of the lesson still applies.

But how likely is it that answering the question of what you did today with "I worked on an analysis of My Little Pony morals" is going to lead to an increase in friendship?

Not a rhetorical question.

I think one of the purposes of this show is to simply show the most optimistic possible outcome, as indicated by the use of the word "sometimes". The word appears 13 other times in My Little Pony's friendship lessons, mostly in the first four seasons.

I guess it's easier to believe things will turn out well in real life than in a cartoon.

But I say the word "believe". It's not that I've never had a negative experience due to liking MLP, but so far the people who've given me flak for it has been . . . predictable.

I'm sure you've heard someone say a variation of "If someone gives you flak for liking this show, they're just a dick." I used to think this meant "If someone gives you shit for liking MLP, dismiss them as people." but perhaps a better interpretation is, "The people who make fun of you for something, tend to be folks that even normal people recognize as assholes." I think there's a fear that perfectly decent people will turn into bullies the moment they find out you like MLP. It's worth pointing out that, regardless of Diamond Tiara's reaction to blank flanks, she stands out as an unlikable snob.

Yes, liking MLP does give a wrong and misleading impression to people unfamiliar with the show. But perhaps that shouldn't be the concern. The question should be, "How do people react to something that they don't understand? Do they ask questions, or make judgments, and what does it say about them?"

I guess it goes back to what I said about racists earlier. We're all human. We're all judgmental, pattern-seeking, a bit paranoid and conspiratorial and even a little racist. And we're all going to be "the other" to somebody else. How someone reacts depends on what kind of person they are, as well as the relationship they have to you.

Still skeptical about letting people know I'm analyzing My Little Pony morals though.

Submitted May 30, 2019 at 06:36AM by Crocoshark
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#horses - #A reddit community for connecting horse owners with people wanting to feed, pet, brush, or sponsor a horse

A reddit community for connecting horse owners with people wanting to feed, pet, brush, or sponsor a horse

You know the story. A girl sees a horse for the first time, absolute loves it, and wants a horse to care for and ride. She checks out horse books from the library and reads all about them. She draws horses and talks about horses, and begs her parents for a horse.

One problem though! She lives in the city or town and there's no way her parents are buying her a pony.

So I created a reddit community ( r/PetClub ) where horse owners can connect with parents to provide a "horse experience" for kids. It can be as simple as "feed a horse" one time or it can be a monthly horse sponsorship where the person can be taught how to feed, brush, and care for a horse. It's totally up to the horse owners.

Check it out at r/PetClub and post an opportunity in your local area!

What do you think? Any suggestions or ideas for the community?

Submitted May 30, 2019 at 06:34AM by FlexiThemes
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#horses - #When you just reaaaaalllllly wanna be with your friends ( wait for the end i promise it’s worth it )

When you just reaaaaalllllly wanna be with your friends ( wait for the end i promise it's worth it )
https://v.redd.it/rvuux831cc131

Submitted May 30, 2019 at 06:18AM by smdwamfcott
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#mylittlepony - #.:Sunny Summer:. by The-Butcher-X

.:Sunny Summer:. by The-Butcher-X
https://www.deviantart.com/the-butcher-x/art/Sunny-Summer-799653521

Submitted May 29, 2019 at 10:44PM by Bluegodzill
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#horses - #She is such a derp sometimes 😓

She is such a derp sometimes 😓
https://v.redd.it/vgrdyy9d2c131

Submitted May 30, 2019 at 05:23AM by Thuniviel-
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#mylittlepony - #Heckin PISSED by aem97

Heckin PISSED by aem97
https://www.deviantart.com/aem97/art/Heckin-PISSED-799502059

Submitted May 29, 2019 at 11:48PM by Torvusil
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#mylittlepony - #Silverstream by Scarlet-Spectrum

Silverstream by Scarlet-Spectrum
https://www.deviantart.com/scarlet-spectrum/art/Silverstream-Patreon-Reward-799464498

Submitted May 29, 2019 at 11:49PM by Torvusil
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#mylittlepony - #My Little Pony on Reddit - This Meta Discussion is Too Hot!

My Little Pony on Reddit - This Meta Discussion is Too Hot!

Hi there! It's Thursday again and that means another chance to talk about what's been happening around here and how you feel about it!

Same as every other time, feel free to discuss whatever it is you'd like regarding our little subreddit good or bad. If you're unhappy we'll try our best to fix whatever problem you're having!

If you want to talk about the MLP fandom in general, that's fine too!

But some people may not want to talk about comics or anything else that hasn't happened yet, so you should be nice and hide those conversations from those people by using the spoiler tag.

If you don't know how it's as easy as making an emote:

>!It has ponies!!<

Becomes: It has ponies!

And if you're not wanting to discuss the subreddit or community specifically you can also check out the weekly off-topic thread that will be up at noon Pacific time!!!!

Have a great day, everyone!!

Submitted May 30, 2019 at 01:02AM by Pinkie_Pie
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#mylittlepony - #Disguises by 9CentsChange

Disguises by 9CentsChange
https://www.deviantart.com/9centschange/art/Disguises-799394829

Submitted May 29, 2019 at 04:54PM by Torvusil
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#horses - #Kill pen horse 3 week update!

Kill pen horse 3 week update!
https://i.redd.it/hlagmgy5ka131.jpg

Submitted May 30, 2019 at 12:19AM by Crittle19
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#horses - #So happy to get to roll in the grass!

So happy to get to roll in the grass!
https://v.redd.it/5jksqt0sy9131

Submitted May 29, 2019 at 10:20PM by makeupjewels73
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#mylittlepony - #I feel no shame for my 17yo self drinking out of these.

I feel no shame for my 17yo self drinking out of these.
https://i.redd.it/zwz7j90wu9131.png

Submitted May 29, 2019 at 09:58PM by xkillertenzo
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#mylittlepony - #Mercy Luna by AiriniBlock

Mercy Luna by AiriniBlock
https://derpibooru.org/2052762

Submitted May 29, 2019 at 03:32PM by Sparroew
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#mylittlepony - #How It Should've Ended

How It Should've Ended
https://www.deviantart.com/klystron2010/art/Who-are-these-guys-422307327

Submitted May 29, 2019 at 06:06PM by Spidey10
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#horses - #“I am UPSET.”

"I am UPSET."
https://i.redd.it/vskb7j6hf9131.jpg

Submitted May 29, 2019 at 08:31PM by Dr_Chloenstien
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#horses - #I made my first saddle pad, so proud of it I had to share!

I made my first saddle pad, so proud of it I had to share!
https://i.redd.it/vk1pl80k09131.jpg

Submitted May 29, 2019 at 07:07PM by madshores
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