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$Entertainment/ Turning memes into 8-bit art ews European protesters plot massive march against TOP OACTA OVER MILLION SERVED t News & Features Lea AoDot Leaderboards Comics 豳Events /\' Tour active topics News #youtube Entertainment #pinterest #sopa #reddit digest Youtube #reddit Society Researchers strive to understand Lauren Rae Orsini Staff Writer Find meon Email me brony culture FEBRUARY 21, 2012 Last summer, Dr. Patrick Edwards had never heard of bronies, the teenage and adult fans of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. That is, until his 16-year-old son Will "came out" to him as one '"We'd come back from summer vacation, and he announced it to me," he told the Daily Dot. "I said, 'Will, what have you been up to?' He told me he'd been drawing pictures of ponies I had the same reaction most people do: What?" RELATED STORIES Edwards isn't alone in his confusion. The Hasbro show aimed at little girls, has developed a massive grown-up audience of bronies (bro-ponies), that might be described as a full-on cult. And nobody's sure what to make of them. Bronies for Ron Pau One thing is clear: bronies have become an online community too big to be ignored. Stephen Colbert gave a shout out to his bronies last fall on his show. Even Fox News attended$

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