BRONY THREAD

[Short_Circuit]

Originally Posted by alxg833

...My school's only team has decided to ban me from joining this year because I'm "a useless sack of s**t." (I haven't been able to get any more specific than that, but I really want to think that it isn't true, especially considering I had to be physically barred from the shop last year because I was working and refused to leave). Point is, I'm going to be a senior next year, and I really, really, really want ONE enjoyable year out of FIRST, which has so far not happened. (I was thrown out of a moving subway, for starters). I therefore ask you to PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, see if there is any way I could actively help out your team programming-wise next year. It would mean the world to me. I'm familiar with LabView, Java, C++, Objective-C, Ruby, and Python, I can do basic electronics work, I've coded robot autopilots in C++ and Java since I was 8, and if there's a programming task I'm not suited for, I'll teach myself over the summer. I'll be happy to provide any and all necessary references..

Man, I'm sorry to hear that. I can kinda relate because even though I'm pretty smart compared to some of my teammates I'm nothing, and I'm a bit of an outcast. (I don't socialize much, I'm shy) Because of this I feel left out and unguided 90% of the time. Anyways, I was one of three programmers with any experience still on the team this year, the other programmers we had to teach, and being our first year using lab view it was a bit rough. If we need help this coming year I'd be glad to welcome you as support to our programming division.

Originally Posted by thetimemachine

Please kindly excuse my ignorance....

Can someone explain to me what a "brony" is?

Guys and girls (sometimes called Pegasisters) typically aged 16-23 (on average) who are fans of the recent reboot of Hasbro's "My Little Pony" franchise, or more specifically the current cartoon show based on the franchise, titled My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. The show was created by Lauren Faust and the staff is full of all kinds of 90s and early 2000's cartoon and tv writers and such that give the show it's appealing stories and characters. Considering the widespread mention of the fanbase I'm surprised you haven't heard of it.