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#3. Bronies Are Big on Charity

Since they first popped up in 2010, bronies (male fans of the show My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic) have been the target of both media attention and ridicule. It’s not easy out there for men who like cartoons and pony toys traditionally associated with young girls, and bronies have faced attacks from both genders: A lot of men think their obsession with ponies is weird, while some women have criticized bronies for “invading” a formerly female-only space and getting dick everywhere. Bronies have even become associated with the men’s rights movement, even though Friendship Is Magic is about a matriarchal pony society ruled by magical princesses, which you’d think would make the average MRA’s head explode right through his fedora.

How They’re Being Awesome

In 2012, a group of bronies decided to raise money for a TV spot that thanked the Friendship Is Magic writers for making such an awesome show. That’s a nice gesture, I guess, but isn’t really helping anyone. But then things took a different turn: The bronies accidentally raised too much money, so they did what anyone would do and bought a giant pile of fedoras that they could use to fill up an entire Olympic-size swimming pool and then bathe in forever.

Jupiterimages/Polka Dot/Getty Images “Man, I’m not even in the pool yet, and look at my boner.”

No, wait, they decided to donate the excess money to military charity Toys for Tots, and even decided to plug the charity during the ad. Then, realizing that they all seemed to have too much money on their hands, they organized and registered an official charity, the Brony Thank You Fund, which they used to set up a permanent scholarship at CalArts for aspiring animators. The Thank You Fund is now funneling its brony-money into a cancer charity, while another brony group, Bronies for Good, runs blood drives and donates to international aid programs.

It also turns out that the brony/MRA connection is way overblown, and there’s a good feminist argument for the existence of bronies. So I’d like to personally apologize for making brony MRA jokes back in this article, and also for all the fedora jokes in this entry.

Read more: http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-hated-groups-that-are-going-out-their-way-to-be-awesome/#ixzz34LWaqX6n

Yes, but don't forget the countless reblogs and likes that Tumblr has done against bronies. That's just as valuable as actual money!