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Off Topic / Re: AI Discussion
« Last post by BlackCurtains on Today at 08:27:27 AM »
@LBS and Taffeta, I guess I need to blame naivety on my part here. I really had no idea AI was used in ways like that.

LBS, that is incredibly disturbing. I admit I don't know a lot about deepfake videos. I saw one of Tom Cruise once, saying weird things, and it looked absolutely real. And since he does say and do weird things if I hadn't already known it was fake, I would have believed it.

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Pony Corral / Re: ~Out Now and Coming Soon ~
« Last post by Carrehz on Today at 08:24:59 AM »
I can't find a link to her that I can post on here, but I just found her via Google and omg she's adorable!!! Her pose looks so cute! Definitely a must-have <3
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Off Topic / Re: Whatcha Got Cookin?
« Last post by Leave a Whisper on Today at 08:24:46 AM »
I baked more bread!!! Garlic & Herb bread again as I love it!!! Had a fun idea to, once kneaded into submission, I'd portion it & shove it in the tins (greasing as I shoved it in), then the tins went in big boxes where they waited for the dough to rise, then would go straight into the air fryer. RESULT!!! So light & fluffy it was almost like eating air!!!
I also made broccoli cheese soup after baking the bread, with one portion going with half my bread!!!

:dribble:
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Pony Corral / Re: Did G5 flop?
« Last post by Leave a Whisper on Today at 08:23:27 AM »
The thing is that all previous generations broke away from the earlier stuff and did their own thing.

What G5 has done is more in keeping with My Little Pony Tales, which does not reference directly anything from the older G1 material, but you do have the cameos from the Glowing Magic(al) ponies, and then there's some pseudo-mediaeval stuff which I guess you could looooosely tie into the kind of world that existed in the earlier stuff. Albeit very loose.

Tales is G1. MLP & Friends is G1. One is the older version of a world modernised in the other. That's a link albeit it's not as tight a link as G5 has with G4. Yet we're meant to believe G5 is a generation of its own.

This is one of my bugbears because the defining of generations was something we did, not Hasbro, and the mainstreaming of this idea of a G4-G5 transition is their brainchild, not necessarily in keeping with how generations were defined in the past.

To begin with it was Old Ponies and New Ponies, as there were only two generations. Sometimes you got 'new generation', then LM came in with the Transformers concept of G-, around G3's arrival. Because you couldn't have old, new, and newer xD.

But...though there are some name repeats across generations, there is literally nothing canonical connecting Dream Valley (Ponyland in the UK), Friendship Gardens and Ponyville. Whereas Sunny and company live in a later version of Equestria. Just like Tales and MLP Friends.

Actually, do they call it Ponyland in Tales as well? I can't remember what they call it xD.

So basically, G5 scrapes the barrel on being a new generation. It has its own characters but not really its own concepts. And maybe the nod back to older generations is reflecting the age of the brand and the anniversary coming up - but at the same time...it's really quite lazy.

The naming sense is also awful.

But, all that said - if the toys looked less...weird, and had more variety and better QC, would that make the world/narrative/etc feel more fresh and engaging? I guess the question is, is the problem a stagnant toyline or a media concept that's tired and starved of new ideas?

They do call it Ponyland.
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Pony Corral / Re: Did G5 flop?
« Last post by Carrehz on Today at 08:21:47 AM »
But...though there are some name repeats across generations, there is literally nothing canonical connecting Dream Valley (Ponyland in the UK), Friendship Gardens and Ponyville. Whereas Sunny and company live in a later version of Equestria. Just like Tales and MLP Friends.

Actually, do they call it Ponyland in Tales as well? I can't remember what they call it xD.

not sure about Tales or the backcards/other G1 media (I think Tales is Ponyland too, but I honestly haven't seen enough eps to be sure ^^;), but in MLP and Friends at least, the main ponies live in Dream Valley which is a part of Ponyland.

I'll honestly never understand why Hasbro didn't take as much advantage of FiM's massive cast (from what I've seen!) as they could've. Like, the fact that we had to wait until the Movie line for a brushable Big Mac toy is insane.
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Pony Corral / Re: GAME: Pony 20 Questions!
« Last post by BlackCurtains on Today at 08:21:35 AM »
Wow, it was a lucky guess :D

Okay, what pony am I thinking of?
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thanks everyone, it was quite the nice surprise to find a HTF G1 in great condition plus all the repro's ! 

I honestly don't even search our local classifieds site much for MLP anymore, it always is G4 and over priced.  I found these on a total whim while I was explaining something sales-related to my husband :)
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Off Topic / Re: The Trivial Complaints Thread ... #3
« Last post by lovesbabysquirmy on Today at 08:09:21 AM »
Minty_Magic, that is so sad.  I don't think Arizona has great resources for this sort of thing, either. 
I am shocked that the police were told "he has a weapon" and they didn't respond the way that oftentimes the police do when those words are used.  I mean, not that they should always respond that way, but....
Giving people their "freedoms and rights" to be mentally unwell is just not okay.  UGH! 

My complaint is that my leg scabs are finally peeling and healing but the sensation is exactly like when they were open wounds and SO DANG ITCHY!!!!  what the heck , brain!  stop sending weird signals that make me want to SCRAAAAAAAAAAAAATCH!
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Off Topic / Re: The Trivial Complaints Thread ... #3
« Last post by Pokeyonekenobie on Today at 07:48:21 AM »
Yikes, Minty.  I'm surprised they didn't really do anything, either.

Spoiler
I wonder if his daughter can call the police next time and tell them that she is concerned for her safety because of his hallucinations.  I know when my brother was having episodes like that (drug induced) my parents were able to get him admitted to the psych ward temporarily because of their concerns for him even though he was an adult.  Maybe a family member has to say something sometimes?  I don't know what the rules are where you live so that might have something to do with it.

I have to work today and I just don't want to.  I'm tired of working.  Where can I live that will pay me to stay home and paint?  :art:
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Off Topic / Re: AI Discussion
« Last post by cowboyopossum on Today at 05:54:32 AM »
This is what I am saying, Taffeta. It can be used for such evil things... Especially in the hands of criminals.
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