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If you don't have a young girl you might not appreciate the link between "Pinkie Pie" and "Pwnie": http://mlp.wikia.com/wiki/Pinkie_Pie http://mlp.wikia.com/wik
by mark-r 14y ago
If you don't have a young girl you might not appreciate the link between "Pinkie Pie" and "Pwnie": http://mlp.wikia.com/wiki/Pinkie_Pie http://mlp.wikia.com/wiki/Pinkie_Pie
- CrazedGeek 14y agoSomewhat OT, but the show has a fairly sizable periphery demographic (males 13-35), which I would guess the hacker considers himself a part of. More information: http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/subcultures/my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/subcultures/my-little-pony-fri...
- btown 14y agoPinkie's not the only brony hacker either. Consider this Rainbow Dash fan: http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/sq7cy/iama_a_malware_coder_and_botnet_operator_ama/ http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/sq7cy/iama_a_malware_c... ... and in general, there are a plethora of bronies scattered across the startup world and CS academia (full disclosure: myself included).
- Zirro 14y agoOr perhaps not: https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/My_Little_Pony:_Friendship_Is_Magic_fandom https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/My_Little_Pon... :) Considering that he is a teenage hacker, it's likely that he is a Brony himself.
- lotharbot 14y ago> "If you don't have a young girl" Most of my recent MLP exposure is through my 20-something brother. Apparently he's in one of the larger demographics for the modern show. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Little_Pony:_Friendship_Is_Magic_fandom#Brony http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Little_Pony:_Friendship_Is_M...