Everyone: Man, Fallout 4 is never gonna be announced.
Bethesda: Here’s Fallout 4!
Everyone: Yeesh, there’s a rumor about a Final Fantasy VII remake like every other year. It’s not going to happen.
Square: FF7 REMAKE! That’s a promise!
Everyone: I wonder what happened to The Last Guardian? Vaporware, probably.
Team Ico: Last Guardian! Right here!
Everyone: … *looks expectantly at Valve*
Valve: What do you want, you have your sale.

How seriously do you and your fellow bronies consider FiM, as an issue? Apparently some bronies get bitter over stuff in the show, and others spend a lot being too deep into the show. Are you one of these?

the-smiling-pony:

I care about the show because it’s fun and I enjoy watching it, but I don’t take it “seriously”; it’s fiction delivered episode by episode, I can’t really take it any more or less seriously that Game of Thrones or Frasier. There’s stuff I’d like to see done more or done better or avoided, but nothing that really irks me that much.

As for other fans, goes the same as any other fandom, I guess. Look at trekkies or SW fans; some spends hours arguing about inane details, or drawing diagrams for some plot-irrelevant prop seen in two episodes, or whatever. Same with Supernatural or Doctor Who or whatever other show runs these days as well. The loud ones and the extremes stand out, the “rational” silent majority is largely ignored.

The High Cost of Acting Happy

starbucksfaster:

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http://anniemurphypaul.com/2014/02/the-high-cost-of-acting-happy/

“Surface acting is when front line service employees, the ones who interact directly with customers, have to appear cheerful and happy even when they’re not feeling it. This kind of faking is hard work—sociologists call it “emotional labor”—and research shows that it’s often experienced as stressful. It’s psychologically and even physically draining; it can lead to lowered motivation and engagement with work, and ultimately to job burnout.”

RELEVANT.Â