Anyone here watch the show My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic ? It seems to have a rather enthusiastic following. I watched a few minutes of it once just to see what all the fuss is about, and...I didn't get it. 
(I'm a little too busy watching anime on Netflix Instant anyway.)
My Little Pony Corrals Unlikely Fanboys Known as ?Bronies? | Underwire | Wired.com
I came across this on the animation blog Cartoon Brew, and I have to admit that it made me cringe a little bit, especially when I noticed that it had gotten over a hundred comments (for what it's worth, the guy who wrote this blog entry denies in the comments that he was trying to make fun of aspies):
My Little Bronies | Cartoon Brew: Leading the Animation Conversation
I am a little annoyed that the Cartoon Brew blog writer left off this part of the above quote (including it might have made this blog entry come across as a little less "Developmentally delayed adults enjoy childrens' cartoons made for girls! Haw haw!" whether that was the intention or not):
All kidding aside, anyone here think that this show actually could be an effective tool for teaching people on the spectrum about theory of mind, friendships and social interactions?
I came across a quote in the comments (brace yourself if you decide to scroll through them) for the Wired article that I liked:
?When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been
ashamed if I had been found doing so. Now that I am fifty, I read them
openly. When I became a man I put away childish things, including the
fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up.? -C.S. Lewis
(I'm a little too busy watching anime on Netflix Instant anyway.)My Little Pony Corrals Unlikely Fanboys Known as ?Bronies? | Underwire | Wired.com
I came across this on the animation blog Cartoon Brew, and I have to admit that it made me cringe a little bit, especially when I noticed that it had gotten over a hundred comments (for what it's worth, the guy who wrote this blog entry denies in the comments that he was trying to make fun of aspies):
My Little Bronies | Cartoon Brew: Leading the Animation Conversation
I am a little annoyed that the Cartoon Brew blog writer left off this part of the above quote (including it might have made this blog entry come across as a little less "Developmentally delayed adults enjoy childrens' cartoons made for girls! Haw haw!" whether that was the intention or not):
All kidding aside, anyone here think that this show actually could be an effective tool for teaching people on the spectrum about theory of mind, friendships and social interactions?
I came across a quote in the comments (brace yourself if you decide to scroll through them) for the Wired article that I liked:
?When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been
ashamed if I had been found doing so. Now that I am fifty, I read them
openly. When I became a man I put away childish things, including the
fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up.? -C.S. Lewis
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