{"id":16750,"date":"2011-08-28T12:00:28","date_gmt":"2011-08-28T19:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/?p=16750"},"modified":"2011-12-30T09:36:06","modified_gmt":"2011-12-30T17:36:06","slug":"the-return-of-the-pink-pony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/28\/the-return-of-the-pink-pony\/","title":{"rendered":"The Return of the Pink Pony!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So I&#8217;ve spent most of this weekend attending the <a href=\"http:\/\/prime.paxsite.com\/\">Penny Arcade Expo (PAX)<\/a> at the Washington State Convention Center downtown.  Yesterday there was a sight on Pike street that was just too good not to share with you:<\/p>\n<div style=\"width:600px; margin:0 auto;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"367\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/i99XHDOTZYQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/forum\/viewtopic.php?t=610\" title=\"Seattle Bubble: Pink Ponies\">pink pony<\/a> has returned to Seattle!<\/p>\n<div style=\"width:500px; margin:0 auto;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/the-tim\/6087829711\/\" title=\"The pink pony marches on Seattle by The-Tim, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6085\/6087829711_9fd8d86b56.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"The pink pony marches on Seattle\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>I swear I had nothing to do with this.  Turns out there is this whole weird nerd subculture that consists of dudes that are obsessed with My Little Ponies.  They call themselves (I am not making this up): <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/underwire\/2011\/06\/bronies-my-little-ponys\/\" title=\"Wired: My Little Pony Corrals Unlikely Fanboys Known as 'Bronies'\">Bronies<\/a>.  Apparently some of these Bronies were in attendance at PAX this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, I couldn&#8217;t resist stopping the pony-carriers and having my picture taken:<\/p>\n<div style=\"width:500px; margin:0 auto;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/the-tim\/6088376156\/\" title=\"The Tim &amp; the pink pony by The-Tim, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6208\/6088376156_4dcf45886a.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"The Tim &amp; the pink pony\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/forum\/viewtopic.php?f=1&#038;t=610\" title=\"Seattle Bubble: Pink Ponies\">Pink pony<\/a> power!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So I&#8217;ve spent most of this weekend attending the Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) at the Washington State Convention Center downtown. Yesterday there was a sight on Pike street that was just too good not to share with you: The pink pony has returned to Seattle! I swear I had nothing to do with this. 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