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Unthinkable but true.
Most of you did not want to believe it, denied and abhorred it even.

I'm talking about meat, as in food.


Do with this information what you want but do not deny its existence.
Also this is not a place to present your own lifestyle choice, there are already topic for.

I always thought of them as Omnivores to be honest. Makes far more sense for an intelligent, dominant species to be Omnivorous, for obvious reasons.

So, there's a slice of something red in a sandwich with a salad?
Could be pretty much anything (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meat_analogue).

Quote from: Remedy on 2012 Jul 27, 18:45:50
So, there's a slice of something red in a sandwich with a salad?
Could be pretty much anything (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meat_analogue).

To substitute meat, meat must exist.
Or in other words you can't replace something that isn't real.
So it's either meat or a substitute for vegetarian ponies.

Also it's not the red thing ( which is a tomato) but the pink thing.

Quote from: Zygrograxgra on 2012 Jul 27, 13:28:30
I always thought of them as Omnivores to be honest. Makes far more sense for an intelligent, dominant species to be Omnivorous, for obvious reasons.

I agree to some extent, cows are allowed to live  O:

Quote from: Book Smarts on 2012 Jul 27, 19:27:33

Quote from: Zygrograxgra on 2012 Jul 27, 13:28:30
I always thought of them as Omnivores to be honest. Makes far more sense for an intelligent, dominant species to be Omnivorous, for obvious reasons.

I agree to some extent, cows are allowed to live  O:

Not all omnivores eat all forms of meat.

Quote from: Zygrograxgra on 2012 Jul 27, 19:31:24

Quote from: Book Smarts on 2012 Jul 27, 19:27:33

Quote from: Zygrograxgra on 2012 Jul 27, 13:28:30
I always thought of them as Omnivores to be honest. Makes far more sense for an intelligent, dominant species to be Omnivorous, for obvious reasons.

I agree to some extent, cows are allowed to live  O:

Not all omnivores eat all forms of meat.

Yeah  :)

Maybe it was for...Spike?
I've never seen him eat meat though.

HURRAY!!! I now feel better about my OC's love for burritos ^3^

If the ponies do eat meat, then I would be able to survive turning into one!
:D

I believe that is a weird...flat tomato.  ovO

Quote from: Zygrograxgra on 2012 Jul 27, 21:07:16
If the ponies do eat meat, then I would be able to survive turning into one!
:D

On the outside, I am poker-face. On the inside, I am YES!

Quote from: Pinkie Pie on 2012 Jul 27, 21:08:51
I believe that is a weird...flat tomato.  ovO

Stop pinkiefying weird flat tomatoes.

It's cheese. Though simply colored due to animation restrictions, it could very well be circularly cut Port Derby Cheese.

So, yeah. no meat.

an image, for those who don't know what i'm talking about.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/36715536@N00/438012856/

Why are bronies so against the thought of the ponies being omnivorous?
It's worse than the irrational hate/fear of Unisi OCs.

I think it's bologna. The fact that pigs are also citizens capable of speech and deep thought and emotion slipped the animators' minds as they've been trying to make the ponies relate-able to humans. Lots of kids, and even teens and adults, eat bologna sandwiches. Not me, though. Bologna is gross.

Quote from: GuitarBrony on 2012 Jul 27, 22:20:20
It's cheese. Though simply colored due to animation restrictions, it could very well be circularly cut Port Derby Cheese.
So, yeah. no meat.
an image, for those who don't know what i'm talking about.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/36715536@N00/438012856/

I don't think they'd go pick some random specific freakish pink cheese, especially since the majority of the audience doesn't know that cheese can be pink. :I Cheese is most often recognizable due to yellow or yellow-orange coloring. So much so, in fact, that some cheese companies actually put dye in their cheese to make it yellower or yellow-orange-er!

By the way, when a food is a color that we don't associate with that food, it often turns people away from it. The thought of pink cheese weirds me out. I feel like that thing should be strawberry or bubblegum flavor.

Quote from: Zygrograxgra on 2012 Jul 27, 22:26:02
Why are bronies so against the thought of the ponies being omnivorous?
It's worse than the irrational hate/fear of Unisi OCs.

I don't know but it can be that the ponies on earth aren't known for their carnal appetite.
Maybe the very thought of an original food chain twist doesn't sit right with them.

Also, who is Unisi and why is shkle bad

Quote from: Little Judas on 2012 Jul 28, 08:15:36

Quote from: Zygrograxgra on 2012 Jul 27, 22:26:02
Why are bronies so against the thought of the ponies being omnivorous?
It's worse than the irrational hate/fear of Unisi OCs.

I don't know but it can be that the ponies on earth aren't known for their carnal appetite.
Maybe the very thought of an original food chain twist doesn't sit right with them.

Also, who is Unisi and why is shkle bad

Unisi is apparently another word for alicorn. And people don't usually think of domesticated pigs as really being omnivorous, but they'll jump at the chance to eat meat if it's accessible to them. Any meat. Any... meat.

15:12 in,a hot dog eating contest mentioned by pinkie. Seeing as how she prefers mustard over ketchup, I don't think ponies eating meat is necessarily taboo, either that or we're  putting too much thought into this. lol

Quote from: CyanideInsanity on 2012 Jul 28, 08:41:47

Spoiler: Fall weather friends • show

15:12 in,a hot dog eating contest mentioned by pinkie. Seeing as how she prefers mustard over ketchup, I don't think ponies eating meat is necessarily taboo, either that or we're  putting too much thought into this. lol

o_O
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Yeahhh, the team is slipping up. Seriously trying to make the ponies relate-able to the audience.
Pinkie: I prefer mustard on my hot dogs.
me: ME TOO! :3 ... Wait.

Yeah, 'twas that episode that made me realize they're probably omnivores. Suddenly, I had a lot more respect for them.

Quote from: Chishio Kunrin on 2012 Jul 28, 08:31:27

Quote from: Little Judas on 2012 Jul 28, 08:15:36

Quote from: Zygrograxgra on 2012 Jul 27, 22:26:02
Why are bronies so against the thought of the ponies being omnivorous?
It's worse than the irrational hate/fear of Unisi OCs.

I don't know but it can be that the ponies on earth aren't known for their carnal appetite.
Maybe the very thought of an original food chain twist doesn't sit right with them.

Also, who is Unisi and why is shkle bad

Unisi is apparently another word for alicorn. And people don't usually think of domesticated pigs as really being omnivorous, but they'll jump at the chance to eat meat if it's accessible to them. Any meat. Any... meat.

Pigs are probably the truest omnivore I've ever heard of.
And Alicorn is actually the name of the horn/what it's made of, so I decided yesterday "nope, not gonna say Alicorn unless I mean it"
So you see me say it, I mean the horn.

eh. i just brought up the cheese cuz i remembered seeing it before. frankly, if the ponies of the FiM universe are the dominant species, it wouldn't be too farfetched for them to eat meat. maybe not true pork or beef or the like, but something else.

perhaps the meat of the monsters? like, Hydra steak, or Filet of Manticore? it would take specialized ponies to hunt/acquire said meat though...

this is starting to sound like Monster Hunter...

You know... I wonder how they get the stuff that requires hooves to make   ovO

Horses CAN eat meat, but they don't really go out of their way for it unless they are starving and can't find vegetation. I've heard of horses eating rodents before.

Wow!!!! I didn't not notice that.

somepony could, you know, just ask the producers/artists/writers/directors/etc about it.  "Are ponies omnivores/do they eat meat?"

Well why do you think they keep pigs at sweet apple acres?They aren't pets.Also just because they ate hay , and grass doesn't mean they can't eat meat.Its like if they do one thing on the show bronies just assume that its impossible , or illegal to do the other.

So, somewhere else on the forum, we've found out that horses actually eat eggs in real life and sometimes eat meat when desperate. But they're obviously not desperate for food. o.O And they obviously do eat eggs, considering Sweet Apple Acres has an area that has a sign with an egg on it.

[Edit]: Woohoo, MLP wiki has a compiled list of foods seen in the show: http://mlp.wikia.com/wiki/Food_and_beverage/By_episode

Not sure if this was mentioned yet but, in a song, Pinkie states:

Both our diets, I should mention
Are completely vegetarian
We all eat hay and oats
Why be at each other's throat?

Evidence for ponies being both vegetarians and omnivores exist, so I'm led to believe that the animators and writers don't think that far into it. They have more important things to worry about than: have we eradicated any image or notion of meat in this episode?

Seeing as the show generally does a good job in catering to the gimmick that the characters are ponies, I think of them as vegetarians. Any mention of meat seems more of an outlier than anything.

Then again, it's a cartoon; there's no right answer.

Quote from: Sea Foam on 2012 Sep 15, 17:04:17
Not sure if this was mentioned yet but, in a song, Pinkie states:

Both our diets, I should mention
Are completely vegetarian
We all eat hay and oats
Why be at each other's throat?

Evidence for ponies being both vegetarians and omnivores exist, so I'm led to believe that the animators and writers don't think that far into it. They have more important things to worry about than: have we eradicated any image or notion of meat in this episode?

Seeing as the show generally does a good job in catering to the gimmick that the characters are ponies, I think of them as vegetarians. Any mention of meat seems more of an outlier than anything.

Then again, it's a cartoon; there's no right answer.

Contradictory Cartoons.

Off Topic: Ponies can't throw up, yet they did in the show. I suppose I should also take into consideration that ponies don't naturally come in the color pink either...

Quote from: PPBG on 2012 Sep 15, 17:12:43

Quote from: Sea Foam on 2012 Sep 15, 17:04:17
Not sure if this was mentioned yet but, in a song, Pinkie states:

Both our diets, I should mention
Are completely vegetarian
We all eat hay and oats
Why be at each other's throat?

Evidence for ponies being both vegetarians and omnivores exist, so I'm led to believe that the animators and writers don't think that far into it. They have more important things to worry about than: have we eradicated any image or notion of meat in this episode?

Seeing as the show generally does a good job in catering to the gimmick that the characters are ponies, I think of them as vegetarians. Any mention of meat seems more of an outlier than anything.

Then again, it's a cartoon; there's no right answer.

Contradictory Cartoons.

Off Topic: Ponies can't throw up, yet they did in the show. I suppose I should also take into consideration that ponies don't naturally come in the color pink either...

Or with a rainbow mane  lol

Quote from: Book Smarts on 2012 Sep 15, 18:02:48

Quote from: PPBG on 2012 Sep 15, 17:12:43

Quote from: Sea Foam on 2012 Sep 15, 17:04:17
Not sure if this was mentioned yet but, in a song, Pinkie states:

Both our diets, I should mention
Are completely vegetarian
We all eat hay and oats
Why be at each other's throat?

Evidence for ponies being both vegetarians and omnivores exist, so I'm led to believe that the animators and writers don't think that far into it. They have more important things to worry about than: have we eradicated any image or notion of meat in this episode?

Seeing as the show generally does a good job in catering to the gimmick that the characters are ponies, I think of them as vegetarians. Any mention of meat seems more of an outlier than anything.

Then again, it's a cartoon; there's no right answer.

Contradictory Cartoons.

Off Topic: Ponies can't throw up, yet they did in the show. I suppose I should also take into consideration that ponies don't naturally come in the color pink either...

Or with a rainbow mane  lol

Eyup. Or most of the other colors in the show.  :3

Quote from: PPBG on 2012 Sep 15, 18:03:45

Quote from: Book Smarts on 2012 Sep 15, 18:02:48

Quote from: PPBG on 2012 Sep 15, 17:12:43

Quote from: Sea Foam on 2012 Sep 15, 17:04:17
Not sure if this was mentioned yet but, in a song, Pinkie states:

Both our diets, I should mention
Are completely vegetarian
We all eat hay and oats
Why be at each other's throat?

Evidence for ponies being both vegetarians and omnivores exist, so I'm led to believe that the animators and writers don't think that far into it. They have more important things to worry about than: have we eradicated any image or notion of meat in this episode?

Seeing as the show generally does a good job in catering to the gimmick that the characters are ponies, I think of them as vegetarians. Any mention of meat seems more of an outlier than anything.

Then again, it's a cartoon; there's no right answer.

Contradictory Cartoons.

Off Topic: Ponies can't throw up, yet they did in the show. I suppose I should also take into consideration that ponies don't naturally come in the color pink either...

Or with a rainbow mane  lol

Eyup. Or most of the other colors in the show.  :3

so we can just kind of forgive the show :]  Otherwise we'll be stuck here all day talking about bloopers and whatnot.

Quote from: The Wandering Magus on 2012 Sep 15, 18:33:21

Quote from: PPBG on 2012 Sep 15, 18:03:45

Quote from: Book Smarts on 2012 Sep 15, 18:02:48

Quote from: PPBG on 2012 Sep 15, 17:12:43

Quote from: Sea Foam on 2012 Sep 15, 17:04:17
Not sure if this was mentioned yet but, in a song, Pinkie states:

Both our diets, I should mention
Are completely vegetarian
We all eat hay and oats
Why be at each other's throat?

Evidence for ponies being both vegetarians and omnivores exist, so I'm led to believe that the animators and writers don't think that far into it. They have more important things to worry about than: have we eradicated any image or notion of meat in this episode?

Seeing as the show generally does a good job in catering to the gimmick that the characters are ponies, I think of them as vegetarians. Any mention of meat seems more of an outlier than anything.

Then again, it's a cartoon; there's no right answer.

Contradictory Cartoons.

Off Topic: Ponies can't throw up, yet they did in the show. I suppose I should also take into consideration that ponies don't naturally come in the color pink either...

Or with a rainbow mane  lol

Eyup. Or most of the other colors in the show.  :3

so we can just kind of forgive the show :]  Otherwise we'll be stuck here all day talking about bloopers and whatnot.

Yep.

Horses eating meat isn't unnatural, despite what you may have heard. If it were unnatural for horses to eat meat, then it would be as much so for us, considering our digestive system is still specialized for vegetation. Ever wonder why meat tends to make people bloat or more gassy than fruits or vegetables? That's because it literally doesn't sit as well in our stomachs.

On top of that, as some people alluded to, it is biologically more suiting to eat meat for a dominant species because there is way more energy per mass in meat than vegetables, and a dominant species ought to need more energy to keep their massive (in terms of capability, not size) brains functioning.

If you're all going to over-analyze this using pure logic, as you've been, then don't ignore the facts. If you're going to argue empirical logic, then ponies should actually be eating more meat than we've seen. If you ignore empirical logic, you'll see that a lot of these episodes have different writers who probably weren't familiar with the 5-10 seconds in any of the other episodes that contradicted what they put in.

though you'd think they'd be taught what others had written as canon as a primer beforehand...

Quote from: The Wandering Magus on 2012 Sep 18, 12:44:43
though you'd think they'd be taught what others had written as canon as a primer beforehand...

"Well, guys, I put a bologna sandwich in."
"Awww, noooo, I thought we were going with them eating vegetables, hay, and flowers!"
"But I had Pinkie Pie say she likes hot dogs in my episode."
"*Facepalm* Ok."
lol

Quote from: Chishio Kunrin on 2012 Sep 18, 12:53:32

Quote from: The Wandering Magus on 2012 Sep 18, 12:44:43
though you'd think they'd be taught what others had written as canon as a primer beforehand...

"Well, guys, I put a bologna sandwich in."
"Awww, noooo, I thought we were going with them eating vegetables, hay, and flowers!"
"But I had Pinkie Pie say she likes hot dogs in my episode."
"*Facepalm* Ok."
lol

exactly! the execs should keep track of their references and stories, rather than let all sorts of inconsistencies sneak in.

 lol

Quote from: Insanity Over Ice on 2012 Sep 18, 20:13:54
lol

well it would be best, don't you think? ...

Quote from: The Wandering Magus on 2012 Sep 19, 11:46:22

Quote from: Insanity Over Ice on 2012 Sep 18, 20:13:54
lol

well it would be best, don't you think? ...

I don't know Magus, it seems like she's mocking the topic, my topic to be more precise... bit insulting.

you never know, I always assume the best of ponies x3

Quote from: Little Judas on 2012 Sep 19, 12:16:55

Quote from: The Wandering Magus on 2012 Sep 19, 11:46:22

Quote from: Insanity Over Ice on 2012 Sep 18, 20:13:54
lol

well it would be best, don't you think? ...

I don't know Magus, it seems like she's mocking the topic, my topic to be more precise... bit insulting.

I'm not mocking. I was laughing at the comments. :(

everyone play nice.....

Quote from: Insanity Over Ice on 2012 Sep 19, 20:55:14

Quote from: Little Judas on 2012 Sep 19, 12:16:55

Quote from: The Wandering Magus on 2012 Sep 19, 11:46:22

Quote from: Insanity Over Ice on 2012 Sep 18, 20:13:54
lol

well it would be best, don't you think? ...

I don't know Magus, it seems like she's mocking the topic, my topic to be more precise... bit insulting.

I'm not mocking. I was laughing at the comments. :(

It's quite all right, you shouldn't take everything so serious, at least not what I say...

Its fish....
SEAPONIES!
HHAHAHAHAHAHA! :I

what is seaponies?