Small references really shouldn't hurt anyone. If it were, say, flooding a thread with pony pictures and whatnot, I'd understand. But it isn't.Awesomeguy147 wrote:Both sides are to blame actually. The pony side, for putting it LITERALLY EVERYWHERE (even if it is small references a lot of the time), and the other side that doesn't like ponies for...... existing alongside the pony side (because that side would get annoyed with all the ponies, and thus cause a flame war).
The people who are overreacting are the ones that cause the derailment most of the time because they feel like their "comfort zone" has been penetrated. Those people need to get over themselves.