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I first saw the show in early February. I was over at my grandparents' house for a birthday, and my older sister eagerly brought up MLPFiM after the presents were opened and the cake had been eaten. She told us she took out her laptop and loaded some episodes on YouTube when she dropped by our house, and she was going to make sure at least one person watched them before leaving because she, like everyone around her, was going crazy over how the show is actually good. I agreed to watch, since I'd been awake for over 30 hours and I was getting silly. We watched the pilot episodes, though I wasn't really paying much attention due to lack of sleep and the presence of ponies. It didn't immediately get me interested in the show, but I told some online friends to watch it and I tried to rewatch it with one of them via SynchTube. (Sadly, he couldn't handle the poniness and left after about three minutes, so I didn't keep watching. He's a fan now though.)

About a week later, I noticed a friend had favorited "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic provides a realistic representation of life in Ponyville". I brought it up briefly the next time I talked to him. I was getting more interested. After catching more glimpses on various websites (especially SynchTube, which was suddenly being used by other people) and being prodded by my sister, I gave it another shot. I watched the first four episodes and decided the show was worth watching through. After ten, I thought the show was amazing, and I started making an effort to get others into the show. I caught up at somewhere around episode 16. I've been completely obsessed since then, and I think it's the best new western cartoon in six years.

First of all I gotta say I remember old generations of MLP airing on TV. That show was a trauma. Seriously, it was one of the worst cartoon shows - if not THE worst - that were ever created.
Somewhere in January I was browsing a forum dedicated to some internet comic strips and there was this thread "My Little Pony Friendshi is Magic". What the hell I thought clicking the link... and then I saw them. Those actually cute and well drawn ponies. That second I already knew it's not the same show. I went to 4chan for more info, saw some more screenshots and decided to give it a try. When I caught up it was Call of the Cutie airing.
Then I found out about Equestria Daily and started visiting it regularly, then some groups on Facebook, browsing pony threads on /co/ and /b/...
And then, around March/April I went to Ponychan, to /chat/ to be exact. And it was awesome, within a week I became a regular of the board and one of the most active regulars of "How Are You?" chainthread. It was that time when Ponychan was actually the place where all the people - bronies or not - came to talk about their problems and be listened to, it was the place of true bronyism... and then suddenly /chat/ was merged with /oat/ and everything was destroyed. But even if it's dead right now, I think it was Ponychan and all those people who showed me what it actually means to be a brony.

August 10, 2011: I checked what's new on YouTube and found that my subscription to the Know Your Meme channel had a new video (this one). And one of my friends on YouTube had liked the same day a PMV (this one), so my interest was sparked... but I still not started immediately to watch the show. A few days later I talked with one of my friends about various topics, and he mentioned that he watches the show and he really likes it. So I started the same evening watching the show, and got hooked instantly.

Had a housemate mention it to me. At first, I was skeptical and thought he was a little bit crazier than I already knew he was. But then my other housemate accepted it, and I got intrigued. Decided to look it up, found out Lauren Faust was involved and, as a fan of PPG and Foster's, I thought I'd give it a try.

But I thought I'd see how far I could push my housemate before he gave up. He didn't. Eventually I got bored and watched the first episode with him, which was pretty good. It pretty much spiraled out of control from there and now I'm here.

...and that's how Equestria was made.

I saw a lot of people with FIM avatars on sites I went to and knew a lot of guys liked the show. I started watching cause I wanted to know what the hype was about, pretty much. :) I haven't paid attention to MLP since I was a kid and watched the movie a lot on VHS and had a few of the original pony figures. But I got stuck on FIM more.

I have a Rainbow Dash sticker on my work nametag and I hope one day a customer will comment on it. XD

PS: I'm not sure if girls are considered bronys or not o.0 but this is how I started watching the show.

saw psg fanart with ponies
wondered about ponies
watched ponies
loved