Ponies are tiny horses. (Colorful magical ones in this case). Thus, they have hooves.

How does hooves hold and manipulate objects? (Nevermind instances where pegasi manipulate things with their wings and earth ponies seem to manipulate things with their.. manes and tail, apparently Pinkie Pie picked up a few pointers from the Mane-iac)

Most authors say magic. Less edumecated ones say "magnets". But most objects are not ferrous. So that was never a satisfactory answer.

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Did you know that the Thumb-up and Thumb-down buttons (👍👎) are toggles?

The first time you click a Thumb button, it turns on, incrementing the number of votes for the story. The Thumb-up turns green. The Thumb-down turns red. Click either a second time, it decrements the count and changes to black¹.

I'm telling you this so you understand that whatever vote you give to a story, you can always change it.

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It pains me to see a story where many different users have read it and thoroughly enjoyed it, only to have like 2% of them actually give it a rating. I am sure many of you have had this happen before, and if so, I am sorry to hear that. So in order to further prevent this, I just want to say one little thing.

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The last time I ate a Twinkie was a couple of years ago (I don't know exactly when 🤷). Both the sponge cake and the cream are unbearably sweet for my taste buds. I'd rather enjoy other Hostess products such as their powdered Donettes and triple chocolate brownies.

For those who can't handle snacks that are too sweet, I don't recommend them. For those who can tolerate that certain level of sweetness, by all means, give them a try.

I hurt myself again. Doctor says it's called gamer's thumb so I have referral to see an orthopedic surgeon to see just how bad it is might need surgery. At least it's my left hand not my right.

Always grab a heavy bag with your hand not just your thumb!

Why do so few people actually comment? I have 12 thumbs up and six down on my latest story, and beyond that, I don't know what people think of it. Please, please comment on stories!

My fics may have many thumbs down and very few thumbs up; big flushy deal! (Some people just do it deliberately to spite me)

But if you think even if all those thumbs down are going to discourage me and get me to stop writing MY fics MY way... as if! It wouldn't matter if I got a million thumbs down and all the flame comments there are. Why should I stop?

-Just cuz some people tell me too
-Just cuz they post empty threats
-Just because they want it

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I've been writing for 10 years. I've been flamed, certainly. Sometimes, in hindsight, they were onto something; another author correctly pegged an early Yugioh fic of mine as "a self-insert with the author as his own Villain Sue," and it was. By comparison, folks here are usually pretty pleasant even when stating they didn't like something I wrote. The closest thing to a flame I've gotten here still wasn't really a flame, just a commenter being rather rude and vocal in their dislike of the

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Hi. If you're still paying attention to my apparently disappointing writing skill, thank you, and also, sorry.
I feel kind of like all that's happening lately is that my stories are collecting dislikes and negative attention.
Let me tell you a short story.
About nine months ago, I posted a terribly written story. Within a few days, it had two likes, and eight dislikes. One of those upvotes was from me, and I eventually took it down so I could rewrite it.

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So looking back at How to Date a Princess, I just noticed that it has actually exceeded one hundred thumbs up! So, YAY!

Isn't this what authors do? Usually write some sort of post to celebrate such an achievement? Yes? No? Don't care, doing it anyway

So thank you to everyone who has given my silly idea a thumbs up and I hope I can continue to deliver stories that make your day just that much better. Thank you for all your support. You rock