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@FeatherTrap  
Innate, same way humans are inclined one way or the other, and thus subject to development in same manner, and also interpretation (Rarity isn’t a gem miner, Rarity is a fashion designer). MMC and CMC’s cutie marks are bullshit, you can’t bruteforce your cutie mark to be something you’re not actually good at like “being a cutie mark crusader” and it doesn’t indicate your “destiny”, merely things you’re going to be really good at.
 
Incidentally MMC would be a much better story if, instead of shoehorned “hurr durr desteenee pony with this cutie mark must always do the same career the one it belonged to originally did”, it would’ve reinterpreted the cutie marks, with the M5 being both good and happy at whatever “new” (relative to Twilight’s memories) things they do, and remembering it as the way it always was and hence doubting and resisting Twilight, and her having to persuade her friends and decide overall if it’s worth going back.

@FeatherTrap  
Then go wild.

@FeatherTrap  
I took it as pre-deterministic. And they seem to have a compulsion to do what the universe decided they would do.

@FeatherTrap  
I always thought it was something they developed not specifically chosen for them

@Officer Hotpants  
If you’re asking about my OC specifically-since that was what caused me to think about this in the first place…nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnno. :/
 
If you mean generally speaking, what do you mean? Are you referring to the Princesses?
 
Oh yes, let me edit that part in, gimmie a sec.

@FeatherTrap  
Depends. Are they the subject of thousand-year-old magical prophecy bullshit?

I was making an AU design for my OC to be more like a cowboy, and it raised a question in my mind. A question that I would like to ask the Think Tank here on PB-  
Okay, I know that’s quite the term there, but it’s more polite then “Screeching Autistic Horse-Cloppers”, so I’m going with that.
 
The question is this: In an AU, if the circumstances surrounding a pony’s life and upbringing change, the conditions that make them develop their personality and outlook on life, the skills they have at their disposal, everything. Does it make sense for their Cutie Mark to be different?
 
The Cutie Mark is supposed to be a symbolic representation of a pony’s special talent, that manifests on their body. We know that it’s inherently magical in nature, not a natural part of their biology. This is evidenced by the fact that Cutie Marks can be “taken”, either by magic suited to the task (Starlight’s Wand of Communism) or by simply draining ponies of their natural magic (Tirek giving the SUCC).
 
On the flip side, we know that the Cutie Pox can “give” marks and special talents, albeit in an uncontrollable and unfavourable fashion. This would imply that a pony’s special talent is in some way a sort of natural, subconscious magic. It comes to them as instinctively as breathing.
 
ADDTIONAL NOTE: Okay, Officer Hotpants here just reminded me of something else: Cutie Marks can be swapped under certain conditions. We all know the episode where Starlight managed to swap Celestia’s and Luna’s marks, and in doing so they seemingly lost their own powers and dominions over their own respective celestial entities whilst gaining that of the other. Further evidence for Special Talents being natural pony magic, rather then a biological component.
 
So that’s the point I’m wondering about: Is a pony’s special talent something innate, or something they develop?

If someone commits a murder and then has their memory of the event wiped, can you rightly punish them and to what extent?

Milk.

See what acres looks like in royal guard armor

@Acres  
What a coincidence. I was just admiring some old clothes from the 20s.

Reviving dead threads

I don’t see the reason for hating higher education.
 
Is it a scam? Maybe. However for the job I wanted required a 4 year degree and got me the job I always wanted.
 
I’m sure just as many people go to college and don’t get a job in their field. That sucks but it’s not the college’s fault you chose a degree in a saturated market.
 
Is it expensive? Fuck yeah it is. I worked at Walmart in off time and did homework on my lunch break. After 4 years, My student loan was 450 a month. It was hard starting off, but now I don’t even have debt anymore. As per my job, my loans were forgiven and now I can live very comfortably.
 
Am I lucky one? If you want to put me into a group, yeah. I still don’t understand the hate.
 
This is gonna be an unpopular opinion.

@Acres  
Your one of a lucky few.

I had a great time at college.

@Havoc  
I meant I want to see How to Train Your Dragon the way they see it.

@Dex Stewart  
I don’t know it’s name. I didn’t care enough to let it’s take up space in my brain. And it was one film. Just one.

@Havoc  
I want to see the versions of these films and things the PC crowd sees.

@Officer Hotpants  
I did go to one very briefly. Left after they had us watch a “info” movie that claimed JESUS CHRIST was meant to be an  
anti-role model for men and that How to Train Your Dragon promoted toxic masculinity.

@Havoc  
The state colleges are in these days, you’d have a hard time backing that “smart” claim if you had.

@Havoc  
You are a smart kid who will go places. A wise man once said: never remember something that’s written down.

@Humble Oriathan  
I was smart. I just didn’t go to college at all. Fuck that mess.

I should’ve just gone to trade school and became a welder or something useful. Why did I fuck around and accumulate over $60k in student debt trying to chase a STEM education? Wanna become a zoologist? Ok, here’s 3 levels of chemistry and physics you’ll never remember because it has to do fuck all with what the career you’re chasing. Good luck, fucker!

@Officer Hotpants  
tbh if I ever do leave, it’ll be out of nowhere.