Technology Level [Rainbow Dash]
Lately there’s been a bit of confusion about the technology level in Equestria. As a whole, we’re not going to put a lot of stops on things. This is mostly because a lot of the more modern things that you’ll find in Equestria that replicate modern conveniences are made with magic. Electricity itself is not a common convenience, and places that DO have electricity, like Twilight’s library, get them straight from the big source - Lightning.
Common conveniences mostly work off of magic. Fridges, ovens, stuff like that, are magic based or more old fashioned and run off of gas, wood, etc. There are no microwaves, no TVs. There’s not even a cinema (Hah! Gotta entertain ourselves!). There’s radio, but CD’s and even cassettes don’t exist yet. Equestria’s music still comes by way of vinyl or from the source. Modern day computers are something that can’t even be comprehended. Equestria computers are room sized, and work off of punch cards for the most part. There are combustion engines, but they’re big, bulky, and for some reason primarily used for chocolate fountains (Don’t ask).
But how do we have things like twitter? Ponies who have ‘signed up’ for twitter have a specially trained bird called a tweet bird. This little thing can be used to carry off little messages to others or receive messages from others. (And sometimes writes down more than what they should be! Pesky things!)
Of course, because things can be run by magic there can be a lot of room for leeway. If you’re unsure, just ask in OOC or contact someone through DMs first.
~Rainbow Dash
