"Oh, but they are special, in their own way." Rarity added. "They're physically much stronger than the others, and are much more attuned to the earth, so they mostly become farmers, but many are great artists. We Unicorns like to pride ourselves on being the ones who sophisticated the world, but in the last century the Earth ponies have pulled ahead, and now the vast majority of famous artists, designers, and inventors are all Earth ponies." 