The Furry Fandom - What do you think?
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Just enjoy the media you want to enjoy. The world* hates furries because they call themselves furries and make a big deal about it.Guest
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I don't really see that so far. if people start acting like faggots about it in either direction then you know what to do.
p.s. no one outside of /b/ or /b/ wannabes hates on furries indiscriminately. it's based entirely on how annoying they make themselves, same as with any other sort of person. you had a furry avatar for the longest time, but no one started a lynch mob.
I'm way angrier at Aepriz for being into terrible screamo than I care about you being a furry. I'm pretty sure that's the case for most of the internet too. it's just a nonissue until you start stuffing it in people's faces.
p.s. no one outside of /b/ or /b/ wannabes hates on furries indiscriminately. it's based entirely on how annoying they make themselves, same as with any other sort of person. you had a furry avatar for the longest time, but no one started a lynch mob.
I'm way angrier at Aepriz for being into terrible screamo than I care about you being a furry. I'm pretty sure that's the case for most of the internet too. it's just a nonissue until you start stuffing it in people's faces.
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Commodore Whynot":2hw8r7f1 said:
I thought it was people pretending to be animals fucking people pretending to be animals. :|
One could, perhaps, argue that "Furry" and what it means to each individual in the subculture is specific (from what I gather such as leaning towards a certain species or critter) enough, and draws similar emotive feelings to actually be placed on the same level as a Trekkie, or Sher-flock-ians.
But I wouldn't: I'm a proud Sherflockian (and have been called a Trekkie) and don't want to feel sullied with a similar brush.
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Then maybe you should just leave the thread, Arb. :p It might not be the best Symposium discussion ever, but locking it because of your problems is hardly fair. Regardless, we're getting off-topic.
I treat furries like I treat anyone else: politely until you start being an annoying twat. What you fantasize about when you jerk off is your business, not mine, and I don't see why I should give a shit unless you start shoving it in my face. I find it a little weird, but just because it's not for me doesn't mean I'm going to be an ass about it.
That said, I find furry art and furry characters very difficult to take seriously. There are reasons for this, but I'm too lazy to elaborate at the moment.
I treat furries like I treat anyone else: politely until you start being an annoying twat. What you fantasize about when you jerk off is your business, not mine, and I don't see why I should give a shit unless you start shoving it in my face. I find it a little weird, but just because it's not for me doesn't mean I'm going to be an ass about it.
That said, I find furry art and furry characters very difficult to take seriously. There are reasons for this, but I'm too lazy to elaborate at the moment.
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Fine, but they haven't, so let's leave it alone until they do? :p
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*Pulls pants down and lays a nice hot steamy log on the thread*
That better ?
Okay on a serious note...
I don't like Furries, I think what they do is weird, and it disgusts me... maybe you're not an extreme furry, but either way, you'll still get associated with them because of the stereotypes, so maybe it's best not to say it as if you're proud or whatever...
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Okay on a serious note...
I don't like Furries, I think what they do is weird, and it disgusts me... maybe you're not an extreme furry, but either way, you'll still get associated with them because of the stereotypes, so maybe it's best not to say it as if you're proud or whatever...
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I was always under the impression a "furry" was somebody with a somewhat higher-than-average interest in anthropomorphic animals. You have your sick fucks, of course, but I'm fairly certain they're not a minority and you get those guys everywhere. It's just that they seem to congregate in the furry fandom.
I mean, I think anthro characters are cool and all. I see nothing wrong with liking them and making art and so forth. I think Peri hit the nail on the head-I don't have a problem with them until they start becomign annoying.
Also, some tend to take themselves too seriously. It's an interest, not a way of life, for crying out loud. mawk's already pointed this out but it doesn't make up your identity or who you are-if it does then you have some problems you have to work out.
I mean, I think anthro characters are cool and all. I see nothing wrong with liking them and making art and so forth. I think Peri hit the nail on the head-I don't have a problem with them until they start becomign annoying.
Also, some tend to take themselves too seriously. It's an interest, not a way of life, for crying out loud. mawk's already pointed this out but it doesn't make up your identity or who you are-if it does then you have some problems you have to work out.
First of all, I think Zackwell was fine when he was posting in this thread. He wasn't screaming "I'M A FURRY LOVE ME" or anything. He wants to have an actual discussion about this and it's very difficult when people keep yelling at him and the subject for no reason. Why do people feel the need to fuck up a genuine discussion thread? You can state your opinion without insulting someone. Apologies for that, but it's happened to me a few times and it sucks. So please, don't post if you aren't going to contribute to the discussion.
In my opinion, furries aren't any different from anyone else. It's the individuals that matter. Saying "All furries are ___" is stereotyping on a large scale. It's completely someone's business what they're interested in, and the only reason it should be annoying is when the person is annoying. Honestly, I can't get into the details here because it's not something I've looked into, but it's the same as any other interest. And, like other things, you're going to have people who are messed up get involved and use it as an excuse to be messed up.
Honestly, I can see why furries are interested in the animal-human relationships on some level. Not relationships in terms of sex, by the way. We're animals ourselves. We're advanced, but we're still animals, and a part of us is still primal and instinctive. And what can release that part of themselves? Other animals. Society is so bent on making everyone perfect little angels that it forgets that we're still animals on some level, so it's only natural people are trying to find a place to release their animal side. If they want to try to become animals to do that, then it's their business. It's their money and their bodies. I don't see why some people are so against furries because it's not affecting them.
In my opinion, furries aren't any different from anyone else. It's the individuals that matter. Saying "All furries are ___" is stereotyping on a large scale. It's completely someone's business what they're interested in, and the only reason it should be annoying is when the person is annoying. Honestly, I can't get into the details here because it's not something I've looked into, but it's the same as any other interest. And, like other things, you're going to have people who are messed up get involved and use it as an excuse to be messed up.
Honestly, I can see why furries are interested in the animal-human relationships on some level. Not relationships in terms of sex, by the way. We're animals ourselves. We're advanced, but we're still animals, and a part of us is still primal and instinctive. And what can release that part of themselves? Other animals. Society is so bent on making everyone perfect little angels that it forgets that we're still animals on some level, so it's only natural people are trying to find a place to release their animal side. If they want to try to become animals to do that, then it's their business. It's their money and their bodies. I don't see why some people are so against furries because it's not affecting them.
if being a furry is about releasing one's inner animal, why do fursonas almost invariably dress in human clothes, walk on two legs, and behave otherwise identically to societally normal human beings, albeit in a world where everyone has fur? it seems a little strange that a fantasy world which you profess is an escape from society would mimic it so perfectly.
also, chill out with the mother-bear stuff. we're all adults here, and even if some things have been a bit abrasive, it's far better than what anyone expected. I don't see why you're so against this because it's not affecting you.
besides, either you're speaking in particularly angry apostrophe or in your rush to insert yourself into the conflict as a peacekeeper, you ignored the majority of the discussion taking place and the fact that not a lot of what you're saying is actually going on here.
also, chill out with the mother-bear stuff. we're all adults here, and even if some things have been a bit abrasive, it's far better than what anyone expected. I don't see why you're so against this because it's not affecting you.
besides, either you're speaking in particularly angry apostrophe or in your rush to insert yourself into the conflict as a peacekeeper, you ignored the majority of the discussion taking place and the fact that not a lot of what you're saying is actually going on here.
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I don't see anything wrong with it. It's just another kind of role-play. Remember when Dungeons and Dragons was synonymous with devil worship? Some kid committed suicide, and everyone blamed the game. When stories of Priests molesting boys started, it was like every priest was doing it. I think most people don't even form their own opinions, they just go with what everyone else is saying. It's like a joke to bash furries now because everyone is doing it.
There was that CSI episode about furries that made it look so bizarre that people who have never even heard of furries before have now based their opinions around that.
I always thought of furries as people who created an identity for themselves. I think it's cool to see a circle of artists that have created their own characters and then create stories and scenes with other people's characters.
Then you got people who take it to a spiritual level. Like finding a totem/animal sprite that represents themselves. This is like people who obsess with horoscopes personalities or blood types . New Age people. I'm not going to get into other people's belief systems.
I have a hard time believing most furries are turned on by animals. They are basically animal heads on a human body. I'm sure they are attracted to the human part. There's porn of everything now. And all that gross stuff like vore and scat existed before the furry fandom. I'll never understand people who are turned on by feet or water sports.
There was that CSI episode about furries that made it look so bizarre that people who have never even heard of furries before have now based their opinions around that.
I always thought of furries as people who created an identity for themselves. I think it's cool to see a circle of artists that have created their own characters and then create stories and scenes with other people's characters.
Then you got people who take it to a spiritual level. Like finding a totem/animal sprite that represents themselves. This is like people who obsess with horoscopes personalities or blood types . New Age people. I'm not going to get into other people's belief systems.
I have a hard time believing most furries are turned on by animals. They are basically animal heads on a human body. I'm sure they are attracted to the human part. There's porn of everything now. And all that gross stuff like vore and scat existed before the furry fandom. I'll never understand people who are turned on by feet or water sports.
the totemic spiritual people are entirely separate from the furries. you're describing "otherkin" (which is the lamest name ever,) who actually believe themselves to have the souls of animals (fictional or otherwise) and to be trapped in a human body. furries are not anything spiritual. they're just about the roleplaying.
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