Housepets!

Posted: **Wed Jun 12, 2013 2:58 pm**

Sleet wrote:Correct. Furries do not need fursonas. Many do, but it's not a requirement. You just gotta like anthropomorphic animals.

My name's Rico and I'm a furry.

Actually, could I go into the semi-furry subgroup with Brent?

Posted: **Wed Jun 12, 2013 4:11 pm**

We need to make a sig banner indicating the person, with said sig banner, is a semi-furry

Posted: **Wed Jun 12, 2013 4:17 pm**

What if you're squamous and rugose?

Posted: **Wed Jun 12, 2013 5:21 pm**

did this test and these were my results
http://helloquizzy.okcupid.com/tests/ho ... ry-are-you
Your result for How much of a furry are you? ...
30% Fandom, 31% Lifestyle and 52% Knowledge!

Posted: **Wed Jun 12, 2013 5:35 pm**

Cool quiz zero. I'm a bit suprised though as my results were higher than expected, but not far from the peer average.

77% Fandom, 64% Lifestyle and 81% Knowledge!

Posted: **Wed Jun 12, 2013 5:50 pm**

36% Fandom, 36% Lifestyle and 71% Knowledge!

so probably not furry, people probably don't think I am, and I know a lot about the fandom.

Posted: **Wed Jun 12, 2013 6:04 pm**

My results were pretty similar to Brent. But some of the questions didn't have answers that were the right choices for me. I just kinda had to pick the closest I could.

Posted: **Wed Jun 12, 2013 6:54 pm**

69% Fandom, 64% Lifestyle and 76% Knowledge , cool !
nothing surprising about the first 2 , but it's nice to see I actually that much of a furry , not too extreme , not too lacking , the 76% part kind unexpected though , I'm not sure I know that much about furry fandom ^^"
but still , nice quiz zero <3

Posted: **Wed Jun 12, 2013 7:31 pm**

I can't answer that quiz, too many questions that have no good answers.

Posted: **Wed Jun 12, 2013 8:23 pm**

Lesse here...

Fandom: 59% Lifestyle: 52%. Knowledge: 67%

I'm in the middle-ish zone ^_^ Interesting quiz there zero.

One of the answers on the quiz caught my eye though. It said something about multi fursonas. So... Is it common for people to have multiples? Or is usually frowned upon?
I apologize if this topic has been brought up in past pages.

Posted: **Wed Jun 12, 2013 9:07 pm**

Well mine were: 79% Fandom, 68% Lifestyle and 74% Knowledge.

Posted: **Thu Jun 13, 2013 12:35 am**

Oh wow that test. Did I post it here earlier or is it a cool coincidence that you found it?

Posted: **Thu Jun 13, 2013 1:52 am**

64% Fandom, 58% Lifestyle and 60% Knowledge, slightly below mean in all three categories.

It's a quite interesting survey. XD

Posted: **Thu Jun 13, 2013 4:20 am**

Quiz wrote:66% Fandom, 57% Lifestyle, and 76% Knowledge

Posted: **Thu Jun 13, 2013 5:32 am**

Hmm, interesting quiz, indeed...
Got 31 in Fandom, 29 in Lifestyle and 71 in Knowledge. I can question the third one slightly

Posted: **Thu Jun 13, 2013 7:25 am**

Sleet wrote:Oh wow that test. Did I post it here earlier or is it a cool coincidence that you found it?

I just googled are you a furry (test) and that's what I got on the first page of the search results

Posted: **Thu Jun 13, 2013 9:11 am**

57%fandom 43%lifestyle 67%knowledge. Seems about right. I've always kinda been furry-lite. Which is about as into it as I wanna get.

Posted: **Thu Jun 13, 2013 9:17 am**

I feel conflicted

I wouldn't say I'm that into it (I'd feel uncomfortable at conventions unless I knew people there) and yet I got the highest score here so far.

I'm going to stick to my self proclamation of semi-furry or furry-lite.

Posted: **Thu Jun 13, 2013 10:37 am**

zero wrote:
Sleet wrote:Oh wow that test. Did I post it here earlier or is it a cool coincidence that you found it?
I just googled are you a furry (test) and that's what I got on the first page of the search results

Oh cool. I actually was the one who made that quiz years ago. Small world!

Posted: **Thu Jun 13, 2013 12:31 pm**

Don't worry, I'm 84/75/74. I got everyone beat.

Posted: **Thu Jun 13, 2013 12:42 pm**

You're so furry! *fluffs your massive tail*

Posted: **Thu Jun 13, 2013 1:50 pm**

That's better, I feel a bit more comfortable now *sighs in relief*

Sleet wrote:I actually was the one who made that quiz years ago.

Well done on the quiz! It's very well written and I really like the depth of the feedback at the end.

Posted: **Thu Jun 13, 2013 2:24 pm**

Sleet wrote:
zero wrote:
Sleet wrote:Oh wow that test. Did I post it here earlier or is it a cool coincidence that you found it?
I just googled are you a furry (test) and that's what I got on the first page of the search results
Oh cool. I actually was the one who made that quiz years ago. Small world!

Wow, you made that quiz? Nice, Sleet!

63% Fandom, 61% Lifestyle and 62% Knowledge

Hmmm.... don't know what it really means for me but, eh, ok.

Posted: **Thu Jun 13, 2013 3:12 pm**

Alright. intersting survey

35% Fandom, 37% Lifestyle and 55% Knowledge

Posted: **Thu Jun 13, 2013 3:51 pm**

Dang, stupid school computers won't let me do the quiz I:(

Argent wrote:What if you're squamous and rugose?

What, I'm confused(is that Spanish?)

Posted: **Thu Jun 13, 2013 4:01 pm**

A quick Google search shows that squamous is basically a cancer cell (skin to be exact), and rugose is an extinct coral.

Posted: **Thu Jun 13, 2013 5:43 pm**

Okay, I've done the test:

49% Fandom, 41% Lifestyle and 57% Knowledge

Okay, I have a pretty good idea as to where I stand on this spectrum, but can someone explain this in more detail?

Posted: **Thu Jun 13, 2013 6:12 pm**

I thought the quiz was pretty clear... but if you need more information, you should ask Sleet, since she made it...

Posted: **Thu Jun 13, 2013 6:55 pm**

JeffCvt wrote:A quick Google search shows that squamous is basically a cancer cell (skin to be exact), and rugose is an extinct coral.

Squamous means "scaly". Squamous cells are the penultimate layer of your skin cells, the ones that produce the layer of dead cells that protect your skin from drying out. They're called "squamous" because under a microscope they look like little scales. Because they grow rapidly to keep your skin from wearing away they are prone to cancer.

Rugose means "wrinkled". Brain corals, hairless cats, and cane toads are rugose.

The other literary HP, H. P. Lovecraft, was fond of purple prose and obscure adjectives. Sesquipedalian modifiers like "squamous", "rugose", "ichorous", and "crepuscular" flew trippingly from his haunted pen, and while I am not sure that he simultaneously described any specific macabre denizen as both "squamous" and "rugose", this combination of words has become synonymous with Lovecraftian parody, such as this delightful example from the wonderful "Making Light" blog: http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/ar ... 09290.html

I will add that I do host an animal under my roof that is, in fact, simultaneously squamous and rugose. She is also carnivous and unfortunately bad tempered so must be handled with care.

Posted: **Thu Jun 13, 2013 9:14 pm**

Argent wrote:I will add that I do host an animal under my roof that is, in fact, simultaneously squamous and rugose. She is also carnivous and unfortunately bad tempered so must be handled with care.

And what, or who, might this creature be?

Posted: **Fri Jun 14, 2013 8:57 am**

Silly Zealot wrote:
Argent wrote:I will add that I do host an animal under my roof that is, in fact, simultaneously squamous and rugose. She is also carnivous and unfortunately bad tempered so must be handled with care.
And what, or who, might this creature be?

A boa constrictor.

Posted: **Fri Jun 14, 2013 10:38 am**

rickgriffin wrote:Don't worry, I'm 84/75/74. I got everyone beat.

Well that's what happens when I have an "I have a famous furry webcomic" question.

Posted: **Fri Jun 14, 2013 11:04 am**

I'm sure without that question, Rick's score would still be as awesome

Sleet, as you were the one who made the test it would be unfair to ask what scores you received. However, if you were to fairly award yourself scores for Fandom, Lifestyle and Knowledge, what would you give yourself?

Posted: **Fri Jun 14, 2013 11:18 am**

Sleet wrote:
rickgriffin wrote:Don't worry, I'm 84/75/74. I got everyone beat.
Well that's what happens when I have an "I have a famous furry webcomic" question.

Housepets! is a furry comic?!? *explodes*

Was wondering what everyone was quoting, so i tried the test myself. I honestly thought I would have much more knowledge about it than the other two. Bah.

57% Fandom, 50% Lifestyle and 52% Knowledge!

kurowolfe wrote:Lately, I've been seeing my fursona as less so, and more as an avatar of sorts in the furry world. I created him in my image, but ultimately I'm me, and he's just how I represent myself in the community at large.

Just wanna put this here, I guess. I still identify strongly with the community, only in a different light now.

Never thought about the difference about a fursona and a avatar. I made the fursona with the intention that i do have some creativity and i just really like cats. I would feel like i'm shaming my mother if i thought, otherwise. =P

Posted: **Fri Jun 14, 2013 2:15 pm**

GameCobra wrote:Housepets! is a furry comic?!? *explodes*

You might want to get that looked at, it sounds painful

One interesting thing that I've noticed over the life of this thread is that people's perceptions of what 'furry' is, differs greatly. The media (e.g. that episode of CSI as already referenced somewhere here) seems to focus on the non-PG side of things. I'm sure being 'furry' goes deeper and I would consider most anthropomorphic comics 'furry', although I know others do not.

It's a shame that many places frown upon fur suits. Even wearing a mascot outfit is seen as weird here. I'm however still a bit confused about the whole fursona and avatar difference!

Posted: **Fri Jun 14, 2013 8:13 pm**

Rico wrote: The media (e.g. that episode of CSI as already referenced somewhere here) seems to focus on the non-PG side of things. I'm sure being 'furry' goes deeper and I would consider most anthropomorphic comics 'furry', although I know others do not.

Sadly the media will always focus more on the non PG side of any culture/ taboo. Simple Ignorance.

Posted: **Fri Jun 14, 2013 9:12 pm**

Unfortunately you're right Tatsuo. At the time the CSI episode was first aired I was ignorant enought myself to believe that being a furry was purely lust, driven by carnal desires. It wasn't until a year or two after, that I saw the true friendlier fluffier side

.

I'm not just picking on CSI, I was just really into the series at the time.

Posted: **Fri Jun 14, 2013 11:13 pm**

We don't really discuss the sexualized part of the fandom at all, this kind of thing led to a lot of furry threads being closed.

Posted: **Sat Jun 15, 2013 1:20 am**

Dissension wrote:We don't really discuss the sexualized part of the fandom at all, this kind of thing led to a lot of furry threads being closed.

No problem Mr, Mod.

Rico wrote: It's a shame that many places frown upon fur suits. Even wearing a mascot outfit is seen as weird here. I'm however still a bit confused about the whole fursona and avatar difference!

Well here in the states, at least in Oregon, football team mascots are highly rated. Each mascot has their own character and that's kinda how a fursona is to my understanding.

"Fursona refers to the character most Furries typically create to represent themselves.
Some Furries have multiple furrsonas, though many stick with just the one or a single primary one.
The fursona is typically made to represent what the person considers best about themselves, what they wish to be or as an alternative expression of what they consider their core self. There are of coarse other reasons but these tend to be the most common."
- Taken from a yahoo answer by Lost Cause.

Edit: a fursona can have multiple animals also.

Posted: **Sat Jun 15, 2013 2:48 am**

I've used the character of Argent since about 1983, but I don't like cutesy neologisms like "fursona".

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