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There would be no hiding if you had a partial.Kitela wrote:I think a partial fursuit would be a lot more comfortable and affordable, but then again it would be more difficult to hide that I'm a furry.
It's kind of the same parallel as walking into Hot Topic wearing all stereotypical Areo, American Eagle, and Abercrombie wear. 
White Felt Paper, problem solved.Sleet wrote:I can't really get a partial, sadly, 'cause my fursona is usually naked.
Well Fursuiting seems to be another level of the fandom, probably there around the same level like cosplay. So you don't need to be in, or even like, a fursuit to be a furry.Sparky wrote:Hmm... well in the sense that I can appreciate the art, yes. But the whole suit thing, no. Not something I've ever really thought too heavily on.
Well Fursuiting seems to be another level of the fandom, probably there around the same level like cosplay. So you don't need to be in, or even like, a fursuit to be a furry.Sparky wrote:Hmm... well in the sense that I can appreciate the art, yes. But the whole suit thing, no. Not something I've ever really thought too heavily on.
Well our definitions of being furry is not that much different. For me, from what I've learned, a furry is simply anyone who can appreciate the art or thought of anthropomorphic animals - fur, scale or skin alike.Chrispy wrote:I am a furry by my own personal definition, but I'm not sure I would meet others definitions >.>
I enjoy the fandom and the art, and many other things about the fandom, however I don't really consider myself part animal/have the spirit of an animal or creature other than human. I don't wear a fursuit, have a fursona, or go to cons either. I have no problem with those who do, but it's not really my thing. in fact, this is really the most "furry" forum that I've been a part of!
Nothing wrong with that, I used to consider myself a net-furry (furry only in the internet) until some time ago. Then I realized how ironic that is.Sparky wrote:Good point. From that perspective, i would say yes then if only a bit if that makes sense.
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It depends on how you want to define being a furry. There are furs that JUST like anthropomorphic art etc., and that's it.legendario13 wrote:I like wolves and fluffly stuffs and the art of course would that count as been furry? (i just voted 'NO'
Well, I don't want to say someone is furry just because they like fluffy stuffs...legendario13 wrote:I like wolves and fluffly stuffs and the art of course would that count as been furry? (i just voted 'NO'
) i will think it over a good night of sleep....
= w=. . .Sleet wrote:Being a furry isn't nearly as specific as some think!
Just like Southpaw is a Boxing stance.Sleet wrote:Oh, by the way, fursuiting is the same level as cosplaying because fursuiting is cosplaying. You're just cosplaying as your own personal character usually.
i know what you mean.... It's something that usualy happens with most of people, dont know why.Private Elliot wrote:I know what I'm thinking is what probably most furries don't do in those suits, but whenever someone says fursuit, I think of it.
Can't really say here.
But anyways, I guess partial suits (with, say, just a tail with ears or without) would be somewhat cute, but that would depend on who it is on.
To refer to something someone in the furry community once said. . .legendario13 wrote:i know what you mean.... It's something that usualy happens with most of people, dont know why.Private Elliot wrote:I know what I'm thinking is what probably most furries don't do in those suits, but whenever someone says fursuit, I think of it.
Can't really say here.
But anyways, I guess partial suits (with, say, just a tail with ears or without) would be somewhat cute, but that would depend on who it is on.
Is like if the people relates fursuiting = perverted people or .... you know.
(there was i time when that happened to me too)
Oooorrr they are a perverts that think wrong of people who fursuits.
(great now i became confused by my own statement,im a pervert?)
More researching is required.......
It's just like a title you can wear proudly or hide in the back of the closet. You don't need to be a furry to be welcome here so don't you worry. o w~ blegendario13 wrote:(by the way. i dont think im a furry, i like anthropomorphic art and things like that but, i just dont consider myself a furry [at least not yet]).
Dang! this is difficult.
What mindset are you talking about. I can think of 5 that you might be asking but 3 of them I can't even type here. o 3o. . .legendario13 wrote:Thank you guys, always understanding!
And about that.
(i know that sometimes i can be annoying but)
I really want to know where this thing started, this way of thinking.
is a social stigma? is an unconsious reaction?
Why this happens, collective unconcious? or tragic past events warnigs?
psychiatrist mode ACTIVATED.
Wanderer wrote:Do not become a furry just because you like this comic. You are not required to do anything.
I really hope this doesn't mean what I think it means. Because it sounds an awful lot like you're trying to negatively stereotype furries.Wanderer wrote:Just because you consider yourself to be a furry does not mean you have to follow all their antics.
The poll question is "Do you consider yourself a furry?" specifically for that reason.Seth wrote:Furry is a pretty broad definition you could fit almost anyone under it, it really just comes down to if you're comfortable identifying yourself as one.
Buy a Fox tee and some white trackpants nobody will know the differenceSleet wrote:I can't really get a partial, sadly, 'cause my fursona is usually naked.
Ahh yes, that line of thought.legendario13 wrote:@hypergenesis... and everybody in general :
I just want to know why some people (because is not all) feels or thinks of
furries as weird people, or relates them to (i dont know if is appropiate, so if its not, erase it please) --->sexual activities or weird philias.
And looking trougth the internet (the knoledge is dangerous sometimes) i found on youtube a video of G4 about furries.
It seem to be everything 'ok' until they started to talk about /\ that, and showing graphical (really graphical!) pictures and explaning how the furries werent atracted to /\ that! that only some of them and Etc Etc..
I was like "who did ask you for that!
THANK YOU! THANK YOU A LOT FOR LEAVING A NICE IMPRESSION OF FURRIES! *%$&/&%$&!
From what i understand, those things are quite expensive as well. Can't really see someone paying lots of money for something like that then ruining it.(betting they're near impossible to wash so need to be careful)Sleet wrote:We love furries and non-furries alike!
Also, people who abuse fursuits are actually extremely rare. Those costumes are not practical for that kind of thing.
I was talking about paying outside right after the rain, what were you guys talking about? Best to not ask maybe.Sleet wrote:Alright, let's get off that topic before it goes too far. XP
Yes, what you said is right. A good but unremarkable fursuit will run between 1000 and 1500 US dollars, and they're very difficult to clean. So fursuiters tend to be protective of them.
No, its ok, i think that would summarize a quite well scenario.Hypergenesis wrote:Well I myself don't know how it started, but if you will look at the situation, it's basically just like ANY misconception about a certain community.
So let's trace it back to its theoretical roots.
1) A (or a group of ) furry person(s) does something bizarre.
2) Said individual(s) shared the ( results of ) action with their friends.
3) One from said friends spreads the word ( from amazement, disgust or whatever feeling one may have to induce an urge to spread )
4) Action, being weird or unique in nature, catches the eye of some.
5) Further spreading.
6) Eventually rumor reaches a "sensitive" individual.
7) "Sensitive" individual shares with other "sensitive" friends.
8) Society moves with respect to how "sensitive" group reacts to the action.
And basically that's how it goes. People over-react to one case and quickly generalize it to the population because it's very "memorable".
and so I go to spoilers as well, Just as with the 9/11 case, there were a lot of opposition towards the other ethnicity despite them not all of them being the same.. That's "basically" it.
(( Other's may add in more detail if possible, I'm in a bit of a rush at the time of this posting. ))
yeah, about that... it may be my faultSparky wrote:I was talking about paying outside right after the rain, what were you guys talking about? Best to not ask maybe.
..... i think 
I've found that in any group there are "normal" ones and there are the few stereotypes that catch most of the attention and unfortunately tend to define a group in the eyes of the public. Knowing that, I try to keep an open mind and judge only in individual character than on group perception. There are good sides as well as bad no matter what group or way of thinking furry or otherwise.Sleet wrote:The more furries out there who are normal, pleasant people, the harder it is to stereotype us as anything else.
