Are You A Furry?

Malkus · Post by **Malkus** » Fri Mar 09, 2012 12:39 am

Inali wrote:
Sparky wrote:I wish you the best in it Inali. I like to think when approached right, people can be accepting with just about anything. Especially if they are a real friend to you.
Thanks, Sparky. I have a feeling that my friend will accept me being a furry. And who knows, she may think it's cool.

I long for the day when that happens.......

Of course, I've got to find someone to trust first.

legendario13 · Post by **legendario13** » Fri Mar 09, 2012 1:07 am

I didnt know that being a furry was such a big change.

I mean, (i know is kind of a cliche) just be yourself. Is what you are and what you like.

Plus, if you keep making it look like something extrange or weird, people will take it just like that.

Dont worry inali, just bring the topic casually.
If she shows to be intrested she will ask.

Kitela · Post by **Kitela** » Fri Mar 09, 2012 1:28 am

Well, Inali. If you think your friend would be interested in the furry fandom, than good luck to you.

The more I think about it, I think one of my friends would actually be interested in it as well. He's obsessed with anime and other types animation and every time I tell him I'm reading a comic he always wants in on it.

Foxstar · Post by **Foxstar** » Fri Mar 09, 2012 3:30 pm

Inali wrote:I'm thinking on telling this girl at work about me being a furry. She's a good friend, and I strongly believe that I can trust her not to go around telling people. The interesting thing about it is that she seems to have an interest in things like anime and such that have to do with animals, so she may take a liking to the fandom. I'll never know until I tell her, I guess.

Hope I don't chicken out like I did when I went to tell my friend Jeff... Perfect setting, perfect timing, etc., and I blew it.

It's really not such a big deal that you need to inform friends. It's like me telling people I watch birds.

Post by **Dissension** » Fri Mar 09, 2012 5:29 pm

The reaction would probably be akin to telling people I obsess over emergency vehicles and warning equipment.

Post by **Sleet** » Fri Mar 09, 2012 5:33 pm

It would probably be similar to if I told people that I destroy people's hopes, dreams and self esteem.

Wait what.

Alastair · Post by **Alastair** » Fri Mar 09, 2012 5:51 pm

Sleet wrote:It would probably be similar to if I told people that I destroy people's hopes, dreams and self esteem.

Wait what.

I thought you were a good person, Sleet.

The Grey Wolverine · Post by **The Grey Wolverine** » Mon Mar 26, 2012 10:27 pm

Soooooo guys, I commissioned a guy on FA, and I ended up with a free pic,
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/7654438/
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/7654346/
I like it myself.

Post by **Sleet** » Mon Mar 26, 2012 10:32 pm

Snazzy!

The Grey Wolverine · Post by **The Grey Wolverine** » Mon Mar 26, 2012 11:09 pm

No, SCIENCEY!

CR4CK3RW0LF · Post by **CR4CK3RW0LF** » Tue Mar 27, 2012 1:30 am

you know.. i think id be more surprised to find people who arent furry that like housepets.. :/

me? well since sonic, pokemon, digimon, starfox, and disney were a huge part of my life growing up.. id say my furriness is pretty justified. xD

for my OC's, ones a Wolf-Husky Hybrid named Wulfbang, and the other is a Hyena-Wolf Hybrid named Skoll (yeah i like wolves.. canines are where my loyalties lie!) both with some interesting stories that im just too muffins and cookies lazy to write out. T_T

im also an artist, but im my own worst critic and my procrastination levels are astounding so there isnt much in my gallery on DA.

Malkus · Post by **Malkus** » Tue Mar 27, 2012 11:50 pm

The Grey Wolverine wrote:Soooooo guys, I commissioned a guy on FA, and I ended up with a free pic,
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/7654438/
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/7654346/
I like it myself.

It looks something like my phenotype, except mine is brown currently with his summer coat.

Kitela · Post by **Kitela** » Wed Mar 28, 2012 12:06 am

The Grey Wolverine wrote:Soooooo guys, I commissioned a guy on FA, and I ended up with a free pic,
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/7654438/
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/7654346/
I like it myself.

Nice! I like it. x3

Oblivious Adobo · Post by **Oblivious Adobo** » Wed Mar 28, 2012 5:07 pm

No, I don't think I'm a furry.

Edit:Oh and I saw this a while back on TV. http://video.nationalgeographic.com/vid ... c-furries/

0404 · Post by **0404** » Fri Mar 30, 2012 10:35 pm

what is exact definition of Furry? or being a Furry?

Fri Mar 30, 2012 10:38 pm

we've gone over this before. It's got a wide range of definitions, and whether or not you are one is based on your definition.
some of the resident furries can give examples of said definitions.

The Grey Wolverine · Post by **The Grey Wolverine** » Fri Mar 30, 2012 10:46 pm

Oblivious Adobo wrote:Edit:Oh and I saw this a while back on TV. http://video.nationalgeographic.com/vid ... c-furries/

And this people, is what television does while bored to death.

legendario13 · Post by **legendario13** » Fri Mar 30, 2012 10:52 pm

WARNING: !! Endless search for definition ahead !!

Furry= you apreciate antro ART, and feels a possible conection with his animal part and... *no more data*

Fursuiter= *pretty explains itself*

Furry NOT necesary but possible ~ fursuiter

fursuiter = furry? *researching......*

-Invalid Or Insufficient Data-

Err... C:/logic unit !! "Dont respond" !!

Options: What do you think?

Fri Mar 30, 2012 10:53 pm

The Grey Wolverine wrote:
Oblivious Adobo wrote:Edit:Oh and I saw this a while back on TV. http://video.nationalgeographic.com/vid ... c-furries/
And this people, is what television does while bored to death.

My mom showed me that after I told her I hang out with you guys online.

media always chooses the weirder members of groups.

legendario13 · Post by **legendario13** » Fri Mar 30, 2012 10:59 pm

RandomGeekNamedBrent wrote:
The Grey Wolverine wrote:
Oblivious Adobo wrote:Edit:Oh and I saw this a while back on TV. http://video.nationalgeographic.com/vid ... c-furries/
And this people, is what television does while bored to death.
My mom showed me that after I told her I hang out with you guys online.

media always chooses the weirder members of groups.

well if they show the normal groups it wouldnt be interesting and they would lose lots of rating.

Dubiousity · Post by **Dubiousity** » Fri Mar 30, 2012 11:02 pm

Would it be appropriate to say that I'm in the middle of the road on this matter.

I think I'm a furry, but not to a degree most of you are, or seem to be.

MythicalRedFox · Post by **MythicalRedFox** » Fri Mar 30, 2012 11:04 pm

Based on my very vague definition, then I suppose, yes. As you probably inferred by my username, I am a red fox.

The Grey Wolverine · Post by **The Grey Wolverine** » Fri Mar 30, 2012 11:07 pm

RandomGeekNamedBrent wrote:
The Grey Wolverine wrote:
Oblivious Adobo wrote:Edit:Oh and I saw this a while back on TV. http://video.nationalgeographic.com/vid ... c-furries/
And this people, is what television does while bored to death.
My mom showed me that after I told her I hang out with you guys online.

media always chooses the weirder members of groups.

At least they didn't focus on the, seedier bits and pieces.

legendario13 · Post by **legendario13** » Fri Mar 30, 2012 11:17 pm

*Am i seeing things?*
weird behavior is nothing else but different to the mayority behavior

Think about this, lots of psicologist and psychiatrists started to study the mind because they wanted to know themselfs and their problems.
I dont know you, but for me it sounds like a crazy taking care of others.

(i want to be a psicologist now )

The Grey Wolverine · Post by **The Grey Wolverine** » Fri Mar 30, 2012 11:20 pm

I want to get my head checked, also I want to do a cover of friends on the other side
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZAY-78zhmw

KJOokami · Post by **KJOokami** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 12:38 am

I actually thought that second guy in the video seemed cool.

I'd be friends with him.

SirSlappy · Post by **SirSlappy** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 2:28 am

The Grey Wolverine wrote:
Oblivious Adobo wrote:Edit:Oh and I saw this a while back on TV. http://video.nationalgeographic.com/vid ... c-furries/
And this people, is what television does while bored to death.

I thought those guys looked alright (even though they leaned towards the weird part of the furry scale) but I don't like how they talked about it like it was some kind of mental disorder.

Post by **Sleet** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 3:42 am

A furry is a person who is interested in animal anthropomorphism or media featuring anthropomorphic animals. Anthropomorphism being the idea of applying human traits to animals or vice-versa.

CR4CK3RW0LF · Post by **CR4CK3RW0LF** » Tue Apr 03, 2012 1:36 am

Oblivious Adobo wrote:No, I don't think I'm a furry.

Edit:Oh and I saw this a while back on TV. http://video.nationalgeographic.com/vid ... c-furries/

this almost makes me want to do a research paper on furries. ive had a lot of theories about the psychological makeup of what makes being a furry so appealing to some.

Post by **Sleet** » Tue Apr 03, 2012 1:41 am

I think it's been done.

Tue Apr 03, 2012 1:52 am

probably a few times.

Dubiousity · Post by **Dubiousity** » Tue Apr 03, 2012 2:18 pm

It doesn't matter if it's been done a few times, I'd say go for it!

The Grey Wolverine · Post by **The Grey Wolverine** » Tue Apr 03, 2012 6:06 pm

Sleet wrote:I think it's been done.

I was involved in one last year actually, nothing that interesting, the guy was doing some report on subcultures, and chose furries. I volunteered to be an interviewee for it, said it went over well until I did a few things, taboos which made everyone feel awkward to which I opologised, the fact that I was getting frustrated at Brink's online gameplay and swore a couple times when I phased through a wall, man, was that the worst connection ever, and some other things, addressing stereotypes and the likes. Apparently nobody in that class feels safe around The Grey Wolverine.

Kanashii Kanji · Post by **Kanashii Kanji** » Tue Apr 03, 2012 8:03 pm

I'm a Wolf ~

(Kanji = Wolf)

0404 · Post by **0404** » Tue Apr 03, 2012 9:26 pm

Kanashii Kanji wrote:I'm a Wolf ~

(Kanji = Wolf)

Did you drew your own avatar? It is really nOice looking

Kanashii Kanji · Post by **Kanashii Kanji** » Tue Apr 03, 2012 9:31 pm

texascat018 wrote:
Did you drew your own avatar? It is really nOice looking

No way, I'm a bad artist.

0404 · Post by **0404** » Tue Apr 03, 2012 10:04 pm

well you can always practice. Practice is way to get better. still your avatar looks nice

CR4CK3RW0LF · Post by **CR4CK3RW0LF** » Wed Apr 04, 2012 12:12 am

The Grey Wolverine wrote:
Sleet wrote:I think it's been done.
I was involved in one last year actually, nothing that interesting, the guy was doing some report on subcultures, and chose furries. I volunteered to be an interviewee for it, said it went over well until I did a few things, taboos which made everyone feel awkward to which I opologised, the fact that I was getting frustrated at Brink's online gameplay and swore a couple times when I phased through a wall, man, was that the worst connection ever, and some other things, addressing stereotypes and the likes. Apparently nobody in that class feels safe around The Grey Wolverine.

gotta say, wolverines are a bit intimidating, then again so are wolves.

im not quite sure if id collect data via interviewing people, ill probably just express my own opinions through my own observations with the furry fandom. i actually read a book on werewolves which included a preface on anthropomorphism, which if i did write a paper i would heavily reference.

one good observation is that mans affinity with animals could be dated prehistorically, the idea that mans experience in successful hunting strategies was through observation of other animals. since then man has always come to fear, respect, even worship animals because they have helped us survive in more ways than one.

for example, some Native American tribes wear the skins of an animal for some ceremonial significance that escapes me at the moment, then there is Egyptian gods (which are pretty much the first furries XD), the list goes on.

getting more specific, the relationship between dogs and humans is quite intriguing in the sense of its origins.. what really makes our two species relate to one another is that were both social animals, we communicate vocally within our own species to survive. its one of the primary reasons we developed a coexistance with eachother.

cats however.. we just kind of needed them to keep the rodents out of our homes, but thats why we have rat terriers! xD

Kitela · Post by **Kitela** » Wed Apr 04, 2012 12:37 am

That's close to the reason I'm into the fandom.

Lots of people get into the fandom through video games and cartoons. I've always loved cartoons with anthropomorphic characters in them, but I'm also interested in the idea of relating human characteristics to animal characteristics and the psychological characteristics of projecting ones ego and personality into a fursonality.

Alastair · Post by **Alastair** » Fri Apr 06, 2012 11:09 pm

I used to be a HUGE fan of Balto when I was younger, and I think that it lended to my taking an interest in anthropomorphism. I think Balto is pretty popular movie in the fandom, isn't it?

Do you consider yourself a furry?