Are You A Furry?

Nyaliva · Post by **Nyaliva** » Sat May 12, 2012 9:22 am

Sleet wrote:Just tell them it's perfectly clean. Compare it to anime: being a furry doesn't mean you do dirty stuff any more than being an anime fan means you're into WHERE ARE THEY?!.

The funny thing is, one of them is into anime and the other is always giving him crud about WHERE ARE THEY?! and scantily clothed school girls. So yeah...don't think that would work...at least for the latter of the two.

WolvenPaw15 wrote:Why do people look down on furries?
I mean we haven't done anything THAT bad have we?
I had a friend who rejected me because I was a furry (But then she talked to me about it, wanting to know more about the clean side of furries so I explained and now we are cool)

And are footbal mascots considered furry?

Because people don't really seem to acknowledge them as such :l

Yeah, furries get a lot of guff from the internet, mostly for the explicit side of it. That's one reason why I don't just call myself a furry because people automatically think fetish. Also, another forum spoke on the topic, saying how furries are the only group who are vocal about their fetish and most people link it to Diet of Worms, which is just plain stupid for a number of reasons. I'm glad you were able to show your friend it's not all bad. I was telling my friends earlier: 90% of good comics are anthropomorphic in some way, and 50% of those are explicit, meaning if you read webcomics, there's a high chance the ones you like will be anthropomorphic, it's just a matter finding the non-**** ones.

Also football mascots are thought of as the geeky kids trying to be involved in football without requiring skill or athleticism rather than furries.

CaptainPea · Post by **CaptainPea** » Sat May 12, 2012 9:30 am

Dissension wrote:Go about your life as you always have, since being a fur isn't a big deal?

I'd go with this idea. If they're your friends, their idea of you as a person is probably stronger than their idea of you as a furry. If you don't make a big deal of it they'll probably understand that you are exactly the same person you were a week ago, and that they've just learned something new about you.

Post by **Obbl** » Sat May 12, 2012 9:31 am

Nyaliva wrote:Also football mascots are thought of as the geeky kids trying to be involved in football without requiring skill or athleticism rather than furries.

Except that (at least in college) the football mascot has to be in excellent shape. They are out there (possibly in extreme heat) in what is basically a giant, super-thick coat constantly moving and jumping around and getting the crowd into the game. They actually will trade off during the game so that they're not out there the whole time.

Seth · Post by **Seth** » Mon May 14, 2012 1:30 am

WolvenPaw15 wrote:Why do people look down on furries?
I mean we haven't done anything THAT bad have we?
I had a friend who rejected me because I was a furry (But then she talked to me about it, wanting to know more about the clean side of furries so I explained and now we are cool)

And are footbal mascots considered furry?

Because people don't really seem to acknowledge them as such :l

I've never really thought of mascots as furry, though I guess if you really want to stretch the definition they could be.

The Grey Wolverine · Post by **The Grey Wolverine** » Mon May 14, 2012 1:34 am

Football mascots are not furrie, espically the BC Minuteman.

Leafolawl · Post by **Leafolawl** » Mon May 14, 2012 1:45 am

I still say it depends on WHY they're the mascot.

I'd do it just to wear a suit made to resemble an animal (provided the mascot is an animal to begin with).

legendario13 · Post by **legendario13** » Tue May 15, 2012 2:20 pm

Neither all the mascots are furries nor all fursuiters [Take Tycho as example]
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If im taking you out of your conversation sorry, but i gotta ask.

Whats the diference betwen a brony a furry and a fan?....No no the ones attached to the ceiling.

Post by **Dissension** » Tue May 15, 2012 3:20 pm

A 'furry' is someone who derives enjoyment from artistic depictions of anthropomorphic animals; a "brony" is a fan of My Little Pony. The latter term is generally reserved for those who are (a) male and (b) a teenager or adult.

Liam · Post by **Liam** » Tue May 15, 2012 3:44 pm

Well, sure, it's derived from brother, but, given that a lot of them are female, that's more in reference to gender-overarching brotherliness as part of a larger fandom. Unsurprisingly, as we talk about a show specifically created for little girls who just happened to attract the attention of ~~neckbeards~~ male grown-ups.

Chrispy · Post by **Chrispy** » Tue May 15, 2012 4:25 pm

I'm not a brony myself, so I may be wrong, but I believe female fans (teenage/adult) are refered to as "pegasisters"

Post by **Dissension** » Tue May 15, 2012 4:26 pm

That is also my understanding.

Tue May 15, 2012 4:55 pm

That's just a matter of taste. Some use brony as a gender neutral term, while others prefer pegasister as the term for female adult fans.

legendario13 · Post by **legendario13** » Tue May 15, 2012 5:12 pm

I thought it was something related to furries...
Thanks everyone!
And i think is awesome how there can exist terms for only a show

Liam · Post by **Liam** » Tue May 15, 2012 6:01 pm

Even if that term exists (not that I've ever heard it till now), mainstream media use exclusively brony.

Post by **Sleet** » Tue May 15, 2012 8:43 pm

legendario13 wrote:I thought it was something related to furries...
Thanks everyone!
And i think is awesome how there can exist terms for only a show

Well it's vaguely related to furries. A lot of bronies are furries and vice versa. It makes sense, considering My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic is a furry show. You could consider bronies to be single-target furries, if you want.

legendario13 · Post by **legendario13** » Tue May 15, 2012 11:00 pm

I get everything but a detail

why is MLP a furry show?
Whats the diference betwen this and other shows with animals?
i have only seen two episodes of it but as long as i have watched i havent seen any big diference of other cartoons

Post by **Sleet** » Tue May 15, 2012 11:01 pm

It's a show about animals with human features (such as intellect, speech, how they live, et cetera). That makes it furry.

legendario13 · Post by **legendario13** » Tue May 15, 2012 11:05 pm

That would mean that most of cartoons fit on that category, type or description.

Post by **Sleet** » Tue May 15, 2012 11:50 pm

Yep! The ones with animals, anyway.

legendario13 · Post by **legendario13** » Wed May 16, 2012 3:45 pm

mmmmm....

I wonder

Is everybody animally inclined at some point?

Post by **Sleet** » Wed May 16, 2012 8:39 pm

What do you mean?

Wed May 16, 2012 8:41 pm

I believe he's asking if everyone, at some point early in their life, goes through a stage of being slightly furry.

Post by **Sleet** » Wed May 16, 2012 8:48 pm

Kind of in a sense? I mean, when you're young you tend to watch a lot of cartoons with animals in them, but I'm not sure that really makes you a temporary furry or anything.

legendario13 · Post by **legendario13** » Wed May 16, 2012 10:51 pm

But not only for cartoons.
I mean, I, myself, since i was very little i was interested on animals and feel empaty for them just as i used to do with other people, or you never wondered how would it be if you were a dog, a cat, or else?
Isnt that what it made you get interested into being a furry, get in touch with nature, with animals?

Post by **Sleet** » Thu May 17, 2012 1:11 am

Well nah, it's usually just liking certain characters, shows, video games, books, movies, et cetera. But that can often be part of it!

legendario13 · Post by **legendario13** » Thu May 17, 2012 3:22 pm

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I think i have finished here.
thank you for your attention.

Malkus · Post by **Malkus** » Wed May 23, 2012 8:16 pm

Sleet wrote:Well nah, it's usually just liking certain characters, shows, video games, books, movies, et cetera. But that can often be part of it!

Exactly. And of course, being raised in a culture that's heavily into anthropomorphs (whether they know it or not) certainly helps.

And having grown up with the "Animorphs" series was a small factor.

lightwolf21 · Post by **lightwolf21** » Fri Jun 08, 2012 12:15 pm

Anyone else attend Califur last weekend? :3

Post by **Sleet** » Fri Jun 08, 2012 11:31 pm

I'm not sure we have too many west-coast furries here.

Marine Fox · Post by **Marine Fox** » Sat Jun 09, 2012 4:43 pm

Still dont get why some people find a problem with Furries, some people are just too close minded to see it.

Post by **Sleet** » Sat Jun 09, 2012 5:40 pm

I think not understanding what a furry really is would be a big part of it.

0404 · Post by **0404** » Sat Jun 09, 2012 5:51 pm

Sleet wrote:I'd be happy meeting any furry in real life. Preferably not a creepy one. One of the opposite gender would just be icing on the cake.

I do know one in my class, but she is Tooooooo hard to approach. no common connection to start the conversation with, execpt for being furry. grhhhhhh
and I used to know some one who is furry irl,darn close friend, but I noticed that she is furry when she left the city.
I belive there is some percentage of Furries in average highschool. maybe about 2.5%? maybe....

Post by **Sleet** » Sat Jun 09, 2012 6:01 pm

Well most high schoolers are so afraid of being judged that they keep stuff like that to themselves.

0404 · Post by **0404** » Sat Jun 09, 2012 6:04 pm

Sleet wrote:Well most high schoolers are so afraid of being judged that they keep stuff like that to themselves.

what would it be looks like if there is a furry club in school?
right, I have seen some school with Furry club on internet.

Post by **Sleet** » Sat Jun 09, 2012 6:06 pm

I doubt enough schools have furry clubs. It's too niche for that, really.

basilisk · Post by **basilisk** » Sat Jun 09, 2012 6:30 pm

Yes i'm a furry and it mix of snow lep. and black lab

Liam · Post by **Liam** » Sat Jun 09, 2012 6:30 pm

Remember when I said I was no furry? HAHA DISREGARD THAT

0404 · Post by **0404** » Sat Jun 09, 2012 6:53 pm

Liam wrote:Remember when I said I was no furry? HAHA DISREGARD THAT

One of us, One of us, One of us!

Sat Jun 09, 2012 6:54 pm

remember when I said I wasn't? yeah, that still stands.

McFly · Post by **McFly** » Sat Jun 09, 2012 9:15 pm

RandomGeekNamedBrent wrote:remember when I said I wasn't? yeah, that still stands.

Oh you...

Do you consider yourself a furry?