RandomGeekNamedBrent wrote:remember when I said I wasn't? yeah, that still stands.
Same with me.
I don't really see what the bid deal about being a furry is. Why would so many people hide it? If I was one, I wouldn't go out telling everyone that I was, but I wouldn't be ashamed of it or anything.
Remember when I said I was a furry? Well, I lied. As it turns out, I'm actually a sandwich.
On a more serious note: I'm having trouble thinking of what a 'furry club' would actually do. Would it be a subsection of the art club? A meet and greet where everyone brings a laptop (or everyone huddles around a single computer) and people share the furry stuff they've found/made with each other? Would it just be a club where furries chat with one another about the fandom and what they do (or don't do) to participate in it?
"When you're falling in a forest and there's nobody around,
do you ever really crash or even make a sound?"
EDIT: Gah! I take too long to type. This addresses the post two up from this one.
I'm gonna have to disagree with you there, Jeff.
I don't think it's shame so much as an effort to avoid potential repercussions in "meatspace," when most people (especially the 35 and up group) find it very strange, like... well, to be honest, I can't think of a straight-up comparison.
An attitude of shame would be something like, "I really shouldn't be doing this, and I can't let people find out." So there's guilt there, basically the way your moral compass says STOP.
It seems the attitude of most furries is, "I like this, and wish I could talk to other people about it without coming off as weird." So the hiding is done grudgingly, and many furries use the internet to get together with people of similar interests so they do have others they can associate with. Indicating there is a desire to share, but just with those who "get it." Or even those who may not-- heck, reading just this thread provides plenty of instances of people who really really want to tell their (presumably) non-furry friends about the fandom. Probably not characteristic of "shame."
I mean, if everybody out there had your attitude, we wouldn't be having this discussion. And, as time goes on, it seems likely most people's attitudes will trend that way.
KJOokami wrote:Remember when I said I was a furry? Well, I lied. As it turns out, I'm actually a sandwich.
On a more serious note: I'm having trouble thinking of what a 'furry club' would actually do. Would it be a subsection of the art club? A meet and greet where everyone brings a laptop (or everyone huddles around a single computer) and people share the furry stuff they've found/made with each other? Would it just be a club where furries chat with one another about the fandom and what they do (or don't do) to participate in it?
first rule of furry club: don't talk about furry club
I imagine a furry club might watch furry movies and TV and such?
GunRacer wrote:EDIT: Gah! I take too long to type. This addresses the post two up from this one.
I'm gonna have to disagree with you there, Jeff.
I don't think it's shame so much as an effort to avoid potential repercussions in "meatspace," when most people (especially the 35 and up group) find it very strange, like... well, to be honest, I can't think of a straight-up comparison.
An attitude of shame would be something like, "I really shouldn't be doing this, and I can't let people find out." So there's guilt there, basically the way your moral compass says STOP.
It seems the attitude of most furries is, "I like this, and wish I could talk to other people about it without coming off as weird." So the hiding is done grudgingly, and many furries use the internet to get together with people of similar interests so they do have others they can associate with. Indicating there is a desire to share, but just with those who "get it." Or even those who may not-- heck, reading just this thread provides plenty of instances of people who really really want to tell their (presumably) non-furry friends about the fandom. Probably not characteristic of "shame."
I mean, if everybody out there had your attitude, we wouldn't be having this discussion. And, as time goes on, it seems likely most people's attitudes will trend that way.
Is my two cents, anyways. YMMV, as always.
Hit the nail right on the head.
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RandomGeekNamedBrent wrote:first rule of furry club: don't talk about furry club
Hey, it's like the Masons.
KJO:
I guess it'd be mainly a social thing-- meeting other like-minded folks.
The only thing I have to compare it to is the firearms community:
Most gun people are also car people, plane people, Gadsden flag people, history people, etc.
I imagine at a gathering of furries, you'd see a similar dynamic. Even apart from being part of the fandom, there's a good chance people there would share common ground on a lot of other things.
RandomGeekNamedBrent wrote:remember when I said I wasn't? yeah, that still stands.
Become one of us! Yes, one of us! one of us! one of us! one of us! one of us! one of us! one of us! one of us! one of us! one of us! one of us! one of us! one of us! one of us!
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.
I was reading something the other day about a boy going to school on a day for dressing for your interests, and he wore furry (Only the ears and tail but still) and he was sent to the guidance councillor who in turn sent him to a psychiatrist because the school thought it was wrong and he "Has problems"
Marine Fox wrote:Still dont get why some people find a problem with Furries, some people are just too close minded to see it.
The oversexuallty.
The drama.
The cult of personalty surrounding a number of people.
The really creepy way some folks get when preaching about the fandom and then do their best to eat, sleep and breath it, then take it as a personal attack when you side-eye them.
WolvenPaw15 wrote:I was reading something the other day about a boy going to school on a day for dressing for your interests, and he wore furry (Only the ears and tail but still) and he was sent to the guidance councillor who in turn sent him to a psychiatrist because the school thought it was wrong and he "Has problems"
Odd, I wore a gas mask, a shirt that said "Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight" and shuffled in the halls between classes, and I wasn't sent anywhere. Heck, a friend of mine went to school in a corset, skirt, and long boots, and hes a guy. Neither of us went to guidance.
So my boyfriend (who knows I enjoy furry webcomics) was playing on my iPod Touch the other day and he decided to click the Safari app... and the first page that pops up is the Housepets! forum board index page. He goes, "What in the world is this-?" as I take my iPod away from him and close the tab. He knows I'm a member of a furry forum anyways but his reaction was still funny when he saw Grape and Peanut in the logo picture. At least he knew they were anthros. Then he (jokingly) asked me if I was into the weirder side of the fandom. -_-
Three words: OPSEC, OPSEC, OPSEC. (The word is spelled with all caps normally; I'm not yelling)
If you want to keep things on the down low, just make a habit of closing out tabs whenever you pocket your iPod. Of course, you can go a lot further-- using proxy servers, seperate web browsers, "burying"/encrypting all data, etc. Ask me how I know.
...if you really care that much about it. Although it sounds like, in your case, your boyfriend would be cool with it. For me, trying to keep something under wraps as much as possible is just plain fun. Best of luck, however things work out.
GunRacer wrote:Three words: OPSEC, OPSEC, OPSEC. (The word is spelled with all caps normally; I'm not yelling)
If you want to keep things on the down low, just make a habit of closing out tabs whenever you pocket your iPod. Of course, you can go a lot further-- using proxy servers, seperate web browsers, "burying"/encrypting all data, etc. Ask me how I know.
...if you really care that much about it. Although it sounds like, in your case, your boyfriend would be cool with it. For me, trying to keep something under wraps as much as possible is just plain fun. Best of luck, however things work out.
Ever the paranoid one,
GunRacer
I'm not worried about it. He's known since we first started dating (nine months ago) that I read furry webcomics. He was just teasing and didn't actually mean anything. As a matter of fact, he's got a list of webcomics I want him to read if he can ever get his nose out of his Clive Cussler, Robert Jordan, and George R.R. Martin novels. XD The reason I closed the tab was because I was still logged into the site. I don't have a problem if he did want to look around, but at the time I was more interested in watching him fail at Angry Birds.
GunRacer wrote:Three words: OPSEC, OPSEC, OPSEC. (The word is spelled with all caps normally; I'm not yelling)
If you want to keep things on the down low, just make a habit of closing out tabs whenever you pocket your iPod. Of course, you can go a lot further-- using proxy servers, seperate web browsers, "burying"/encrypting all data, etc. Ask me how I know.
...if you really care that much about it. Although it sounds like, in your case, your boyfriend would be cool with it. For me, trying to keep something under wraps as much as possible is just plain fun. Best of luck, however things work out.
Ever the paranoid one,
GunRacer
Man this is why noone uses my PC but me, also so they don't erase my progress in Magicka and the fallout games.
Beagle wrote:So my boyfriend (who knows I enjoy furry webcomics) was playing on my iPod Touch the other day and he decided to click the Safari app... and the first page that pops up is the Housepets! forum board index page. He goes, "What in the world is this-?" as I take my iPod away from him and close the tab. He knows I'm a member of a furry forum anyways but his reaction was still funny when he saw Grape and Peanut in the logo picture. At least he knew they were anthros. Then he (jokingly) asked me if I was into the weirder side of the fandom. -_-
Just a little story I thought I'd share here. =P
This isn't technically a furry forum! We're just 75% furry.
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Grey: Yeah... I actually keep all of my drawings, writing, etc. on an SD card that stays on my person at all times. So that way, the data can't be accessed without my knowledge regardless. Probably totally unnecessary, but again, fun for me.
I sound like a criminal or something. Yeesh.
To keep this on topic:
Sleet, bad music? At least on this forum, it seems people have fairly diverse and interesting musical tastes. But then again, I don't hang out on any furry websites except this one. So what is stereotypical (ha ha) furry music?
Obviously individuals will vary (some of my friends whose tastes I respect the most are furries), but by and large furries tend to listen to crappy rave music and generic dubstep. I guess that's not really any different than "normal people" and top 40 crap, but at least that's more varied and changes with time.
I think the main reason furries have bad music tastes is because the furry fandom is based on visual media, and so furries are more likely to focus their artistic culture on visual art and focus less on audio.
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I realize the band comment was likely made entirely in jest, but I just thought I'd throw out that I'd totally join. I can't play any instruments (except basic chords on piano), but I sing sometimes (okay, so I sing all the freaking time). :3
"When you're falling in a forest and there's nobody around,
do you ever really crash or even make a sound?"
KJOokami wrote:I realize the band comment was likely made entirely in jest, but I just thought I'd throw out that I'd totally join. I can't play any instruments (except basic chords on piano), but I sing sometimes (okay, so I sing all the freaking time). :3
It wasn't, or was it? I don't know, but I can kind of sing in lower notes.
This was a video that my sister showed me because she said it reminded her of my drawings http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4NIA6s8 ... re=related I guess the question I got out of this is "What do you think of the use of animal costumes as an artistic or philosophical statement?"
That video was interesting, if a tad strange at times. But I'm really not sure I understand what the purpose was, if anything at all.
As for your question, I definitely don't see anything wrong with fursuiting to express an artistic statement. However, I'm a little confused by what philosophical statement one could actually hope to express by doing so.
"When you're falling in a forest and there's nobody around,
do you ever really crash or even make a sound?"
@ KJOokami I don't know either. It's probably just about it being something people do for fun except when they start to take it seriously. There's just something about the way the events progress in the video that's a bit dark. Sometimes, it's hard to see that when there's dancing in the video.
I'd say the first two (because they're pretty much the same) and maybe on the last because there's no way to tell from a video.
but you were acting very mascot-ly