Also it's outdated, since ToriBelliachi changed his identity to Alexander Gray and it's been 3 years since it was made.Sleet wrote:Wow, that's a pretty good overview. In a format more likely to be read than a plain text article.ctcmjh wrote:I think that this flash animation on Newgrounds.com does a fairly good job at describing what a furry is.
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Uh... yes...?
If by furry, you mean dressing up as an animal, then no. That's how I always thought of what 'being a furry' meant. I guess you could say I'm a 'supporter' of it...? I like fan art and web comics of it, that's basically about it.
If by furry, you mean dressing up as an animal, then no. That's how I always thought of what 'being a furry' meant. I guess you could say I'm a 'supporter' of it...? I like fan art and web comics of it, that's basically about it.
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Funny--on the face of it, dressing up sounds like fun (that's why Halloween's my favorite holiday) but when you think about what it would really entail.... Storing the costume, keeping it clean, making sure you can breathe in it and don't overheat or dehydrate, not to mention you never can predict how people (or animals) would react to someone dressed as some animal.... Doesn't necessarily sound like it's worth it. That's part of the reason I've never done it.
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People do things like that at Antrocons for fun. I've never been to one, but I just know... ;P
As well as doing other disturbing things that I shouldn't discuss about on a PG forum.
As well as doing other disturbing things that I shouldn't discuss about on a PG forum.
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Yeah, let's leave it at that.Eeveon wrote:People do things like that at Antrocons for fun. I've never been to one, but I just know... ;P
As well as doing other disturbing things that I shouldn't discuss about on a PG forum.
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Quick nitpick here, but "Anthrocon" is only one particular convention; the generic term would be "furry conventions," or if you must use abbreviations, "furcons."Eeveon wrote:People do things like that at Antrocons for fun. I've never been to one, but I just know... ;P
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I'm not a furry but found Housepets via WikiFur (basically Wikipedia dedicated to all things furry - hence the name). I was pretty curious as to what a furry was so I searched the Web and found a few thing which helped me form an image. From what I managed to find, it's a growing culture in a fair few countries now. I am not a furry because as much as I love anthromorphics (or whatever the term is), I'm not as hyped about them as the vast majority of furries. It's also a shame that they get so much bad press. If I ever became a furry, I'd only be in it for the art (clean art, thank you).
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I should have said yes with a lot of the others but honestly im not a true furry, only my father was a furry. OH THE SHAME!
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That is not shameful, I would actually consider you lucky.Harby wrote:Only my father was a furry. OH THE SHAME!
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The one instance where parents would be understanding.FlintTheSquirrel wrote:That is not shameful, I would actually consider you lucky.Harby wrote:Only my father was a furry. OH THE SHAME!
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I'm confused too.
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I believe that he wishes he had your father, who is a furry. Most parents are not accepting of furries, to varying degrees. If a furry had a furry as a parent, then it would be easy to tell them.
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I've been a furry for 5 years, and I haven't told my parents; My mother is very accepting, but my father for some reason has a prejudice against anybody who deviates from society. He dislikes: Cosplayers, goths, fursuiters, Elegant Gothic Lolita, Juggallos, LARPers in particular, but anybody who stands out gets weird looks from him. It's probably because he is a no-nonsense kind of guy, and preaches maturity, responsibility and wisdom. And the aforementioned groups don't exactly give off the impression of being mature, responsible or wise...
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I've been a furry for 5 years, and I haven't told my parents; My mother is very accepting, but my father for some reason has a prejudice against anybody who deviates from society. He dislikes: Cosplayers, goths, fursuiters, Elegant Gothic Lolita, Juggallos, LARPers in particular, but anybody who stands out gets weird looks from him. It's probably because he is a no-nonsense kind of guy, and preaches maturity, responsibility and wisdom. And the aforementioned groups don't exactly give off the impression of being mature, responsible or wise...
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I'm sorry to interupt briefly, but... Tori Belliachi?? As in from Myth Busters???Anthroguy101 wrote:Also it's outdated, since ToriBelliachi changed his identity to Alexander Gray and it's been 3 years since it was made.Sleet wrote:Wow, that's a pretty good overview. In a format more likely to be read than a plain text article.ctcmjh wrote:I think that this flash animation on Newgrounds.com does a fairly good job at describing what a furry is.
(No one needs to answer my question, I just needed to say it)
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Oh right, now i understand what you meant, thanks ctcmjh
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Well that's a shame about the furry thing, but I guess there are worse things in the world than parents who encourage maturity and responsibility, even if it is a very narrow definition thereof.ctcmjh wrote:I've been a furry for 5 years, and I haven't told my parents; My mother is very accepting, but my father for some reason has a prejudice against anybody who deviates from society. He dislikes: Cosplayers, goths, fursuiters, Elegant Gothic Lolita, Juggallos, LARPers in particular, but anybody who stands out gets weird looks from him. It's probably because he is a no-nonsense kind of guy, and preaches maturity, responsibility and wisdom. And the aforementioned groups don't exactly give off the impression of being mature, responsible or wise...
My parents don't know mainly because I don't really need them to know, but also because my mom very easily could have read an article or seen a TV show talking about what furries are and then trust it over me. I'd rather not risk it.
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Ahhh FOX news, the bane of all logical discussion. I'm glad I don't have to argue with my parents anymore about online stalkers, and computer hackers among other things. I still feel I'm better off not telling anyone. I'm not gonna try super hard to keep it secret, but going around telling everyone that "I'm a furry" doesn't sound like the best way to be understood.Sleet wrote:Well that's a shame about the furry thing, but I guess there are worse things in the world than parents who encourage maturity and responsibility, even if it is a very narrow definition thereof.ctcmjh wrote:I've been a furry for 5 years, and I haven't told my parents; My mother is very accepting, but my father for some reason has a prejudice against anybody who deviates from society. He dislikes: Cosplayers, goths, fursuiters, Elegant Gothic Lolita, Juggallos, LARPers in particular, but anybody who stands out gets weird looks from him. It's probably because he is a no-nonsense kind of guy, and preaches maturity, responsibility and wisdom. And the aforementioned groups don't exactly give off the impression of being mature, responsible or wise...
My parents don't know mainly because I don't really need them to know, but also because my mom very easily could have read an article or seen a TV show talking about what furries are and then trust it over me. I'd rather not risk it.
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Wow, I'm sorry for you guys. My parents have no idea what a furry is, nor does anyone where I live.... So if I go around and tell everyone "I'm a furry", I'd get just confused faces >_>
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FOX News is hardly the only news source that does it. Actually, I don't even know of any events in particular of FOX covering anything about furries. But that's what my parents watch and I'd rather be safe than sorry.zeekgenateer wrote:Ahhh FOX news, the bane of all logical discussion. I'm glad I don't have to argue with my parents anymore about online stalkers, and computer hackers among other things. I still feel I'm better off not telling anyone. I'm not gonna try super hard to keep it secret, but going around telling everyone that "I'm a furry" doesn't sound like the best way to be understood.
I only tell people I'm a furry if asked or whatever. There's no real need to bring it up.
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Yeah, my parents haven't seen any news stories about furries. But my dad does watch CSI, and my whole family watches the cartoons on Fox. So my dad might have seen the CSI episode about furries, and my whole family has seen the episode of American Dad that includes a furry convention (luckily, they didn't say anything during that segment.)Sleet wrote:FOX News is hardly the only news source that does it. Actually, I don't even know of any events in particular of FOX covering anything about furries. But that's what my parents watch and I'd rather be safe than sorry.zeekgenateer wrote:Ahhh FOX news, the bane of all logical discussion. I'm glad I don't have to argue with my parents anymore about online stalkers, and computer hackers among other things. I still feel I'm better off not telling anyone. I'm not gonna try super hard to keep it secret, but going around telling everyone that "I'm a furry" doesn't sound like the best way to be understood.
I only tell people I'm a furry if asked or whatever. There's no real need to bring it up.
But I've also been doing the same thing you have: Only telling people I'm a furry if they ask, or start to talk about furries.
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Not to step on somebodies toes, but does that mean the guy pretended to be a girl at one point?Anthroguy101 wrote:Also it's outdated, since ToriBelliachi changed his identity to Alexander Gray and it's been 3 years since it was made.Sleet wrote:Wow, that's a pretty good overview. In a format more likely to be read than a plain text article.ctcmjh wrote:I think that this flash animation on Newgrounds.com does a fairly good job at describing what a furry is.
Anyway, his depiction may be accurate, but what's for sure is that he strayed from his ideal of the "clean furry", because he's into vore, inflation and Furthia High now...
In my eyes the best thing the fandom could do is proactively counteracting its undesirables in order to prompt the public to disassociate the terms furry and sodomitical pervert.
Edit: Wow, reads rant-y in hindsight and borderline PG-inappropriate. >_>
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I don't like the fact that most people associate being a furry with perversion, event though most of them are clean.
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I never really thought that being furry is considered that bad by some people. I mean, it's like a sexuality or something :\ But it's practically nothing, really....
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you'd be surprised at how some people react to the fandom.Alex wrote:I never really thought that being furry is considered that bad by some people. I mean, it's like a sexuality or something :\ But it's practically nothing, really....
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But it's just anthropomorphic animals! Mostly art, and yes, there's some unclean stuff, but.... why do people hate anthropomorphic animals, and people who like them? That's weird....
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Beacause people fear of what they do not understand.Alex wrote:But it's just anthropomorphic animals! Mostly art, and yes, there's some unclean stuff, but.... why do people hate anthropomorphic animals, and people who like them? That's weird....
D&D is a good example,
In the early days there wear people who thought it was a satanistic game and caused murders and death.(people wear crazy before the internet)
here is something we know little to nothing about called "furries",
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and stereotypes along with the people that shove it(assuming its unclean) in the faces of others.(which ive seen happen, especially on facepunch)
that malak guy would be a good example
that malak guy would be a good example
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Okay, a little late here but...
If I lied to Mother and Farther about being a furry... I'd get a very simliar responce to my friends at school.
"what's a furry?"
If I lied to Mother and Farther about being a furry... I'd get a very simliar responce to my friends at school.
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The worst of it probably spawned some objectors who informed the public, thus establishing a negative view of the overall fandom.Alex wrote:there's some unclean stuff
Every group in human history has been judged by its worst elements. One way to combat this is disassociating oneself from said elements, so the others do it, too.
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Because they don't realize that's all there is to it. They assume every furry likes anthropomorphic animals with lots of italics, quotation marks and wink-wink-nudge-nudges around the "like." And that is pretty darn weird. And it's always the negative things that people remember. If someone sees something like some guy's Sly Cooper fan art on Deviant Art briefly, they'll probably think nothing of it, even if it's done by a furry and the person's entire gallery is furry. But if this person sees one picture of... You get the idea... Then that will pretty much stay with them for a long time, and that's what they'll think of when you say "furry." The furry fandom is not really a big deal to most people, so very few people will feel like it's a good use of effort to make sure they have every fact straight when it comes to a fandom that they don't care about, especially if their disturbing first impression makes them not want to know more.Alex wrote:But it's just anthropomorphic animals! Mostly art, and yes, there's some unclean stuff, but.... why do people hate anthropomorphic animals, and people who like them? That's weird....
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Exactly, whenever the media talks about furry fandom, it's focused mainly on the negatives (stuff that's NSFW), whereas anyone who is in the fandom or has done any real research about it can say that it's not just about that.
Unfortunately, people aren't swayed so easily.
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I kind of straddle the line between furry and not. I like some artwork, but there is other art that I find just plain stupid. I don't really see the joy in fursuiting (it looks awful hot in those costumes), but I don't care that other people do it. My brother is a VERY active member of the fur-society. Fur-suiting (when he can), many conventions, and is actually a rather well-respected furry artist.
I don't know.. I have a difficult time identifying with any group. I can appreciate the furry fandom, but it's not something I'd emerse myself in. I have a few furry tendencies, but over-all, I'd say no.
Though I am supportive! :3
I don't know.. I have a difficult time identifying with any group. I can appreciate the furry fandom, but it's not something I'd emerse myself in. I have a few furry tendencies, but over-all, I'd say no.
Though I am supportive! :3
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Actually, this describes me very well too.LucidDarkness wrote:I kind of straddle the line between furry and not. I like some artwork, but there is other art that I find just plain stupid. I don't really see the joy in fursuiting (it looks awful hot in those costumes), but I don't care that other people do it. My brother is a VERY active member of the fur-society. Fur-suiting (when he can), many conventions, and is actually a rather well-respected furry artist.
I don't know.. I have a difficult time identifying with any group. I can appreciate the furry fandom, but it's not something I'd emerse myself in. I have a few furry tendencies, but over-all, I'd say no.
Though I am supportive! :3
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Yay for straddling? LolDubiousity wrote:Actually, this describes me very well too.
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I prefer to call it borderline.LucidDarkness wrote:Yay for straddling? LolDubiousity wrote:Actually, this describes me very well too.
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That does make it sound much less perverse... Thanks. :3Dubiousity wrote:I prefer to call it borderline.
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How about calling it "being a Daywalker"?
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I see no difference even after the revoting. Although it was necessary, a lot of people were probably wrong about the definition of being furry when voting the first time.