What do you think about the Furry Fandom

[Rastien]

My eyes! the pinkness they burn! its just to damn cute T_T

Time to get serious... Oh Comedian

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[Aprilgold]

I don't care. I try my best to remain a non-judging dude when it comes to things like sexuality or weird kinks, since I happen to be in a similair boat.

I have to say that if you ever enjoyed, sexual or not being around a animal that your a furry is like saying that if you ever enjoyed, sexual or not being around leather that you wear S&M gear, it simply isn't true.

I'm not bothered by it at all, since I want to be as accepting as possible if I'm gay and all that good shit. Wanting to be accepted then not accepting something is hypocritical, which can be bad.

 

[Tayh]

Doesn't affect me.
Do find it slightly hypocritical how some anime fans treat furries, though.

 

[Helmholtz Watson]

I think I must be a furry.

I used to like my ex and she was a ***** .... does that count.

lol, that made my day.

 

[Worgen]

As far as fetishes go, furry is one of the more tame ones around and since they don't really exist, its just a fantasy so I view it as one of the least harmful fetishes around. If you guys want to see a really damn weird fetish look up inflation, apparently some people really try and do it to them-selfs.

 

[thejackyl]

Let's see...

I like anthropomorphic art (ART, not porn)
I tend to play "otherkin" races in ANY game where it's an option (I play Khaajit, argonian in Skyrim, I played "space goat", worgen in WoW.)
I do like to Cos-play (no different than Halloween, the one day when this is apparently acceptable), though I probably would stop at fake ears or a tail. I wouldn't go all out and get a whole suit.

Yes, I would consider myself a furry, and I have thought of going to conventions in the past, but I never have time to do so. And even I would be put off by the people in fursuits, but like any other fandom, it has a ton of normal people and a few nutcases. People tend to pay more attention to the nutcases when looking form the outside.

 

[Worgen]

In my own unfortunately extensive experience with furries, they're a heavily socially-defective bunch. That wouldn't be so bad if a lot of them didn't possess an egotistical self-righteousness and pridefully perpetuate even their more socially abhorrent characteristics. The sexual aspect is awkward too. I get the feeling that furries are the by-product of a developmental abnormality. I've met about 2 or 3 "normal" furries in my life.

That said, I still enjoy some anthropomorphic art and characters, I just wish furries didn't draw such a negative association.

I can kind of understand why they seem to egotistical and self righteous, I mean they are probably the easiest whipping boy on the entire internet, even pedo's seem to get more respect then they do, a sense of pride tends to come from situations like that. "they just hate what I am and I'm better because I'm not one of them" kinda thing, if they were more accepted it probably wouldn't be there quite as bad.

 

[Substitute Troll]

I don't care what people like, that's their choice, as long as they don't bother me with it.

 

[Space Spoons]

I think it's slightly weird that people have seen fit to make a fetish into a lifestyle. That said, it's really not hurting anyone, and what people do in their private lives is really none of my business. Live and let live, you know?

 

[Wierdguy]

It is with fetishes like it is with religion. They can both be compared to a penis:

Its ok to have one, its ok to be proud of it. But dont whip it out in public and dont shove it down my kids throat.

 

[Abedeus]

Annoying fandom with annoying members that constantly shove their crap in our faces and then wonder why people hate furries.

Newsflash - not everyone likes watching cat-women with boobs... that's barely anthropomorphic.

 

[axlryder]

In my own unfortunately extensive experience with furries, they're a heavily socially-defective bunch. That wouldn't be so bad if a lot of them didn't possess an egotistical self-righteousness and pridefully perpetuate even their more socially abhorrent characteristics. The sexual aspect is awkward too. I get the feeling that furries are the by-product of a developmental abnormality. I've met about 2 or 3 "normal" furries in my life.

That said, I still enjoy some anthropomorphic art and characters, I just wish furries didn't draw such a negative association.

I can kind of understand why they seem to egotistical and self righteous, I mean they are probably the easiest whipping boy on the entire internet, even pedo's seem to get more respect then they do, a sense of pride tends to come from situations like that. "they just hate what I am and I'm better because I'm not one of them" kinda thing, if they were more accepted it probably wouldn't be there quite as bad.

Yeah, I see where you're coming from. There's definitely a truth to that. The issue is that their attitude seems to only accentuate more obvious flaws. If more of them actually possessed basic social faculties, then I don't think their self righteousness and egotism would come off as quite so unwarranted. That said, I suppose it's always good to empathize with the plights of others.

 

[Cracker3011]

I think people can do whatever they want with their free time. Here's one poorly thought out way of putting it that will likely get me into trouble: If someone is fapping to anthros, they aren't commiting acts of terrorism, are they?

 

[dexxyoto]

Meh, I hang out with plenty of furries but I don't identify as one myself. Never had much issue with them. Folks who try and claim I must be a furry because I hang out with them tend to be ignored pretty quick.

I look at the tag furry as a self-identifier. if you say you're furry you are, if not you aren't.

Furries are getting more exposure thanks to shows like Nat. Geo's Taboo and the research by Nuka. They've been doing some cool stuff since it's actually vetted by an ethics committee so it's not just some goofy quiz site.

 

[xPixelatedx]

Furry fandom is a fandom for fictional anthropomorphic animal characters with human personalities and characteristics.

This is precisely the reason why I don't really like it very much. I can see the appeal (I like TMNT, Street Sharks, etc.) but now that I am older I need a bit more enrichment to stay entertained. I remember being excited when I heard there was a whole fandom for this kind of thing, then I got my hands on some of the comics and I died a little inside. Furrys are just people, there is no reason for them to be animals except some added comic relief. Why do they have to dress like people and act like them? That seems kind of boring to me. You created a wolf person/creature/thing and all you could think to make it do is complain about the hardships of gay life or go to collage!? ...REALLY!? What an extraordinary waste of imagination.
Some things surprise me, like Sergals. Sergals are frightening monsters that live on their own world and have their own weapons, cloths, personality and culture. See, that's the kind of thing I can appreciate. But I guess at that point they can't even be called furrys anymore, since they aren't generic animals given anthropomorphic attributes. They are a species all their own, like Turians or Gnolls.

The sex stuff doesn't bother me, it's in every nerd-centric fandom, and it's easy enough to avoid if you are trying. In my time on the internet I have seen exceptionally well drawn Turian porn and Xenomorph porn lol. You can't really judge or blame a whole fandom for having a sexual subculture when they all have one.

 

[albear]

I like the art, and hopefully with enough practice ill be able to draw that well one day.

I agree with you about the eyes on fur-suiters just makes them seem rather untrustworthy.

I dont have any friends who would call themselves a furry and as such havent been to any conventions as i dont want to go on my own

 

[xPixelatedx]

A plague on the human race because people whom are these beasts would rather think themselves animal than person. Identification to an animal that humans have thought of for traits to go with them sounds absurd, Humans are better than every animal on this planet anyways, why ever long to be anything else?

Well, contrary to what you (and furrys) may think, I am going to disagree with you as much as humanly possible. Furrys are quite possibly the most anthropocentric people on the planet. Their entire hobby is to take things that are clearly not human and make them as human as possible. In fact, aside from the people who design Star Trek aliens, I have never seen anyone who admires the human form and human behavior more then furrys do. Every disgusting, despicable and socially awkward behavior they might do in public can also be contributed to this, because when they do this they aren't acting like animals, they are acting like people being jackasses.

 

[Sacman]

I'm fairly open minded I think... but I'm already horrified by anthropomorphic animal... so Furries terrify and perplex me greatly... especially the ones that are "in it for the art"... since the art is like 90% sexualized and generally super creepy though admittedly sometimes technically impressive...

but you know what's technically impressive and not super creepy?

A billion other traditional artists that fancy themselves as such...

But yeah don't have a problem with someone being a furry, they can do whatever the hell they want... just know that I think it's creepy and it makes me uncomfortable...<.<

But the fandom itself is pretty horrible... well from what I've been exposed to... they're so in your face about being a furry like it's the only thing they live for... always forcing it down your throat... and it's not like it's justified... the furries at my school act like great crusaders fighting the civil rights of all to look at weird porn, when it's completely unwarranted... since you know... we can already do that just fine... for the most part...