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    Re: So, What is a Furry, Really?

    Postby dravens_shadow on November 30th, 2009, 7:06 pm

    Thanks, that's interesting, AKR. I'll have to check it out.
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    Re: So, What is a Furry, Really?

    Postby A Knothole Resident on November 30th, 2009, 7:34 pm

    This is another somewhat awkward scene http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fon8_0NWd-I
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    Re: So, What is a Furry, Really?

    Postby Ted on November 30th, 2009, 7:36 pm

    Your mom is a furry.
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    Re: So, What is a Furry, Really?

    Postby Chaosmaster8753 on November 30th, 2009, 8:06 pm

    A Knothole Resident wrote:
    dravens_shadow wrote:
    Chaosmaster8753 wrote:
    A Knothole Resident wrote:
    AshLoomis wrote:Is Batman a furry?


    LOL interesting thought, but heres something to consider. I find it hypocritical how people accept Brian Griffin to have relations with HUMAN women but people threw a bitchfit when Sonic was involved with Princess Elise. Go even further back there was Roger Rabbit with Jessica, Droopy Dog and Red Hot Riding Hood.


    Totally agreed. :sonicthumbsup: Not to mention, Sonic ORIGINALLY had a human girlfriend when he was being conceived and he doesn't even know Elise anymore.

    What gets me is that all of those examples portray a male, cartoon animal loving a female human. I've never seen a cartoon animal female fall in love with a human male in all my years of watching tv and movies and reading books and comics and stuff like that. It's kinda bizarre if you think about it.


    Actually, there was this obscure Disney special that aired in the late 80s involving Minnie Mouse and Anthony Edwards (of Revenge of Nerds). I think the premise was about her trying to make him less of a geek but she eventually falls in love with him. It was released right after Roger Rabbit since it uses live action crossed over to the toonworld setting.

    EDIT: FOUND IT! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3b8mYFPlSR8


    Is Minnie cheating on Mickey?
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    Re: So, What is a Furry, Really?

    Postby party_shaker on December 1st, 2009, 1:43 am

    Actually Encyclopedia Dramatica is usually more accurate than Wikipedia. Ex.: Furry and Welfare. Especially Welfare.
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    Re: So, What is a Furry, Really?

    Postby A Knothole Resident on December 1st, 2009, 2:02 am

    Chaosmaster8753 wrote:
    A Knothole Resident wrote:
    dravens_shadow wrote:
    Chaosmaster8753 wrote:
    A Knothole Resident wrote:
    AshLoomis wrote:Is Batman a furry?


    LOL interesting thought, but heres something to consider. I find it hypocritical how people accept Brian Griffin to have relations with HUMAN women but people threw a bitchfit when Sonic was involved with Princess Elise. Go even further back there was Roger Rabbit with Jessica, Droopy Dog and Red Hot Riding Hood.


    Totally agreed. :sonicthumbsup: Not to mention, Sonic ORIGINALLY had a human girlfriend when he was being conceived and he doesn't even know Elise anymore.

    What gets me is that all of those examples portray a male, cartoon animal loving a female human. I've never seen a cartoon animal female fall in love with a human male in all my years of watching tv and movies and reading books and comics and stuff like that. It's kinda bizarre if you think about it.


    Actually, there was this obscure Disney special that aired in the late 80s involving Minnie Mouse and Anthony Edwards (of Revenge of Nerds). I think the premise was about her trying to make him less of a geek but she eventually falls in love with him. It was released right after Roger Rabbit since it uses live action crossed over to the toonworld setting.

    EDIT: FOUND IT! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3b8mYFPlSR8


    Is Minnie cheating on Mickey?


    If she is, shes completely oblivious of whats shes getting herself into. I mean thats Elton John shes hitting on and well.....he swings for the other team. But thats one of the many things wrong with this picture.
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    Re: So, What is a Furry, Really?

    Postby DeborahHedgehog on January 25th, 2010, 9:31 pm

    John Roberts wrote:I don't know why it's so damn important to be defined as anything because of animal cartoons. I just like to enjoy the cartoons, but if that puts me in the same category as someone that wants to sleep with those cartoons, then I will probably throw up. Or not.

    But, I suppose to answer the question: Coming to websites like this does not make you a furry; you are only a furry when you become a weirdo that desperately needs the world to know your identity crises with magical wolves and what have you.



    Well, I have often imagined myself through the years as my original female anthro hedgehog character in a romantic relationship with Sonic, and I still do as I write my fanfic.

    I don't have identity crises, though, I have just always been in love with Sonic to some degree, especially from Sat AM.

    I think perhaps what I was wondering was if furries are an accepted genre of subculture groups like goths or gays.

    Or if they are people that have a crisis of needing to wear animal costumes and live like that in order to feel comfortable with themselves.
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    Re: So, What is a Furry, Really?

    Postby John Roberts on January 25th, 2010, 11:27 pm

    DeborahHedgehog wrote:I think perhaps what I was wondering was if furries are an accepted genre of subculture groups like goths or gays.

    Or if they are people that have a crisis of needing to wear animal costumes and live like that in order to feel comfortable with themselves.


    I think they can be (or are) an accepted subculture - as funny as I think it is to be a referred to as a subculture. What hurts it though, like some gays that feel the need to put on the over-the-top gayness act, or the Goths that go for the extreme look-at-am-I'm-a-goth attitude, is some furries have to go for the same sort of stupid theatricals to define themselves. It's all rather silly, really. Some tools just can't enjoy themselves without the whole world knowing about it.
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    Re: So, What is a Furry, Really?

    Postby Ted on January 25th, 2010, 11:45 pm

    John Roberts wrote: I think they can be (or are) an accepted subculture - as funny as I think it is to be a referred to as a subculture. What hurts it though, like some gays that feel the need to put on the over-the-top gayness act, or the Goths that go for the extreme look-at-am-I'm-a-goth attitude, is some furries have to go for the same sort of stupid theatricals to define themselves. It's all rather silly, really. Some tools just can't enjoy themselves without the whole world knowing about it.


    Just imagine knowing a gay goth furry. That's gotta be hell.
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    Re: So, What is a Furry, Really?

    Postby Louis the Hedgehog on February 5th, 2010, 11:26 pm

    It's someone who has an interest in in anthromorphic characters, nothing more and nothing less. And don't let anyone tell you it's a sexual fetish. Sure, there may be a lot of fetishes attached to our fandom, but if that makes us a sexual fandom, EVERY fandom is a sexual fandom. And as for the whole "sex in fursuits" thing, keep this in mind. Only 15% of them even wear these things. They cost thousands of dollars, have to be hand washed, it is really easy to overheat while wearing one, and most people won't allow any open beverages near the suits. Why would anyone want to perform such actions while wearing these suits?

    And there's so much misinformation about us. That ED article, that CSI episode, the Jimmy Kimmel Show, The Young Turks, that Wired article, and various news organizations are spreading so many stereotypes about us. As a result, furries have lost their jobs, have been rejected from their friends and family, and a few have been assaulted. Haven't we had enough? And we keep getting a lot of citicizsm for comparing our haters to Jim Crow advocates, yet they have no problem with advocating that we be treated as sub-human, and worse! It's stupid like proving you're not a terrorist by blowing up an embasy.

    I mean, here we have a group of people that when they are told that "Harry Potter promotes witchcraft" they just roll their eyes and walk away. And yet the instant anyone mentions furries they get all "break out the torches pitchforks and witch torturing equipment! We got heathens to kill!!!" I kid you not.

    I thought this was the land of the free. And speaking of which, the haters keep claiming that we furries can't stand freedom of speech yet have no problem going on hacking campaigns, false flagging campaigns, phishing campaigns, distributing personal information, harassing and threatening anyone who disagrees with them, and illegally filing DMCA's. Yet again showing how much their ideology is founded on a double standard.

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    Re: So, What is a Furry, Really?

    Postby Ted on February 5th, 2010, 11:50 pm

    Louis the Hedgehog wrote:It's someone who has an interest in in anthromorphic characters, nothing more and nothing less. And don't let anyone tell you it's a sexual fetish. Sure, there may be a lot of fetishes attached to our fandom, but if that makes us a sexual fandom, EVERY fandom is a sexual fandom. And as for the whole "sex in fursuits" thing, keep this in mind. Only 15% of them even wear these things. They cost thousands of dollars, have to be hand washed, it is really easy to overheat while wearing one, and most people won't allow any open beverages near the suits. Why would anyone want to perform such actions while wearing these suits?

    And there's so much misinformation about us. That ED article, that CSI episode, the Jimmy Kimmel Show, The Young Turks, that Wired article, and various news organizations are spreading so many stereotypes about us. As a result, furries have lost their jobs, have been rejected from their friends and family, and a few have been assaulted. Haven't we had enough? And we keep getting a lot of citicizsm for comparing our haters to Jim Crow advocates, yet they have no problem with advocating that we be treated as sub-human, and worse! It's stupid like proving you're not a terrorist by blowing up an embasy.

    I mean, here we have a group of people that when they are told that "Harry Potter promotes witchcraft" they just roll their eyes and walk away. And yet the instant anyone mentions furries they get all "break out the torches pitchforks and witch torturing equipment! We got heathens to kill!!!" I kid you not.

    I thought this was the land of the free. And speaking of which, the haters keep claiming that we furries can't stand freedom of speech yet have no problem going on hacking campaigns, false flagging campaigns, phishing campaigns, distributing personal information, harassing and threatening anyone who disagrees with them, and illegally filing DMCA's. Yet again showing how much their ideology is founded on a double standard.

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    Okay, this is a perfect example of WHY furries are looked down upon so much. Nobody hates furries just for the fact that they like animals or whatever, they hate them because 90% of the time, they're complete and total tools. Just shut the hell up, don't be a douche, and don't whine about 'fursecution' every five seconds and you'll be left alone. The ED article and the whole site really is just comedy and satire. Don't take it or any kind of furry-hate too seriously. I've found plenty of cool furries (heck, I would even consider myself a tiny bit furry), but not a single one of them really gives a flying f*** what anybody else thinks about the whole thing. Take some notes, monkey boy.

    If you have to quote that moron TheAmazingAtheist to support your argument, you have to wonder if it's an argument worth supporting.
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    Re: So, What is a Furry, Really?

    Postby Ted on February 6th, 2010, 12:52 am

    I'm not a furry, but I play one on TV.
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    Re: So, What is a Furry, Really?

    Postby D3vinSawhog on February 6th, 2010, 4:18 am

    A furry is really a spy that works for the opposite team!
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    Re: So, What is a Furry, Really?

    Postby Paycheck on February 6th, 2010, 7:19 am

    Ted the Mechanic wrote:I'm not a furry, but I play one on TV.


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    Re: So, What is a Furry, Really?

    Postby party_shaker on February 6th, 2010, 7:56 am

    I wouldn't have such an issue with Furries if they didn't:

    - Revel in their debauchery and deviance.
    - Try as hard as they can to become these stereotypes.
    - Generate drama like it beats algae as the next alternative energy source.
    - Comprise mostly of men.
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