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[sureshooting]

actual furry fans generally roll their eyes and laugh at all the hate

That is, when they aren't writing 10 paragraph essays on the horrors of Yiffer "persecution."

 

[Dilbert]

That is, when they aren't writing 10 paragraph essays on the horrors of Yiffer "persecution."

OK, that's enough out of you. Just couldn't fucking leave it alone, could you?

 

[callous]

This is the first time I've ever seen the words "furry" and "anthropomorphic" being used in this context. I had absolutely no idea that there was a community of people being into this thing. That actually seems a little on the weird side to me. I also had no idea there was some kind of war going on. All I took offense to was the ridiculous notion that people who like character designs that cross animal features with human features are somehow also into bestiality and likely to be bad people. I mean, what the fuck? You think Chewbacca is cool so you're sick in the head? Oh, I better never revisit Super Mario Bros 3, either. That racoon suit is simply too perverse and twisted. What was Miyamoto thinking.

This crossing of humans and animals in fiction has been going on forever, and basically I don't understand why there's even an issue here. I'm thinking this is some American thing that will pass. No offense meant to Americans, honestly, but these things seem to get more out of hand over there for some reason.

 

[explodet]

:lol at this thread

Lighten up, guys.
I hope this kind of stuff doesn't become a big deal when Star Fox and Conker are released.

 

[Senretsu]

couldn't help but click on the thread,

unexpected, but it actually looks kind of cool

 

[radios shipping overview]

Ferrio is correct. Furries say "I HAVE THE HEAD OF AN ANIMAL," while any ostensibly human characters with animal accessories are distinctly not furry. The thread title was misleading and trollish, and this thread is 100% worthless.

 

[mr2mike]

"The thread title was misleading and trollish, and this thread is 100% worthless."

Well aren't you on a high horse! :lol

What am I trolling exactly?

 

[Gattsu25]

"The thread title was misleading and trollish, and this thread is 100% worthless."

Well aren't you on a high horse! :lol

What am I trolling exactly?

Furries, naturally. I heard CSI trolled them as well...



edit: Maybe I should have put in a few ':b's


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[mr2mike]

I did previousely state that I had nothing against furries, so it'd be kind of hard to troll furries now would it... I mean it's not like I lurk in furry threads waiting to spew hate...

...In fact I quite enjoy vg cats

I guess GAF is such a cruel mistress that the populace is reduced to beleiving innocently poking fun is not a devious enough intent to qualify... there HAS to be some ulterior motive...

Ah yes, I've got it! I smolder with generic angst at furies, yeah that's probably it.

 

[Friend]

Furries, naturally. I heard CSI trolled them as well...

 

[Gattsu25]

:lol

I never saw that episode...Holy shit :lol

 

[pilonv1]

In other news, due to lack of time VGCats cuts down on their number of panels by 63%, to 43 per comic.

 

[DMczaf]

:lol :lol

 

[Tarazet]

Honestly, at this point a lot of the haters (who seem to spawn from the closet-queer/gamer/hipster geek crowd - oh look, a stereotype!) don't realize that actual furry fans generally roll their eyes and laugh at all the hate - although it can be exapserating, stupid, and annoying. Essentially it's white noise and trash that just gets in the way of everybody chilling the hell out and enjoying whatever they enjoy.

Part of the irony of the hatred of non-humanized characters (in every way, from "sensuality" to "gay" to "uncool") is that a huge part of what started the formal furry/anthropomorphics fandom over 20 years ago, was artists, comic fans, and writers being bored to tears with the same generic human and human-oid characters. In science fiction, fantasy, super heroes, and comic books.

Furry, some in the fandom feel, has gotten so much hatred and stereotyping on the Internet and used as "freak show" material in the media, because it happens to cross over many subjects that a lot of people have issues with. Ironically, it seems to be literally too "happy" for some. It's "inane". Here it garners some of the same hate that Japanese pop-culture does for similiar reasons. Due to nearly accidentall circumstances in the early formation of the fandom, there are a lot of gay and bi men and women in it. The stereotype that it's virtually all gay or bi is ridiculous however, and simply isn't true. However we all know how a lot of people see any hint of a gay person and flip their lid, and begin coming up with wonky theories, presumed statistics, and whatever. There's a lot of use of "pr0n" in furry - this is quite true. Why? Because the exotic nature of the anthropomorphic characters is sensual to a lot of people. One thing that's misunderstood with absolute determination by a lot of people is that it is the fusion of human and non-human characteristics that creates an "alien" and exotic attraction for the vast majority of people who find something sexual - or even merely sensual (there is a difference, geekdom - dare I say, get a girl/boyfriend?) Not that this makes a difference to some - despite the fact that human beings have a huge range of tastes, kinks, and attractions. I mean, plenty of people still get squicked over gay people (even when they proclaim tolerance). And you know what? If you're squicked, fine, you're squicked. Merely being squicked though, doesn't excuse a lot of the over-the-top hatred and vilifiying that goes on.

Are there people in furry fandom who do act without any social skills or intelligence? Why yes, there are. Due to the mechanics of sub-cultures, one could even say there are a larger number of obvious people of this sort. There's also a lot of num-nuts of different flavors - but the same basic issues - in the Linux community, comic book fan, and in computer gaming. Get a mirror or get over it - geeze.

One of the most amusing yet sad things I've seen on the Internet was on another general forum, that happened to have a large gamer population. The forum has a FAQ which lists logical fallacy and bad arguments, and the mods proclaim that everybody should be a grown up and able to discuss things without stereotypes and flames and acting like children. On the same forum, a new person posted a question about anthropomorphic characters that by any adult, sane standard, was inoffensive. The mod immediately locked the thread and told him to bugger off to a furry board.

Yeah. Right.

By and large, the perspective among anthropomorphic fans and people who amazingly don't flip out over the entire thing, is that there seem to be an awful lot of 20-something geeks, nerds, and hipsters who are looking for the next lowest man on the social totem pole to push down. I find it intriguing that on this very form, gamers continually moan and sometimes even rage about the persistant public perception of gaming as "teh kiddy" or causing violence or being a horrible thing, full of perversion and celebrating "poor values", what with all them soldier games where you gib heads. And of course, they turn around and happily participate in applying the same treatment to the next sub-culture they percieve as being the thing to hate on.

Ultimately, there's a lot more to something like furry than all the stereotypes that get tossed around. (Which is true of most anything.) Furry will still be here when the online jerk and cynic culture of the day moves on to something else, and proceeds to freak out anew. In the meantime, the Internet gets itself blanketed by absurd amounts of ill-will, chaff, and haterade. And we get to watch absurdities like people feel unable to look at anthropomorphic characters without being a "sicko", or gamers argue now that classic game characters are disgusting, because they're furry. I know a lot of people like to argue that furry has "ruined" anthropomorphics even - which I find equally absurd. Anthropomorphism is something far too large and pervasive.

There's some hope at least for people on all sides to cease being stupid. A few days ago on a furry Livejournal community, somebody posted a general appology to anthro fans as a whole. Maybe it didn't make much of a difference in the big picture, but they'd mindlessly joined in the fur-frying on Something Awful for years. Then one day thought "I want to be a good person. I try to be kind to others. Why in hell am I doing this?" They looked at furry again and realized it was nothing particularly evil as a whole. Then felt like an asshole and fool.

I more think that a lot of people need to get over their own hatred, discomfort, and issues - just move on, for God's sake. Everyone will be happier, including yourselves.

Just think, you could play Starfox again!

Excuse me, but where do I get in line to lick your toes?

Seriously, you're now my hero. Everything I've wanted to say is here.

 

[HokieJoe]

num-nuts

Hmmmmm.

 

[MoxManiac]

I'm not into furries at all, but i'm not sure why the hate is so excessive. Whatever floats peoples' boats, as long as they don't hurt anyone.

 

[M3wThr33]

WTF is a furry, anyway? I'm too fucking old to know this nonsense.

It's what happens to people when they need to find a clique outside of the people they normally know.
The BBC had a good documentary on it.
A furry is any person who "believes" they are an animal on the inside. They organize conventions and draw and write a hell of a lot of fiction. Online they actually role play as their character in chat rooms.

That's the good side to it. Unfortunately, like communism or democracy, it only works on paper.

Most people driven to the sect are shy (Usually computer geek) homosexuals looking for acceptance. The two furries I know at my school are either "omnisexual" (He even offered to take care of my roommate's dog during vacations. NO.) or straight up gay. The "omni" one is over 30, married, and has hit on me (I'm a dude) and at least 5 of my other MALE friends, too. The sex junk is so common, they even have a term for it. "Yiff." *ugh*

P.S. I'm a goon.

Edit: Furries ruin anything involving the anthropomorphic art.
The other furry I mentioned carried a book of Krystal art around school. Sorry, I should say it was NUDE Krystal art. He claimed it was the only fan art he could find. He'd gladly show anyone that asked. The second year there (Before he dropped out) he had a laptop and instead of paying attention to class (Usually a class size of about 30-70), he'd just look at furry porn on his computer.

It's people like these that make me afraid to wear my Starfox Adventures shirt in public. (And because it sucks! )

The original link in question is not furry, it's just typical generic animu-uber-kawaii stuff.

 

[belgurdo]

The two furries I know at my school are either "omnisexual" (He even offered to take care of my roommate's dog during vacations. NO.)

:lol :lol :lol

P.S. I'm a goon.

I've always wondered what it is with Somethingawful and their insane hatred of furries. I know that they ban people for it and I know that the 4chan image board was started by goons and they fucking flip out when people post furry art-but don't say anything when people post toddler lolicon crap or "guro" art and the like. Why is this?

 

[M3wThr33]

I've always wondered what it is with Somethingawful and their insane hatred of furries. I know that they ban people for it and I know that the 4chan image board was started by goons and they fucking flip out when people post furry art-but don't say anything when people post toddler lolicon crap or "guro" art and the like. Why is this?

It's because SA goons are the computer geeks that don't worry about acceptance and see furry as a way of not dealing with the actual problem at hand.

Edit:
And being hit on by ugly 30 year old guys is NOT something that promotes a positive image of them.

 

[Belfast]

Furry doesn't really bother me. The sexual attraction aspects Kaijima already went over. Its not like it started recently. There have been many "sexy" anthropomorphic representations of women for quite some time now, even back into the old WB cartoons. It is, simply, something different and exotic from the norm. The line gets crossed, though, when the people begin to think that they ARE their character and they begin to take their obsession and cross over into the real world with it. IMO, looking at, drawing, or generally enjoying "furry" art isn't a bad thing (but like anything else, a lot of people won't like it), but you've got to stay grounded in reality. Don't let it *be* your life.

 

[explodet]

Most people driven to the sect are shy

I know it wasn't intentional, but I just had a mental image of a furry doomsday cult out there.
The imagery is unintentionally amusing.