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Nihongo-ookami

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Okay, nothing to do with Video-games, and even less to do with smash, but It's a fun topic.

Furries!

I've been looking for quite along time on the internetz, and I've found that us furs get so much hate. Why? Because nobody takes the time to explain it to people.

So, I'm going around, spreading the truth about furries, so as to get rid of misconceptions.

I shall do so now.

[[I'll spare you all the rant, and get right to the Misconceptions. however, if you want to ask me what a Furre REALLY is, just PM me, and I'll be more than happy to tell you.]]

Number 1:
Furry is a fetish. Not True. The Furry fandom is a hobby, a culture or interest, much as someone could say that they have an interest in Salsa Dancing. To call the fandom a fetish is to say that All Star Trek Fans masturbate to Captain Kirk. It's just not going to happen.

Number 2:
Furries are Sex-addicted. Largely not true. although there are a lot of people who are mainly into the fandom because of porn, most of them have their reasons.

Number 3:
Furries Think they are Animals. This is true to an extent. People who believe that they are animals or have the soul of one are called Therianthropes. (AKA other kins.) They are not part of the Fandom, although They do cross often, however, and it is quite easy to find Furs who are Therians.

Number 4:
Furries want sex with animals. Goodness knows where this came from. That's known as bestiality. One of the “Guidelines” of the furry fandom is to protect animals, So to cause them Major Physical and Mental harm is just kind of stupid.

Number 5:
All furs are gay. This is largely false, as there are plenty of Bi/Straight furs out there. This misconception is mostly due to the large amount of gay furs. So not all of them are gay, but there are a lot of them.

Number 6:
Sex...In fursuits. Okay, there are some, adequately named Furverts, who do this. However, it's not a very common thing to do, and those suits cost a lot of money, so why muck one up like that?

Number 7:
God hates Furs. Don't see that anywhere in the Bible. Plus the whole concept of god hating anyone is thrown out of the window but the “Love thy Neighbor” Lot. It's amazing how often this argument comes up. It doesn't even make sense!

Number 8:
Furries are All Emo. There may be one or two, but it's funny how all the furry haters call us this when we fight back. It's not being emo, it's defending your beliefs. Get it right.

Number 9:
Furries can't spell. Excuse me? What Am I doing right now? I make mistakes every once in a while, but still. It's usually some nit-picky brat going on about it, and associating furs with it.

*sigh* Furries get their bad rep from several magazines, and a recent episode of CSI. These shows/articles show you only one side. That's the side of the outsider looking in. Get the story from a real fur. That will help you understand better. As they say, Smut sells.The sun Newspaper, CSI, SexY2K, and Eurotrash have all painted bad pictures of Furs in the past.

So...any questions, ask me.
 

Nihongo-ookami

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That's glad to know.

I feel that the more people who really know what a furre is, the less misunderstanding there will be.
 

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That's good to know?

Personally, as long as I'm not brought into it, I'm fine with furries. The way I see it, it's just another interest albiet a stranger one. But as long as you're not cutting off hands and collecting them, I'm fine with it.

So what compelled you to make this thread? I know you're trying to "clear up misconceptions" but was this triggered by an argument or did you have an epiphany in your sleep or something?
 

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Mostly just me getting sick of going on various forums(Not SWF,) and hearing some dude get bashed for being furry because he has a thing for Cat-Girls.

Seeing stuff like that gets old.

And, it's not just on one forum. Ever look on Gamefaqs? Mention furries there, and in like, 10 seconds, you've started a massive flamewar that would make Allah proud.

So really, I'm just spreading word of what furries really are to prevent further mishaps and misunderstandings about the fandom.

Plus, some random guy on Yahoo decided that he was going to IM me about the moral reprehensibility of being a fur. We argued, and I wound up closing the IM because he was a Jack***.
 

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I think the big deal with furries isn't that people have a problem against their interest per se, but simply that a great deal of furries like to let it be known what their interests are every two seconds. To be fair, that is a large generalization but in my three years of forum jumping and lurking and such, I've discovered that furries don't really hide themselves too well.

It's like homosexuals and an outrageous amount of p.d.a. I'm fine with you being gay and all, that's not the problem. The problem is that you're kissing in front of me too freaking much. If a hot girl was kissing some guy too much, that would also piss me off. It's not a matter of me infringing on your freedoms, it's the fact that people take too many liberties with that freedom.
 

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That's quite true. There are quite a few attention-whores out there.
[[I admit, I have showed it off, myself...]]

And I think that you are right. We furs do have a tendency to do a, "Hey, I'm a furry!" type thing. Even if we don't know it. In fact...I'm probably doing that right now...
 

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I agree with everything you've said so far. Just posting here to say that if this turns into a furry social thread, I'll close it. There's a really cool furry usergroup you can go to for that.

As long as this stays as an informative thing, I'm okay with it. Though it's under tight watch. If any other mods see any sort of aggression from either side, feel free to close it.
 

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I see...

Well considering I never really knew exactly what a furry was anyways this was actually pretty informative,nice that you stand up for your beliefs,good on you.

As long as your not doing anything abnormal to animals its all good.
 

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well i did learn some new things. the furry concept still kinda weirds me out. if i had questions i would ask. but my knowledge on this subject has basicly all come from animal planet.
 

Nihongo-ookami

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Well they did do a "Wierd, True, and Freaky" thing about stuff like that. People beign animals and whatnot. There was a mention of furries.

I see...

Well considering I never really knew exactly what a furry was anyways this was actually pretty informative,nice that you stand up for your beliefs,good on you.

As long as your not doing anything abnormal to animals its all good.
Well, I don't so we're cool. Not many people do. Bestiality is Illegal in most states, and even in those where it's legal, it's stupid. IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN.
 

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Furries shouldn't be treated as people, because they aren't.








No, just joking. But many people believe that furries lead to Bestiality, due to their immense love for anthropomorphic animals. Yeah...

I tolerate your existence, and I know cool furries.
 

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lol i love it fair play to u guys and u for starting the thread id say half the prople who saw it now realise the misconceptions that they had about furries even if they tolerated them.
but hey whatever people get up to in bed is between them and god
 

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oh! i have a furry story! let me tell you a tail.

so, a while back, i was on the dc++ hub in my dorm trying to download pictures of shibari ("to tie" or "to bind" in japanese, basically elaborate rope bondage). unfortunately, apparently all the people in my dorm were fairly vanilla except for this one guy who had tons of shibari pics. so i downloaded them all. when i opened the first one, it was a hand-drawn picture of a fox-woman tied-up and...well...performing an explicit act on a fox-man as a tear rolled down her cheek. i freaked out and quickly deleted it, hoping never to see anything like that again. to my dismay, when i opened the next picture, i was presented with a similar scene. at this point, a tear rolled down my cheek. but i had caught on, and i deleted the lot of the pictures.

thinking i was done with the unsavory ordeal, i went to go download other stuff from dc, like pictures of flowers and crap (you know, the usual). to my surprise, a chat window popped up on dc. i recognized the user name immediately, it was the guy i had downloaded all the pics from. he inquired, "sooo....what'd you think of those pictures?? heh." reading this, it occurred to me that not only did this guy enjoy pictures of stuff like that, but he actually enjoyed them so much he decided to draw them all himself.

not knowing what to do, i knocked my laptop off my desk and ran into the bathroom, locking the door behind me. in retrospect, this may have been an overreaction. i thought i had behaved properly until i read your post. i thought furries also had the ability to jump through the internet and stare menacingly at you. thank you for clearing that up!

i mean, i'm not one to judge about what you like in the bedroom, but the minute you start popping out of my ethernet cable, i get a little freaked out.
 

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Furry is a fetish. Not True. The Furry fandom is a hobby, a culture or interest, much as someone could say that they have an interest in Salsa Dancing.
Oh, I see. Not that I really cared that much to begin with, but huh, that's quite the clarification.

Carry on.

Oh, I'd also like to suggest changing the title. Something along the lines of "Furry Misconceptions" or "Furries: Not that Horrible At All." I actually avoided this topic for a bit due to the title.
 

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Number 1:
Furry is a fetish. Not True. The Furry fandom is a hobby, a culture or interest, much as someone could say that they have an interest in Salsa Dancing. To call the fandom a fetish is to say that All Star Trek Fans masturbate to Captain Kirk. It's just not going to happen.

Number 2:
Furries are Sex-addicted. Largely not true. although there are a lot of people who are mainly into the fandom because of porn, most of them have their reasons.
I'm not trying to be a crap-starter. Really. But if you don't think that furry isn't completely sex-centric than you're pretty jaded or delusional or somethin'. Not saying that's a horrible thing. I just think it's funny that so many furs like downplay it and compare the fandom to things like 'salsa dancing'. I'm not into the whole fandom anymore. Too many social recluses and creepers.
 

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Explicit furry stuff makes me rofl.

Thus, Teran gives a wholehearted seal of approval to furries, who create content that amuses me.
 

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I don't care what furrie is, it's just a name.

But if you're jerking off to animals, people who look like animals, anthropormor*** animals, you need to seriously consider killing yourself.

:093:
 

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No way, those furries are ruining The World/America/My Personal Life because of what they do alone or with other furries.

They're almost as bad as the foot fetishists/homosexuals/minorities.
 

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I don't care what furrie is, it's just a name.

But if you're jerking off to animals, people who look like animals, anthropormor*** animals, you need to seriously consider killing yourself.

:093:
Yeah, this is exactly what we're trying to avoid. Post like a **** in this thread again, and you're banned from the PRoom.
 

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Whether it was a joke or not it was uncalled for and in bad taste...you have to realize that.
 

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I really do not care. I treat everyone the same >_>. Everyone should and every time I find someone that doesn't. I consider something worse then human <_<.


I demand that everyone gives a furrie a big old hug :mad:
 

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Hate on fandoms/gender association/sexual orientation is -such- a wasted emotion :/ ...i've got better things to do with my time
Also, ya, it's true, there's so much hate for furries. Why? Because they're all perverts? Prolly. But hey, they probably like a ****-fetish, or gore-fetish, but you know, whatever, that's perfectly fine so long as it doesn't have fur or a tail.

Also, comparing the furry fandom with something like star trek, or star wars, or something to that effect, doesn't do it much justice either because how each fandom had a different foundation...
I'm not going to lie, most of the furry fandom has now become corrupt and perverse to such an extent that I'm even disliking saying "I'm a furry", but as I stepped away from it greatly, I've learned there's still something I have from it. I still feel, and have, furry friends that of course still believe in the fandom, but aside from that, they are great friends and pretty kool people. -Those are the "furs" that I still like; that can retain their person and have the furry fandom as still a fandom and a personalty trait to them

Anyway, props (and balls) to Nihongo for posting this..was a good lil' vent I had
 

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I think it's more because they are associated with other negative stereotypes than because of being a furry in and of itself.
 

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I just listened to Mr. Zoo on the radio station KChat from Grand Theft Auto Vice City. It reminded me of this thread.

I think it would be hilarious if that was where all negative steriotypes on the subject originated.

Unfortunately, I can't actually post a link to a video of it here because of the language and the very disturbing references that most likely go against SWF rules. But feel free to look it up on youtube, and learn how 17.5 million people first encountered the concept of a "furry."
 

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ZOMG FURRIES!!!!!!!!1 Run f0 y0 L1ves
Nawh I'm just joking I don't have anything against furries.
I'm pretty sure you understand all the memes and references such as "Krystal can't enjoy her sandwich"
 

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Lul, I remember that image RTF. Even with that kind of logic, if the furry in question would be replaced with anything else..same outcome xP.
 

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furries arent a big deal, if they like their favorite animal as a man. then they like em. i REALLY hate those krystal perv on gamefaqs' starfox boards. they are so immature
Have you actually met one IRL?! Lemme tell you not pleasant! They shouldn't be matched up to furries, they're in their own category. They believe they're only ones for her, constantly talking about the comic in Palcomix and not to mention thier hatred of Sakurai for not including her in Brawl.

Basically, be grateful that you haven't met a Krystal fur***, otherwise you'll be scarred like me:urg:
 
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