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That's your segway?
Hito if you want to feud with me or something, you gotta bring your A game if you want to go up against The King of Games.
i'd say yes but I forgot how to play it.
CHEEZMO
Obsidian fan
Feel free to roll around in your dork chariot.
CHEEZMO
Obsidian fan
Hop away lest ye be caught up in... whatever this is.
ColtraineGF
Member
Ah, Cheezmo must've dragged you here. Hey.
It's pretty much quiet here now
It's pretty much quiet here now
(like it always is)
RevolverFox44
Banned
Hi. This thread is pretty much dead as dust though, no one can seem to come up with anything to actually talk about.
I tried drawing something, but it didnt inspire anyone else to :S
RevolverFox44
Banned
It was a good effort, you should keep practicing. I think about trying to draw every once in a while but never do, I'm terrible at it. I tried taking a class once, everyone else managed to make some scribbles that at least resembled the subject matter. Me, not so much.
CHEEZMO
Obsidian fan
You've posted here before.
Then PMd me about it.
I won't even attempt to try, I'm horrible at just about everything creative.
I possess knowledge of how this emotion manifests.
Snytbaggen
Member
So... I like some furry art including many that's posted in this thread, but I don't like many/most of the other things in the furry fandom. What does that make me?
CHEEZMO
Obsidian fan
Whaddya mean by "other things"?
Snytbaggen
Member
CHEEZMO™;36149356 said:
Hmm... Instead, let's just say that I like the art. There was a period a few years ago when I saw myself as a furry and tried to get into the fandom, but it didn't feel right and I ultimately decided it wasn't for me and now I casually stick to the art.
EDIT: It's not really "not like", more like indifferent.
Snytbaggen
Member
I don't really see myself as one but okay, a very mild one then. I can tell from what you've posted in this and other threads that you're way more into it than I ever was.
The internet is kinda interesting though, since it's okay to be attracted to aliens (looking at you, Mass Effect) but as soon as it gets some fur on it people rage and are disgusted. To me it's on the same scale; if it's not too alien/animal-looking I'm okay with it. I think it all started when I was thirteen and Starfox Adventures just had been released. You know what I'm talking about... That and our recent broadband connection at home lead to a lot of fanfiction and fan forums, and then it just escalated. I think that was my "teenage identity crisis" since I was a very calm and normal teenager and that was the only "identity-seeking" I did. My interest gradually declined and I eventually decided it just wasn't for me, however as I've said I still enjoy some of the art. I also still know way more Starfox lore than I should. So now you know something I've never told anyone else before, not even over the internet. Feels kinda good, actually.
The internet is kinda interesting though, since it's okay to be attracted to aliens (looking at you, Mass Effect) but as soon as it gets some fur on it people rage and are disgusted. To me it's on the same scale; if it's not too alien/animal-looking I'm okay with it. I think it all started when I was thirteen and Starfox Adventures just had been released. You know what I'm talking about... That and our recent broadband connection at home lead to a lot of fanfiction and fan forums, and then it just escalated. I think that was my "teenage identity crisis" since I was a very calm and normal teenager and that was the only "identity-seeking" I did. My interest gradually declined and I eventually decided it just wasn't for me, however as I've said I still enjoy some of the art. I also still know way more Starfox lore than I should. So now you know something I've never told anyone else before, not even over the internet. Feels kinda good, actually.
Cheezmo is all about the feels today.
Thinking about it, all my college friends know that I'm a furry, but none of my high school or earlier ones. Even though it was in high school that I started to get into the whole thing and started making my character.
I don't know that I had a point here.
Thinking about it, all my college friends know that I'm a furry, but none of my high school or earlier ones. Even though it was in high school that I started to get into the whole thing and started making my character.
I don't know that I had a point here.
-none- of my college friends have any idea, except the ones I realized are also furries thanks to internet history >.>; It's a joking topic of discussion with them, a secret to everyone else.
Honestly, it's just a kink for me, not a lifestyle, and I think there's a lot of other people who feel the same way =\
Snytbaggen
Member
CHEEZMO;36150627 said:Tali is mai waifu~
People who say stuff like that doesn't count are just in denial
As for your last point: now theres a feel I know. Feels good to get things off your chest and open up every once in a while.
I think it's the same thing like that "homophobes are homosexually attracted" study that popped up the other day. Speaking of that, I've noticed there seems to be a rather high percentage of bi-/homosexuality in the furry fandom, is there any reason for this? I have nothing against it and is genuinely curious. I do remember it as a bit annoying, since I'm straight.
CHEEZMO
Obsidian fan
Yeah, I've noticed that too. Heterosexuality seems to be the minority rather than the norm.
Not really sure what the deal is - never heard anyone get too deep into it, tbh.
Mmmm, isn't it just?
Not really sure what the deal is - never heard anyone get too deep into it, tbh.
Mmmm, isn't it just?
ColtraineGF
Member
Interestingly enough,there was a study two pages ago that tried to study this, among most things:
http://www.animalsandsociety.org/assets/library/770_s1.pdf
Personally, I consider myself fairly open at the moment in regards to who or what I like, but outside of online, I'm only really interested in girls. So I'd say it's not a matter of simply one or the other.
edit: Yeah, I guess kink would be more accurate for certain aspects.
RevolverFox44
Banned
That's mostly how is for me too, I don't really participate in the fandom at all aside from collecting art but still consider myself a furry.
Exactly, I don't see how it's any different. No one had problems with all the alien fucking in Star Trek either, even Klingons.
Beyond the kink aspect I also really like furries/anthros in general, used in comics, books, animation, games, etc. and wish they were used more in popular media that's not just aimed at kids.
Beyond the kink aspect I also really like furries/anthros in general, used in comics, books, animation, games, etc. and wish they were used more in popular media that's not just aimed at kids.
I feel the same way (I'm a huge Sam & Max fan), but I feel like that might just stem from the kink part, the same way most foot fetishists love Quentin Tarintino movies
RevolverFox44
Banned
That's a good point.I feel like that might just stem from the kink part, the same way most foot fetishists love Quentin Tarintino movies
Kai Dracon
Writing a dinosaur space opera symphony
CHEEZMO;36151660 said:
Ironically, there even was a usenet group in the early 90s that used "lifestyle" in the desc related to early furry fandom. But... one must bear in mind how long ago that was. There was no web, no online communities like today. The subject was so niche, that I think it was easier for it to seem like a lifestyle than it is today. Because it actually was - being involved required a lot of legwork, traveling all over in real life, distributing hand printed fan magazines, and whatnot.
IMO much of the "lifestyle" stuff since then has partly been from outsiders disparaging furries. Playing up and overselling how "warped" furry ppl are, and how much they 'clearly have no life outside of furries'. Combine it with a few fruits from the community who get on TV shows or such and actually portray it that way, and a meme is born.
Sometimes, new people to the American fandom actually think they're supposed to find a lifestyle or something just because they've heard about it so much, ah-heh.
The furry thing is far to easy to access and increasingly suburbanized to be a lifestyle today. You have to be a real hobbyist to come close, such as people who actually build costumes or create a lot of content like artwork and writing.
CHEEZMO;36139823 said:
I'm glad the GAF furries are realistic about this. Other websites with furry threads I wouldn't touch with a ten-foot pole had tons of people spouting bullsht like "Oh my god no, like ten percent of furries look at the porn, I identify with a wolf spiritually, sexual furries are disgusting!"
The average person will find that sort of bullshit significantly more off putting than "I have a fetish."
You still need a label to describe a general population. Is there something better?
oh, well in terms of defining a group of people that dedicate themselves to it, it works.
im just saying that in general its an all encompassing segregation on the internet
which can be amusing as well as annoying
thought it is completely understandable that sexually charged avatars weird people out, kind of like the scene in a clockwork orange where he is forced to watch all this insane stuff
elaborate
2th tried to troll me by messaging my college friend to tell him that I was a furry
my friend later asked me "whats a fuhri", which was amusing
honestly I don't think many people even know what it is