Creepy AF
This is adorable.
I wish the other refugee children, still mired in the conflict(s) back in their homelands, could experience this as well.
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Syrian refugees in Canada got housed in same hotel as VancouFur furry convention
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This is adorable.
I wish the other refugee children, still mired in the conflict(s) back in their homelands, could experience this as well.
TheLostBigBoss
Banned
those suits are creepy AF
Prax
Member
This is cute. Glad the children had fun!
I think too many people conflate furries and sexuality as a given.
Humans in general are sexual, you know.. but it's not like all cosplayers/actors in costume/people on halloween just have sexy times on their mind.
Anyway, I think I have a general distaste for how many fursuit faces are made. I know they try to get ones with a certain cartoony suave, but they usually aren't well-designed in my eyes, leading to an uncanny creep factor. XD (Same can be said for most lower-priced, non professional masks, actually!).
I think too many people conflate furries and sexuality as a given.
Humans in general are sexual, you know.. but it's not like all cosplayers/actors in costume/people on halloween just have sexy times on their mind.
Anyway, I think I have a general distaste for how many fursuit faces are made. I know they try to get ones with a certain cartoony suave, but they usually aren't well-designed in my eyes, leading to an uncanny creep factor. XD (Same can be said for most lower-priced, non professional masks, actually!).
Subpar Scrub
Banned
Lmao the furries in this thread that can't take a joke. I can't.
It's a nice gesture to entertain the children, though.
It's a nice gesture to entertain the children, though.
Prax
Member
I think.. no one would be particularly thrilled as a group to be implied to be connected to pedophilia... :l Even as a joke.
Furries can take plenty of jokes and have for a long time, I assure you. It's the rampant ignorance and shitposting that gets to us.
1.21Gigawatts
Banned
Is this furry thing something sexual, or why are the reactions here the way they are?
NoblesseOblige
Banned
They have become associated with sex. Some may blame the MTV documentary on furries as part of the Sek2K/True Life series. I know at least at my high school it was widely talked about and everyone's introduction to furry subculture.
You Are Viewtiful
Member
Why is this even a thread if everyone is just going to reply "aw that's cute". This whole thing is a joke thread, no need to take it personally.
meltingparappa
Member
I wonder how different the mainstream perception would be if most suits looked like this instead of like Balto with as many neon colors as possible.
1.21Gigawatts
Banned
Hm.
I've heard the term "furry" befor but never bothered to look into it, so to me this doesn't look any more or less creepy than kids taking picture with Mickey Mouse and the other guys in Disney Land.
Do these people identify as animals or do they just like to dress as them?
Subpar Scrub
Banned
I didn't see a lot of that, I saw a lot of "oh those poor children" style posts though. Thought it was referring to how obnoxious most furries are at conventions/expos.
NoblesseOblige
Banned
Most don't even dressup in these full body suits. It's stupid expensive (up to several thousand US dollars a suit) and a lot don't get anything out of it. Of those who do do the whole fursuit thing I would presume the majority are sane and just enjoy it the same way some enjoy to cosplay. However there are some that are particularly... eccentric, and identify as animals. I tend to think those individuals are just an act for my own sanity.
Pantaghana
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It's not binary like that, there's an entire spectrum that ranges from "likes the aesthetic" to "wants to fuck anthropomorphic animals".
Deft Beck
Member
People like to get their opinions from pop culture instead of the various accounts from people inside the scene who say otherwise.
It just comes across as childish mockery.
Why make any threads? It's a good gesture, even if the negative reactions from people are putting a damper on the discussion.
orthodoxy1095
Banned
There might be a better perception if those suits weren't creepy as shit.
Holy nightmare fuel Batman.
Holy nightmare fuel Batman.
Plenty of threads are nothing but aww that's cute.
Milly Osworth
Member
I wonder how different the mainstream perception would be if most suits looked like this instead of like Balto with as many neon colors as possible.
That is supposed to be not creepy as hell? :|
Prax
Member
I wonder how different the mainstream perception would be if most suits looked like this instead of like Balto with as many neon colors as possible.
Yeah! A big problem is poor design! Much like a failed cosplay costume leads to side-eyeing, the same can be said of a poorly made fursuit! How unflattering it is brings up the cringe factor. Unfortunately, executing a successful "look" takes a lot of money and aesthetic sense.
I can assure you that most people think it's weird and obnoxious because they connect it to possible sexual content (or some maligned assumptions about how desperate/horny this subgroup is, much like a gamer/anime fan might be thought of). lol
The fact that people are making fun of this with the extra idea of the "innocence of these poor children" implies a seediness toward the children that is pretty rude.
This is funny to say as most furries at their conventions are nowhere near as bad as many of the comic/scifi/etc. style conventions I've visited. I've been to both and while some furries can be obnoxious they tend to be a bit more respectful and controlled in public, maybe because they know their is a stigma hanging around their fandom.
Where as the last comic book convention I went to there were tons of sexual harassment complaints by many cos players male and female. I straight up saw a dude dressed as Deadpool shoving his katana's between female cos players legs. So say what you will about furries but acknowledge there is a lot of shit done at other nerdy conventions that as is bad, if not worse. I believe the cherry on top of the shit Sunday was the fact that convention did apparently nothing at all about the complaints except some announcements over the PA about respecting personal space.
NoblesseOblige
Banned
Well as someone who visits furry outlets (and hell, used to role-play online as an anthropomorphic 'furry'-like thing) there is no denying the amount of sexualization on display. Not that there's anything wrong with it, our wider culture can benefit from being more open and less conservative when it comes to sex. But that doesn't make those looking in from outside not see it as different and sexually charged.
CaviarMeths
Member
Some people like anthropomorphic animals. Some people like Warcraft elves. Some people from both groups like to pretend that their interests aren't as nerdy or weird as the other.
Snkfanatic
Banned
It's rather hilarious and sad at the same time.
Milly Osworth
Member
Riighhtt. My avatar doesn't mean I dress up like an elf my friend.
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The Everyman
Creepy AF
it really isn't though. it doesn't look any different from kids taking a picture with goofy at disneyland.
NoblesseOblige
Banned
Most in the furry community don't either. In fact there's probably less people who dress in fursuits than people who WoW cosplay.
Then there's overlap between the groups:
CaviarMeths
Member
"I don't understand this, so obviously it's weird sex stuff involving children."
-GAF on anime and furry
And I'll stop there before I walk myself into a ban >_>
Deft Beck
Member
Yeah, but it's not on display in this instance at all.
The most common reason why people fursuit is because it's fun.
Also, you act as if they're going to encounter them more than in this specific instance.
Just let the kids have fun. They've been through a lot.
Shmuppers
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nicoga3000
Saint Nic
Awesome - this story is really cool. 
adamsappel
Member
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The kids had fun and it's a nice gesture. Better than being picketed and harassed.
The kids had fun and it's a nice gesture. Better than being picketed and harassed.
MrCunningham
Member
I'd get on the first flight back to Syria...
It's like watching Deviant Art creations come to life....
Although I still think furries are weird, my negative opinion of them has been supplanted by a negative opinion of bronies.
Thank goodness those refugees didn't share a hotel with a brony convention.
Neoriceisgood
Member
UltraGunner
Banned
"Maybe our bombed out homeland isn't so bad by comparison"
hodayathink
Member
Nah, the Disney actors are screwing like rabbits too. Do you really not think everyone is hitting on the princesses?
John Kowalski
Banned
The obvious solution is that gaf is not actually liberal and open, only insomuch as it can to be perceived as such at a surface level.
So you've moved on from irrationally hating one group of people to irrationally hating another? Progress!
MrCunningham
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TheDrizzlerJ11
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Goofy is a paid employee which Disney is liable for. These people are dressing up in these suits as a hobby and are guests of the hotel. Its is very different.
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