Furries

[Gryffindorian]

I first heard of the term "furries" watching a CSI episode. I actually like furries fan art, but like hentai pics, I don't necessarily collect or download furry pics.

 

[Amaris]

I first heard of the term "furries" watching a CSI episode. I actually like furries fan art, but like hentai pics, I don't necessarily collect or download furry pics.

AH HA! I knew SOMEONE had actually seen that episode!


J.

 

[Doggeh]

For starters, I am a furry. I suppose my username might be proof of that. I'm a (semi) active member of the Furaffinity art site, I attend conventions, and I draw furry art. I'd also really like to have my own fursuit some day, they look like fun.

I've been drawing furry art since before I knew it had such an established fan base.

Its true though that much of this fandom has a more sexual aspect to it. Its not really my cup of tea and I try to avoid it all together.

 

[Kestra]

I've seen that episode too. Why does it matter?

 

[Gepard]

For starters, I am a furry. I suppose my username might be proof of that. I'm a (semi) active member of the Furaffinity art site, I attend conventions, and I draw furry art. I'd also really like to have my own fursuit some day, they look like fun.

I've been drawing furry art since before I knew it had such an established fan base.

Its true though that much of this fandom has a more sexual aspect to it. Its not really my cup of tea and I try to avoid it all together.

Ah ha! Sanity!

IN YOUR FACE, ANTI-FURRIES.

Gep, reasonable

 

[Amaris]

For starters, I am a furry. I suppose my username might be proof of that. I'm a (semi) active member of the Furaffinity art site, I attend conventions, and I draw furry art. I'd also really like to have my own fursuit some day, they look like fun.

I've been drawing furry art since before I knew it had such an established fan base.

Its true though that much of this fandom has a more sexual aspect to it. Its not really my cup of tea and I try to avoid it all together.

I'm a member of FAF, too. If you don't mind, sometime you could share your art if you wished. I'd be more than happy to see it. Again, only if you wish.

I've seen that episode too. Why does it matter?

It's an episode about a murder at a furry convention, and it portrays the furry community as a whole to be nothing more than people having wild and drunken orgies in fursuits. It's not pretty, and it's not true for the vast majority of furries.

J.

 

[Doggeh]

I can post a few things I suppose. I dont think I'm really the most talented artist around, but thats just my opinion!

And I'll just link this one cause its pretty large. Yes, I'm a Neopets addict.
http://fc00.deviantart.com/fs41/f/2009/039/6/9/Cougar_Canyon_by_MasterDoggeh.png

I'm a bit more into drawing quads than anthros.

 

[Kestra]

I've seen that episode too. Why does it matter?

It's an episode about a murder at a furry convention, and it portrays the furry community as a whole to be nothing more than people having wild and drunken orgies in fursuits. It's not pretty, and it's not true for the vast majority of furries.

J.

Surely you don't assume the people in this thread would base an opinion entirely off of that?

 

[Amaris]

I can post a few things I suppose. I dont think I'm really the most talented artist around, but thats just my opinion!

And I'll just link this one cause its pretty large. Yes, I'm a Neopets addict.
http://fc00.deviantart.com/fs41/f/2009/039/6/9/Cougar_Canyon_by_MasterDoggeh.png

I'm a bit more into drawing quads than anthros.

That is nice work! I really like that.

Surely you don't assume the people in this thread would base an opinion entirely off of that?

Most people? No. I just wanted to clear it out of the way, first.

J.

 

[Gryffindorian]

^Honestly, I think it looks silly. Don't get me wrong, let's say you and I were real world pals, I wouldn't stop talking to you the second I found out you were a furry. I'd probably give you some crap about it randomly, though.

If I somehow caught you *fapping* to it... I would probably get over it and still hang out with you... but I would make fun of you about it on occasion whenever I felt the need to bust out the 'nuclear option'... I wouldn't spread the word around or anything on account of the massive embarrassment though.

But, if you dressed up furry style, and dated a furry girl in a furry suit, or talked about having furry suit sex, then I'd have to say "Have a nice life, weirdo"

Come on. Let's say you were a rabid XBox 360 fan, and I hated XBox 360 and loved PS3. Couldn't we just get along? This thread just goes to show how much intolerance there is in this world, and we ain't even talking about sexual orientation, religion, or any of that good stuff.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Come on. Let's say you were a rabid XBox 360 fan, and I hated XBox 360 and loved PS3. Couldn't we just get along?

Trust me. Some groups of people just *don't* get along. Yankee fans and Red Sox fans, for example. It's practically hardwired into our DNA.

And you know what? We like it that way.

 

[Amaris]

Come on. Let's say you were a rabid XBox 360 fan, and I hated XBox 360 and loved PS3. Couldn't we just get along?

Trust me. Some groups of people just *don't* get along. Yankee fans and Red Sox fans, for example. It's practically hardwired into our DNA.

And you know what? We like it that way.

Wow.


J.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

^ Now just let me say in our defense: We only do that when the Red Sox actually come to Yankee Stadium (or, God forbid, a Sox fan actually shows up in the bleachers with us ). I've heard talk of the "Yankees Suck" chant being started up at Fenway Park when 1) the Yankees are not playing that day, and 2) there's not even a Yankee fan there to begin with.

At least we only heckle a team when we have a reason to. I mean, if they're not there to hear us give them shit, what's the point?

Now that I've gone off on a baseball tangent, it does bring up an interesting point: Is the Phillie Phanatic, technically, a furry? Think about it.

 

[Amaris]

^ Now just let me say in our defense: We only do that when the Red Sox actually come to Yankee Stadium (or, God forbid, a Sox fan actually shows up in the bleachers with us ). I've heard talk of the "Yankees Suck" chant being started up at Fenway Park when 1) the Yankees are not playing that day, and 2) there's not even a Yankee fan there to begin with.

At least we only heckle a team when we have a reason to. I mean, if they're not there to hear us give them shit, what's the point?

You make perfect sense!


J.

 

[Yoda]

^Honestly, I think it looks silly. Don't get me wrong, let's say you and I were real world pals, I wouldn't stop talking to you the second I found out you were a furry. I'd probably give you some crap about it randomly, though.

If I somehow caught you *fapping* to it... I would probably get over it and still hang out with you... but I would make fun of you about it on occasion whenever I felt the need to bust out the 'nuclear option'... I wouldn't spread the word around or anything on account of the massive embarrassment though.

But, if you dressed up furry style, and dated a furry girl in a furry suit, or talked about having furry suit sex, then I'd have to say "Have a nice life, weirdo"

Come on. Let's say you were a rabid XBox 360 fan, and I hated XBox 360 and loved PS3. Couldn't we just get along? This thread just goes to show how much intolerance there is in this world, and we ain't even talking about sexual orientation, religion, or any of that good stuff.

I have a misguided PS3 fanboy friend (I have both, but vastly prefer Xbox360 for a variety of reasons, or as Aragorn would put it, it apparently blows me ). I give him lots of shit about it. Mostly because he never considered getting a different console and the extent of his reasoning was 'I like Sony'. No research, just a blind brand loyalty buy!

As for religious intolerance... well, anytime someone comes up to me and lets me know I'll suffer eternal damnation for not following <insert Holy Book Title here>, tolerance is out the window!

 

[Kestra]

Come on. Let's say you were a rabid XBox 360 fan, and I hated XBox 360 and loved PS3. Couldn't we just get along? This thread just goes to show how much intolerance there is in this world, and we ain't even talking about sexual orientation, religion, or any of that good stuff.

This is a forum where you can be criticized for putting ketchup on your hot dog, asking too many questions in a retail setting, and not being efficient enough at the supermarket. Let's be realistic here.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

This is a forum where you can be criticized for putting ketchup on your hot dog

Forum? There's entire CITIES that will do that.

 

[Gryffindorian]

This is a forum where you can be criticized for putting ketchup on your hot dog

Forum? There's entire CITIES that will do that.

Hey, but we're Trek fans and are supposed to know better and have a highly evolved sensibility.

 

[Kestra]

This is a forum where you can be criticized for putting ketchup on your hot dog

Forum? There's entire CITIES that will do that.

This I know. I was there a few hours ago.

 

[Sephiroth]

*wheels in and mounts GAU-8*