Thread: Opinion on Furries.

Haha, sort of been waiting for a furry to pop up in here saying Don't hate me! But seeing as how that seems unlikely, I guess I'll offer myself up for the role. xD Personally I'm not really sure if I could be considered a furry. I do 'Furry x Human' 'Furry x Furry' roleplays, so I'm sort of like them. But that's like saying that you're a rapist in real-life if you do a non-con thing here. And obviously that's not true. Haven't got a 'fursona' Had to google what that was xD , nor does the idea of dressing up in a 'fur-suit' appeal Definitely not sexually. I admit I did enjoy the furry-porn genre for a year or two, along with other forms of pornography in my past, but I don't really find FurryPorn, Hentai, or normal 'Real' porn to be any different. It's just a matter of different tastes I think. Calling people that enjoy furry porn sick though, to me sounds a lot like the Grand Theft Auto made me commit the crime excuse. Enjoying art, even if it is of an awkward nature doesn't make them literally into the idea of bestiality. But as mentioned above, I'd say the Corgi case was taking things a bit far. I'm pretty sure though that it was a bad prank though, and not supposed to suggest something. Regarding never having met a good Furry.... well, I have to admit that despite my RP tastes, I'm haven't come across enough people to have a strong enough positive impression. Though admittedly the bad ones REALLY stick out. But that said, I find that to be the case with many 'groups' in society. Yaoi Or MxM for those not familiar with the term. Being pretty open when it comes to RPing I was convinced to join a site dedicated to the pairing, and while most people were pleasant, there were a few horrible people here and there. Got asked a few times why I was even on the site, and that I was a homophobe for calling myself heterosexual. But for the most part, the community was friendly..... though I have to admit that I got the feeling a lot of people there were lying to me. Could be just me, but I usually find guys that enjoy MxM to be socially insecure RPing or women that enjoy the genre to have some health debilitating illness..... Shrugs My friend said they were genuine, and that Gods cursed them.... but that's another story Emo Don't see as many around anymore, but I remember a few years ago when people seemed to be under the impression that being 'Emo' was cool. Still know a few people in real life that do. And while some are okay, other unbearable, seriously don't want to know about wrist-slitting when we go out for a nice casual lunch Again, like the fursuit, I don't understand the makeup, hairstyle or choice of clothing. Black shirt is fine, I'm sure we all have them, but I'm talking more extremes Anime Out of all of the above, I'm most likely to be categorized here. But again, I find the idea of dressing up as one to be odd. Been to one Anime convention, didn't interest me. I didn't dress up, no. But that said, I never liked dress up in kindydaycare either. Again I RP this genre, and I do watch a few of the anime's floating around in my free time. ------------ Bottom line, I don't think I'd be able to get along with anyone that stands out in the options above. I do however think that anyone that overly supports something gets naturally obnoxious even if they are great people beneath their views. I mean people can get pretty savage when you question their religion, cultural values, job, or hobby. I mean I get pretty pissy as a translatorlanguage teachers aide when someone tells me, learning a language is pointless, machines will do it for me. Seriously, Google translate is not a good translator, and neither is your iphone. I've got a friend that loves pokemon, and she won't accept the idea that Pokemon is becoming less popular. Citing game sales and saying interest is still on the rise, whether that's true or not is another matter, but amongst our friendship group, we have a silent agreement not to joke about pokemon when she's around.... unless we want to spend the next few hours being lectured why we're wrong. xD Deviated pretty far by now I think xD Anyway I'm obviously fine with furries as a group, but there's always individuals that are unbearable, and they're also usually the ones that stand out. Calling all furries unpleasant is like saying all black people are poor, thugs, and well endowed.... xD And that obviously isn't true. If you think the concept itself is sick, fair enough. But it's best to not go out of your way to confrontexpress unless there's an open invitation to do so. Not to name call, but I don't think comments like the above Post9 are helpful. Though as someone prior has pointed out, I'm not that fond of people who use a certain fandomconcept to identify themselves. I support gay marriage, I don't support Gay-rights extremists, I don't mind religion, but if you're a religious fanatic please go away. If you're transgendered and going to whine and cry about being in the wrong body, that's not my problem, and if your a furry who hates having people point out that there's a furless ape sitting behind the fursona.... then maybe you do have problems that should be addressed? Either way, what stays behind closed doors is none of my business.