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The furries are doing their part o7 (media.kbin.social)

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[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 106 points 1 year ago

The Internet hatred for furries always bothered me. I'm not into it, I think it's weird, but so what? I think BDSM is weird too, but we don't treat people into BDSM like we treat furries- as if they're some sort of disease. I've met a few working at sci-fi/comic cons over the years and they've always been really nice, decent people. They just have a kink. Lots of people have kinks.

[-] FirstPitchStrike@kbin.social 42 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I think it's the fact that furries tend to bring their kink public. I have not consented to engage in your sex games. If he showed up to a ceremony in leather and a ballgag no one would be ok with it, but the fur suit is the equivalent and I'm expected to applaud.

[-] Serinus@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago

the fur suit is the equivalent [of] leather and a ballgag

I mean, no. It's really not.

I do get what you're saying and generally agree otherwise. That one was just a bit much.

[-] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago

I agree. I’ve seen furries in public and while I find them odd, I never saw any of their costumes as inherently sexual.

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[-] Jimbo@yiffit.net 9 points 1 year ago

The fursuit is the equivalent??? I'm actually laughing rn people think this???

[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 8 points 1 year ago

bring their kink into public

But it's not a kink for them.

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[-] Salami456@sh.itjust.works 30 points 1 year ago

I blame the astroturfing early on. The furry community never really overcame the weird allegations from their first major convention. It also doesn't help that people think furry is JUST a sexual thing.

[-] PugJesus@kbin.social 61 points 1 year ago

Imma level with you chief: I would think it was less weird if it was JUST a sexual thing.

[-] Pohl@lemmy.world 32 points 1 year ago

“I like to wear a cartoon animal suit when I go to the grocery”. —> weird, but you do you I guess.

“I get into some wild and depraved shit when I’m horny” —> me too buddy, me too.

[-] Jimbo@yiffit.net 24 points 1 year ago

And many replies here are people hating on furries, and people actually thinking fursuits are primarily a sexual thing, this is wild lmao.

From someone actually from the community, fursuits are NOT a sexual thing for the VAST majority of furries, and should not be treated as such. Can't believe I still have to say this.

[-] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Echoing what pugjesus said below, it would be easier to empathize with if it were a sexual thing. Sexy times have gotten weird, especially with the modern internet and the specificity of porn. Most people could imagine how a fursuit might spice up things in the bedroom, not to mention the anonymity of wearing a mask. But few people understand the desire to wear a fursuit for day-to-day activities. I imagine it would be too warm and uncomfortable, and I wouldn't get any joy or comfort out of it.

Personally, I'm on the live and let live team. I don't have to understand your lifestyle or your hobbies, nor do I feel the need to justify mine. But that's probably why you have to keep explaining it to everyone.

[-] theangryseal@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

My kid is into the whole Furry scene. She makes the art, she’s learned valuable skills working on the suits and things.

Here’s the thing though. She doesn’t wear a fursuit for “day-to-day” activities. She does this stuff only with friends online. It’s just a creative community working with each other and building on each others work. I don’t get it, the appeal that is. It’s silly to me.

Most of the people she talks to are into drawing and creative type stuff. They’re musicians and artists from around the world. They have this odd thing in common that gives them a reason to create something familiar, quite often, with friends.

It isn’t her whole personality, it’s just a part of it. A social part even. It’s something to give them a sense of community and belonging.

I’m not a social person. I don’t have close friends and I don’t have any interest in sharing hobbies with other people, so it’s super foreign to me as a person on almost every level.

I just think people have serious misconceptions about what it is they’re doing. They’re just roleplaying and goofing with friends while being creative.

Sure, there’s a seedy side, but people make Simpsons porn for fucks sake. The difference in how we feel about that is that we all know the Simpsons and we know that’s not what it’s actually about. It’s just a few degens making weird shit. That’s the deal with furries too. A few degens make it sexual or make their whole life about it.

It’s goofy, but they’re having fun and meeting people.

[-] yuriy@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Thank you very much for providing your insight to the discourse!

[-] theangryseal@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Hey, you’re welcome.

It bothered me bad when my kid started getting into it because of all of the bullying those folks get.

She’s a teenager and she’s having fun. She’s learned to draw and sew because of it. I haven’t seen anything even remotely worth my concern. They create characters and stories and just have fun. She’s learned to use 3D modeling software and serious art software. I got her a decent drawing tablet and she draws things for the kids who can’t draw. She’s developed some serious skill as a result of her interest in the stuff.

I’m for it. I don’t get it, but I’m for it.

[-] yuriy@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

if only all parents could be as supportive. keep up the good work friend 💖

[-] feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Yiffit, you say.

[-] yuriy@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

you know, funnily enough i was actually encountering less porn on yiffit’s local than i was lemmy.world for a while

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[-] PugJesus@kbin.social 19 points 1 year ago

Furries are odd fellows, but they ~~steam a good ham~~ make a good cooling suit.

It ain't for me, but I do somewhat respect that they have a hobby they're all-in on.

[-] TheEntity@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago

we don’t treat people into BDSM like we treat furries

I mean, unless they ask for that.

[-] RaspberryJam@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Right on, sibling

[-] wheelie@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Sure they're all nice and great people but I can see the other side, comparing it to BDSM it would be like going to work in a gimp suit.

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[-] Xariphon@kbin.social 53 points 1 year ago

My wife and I were talking about this and it made me wonder if anybody even actually gives a crap about furries at all, or if hating them is just an internet meme and nobody actually cares IRL.

[-] Idreamofcheesy@lemmy.world 33 points 1 year ago

I cringe when I see fursuits or people making their lives about their fursona, but it's their lives and no one should hate them for it.

[-] PugJesus@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago

Yeah, for me it's like people who go ALL in on collecting kitsch. Is it a bit cringe? Sure. Is it hurting anyone? No, there's nothing inherently wrong with it. And if you have the guts to stand up and show it proudly, man, more power to you.

[-] yuriy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

from what i’ve heard talking to other furries, “embracing the cringe” is a somewhat common part of the fandom for a lot of us. “furry hate” is just an evolved form of school kids making fun of eachother for liking different things.

there’s just something so freeing about saying “yeah i pretend to be a dog on the internet for fun”, especially when you just know it’s gonna make someone somewhere SO MAD for literally no worthwhile reason.

[-] FaceDeer@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

As a deer with a human face I assure you that I have no idea what you're talking about.

Uwu, and such.

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[-] RGB3x3@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

Nobody actually cares. Well, some people do, but they tend to be the ones that hate themselves and everyone else so their opinions don't matter.

The furry community is just one of those things that is weird enough to merit laughter and common enough to become a meme.

But people should be allowed to live their lives without hindrance, so I support em.

[-] nuke@yah.lol 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I give a crap in that they're people and should be treated respectfully like you'd treat anyone. Other than that as long as no one's getting hurt I really don't bother myself with dictating how others should live their lives. Life's short, do what makes you happy.

[-] SimplePhysics@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Life’s short

-nuke

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[-] Sanctus@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

I don't care as long as it stays anthropomorphic.

[-] FinalRemix@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

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[-] lauha@lemmy.one 3 points 1 year ago

It's definitely one of those internet's stupid "hate for the lulz" things

[-] fay_kreal@kbin.social 42 points 1 year ago

During work travel a few years back I happened to stay at a Marriott with my wife during a furry convention. We knew something was odd when, while looking for a parking spot, we passed by a patron who was unloading luggage from their trunk and we thought we noticed a tail protruding from the back of their pants. For about a minute we didn't make much of it. Then, while walking from the lot to the main entrance, we noticed from about 100 yards out, a few people in what we assumed were mascot costumes. It was only when we made our entrance that I realized what we stumbled upon. I felt like a regular doctor Doolittle - surrounded by all kinds of animals that I could actually talk to and they to me (well, sorta - when I passed by a couple squirrels near the sushi bar, I was unable to translate the chirping noises they were making to each other). Long story short, it was super entertaining and they were cool when I asked them about their culture, etc. I only wish I loved something (family/friends aside) half as much as they love to dress like furry animals. But I'm boring. Even this wall of text I wrote makes me want to nap.

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[-] BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago

Do you know the meaning of real fear?

Do uWu?