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[–] blindbunny@lemmy.ml 135 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Is this what a closeted furry looks like?

[–] dojan@lemmy.world 52 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I asked my roomie who is into cutesy furry stuff. He grimaced and said that some thoughts are best left unshared.

Neither of us are very fond of the idea of human tails.

[–] blindbunny@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah but what are y'all's fursonias. You could just be tailless furries.

[–] dojan@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago (2 children)

His fursona is some sort of alien avian raptor thing made out of nitrogen or something.

I don’t have one as I’m only in it for the porn.

[–] blindbunny@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 year ago

No tails either of you! Of course you don't have tail envy like this dude does.

[–] Neato@ttrpg.network 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

A protogen? They have or are like digital masks.

Also same.

[–] dojan@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No it’s from a game? I can’t recall what it’s called off the top of my head.

[–] Dabundis@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] dojan@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah! Thanks, that's the one!

[–] TheControlled@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Is this what closeted looks like?

[–] dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 91 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If humans had tails would women get told they should wag their tails more?

[–] Numuruzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com 80 points 1 year ago (2 children)

50/50 that or it gets sexualized and women are told to put it away

[–] dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 25 points 1 year ago

Oh you're totally right. Dudes walking around with a hairless opossum tail and woman have to wrap that shit around their leg and sit on it all day long...

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Or both at the same time. Why bother with consistency when there's women to shame?

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago

Yep. Too much wag and you're a pick me. Too little and you're a prude.

[–] Randelung@lemmy.world 66 points 1 year ago (3 children)

If humans had tails we'd have clothes to hide and possibly restrain them and it would somehow be rude to move it. It just fits the whole self loathing much of the western world had going on for the last few centuries.

[–] WldFyre@lemm.ee 34 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Japan famous for their outgoing and expressive culture

[–] hydrospanner@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

And the middle east and their known long history of free expression.

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[–] Xanis@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago

Nah man, there would be some form of cultural disdain for types of tails. It would become another form of racism. Got your culture, looks, skin color, etc and at the end "tail type". There would be whole sociocultural wars started over tail length. People would go around hiding their tails claiming fashion forward practices to fit in.

Politicians would claim bus seats with holes aren't safe in order to put down the people who primarily use them. Activist groups would come out saying that pants with openings for tail comfort goes against the teachings of the Great Tailed God. Eventually there would be a change towards equality, though never justice. Beneath the false peace people would still be whispering and somehow those few with the "nicest" tails, born into fabulously-tailed families, would always have more privilege and often not understand how having a different tail can be an automatic disadvantage.

[–] Pretzilla@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

There is probably a good reason we don't - it evolved out because we seem to be benefited by hiding our emotions

Though the causal link might be the other way around - if we were better with dealing with expressed emotion we could have kept the tail

Could probably look at the taxonomy to see when we lost it and what happened to our tailed brethren

[–] Rozauhtuno@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Other apes lost their tail as well, but they don't hide their emotions.

[–] Flummoxed@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Do you have a source for that?

[–] Rozauhtuno@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago

Orangutan Jungle School.

[–] hydrospanner@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Or it has little to do with emotions at all and more to do with physical changes based on environment.

[–] Pretzilla@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

True, prehensile tails are super useful for swinging around in trees

I don't see why we wouldn't be able to control our tails, just as much as we can control our facial expressions.

[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 44 points 1 year ago

I like that the last part is not a question

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 43 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The longing for a tail comes from the fact we used to have them and we wish to have them back.

[–] DumbAceDragon@sh.itjust.works 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I can get behind this. This is the only time evo psych is real.

[–] TotallynotJessica@lemmy.world 39 points 1 year ago

Broke: Penis envy

Woke: Tail envy

[–] kittykittycatboys@lemmy.blahaj.zone 30 points 1 year ago (1 children)

am ok with this on one condition: i get cat tail an ears

[–] pixeltree@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 year ago

pet pet pet

[–] nave@lemmy.ca 27 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

What not getting an album for four years does to a mf

[–] JohnWorks@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Here I was thinking this was an edit but it's actually a post lmao https://www.reddit.com/r/playboicarti/comments/ss45r4/_/

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 15 points 1 year ago

It's not like we'd have dog tails, we'd more likely have something like a monkey tail, which could be super useful. Monkeys aren't exactly known for "wagging when excited" either

[–] hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 1 year ago

Who's gonna tell them that most people, in fact, don't wish that?

[–] zyratoxx@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

If we had tails, what would our pants and underwear look like? 🤔

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I guarantee furries have already solved this.

[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 year ago

Actually no, the weabs get the credit for this one.

[–] Koarnine@pawb.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's a whole thing, furgonomics!

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[–] djsoren19@yiffit.net 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They already come with two holes, you can't imagine adding a third?

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[–] Flummoxed@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I can understand the allure of a tail. But if you make it a tail vs. wings, I'll take wings every time they can get me soaring through the air.

[–] TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have no desire for tails

[–] Olmai@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] tuxtey@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm more of a Robotnik guy myself

Snooping as usual I see.

[–] Dorkyd68@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

I only want one if I can use it as a weapon

[–] _Sprite@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

average carti fan

[–] PiratePanPan@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago

r/playboicarti in 2021 was unmatched

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