Poll: Furries? Hate them? Love them?

[Mistermixmaster]

To each their own I guess. I personally don't understant them, but then again, not a lot of people understand me either, so we're even on that part. It's like I said in the "are you homophobic?"-thread [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.237559-Poll-Are-you-Homophobic?page=4#8498699], no "advertising" or going into details about any of the sexual stuff and we're cool.

 

[Ethylene Glycol]

I think the furry fandom is a pretty cool guy. eh's full of drama and doesn't afraid of anything.

I myself dislike (perhaps hate was too strong a word) them. I don't understand how someone can actually believe they are an animal

You're thinking of otherkin, not furries. Most furries think otherkin are idiots and make fun of them.

Edit: Since so many of you have a problem with my opinion when I was simply giving you my opinion in exchange for yours I ask that you stop commenting on why I'm wrong and focus more on stating your OWN opinion. Thank You.

I'm very sorry to break this to you, OP, but crying "opinion" when people prove you wrong doesn't fool anybody

 

[Jfswift]

I myself dislike (perhaps hate was too strong a word) them. I don't understand how someone can actually believe they are an animal, especially a rainbow wolf-cat or god knows what other sick combination. Not to mention the fact that I occasionally wear cat ears just for the heck of it and am very tired of being mistaken for a furry. / end rant. Go ahead spam me with your hate Furries, but this is just my opinion.
To each their own I suppose.

Love or Hate them and why/personal experiences or reasons.
Also if an actual furry would care to explain why they believe what they do I would be interested to hear it.

Edit: Since so many of you have a problem with my opinion when I was simply giving you my opinion in exchange for yours I ask that you stop commenting on why I'm wrong and focus more on stating your OWN opinion. Thank You.

You know.. I dislike alot of things too, but you don't see me feel the need to create an entire thread about it.

 

[Blunderman]

My opinion on furries is the same as my opinion on Mexican volleyball. Who gives a flying burrito?

 

[Ethylene Glycol]

I myself dislike (perhaps hate was too strong a word) them. I don't understand how someone can actually believe they are an animal, especially a rainbow wolf-cat or god knows what other sick combination. Not to mention the fact that I occasionally wear cat ears just for the heck of it and am very tired of being mistaken for a furry. / end rant. Go ahead spam me with your hate Furries, but this is just my opinion.
To each their own I suppose.

Love or Hate them and why/personal experiences or reasons.
Also if an actual furry would care to explain why they believe what they do I would be interested to hear it.

Edit: Since so many of you have a problem with my opinion when I was simply giving you my opinion in exchange for yours I ask that you stop commenting on why I'm wrong and focus more on stating your OWN opinion. Thank You.

You know.. I dislike alot of things too, but you don't see me feel the need to create an entire thread about it.

But hating on things is obviously the entire point of posting on Internet forums :V

 

[Jiggabyte]

A furry is just someone in the furry fandom, i.e. someone who is a fan of anthropomorphic animals. All the "weirder" things like fursuiting, otherkin... it's not applicable to everyone. The sexual aspects get a lot more exposure especially.
I know a lot of furries, and most are pretty disinterested in sexual stuff, if not any more interested than most people. None of them are particularly weird either. One is a fursuiter, I guess? Most are just cosplays for animé conventions though.
It's none of my business what other people enjoy, really. It doesn't affect me personally, after all. If it doesn't hurt anyone (or anything, if we're adding in animals) (and I should probably add "unless they want it") then who am I to say they shouldn't do it? I know some people in the group can go a bit far, but that's more a statement about certain individuals than the entirety. There's so much more baffling, worrying crap that's more socially acceptable than clipping a fox tail to your jeans. I don't really know why furries get to be the scapegoat (pun not intended.)

On a related note, it makes me laugh when people are like "I love their porn but furries are sick."

 

[moretimethansense]

I like it. I show it with my avatar. I don't rub it in peoples faces. [sub][sub]Too much.[/sub] X3[/sub]

I HAVE A QUESTION. Why does that fox have hair? It already has fur. Why does it need hair? This...this boggles my mind. Like, I'm seriously asking this one, not just trying to be a dick or anything.

It's not a dick thing to ask :3

There are various forms of 'anthro' (a play on the word 'anthropomorphic').
Some are more human than others or more 'feral' (as in, they have less or no anthropomorphic features and are just talking cats, dogs, whatever) my fursona (again, another play on words (lame, I know) persona this time) has my IRL hair, the one that Mookie_Magnus used before doesn't have hair for whatever reason...it's just personal taste.

Fair enough it does look weird but it's the way that I like it :/

Like...does the hair grow along side the fur? Does it grow on the head instead of fur? Or does the fox just have a wig?

It's a drawing, It doesn't need to make sense Just look at Looke at that guy that drew that room made of stairs

In this context it does. I expect animal people to make at least a modicum of sense. The stairs were supposed to be strange and surreal, a "fursona" is not even if most of them are drawn that way (and every fursuit is that way [small]those haunting lifeless eyes[/small])

Fair enough, as has been said though It's just a mix of what humans look like and animals look like not an honast attempt at seeing what it would look like if you somehow crossbred them,
but for arguements sake just imagine it as a different type of fur that grows longer like a lions mane or a dogs winter coat.

Agree about the soulless Eyes though.

 

[Enemy Of The State]

Says the furry to the regular person.

Furries are regular people. We're just part of group of people who enjoy something that isn't for everyone.

 

[Danzaivar]

I don't see anything weird, porny, squicky, or anything bad about that picture.

That's the point. You don't see anything wrong with giving animals tits and sexualising them.

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On topic: I don't have a problem with them, but crying about fursecution and crap is annoying as hell. It's probably one or two rungs lower than admitting to watching animé imo.

What's wrong with watching cartoons?

I just mean in a conversation with a random stranger, saying you watch animé will probably lower their opinion of you. Saying you're a furry (Assuming they know what it is) will be more likely to lower their opinion of you.

Both fairly harmless, just not accepted as 'normal'. Furries are just moreso.

 

[SL33TBL1ND]

I love me some sexy furry pics. But the whole belief system I'll leave alone thanks.

 

[aPod]

I can understand the allure of having an inner animal. I really can. I always thought the idea of a spirit guide, like the native americans belief, was awesome. A guardian angel of sorts that connects you to the spirit of mother nature and plus its kind of cool thinking you're like a wolf or an eagle.

However, I do not understand why they are the way they are. I find the suits creepy, and the thought of having sex with and/or in one even odder. Some of the artwork is good, most of it disturbing. In that sense, I do hate them if only because I do not, and will not ever understand them.

 

[moretimethansense]

I like it. I show it with my avatar. I don't rub it in peoples faces. [sub][sub]Too much.[/sub] X3[/sub]

I HAVE A QUESTION. Why does that fox have hair? It already has fur. Why does it need hair? This...this boggles my mind. Like, I'm seriously asking this one, not just trying to be a dick or anything.

It's not a dick thing to ask :3

There are various forms of 'anthro' (a play on the word 'anthropomorphic').
Some are more human than others or more 'feral' (as in, they have less or no anthropomorphic features and are just talking cats, dogs, whatever) my fursona (again, another play on words (lame, I know) persona this time) has my IRL hair, the one that Mookie_Magnus used before doesn't have hair for whatever reason...it's just personal taste.

Fair enough it does look weird but it's the way that I like it :/

Like...does the hair grow along side the fur? Does it grow on the head instead of fur? Or does the fox just have a wig?

I would guess...there's a layer of fur underneath and then the hair just grows longer though the fur and out like you see it ;3

So it is fur? That makes some sense. At least you aren't one of those I'M A VEGAN TIGER people. You're alright in my books, and those are the best books there are.

Yeah, in the same way that hair IRL is fur in a way (but I'm not sure about that X3)
...what's a "Vegan Tiger"?

They are, fur is made of hair actually. Fur is generally the entire coat which is made out of more then one type of hair and whatnot. I'm probably not the best person to be talking about this.
But a "Vegan Tiger" is just something hilarious from one of my many incidents with the furry...community? I was on a forum at the request of a friend of mine and ended up getting banned while explaining to someone just why a tiger can't be a vegan.

A...
Vegan...
Tiger..?

now that's just stupid

 

[Shycte]

While I never could claim to understand them, it's their choice so w/e.

 

[sleekie]

I treat them the same way I treat any other weird shit on the internet: I ignore them.

I'm going to start hating pretty fast if they're being annoying, but that's because I don't like annoying twats, rather than specific furriness. Since there are lots of annoying people and lots of furries, you are going to meet enough annoying furries to have it stick in your mind. But it's not the fursuit, it's the idiot in the fursuit.

It's basically just one more fetish on the internet.

 

[moretimethansense]

I don't see anything weird, porny, squicky, or anything bad about that picture.

That's the point. You don't see anything wrong with giving animals tits and sexualising them.

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On topic: I don't have a problem with them, but crying about fursecution and crap is annoying as hell. It's probably one or two rungs lower than admitting to watching animé imo.

What's wrong with watching cartoons?

I just mean in a conversation with a random stranger, saying you watch animé will probably lower their opinion of you. Saying you're a furry (Assuming they know what it is) will be more likely to lower their opinion of you.

Both fairly harmless, just not accepted as 'normal'. Furries are just moreso.

The way you phrased it was as though you were insulting those that enjoy anime.

 

[ultimateownage]

Firstly: Woo! We have less haters than lovers!
Secondly: It would be extremely hypocritical for me to hate them, seeing has I am one.
Thirdly: I honestly find Fur-suiting a little weird.

Finally: People need to understand what a Furry is. A furry is NOT someone sexually attracted to anthropomorphic animals, it's someone who just likes the anthropomorphic art style. Someone attracted is a furvert.

 

[Chrono212]

I like it. I show it with my avatar. I don't rub it in peoples faces. [sub][sub]Too much.[/sub] X3[/sub]

I HAVE A QUESTION. Why does that fox have hair? It already has fur. Why does it need hair? This...this boggles my mind. Like, I'm seriously asking this one, not just trying to be a dick or anything.

It's not a dick thing to ask :3

There are various forms of 'anthro' (a play on the word 'anthropomorphic').
Some are more human than others or more 'feral' (as in, they have less or no anthropomorphic features and are just talking cats, dogs, whatever) my fursona (again, another play on words (lame, I know) persona this time) has my IRL hair, the one that Mookie_Magnus used before doesn't have hair for whatever reason...it's just personal taste.

Fair enough it does look weird but it's the way that I like it :/

Like...does the hair grow along side the fur? Does it grow on the head instead of fur? Or does the fox just have a wig?

I would guess...there's a layer of fur underneath and then the hair just grows longer though the fur and out like you see it ;3

So it is fur? That makes some sense. At least you aren't one of those I'M A VEGAN TIGER people. You're alright in my books, and those are the best books there are.

Yeah, in the same way that hair IRL is fur in a way (but I'm not sure about that X3)
...what's a "Vegan Tiger"?

They are, fur is made of hair actually. Fur is generally the entire coat which is made out of more then one type of hair and whatnot. I'm probably not the best person to be talking about this.
But a "Vegan Tiger" is just something hilarious from one of my many incidents with the furry...community? I was on a forum at the request of a friend of mine and ended up getting banned while explaining to someone just why a tiger can't be a vegan. So basically I like to use it as an example of people who just don't know what the fuck, because I hate that.

Well, just leave it as fur kinda = head hair
And if they wanted to be a vegan tiger it was probably because they felt an affinity towards tigers and were vegan IRL...

LoL i dunno ¯\(°_o)/¯