whats people's problem

[Daystar Clarion]

My persecution senses are tingling...


Furries are furries.

You're the first person to consider the word something comparable to derogatory racial slang.

EDIT: If I have to come back to this thread in 2 pages time and lock it due to flaming and general nastiness then somebody is going in the bear pit.

AND LO, THE GREAT MODERATOR KNOWN AS "TIMELORD" DESCENDED FROM HIS THRONE AND SPOKE! All wise individuals shall heed his warning.

It was a chore to leave my throne let me tell you. It dispenses cookies and cider on demand so leaving it behind requires large amounts of willpower and some jumping.

And yes, I've seen too many furry themed threads end in bickering and name calling. My cookie dispensing throne has spoken!

I've seen your throne.

The catalogue lied, it said there were toenail massagers, but I only found ear lobe rejuvinators.

 

[ThePS1Fan]

Meh, if people are into that I don't care. If people want to talk about it amongst themselves then they can go right ahead. I don't want anything to do with the topic so I avoid it. There are a great many things people do that can be looked at in the same way. It's just a thing I don't get and have no interest in, and because of that I'm just going to leave it be and continue with my day.

 

[bjj hero]

Furry is nothing like the N word. Get some perspective. Race is not a choice, hobbies are, so they are fair game for ridicule. The same way I get grief for videogames/mma training from workmates. Ease up and take it in your stride and stop taking yourself so seriously. do you care what others think?

People laugh at the guy in the wolf costume because its out of the ordinary and funny. Its the same as if you ware a clown costume or any of the stag/hen costumes you see on a Friday night.

It gets strange comments the same way other minority past times people dont "get" do. Its no different than train spotting or stamp collecting and equally fair game for ridicule... Unlike say race or sexuality.

 

[TimeLord]

I've seen your throne.

The catalogue lied, it said there were toenail massagers, but I only found ear lobe rejuvinators.

Optional extra. I didn't see the need for them.

 

[BlindTom]

Whenever I discuss this with anyone the conclusion reached is that furries draw a disproportionate amount of ire because of threads like this. Nobody likes a persecution complex, especially not one that causes someone to compare the unpopularity of their fetish with the civil rights movement. It's really kind of laughable and offensive. I understand that not all furries are like this but an staggeringly large or vocal number are poisoning the well and I never ever see furries condemning their own for this disgustingly egotistical behaviour.

Everybody has their kinks. Not everybody posts about them all day asking them to be accepted (as if it should matter to a mature adult) or even forced into every subject because if you don't like it you are obviously oppressive in exactly the same way as a racist. Some of the most disgusting behaviour of this kind I have witnessed online has come from furries and it leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

I am sure many people I interacti with are furries. In fact some have brought it up when discussing fetishes, but as soon as they try to elevate it to the level of- and thus trivialise- genuine human rights issues I lose all respect for them, and they seem to fucking love doing that.

 

[Daystar Clarion]

I've seen your throne.

The catalogue lied, it said there were toenail massagers, but I only found ear lobe rejuvinators.

Optional extra. I didn't see the need for them.

I envy the individual who has no need for toenail massagers, for he is the wealthiest of men.

 

[Danceofmasks]

If you like something that weirds out other people, then get offended when they are weirded out, there's something wrong with you.

My second cousin owns a dog farm. Dog tastes yummy.
Do I expect people who own dogs as pets to be cool with it?
Fuck no

You want to know why?
Because people have to draw the line somewhere.
Even if their line is in the wrong place, or crooked, or otherwise bullshit, having no line means you don't have standards.

 

[Filiecs]

People don't need a reason to do anything other than they feel like it.
As such this can cause them to be both altruistic and sadistic. Even though sadism is illogical and irrational in the long run, I guess that some people just somehow ENJOY hating others.

I mean, if you don't like being angry or full of rage, why would you not make constant efforts to prevent yourself from being angry? It's a win-win situation.

On the topic of Furries, this is the first time in a long time I've ever seen a furry-hate topic. I just assumed that most of the internet finally accepted them.
I thought that they were replaced by Bronies, which are going to be replaced by something else eventually...

 

[CManator]

this is a forever going topic but please enlighten me

"why do you hate furries"
normally we say "Anthro" but when I hear "furry" it sounds a slag like "black" or white" or the N word for people to use to classify a group they don't like, so its like people have made jokes and hatred towards something that doesn't really exist in reality but to me its terribly sad and pathetic to have so much angsty towards something thats declared fantasy
people dress up like cloud from FF fine, ironman fine, L (deathnote) fine, felicia fine ( stereotypical B).. but someone comes in a wolf costume then everyone wants to put on a hazard suit and back away and laugh.

or is it a human thing, humans can only stand to look at themselves and everything else is nothing, soo..fearful of something different something new, you reject it, to me its F-ing sad I like "Anthros" to be honest not just because I don't like people ( tho thats certainly a big part of it) to me its something different. but my main question is "WHY DO YOU HATE IT"

P.S and any one that wants to call me out of being furry I'm going to reported you, so watch what you say.

First off, there is a lot of context missing here. No examples given on the persecution (lol) you or your friends have had to endure. It sounds like you just don't like the word "furry" or saw it used in a way you don't like and made a knee jerk topic about it. Or it's simply a flamebait topic.

Secondly, the "N word" has a much darker history than "furry" could ever hope to achieve. And I swear, if people have to say"anthro" with the same half heartedness required to say "african american" heads (and eyes) will start rolling.

Thirdly, back to context, if you are not a mascot, or at a convention/costume party/masquerade ball, and it's not halloween, you WILL be ridiculed for wearing any costume, animal or not. Blame society. If you do have an excuse to wear one and people are laughing at you, chances are it's a shitty costume.

Fourthly, as mentioned, any real hate is towards the fetish side of it. Mainly because it's equated with people who have sex with animals (I thought that's what it actually meant for a while) It's unfortunate but you kinda have to just deal with it. You can't make everyone understand or accept you, simple as that.

And lastly, on a more personal note, you might want to rethink the whole not liking people thing. To quote a great man, "All of my best friends are humans and some of them are alright!"

 

[lacktheknack]

I've said this before, I'll repeat it.

I have a rather odd turn-on that results in turned heads everywhere I see it mentioned. Many respond to it with hostility. It confuses many. In many ways, it's comparable to furries.

What is it? I'm not telling you.

And THAT'S the difference between people with this turn on and furries. The reason I don't suffer internet persecution is because I keep my mouth shut about it unless I'm in the correct boards to talk about it. Too many furries are more than happy to tell you ALL about their furriness, irregardless of whether or not I brought it up. This doesn't bother me too much, but it really ruffles other peoples' feathers.

TLR: Please stop talking about it outside of designated boards.

 

[Hero in a half shell]

honest question and query but could the OP explain what fu.. anthros are/do?

ive always thought it was the fetish some people have for sex in animal constumes and im gathering there is more to it than that and its popular or something on the net.

I'll let Monty Python explain it 20 years before it actually became a thing:

 

[lacktheknack]

honest question and query but could the OP explain what fu.. anthros are/do?

ive always thought it was the fetish some people have for sex in animal constumes and im gathering there is more to it than that and its popular or something on the net.

Not OP here, but anthropomorphism is the "attributing human qualities to inhumans".

For instance, here's an anthropomorphic donkey.

http://www.filmgazing.com/images/anthro7.jpg

Lots of kids' movies have anthropomorphism as well (Kung Fu Panda with animals, Wall-E with robots, etc).

In terms of the sexual fetish (the most common context, because this is the internet), or "furry", it means you're sexually attracted to animals with very humanoid traits. For instance, a humanoid with a horse's face, hooves instead of hands and feet, and horse's hide, which talks and walks on two legs.

The community is HUGE, and outputs massive amounts of fan-art (either "fursonas", which represent the artist, interacting with other "fursonas", or anthropomorphic versions of popular characters from movies/books/games/etc) and discussion boards everywhere. So yes, it's more than steamy fur-suit sex.

(Information gathered from a friend of mine who's quite active in the furry community.)

 

[lacktheknack]

What is it? I'm not telling you.

It's too late, you must tell us or

You can't leave us in the dark!

STOP INQUIRING ABOUT MY FETISHES! YOU'RE PERVS! ALL OF YOU! D:

Except seriously, no. I just used it as a point. I don't wanna tell everyone.

 

[SciMal]

this is a forever going topic but please enlighten me

"why do you hate furries"

Hate? Nah, that's only a few people. A lot of people do feel uncomfortable around the fetish, though.

normally we say "Anthro" but when I hear "furry" it sounds a slag like "black" or white" or the N word for people to use to classify a group they don't like, so its like people have made jokes and hatred towards something that doesn't really exist in reality but to me its terribly sad and pathetic to have so much angsty towards something thats declared fantasy

Don't mistake apathy for hatred. I didn't know you said 'Anthro' - it's not like Anthros/Furries/whatever are a huge movement with respect to the other slurs you mentioned. I don't participate in the group, and I would say Furries first.

It's the same thing with the LGBT community. Now it's like the QLAYVUGGTAYTBT community. No offense to anyone that is, but I'm not going to remember any of that besides Gay/Lesbian/Transexual because I really don't care what you are unless I'm trying to sleep with you.

people dress up like cloud from FF fine, ironman fine, L (deathnote) fine, felicia fine ( stereotypical B).. but someone comes in a wolf costume then everyone wants to put on a hazard suit and back away and laugh.

Cosplay already went through the ridicule phase, and still gets ridiculed outside of certain communities.

Though, if you were to ask me to go deeper, I'd say sincerely wanting to be something other than human is a huge psychological trigger to most people.

...or is it a human thing, humans can only stand to look at themselves and everything else is nothing, soo..fearful of something different something new, you reject it, to me its F-ing sad I like "Anthros" to be honest not just because I don't like people ( tho thats certainly a big part of it) to me its something different. but my main question is "WHY DO YOU HATE IT"

Here's a better question:

If you don't like people, why should people care what you think? That's not the path to tolerance. Tolerance develops through commonality, not aggression. Through education and mutual respect.

P.S and any one that wants to call me out of being furry I'm going to reported you, so watch what you say.

Threats on the internet are pissing in the wind, just so you know.

 

[clippen05]

P.S and any one that wants to call me out of being furry I'm going to reported you, so watch what you say.

I'm going to reported you for telling me I can't think something is weird or not. There's a difference between tolerance and preference.

 

[OmniscientOstrich]

With furries I think it's a similar thing to bronies (as it happens I'm both) in that there is a certain subsection within each fandom that feel the need to bring up their interests completely out of turn. And to a degree I sympathise with people who are sick of threads being spammed with gifs and the like, I mean if IRL someone never shut up about a particular TV show they were into and brought it up at every turn I'd be pretty exasperated with them as well. But my point would be that people have a distate for certain bronies or furries not because of their interest but because they're obnoxious and in some cases harbouring some kind of persecution complex. The fact that the term 'fursecution' exists is fucking ridiculous and anyone inferring that being derided for indulging in a certain form of escapism is tantamount to bigotry is a fucking idiot and you're really not helping us look any better. Another problem is that furry is kind of an umbrella term; referring to anything from people who simply have a fascination with anthropomorphic characters in media, people who like to make/view artwork, people who like to make/view erotic art work, people who like to roleplay, those who like a sense of community and of course the fursuiters. This both means a lot of people automatically think that anyone identifying under the label is into the more raunchy aspects and that a fair amount of people feel the need to try and clearly distance themselves from those that are so as not to freak people out. This to me really seems like a cop out and only creatives division among some of the few people with whom you might have some solidarity with on this issue, if you're going to be a fan of something than you have to be willing to acknowledge the less desirable aspects of that fanbase and let people simply judge you by the content of your character rather than whatever internet culture you're a part of and if people like you for who you are anyway then it really shouldn't matter. That said of course there some people who just find it super icky, though it's usually stemming from some false equivalency with beastiality (I'd get into why that's retarded but I'm rambling as it is) and will have solidified their convictions regardless of who they encounter that might refute their preconceived notions, though at the end of the day I have a hard time understanding why people get hung up about what others do in their private lives. Anyway, that's something approaching my two cents on the thing.

 

[MrHide-Patten]

When I hear the term 'furry', I think of Robin Williams.

 

[elvor0]

I think it's because a lot of people equate it to beastality, or loli to paedophilia which I suppose if you're not used to that sort of thing, would be the semi-logical route. Obviously it isn't but most people don't really... venture places that they would be exposed to the more "stranger" fetishes of the internet.

To be honest I don't care, whatever floats your boat, I'm sure most people would find some of my interests "very strange" because it's not "the norm", which to be fair, even I can see as strange.

And yeah... furry really isn't a horrible world, most people use it, saying "oh only call me Anthro, because furry is like ******" makes you look like a massive cock.

 

[Section Crow]

To be frank, if you tell people your sexual preferences on the internet your bound to get mocked, and i doubt most people 'hate' furries, probably just dipshits taking stabs for a laugh aka trolling out of boredom or maybe just looking for an argument.

On the topic of furries, i'm not sure if i have met one IRL but i know a guy who makes the... material shall we say.

 

[krazykidd]

Spoiler: I blame Sonic fans

Okay, not really. But much as with any fetish, there are members who give the rest a bad name. Unfortunately, furries (which is not a derogatory term for them) tend to attract more than a few people prone to excessive personality in regards to their fandom. I'll actually contradict TimeLord, and guess that it isn't people fearing what they don't understand, more that furries tend to eschew so many things that the rest of us take as normal that pretty much anyone not in the fandom will be put off by something.

My philosophy toward kinks has always been "whatever floats your boat". But the most common examples of the furry fandom that most non-fans are exposed to are the extreme ends of the weirdness spectrum, it tends to pollute opinion a bit. I'm glad I know a few less extreme examples of the fandom, even if that particular kink is in no way for me.

That is the funniest thing iv'e seen all day . It's funny because it's true ... Also that mental image of sonic and knuckles made me throw up a bit in my mouth .

OT: What ? People judging other people? Surely you jest!