Opinion on Furries.

[Dementia]

I haven't seen any on here.
So I'm just wondering how many there are
And how people feel about them.
:3

 

[Selkie]

I don't care for them. I think they're pretty weird but if they leave me alone, I leave them alone.
Different strokes for different folks? (or is it animals in this case?)

 

[DJBayview]

if you would have asked me this several years ago the answer would be 'much' different. At this point I still think they are socially awkward rejects, but I don't know any in person. Wait no, I knew one, but meh. Wanna be a furry? Go for it idc.

Dear lord I've matured a lot.

 

[Mitsu]

I find them to be among the more annoying interest groups on the Internet. I'm talking about the types that live by their "Fursonas", and insist that they are "furries", and are way too into it. The only thing second to furries are the BDSM/S&M types that won't talk about anything else ever in their lives, and try to impart some form of intellectual justification for being a pervert.

Anyway, that got a little off topic. I basically tolerate furries, and try to ignore the annoying ones.

 

[Ms_Muffintops]

I'll admit, I haven't met a furry who wasn't obnoxious, but I'm sure there are some tolerable furries out there. I have no issues with the art itself. It's not my thing, personally. But the last furry I ran into I ended up having serious issues with. For instance I was talking about how I want to adopt a corgi one day because I really love corgis. He took advantage of the moment to send me a link to corgi furry porn... I did NOT appreciate that.

 

[Rudolph Quin]

Everybody's got a "bad furry" story, lol. My opinion is that nobody has a "good furry" story to share because if you had a good experience with one, you probably wouldn't even know they were a furry at all. That's my opinion. There are good furry's out there, it's just the ones most vocal about it and proud of being one take it too far, make people uncomfortable and are generally socially retarded and obnoxious. While the good ones are more well-rounded and "being a furry/being into furries" isn't the main facet of their personality and just one of their interests.

 

[Lovely Erato]

Most people will hear the word furry and assume a thing with cat girls or mild anthros. Or just lump them into the same category.

Lol, I agree with Quin. I haven't met one person who knows what a 'real furry' is (going by Mitsu's definition of people who have fursonas) and who have had even limited experience with one who doesn't have a bad or hilariously bad story about them. That being said, I actually know a couple of furries who aren't that bad. In fact, one of the guys I know... you wouldn't even peg him as having any kinks at all until you walked into his 'room'. Then you might get sort of freaked out. I think when it comes down to it, the ones who aren't annoying understand that it is something viewed as still very taboo in society and keep their preferences quiet. Same thing with me and BDSM fetish, I don't go around to everyone I meet talking about it but if conversation somehow manages to steer in that direction or if I am asked, I don't have a problem admitting to it.

I can appreciate some of the art, but that is about true with any form of art. Though, I certainly would be pissed if someone tried to show me fur porn of a pet I was thinking about getting. Off topic, still want to get that Corgi or will you ever be able to look at them the same without your mind train wrecking?

 

[Krystal_Atems_Girl]

I like them, wanna cuddle them and give them a good home, but i wouldn't wanna have sex with them.

 

[Trygon]

Broken, awful, wrongminded, subhuman things, 90% of the time.

Talking about Erato's 'real furries' here, mind... Some people like a nonhuman net avatar, and that's fine. Some people like porn with animals in it, and that's fine too.

And some people are so socially malformed that they can't engage in intimacy without mentally socketing themselves into a complete other entity, complete with crude costume to complete the illusion. These 'people' intermingle, reassuring each other that their damage is just an adorable little quirk, and not symptomatic of completely broken socialization. Their inability to connect with others outside their secular little corner prevents them from hearing anything but the feedback roar of support for their disease, from the other diseased, and they never heal. They will be awful, fucked up messes their entire life.

Fortunately, the incredibly low occurrence of females in the group and the resulting prison homosexuality that occurs at least ensures that their genes are off the table.

 

[Baba Yaga]

I just think they're really cute. （´ω｀♡）
It's hard for me to sexualize a person in a giant animal costume. They make me think of those mascots you see at sports games.
I don't know very much about the community, and my only experience with one was this person in a wolf suit who wanted me to pet him (it was super duper soft~), but I don't think I have anything bad to say about them.

 

[TheMasquerade]

Tolerate it. Not my thing but won't stop others from enjoying it.

 

[ScarletStarlet]

My opinion is the Idea of furries is kiiiind of weird, but okay.

I bet there are closet furries all over the place that just hide their true..furry nature.

 

[Vic Rattlehead]

Broken, awful, wrongminded, subhuman things, 90% of the time.

Talking about Erato's 'real furries' here, mind... Some people like a nonhuman net avatar, and that's fine. Some people like porn with animals in it, and that's fine too.

And some people are so socially malformed that they can't engage in intimacy without mentally socketing themselves into a complete other entity, complete with crude costume to complete the illusion. These 'people' intermingle, reassuring each other that their damage is just an adorable little quirk, and not symptomatic of completely broken socialization. Their inability to connect with others outside their secular little corner prevents them from hearing anything but the feedback roar of support for their disease, from the other diseased, and they never heal. They will be awful, fucked up messes their entire life.

Fortunately, the incredibly low occurrence of females in the group and the resulting prison homosexuality that occurs at least ensures that their genes are off the table.

 

[XXtraPrince]

Furries are OK. The far majority of what we do here involves free exercise of the imagination, and we're all different in that regard. Those who disapprove would be better served reading, writing and playing in another genre. Chaçon á son gout!

Postscript: Y'all would, perhaps, prefer feathers?

 

[Raika]

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 kindy/daycare either. Again I RP this genre, and I do watch a few of the anime's floating around in my free time.
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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 translator/language 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 confront/express unless there's an open invitation to do so.

Not to name call, but I don't think comments like the above (Post#9) are helpful.
Though as someone prior has pointed out, I'm not that fond of people who use a certain fandom/concept 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.

 

[Trygon]

Not to name call, but I don't think comments like the above (Post#9) are helpful.

No name calling, just number calling, yeah?

I apologize if I gave the impression I was trying to be helpful. I was, in fact, providing the opinion invited in the thread title. Said opinion was sourced from three years neck deep in furry culture. It's not a pleasant one, but I attempted to bring attention to the fact that I was talking about a subset of the group.

 

[Lyra]

No name calling, just number calling, yeah?

I apologize if I gave the impression I was trying to be helpful. I was, in fact, providing the opinion invited in the thread title. Said opinion was sourced from three years neck deep in furry culture. It's not a pleasant one, but I attempted to bring attention to the fact that I was talking about a subset of the group.

Nuuu, you were just being a big meanie face, Try. Haha

 

[Raika]

Not to name call, but I don't think comments like the above (Post#9) are helpful.

No name calling, just number calling, yeah?

I apologize if I gave the impression I was trying to be helpful. I was, in fact, providing the opinion invited in the thread title. Said opinion was sourced from three years neck deep in furry culture. It's not a pleasant one, but I attempted to bring attention to the fact that I was talking about a subset of the group.

Exactly number calling is the new way of doing things, yeah?
To be honest I just didn't want to quote the message.

You didn't give any such impression. Nor was I implying you did. What I meant by the comment being unhelpful was on an application level. Put simply calling them 'diseased' won't do anything to make them more pleasant to be around. Which in turn encourages them to seek a "roar of support for their disease, from the other diseased".

The first half of the post was fair opinion. And if you don't like something, that's fair enough. A lot of others share the same feelings as you but....

Broken, awful, wrongminded, subhuman things, 90% of the time.

Their inability to connect with others outside their secular little corner prevents them from hearing anything but the feedback roar of support for their disease, from the other diseased, and they never heal. They will be awful, fucked up messes their entire life.

Fortunately, the incredibly low occurrence of females in the group and the resulting prison homosexuality that occurs at least ensures that their genes are off the table.

Choice of words in the opening were needlessly insulting in my opinion, but the last part was simply rude. You've got no way of figuring out how they're lives are. For starters I've got a friend that recently graduated Law at University with honors. Don't know about you, but her life looks a lot more promising than mine xD

If you meant mentally, I'm not sure if it applies to mental health, intelligence, or a matter of morals.
I also don't know the male/female ratio in the community, but many of the people I know that dabble in the subgroup are females, and most of them are unlikely to ever spend their time behind bars... I'm not sure if gene's is a factor either. But whatever.

Bottom line is that you've expressed how furries are horrible sub-humans, but your opinion (which your entitled to) doesn't paint you in the most positive light either.
While I do believe disagreements contribute to developing opinion, I'm assuming that this isn't what the thread was intended for, so I'll back off now. If you've got a response to this, I'll be happy to read it, but unlikely to respond to prevent further derailment.

 

[Trygon]

I didn't mean literal prisons. I was referring to the phenomena where homosexual expression increases in groups without an even ratio of genders. Many furries simply cannot find an opposite gendered furry, due to the predominantly male population. It's worth noting that there are more females than there used to be, but it's nowhere near even. Since, as I said, they don't socialize outside of their clique, options become limited.

For understanding so very little of what I said, you sure did say a lot. For your frequently professed lack of experience in the furry community, you have many thoughts indeed.

 

[Lyra]

A lot of people seem to be under the impression that "furry" is some kind of philia or fetish, but that's not really the case in my experience. Most of the furries I've met simply identify heavily with a certain type of animal, or have become attached to artistic representations of themselves as anthropomorphized animals. In fact, a lot of people seem to have gotten into the fandom just by imagining themselves as characters in Sonic the Hedgehog.

The overwhelming amount of furry porn just comes from the fact that these people are, in fact, people. People just like sex. Its no different from rule 34. There a shit ton of porn of, say, Robin from the Batman series floating around. Doesn't really make Robin a philia or a fetish though.

 

[Raika]

I didn't mean literal prisons. I was referring to the phenomena where homosexual expression increases in groups without an even ratio of genders. Many furries simply cannot find an opposite gendered furry, due to the predominantly male population. It's worth noting that there are more females than there used to be, but it's nowhere near even. Since, as I said, they don't socialize outside of their clique, options become limited.

For understanding so very little of what I said, you sure did say a lot. For your frequently professed lack of experience in the furry community, you have many thoughts indeed.

The thing is, your points aren't exclusive to the furry community. The same could be said for LGBT, people with other interests, or even typical everyday people.

Personally I've got a group of friends, and most of them are males. The predominant group I socialize with is said group of friends, and while I'm happy to accept more friends, whether they join an existing clique of friends, or stand individually is up to them, and others within the cliques.

Your point seems to be that they don't socialize with anyone outside the furry fandom. But I find that hard to believe. It's perfectly understandable if they prefer to hang out with their furry friends over other 'humans.'

It's amusing how you seem to think that furries are limited to only having one interest that comes foremost and absolutely. If a furry guy likes computer games, and meets a girl that likes computer games, they might not have the furry link, but they've got another opening to bond from. Being furry is a facet, potentially a large facet, but only one aspect that makes up the individual nonetheless.

 

[Vic Rattlehead]

Joking aside honestly I could careless. A friend of mine is a fur fag and even has a fursona, but that doesn't make him less of a friend. I mean it could be worse he could be into scat, vore, or what have you. Just glad hes not overboard about it and doesn't love animals too much, like some fur fags.

 

[Rudolph Quin]

I think the issue is that with most of the furries where it IS a very prevalent and extreme part of their interest, they also tend to have a lot of socially repellent characteristics to go along with it. Which is why we have this perception of furries being obnoxious or prone to drama.

 

[Snazzy Azzy]

I know a couple of them, one of whom can get VERY annoying at times, but all in all I can deal with them. I'm not one myself though I am an avid fan of a furry-based webcomic, Twokinds. Very good and story-driven fantasy comic that just happens to be a bit on the furry side (though humans do exist in it).