No matter their reputation, every furry I've ever met has been a decent person.
My daughter likes to point out that the kids in her old school hated furries but loved the sports mascot guy in a fursuit.
there are definitely some shitty ones, but in general, the community fosters good people, and good interactions, it's supposed to be an escapism after all.
Yeah the furry con near were I used to work ended up developing their own police because of how many local businesses were banning them for disruptive behavior, hygiene, and public displays of sexual behavior.
yeah that sounds about right.
That sounds like pretty much any fandom con. Or at least any before the big ones got totally corporate.
Sure, there are assholes in any group. That just means furries are people.
Spoiler alert!
yup!
One of the characteristics of autism is rigid morals even when the morals will present a negative outcome for the one who holds those morals.
Who are you even suggesting has autism here??
Exactly, the autism/furry overlap is not small.
Not necessarily.
Despite the downvotes, this is true. You could also say, however, that it is an unneccesarily negative way to frame it, when you could also say that autistic people tend to be more consistent in their beliefs even at the cost of personal gain (of which mankind as a whole should learn a bit imo)
I think it's gone over everyone's head that I'm a furry from the furry instance The implication being that I'm also on the spectrum. This is based on my own experience and antidotes my first hand assessment of the furry fan base is that it's full of people that possess a higher than average set of autistic traits. Like half of us are in stem Fields.
I'm relatively sure anyone in frequent contact with members of the furry community can probably provide anecdotal evidence of autistic trait correlation, myself included.
I'm sorry you got the negative reaction for the previous post, but I'm glad someone else backed up the claim of rigid moral values. It's an interesting link that seems to resonate with me.
We also are more immune than the normies to propaganda. Probably because we don't give a flying Fuck about what other people's opinions are. Case in point my post history
I'm not equating furries to pedophiles here, as I have absolutely no problems with them what so ever...
But this is the equivalent of saying people hate pedophiles, but love children. It's pretty obvious that the sexualization is the difference.
What point are you trying to make?
As I said in another post, I was under the incorrect impression that it was primarily/exclusively a sexual fetish.
I still stand by my point because according to wikipedia it seems like sexualization is, at least, a major subculture within it, if not an outright majority.
To be clear about my point, two consenting adults can do whatever they want with each other as far as I'm concerned, and if they aren't hurting anyone, they are alright with me. But the reason people are weird about furries and not a mascot is the sexualization attached to furries, whether justified or not, while anthropomorphized animal mascots are not about sexualizing anything.
Bro is onto fucking nothing with this one, like what are you even saying with this
i mean yeah, i would hope most people loved children, otherwise the entirety of the human race would be fucking extinct.
"I'm not implying that taco eaters are responsible for the pandemic, mind you...
But there was always a line around the block at Taco Bell in the early days of the pandemic."
The moment you say "I'm not equating benign X with problematic Y", you immediately put the idea in people's head that X and Y have a strong correlation which serves to further skepticism and judgment of benign X.
If I didn't do that, I would inevitably be accused of equating them. So I explicitly pointed out that I'm noy equating them. If people interpret that there is a strong correlation between the two, despite what I explicitly said, then that's on them. If I hadn't made it clear, then that would be on me.
Or, and this is just a thought, you just say nothing. That's an option, too.
Sure, just like you could have here. But, hypocritically, did not.
Just in case I get you right. I think you are confusing being a Furry with practising sodomy. As a Furry I can assure you, that this accounts for a very small subgroup that - at least I - tend to avoid. Sex is nice as long as everyone consents and is mentally able to consent.
If I got you wrong please clarify what you meant. I don't want to accuse you of anything ^-^
I think you are confusing being a Furry with practising sodomy.
Nah, I was under the incorrect impression that it was primarily/exclusively a sexual fetish. I still stand by my point because according to wikipedia it seems like sexualization is, at least, a major subculture within it, if not an outright majority.
I do see your point (I think). On the other hand yiff has a wide range from humans with animal features (catgirls, cowgirls, ...) up to the more hardcore furry porn. I for example would also say that I have "a minor sexual interest" but that interest does not include the real hardcore stuff.
And with Furry content showing strongly humanified animals it is arguable how bad/harmful said fetish is. But I have to admit that I have too found myself questioning if a bit of yiff I had just seen was a bit too much, but where to draw the line is ultimately highly subjective.
I still wouldn't compare them to people that sexualize underage (anime) kids just from the matter of fact that kids exist irl whilst humanified beasts are just a product of imagination.
This is not a fetish that I think is bad at all. Seems completely harmless to me, assuming it's all consenting adults.
I'm just pointing out that this is why I believe people view furries differently than mascots.
No matter their reputation, every furry I've ever met has been a decent person.
My daughter likes to point out that the kids in her old school hated furries but loved the sports mascot guy in a fursuit.
there are definitely some shitty ones, but in general, the community fosters good people, and good interactions, it's supposed to be an escapism after all.
Yeah the furry con near were I used to work ended up developing their own police because of how many local businesses were banning them for disruptive behavior, hygiene, and public displays of sexual behavior.
yeah that sounds about right.
That sounds like pretty much any fandom con. Or at least any before the big ones got totally corporate.
Sure, there are assholes in any group. That just means furries are people.
Spoiler alert!
yup!
One of the characteristics of autism is rigid morals even when the morals will present a negative outcome for the one who holds those morals.
Who are you even suggesting has autism here??
Exactly, the autism/furry overlap is not small.
Not necessarily.
Despite the downvotes, this is true. You could also say, however, that it is an unneccesarily negative way to frame it, when you could also say that autistic people tend to be more consistent in their beliefs even at the cost of personal gain (of which mankind as a whole should learn a bit imo)
https://neuroclastic.com/autistic-people-care-too-much-research-says/
I think it's gone over everyone's head that I'm a furry from the furry instance The implication being that I'm also on the spectrum. This is based on my own experience and antidotes my first hand assessment of the furry fan base is that it's full of people that possess a higher than average set of autistic traits. Like half of us are in stem Fields.
I'm relatively sure anyone in frequent contact with members of the furry community can probably provide anecdotal evidence of autistic trait correlation, myself included.
I'm sorry you got the negative reaction for the previous post, but I'm glad someone else backed up the claim of rigid moral values. It's an interesting link that seems to resonate with me.
We also are more immune than the normies to propaganda. Probably because we don't give a flying Fuck about what other people's opinions are. Case in point my post history
I'm not equating furries to pedophiles here, as I have absolutely no problems with them what so ever...
But this is the equivalent of saying people hate pedophiles, but love children. It's pretty obvious that the sexualization is the difference.
What point are you trying to make?
As I said in another post, I was under the incorrect impression that it was primarily/exclusively a sexual fetish.
I still stand by my point because according to wikipedia it seems like sexualization is, at least, a major subculture within it, if not an outright majority.
To be clear about my point, two consenting adults can do whatever they want with each other as far as I'm concerned, and if they aren't hurting anyone, they are alright with me. But the reason people are weird about furries and not a mascot is the sexualization attached to furries, whether justified or not, while anthropomorphized animal mascots are not about sexualizing anything.
Bro is onto fucking nothing with this one, like what are you even saying with this
i mean yeah, i would hope most people loved children, otherwise the entirety of the human race would be fucking extinct.
"I'm not implying that taco eaters are responsible for the pandemic, mind you...
But there was always a line around the block at Taco Bell in the early days of the pandemic."
The moment you say "I'm not equating benign X with problematic Y", you immediately put the idea in people's head that X and Y have a strong correlation which serves to further skepticism and judgment of benign X.
If I didn't do that, I would inevitably be accused of equating them. So I explicitly pointed out that I'm noy equating them. If people interpret that there is a strong correlation between the two, despite what I explicitly said, then that's on them. If I hadn't made it clear, then that would be on me.
Or, and this is just a thought, you just say nothing. That's an option, too.
Sure, just like you could have here. But, hypocritically, did not.
Just in case I get you right. I think you are confusing being a Furry with practising sodomy. As a Furry I can assure you, that this accounts for a very small subgroup that - at least I - tend to avoid. Sex is nice as long as everyone consents and is mentally able to consent.
If I got you wrong please clarify what you meant. I don't want to accuse you of anything ^-^
Nah, I was under the incorrect impression that it was primarily/exclusively a sexual fetish. I still stand by my point because according to wikipedia it seems like sexualization is, at least, a major subculture within it, if not an outright majority.
I do see your point (I think). On the other hand yiff has a wide range from humans with animal features (catgirls, cowgirls, ...) up to the more hardcore furry porn. I for example would also say that I have "a minor sexual interest" but that interest does not include the real hardcore stuff.
And with Furry content showing strongly humanified animals it is arguable how bad/harmful said fetish is. But I have to admit that I have too found myself questioning if a bit of yiff I had just seen was a bit too much, but where to draw the line is ultimately highly subjective.
I still wouldn't compare them to people that sexualize underage (anime) kids just from the matter of fact that kids exist irl whilst humanified beasts are just a product of imagination.
This is not a fetish that I think is bad at all. Seems completely harmless to me, assuming it's all consenting adults.
I'm just pointing out that this is why I believe people view furries differently than mascots.