KJOokami wrote:Kitela wrote:I would just say an apathetic furry, but there's a lot more I need to know.
Liiiiike? :0
Well, not really that I need to know, just the common knowledge of how the fandom works and everything.
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KJOokami wrote:Kitela wrote:I would just say an apathetic furry, but there's a lot more I need to know.
Liiiiike? :0
Yeah, that's one of the things I was wondering. There doesn't really seem to be much of a consensus on the way the fandom works, so I'm not entirely clear on what it is.Kitela wrote: Well, not really that I need to know, just the common knowledge of how the fandom works and everything.
Same, kind of. Even if I was into the whole fandom I wouldn't be so open about it. That's just how I am about everything, though. It's not that I'm self conscious, it's just that I don't know any other furries, and I don't think I know more than a few people who even know what a furry is.Daggy wrote: I've considered myself furry ever since Sophomore year of high school. Just...no one else knows. And maybe they never will, who's to be sure. All I do know is I'm really good at hiding it.
Still can't decide what I'd be though!
That's exactly where I'm at right now about the whole furry thing. I haven't told anyone that I'm a furry yet, and I too don't know anyone that knows what a furry is, of course I haven't asked if they do or not, so I'm not sure. I know that I'll eventually tell some of my family, but I'll probably explain to them what a furry is before I let them know that I am one.Kitela wrote:Same, kind of. Even if I was into the whole fandom I wouldn't be so open about it. That's just how I am about everything, though. It's not that I'm self conscious, it's just that I don't know any other furries, and I don't think I know more than a few people who even know what a furry is.Daggy wrote: I've considered myself furry ever since Sophomore year of high school. Just...no one else knows. And maybe they never will, who's to be sure. All I do know is I'm really good at hiding it.
Still can't decide what I'd be though!
However, if I told people I could relate to certain personalities of a particular animal and I'm interested in anthropomorphic types of art, it might make things a little more clear.
True, but being a furry doesn't affect my behavior in any way, so I don't think anyone would know if I didn't tell them. I don't know exactly what to do about letting others know. I mean, should I tell them straight up, or let them know through time?Kitela wrote:Or you could just be yourself and let them figure out themselves.
Let them know through time. Either they'll figure it out, or the question of "so what's with the thing you're interested in?" might come. Or if someone asks what you're interested in you can mention it.TougeFoxJ.D.M. wrote:True, but being a furry doesn't affect my behavior in any way, so I don't think anyone would know if I didn't tell them. I don't know exactly what to do about letting others know. I mean, should I tell them straight up, or let them know through time?Kitela wrote:Or you could just be yourself and let them figure out themselves.
I think this connection was made in the last thread. Furries are the ocean of the Housepets! world!Alex wrote:HP: 71% furry, 29% not furry
Earth: 71% water, 29% ground.
There's gotta be some kind of connection...
Bingo. The way I see it, if your behavior is befitting of a furry, people who know what a furry really is will realize you're a furry, and people who hold onto the stereotype will not, because you're not doing what they think a furry does.Kitela wrote:Or you could just be yourself and let them figure out themselves.
^ Very much this.Sleet wrote:It's probably for the best that way. Some big confession is just going to give them the notion that being a furry is something that should concern them.
Most of my closest friends know I'm into anthros, but I'm not sure any of them actually understand (or particularly care to understand) what that entails. Fortunately, that also means that none of them have tried to lump me under the media stereotype of furries. I'm also fortunate that none of my friends are ones to judge some of the less "normal" lifestyles. Though, to be blunt, if any of them actually decided to judge my character based on what the media says about furries, I wouldn't be terribly upset; if they were willing to take the media's word over mine, I can't hardly consider them "friends", and I'd probably break it off with them before they did so with me.Sleet wrote:My friends are pretty clueless about what a furry really is. I wear a freaking tail around them, and several of my laptop's wallpapers are cute furry boys/girls (pick one), and I don't think too many of them have caught on to the fact that I'm actually a furry. I think they know I'm rather prudish so I could never be a furry (judging by what they think).
I was talking with some of my friends about Avatar and one of my male friends was talking about how the Na'vi could not have been attractive. I agreed and mentioned the uncanny valley, but he basically said it was the not-human thing that keeps them from being attractive. I said "never stopped me before" and he was noticeably surprised/slightly disgusted. Just goes to show how you can't assume people to know much about our weird little fandom.
How many adjectives do I get? I NEED ADJECTIVES.Psykeout wrote:and you only get one comma and one coordinating conjunction.
As many as you want.KJOokami wrote:How many adjectives do I get? I NEED ADJECTIVES.Psykeout wrote:and you only get one comma and one coordinating conjunction.
Some would call this petty, saying the furry fandom is not something to lose friends over. But it's not specifically that that's the problem. It's that they would trust sensational media over their own friend when it says they're not worth being friends with.KJOokami wrote:Most of my closest friends know I'm into anthros, but I'm not sure any of them actually understand (or particularly care to understand) what that entails. Fortunately, that also means that none of them have tried to lump me under the media stereotype of furries. I'm also fortunate that none of my friends are ones to judge some of the less "normal" lifestyles. Though, to be blunt, if any of them actually decided to judge my character based on what the media says about furries, I wouldn't be terribly upset; if they were willing to take the media's word over mine, I can't hardly consider them "friends", and I'd probably break it off with them before they did so with me.Sleet wrote:My friends are pretty clueless about what a furry really is. I wear a freaking tail around them, and several of my laptop's wallpapers are cute furry boys/girls (pick one), and I don't think too many of them have caught on to the fact that I'm actually a furry. I think they know I'm rather prudish so I could never be a furry (judging by what they think).
I was talking with some of my friends about Avatar and one of my male friends was talking about how the Na'vi could not have been attractive. I agreed and mentioned the uncanny valley, but he basically said it was the not-human thing that keeps them from being attractive. I said "never stopped me before" and he was noticeably surprised/slightly disgusted. Just goes to show how you can't assume people to know much about our weird little fandom.
You get one adjective. Luckily, "furry" counts as a noun for this sentence.KJOokami wrote:How many adjectives do I get? I NEED ADJECTIVES.Psykeout wrote:and you only get one comma and one coordinating conjunction.
Precisely. Couldn't have put it better myself.Sleet wrote:Some would call this petty, saying the furry fandom is not something to lose friends over. But it's not specifically that that's the problem. It's that they would trust sensational media over their own friend when it says they're not worth being friends with.
"yeah, i'm a furry"KJOokami wrote:I guess with the one comma limit, I can't very well list many adjectives anyhow... perhaps adverbs are the more important factor to remaining verbose? This is quite the dilemma for me. :[
this is what your audiance just heardKJOokami wrote:"I'm a furry: an avid lover and admirer of the physique of anthropomorphic animals."
I used the letter 'e'... sorry, Psykeout. I failed. ;_;
comparing the furry fandom to the anime fandom like that is always a great way to explain it.Sleet wrote:I think admiring their physique is kind of creepy sounding. I would cut "the physique of."
I just said, "You know anime fans? We're kind of like that but instead of Japanese cartoons we like cartoons with animal people." Something like that.
the two aren't mutually exclusive, Sleet.Sleet wrote: instead of Japanese cartoons we like cartoons with animal people.
and we think she's a weirdo.Sleet wrote:my mom thinks "anime people" are weirdos
which is even better.RandomGeekNamedBrent wrote:the two aren't mutually exclusive, Sleet.Sleet wrote: instead of Japanese cartoons we like cartoons with animal people.