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Do you know any furries?

Asked by jamielynn2328 (4737points) December 12th, 2009
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I was in Pittsburgh this past summer with my children to see the sharks at the zoo. My friend and I began noticing weird things going on at our hotel, like men with tails and women with bear feet walking around. Before we knew it our hotel was crawling with human’s in large animal costumes. Turns out there was a furry convention across the street.

Do you know any furries? Do furries have to “come out” to their friends? Would you ever consider dressing in an animal costume and writhing around in a large pile of other animal costumed people?

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Zen_Again's avatar

Nope. Sounds wild.

Zen_Again (9931points)“Great Answer” (1points)
pouncey's avatar

My dog has fur.

pouncey (702points)“Great Answer” (2points)
stemnyjones's avatar

I know a few furries, but not in person – when i was younger I met quite a few of them online.

stemnyjones (3976points)“Great Answer” (2points)
ragingloli's avatar

I am a furry, but I am not furry enough to actually wear fursuits. I don’t like drawing attention in public, too shy and introverted for that.

ragingloli (51966points)“Great Answer” (6points)
chyna's avatar

I saw an episode of CSI that had the furries on there. It was kind of gross.

chyna (51306points)“Great Answer” (1points)
Breefield's avatar

I think Peedub might be ;)

Breefield (2733points)“Great Answer” (3points)
Xilas's avatar

stay away you damn dirty furbags! :)

Xilas (830points)“Great Answer” (1points)
JessicaisinLove's avatar

Never have known a Furrie. Wouldn’t wear a furrie in public but what the heck, I might be missing something.

JessicaisinLove (1451points)“Great Answer” (1points)
Berserker's avatar

To each his own of course, but I personally find it creepy and lame. Woo lookit me I’m Simba. Lulz.

Berserker (33548points)“Great Answer” (1points)
augustlan's avatar

@ragingloli Can you help me understand what it means to be a furrie? I have no personal experience with any in real life, and am just curious.

augustlan (47745points)“Great Answer” (0points)
Xilas's avatar

Ive seen the dark side of furries… its no place i want to see ever again

Xilas (830points)“Great Answer” (2points)
ragingloli's avatar

@augustlan
not really, no. i don’t even understand it myself.

ragingloli (51966points)“Great Answer” (1points)
Narl's avatar

It’s wild

Narl (1814points)“Great Answer” (0points)
laureth's avatar

I have several friends that are furries. Those of you who are geeks of various stripes might appreciate this flow chart.

There is a segment of the population who really gets into stuff like sci-fi. To them, it’s not so weird to go to conventions and dress up as various aliens, characters from TV shows like Star Trek or Firefly, and the like. If you have social tendencies this way, it’s not a very big step from finding aliens sexy to finding other non-“humans” sexy. <shrug> ...it’s not my thing, but it’s not too weird where I come from.

laureth (27199points)“Great Answer” (7points)
stemnyjones's avatar

lol @ laureth’s link

stemnyjones (3976points)“Great Answer” (0points)
GingerMinx's avatar

Yes I do know a few furries. It isn’t my thing but to each their own.

GingerMinx (2345points)“Great Answer” (1points)
jamielynn2328's avatar

@Xilas I can’t help but wonder what the dark side of furries actually means. I don’t understand this subculture..

jamielynn2328 (4737points)“Great Answer” (1points)
peedub's avatar

Guilty as charged. I frolic in the fur.

peedub (8708points)“Great Answer” (7points)
stemnyjones's avatar

@jamielynn2328 To see the dark side of furries, just google “yiffy art” or “yiffing” or anything to do with “yiff”.

stemnyjones (3976points)“Great Answer” (0points)
Fyrius's avatar

@stemnyjones
But make sure you’re not at work when you do so.

Fyrius (14560points)“Great Answer” (0points)
filmfann's avatar

Exactly what @ragingloli said throughout this thread.

filmfann (52225points)“Great Answer” (1points)
Xilas's avatar

@jamielynn2328 i will show you… but only via pm

its sent… i do warn you

Xilas (830points)“Great Answer” (0points)
Strawberries's avatar

No, what ever that is…

Strawberries (111points)“Great Answer” (0points)
MacBean's avatar

As a convention-goer, I have met quite a few furries in person. The kind who are into it enough to wear fursuits and everything. My general impression of them is that they’re a bit odd, but very nice. Kind of like… you know… pretty much everyone else.

MacBean (19063points)“Great Answer” (5points)
randomness's avatar

Yeah, I only know one in person. He happens to be just about the biggest jerk on the planet. However, I’m sure that has nothing to do with him being a furry.

randomness (1327points)“Great Answer” (1points)
stratman37's avatar

@stemnyjones – thanx, now I have to get counseling!

stratman37 (8691points)“Great Answer” (0points)
stratman37's avatar

just my opinion, so DON’T flame me if you don’t agree, but if you need to be a furry or into S&M to get off, you’re not doing sex right.

stratman37 (8691points)“Great Answer” (1points)
stemnyjones's avatar

Well, I don’t need S&M to get off, but it’s fun to play every once in a while ;D

stemnyjones (3976points)“Great Answer” (2points)
augustlan's avatar

@peedub So, is it a sexual thing or a “let’s pretend” kind of thing, or what exactly? Can you enlighten me?

augustlan (47745points)“Great Answer” (0points)
filmfann's avatar

It is a sexual role-play thing, just like Chauffer/Countessa or MilkMan/Housewife.

filmfann (52225points)“Great Answer” (0points)
YARNLADY's avatar

Yes, I am a former costumer and I have designed costumes for them, as well as attending furry conventions as a vendor.

YARNLADY (46379points)“Great Answer” (0points)
SuperMouse's avatar

Just to show how out of touch I truly am, when I clicked on this question I thought it was going to be about people who shoe horses for a living. I just figured there was a typo in the title.

SuperMouse (30845points)“Great Answer” (1points)
Beta_Orionis's avatar

Oh Anthrocon… I live in pgh and a few of my friends have suggested showing up one year in safari outfits.

@laureth Actually, that flow chart has more than a few problems, but mostly, I can’t think of anyone who considers the furry community inherently geeky. Really, considering furries more geeky than oneself would (very generally) be an insult to said self. In my experience, the majority of the geek population actually mostly dismisses the furry community as ridiculous.

Beta_Orionis (3410points)“Great Answer” (1points)
MacBean's avatar

@Beta_Orionis: ”...I can’t think of anyone who considers the furry community inherently geeky.”

Really? Then you need to attend more conventions. Everyone there does.

MacBean (19063points)“Great Answer” (0points)
stemnyjones's avatar

@YARNLADY Is that a slaveboy Liono? o_O

stemnyjones (3976points)“Great Answer” (0points)
Beta_Orionis's avatar

@MacBean Everyone at the convention considers the community geeky? I’m noting that’s not the case from the outside.

Beta_Orionis (3410points)“Great Answer” (0points)

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