I've come across so much misinformation about furries... I just want myself and others to understand it better.

#1

Just because ypu have a costume doesn't automatically make you a furry. I have a Panda onsie, I used it as a costume and now I use it as a pajama, when I tell my friends that, they say I'm I furry. It makes me mad and want to scream.

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Fluffy mommy panda
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh s**t I have a stitch pj's that a big sleeper for adults, I am not a furry.......

FrostMoon Willow
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

just because you have one doesn't mean you are! onsies aren't really considered fursuits unless you want it to be

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    #2

    That all furries are pedophiles or other crazy b******t they heard on Fox News (ironic, ay?). That is just a beyond microscopic fraction of the Fandom. There are other Fandom where it is far worse. As a whole, the furry Fandom is extremely supportive, as they will love and support you no matter who you are or what you believe in. Honestly, it's better than literally anything I've been a part of. tl,dr: Furries shouldn't be stereotyped and hated because something that happens to literally every group/organization/fandom in the world happens.

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    #3

    That we all want to whoohoo animals/are Zoophiles. We are NOT! Zoophiles are disgusting people who deserve to be in jail and never be able to be near any animal.

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    #4

    As a furry I get this one a lot: "Furries think they're animals" Nope. That would be therians and otherkin. Furries are those who are interested in anthropomorphic characters, like donald duck. Also, I would like to note to all of you that make furry hunting jokes, that's its incredibly unfunny due to overuse (+ shows being uneducated on the matter, due to information above). Honestly, knowing the toxicity of the furry community, we do deserve to be made fun of, but at least be creative. "Fatherless 🤡" is about as fresh as the canned broccoli in school cafeterias.

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    FrostMoon Willow
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    some of us identify as 'part animal' I myself consider myself one with nature i know that sounds stupid lmao

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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Identifying as animal in any shape or form isn't a furry, that's therian. Furryness is a hobby and interest, therian is an identity. You can be both.

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    Yin Lin
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Also, therians and otherkin shouldn’t be discriminated against for identifying as an animal. It isn’t a choice, just like being gay or trans

    That Goth Demon (zey/zem)
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes, but as a possible otherkin here, I don't think I'm an animal, really, I just don't feel very human 👍

    Rainbreeze
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm a polytherian, and therians get called furries so much. I have nothing against furries- my friend is one- but I can't stand it when I am called one.

    I'm a Furry, so what?
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm totally immune to the comment 'Fatherless' because my dad helped me make my Dino mask and is technically a 'furry' (he's a roving entertainer who makes his own costumes and accessories and he helped me and my bff make our Dino masks! Love you dad!)

    TheElementalGod️️
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Their is a medical condition called lycanthropy (not the magic curse but named after it) where the person thinks they are a animal

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    #5

    People seem to think that fursuits aren't expensive, but they are. I was chatting with someone on Reddit once about their fursuit and it was a lot of money. It also take a lot of hard work to make a suit and people don't seem to realize that either.

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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah. I once heard someone say they cost like 200 dollars while insulting furries and I badly wanted to jump in and tell them the actual price. For 200 dollars you get less than Walmart quality

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    Juniper Listowich
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I got my handpaws for 69$ and i consider that cheap for handpaws imao

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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I learned this by talking to a Irl furry

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    #6

    That furries are sexual and pedophiles. This isn't necessary at all. I mean, roleplayers like myself get accused of being a furrie. I think furries are just people who like to have a universe to escape reality from. That's a nice tactic, if you think about it.

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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And yes, feel free to rant at me. I get it alot anyways.

    I'm a Furry, so what?
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes! Some (But not all!) furries have trauma and/or stress and need to relieve it by being someone they are not. Putting on a fursuit for furries is like masking for autistic people, except that the fursuit doesn't tire them out or make them unhappy. It just lets you become an entirely different person, one that can be the complete opposite of the fursuiters personality without a suit!

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    #7

    That EVERYONE gets called one for no reason like my friends and I get called a furry because we don't talk much and are nerds idk...

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    Juliette the Fox
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I got called a furry for pacing while waiting on friends. I have anxiety, why i was pacing and part of why it got worse.

    FrostMoon Willow
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I agree, I find it rude when people are like man are you a furry to someone and I'm standing here like :/

    Mini the Angel
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was called a furry because I wear my doge jacket. I mean-

    crowspectre (he/they)
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I got called a furry for saying that I liked dogs. Idek

    #8

    I've got a few: 1) That we are all zoophiles. Zoophiles get kicked from the fandom most of the time 2) That we all have or want fursuits. Like, I like the idea but they cost loads, and I have minor claustrophobia so, no. 3) That we all like the sexual parts of the fandom. Some people do, but, others don't . Stop making assumptions and ideas up about a fandom you aren't even in

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    MrRepublican48
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    2 years ago

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    Exactly right Mike, Fandom, more like cult.

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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ↑look at this idiot who has probably never even seen the definition of cult or fandom in their entire life

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    Mike Hunt
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    2 years ago

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    “Fandom”

    #9

    1. That they bark at people! I had some Furry friends, and some group of kids would come up to us and start barking at us, and when we’d ask them what they were doing, they said they were “speaking our language.” Furries don’t do that. Even if they did, it was none of their business. (I almost typed the name of my characters at the end of that sentence- his name is Business cat LOL) 2. Any anthropomorphic animal is a furry. I have animal characters, for example, Business cat. And my mother asked me if I was a furry, just because he was a cat with a human-like body. I have nothing against the furry community, but GOD DANG! MY CHARACTERS ARE NOT FURRIES!!!!!

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    crowspectre (he/they)
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah as a writer who loves fantasy I've created a few avian/angel races and I'm always worried that people are gonna be like 'so they're basically furries'

    Mike Hunt
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    2 years ago

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    Do you hear the cringe that you are speaking?

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    #10

    The top thing that p***es me off is sexualising and bullying furries. I was talking to a guy who hangs around our bus stop and he said "I'm a furry, can i identify as a tree? WHat aBouT a LawNmoWeR?" I just stood there with my friends and stared in utter disbelief. Also to the people who say nasty things about furries, i say for all of us amazing people, F**K YOU DUMB***ES! GET OFF THE PAGE! IF YOU DONT LIKE FURRIES, DONT OPEN A WHOLE PAGE DEDICATED TO IT! WE ARE WHO WE ARE AND IF YOU SAY OTHERWISE, EAT OUR GAY(or not) COLOURED DUST! HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAA sorry that was just a rant i get really upset when it comes to bullying about LGBTQIAP+ and Furries, because i fight for other's rights. Love you all, except the ones who i hate, have a good day, stay safe fellow furries! Willow out! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾

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    #11

    Killing furries is not murder, it is animal cruelty, so officer, I shouldnt get life

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    Yin Lin
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This comment and your username show that you truly have no soul. This thread is supposed to be a safe place for furries. F**k off and leave us alone.

    S.G.D.C爻SHADOW_Angel ́ツ゚†
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    felony animal cruelty you deserve life🥰😘😍😘😘😍😍😍😎 /j

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    #12

    Being a furry isn't a kink, it's an identity.

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    all 4 paws
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    its not even an identity, its a hobby

    666Slay.Com
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    and an escape method...i mean from my perspective, my fursona is the exact opposite of myself.

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    #13

    A lot of people think that being a furry means that we think that we're 100% animal. That isn't true, and also we're not furries because of s*x. A lot of people use anthropomorphic animals in their p*rn, and people automatically assume that that's what we're furries for...

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    Ines Olabarria-Smith
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Got a question: isn’t it too hot with the costume? Glad you guys have fun but all I can think of is the temperature inside!

    Autistic Ladybug
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    yes it does get quite hot, but its worth it to see other people smiling and laughing because we only want to be ourselves and make others happy.

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    Ranboo_Has_All_The_Gender
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    good job! Also my fursona names are Neptune and Willow! We match! (I have interchangeable names because i'm Genderfluid. Neptune is Non-Binary and Willow is more female if that makes sense.)

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    Michaelhunt
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    2 years ago

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    We don’t think about you at all, it’s just too stupid

    all 4 paws
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    if you wanna be mean i would suggest you get off bp, we nice people here.

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