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pasci_lei, in Why do some people have a extreme hate for Furries?
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I don't hate them, I just find them weird. Because furry culture seems to be mostly populated by homosexual males, I am basically not interested in it.

Alexmitter, (edited )
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We do have heterosexuals and bisexuals. According to surveys only around 50% of us are homosexuals. We also have a astonishingly high amount of Aspergers.

Sylveon-Z, in You just won One Billion Dollars, what are you buying?
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I would try to found my own payment processor/credit card company that would be more NSFW-friendly. Apparently all the payment processors hate porn/nsfw which is why sites like to try to ban it so much. I want NSFW content creators to have a home too.

Calcharger, in Why do some people have a extreme hate for Furries?
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Take a walk around Furcadia, check out some user generated dreams, and report back to me what you find

Alexmitter,
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Never heard of that game, would you please tell me what you expect me to find because I rather not play it just to figure that out.

Calcharger, (edited )
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I'm Surprised, it's the pre-eminent MMOSG/MMORPG for the furry community.

I expect you to find what makes people uneasy around furries

Alexmitter,
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I am not surprised to not know it, I am not into this kind of games. Actually so far I know no game I like that has furry content. I do not play much in general. But I think you where talking about those so called "dreams" that they also mention on the website, mind telling me what you found in those?

Calcharger,
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hard to describe it exactly. An atmosphere of goofy, cartoony demeanors and rope play. As an example.

The furry community isn't a monolith, but what i've seen fairly consistently is a cartoonish kind of behavior. Kind of silly, cutesey. And on the margins of that is sexual content. It's a weird combination.

Alexmitter,
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I personally have not seen sexual content that at the same time tried to be goofy or cartoonist. Maybe thats something specific to the community around this game? I see a kind of cartoonish goofy behavior from people in character wearing a suit, but not in the typical sexual art the wider community produces.

Calcharger,
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It's out there

Alexmitter,
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I am sure it is, if its plausibly thinkable, there is porn of it.

Melancholia,
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Wow Furcadia is still a thing? I remember it being around like.. idk... 20 years ago. If its still going, that's pretty cool. I love when old parts of the internet are still there, just chugging away in their own little corner.

Calcharger,
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Yeah, they had a kickstarter in 2012 and revamped everything

TimeSquirrel,
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Jesus, I haven't heard the name "Furcadia" in like, 20 years. I wasn't aware it was still in operation. I thought most of us had moved on to SL or VRchat.

Sylveon-Z, in Why do some people have a extreme hate for Furries?
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It's cringe culture, the same reason people make fun of weebs or anyone else who goes outside of the "norm". There's also the issue that some people think that it's too childish or too sexual (or both at once, somehow)

dreadedchalupacabra, in You just won One Billion Dollars, what are you buying?
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Everyone's all "stuff to make world peace!" but I'm gonna be honest with y'all.

A lot of old video games. Like a catastrophic amount of them.

Cylusthevirus,
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Well what would you do with the remaining 99.99% of your wealth?

HeartyBeast, in What country do you recommend for visiting?
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Which county are you from? Do you speak any other languages (being able to speak to locals can change the experience immeasurably). What are your interests and hobbies?

TitaniaDioxide, in You just won One Billion Dollars, what are you buying?

I buy myself a house, pay off my family’s home, pay off my best friend’s home, and pay off my and my siblings’ student loan debt.

And I’ll still have 998 million left over.

10 million goes into a trust, to pay my lawyers, financial advisers, and accountants.

15 million goes into whatever savings/trust/investment account my financial advisors recommend , with a maximum dispersement of $500,000 per year, for me to use as I see fit.

1 million for each of my 9 cousins, for education or housing.

964 million left.

I buy an apartment building. I advertise a reasonable rent, for the area. When I get a tenant that I like, I’ll decrease the rent to 20% of the person’s reported monthly income. I’ll apply that towards immediate bills, then take a small amount for long-term improvements, then put the rest in savings/investment accounts, one for each unit, split equally. Upon the end of the lease, the tenant can cash out this savings account. If the tenant has extenuating circumstances, their rent can be paid from this savings account, or the principal of this account can be pulled from at any time.

Some amount of money from the billion will be put in an investment/savings account, so that money can be pulled in perpetuity if necessary, to keep the apartment afloat during lean times. Something like 25 million, to allow for up to $1 million in disbursement per year for stuff that’s not covered by rent. Once this account doubles, I’ll buy another apartment, and so on.

$900 million left.

$100 million goes into a trust to be used for charitable ventures.

$800 million.

This is so much money. I literally couldn’t possibly spend it all in my lifetime.

otter,
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Interestingly this was one of the first Reddit posts that I remember saving, a detailed guide on what to do after winning the lottery

It wasn’t that I thought I’d win, but it was just so detailed

www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/…/chb38xf

Noremac, in You just won One Billion Dollars, what are you buying?
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I'd do all the things that most people would do. Pay off debts, help out family/friends, invest, donate, etc.

Other than that, I'd buy a castle. Something like this. Living in such an old place like that with all the history associated with it seems really cool to me.

YolkBrushWork402, in Is it possible to see who is subscribed to a magazine?
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I don't think so, but I'm not exactly reliable, maybe look at KbinMeta

Saturdaycat, in Why do some people have a extreme hate for Furries?
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When we ask people to try to understand something that is outside of their close social norms, hate soon follows unfortunately. People fear and hate "the others" that they do not understand themselves. It goes deeper than that, but it's usually where it starts.

zebus, in How do you stay interested in something for a long time?
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I've just accepted it's my personality type and I jump around hobbies. People are built different, I'm sure the people who can focus 1000 hours on a hobby have other things they wish they did different. Embrace yourself and how your brain works when it comes to your leisure time.

That being said if I have something I want to focus on for self-growth/productivity reasons I use bullet journaling to hold myself accountable and stay on track. It's helped a lot.

LifeInOregon, in You just won One Billion Dollars, what are you buying?
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  1. A modest house.
  2. A second (functioning) vehicle for my family.
  3. Some apartments that I can turn into transitional housing for houseless and/or low income families, along with a staff of full time handymen, social workers, and counselors for facilities and transitional support.
  4. Create a healthcare fund/endowment investment managed by someone competent. It would be used to pay medical collections debts using the interest it draws.
  5. I dunno. A billion dollars goes a long way. Well above and beyond any amount I ever anticipate needing, let alone having. Maybe some Picassos to hang in my modest house.
fubo, in Why do some people have a extreme hate for Furries?

My guess is it's pretty similar to drag hate.

Someone has a discomfort with blurring certain boundaries in society, and they express it as violent eliminationism — especially after being encouraged to do so as an "acceptable target" by bullies, propagandists, or other haters.

Just as with drag costuming & performance, furry is not itself a sex practice — but it's often closely connected with queer sexualities.

Furrydom also applies queerness to things that many folks feel protective of, such as cute animals, and characters that are (or appear to be) from children's media. That triggers the "queers are pedophiles" delusion, which is not new — look up Anita Bryant but has been heavily popularized by fascists of late.

BraveSirZaphod, in You just won One Billion Dollars, what are you buying?
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Dump it all in some low-risk diverse funds, live off only a portion of the returns, and otherwise try to forget about it.

xc2215x, in Why do some people have a extreme hate for Furries?

Some people think all furries want sex with animals.

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