I thought hating on furries was a 4chan meme that became a tiktok meme.
But I’ve a few reasons why that meme may have gained traction. Firstly it’s not a sexuality like homosexuality. It’s more of a fetish, and people make fun of fetishes all the time - see feet, or, idk, midget. I’m sure some maintain its not sexual, but the community overwhelmingly is. Second, it has associations with beastiality. Now I’d assume the vast majority of furries don’t harbour sexual attractions to real animals, but it’s certainly on that side of the Venn diagram, which may cause some concern. Finally people involved generally seem to be social outcasts. You don’t see many captain of the football team furries or cheerleader furries. If school kids are already picking on the weebs and the nerds, finding out some of them dress up like animals and hang out is fuel for the fire.
As for calls to killing furries, I’d wager the majority of that is just joining in on the meme. I’m sure furries would get bullied at school, but as for vehement violence I doubt it transcends the bullying that the D&D kids receive. Not that I condone any violence or bullying towards anyone, furries included. But if you were wondering why people dislike em, maybe this helps.
I would not say its a fetish, but a fetish can be attached to it. First and foremost its simply a liking for antro characters in e general sense.
And about sexuality, which is certainly the point where people show the most hate. Furries are into human based fanatsy characters with a wild mix of features, from nature inspired to completely made up and that with a great emphasis on the human base of the character.
Finally people involved generally seem to be social outcasts.
A great amount of us are aspergers, me as well. We are by nature social outcasts and the target of everyone that can somehow have power over us. So its neither getting worse nor better.
This article provides a pretty good breakdown of 9 reasons why people would be hostile towards furries.
The one that stood out to me most and was my first thought was:
Lack Of Understanding - As with anything new, there is a general lack of understanding of the furry community. The older generation has a more difficult time coming to terms with the furry lifestyle (…) Unfortunately, many people are not willing to give furries any patience. They hate them right away, without a second thought, just because they are different from them.
My guess is that they confuse furries with people who are sexually attracted to animals or animal characteristics.
In reality, furries are people who partially or fully identify with what native people would have called their spirit animal and modern furries call their fursona (except with more or less human features, because they meld what they see as their spirit animal with their human self).
But because drawings of fursonae exist, rule 34 ensures that there is porn of them. Some people really like that kind of porn, unrelated to whether they're furries or not, and I believe it is those people the hate is directed at.
As for why, I would guess it's something like "how dare you sexualise animals!" (or maybe even a subconscious "how dare you make a drawing of what I believe is supposed to be an animal that is actually sexy to me!", similar to how some conservatives are so vehemently against homosexuality because they secretly feel tempted, and then get caught at a gay orgy later). And/or they see it as something like a gateway drug to bestiality (sexual abuse towards animals).
But because drawings of fursonae exist, rule 34 ensures that there is porn of them. Some people really like that kind of porn, unrelated to whether they're furries or not, and I believe it is those people the hate is directed at.
This would be my opinion. I'm neutral towards furries; I am not neutral towards the flood of porn that seems to make up the majority of my every (and often only) contact with the furry community and I'm honestly surprised that wouldn't be the obvious answer. Do I get to see how those suits are crafted? No, I've never seen that. Saw a tiger getting railed in an elevator yesterday, though.
It's really not doing me any favors in the fediverse right now. I shouldn't have to voluntarily search "yiff" every few days just to search for new things to preemptively block and I can't turn NSFW off, either, without banning myself from my own medical subs.
This would be my opinion. I'm neutral towards furries; I am not neutral towards the flood of porn that seems to make up the majority of my every (and often only) contact with the furry community and I'm honestly surprised that wouldn't be the obvious answer. Do I get to see how those suits are crafted?
Those suits are incredibly expensive and they are trade secrets to the people who make them as they want to protect their market. Generally some people have them, and it may look like its the final goal of everyone in the community to own one of their character, but its not. Its a tiny amount of people who both want one and can effort the at least 20k€, like just a head costs around 5k€.
No, I've never seen that. Saw a tiger getting railed in an elevator yesterday, though.
It's really not doing me any favors in the fediverse right now. I shouldn't have to voluntarily search "yiff" every few days just to search for new things to preemptively block and I can't turn NSFW off, either, without banning myself from my own medical subs.
I see this as a general issue that magazines/communities can not be generally set as NSFW, only individual posts and people sometimes forget that. And you are not alone with that, I am also suffer from that because I would rather not see naked female ass in All. It is always something that annoys people if they see porn they do not like but do not pretend like you are the only one that is victim to that.
Those suits are incredibly expensive and they are trade secrets to the people who make them as they want to protect their market.
That makes a lot of sense now that you say it, but I'm still gonna be sad about it. I really like crafting videos these days.
I see this as a general issue that magazines/communities can not be generally set as NSFW, only individual posts and people sometimes forget that. And you are not alone with that, I am also suffer from that because I would rather not see naked female ass in All.
You...can, though? I can with mine, anyway. Is that something only kbin can do right now, or am I misunderstanding what you mean?
Not that it makes much of a difference for people who want more granular nsfw settings. Still really waiting on those, I think adding auto-tagging to submissions and then presenting the ability to filter by tag is a fantastic idea that would really solve a ton. I literally have to do the same with sports that I have to do for porn subs in order to get them out of my feed and they just keep proliferating every time someone subs to or spins up a new instance. I know past a certain point bitching about all topics being in All is dumb, but blocking doesn't accomplish as much as it should right now just due to the nature of the fediverse.
Admittedly, if you're someone who doesn't mind porn in All as long as it's your fetish, it would be easier to whitelist things at that point. There'd have to be a whole menu and everything, which I'm sure is doable. For furries, monster fuckers, etc., this would necessitate a "human porn" tag to enter wide use and I don't ever see that happening, so they and they alone are stuck blocking nsfw and subbing directly.
You...can, though? I can with mine, anyway. Is that something only kbin can do right now, or am I misunderstanding what you mean?
If, then its new, but the main community having adult furry content is using lemmy.
Admittedly, if you're someone who doesn't mind porn in All as long as it's your fetish, it would be easier to whitelist things at that point.
I generally do not want to see porn in All, neither human porn nor furry gay porn. It the one thing that does not belong in All. All is to learn about new content, and you are not gonna start to like furry gay porn and I am not going to start to like naked female ass. Porn is a individual thing and I believe everyone knows what he or she wants and follows the magazines/communities that offer that without having to discover it in all.
What is interesting to me is, yes sure unconventional ideas in porn are something people easily find rage for, yet that is not the issue for that friend of mine. He himself can be called unconventional in that regard. He really just hates the idea of antro furry in general.
As a homosexual that rage is something I am well too familiar already as that it would bother me.
After setting up my family for life, I'd use the rest to start a micro-lending company for small businesses to get started or expand. I'd open them next to dollar stores and hire lots of bilingual people. We'd have free business plan advice, too. For fun I'd buy houses in lousy neighborhoods, fix them up and fit them out with solar and geothermal systems, then offer to trade the house with a neighbor and repeat the process. This would cost money but a billion can go a long way one house at a time and see step one.
The key is to actually not care about the time spent, but rather what you do with it. If you're counting how long it's been, it's gonna be a grind, but if you're really focused in your goals, time flies and you get what you wanted.
Also, as others have mentioned, having multiple interests to jump back and forth to goes a long way in preventing burnout.
Well, if it's something you're just interested in, then at some point you might become no longer interested in it. That's fine, it's normal, it's why people end up with an attic full of supplies for old hobbies. I've had certain hobbies and interests for 30+ years but it's not literally doing the same thing over and over again, there's plenty of variation within a topic. Always new things to learn, techniques to try, tools to use. If that variety ever stops, yep, I'll probably lose interest.
But your question seems to be more about long-term projects, which aren't something you just happen to get lucky and stay interested in. You have to actually make the decision to do the thing, set the time aside, and have discipline even on the days the magical motivation fairy didn't happen to sprinkle her dust on you.
First, buy the services of a financial advisor. Run a very long list of ideas past them to see what's plausible, what would make a positive difference in the world, what would likely become a self sustaining positive thing after an initial investment that I can afford to go without a return on.
For myself, build a house. Pick the exact location I want. Customize and overbuild everything. Backup power and solar panels. But from the outside, make it look exactly like the majority of the houses in a 1 mile radius. Except mine is capable of withstanding nuclear war.
Also, health care to the max is high on my selfish list. I want a reputable doctor to show up at my house each month to check on things and answer all the odd questions about a cough I had one time or whatever.
For my family, buy them a few nice things, set up a trust fund that pays out an actual living wage to each person and include a standing appointment with a financial advisor as well as access to their own doctor who makes house calls.
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