Being a furry is the same as being a sports fan to be honest. You watch the things you like, sometimes dress up as your favourite football player (or animal in our case), talk with other people that like the same thing. A lot of us here are very closed in real life, including myself. But with everyone around being the same it's much easier to start talking and make friends. Only bad thing about being in here is that a lot of people from outside have a lot of wrong ideas about what we're doing. But it's the same with other communities, only they have less stereotypes and more members, so they're generally better accepted.
It's pretty great to have others who think and feel the same about many things. As I mentioned before, it's much easier to make friends or even talk to someone in the first place. For the past year I've been around here I learned a lot of new ways to look at things and learned a lot about myself too. I'm slightly more open now, even though I still am and will be introverted. I've got friends all around the world, I've helped them and they helped me like if we knew each other for years.
For me this place isn't only about furry stuff, it's about being nice and open minded to everyone, and about having fun with friends, even if it's not the same as irl and only through text. And eventually we might meet some day and do the crazy things we talk about here.
