the Courage to be public furry

[Alison Marie]

hhmmm    then i am not sure......im not popular enough to start anything over facebook but others are! i used that to my advantage!

[ArcticSkyWolf]

. It's kinda good not being popular,  if i was everyone would have taken pictures of me and my collar on halloween.

[Shinzuu Katame: Her Tolfy]

trust me, unless you have real friends and the confidence, you'll be screwed if you try to be a furry in public.

[kivabunny]

i have a few real friends , i defanitly have the confidence(i already wear my collar 24/7); i just have no short easy way of explaining my actions to the people i dont know in school(my friends already know im a fur)

[Shinzuu Katame: Her Tolfy]

you don't have to explain to people who don't give a shit to find out and just judge you. you just have to have the balls to not give a shit about that. have the confidence and screw them all. i've only lost 1 friend since becoming a furry, and i can care less what other people think if they don't bother and just judge. my co-workers know i'm a furry, as do my regular customers, and they don't care about the fact. scary enough, i found out one of my regulars if a fur artist.

[Alison Marie]

this is true. my explenation is im a pround fan of anthropomorphic animals. when they ask me what that is it opens a conversation. this way they can see what a furry is through the eyes of a furry no google or the urban dictionary. its also a good way to make a possable new friend. the key is to let them ask first.

[kivabunny]

this is true. my explenation is im a pround fan of anthropomorphic animals. when they ask me what that is it opens a conversation. this way they can see what a furry is through the eyes of a furry no google or the urban dictionary. its also a good way to make a possable new friend. the key is to let them ask first.

yes i would do this, given the time.
but most of the people who ask do so at my school,where, going from class to class does not provide enough time for an explanation.

[ArcticSkyWolf]

For the explanation, i wouldnt bother,  at all. I wouldn't bother explaining any of it.  Let them find out for themselves, this allows you to save tons of time instead of explaining to everyone,  all the time. Also,  learn to not care about what people think,  stop caring about their opinions because you have a general idea about what they think. Stop wasting your time with this,  it's generall unnecessary and it raises more questions than answers.

For wearing furry stuff, a good reply to the "why do you wear *insert furry item here*" is "why not? "now ask them why cant you wear whatever it is or why you cant be a furry. Point out that it's not illegal,  etc.

[Alison Marie]

yes i would do this, given the time.
but most of the people who ask do so at my school,where, going from class to class does not provide enough time for an explanation. 

   thats true. usually that tactic works best during lunch or during free class time...i dont have away around time

[Shinzuu Katame: Her Tolfy]

For the explanation, i wouldnt bother,  at all. I wouldn't bother explaining any of it.  Let them find out for themselves, this allows you to save tons of time instead of explaining to everyone,  all the time. Also,  learn to not care about what people think,  stop caring about their opinions because you have a general idea about what they think. Stop wasting your time with this,  it's generall unnecessary and it raises more questions than answers.

For wearing furry stuff, a good reply to the "why do you wear *insert furry item here*" is "why not? "now ask them why cant you wear whatever it is or why you cant be a furry. Point out that it's not illegal,  etc.

most people already have a preconceived notion of furs, which is why we explain in the first place. i'd rather be the one to tell them rather than them reading some bullshit that they get from hate sites and other urban myth bullshit or watch CSI for some shit that smears the reputation of furs.

[kivabunny]

For the explanation, i wouldnt bother,  at all. I wouldn't bother explaining any of it.  Let them find out for themselves, this allows you to save tons of time instead of explaining to everyone,  all the time. Also,  learn to not care about what people think,  stop caring about their opinions because you have a general idea about what they think. Stop wasting your time with this,  it's generall unnecessary and it raises more questions than answers.

For wearing furry stuff, a good reply to the "why do you wear *insert furry item here*" is "why not? "now ask them why cant you wear whatever it is or why you cant be a furry. Point out that it's not illegal,  etc.

most people already have a preconceived notion of furs, which is why we explain in the first place. i'd rather be the one to tell them rather than them reading some bullshit that they get from hate sites and other urban myth bullshit or watch CSI for some shit that smears the reputation of furs.

EXACTLY!!! this is the only reason i seek an explanation or i wouldnt even bother!

[Octavia]

ionyl wear fur accessories (tail,collarears) to furmeets and cons...but I wear fury t-shirts all the time....as they're not as in your face as a tail or collar

[Alison Marie]

true....wait...we have tee shirts??

[Shinzuu Katame: Her Tolfy]

yes. yes we do.

[Octavia]

true....wait...we have tee shirts??

yea,  they sell them at cons...and if you're a sponsor you get a free t-shirt usually...I got a couple Camp Feral t-shirts and a Camp Feral hoodie (local con here) as well as a Condition:Red t-shirt, Furnal Equinox t-shirt..and a couple other furry t-shirts not con related....I also have a Rainbow Dash t-shirt.