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Author Topic: Don't you think its terrible that we have to keep being a furry a secret?  (Read 6527 times)

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personally i wish the world was free of stereotypes, it messes up reputation and oppurtunities.

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I wish that too, but its in human nature to constantly judge a difference someone has, because if it makes that person 'better' than them, then they'll usually use it.
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Recently, I was talking to my friend and we got onto the subject of sonic the hedgehog and eventually onto furries, and he just would not accept the idea that he was stereotyping people when he said that furries are just a bunch of perverts. (He doesnt know i'm a furry but he'll find out soon enough. I'm good at dropping hints.) But then he is rather hard headed and anti-social as i think most of these more vocal attackers of furries are.
"Parents always think kids are wasting their youth, and always have done [so] down through the millennia," says Tom Forsyth of RAD Game Tools. "'That Ug, always holding things. His front paws will develop in funny ways. Why can't he walk on all fours like normal proto-hominids?' And so, whatever the kids spend the most time doing, that's always what parents think is a waste of time, and what is corrupting their lives. It doesn't matter what that is. If all they did was homework, parents would be worrying that their kids aren't becoming well-rounded people. And, in fact, parents do this - enrolling math nerds in karate classes and the like. There is no way to win - parental paranoia ensures that kids are always doing the wrong thing."


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well this night my sister was here so i decided to hint that I was a furry........bad idea. She stereotyped the usual stuff like us being perverts and ect.  right away and hardly listened to me when i tried to persuade her that those were just stereotypes. This really disheartens me now from telling anyone else I know in real life. :'(

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well you shouldnt keep it a secret forever. Just be slow to build up a positive idea about it.
"Parents always think kids are wasting their youth, and always have done [so] down through the millennia," says Tom Forsyth of RAD Game Tools. "'That Ug, always holding things. His front paws will develop in funny ways. Why can't he walk on all fours like normal proto-hominids?' And so, whatever the kids spend the most time doing, that's always what parents think is a waste of time, and what is corrupting their lives. It doesn't matter what that is. If all they did was homework, parents would be worrying that their kids aren't becoming well-rounded people. And, in fact, parents do this - enrolling math nerds in karate classes and the like. There is no way to win - parental paranoia ensures that kids are always doing the wrong thing."


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Well today was a good day. Since i just felt like I continue keep it a secret anymore, when I was driving with my mom I felt like bringing up the topic of furrys and how they are stereotyped alot and that I was one of them. She was very understanding and accepted it. This takes a huge load of my chest  :D. Next up will be my sister who was very sterotypical when I brought up the subject of furries last night. I have a pretty good idea of how to convince her or at least let her know it is not a bad thing to be a furry.

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yay  :D good for you, to be honest i didnt keep it a secret i just said to my mates, "ima furry get over it!" they just said, "well that explains a LOT!"
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thank you. I bet your mates are pretty cool.

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one of my mates really likes the idea of a furry and is actually starting to question there own furryness  :D
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one of my mates really likes the idea of a furry and is actually starting to question there own furryness  :D

You know, one of my mates wanted to get involved with the community too... coincydink?

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Jacen whats your xbox live name?



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I can pretty much tell my friends anything and they'll still be cool about it. I don't know about murder but you can get into any discussion with them with the exception of a few witty jokes in between. They definitely think I'm weird but they don't care. XD
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That's the thing about good friends. You can be as weird as you like, but as long as that weirdness is connected to who you really are, then they wont mind and will often expect it from you. If they dont expect it, they'll just add it to their view of you but it will hardly override the main image, since they already know who you are.
"Parents always think kids are wasting their youth, and always have done [so] down through the millennia," says Tom Forsyth of RAD Game Tools. "'That Ug, always holding things. His front paws will develop in funny ways. Why can't he walk on all fours like normal proto-hominids?' And so, whatever the kids spend the most time doing, that's always what parents think is a waste of time, and what is corrupting their lives. It doesn't matter what that is. If all they did was homework, parents would be worrying that their kids aren't becoming well-rounded people. And, in fact, parents do this - enrolling math nerds in karate classes and the like. There is no way to win - parental paranoia ensures that kids are always doing the wrong thing."


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yay for good understanding friends!  :D
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