It’s not my thing and I truly don’t get it. That said, I’m curious about the initial draw, how you started and why. What does participating look like to you? Do you consider it an interest, hobby, kink or some combination/something else? I support you doing whatever you like so long as everything is legal/consensual. If you’re going to comment and you’re not a furry please be respectful.
TIL the furry thing is not just an internet meme
You better start believing in furry stories on the Internet. You’re in one. The joke that furries run the Internet is only a joke until you discover that it’s, in fact, largely true.
When you join the ranks of internet/technology master, you get sorted into one of 5 houses:
Furry (Seems the most normal of the bunch … until you get to know them well enough for them to unmask and reveal their true self. Has some very niche fetishes you’ve never heard of.)
Weeb (Kind of like a furry in some ways (just with anime waifus instead of anthropomorphic animals), but likely less kind and accepting and more likely to be right-wing and some flavor of bigot. 60% probability of having a highly encrypted folder on their computer that would get them in big trouble if the FBI found it.)
Incel Creep (Your sterotypical neckbeard. Big into UFC and posting creepy things in the comment sections of xvideos (they’re already banned from PornHub for this). Doesn’t wash his ass because “that’s gay”.)
LinkedIn Lunatic (techbro billionaire worshipper, obsesed with conspicuous consumption, income, and career growth; likely also an incel if they’re not wealthy, will have a trophy tradwife if they are wealthy.)
Tin Foil (Has spent more time and energy on computer security than what’s actually being secured. Endless conspiracy theories about shadowy government agencies … some of which are probably true. Has a dead man’s switch set to incinerate his house and everything inside if he goes more than 5 days without disabling it. Owns a small plot of land way out in the desert in Nevada, purchased through a series of shell corporations, which he tells absolutely nobody about, not even his own family.)
I feel like it should be expressed less as being sorted into houses and more of as a radar plot.
Furries have actually been around for longer than the internet.
Back in the day you could’t buy a fursuit, you had to hunt it.
Our biggest by attendance conventions have hit like 18k attendants. And while I am clinically online, these do indeed take place irl.