Official Bored at Work / Off-Topic Chat Thread II

[Takelli]

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I personally think you are asking for attention even now by using hyperbole. But that's just me.

What if I was just saying it to prove a point that I don't care what people think? Quite often I see a group of people walk into work with collars around their neck, and dressed like I described, but with out the ears and tails.

And they don't care what people say, or think. I'm glad they can do that, and not care about it.

[Yygdrasil]

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Hey Cheetara?

Could you explain this whole Furries thing to me again? I don't get it.

[Taskmage]

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I would get shot the second I walked out my front door dressed like that.

It sounds like regardless of your lifestyle choices you need to find a better neighborhood.

To you, its a costume, to me, its what I want to wear.

Okay, but why? I mean, maybe that's as meaningless as asking someone why their favorite color is what it is, but it seems like a bigger deal than that. There's this whole community of people whose self-image deviates sharply from perceived norms, all in a very similar way. I want to know what that arises from. Why is a furry furry?

[cidbahamut]

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I dunno. Original sin or something? Is this gonna be on a test?

Yes and so far you are all failing.

Tangentially related to hats:

[Taskmage]

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Goddamn it you guys are posting too fast. We need an actual chat room and not a chat thread.

What happened to that "live thread" feature where new replies would be displayed in semi-real-time is what I want to know. And before anyone goes there I did not touch it.

[Takelli]

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Okay, but why? I mean, maybe that's as meaningless as asking someone why their favorite color is what it is, but it seems like a bigger deal than that. There's this whole community of people whose self-image deviates sharply from perceived norms, all in a very similar way. I want to know what that arises from. Why is a furry furry?

Because, I enjoy it. I enjoy dressing up as an animal, I find it fun. Is it that hard to understand? Does no one do anything for just fun any more?

[Taskmage]

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Hey Cheetara?

Could you explain this whole Furries thing to me again? I don't get it.

lol you

[Yygdrasil]

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That would be awesome...

[Takelli]

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Hey Cheetara?

Could you explain this whole Furries thing to me again? I don't get it.

That is Nekko, not furry.

Nekko is close to furry, but not close enough as they do not have animal features, such as their limbs, and the muzzle.

[Armando]

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Cheetara

I always found her unattractive. But then again I never liked Thundercats at all.

That is Nekko, not furry.

Now you're just pulling our legs.

[Mhurron]

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Seriously, I go home and this shit implodes.

[Taskmage]

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Because, I enjoy it. I enjoy dressing up as an animal, I find it fun. Is it that hard to understand? Does no one do anything for just fun any more?

Because, again, it has to do with how you perceive yourself. I have a friend who builds model ships with BB cannons and fights them on the weekends for fun, but he doesn't say things like "I don't feel like my real self unless I'm dressed like an admiral." It's the "real self" thing that makes this different.

[Mhurron]

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Goddamn it you guys are posting too fast. We need an actual chat room and not a chat thread.

Well, it has been mentioned before but setting up an IRC channel or something is possible. No one ever cared much about it.

[Murphie]

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@Armando - Again, they were stepping outside of normative behavior. Now, I'm not saying that's BAD, per se. I'm just saying, that they (hopefully) realized this, and society being what it is, they would garner both positive (other gay men, or supporters) and negative (homophobes) attention from said act.

I'm not trying to act as some sort of arbiter of what is and isn't ok. What I'm saying is that certain behaviors and dress are outside our current cultural norms, and people who engage in them must understand that.

[Armando]

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Is it that hard to understand? Does no one do anything for just fun any more?

Like TM said, you need to refine your argument. A lot. I swing my umbrella around like a sword when no one's looking, but I never think I'm not myself just because I can't swing it around all the time without getting weird looks. I can draw a line between "pretending I have a sword" and "Acting knightly is key to my identity."