"IRL furry" potential problems

[Verin Asper]

That could be a problem, however I'm sure that it would be made permissable in the future, seeing how furries would be considered intelligent beings similar to humans. But yeah I could see it as something that wouldn't be acceptable in some peoples eyes.

If you think we become our sonas, then I cant be with my Girlfriend, I am kind but wasnt built to be kind. I would have to be heavily inhibited to even safely function around her. So it comes down to forcfully seperating us thru laws or inhibitors. thats the big picture, how can we if furs become IRL, fucntion with society as a whole. Only thing I can say we have benefits that can help society, but also how will disease affect us cause were no longer like humans.

 

[Attaman]

Oh, thanks for reminding me of another potential furry problem:

Reproduction. Odds are a Lion Furry is going to be different from a Gazelle Furry, and that the two of them are not going to be able to have children together. If they can, there's a decent chance of said child being sterile.

Seriously, this is going to throw a wrench in many people's plans. Guess it's a good thing, though, since now we're not going to have to worry about people who look like an abomination by having thirteen different species in their heritage the past seven generations.

 

[Verin Asper]

Oh, thanks for reminding me of another potential furry problem:

Reproduction. Odds are a Lion Furry is going to be different from a Gazelle Furry, and that the two of them are not going to be able to have children together. If they can, there's a decent chance of said child being sterile.

Seriously, this is going to throw a wrench in many people's plans. Guess it's a good thing, though, since now we're not going to have to worry about people who look like an abomination by having thirteen different species in their heritage the past seven generations.

if we cant cross with humans, I damn sure we cant cross either with other furs. Now I know someone gonna come in and say "but we can fix that" but still the only species that could properly breed with others easily...is dragons, so if ya a dragon...go screw other furs, anything else...well your fucked till they fix it

 

[Dahguns]

i gotta say it, restroom time is going to be difficult with a tail.....
but i wouldn't mind the extra balance that comes with it....
then again.......oh i don't know i am in RL right now and find thinking about having a tail but never getting one is inciting false hope (which can be bad for one's ego) ^^

 

[Laze]

I can imagine Scalie skin shedding to be a rather horrid chore.

Very much a Sunday kind of activity I reckon, some people wash the car or mow the lawn or catch up on house work, Scalies may climb out of their old skin ~

Wonderful thought that.

 

[bearetic]

While you may not be able to mate, you can still probably screw whoever you want.

I see a sharp rise in bestiality, though


HERE'S something. Vision.
Dogs = black and white.
Deer = infrared.

Of course, I think most furries would want their eyeballs to be human, so this wouldn't be a problem.

And I'm also assuming everything internally would work fine, just as if it were from nature. No complications between those eyeballs and that brain.

 

[coolkidex]

sure, there are side effects that suck about it, but come on! Its a freakin tail!

Just today, i was snowboarding at Wachusett MT and was at their terrain park. I was 50-50ing a rail, tried to land, clipped an edge, and fell tailbone first. (Couldn't get up for like 15 minutes) I guess that would be a bad time to have a tail.

But i think about it everyday. I WANT A TAIL!

 

[Attaman]

While you may not be able to mate, you can still probably screw whoever you want.

Depending on the furry in question, not really. Or at least, they couldn't screw whoever without causing serious bodily harm.

HERE'S something. Vision.
Dogs = black and white.
Deer = infrared.

Actually, from what I recall canines had limited colorblindness. Still, this is a good thing to bring up.

 

[kusanagi-sama]

While you may not be able to mate, you can still probably screw whoever you want.

I see a sharp rise in bestiality, though


HERE'S something. Vision.
Dogs = black and white.
Deer = infrared.

Of course, I think most furries would want their eyeballs to be human, so this wouldn't be a problem.

And I'm also assuming everything internally would work fine, just as if it were from nature. No complications between those eyeballs and that brain.

Actually thats incorrect. I saw a show on the National Geographic named "In the Womb: Dogs" Dogs actually can see shades of color, but mainly see shades of yellow and blue. Dogs don't have the ability to see an abundance of red. (I saw the same info about vision on another show about dogs).

It explains why most dogs eyes reflect red back at you. And IMO, reflect red = some level of color vision.

--ALSO--
Something that wasn't brought up, what about the female or herm furs with breasts that are extremely large (bigger than Chelsea Charms big), how well could they go about their lives?

 

[Aden]

From what I saw when I skimmed the thread, most people are thinking as if human civilization had continued normally until just recently, and then everyone 'popped' into a furry form. I see people complaining about shampoo, headphones, washing hands, sitting on tails, etc.

I would think that, if we had been anthros all along, we'd have a different set of social norms. Cleaning one's fur with something like shampoo every few weeks or so would probably be normal. Things like headphones, glasses, pants, instruments, cars (if they all came about, that is) would be invented to fit everyone. Sitting on one's tail wouldn't be a problem - you'd learn to be conscious of it from birth.

Shortcomings would be adapted to. We humans are getting along just fine with our crippled hearing, weak musculature, unstable leg base, and below-average eyesight. The question is pretty much irrelevant because a society of anthros may be similar to ours in the broad respects, but the little details would be so completely different as to render comparison very difficult.

 

[Aq Bars]

There would almost certainly be widespread racism. (speciesism?)

And what if you had antlers? They'd get caught in door, you couldn't wear hats, fitting in a car would be problematic, and they'd just generally be awkward and cumbersome.

 

[beyondspecies]

I don't want to be a furry (unless I could change my species at will), but I want to date one. We could get into a lot of trouble together...

 

[Verin Asper]

From what I saw when I skimmed the thread, most people are thinking as if human civilization had continued normally until just recently, and then everyone 'popped' into a furry form. I see people complaining about shampoo, headphones, washing hands, sitting on tails, etc.

I would think that, if we had been anthros all along, we'd have a different set of social norms. Cleaning one's fur with something like shampoo every few weeks or so would probably be normal. Things like headphones, glasses, pants, instruments, cars (if they all came about, that is) would be invented to fit everyone. Sitting on one's tail wouldn't be a problem - you'd learn to be conscious of it from birth.

Shortcomings would be adapted to. We humans are getting along just fine with our crippled hearing, weak musculature, unstable leg base, and below-average eyesight. The question is pretty much irrelevant because a society of anthros may be similar to ours in the broad respects, but the little details would be so completely different as to render comparison very difficult.

hmmm yes but still there would have to be some sort of limitations put on us, but with your hypothesis over time those inhibitors would be dropped. LIke how there is handicap codes for buildings they would surely have the same codes for Anthros. Then we come down to the seperate fractures in this fandom. How can they exist in this society and be helpful if possible at all.

 

[bearetic]

From what I saw when I skimmed the thread, most people are thinking as if human civilization had continued normally until just recently, and then everyone 'popped' into a furry form. I see people complaining about shampoo, headphones, washing hands, sitting on tails, etc.

I was mainly thinking anatomy problems. I don't want to limit the scope of this thread too much, so if you think of some other perspective, go ahead.

But, like I said earlier I don't want to turn this into another "if everyone turned furry" thread. We already have enough of those.

That being said, just about anything goes ITT, if that's possible with my request :\

 

[Roose Hurro]

There would almost certainly be widespread racism. (speciesism?)

And what if you had antlers? They'd get caught in door, you couldn't wear hats, fitting in a car would be problematic, and they'd just generally be awkward and cumbersome.

Well, I imagine we'd still have saws available, wouldn't we...?

 

[Gavrill]

Well, I imagine we'd still have saws available, wouldn't we...?

It's just like that scene in that terrible music video by Fall Out Boy that I know nothing about!

 

[Verin Asper]

It's just like that scene in that terrible music video by Fall Out Boy that I know nothing about!

Sugar were going Down...wut...I listen to FOB, FUCK YOU...and Shenzi if furs be IRL...I'm never leaving florida cause I cant past thru Georgia cause you would pick me out

 

[Ethereal_Dragon]

There's only one thing I would not enjoy about being a dragon, only one thing that I think would be impractical:

Scale corrosion. /shiver

Well, and then there's the part where every piece of furniture I touch is chopped into neat little cubes. That's no fun.

 

[SuperFurryBonzai]

the problem of having to wash your fur, you'd have to use an entire bottle of shampoo and conditioner. With having a tail I'm sure we all have that asshole of a friend that would probably tug on it every once in a while.

 

[Ratte]

I don't like laying on my back, and the "LOLPOWERZ" would help with the "Fuck, horns and claws and other things" factor.

I wouldn't mind it.

 

[Art Vulpine]

I think we all agree that tails, hygene, and adapting to the hot weather is a problem.

Clothing would be too.

Hats would be obsolete to a furry unless they performed some major alteration to allow ear holes.
Pants would need a hole for the tail.
Shoes would probably be obsolete.
Winter clothing would also be obsolete.

 

[Verin Asper]

I think we all agree that tails, hygene, and adapting to the hot weather is a problem.

Clothing would be too.

Hats would be obsolete to a furry unless they performed some major alteration to allow ear holes.
Pants would need a hole for the tail.

thats true but...

Shoes would probably be obsolete.

no not really, it depends on the fur, for some species ya out of luck to some shoes would be necessary. What I'm saying the legs type, some are Digigrade and some are Plantigrade. Those that are Digi could go without shoes but they still need some form of protective footwear like the Plantigrade would have modified for both

Winter clothing would also be obsolete.

again no, and again depends on the species

 

[Billy-Rex]

There should also be then special clothing for jobs!
I mean.. me as firefighter? Could give a prblem to the suits

 

[Slyther]

I'd absolutely love being a dragon

Pros:
-Easy to clean (No hair, yay!)
-No need for clothes
-Would love heat
-Can fly

Cons:
-Tail may cause problems for seats not designed with them in mind
-Large wings may also be problematic in some situations
-Claws can potentially be annoying, anything I touch would have to be scratch/pierce proof (Typing on a keyboard comes to mind)

 

[VVhiteWolf]

Tails wouldn't be that awkward, you'd get used to 'em. We wouldn't need to bathe that often, due to the whole "humans sweat, animals don't" thing.