What do you hate about the furry fandom?

[Phoenix-Kat]

All the weird-ass fetishes and porn.

People forcing you to roleplay.

Drama.

AND GOD THE "FURRY PRIDE" THING what this isn't like a sexual orientation

I'm going to quote you because this is the exact way I feel. No one's "forced" me to role play yet, but then I'm very new to the fandom and have only been here for a year. You can't go on any furry site without seeing porn. Yes, there are filters but not everyone remembers to put the filter in place and the idea it's allowed in general kinda bothers me. On Deviant Art, nudity is allowed but actual porn isn't. I often have to use the analogy of "Treckies" to explain to people what "furries" are. I've never seen "Treckie Pride" like it's a sexual identity or something.

 

[Sarcastic Coffeecup]

The people in it

 

[Filter]

I hate the emphasis on sexuality. Don't get me wrong, I like well-drawn pinups and whatnot, but I'm here because anthropomorphic animals are the bee's knees. I'm not here because I want to know about the sex lives of furry fans. That sort of thing is TMI. Plus, these characters can be anything we want them to be. Too much boinking and not enough adventures, IMO.

 

[ShioBear]

people who role play on regular threads. ex: *nuzzles nose* ....... fuck that shit.

 

[Alexxx-Returns]

Hugboxing. And

"Person 1's statement! -Hugs-"

"Aww, thanks Person 1! -Hugs tighter-"

I'm not trying to imply that they are one and the same, just that both drive me nuts.

 

[ShioBear]

Hugboxing. And

"Person 1's statement! -Hugs-"

"Aww, thanks Person 1! -Hugs tighter-"

I'm not trying to imply that they are one and the same, just that both drive me nuts.

uhhg second that!

 

[LazerMaster5]

ARGH PEE is not for me. Too much work, too little payoff. Also, people here seem to have gotten rather hostile in the past couple months here. What's up with that? I come here to chat and discuss things, not to shout and sling mud.

 

[Joey]

Also, people here seem to have gotten rather hostile in the past couple months here. What's up with that? I come here to chat and discuss things, not to shout and sling mud.

I kinda feel like a dick for some of the snotty elitist shit I've said here over the past 3 years, especially when I first joined. I always felt like "hey, this is a great refuge for furs who aren't into freaky shit", but as time went on I had to admit at some point that the freaky shit makes the fandom cool and not boring quite often. (You know... within reason, of course. But still...) It's so punk rock you guys... We're all freaks and/or sexual deviants in some way just by getting involved in the first place, I think everyone needs to admit that. You're gonna make like zero friends by being an overly cautious judgemental shut-in that's afraid of a community you're supposedly a part of.

I like dressing up as an expensive animal person and cuddling with friends... and it's awesome... I don't care about a damn thing anymore. I'm free, and it feels great.
10/10 would change again.

 

[Raj-y]

The only thing I hate about being an artist in the furry community, is when I show the average person my art they say "Why don't you just draw people... or dogs... What is this?"

 

[Sheppard]

You know, I'm actually totally chill about the people for whom furry is primarily a fetish. Everyone gets their rocks (or female equivalent) off to something out of the ordinary, if they've got a single adventurous bone in their body. Just because I don't get it doesn't mean it's not cool. The only thing that matters is that whatever happens is between consenting adults and there's no real exploitation going on. Roleplayed exploitation is A-okay.


The furries who actually make me uncomfortable are the ones who get too lost in their own heads to take stock of reality, the ones for whom the fandom is for escapism, and who delude themselves into believing they're something other than human. We've all seen a few before, and they're there in every subculture, not just furry. I'm also pretty unsympathetic to folks who appear to have matured in some cocoon in a Tumblr community somewhere, and get triggered by everyone and everything. Grow a thicker goddamn skin, the real world and people in it don't have the patience to walk on eggshells around you to avoid hurting your feelings.

 

[Grandpriest]

What I strongly dislike about the furry fandom is how apparently low the average IQ is of the members who make up our fandom. It can be truly disheartening, sometimes.

Note: I'm not saying everyone has a low IQ. I'm saying that the majority have caused the average to be in the lower values.

 

[Sylox]

What I strongly dislike about the furry fandom is how apparently low the average IQ is of the members who make up our fandom. It can be truly disheartening, sometimes.

Note: I'm not saying everyone has a low IQ. I'm saying that the majority have caused the average to be in the lower values.

Well that escalated quickly!

 

[Joey]

What I strongly dislike about the furry fandom is how apparently low the average IQ is of the members who make up our fandom. It can be truly disheartening, sometimes.

Note: I'm not saying everyone has a low IQ. I'm saying that the majority have caused the average to be in the lower values.

*barks*

 

[PheonixDragon]

What I strongly dislike about the furry fandom is how apparently low the average IQ is of the members who make up our fandom. It can be truly disheartening, sometimes.

Note: I'm not saying everyone has a low IQ. I'm saying that the majority have caused the average to be in the lower values.

How can you hate someone for their IQ? What is telling you that they don't have a condition that keeps it down?

P.S. My IQ is at 126, where's the point?

 

[Sylox]

Mine is 129 since we are comparing...not that it matters, I just want to win the dick measuring contest. :V

 

[PheonixDragon]

Mine is 129 since we are comparing...not that it matters, I just want to win the dick measuring contest. :V

I'm young, so mine is still growing; I still can beat you. :V

 

[LazerMaster5]

I got a 31 on the ACT, and the max is 36. I am in high school and college at the same time. How about that for brains, since we are in a pissing competition?

 

[Sylox]

I'm young, so mine is still growing; I still can beat you. :V

I don't doubt it, I'm less than average for a black guy. :V

 

[Sheppard]

What I strongly dislike about the furry fandom is how apparently low the average IQ is of the members who make up our fandom. It can be truly disheartening, sometimes.

Note: I'm not saying everyone has a low IQ. I'm saying that the majority have caused the average to be in the lower values.

Not to put too fine a point on it, but it's generally held to be true among academics that anyone who uses an IQ score as proof of anything is either very young and naive, or else is displaying a poor level of intelligence themselves. It's why MENSA is ridiculed, even by people who qualify to join it. Nobody's taken IQ tests seriously since the 1980s.

 

[Maelstrom Eyre]

The overall immaturity of some of the people. Not talking about just being fun or silly, because those are GOOD things.

I'm not sure when it first bubbled up, but I don't like the mentality that the fandom is some kind of competition or popularity contest, where you can't possibly be a "legitimate" furry unless you go to an undetermined number of furmeets or cons, own a fursuit, personally know at least one current "Popufur" and buy artwork regularly.

 

[Troj]

I hate how furries are often their own worst enemies, even after they've been warned against doing something dicey or dumb, or have even agreed that certain behaviors are dicey, obnoxious, or dumb.

For example, furries will bitch and wail about furry drama, and then spread rumors and talk smack about people on social media.

Furries will complain about the fandom having a bad reputation, and then do things that confirm the stereotypes, or fail to effectively confront people for acting in ways that contribute to that bad rap.

Furries will complain about people judging them for being furries, but then declare that they get to do and say whatever they want while flying the furry banner, and the fandom's reputation isn't their problem.

It's annoying that furries will often bitch about common problems or bad behaviors in the fandom, but do very little to actually enforce norms or create firm boundaries to help resolve those issues.

I dislike that the fandom is loosey-goosey and inconsistent about who it ostracizes and who it allows to stay.

I'm also sad to see furries who strike me as squandering their true potential as beings, and who seem to be making the same mistakes over and over and over again.

 

[Filter]

What I strongly dislike about the furry fandom is how apparently low the average IQ is of the members who make up our fandom. It can be truly disheartening, sometimes.

Note: I'm not saying everyone has a low IQ. I'm saying that the majority have caused the average to be in the lower values.

Do you have any data to back that up? In my experience, we tend to be smarter than the average bear. A little offbeat, sure, but not lacking in the IQ dept. We're a geek subculture. An offshoot of the science fiction fandom, no less. In fact, furs are also more likely to have college degrees than the general population.

 

[Fallowfox]

Everyone else. Especially you.

 

[Sylox]

The immaturity of grown ass adults AND the apathetic attitude towards it by a majority of furries really pisses me off. Why do some see nothing wrong with humping the shit out of a light pole? Why do some find nothing wrong with wearing your murrsuit to meets?

Why is this not only accepted but often encouraged by furries?

 

[PrincessParrot]

Furs that you cant tell are fedora fuckers irl