What do you tell people when they ask what a furry is?

[[-Erik-]]

Garek Maxwell

Edit: I didn't mean for this to sound upset or overly confrontational. Sorry in advanced if it sounds that way. sad

[-Erik-]

Since more than 60% of the fandom consists of suggestive themes.

FA, being the largest house for furry arts, is statistically against you.
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/3782954
Latest Submission Map

http://www.furaffinity.net/view/1932796#cid:14580554
2009 Submission map (and link pointing towards post utilizing a histogram to discover the amounts of submissions in each category within the image.)

Waccoon

total: 1920000
general: 1095916 (57%)
adult: 205294 (11%)
mature: 179566 (9%)
deleted: 439224 (23%)

Adjusting for the deleted submissions, the content ratio is 65% general, 19% adult, 16% mature.

It should also be noted that Mature is for both sexually suggestive and violent themes. Adult also applies when the violence goes extreme in realism/gore, but extremely violent submissions are not in large numbers I would think.

Also, some users post their works under mature/adult regardless of content. Not often, but I've encountered a few who do. Just a small notation to make.

Therefore, according to one of the only large scale statistics afforded to us, it can be concluded that the fandom is not largely porn-based. It may indeed have a potentially larger percentage than other fan oriented groups, but it most certainly does not make up the majority as you or others may believe.

They're all in cahoots.

I just know it mad  

[Alex Jace]

[-Erik-]

Alex Jace

[-Erik-]

Alex Jace

[-Erik-]

You mean telling everyone that ONE little thing all furries have in common so they get a little grasp on what it furry means unversally? Yep, I know.

Sure, I wouldn't tell them what I fap to, but still, can't ignore the dark side of it you know.

Like I said, tell them what they NEED TO KNOW, they want to know what ALL FURRIES ARE ABOUT, they're asking for a grasp not every single demographic

If they DO ask for the demographics then give it to them if you want, let me give you another example

If you're phone was dead and you had no watch and you asked some guy "Could you tell me the time?" and he started telling you the time, it would annoy you right? All you wanted was the time right?

It wouldn't annoy me because he's giving me the time after I asked him to tell me the time. Now, if you meant to say "date" it wouldn't annoy me either. What if I though we were on Friday the 13rd but in reality we were on the 12nd?

However, I wasn't meaning to say we should explain every single detail of the fandom. If someone were to ask "Hey Erik! What does X mean? ¯(°_o)/¯" I would reply with something like "WELL. Being X means you like Y, but some people to take it as far as liking Z".

Y'know a'hm saying?

Well by that logic if someone said "Hey Alex! What are the shriners about?" I would say "Brilliant query good sir! The shriners are an ancient fraternity type group of freemasons, most are pretty average, but some of them went to a hotel in Las Vegas, trashed the place, and raped a woman, hope that helped!"

You're not very good at this, are you?

That would be valid if a significant percentage of shriners went to Las Vegas and raped women.

I am very good at this, you seem to be missing my most obvious point, not all Shriners wreck hotels and rape women, so why would you tell someone about that when they asked what the shriners are about?

In the same sense, not all furries look at yiffy art, so why would you tell someone about that when they asked about the fandom?

Garek Maxwell

Edit: I didn't mean for this to sound upset or overly confrontational. Sorry in advanced if it sounds that way. sad

[-Erik-]

Since more than 60% of the fandom consists of suggestive themes.

FA, being the largest house for furry arts, is statistically against you.
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/3782954
Latest Submission Map

http://www.furaffinity.net/view/1932796#cid:14580554
2009 Submission map (and link pointing towards post utilizing a histogram to discover the amounts of submissions in each category within the image.)

Waccoon

total: 1920000
general: 1095916 (57%)
adult: 205294 (11%)
mature: 179566 (9%)
deleted: 439224 (23%)

Adjusting for the deleted submissions, the content ratio is 65% general, 19% adult, 16% mature.

It should also be noted that Mature is for both sexually suggestive and violent themes. Adult also applies when the violence goes extreme in realism/gore, but extremely violent submissions are not in large numbers I would think.

Also, some users post their works under mature/adult regardless of content. Not often, but I've encountered a few who do. Just a small notation to make.

Therefore, according to one of the only large scale statistics afforded to us, it can be concluded that the fandom is not largely porn-based. It may indeed have a potentially larger percentage than other fan oriented groups, but it most certainly does not make up the majority as you or others may believe.

My point exactly, not even most, but some of our art has suggestive themes  

[[-Erik-]]

Alex Jace

[-Erik-]

Alex Jace

[-Erik-]

Alex Jace

[-Erik-]

You mean telling everyone that ONE little thing all furries have in common so they get a little grasp on what it furry means unversally? Yep, I know.

Sure, I wouldn't tell them what I fap to, but still, can't ignore the dark side of it you know.

Like I said, tell them what they NEED TO KNOW, they want to know what ALL FURRIES ARE ABOUT, they're asking for a grasp not every single demographic

If they DO ask for the demographics then give it to them if you want, let me give you another example

If you're phone was dead and you had no watch and you asked some guy "Could you tell me the time?" and he started telling you the time, it would annoy you right? All you wanted was the time right?

It wouldn't annoy me because he's giving me the time after I asked him to tell me the time. Now, if you meant to say "date" it wouldn't annoy me either. What if I though we were on Friday the 13rd but in reality we were on the 12nd?

However, I wasn't meaning to say we should explain every single detail of the fandom. If someone were to ask "Hey Erik! What does X mean? ¯(°_o)/¯" I would reply with something like "WELL. Being X means you like Y, but some people to take it as far as liking Z".

Y'know a'hm saying?

Well by that logic if someone said "Hey Alex! What are the shriners about?" I would say "Brilliant query good sir! The shriners are an ancient fraternity type group of freemasons, most are pretty average, but some of them went to a hotel in Las Vegas, trashed the place, and raped a woman, hope that helped!"

You're not very good at this, are you?

That would be valid if a significant percentage of shriners went to Las Vegas and raped women.

I am very good at this, you seem to be missing my most obvious point, not all Shriners wreck hotels and rape women, so why would you tell someone about that when they asked what the shriners are about?

In the same sense, not all furries look at yiffy art, so why would you tell someone about that when they asked about the fandom?

So people don't walk into unpleasant surprises.

You can never know too much.  

[DarkWolfLove]

I'm just gonna pop on in here, since I'm bored.
:3

I agree with Erik (though Alex has a point).
Sure, not everyone needs to know explicitly about gore or vore or zoo, but it is out there.
If you just say: "A Furry is someone who likes catgirls and beyond~! They're so cute!"
And someone thinks to themselves: "Hey, I like catgirls. Let's see if I can find some stuff! ~Google search 'furry'~ OHGODNO!!!"

People should at least have a warning.
:/
"Yeah, Furry is mostly about anthropomorphic animals and stuff, but be warned, there are some weird things out there."
"Wow, thanks, I'll be careful. :3"
Ta-da?
Catastrophe averted.

 

[Alex Jace]

[-Erik-]

Alex Jace

[-Erik-]

Alex Jace

[-Erik-]

It wouldn't annoy me because he's giving me the time after I asked him to tell me the time. Now, if you meant to say "date" it wouldn't annoy me either. What if I though we were on Friday the 13rd but in reality we were on the 12nd?

However, I wasn't meaning to say we should explain every single detail of the fandom. If someone were to ask "Hey Erik! What does X mean? ¯(°_o)/¯" I would reply with something like "WELL. Being X means you like Y, but some people to take it as far as liking Z".

Y'know a'hm saying?

Well by that logic if someone said "Hey Alex! What are the shriners about?" I would say "Brilliant query good sir! The shriners are an ancient fraternity type group of freemasons, most are pretty average, but some of them went to a hotel in Las Vegas, trashed the place, and raped a woman, hope that helped!"

You're not very good at this, are you?

That would be valid if a significant percentage of shriners went to Las Vegas and raped women.

I am very good at this, you seem to be missing my most obvious point, not all Shriners wreck hotels and rape women, so why would you tell someone about that when they asked what the shriners are about?

In the same sense, not all furries look at yiffy art, so why would you tell someone about that when they asked about the fandom?

So people don't walk into unpleasant surprises.

You can never know too much.

Well in that case, my former point still stands. Why don't you tell everyone you meet what you jerk off too, which genders you find sexually appealing along with other things?

I mean you really can't ever know enough right? Curiosity did SAVE the cat.. right? It was something like that..  

[Alex Jace]

DarkWolfLove

I'm just gonna pop on in here, since I'm bored.
:3

I agree with Erik (though Alex has a point).
Sure, not everyone needs to know explicitly about gore or vore or zoo, but it is out there.
If you just say: "A Furry is someone who likes catgirls and beyond~! They're so cute!"
And someone thinks to themselves: "Hey, I like catgirls. Let's see if I can find some stuff! ~Google search 'furry'~ OHGODNO!!!"

People should at least have a warning.
:/
"Yeah, Furry is mostly about anthropomorphic animals and stuff, but be warned, there are some weird things out there."
"Wow, thanks, I'll be careful. :3"
Ta-da?
Catastrophe averted.

Dear lord if there's anyone out there who doesn't know about rules 34 and 46 they need to crawl out from under a rock  

[DarkWolfLove]

Alex Jace

Dear lord if there's anyone out there who doesn't know about rules 34 and 46 they need to crawl out from under a rock

I agree.
XD

But some might not like vore, so they need to be at least warned.
You don't have to go into detail, as I said before.
Just a brief warning.
If they ask why, then you can go into detail.
But a brief summary is fine.
:/

People should at least know what to avoid, yeah?

 

[Alex Jace]

DarkWolfLove

Alex Jace

Dear lord if there's anyone out there who doesn't know about rules 34 and 46 they need to crawl out from under a rock

I agree.
XD

But some might not like vore, so they need to be at least warned.
You don't have to go into detail, as I said before.
Just a brief warning.
If they ask why, then you can go into detail.
But a brief summary is fine.
:/

People should at least know what to avoid, yeah?

I didn't know what scat or prolapse was till I saw it, I went O_O then I killed it with fire, besides, even you don't know what the rules were, this is the internet, and as a great group of people once said, the internet is for porn  

[DarkWolfLove]

Alex Jace

I didn't know what scat or prolapse was till I saw it, I went O_O then I killed it with fire, besides, even you don't know what the rules were, this is the internet, and as a great group of people once said, the internet is for porn

True.

 

[Alex Jace]

DarkWolfLove

Alex Jace

I didn't know what scat or prolapse was till I saw it, I went O_O then I killed it with fire, besides, even you don't know what the rules were, this is the internet, and as a great group of people once said, the internet is for porn

True.

Glad you think so 3nodding And as per your profile, congrats fellow class of 2010 blaugh  

[Artemis Vulpes]

Yes, I always do warn people to be careful where they go looking into furry because there are adult themes abound. However, this warning is usually because the person I am talking with already has a misconception that furry is just one giant sexual kink. I do not lie, I let them know that they will more than likely come across sexual things but it is worth saying that this is true with just about anything one might inquire about.

We are humans, after all, we perverse everything. But as it stands it is still the minority of the fandom, the same goes with sexuallity. Hate to break it to folks but the majority of the fandom is actually straight, our GBLT community is just very open and vocal compared to most.  

[[-Erik-]]

Alex Jace

[-Erik-]

Alex Jace

[-Erik-]

Alex Jace

[-Erik-]

It wouldn't annoy me because he's giving me the time after I asked him to tell me the time. Now, if you meant to say "date" it wouldn't annoy me either. What if I though we were on Friday the 13rd but in reality we were on the 12nd?

However, I wasn't meaning to say we should explain every single detail of the fandom. If someone were to ask "Hey Erik! What does X mean? ¯(°_o)/¯" I would reply with something like "WELL. Being X means you like Y, but some people to take it as far as liking Z".

Y'know a'hm saying?

Well by that logic if someone said "Hey Alex! What are the shriners about?" I would say "Brilliant query good sir! The shriners are an ancient fraternity type group of freemasons, most are pretty average, but some of them went to a hotel in Las Vegas, trashed the place, and raped a woman, hope that helped!"

You're not very good at this, are you?

That would be valid if a significant percentage of shriners went to Las Vegas and raped women.

I am very good at this, you seem to be missing my most obvious point, not all Shriners wreck hotels and rape women, so why would you tell someone about that when they asked what the shriners are about?

In the same sense, not all furries look at yiffy art, so why would you tell someone about that when they asked about the fandom?

So people don't walk into unpleasant surprises.

You can never know too much.

Well in that case, my former point still stands. Why don't you tell everyone you meet what you jerk off too, which genders you find sexually appealing along with other things?

I mean you really can't ever know enough right? Curiosity did SAVE the cat.. right? It was something like that..

It's completely different :l

Getting into my sexual interests would go into the personal aspect, and it takes some time for somebody to get into that area. And I assure you that you will never find a picture of me playing with my body on the internet.

However, it is possible to come across furry porn on the internet.

I see nothing wrong with letting people know the furry fandom has a dark side, especially when I am not labeling them as perverts nor I am going into details :/  

[[-Erik-]]

Alex Jace

DarkWolfLove

Alex Jace

Dear lord if there's anyone out there who doesn't know about rules 34 and 46 they need to crawl out from under a rock

I agree.
XD

But some might not like vore, so they need to be at least warned.
You don't have to go into detail, as I said before.
Just a brief warning.
If they ask why, then you can go into detail.
But a brief summary is fine.
:/

People should at least know what to avoid, yeah?

I didn't know what scat or prolapse was till I saw it, I went O_O then I killed it with fire, besides, even you don't know what the rules were, this is the internet, and as a great group of people once said, the internet is for porn

Grab your d**k and double click...  

[Dumnezeirea]

[-Erik-]

Alex Jace

DarkWolfLove

Alex Jace

Dear lord if there's anyone out there who doesn't know about rules 34 and 46 they need to crawl out from under a rock

I agree.
XD

But some might not like vore, so they need to be at least warned.
You don't have to go into detail, as I said before.
Just a brief warning.
If they ask why, then you can go into detail.
But a brief summary is fine.
:/

People should at least know what to avoid, yeah?

I didn't know what scat or prolapse was till I saw it, I went O_O then I killed it with fire, besides, even you don't know what the rules were, this is the internet, and as a great group of people once said, the internet is for porn

Grab your d**k and double click...

For pron, pron, pron~ =D  

[Psycho Lee]

I just tell them that we're all a bunch of gays who masturbate to anthro porn of 6-dicked dragons, dress in yiff suits, have gay orgies, and diddle our dogs. ninja