• SavvyWolf
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    133 months ago

    This isn’t the most glamorous or exciting thing, but I want to go to a furry convention sometime.

    … I’m really typecasting myself here on Lemmy, aren’t I?

    • @robocall
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      53 months ago

      What’s a furry convention?

      • SavvyWolf
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        73 months ago

        Basically, “furries” are animal people like in Disney’s Robin Hood and Zootopia, and the fans of those creatures. There’s some sfw art at [email protected] if you want to see. Humans in media are boring. :P

        Personally, I’ve seen it to be a very open, accepting and welcoming community. So I guess I romanticise being with a group of like minded people, which is something I’ve felt lacking in my life.

        … Annoyingly, due to its history as an lgbt-friendly splinter group, it’s who a lot of the bigots started targeting when it became socially unacceptable to be honophobic online. Grumble grumble.

        • HobbitFoot
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          13 months ago

          Just don’t trash the place like that one furry convention.

      • @TootSweet
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        33 months ago

        Wait, for real?

        On the chance that you’re serious, this should tell you way more than you’d ever want to know about furries. (And if you aren’t sated by the time you’re finished reading that article, there’s a link to the page “Furry Convention” in the first paragraph.)

        • @robocall
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          43 months ago

          I knew it had to do with animals, but didn’t realize the fursona or expensive costumes. Thanks for the explanation. Seems a little odd, but harmless.

          • @TootSweet
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            3 months ago

            Don’t post the Down The Rabbit Hole documentary on Furries. Don’t post the Down The Rabbit Hole documentary on Furries. Don’t post…

            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aF2GxWi7Ag

            Dammit, I posted it.

            (I’m sorry SavvyWolf… For everyone here, that documentary doesn’t paint an entirely representative picture of the furry community as a whole.)

      • @BlowMe
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        -23 months ago

        A place of degeneracy.

    • @JayObey711
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      33 months ago

      Sounds like am amazing goal. People on the internet can hate on furries all they want but connecting to like-minded people in the real world is really nice. I hope you get there.