shusssss it a serprise

Posted by nicodu (nicodu) on Thu, 2008-06-19 14:30

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"seeing isnt everything if you can only see food"

Location: aptos CA

hi my real name is nick gizdich im telling you this becouse i trust you if you are reading this now you proulble know alredy that i am a furry but but havent mete me yet at any cons befor that becouse im under the age limete to go by my self and bearly old enouf to drive but that not why im wright this to you all im wright becouse i haveing trouble comeing out with the trueth that i am a furry becouse to much put down and vilince torde use are race or sex but i feel that if people could just aceapt people
for who realy are and not for how the look or the streanth they have but for the reasens they are human or and thing else but here the questen if some one a good person and youve think youve known them a long time and you tell them what you realy are how do think they react? beouse i am a varstiey athilet on a lot of sport at aptos high but when it comes to graduation for me in two year i will be wearing my fursuit uder my goun and cap and see if any one know who i am in side i think the cool part will be when they call my name to the stage and i stand up thell see there greatest anthet a furry. if you have any comment on that i just said that could be helpful please post.

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Posted by Protocollie (protocollie://) on Thu, 2008-06-19 14:54

"Con Chair. (That means you're not allowed to move me.)"

Location: Philadelphia, PA

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Yup.

Furry is not a big deal. Most people will not be put off by it if they find out you are, and there's no reason to 'come out about it'. It's a hobby and interest, not a sexual identity or something that changes who you are.

Being upset about telling people you're a furry is akin to being upset about telling people you like bowling. I'm sure someone who never saw bowling before would thing it is different, maybe strange, but not really care in the end.

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Posted by desteredra on Fri, 2008-06-20 10:42

"Little dragon. Big mouth."

Location: Philadelphia area, PA

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I'm inclined to agree.

All too often, i think we as furs manage to engineer our own problems in one of two ways:

A. Folks assume that everyone is going to reject them for being furry, which leads them to tell other people about it in a really defensive way. Example: "Mom, dad, i'd like you to know that i'm a furry, and i know you've heard about some furs having sex in fursuits and doing strange thinks with stuffed toy, but really, that's just a small isolated few..."

B. Folks get tense enough, and militant enough, about others accepting them as furries that they insist on everyone seeing all of the weirdest aspects and accepting them right off the bat. The suggestion of showing up in fursuit at graduation without telling anyone that you're furry first feels to me like it might go in that direction. Again, it seems like it might lead others to treat being furry like it has to be a bone of contention, and it really doesn't. Heck, i think people might even be confused by an interest in bowling if you showed up to graduation dressed up in every bit of bowling regalia you could find.

Personally, if i were looking for a way to tell others that i'm furry, i'd just let it come up in conversation. I'd just say that it was really excited about going to this great convention about anthropomorphic creatures in a couple of weeks, and this amazing grand master cartoonist is gonna be there, and...well, you get the idea. I don't remember ever sitting my parents or friends down and formally telling them that i'm a dragon; i just started referring to myself as one, and most of them never batted an eyelash.

I don't think there's any reason to make being a furry into a big deal if it doesn't have to be.

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Posted by slashersivi (slashersivi) on Thu, 2008-06-19 15:25

"What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?"

Location: New Mexico

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I'm sorry, but that message made my head hurt trying to read. Sticking out tongue If English isn't your first language I apologize but it is considered good "netiquette" to at least attempt proper grammar and spelling.

And I think you meant "secret" rather than surprise, though being secretive about being furry is part of the reason people don't understand the fandom or base their ideas about it on bad publicity.

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Posted by desteredra on Thu, 2008-06-19 16:10

"Little dragon. Big mouth."

Location: Philadelphia area, PA

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I think english probably is the first language; (s)he is just posting with a lot of slang and very little syntax.

All in all, i have to agree with you, though. It's taken me a while to realize why i find it so frustrating when others post without using any punctuation. For myself, though, i think it's that i've internalized the punctuation and grammar so much that i think of the period (and also, often, the semicolon) as my chance to pause, blink, and make sure i've understood everything that happened since the last period. Most especially the blinking part. So if there aren't any periods or semicolons...Ow. Boggled