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So some things are getting me down right now and from what I've seen you guys are pretty nice. I'm really not asking for much. I just want someone to listen to what I have to say and then give me advice on how i should try to not let it bother me. Or just general advice on how to get through difficult times in life. Ok, maybe that is a lot. Just PM me or what ever you do on reddit, I don't want to Skype. Sorry if that's an inconvenience for you I understand. Oh and also this is first time posting here and first time everything plz don't hurt me. Edit: Sorry if I didn't talk to you but I cant talk anymore. Thank you to everyone who did though it means a lot and it really helped me. -big hugs to everyone-

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Ok so yesterday I got a birthday gift from my sister. She knew I was a fox furry, and that i liked to draw furries, so she sent a little stuffed fox, along with a book of how to draw furries. When my mom saw the book she freaked out, and started accusing me of plushophilia, bestiality, and other furry slurs. I kept telling her that that's not at all what this is about, and she, not convinced, walked away. I really want to show her that not all furries are like that, and that I just really appreciate the art, but i don't think she'll be convinced. i know that this is probably the 500th post like this here but, help?

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Such as "Novelty Antler Christmas Lights" , "Tail Cosies" or even "Tail Extensions".

And what products would your fursona buy?

You may even want to come up with services as well :D

Edit: Thank you all for the awesome and creative replies! :D

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The one thing that's stopped me from going full furry is how truly sexual the fandom is. I'm not shaming anyone or saying that's bad, it's just hard to get into it and avoid it for a person like me. I was raised Catholic and I never actually started masturbating, and by the time I actually found out what it was when I was older, it was easy to not do it since I never started. I'm not asexual, I've definitely had urges. It's just a decision I've made.

I really want to "offically" join the fandom, but as I said, it's hard to avoid the sexual aspects. I love all of the SFW artwork and I just love the idea of being an anthropomorphic animal. So are there any of you that do the same?

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Hey guys just start geting into furry fandom i alway been interested in it never really looked into it i am starting create a fursona and looking for some friends show me the ropes and give me some tips

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Hello there, Papabear! 

A furry friend of mine that has previously sent a letter regarding about going into an furcon has indicated this site for me to use if I have any questions. Anyways, let's cut to the chase.

I live in Brazil, Campo Grande, and I think I play videogames. A lot of videogames. My daily basis consists of playing shooter games, and the like. The real issue is, sometimes I put videogames above everything. Family, friends and even job. I used to skip job just because I had a event scheduled named 'Destiny'. 

But since I know my boss, and he knows how videogames really are addicting, he gave me a second chance and I am still going to work daily. However, last day, I almost skipped work again due to another event I scheduled up. I went to work normally, did the stuff I did, but sometimes I fear that I might fire myself from my job just to go sit on the couch and play videogames. I literally can't stop playing those, and I have a vast variety of them, so if I get bored of one, no problem, I have another just ready to play ... but that's where the real bad things come in play.

I got this job out of total luck. When I was in college, I skipped so many hours of study for tests just to play a videogame. I have no clue how I took good grades (A to B) on the tests, but I wasn't worried that time. All I wanted was to arrive, sit, and play. And in case I had to turn off the computer to do something ... sometimes it better had to be important. Sometimes I ignored parents or friends while they were talking to me. I literally do not know how to stop with the videogames. I just keep playing them, more and more, yet I haven't contracted anything bad (sight issues and the like) Please help, because since my friend said so well about this website I decided to come take a look.

Anonymous (age 22, Brazil)

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Olá, Furiend,

Obviously, you have a videogame addiction. So, we know what the problem is, and that’s a start. I’ve known quite a few furries with game addictions, including to the point of not paying the bills and instead buying games to play. Financially speaking, such behavior is doomed, because eventually you will run out of money, get fired from your job, lose your friends, and then you won’t be able to play games anymore because you’ll be living under a bridge somewhere eating garbage from a dumpster. That’s one way to end a videogame addiction.

Videogame addictions are like any other addiction. You become obsessed with them because they offer you a reward that makes you feel good. And, just like an addiction to drugs or alcohol, you will eventually suffer from lack of money, friends and family leaving you, poor health, and so on. The first step in quitting—again, just like these other addictions—is that you have to want to quit.

You sound like you want to quit, but you’ll really need to commit to quitting if you wish to break this very bad habit. Here are some things you can do:

1. Create a schedule for yourself that includes work hours and 8 hours of sleep, as well as half an hour of physical activity of some kind (anything from going to the gym to taking a walk). I’m not sure how much time you currently spend playing games, but let’s say it’s 10 hours. In your schedule, reduce that time to 8 hours for two weeks, then 6 hours for the next two weeks, and then 4 hours for the next two weeks. Then, 2 hours for the next two weeks, and, finally, one hour a day.
2. Start replacing the time you now spend on games with doing something else fun or productive.  Take up a hobby, do volunteer work, or take the time to learn a new skill. A wonderful example of this came to me from a furry I once knew named Coony. Coony was addicted to cocaine. Then, one day, he discovered the furry fandom. He fell in love with the idea of fursuiting, but he was spending his money on crack. However, his desire to fursuit became greater than his desire for drugs, so he reduced and then stopped using them and took that money to buy himself a fursuit. Today, he is drug free and furry happy.
3. Seek the help and support of friends and family. Tell them you are struggling with game addiction, and it would help you a lot if they could make time for you to do things together that don’t relate to games.
4. Sell off the games you no longer play and put that money in the bank. 
5. Create a budget plan for your life. Begin by listing all your current expenses (rent, transportation, utility bills, food, etc.). Now, to that list put in how much you spend each month on buying games and game equipment. Total that budget, and then take the amount you spend on games, divide by the total, and come up with a percent. Whatever that percent is, next month make it your goal to cut it in half. Eventually, your gaming budget should be no more than 1% of your entire household budget. Even better if it’s 0%, but we won’t go that far.
6. Set up goals in your life that you want to achieve that do not involve gaming. For example, getting a promotion at work, earning an advanced degree, or achieving a physical goal such as running a marathon. Make it a challenging goal that takes up time away from games.
7. Join Online Gamers Anonymous. Unfortunately, they don’t have a chapter in Brazil, but you can still benefit from their online services, such as chat rooms and forums.
8. Put your game system someplace where it is not easily accessible. Whenever you have finished playing games, unplug it from the television and put it back on a top shelf in a closet somewhere. Next, find a jar or empty box. Now, whenever you take down that game system, place a dollar in the box or jar. In addition, for every hour you play games, place another dollar in the box. At the end of each week, count the money and see how you did. Then, take that money and give it to a charity. This is not money for you; it is money out of your pocket for doing something unproductive that you are then turning into money that is productive.

By employing these strategies, you should be able to wean yourself slowly off gaming. You could try cold turkey (stopping completely all at once), but that’s usually too rough for most people.

I hope you will find the above suggestions helpful. Good luck to you!!

Papabear

http://www.redbubble.com/ Found this site while back and now im considering ordering something like this

if any of you have found anything amazing from there i would like to know. :p

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Submitted by Fred Patten, Furry’s favorite historian and reviewer. Series: French Anthropomorphic Animal Animated Features, Part 1 and Part 2.  There will be four parts. Continuing from where we left off … Les As de la Jungle – Operation Banquise, directed by David Alaux and Éric Tosti. 58 minutes. December 31, 2011. When a band of walruses terrorizes […]

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Note: I'm aware this isn't /r/TIFU, but it's relevant to this sub so I'm posting here.

Technically this happened yesterday, but the embarrassment is still fresh in my mind. To preface: There's a kid in one of my classes who is mildly handicapped, I believe with a low-spectrum form of aspergers. I could be wrong but that's what it seems like, as he will often shout or laugh out loud about whatever he's thinking regardless of where he is, runs around pretty much everywhere, and is extraordinarily awkward around people he doesn't know. He is, however, one of the smartest people in my school, and as I found out yesterday, a furry. God forbid he uses this sub so I won't name him or even say what class, lest he confront me about it and I kill myself out of shame.

Anyway. I'm sitting at my table with a few people, and most of them are doodling to kill time in class while the substitute teacher does her thing. The class mate in question (hereby referred to as Tom) overhears us chatting about a recent convention, and comes over to sit with us as this is within his area of interest as well. I think this is unusual since he almost always sits alone, and felt as if this would be a good chance to get to know him a bit. The conversation progresses and eventually peeters out and everybody goes back to drawing. The girl who sits beside me (who can bang out a 5-minute doodle that's leagues better than something I can spend hours on) starts working on a little chibi drawing which, upon examination, looks just like Tom. Tom himself noticed this and grew excited, and started asking her to draw him as his "character," or as an Eevee. She just kind of ignores him though, which I though was rude until it occurred to me: The drawing was actually of somebody else at the table, who looks just like Tom. (they're both Asian, if that's not too racist...) I didn't say anything in the hopes that eventually Tom would realize this too, which would have prevented all the impending awkwardness from happening, but he never did.

So the drawing progresses, and starts looking less and less like an Eevee. Tom, thinking that she simply didn't understand his request, pulls out his ipad and brings up the web browser. I see him searching searching around and instantly recognize the FurAffinity ui, which caught me by surprise. You might be able to see where things are going now. Tom pulls up a sketch of an Eevee with a little collar and stuff, and shows it to her saying that this is his character. She, bewildered, manages a quiet "That's nice..." before resuming. Me, being the idiot I am, take the chance to grab his attention and ask what that website is. He puts the iPad away and mumbles "It's not something you'd like, it's weird..." and starts getting visibly uncomfortable. In my excitement at meeting another potential fur for the first time at school, I don't notice this at all and continue to pry. "Is that FA?" I ask. "You should add me man." He looks down at his lap and says quietly "What's that, uh, no..." and similar dismissive things that should have been enough clues for me to pick up. Over the next few minutes, however, of course I had to bring it up 3-4 times, each time making him recoil in embarrassment until the bell rings and he hurries out the door. It only occurred to me later that day: He probably thought I was making fun of him, that I was mocking him for bringing up something that was probably very private and took a lot to mention in public. In my haste to make a friend I failed to recognize all the obvious cues he was giving me to back off and made him feel attacked. I'm an asshole.

On the off chance that he reads this, "Tom," I'm sorry ;~;

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I put on a hoodie this morning with wolf ears on the hood and wore it to school. I don't think I have ever been more made fun of and laughed at before in my life. But that's okay, I'm not going to let people's mean remarks hurt the fact that I'm a furry :3 I just wanted to tell you people that no matter what, be your fluffy selves and don't let anyone make you feel ashamed to be you!!!

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Hey fuzzbutts! I'm thinking of creating a small group of Furry Gamers to hang out/screw around/play games and stuff! Maybe even make a YouTube channel! Tell me a bit about yourself, what you enjoy, games you like, etc! I'd love to play games with you guys and stuff! We also need to think of a name for the crew, so let's get those thinking caps going! Give me your Steam username as well! I'm BeeterTheLeopard! Thank you all for being a part of this!

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So I'm finally beginning to realize that yes, I am indeed a furry. I'm beginning to accept my status as a furry, and I'm beginning to join in on the culture and community aspect as well.

But there's a bit of a problem...

So my family is generally very accepting of things like sexual preference and whatnot, and while I'm not homo- or bi-sexual, I have a bit of trouble coming 'out of the furry closet' so to speak.

I feel like they deserve to know the real me but at the same time, I don't want to freak them out, and especially not my SO. She's a "christian" and has no problem with other people's preferences either, but we're just starting to get serious and I don't want to mess it up.

I'm simply worried that with all the misinformation being spread around, they're likely to be disappointed/disgusted/etc.

Any advice as to how I should approach them? Maybe ways to phrase it lightly so I don't come across as someone who fantasizes about "animals"?

Thanks.

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