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Has anyone seen Anthro Plane Girls?

Furry Reddit - Thu 19 Feb 2015 - 17:25

I've seen a few of them but can't find anymore? Does anyone else no about this?

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Are there any furries in Puerto Rico?

Furry Reddit - Thu 19 Feb 2015 - 16:44

Just wondering, because of potential of living there some day :)

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Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation

Furry Reddit - Thu 19 Feb 2015 - 15:00
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What Really Happens at a Furry Convention?

Furry.Today - Thu 19 Feb 2015 - 14:05

Get ready to cringe as Inside Edition sneaks into Further Confusion.

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I drew myself in a seashell thing :D

Furry Reddit - Thu 19 Feb 2015 - 13:40
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Inspiring art

Furry Reddit - Thu 19 Feb 2015 - 12:26
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My fursona (updated from a year ago)

Furry Reddit - Thu 19 Feb 2015 - 12:13
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How to Respond to "Yiff in Hell, Furry!"

Ask Papabear - Thu 19 Feb 2015 - 12:04
Heya there, Papa Bear!

My name is Danielle. I’m an 11-year-old furry from California. I'm bi, and I joined the fandom when I was 7. I have a lil' question for you. I easily know way too much, and I know everything about the fandom. But when I’m walking by with my friends, people shout, “Yiff in hell! Furry!” It gets on my nerves, and I have no apparent plans on becoming a yiff. I kindly tell them to stop, but they are major assholes about it and they simply refuse to halt their immature comments. I go up to them and say, “Seriously, would you please stop calling me a yiff?! I'm not harming anyone, and furries are a lot nicer than you are!” I mean, I would’ve totally broke out and cursed, except ... Big Trouble. Oh, and also ... I have a trans friend. He was a girl, and he says he’s bi as well, so I'm not a complete loner. The catch is ... not many people know I'm bi, and I started puberty a long time ago. Even period ... heavy, period.... So I’m easily used to the subject of puberty/body parts/various subjects related to that theme. That would most likely get a shitload of criticism, and much more weird looks. Thank you for your time, Hon. 

Danielle/Ari/Laika/Seikatsu

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Dear Danielle,

Normally, I would say you are asking me two questions in this letter: one about being a furry and one about being bi. Actually, they are related because with both your concern is about being teased, made fun of, socially ostracized, etc., and the answer to this combination question is the same....

When I was a cub, I was teased a lot. I was teased for being smart, for being pale-skinned in the land of sunshine (SoCal), for being unathletic, for being shy, for being part German, for being part Russian, etc. etc. People, in general, get teased and bullied for all kinds or reasons, ranging from ethnic prejudice to issues about not being popular for reasons such as “acceptable” appearance or athleticism.

In the end, the reason for the bullying is not because the object of the teasing has something wrong with him or her, something unacceptable; the TRUE reason is that bullies get off by hurting other people’s feelings and making them upset for any reason at all that they can find. Danielle, what has happened here is that these people have discovered that by shouting “Yiff in hell, furry!” they are getting a reaction out of you. Every time you protest, every time you argue in your defense, every time you so much as flinch, frown, or look upset in any way, you are feeding the wolves the steak they crave.

Therefore, the solution is not to find a clever way to get back at them; the solution is to give them no reaction at all. Don’t talk to them, don’t argue with them, don't report them (unless they get physically violent) don’t give them the satisfaction of knowing they are getting a rise out of you. The less reaction the get, the less fun it will be for these butt munches to tease you.

I know what you’re thinking: “What if I try that and then they come up to me and say something like, ‘Hey, didn’t you hear me, furry? I said yiff in hell”? Yes, it’s possible that their first reaction will be to double-up on the bullying. The answer is to respond to them cooly, without emotion, and to make it clear to them that their words mean nothing to you. You can say such things as, “Yeah, I heard you. Have a nice day” or (very distracted) “Uh huh, that’s nice, I’m really busy right now” (and then walk off, completely ignoring them) or (insincerely) “Yeah, never heard that one before, clever.” Only say such things if they confront you in such a way that it is impossible not to say at least something. While it’s important to show no interest in what they are saying, it is also important not to show any anger or irritation. If they continue to try and engage you, they will eventually show they really have no follow-up for their comments. Example:

Idiot: “Yiff in hell, furry!”
You: “Okay, have a nice day.”
Idiot: “Hey, I said, yiff in hell!”
You: “I heard you.”
Idiot: “Well, don’t you have anything to say?”
You: “Nope.”
Idiot: (insistently) “You furries are all sex freaks.”
You: “That’s your opinion.”
Idiot: “Yeah, well, it’s true.”
You: “I appreciate that everyone has a right to think what they like.”
Idiot: “You don’t deny it?”
You: “I don’t deny that you have an opinion on this. Do you have a point?”
Idiot: “Yeah, er, my point is you’re a, um, a furvert.”
You: “And?”
Idiot: (sounding lame) “And, uh, you’re going to hell.”
You: (looking distracted, bored, and checking your watch or iPhone) “Yeah, great, okay, nice talking with you, but I have to go now. Bye.”

See how this works? Now, this might not stop the teasing 100%, but I guarantee it will reduce it significantly. The same strategy would work if the teasing was about your being bi or anything else. The key is to be confident in who and what you are and to not be ashamed of it or feel like you have to defend who you are because who you are requires no defense. This is, I admit, a rather tough lesson to learn when you are a pre-teen, but if you learn it now it will go a long way toward improving your self-esteem and self-image.

Another point: combine this strategy with overt friendliness. That is, always be gracious, kind, and welcoming to everyone you meet—yes, even the bullies. There is nothing like the one-two punch of self-confidence and friendliness to confuse and befuddle bullies. Soon, people will like you too much to bully you :-)

Good luck, hon.

Papabear

Braixen :3 by Ettelle

Furry Reddit - Thu 19 Feb 2015 - 11:51
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Early Furry Fan Photos – by Fred Patten.

Dogpatch Press - Thu 19 Feb 2015 - 10:39
Submitted by Fred Patten, Furry’s favorite historian and reviewer. Greymuzzle Stickmaker (Rodford Edmiston Smith), an attendee and photographer of many World S-F Conventions and other s-f conventions of the 1980s through the 2000s, has been posting his photos on Flickr since late September. Most are of interest to s-f fans, but some contain pictures of […]
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New around here, so a few introductory squeaks are in order!

Furry Reddit - Thu 19 Feb 2015 - 10:11

Long time lurkin mousey finally giving this whole fancy reddit thing a go. So how is everyone? And where is my mouse flair eh?!

Oh, and my sona drawn by my buddy Lue: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/7332232/

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/r/Furry Social Thread #7!

Furry Reddit - Thu 19 Feb 2015 - 10:06

Hey everyone, sorry it's been so long. Real life has been quite a handful lately and I've sadly had to partition my time more than I'd like, and that meant taking a break from many things furry (Including some friends, so if I neglected you for a while, sorry!! :<)

Anyhow, I'm back with our 7th social thread :D Seems unfair to call it weekly at this point, and I think this'll be either a monthly/biweekly thing or just something I post when I feel the need to. I dunno, scheduling this'll be strange but I'd love to hear your opinions!

Anyway, with the state of the subreddit in disarray as best I can tell, with the whole Snoo controversy and more recently, Harmony's being sick, it seemed like a good time to get people together and talk. So let's do it! :D

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You wake up one day and noticed, that you transformed into your sona. What would you do?

Furry Reddit - Thu 19 Feb 2015 - 08:22

Basically title. Also, first post on r/furry, oh my gerd! I always wanted to ask you guys something, but I could never figure out what.

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Furry Table Manners - Can foxes eat with their paws? Or how is a bird supposed to drink in polite company? And there is always the delicate matter of whether or not to invite your bovine neighbors to a cookout. The Wagz team tackles all this and more in t

WagzTail - Thu 19 Feb 2015 - 06:00

Can foxes eat with their paws? Or how is a bird supposed to drink in polite company? And there is always the delicate matter of whether or not to invite your bovine neighbors to a cookout. The Wagz team tackles all this and more in this exciting episode!

Metadata and Credits WagzTail Season 3 Episode 58

Runtime: 30m

Cast: Crimson X, KZorroFuego, Levi, Wolfin

Editor: Levi

Format: 128kbps ABR split-stereo MP3 Copyright: © 2015 WagzTail.com. Some Rights Reserved. This podcast is released by WagzTail.com as CC BY-ND 3.0. If distributed with a facility that has an existing agreement in place with a Professional Rights Organisation (PRO), file a cue sheet for 30:00 to Fabien Renoult (BMI) 1.67%, Josquin des Pres (BMI) 1.67%, WagzTail.com 96.67%. Rights have been acquired to all content for national and international broadcast and web release with no royalties due.

Podcast image by Lex. Used with permission from RGBStock. Furry Table Manners - Can foxes eat with their paws? Or how is a bird supposed to drink in polite company? And there is always the delicate matter of whether or not to invite your bovine neighbors to a cookout. The Wagz team tackles all this and more in this exciting episode!

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What animal was your first fursona?

Furry Reddit - Thu 19 Feb 2015 - 03:49

When I was 10 Mine was an orange wolf named Fang, who had a lion tail .

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The Girl, and Her Pig

In-Fur-Nation - Thu 19 Feb 2015 - 02:54

We simply can’t describe Amity Blamity any better than the publishers do: “Meet Gretchen & Chester. Gretchen is a shy 4 year old and Chester is a potbellied pig. They live with Gretchen’s Grandma and listless Uncle Downey in rural America.  Mistaking their afternoon activity of playing office for entrepreneurial gusto, Downey recruits the duo to assist in his deluded aspirations of running moonshine (echoing his boyhood heroes Bo & Luke Duke). Unbeknownst to the outlandish family and their activities, strange forest critters begin to lurk in the woods nearby, disrupting their quirky daily life and sending them on an adventure to save their degenerate Uncle from a strange genetic mutation!” Got that? Now Slave Labor Graphics have published Mike White’s black & white on-line comic strip story (so far) as a single soft-cover trade paperback. Check it out (including a YouTube trailer) at SLG’s web site, and see the comic itself (including more full-color “Sundays”) at the official Blogspot.

image c. 2015 by Mike White

image c. 2015 by Mike White

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