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It's been a great furry year.

Furry Reddit - Wed 31 Dec 2014 - 21:18

I feel like the whole world is burning around me: wars, politics, unemployment, racism, homophobia, sexism, idiots. I have few friends where I live. I just lost my job (store closing). Some days I get depressed and angry living with my parents. I'm getting older and can't deal with this shit anymore.

Furry fandom makes me feel alright. It's can't be taken away from you. It's not something nor someone. It is within. Furry is also everywhere. I'm surprised how many conventions there are now. This is just the beginning.

It's hard to keep my obsession a secret.

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AWESOME headshot of Tirrelous

Furry Reddit - Wed 31 Dec 2014 - 21:04
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American furries

Furry Reddit - Wed 31 Dec 2014 - 19:50
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Hello again, /r/furry!

Furry Reddit - Wed 31 Dec 2014 - 19:45

First off, happy New Years! Everybody go and hopefully make the next year better, especially if this year was kinda crappy.

So, after posting yesterday about retrying art, I got a request from /u/Jumbojet777 asking if I was comfortable about sharing my FurAffinity URL. Seeing as how I got a REALLY positive vibe coming off the first post, I figured why the hell not?

http://www.furaffinity.net/user/ddman2010/

All the art practice is in scraps, but I guess it could give a little bit of an idea of where I started in all this (and I am always open to questions, suggestions, etc. I like those!).

Once again, thank you for the support right out of the gate, it really means alot! I'll try to update my page as often as I have time.

Thanks! :)

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Looking for some new furry friends

Furry Reddit - Wed 31 Dec 2014 - 19:18

Heya! Wanting to try find some friendly furfriends to hang about with online, just to play games with or just chat!

Can add me on Skype, PM me for the name! Happy New Year!~

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Want to chat?

Furry Reddit - Wed 31 Dec 2014 - 18:50

I have posted stuff like this before and I have met some wonderful people that I still enjoy talking to (yes, I just want to meet more people)! I would like to do that again! So, just PM me and we can chat about whatever!

My 'sona is a male neon-blue fox with darker colors on the back and lighter on the front. A bushy tail, muscular-ish build, and tall-ish. Only art

PM your 'sona because we may/may not end up rp'ing

PM me to chat! :3

EDIT: PM me anytime! just because this post is a tad old doesn't mean I'm still not up to chat!

EDIT 2: Still here!

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New Year's resolutions

Furry Reddit - Wed 31 Dec 2014 - 17:48

Post here if you have anything you have thought of promising to yourself, and why not also throw a challenge to other furs!

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Looking for furfriends

Furry Reddit - Wed 31 Dec 2014 - 17:29

Feel a little desperate doing this, BUT I'm sorta friendless here in the fandom (not too good at getting myself out there >.>), SO I figured here would be a good place to start! Mainly just looking for furs in my age group, i.e. 16-20, so yeah~ I'm 18, male, gay, infp, all that stuff~!

AND on an unrelated note, happy early new years to everyone!!!

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Has anyone ever bought from ZetaPaws?

Furry Reddit - Wed 31 Dec 2014 - 15:48

I'm just saying. Thier twitter account hasn't had two posts on it since it was created in 2010 and I don't want to throw my money away to a company that isn't around anymore. I don't like bad dragon so that is out of the question.

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S4 Episode 6 – Gratitude 2014 - Roo and Tugs are joined by the amazing ass, Klik, as they read your emails about what you're grateful for in 2014. We also look ahead to 2015, read the mailbag, and more. Don't forget, the latest Space News is also included

Fur What It's Worth - Wed 31 Dec 2014 - 14:33
Roo and Tugs are joined by the amazing ass, Klik, as they read your emails about what you're grateful for in 2014. We also look ahead to 2015, read the mailbag, and more. Don't forget, the latest Space News is also included, plus the mailbag....2!



NOW LISTEN!

Episode Sponsor: This episode is sponsored by Husky in Denial, the creator of the album, Kung Fu! Listen free on the official website!

Special Thanks

Charleston Rat
Dex Fenik
Bacon
Kira the Fox
Dee Otter
Leo the Artist (Happy Birthday!)

Music and Breaks

Opening theme: Fredrik Miller– Cloud Fields (Radio Mix). USA: Bandcamp, 2011. Used with permission.  (Buy a copy here – support your fellow furs!)
Space News Music: Fredrik Miller – Orbit. USA: Bandcamp, 2013. Used with permission. (Buy a copy here – support your fellow furs!)
Closing: Fredrik Miller – Cloud Fields (Chill Out Mix). USA: Bandcamp, 2011. Used with permission. (Buy a copy here – support your fellow furs!)

Next episode: Video Games in the Fandom 64! What games influenced you to buy them for furry characters or converted you to the fandom? Tell us by January 9, 2014 via email at cast@furwhatitsworth.com

  S4 Episode 6 – Gratitude 2014 - Roo and Tugs are joined by the amazing ass, Klik, as they read your emails about what you're grateful for in 2014. We also look ahead to 2015, read the mailbag, and more. Don't forget, the latest Space News is also included
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Awkward. On a few levels.

Furry Reddit - Wed 31 Dec 2014 - 14:18
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Just finished reading prodigal angel and subject 9.

Furry Reddit - Wed 31 Dec 2014 - 14:04

I cried from morning till 11.52 and stopped cause i dint wanna spend the end of the year sobbing ;-;

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Three for a Death

Furry.Today - Wed 31 Dec 2014 - 13:04

OMG! New See no evil. If you haven’t watched this series I highly suggest doing so.

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Furry Wants Revenge for MFF Incident ... and a 2014 Message from Papabear

Ask Papabear - Wed 31 Dec 2014 - 13:03
Dear Papabear,

How have you been? Merry Christmas!

I come to you with a question about an incident which has shocked me quite a lot. As you are probably already aware, this year's MFF convention suffered what many consider to be a 'terrorist attack'. Someone unleashed chlorine gas which caused the evacuation of the hotel, disrupted the convention and sent 19 people to hospital.

Now, I am perfectly aware that the fandom is not lacking in haters. I have even stopped trying to explain what the fandom is when asked, due to the fact that most people are already influenced by third parties to think that all furries are perverts and whatnot. The only answer I give nowadays is “If you are not part of the fandom, you won't understand. So do not bother.”

I, for one, am perplexed with my own reaction to non-Furries. A few years ago, I would love to explain the fandom to others. About a furry's fondness of anthropomorphic animals, cartoons, art, and others. But every time I go online nowadays I find myself intoxicated with hate messages. Messages saying that all furries suffer from autism, or have mental disabilities, or are zoophiles. And that makes me feel like a freak. Just because I love the fandom and I love to be a Furry.

In the end, these repetitive incidents made me a bitter Furry. I antagonize non-Furry people with ease as soon as I am asked about the Furry Fandom, for I immediately think 'Potential hater right here!'

And now, the attack on MFF only increased my bitterness, especially because I keep seeing people post comments such as “The guy who did this deserves a medal!” or “You only hospitalized 19? Try harder!” Only one thought flows through my mind. Revenge. If we are being attacked, should we not fight back? I do not mean that we should respond with violence (although I really want to), but should we not find some sort of deterrent to prevent possible future attacks? The best defense is a good offense, yes?

I need your help to figure out how to change my attitude to non-Furry people. How can I go back to being optimistic about non-Furry people instead of despising them due to generalizations and misconceptions?

Thank you, and once again, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Kind Regards,

Armand DeCrow

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Dear Armand,

Many furries know about the incident at the Hyatt Regency in Rosemont, Illinois, but for those who don’t, please read the post on the Midwest Fur Fest site here: http://furfest.org/index.php.

I think this is a good letter to end 2014 with because we can talk about some serious stuff here. Let me begin by saying that we should never assume guilt on anyone’s part without knowing the facts, and the facts of this case (who did it) have yet to be revealed. The person who set off that primitive chlorine device could have been a mundane or another furry. Some furries, you know, can be butt-munchers. It might have been a furry being pissed off at other furries and doing something very stupid and harmful while in a drunk and stupid state of mind.

So, before you go out seeking revenge—violent or otherwise—don’t go off half-cocked.

Even if the perp is some nasty mundane person, violence and revenge are never the answer. Once you start down that path, the result is an endless cycle of hurting, revenge, more hurting. It’s easy to provide examples of this, such as what has been going on in the Middle East for generations and the continued racial tensions in this country.

Only a few great men, such as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Mahatma Gandhi, have advocated the real solution to the violence cycle, and that is organized mass nonviolent protest. Imagine, if you would, if people finally got fed up with the Koch Brothers, Congress, the Waltons, the Rothschilds, etc., turned off their TVs and all together refused to work, buy gasoline, go to Walmart, attend sporting events and movies, and just sat down and said, “We’re not going to be your wage slaves anymore. You must fix this broken government and stop giving every advantage to the 1% or this country will collapse under the united weight of the people.” What are they going to do? Bring in the National Guard? And do what? Start beating and shooting people who are just sitting around? Throw us in prison? Confine us in football stadiums like they did in New Orleans? Even though the powerful elite have the police and army on their side, less than 1% of the population of this country constitutes “law enforcement” and the military. We are the 99% and if we would wake up we could create a sea change.

Similarly, if you are upset with mundanes, violence is not the answer. Education can go a long way. For example, I am starting work on The Furry Book, which I intend to be a guide to the fandom for furries and nonfurries alike. I understand there’s another furry out there doing the same thing, which is fine. The more books the merrier :-) Even so, and even if such books help make people understand us more, there will always be some prejudice and misunderstanding.

That said, I must say this as well: compared to, oh, say, 400 years of slavery and another century and more of injustice that the black community has endured in this country, we certainly have nothing to complain about. Not to lightly dismiss the people injured, but a chlorine gas bomb and some people calling us furverts or retards or social rejects in no way compares to the incredible injustices perpetrated against minorities in this country. From African Americans, American Indians, Hispanics and Asians to women, the poor, and the LGBT community, U.S. history is a study in injustice slathered in a thick, sugary frosting of haughty self-righteousness and blind patriotism. Even so, incredibly, this is still one of the best countries to live in because we have, in many ways, improved over the centuries (although recently we’re seeing our progress take a step backward). The stability of this nation depends upon the wisdom of the Constitution, which must be vigorously defended. Our salvation rests on the hope that the populace will not remain apathetic to what is happening and that we will—hopefully soon—rise up against the current problems facing our nation, the most important of which is the division between a small, tyrannical, self-entitled, wealthy elite and the majority of our citizens.

The purpose of my digression here is to give you some perspective. The troubles of the furry fandom are minor, at best. By and large, acceptance of furries is growing. We have conventions all over the U.S. and the world, and mundanes are starting to see some economic advantages to this—and we all know that money talks. If you walk into a diner wearing a fursuit, you might hear some giggles, but the manager isn’t going to tell you he won’t serve you food, and there are no signs on bathroom doors or water fountains saying “no furries.”

I’m a bit puzzled, admittedly, by your apparent experience with hatred from the mundanes. I don’t know where you are going on the Internet to get such reactions, but I have not had such a negative experience myself. My experience has ranged from fascination and acceptance to, at worst, puzzlement, amusement, and indifference. No active hatred. I might suggest you take a look at the sources of this ire and develop a new strategy for how you interact with people on the Internet.

In closing, I disagree with your statement that the best defense is a strong offense, if you mean that the offense is designed to hurt other people. If, on the other hand, you mean a strong offense of education, love, and patience, I would concur.

As we close the book on 2014, let’s try to take a lesson from its pages. There is enough hatred in this world that we do not need to add to it. When we let other people’s actions harden are hearts and souls, when we allow them to make us fearful, bitter, or angry, then we have already lost the battle.

My wish to you and all my friends out there, furry and not, is that you find a way to fill your hearts with love. On the surface, that might sound naive and simplistic, but, actually, it is the most hard-won strategy of them all. A wise man once said, “Love thy neighbor as thyself.” Over 2,000 years later, most of us still need to learn that lesson.

Love you all. Happy New Year!

Papabear

Fnaf foxy pencil sketch

Furry Reddit - Wed 31 Dec 2014 - 12:52

I drew foxy, its actually pretty good, has a nice colour mix, would be awesome if you could all check it .^

http://www.furaffinity.net/view/15355173/

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Relationship with A fur friend (Our Decision)

Furry Reddit - Wed 31 Dec 2014 - 12:21

Here's a link to the previous post so you can get some backstory backstory

Well we decided to be a couple now! Thanks to all who gave advice!

Here is the answer to a question that was asked. Feel free to ask any more questions in the comments if you want. If we feel comfortable answering we will.

Is it a sexual or lovey love? It's a lovey love.

We are TheJMaster11111 and wolfTXM if you wanna know, we figured we might as well come out and reveal us

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This counts right?

Furry Reddit - Wed 31 Dec 2014 - 12:04
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He Needs to Untie the Complicated Dating Web He’s Created

Furry News Network - Wed 31 Dec 2014 - 07:56
Author: Dear Papabear,  I just want to say in advance thank you for taking the time to read this. And now on to the question!  I’ve been having a very emotional time in my dating life right now: my feelings for an ex coming back, new people all in my life. And I have a […]
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