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Hey Papabear. 

I've been following your column for quite some time, and I love it.

But see, I've had a bit of an issue lately. I'm still in school, and have never had issues with bullying. I've always gotten along with other “normal” non-furries at school. Should anyone ask my sexual orientation, or about my hobbies, I'm honest. I never been much of a liar.

However, I've noticed that when I go out in public, adults treat me poorly. I dress fairly normally, besides the fact that I dye my hair, and I try my best to be kind. I'll be walking along at the mall, minding my own, when I'll overhear a middle-aged woman whisper to her friend things along the lines of "Mall freak." This has always been a shock to me.

People my age, the newer generation, I suppose, have always been kind to me. I know that there is a bit of a generation disconnection between older people and younger ones, but why would a mother set such a bad example for her children? I guess what I'm trying to ask is, why are adults seemingly crueler than teens when you try your best and are nothing but kind?

At this time, I've learnt that I'm simply “different,” and there's not much I can do about it. (Took me a while, but after watching the movie Fantastic Mr. Fox several times I came to the realization.)
Thanks papabear! <3 have a nice day!

Matty

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Hi, Matty,

Always nice to meet a loyal reader of my column :-) Thanks for the compliment.

I believe what you are experiencing here is the typical generation-gap problem, but also other things. The older generation always thinks the younger generation are a bunch of lazy, irresponsible freaks, especially when they dress differently, have fun with their hair (it’s just hair, geez), and listen to that damn young people music (shakes his cane at you). Oh, and get off my lawn! Damn kids. Naturally, people your own age are easier to get along with; they understand you and relate to you and like many of the same things you do (and they don’t talk a lot about their gall bladder operations or how gas used to cost 29 cents a gallon).

Now, just because older people tend to be less comfortable around you doesn’t give them free license to behave badly by calling you names (and whispered insults under one’s breath betray a cowardly nature Papabear finds putrid). As you noted, this is especially poor behavior when they do it in front of children, thus teaching them the lovely lesson that you should hate people who are different (sigh).

It has not been this bear’s experience, though, that treating others badly is limited to the older generation. You may be lucky so far, but I have seen plenty of misbehavior among young people, as well, and all you have to look at is examples of the “popufur” phenomenon to see that some furries treat other furries as if they were inferior or who otherwise “don’t belong.”

Chalk it all up to human nature. Or, if you want to be strictly biological, to animal nature. Animals tend to reject those that are different for genetic reasons, because when it comes to procreation you want to only mate with those who are similar to you and who seem to be healthy, “normal” examples of your species (leading to human phenomena such as racism and homophobia) as well as territorialism (leading to nationalism and war).

There is some hope for humanity, though, as expressed in attitudes such as your own, Matty. Some humans are becoming more enlightened and have shrugged off the shackles of base biology to reach a higher, spiritual plane in which one can look beyond the surface and recognize our shared humanity (furriness).

The best way for you to battle this type of bad behavior in others is what you are already doing: As Kurt Vonnegut said, “There's only one rule that I know of, babies—God damn it, you've got to be kind.” Evil and intolerance have no defense against love and good humor. That is why comedy is such a wonderful weapon against ignorance and hatred. 

So, if you are ever confronted with such despicable behavior face-to-face, simply smile and say, “I love you, too. Have a lovely day!” If someone calls you a “freak,” reply, “Thank you! I cherish my individualism, and freaks are the epitome of individualism!” If someone calls you a “mall rat,” say, “Cool! Did you know rats can literally chew through steel? Wouldn’t that be a great superpower to have!” Or some other clever response.

Remember, snarky remarks can only harm you if you respect the other person’s opinion.

Go forth, Matty, and drench the world with your splendid brand of freaky kindness.

Hugs,

Papabear

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Author: Fred Andre Norton (Alice Mary Norton, 1912-2005), “the Grand Dame of science-fiction”, was one of the first authors of Young Adult s-f, and of anthro s-f. At a time when most s-f featured teenage or adult human heroes fighting alien adversaries, her novels often starred humans working with sympathetic anthro aliens against human villains, [...]

So somebody mentioned making a furry fighting game. I currently have a smash bros. engine I made that works decently. If you guys made sprites for different characters, I could totally make a furry fighting game for you guys!

Here is the engine I made. I have a limited bandwidth limit on my sourceforge userweb, so if it doesn't load, let me know and I'll make a desktop version http://fojam.users.sourceforge.net/games/iSSB/

Also, the only reason that it is written in java is for portability. I have another version of it written in C++, so don't fret if you hate java.

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I've posted on here with discounts before, and the existence of /r/furry_catwalk has led me to believe that as a whole, commission advertisement posts are not usually received well here. Even still, that post wasn't received too badly, albeit not especially well. (Note that I wouldn't have minded if I didn't make a cent; my aim is actually more to spread the word of cheap things, if that makes sense.)

So I ask the subreddit, how do you feel about commission advertising? Discount advertising? I can definitely understand why "emergency commissions" would grate on the subreddit's nerves; what about discounts that not many people will get to see otherwise? I do browse /r/furry somewhat, and I wouldn't want it to turn into the FAF Black Market anytime soon, but I would still like outside opinions.

Even if commissions and discounts are frowned upon here (which is understandable), what about something that's free art or free to enter? Would you say there's a limit, or would you prefer the coverage?

So to put it in a question format:

1) What are your opinions on commission advertisement posts in r/furry?

2) What are your opinions on advertising discounts?

3) For commissions and discounts, does attitude matter? Is there any attitude that would make you okay with / more okay with the posting?

4) For free art days, free raffles, etc., is there a limit or would you prefer they be posted to increase coverage? Is it only worth it if it's something very good at stake? What if there are strings attached (e.g. "post a journal and watch me")?

I have a tendency to sound like a walking ad, so my apologies for that. :P

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I've been looking for somewhere to do a furry D&D roleplay but can't find anywhere. All furry roleplay places I find are all really bad (tlkn liek dish) or yiffy. I'm not interested in the fetish at all, I just like having adventures as my fursona.

So where can I find such a thing? And if it doesn't exist, would you guys be interested in starting one up?

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Author: crossaffliction “Anybody can die, evidently.” -“ABC”, Robert Pinsky, United States Poet Laureate “Necrophilia is more erotic than that [censored!].” -SWfan, Flayrah commenter The ABCs of Death is the brainchild of producer Ant Timpson (an end credit suggests the whole thing was inspired by a nightmare of his): take 26 horror directors from around the world [...]

I was just wondering how r/furry feels about wearing tails in public? I know I love wearing my fox tail everywhere though I do feel a tad hesitant wearing it to highschool. However, I have been a brony for over a year now and I never have a problem wearing my pony themed tees to highschool so why would a tail be such a big deal all of a sudden y'know?

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http://logs.omegle.com/e04f62e

I've seen similar shit on the darknet. It's scary to think about how many psychopaths are hiding out there, those that we never know about, that we never catch and punish...

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My friend keeps making fun of me and furries and I really like him and he's like my best friend and I'm not sure what to tell him.

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DuckTales Remastered is an official remake of the classic DuckTales game that many remember from their gaming past. WayForward Technologies has been crafting each classic level piece by piece to be loyal to the original in every way posssible, with around 70% of the game being exact replicas of the original 8-bit adventure. Original Disney Character Voice talent backs the cutscenes and commentary, adding an extra level of immersion into the modern telling of the tale. 

The game is coming to XBLA, PSN, Wii U eShop, and PC and will be released...sometime. More news from E3, surely!

Recently, IGN did a side-by-side comparison of one of the levels from the original and that level remastered. It is embeded below!

So my little sister is an gifted young artist officially becoming a teenager. There's a book she really wants about drawing furries but I'm a broke college kid between jobs and it's a bit out of my current price range so I can't swing it before I start making paychecks again. This would be a fantastic surprise for the both of us if someone here wanted to gift her for me. :)

http://amzn.com/w/EFG6RUTEVCRP

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Author: Patch Packrat Industrial music is aggressive, exciting and ominous, with futuristic themes of dystopia and urban decay. As art, you might call it the cold, metal shadow to the light side of nature, animals and furry things. It’s a big contrast to the sunny electronic pop that furry con-goers may expect. (Does music have [...]

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