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A Dedication
Tim Gadd is one of the founders of alt.lifestyle.furry.
When a friend pointed me to these welcome essays concerning the early years of alt.lifestyle.furry—a time which will always exist as a vibrant and halcyon period in my memory—I asked if I might make a dedication, which the author and publisher kindly allowed.
ALF was an ideal as well as a community: a kind of social experiment which had never been tried on Usenet before. Myself and Ron Orr are usually credited with its conception and creation. We did come up with the idea, and write the charter and FAQ, but not without the consultation of the ‘creation committee’; a group of thirteen people in total who, over six months, provided input and review to the process.
Of these people there is no question IMHO that the most crucial was Brad Austin. His judgement was scrupulous, as was his instinctive grasp of the ethics of what we were trying to do. He was the one person whose advice I’d never ignore. Later, if the core values of the newsgroup were ever attacked, Brad was the staunchest of defenders; rigorously intelligent and morally unwavering, no matter how controversial the topic.
Brad died suddenly last year, age 45. I’ve never had a closer friend, and I miss him like hell. I wish more members of the community had known him personally.
There is someone else I want to mention. Virtually on New Year’s Day 1997, ALF hit the backbone Usenet servers and our participation suddenly exploded to many times the trickle of posts of the early months. The first poster I remember on that day was Craig Andersen – KimbaWLion online. Perhaps I’m biased, but to me he instantly became the first core member of the community from outside the original creation group, and I always told him I considered his appearance to be synchronous with and symbolic of the real birth of ALF.
Kimba quickly became my other closest friend, along with Brad and Ron, and his family welcomed me into their home on every visit to their hometown. He too passed away unexpectedly, late in 2012, age 58.
I’m grateful for the chance to leave this tribute on record to two true soul mates without whom things would not have happened like they did. I know there are many of our number who have fallen over the years, and this dedication is for them too, and those they left behind.
Tim Gadd
Tasmania, September 2015
Episode 295 - Preowned Cats
Furries at Burning Man, Pride parade, and Mascots movie – NEWSDUMP (9/21/15)
Does anyone else feels like their fursona needs a change but…
It is so attached to themselves that can't give up on the actual design… Like:
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna turn around
And hurt you
For real. Does anyone else also have any advices on giving up that design?
submitted by Ghast17[link] [5 comments]
tl;dr: Free sketches
I'm wanting to do some warm-up sketches and try to draw a little faster, so if anyone wants to comment with a reference and an idea for a pose/action/whatever/etc., that'd be helpful.
I'll do a few for now, but I'll probably check back and see if there's any more later on.
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Heya, does anyone need some emotional support? (Also mental health in the fandom)
Heya!
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This isn't the most on topic post but this is one of the few subreddits I'm active in and I'm not sure where I can post something like this otherwise.
Over time I have noticed a lot of people in the fandom dealing with depression, emotions, relationship problems and other such issues. (If not more frequently than normal, at least a little more open about it)
After helping a fair few of my friends with their own problems I'm hoping to branch out and do it a little more seriously (I'm actually hoping to break into the mental health care industry).
So, I'm offering myself as someone to talk to, a shoulder to cry on, a bit of an agony uncle. Of course you should always seek professional help if you can, but I'd really like to try and be there for you guys. So feel free to PM me, add me on Skype (Antoniusweezel) Steam (Queelak) or visit my currently empty tumblr over at ask that weasel
I'll see you 'round!
So to make this a little more on topic, can we start a discussion down there about mental health in the fandom? Why do you think furries are more open about it? How do you feel about the drama that often arises from the topic? Thanks!
submitted by Thatweasel[link] [11 comments]
Give a retired webcomic a little bit of love :)
Hello all, I just wanted to say that there was an old furry webcomic (Both Furries and humans) that lasted from 2002 to 2004, before it ended without a reason. It's decently short (Around 160 pages) but has a deep world and an immersive experience all throughout when you read it.
Without further adieu, here's Fallen!
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