Turncoat stated: source post
I love watching how they respond to criticism. Even the "stronger" ones make a point of how often they're made fun of and make a point of mentioning how oppressed they feel. "There's nothing wrong with it!"
I don't. It's annoying because, like with any group, it's always the sperglords who talk the loudest. Usually younger people who don't know how to handle ANY criticisms and/or take all disagreement as invalidation. The thing is, what they're saying is mostly true, they're just saying it in such a fucking sumb way it looks like excuses and whining. Probably because they add those in too for some fucktard reason. If done right, the things you said aren't a bad defense. For instance:
- It is worth mentioning how often furry is mocked, because no other fandom gets it worse, and I know because I'm in most other fandoms, too, so I see first hand. Based on average reaction, Furry is pretty much the last thing I'd admit to in person, if at all. Seriously, out of everything it's like:
"Oh, I like off-mainstream stuff. What are you into?"
"Star Trek", "Anime", "Star Wars", "Doctor Who", ... ... ... "BDSM" "Bestiality", "Zombie Necrophilia", "Furry", "My Little Pony"
It's just really far down the list because people are so dumb about it. "You like furry because you want to fuck your dog". No, and that's really lazy thinking there. Most furries (myself not included) have absolutely no sexual interest in actual animals. Don't get me wrong, furry is freaky, but it's no more freaky than any other fandom, it's just more shameless about it. Despite this, for some reason, the collective ignorance is that all furries are sex freaks, so, yeah, furries get made fun of a lot. Valid complaint, however, they really need to learn how to deal with that, without pissing all over themselves and crying. Explain the truth and move on.
- Speaking of which, Furries who claim we are "oppressed" need to shut the fuck up, or be given help to do so. No, furries aren't fucking oppressed. No one needs to "come out" as furry. This is a fandom, it's not that damn serious, and people who think it is, probably have Aspergers, or some other disorder that makes them overreact to criticism. No furry is oppressed because they're furry. Not a damn one.
- Ok, there actually IS nothing wrong with it. There's plenty wrong with people in the fandom, but furry itself is literally just human-animals and the people who formed a fandom around those characters. EVERYTHING else in the fandom is brought in from the individual members, along with whatever fuckery makes up their snowflake personality. Nothing wrong with liking animal-people characters itself, though, so.. yeah.
That's about it, really.
Turncoat stated: source post
Apparently the documentary features the shadow of a "Totalitarian Cockroach".
XD The "Totalitarian Cockroach" name is a joke. Said Cockroach is actually the guy speaking at the end of this clip, his name is Lord (hence the totalitarian joke) Kage. His fursona is a cockroach (funny story, he didn't pick it himself, it started out as a joke that ended up just taking over). Lord Kage is the guy who runs Anthrocon, the world's biggest furry convention. As such, he's got some status in the community.
What percentage of furries would you say are "sperglords"?
A lot of furries I've found have some elements of disorder, especially when it comes to suicidal ideation. There's so much worth mocking beyond the typical "HAHA I BET HE FUCKS DOGS!" angle, such as watching the "I've found myself at last!" types. It's also super cringy to watch how "friendly" they behave as a group, as it's not too far off from After School Special stereotyping. It's also one of the first groups I encountered that took "Trigger Warning" seriously.
Obviously not all furries are out there are crazies or people who enjoy watching animals bone through a "reasonable" proxy, there's also those who aren't used to belonging that respond positively to their overly friendly vibes, those with a weakness to peer pressures that also have poor social skills, and the occasional casual that stands out like a sore thumb from not being fully indoctrinated. That aside, it's a magnet for aberrant behaviors, so it works as a great shortcut for searching up lolcow material. The usual means of measuring comes from how seriously they take their "Fursona" (especially once it hits Otherkin levels), how they respond to Furry Agenda materials, and what sub/splice genres they take from within.
It was funny to watch the response to Bronies first becoming a thing.
Freakiest stated: source post
Turncoat stated: source post
Apparently the documentary features the shadow of a "Totalitarian Cockroach".XD The "Totalitarian Cockroach" name is a joke.
Uncle Kage, Totalitarian Cockroach
The most shocking thing about Fursonas is its frank depiction of the insidious and vitriolic rhetoric used by some furries, particularly a leader who goes by Uncle Kage. Kage refused to be interviewed for Fursonas unless he was given, as Rodriguez reports in the film, a “near-editorial level of control.†Kage’s voice, however, reverberates violently through the documentary, through footage taken at Anthrocon, the largest gathering of furries in the world, which Kage himself oversees.
During the film, Kage threatens to take disobedient furries “out back and skull-fuck them,†and he calls one female furry, who appeared on The Tyra Banks Show in order to describe her experience with the fandom, “a fucking bitch.†It’s unclear in Rodriguez’s documentary how Uncle Kage rose to power among American furries. When he’s depicted as an animated humanoid, the way each of the film’s subjects are rendered (quite lovingly), Kage is a cockroach standing on his hind legs, wearing a white lab coat and holding a glass of wine.
In one regard, Kage has a point. He tells Anthrocon, “we are the fat kid, we are the kid picked last in gym class.â€
Aside from Uncle Kage, the subjects of the documentary are sensitive, effervescent, and charming.
It’s heartwarming to see the two men, obviously very much in love, glance sideways at each other when making a controversial point regarding Uncle Kage or the strict, prude social taboos enforced by the folks at Anthrocon.
Fursonas is a fantastic learning tool for non-furries curious about the subculture, at once downplaying any sensationalism surrounding furry sexuality and allowing many furry subjects to comment on Uncle Kage’s strange reign.
Fursonas overlays Uncle Kage’s hateful and condescending speech about Boomer the Dog, in which he calls him “certifiably insaneâ€, “a nutcase†and says (while the camera focuses on the frankly sweet Boomer making a snowman), “I have no idea what’s going on in his mind, and I’m terrified to find out.â€
Such an interesting sense of humor that this article carries.