Finally someone asking a real question. Been a whole bunch of bots recently.

Don’t know if I’d call myself a furry, but I did go to a convention with some friends awhile back, for the experience.

My big takeaway can kinda be summed up with, “Punk’s not dead, they just all became furries”. It was a very radically inclusive space, there were tons of openly queer people, lots of very political accessories (Anarchy A or Hammer and Sickle patches, keffiyehs, one person had a hand painted tshirt that said “Death before Detransition”, etc.), and there was a very DIY, countercultural vibe to the whole thing. At one point I talked to a Skunk about his collection of old PC sound cards.

It was super cool! I’d go again

A ton of factors, but I’ve been a fur for 22 years and I give zero fucks about what others think about it/me, so an unfiltered view.

Most of my friends are furry, and all of them are at least neutral on the topic. I had a clan I was in during my ‘okay yes fine I am a furry let’s make a sona I guess’ awakening, and I was booted for that fact. So everyone I’m friends with has to not be a dick, or you’re getting blacklisted.

Most of my friends are weird, and the furry ones especially. I know no innocent furries, we all have our vices, and I love that. A space where I can be weird, suggestive, kinky, lewd is liberating. But even beyond sexy stuff, it’s just this melting pot of weird interests, hobbies, aspirations, and everyone wants to see everyone else succeed. The ‘vibe’ as the kids call it, online or in person, is always positive. Compared to gestures to the outside world, yeah nah I’m staying in the happy bubble.

Most of us are quite intelligent, lots are STEM, many are post-secondary grads. Most are okay with atheists/non believers. I thiiiink the majority are gay/les/bi. Basically, a group of smart people who aren’t dicks to each other. Again, nice place to be.

With the exception of my first relationship, which was never made ‘official’ but we were together for a couple of years, I only date furries. For the above reasons and more, I limit the dating pool from like a billion+ to hundred-thousands (maybe millions?), then further by being gay (very limited homoflexibility). But I want to be with someone (one or several) who share my interests, excitement, ideas and topics; and who shares similar values, like not being a dick to others. These simple traits are… less common, in the general population.

And of course, the kinky stuff. I’m all over the place and with the exception of some obvious ‘yeah nah’ topics that are generally assumed unless stated otherwise by people, I am will to/have tried a lot of things. Again the sort of non-judgemental environment let’s me say something that would be absolutely wild anywhere else, and others will respond like it’s nothing at all. Being free of judgements is absolutely unique, in my experience.

There are a few shady characters, bad apples, and all that - every group has them. But I haven’t interacted with one myself, and it’s been over two decades, so I’m pretty confident in saying that the bad characters are a rounding error, and that ‘we are all in this for the positivity of each other’.

A tail is like a necktie for your butt.

• Recognized, goldstar furry

tl;dr it’s a creative hobby

Not a furry per se (yet maybe) but I’m in the same social circles, ymmv. Basically it’s just oc cosplay, and like all hobbies and crafts some people have a more enthusiastic, personal approach to it; and some like it surface level.

Essentially, it’s a joint art style in a large art community. People get to create their own characters and share in that art culture, and for some it’s a very powerful escape and a way to explore yourself in a different way.

Guy I used to date said he thought people would just be cuter with tails.

Not a furry but I see the appeal. The character design possibilities greatly expand, and they tend to look cute or cool. If it didn’t work, Disney wouldn’t do it so often!

Been friends with a few furries for a while. Can say a lot of the answers I’ve read here encompass what I would say is majority of furries. There’s some that get into it exclusively for kink, it’s okay if they do, but even the furries have a strong disdain for pedophilia, zoophilia, and non-consensual in real life and in most instances drawn art.

Wants to touch on the zoophilia aspect as well, given most interactions of a sexual nature within the fandom are with is dubbed your persona/furrsona, it doesn’t fall under that term. Especially as well nearly all of them are at least human level intelligence but may not be able to vocalize like one. It’s a thin line there but real life practitioners are detested because surprise surprise, people in the fandom have some fairly strong moral convictions.

I said “I’m in a hurry”.

Geeze. Someone’s got a one-track mind.

Speaking only about the porn, I like drawings, and real images of real people usually make me uncomfortable for whatever reason. The quality and volume of the art has increased dramatically over the years, lots of furry nsfw artists are really, really good at what they do.

I’m mostly not

What counts as “being a furry?” On a scale from Garth to ‘I identify as a non-human animal’, where’s the cut-off?

I feel like there are probably a lot of people who don’t consider themselves to “be furries,” as such, but wouldn’t say no to Lola Bunny, for instance.

(Also, compare: Kinsey scale vs. furry scale.)

when i look at some furry art it can be quite appealing and i sometimes have unusual feelings. i don’t seek it out or anything though. my theory is it’s some vestigial thing from our evolution. we are just mammals, after all

Humans are boring. I have to live as one everyday.

I’m more into monsters and beastkin, but there’s a big overlap with that and furry design so while my models are more on the realistic side I do count myself as a furry.

I’m not.