The whole furry thing is creepy as hell. It's weird. Wanting to have sex with anthropomorphized animals is not a thing that should be normalized.

And it's even creepier when they add things like "kitten" or showing anthropomorphized animal kids.

And thank you to Unruffled [they/them] / Flatworm7591 @lemmy.dbzer0.com for this sane and reasonable response.

And thanks to recursive_recursion who seems to be an alt of Flatworm for continuing that sane and reasonable response. Note that in over 1,400 comments here I've never once said a single word against trans people. Not once.

It really bothers me when people lie about racism. So many people really do experience it so much in life, and lying using false racism accusations as a sword and shield to make other people look bad and make themselves look like the victim is demeaning to every real instance people suffer.

Hopefully one day this person realizes that lying about transphobia for the same reasons does the same thing.

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[–] 7 points 1 day ago (1 child)

Sorry, are you implying that... they were at the zoo for sexual gratification...?

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  • [–] 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    I know furries get really offended by this, so please keep an open mind here-

    The majority of furry anything that I've seen over decades of being online and in queer and kink communities have been sexual. So yes, I wouldn't be surprised if some furries that go to the zoo are doing so with some sort of sexual desire in mind. The entirety of the community started as a kink or fetish as far as I can tell. I'm happy to stand corrected on this though.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    So, this is a website dedicated to the results of a fairly large-scale survey of furries covering all kinds of topics, conducted by a couple scientists. It's generally considered to be a fairly accurate cross-section of the demographics represented.

    This is specifically the section related to porn, and kind of addresses exactly what you're describing.

    Rather than trying to influence you further, I'll just let you read through that if you want to and draw your own conclusions, but I'd be happy to discuss it with you once you have, if you wish.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 day ago

    Rather than trying to influence you further, I’ll just let you read through that if you want to and draw your own conclusions, but I’d be happy to discuss it with you once you have, if you wish.

    Thank you so much for the sources! I love a good survey :)

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  • [–] 3 points 1 day ago

    It's really evolved beyond that, at least from what I can tell. I feel like being a furry is just a lifestyle at this point. It's not all about sexual aspects anymore, it's become a culture and an identity. You just don't really tend to see that aspect from the outside very often, or when people do they just assume it's still a sex thing.

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