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Unread 10-25-2012, 02:54 PM   #1
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WTF Okay WTF is a furry.
You know you have too much free time when you start thinking about random shit and stupid questions.

Just now I've been thinking a lot about Japan's pop culture and the state of the Sonic Fandom when I asked my self "Where did the term furry originate?".

When did this thing start? Why did it start?

In fact what exactly is a furry? Are they just fans of anthro characters or something more?

I really want to know where this term came from and how started.
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Unread 10-25-2012, 03:02 PM   #2
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People who like to dress up as animals. May also involve sexual acts involving other people wearing animal costumes. In fact, most people actual necessarily include that when they talk about furries.

Furries totally are acceptable targets for all our mockery cos they be crazy amirite?
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Unread 10-25-2012, 03:18 PM   #3
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TVtropes has lots to say about furries, animal anthromorphication and so on!
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Unread 10-25-2012, 04:24 PM   #4
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Fursuits. That is where furries come from. From that point diverges a long evolutionary litany of furkin, otherkin, therekin, and soulbonds, and other such things.
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Unread 10-25-2012, 05:05 PM   #5
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YOU are asking this?

This is an outcome I did not anticipate.
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Unread 10-25-2012, 05:20 PM   #6
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Furry comes from the fact that they have a sexual fetish for anthro characters, which are typically furry, because of their fur.

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WTF No, like, why is this happening now in 2012?
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In fact what exactly is a furry? Are they just fans of anthro characters or something more?

I really want to know where this term came from and how started.

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Thank you for the feedback everyone.

To be honest I was never quite sure what a "furry" really was due to all of the different answers I've gotten over the years.

Was also wondering if anyone knew the origin of that term.
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Unread 10-26-2012, 05:17 AM   #9
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All self-described furries I've talked to have used the word to refer to the practice of pretending to possess characteristics of animals. Not necessarily fur-bearing animals, but from what I've seen wolves, dogs, foxes and cats are overwhelmingly the most common so that's probably where it comes from.
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Unread 10-26-2012, 07:09 PM   #10
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YOU are asking this?

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Remember that time Robin Hood asked what an archer was? "What is this arch? Mine arrows shoot straight and true!" he said, nonsensically, whilst Little John and the rest of the men made merry.
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