• forestbeasts@pawb.social
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    11 hours ago

    I’m a furry and even I don’t get most furries, haha!

    Like, I’m here to be an animal. I heard “people who like to be animals” and went “whoa, sign me up!” and it turns out a lot of furries DON’T like to be animals, they just… pretend to be animals but “oh that’s a character not really me” and they still consider themselves human…?.. also they’re only half-human-half-animals, not actual animal shape either?.. I don’t get it

    turns out most of the actual “I’m just an animal” animals are the therians instead (once I found them I decided I’d be both). I’m still a non-character, non-anthropomorphic (the furry jargon for normal animal shape is “feral”) furry though, and the anthro furries can just deal. :3

    – Frost

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      2 hours ago

      and it turns out a lot of furries DON’T like to be animals, they just… pretend to be animals but “oh that’s a character not really me” and they still consider themselves human…?

      Do you not consider yourself to be human?

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        29 minutes ago

        Nope! I’m a wolf! :3

        I’m trans, but for species instead of gender. Yeah that’s a thing. 🐺

        – Frost

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      10 hours ago

      Owenfromcanada: I dont want to know anything about furrys

      Forestbeast: super detailed descriptions of furry culture

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        5 hours ago

        This is hilarious. Don’t get me wrong, @forestbeasts@pawb.social , I appreciate the details - a fascinating glimpse at something I didn’t know - but it’s funny timing with some of the other threads here

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          10 minutes ago

          Haha yeah! :3 I uh, misread the critter I replied to as saying “I don’t get it” rather than “I’m not even interested in getting it”. Cue the massive infodump. >,>

          I’m not that sorry, though. It’s still fun to talk about and also kinda hilarious that it happened.

          – Frost