Furries in the playground

[Karen Lynn]

Life's a joke, and I shan't be last to laugh.

Oh, I thought y'all all knew by now. Chess and I are staying in my dying car, living out of that. Our workplace has showers, and were hoping to move into a place in a week(this Friday is payday, found a place within our budget).

[Killer Angel]

I appreciate your respect in the matter, but you're implying that all furries own fursuits, and furthermore that we all see those suits as some kind of important formal wear or integral part to our daily lives. Only a few people wear them every single day, because that gets really expensive and they're hard to keep clean and in good repair. Most furries don't even own suits because the only times they'd be able to use them would be at conventions, and that doesn't justify the rough $800 price tag.

That being said, yeah. The very cost alone and the fact they represent personal characters makes them pretty important to the people that own them, even if they only wear them once or twice a year. So while somebody asking "is that your Halloween costume?" isn't a big deal, when people start touching the suits and **** it gets really unpleasant for everybody. Especially in the infamous "Furry fights back and beats up drunk man" YT vid incidents.

I get what you're saying, tnx.

+1 for moving on!

SO: i just stubled upon this. I still haven't watch it, but the low rating is perplexing me... thoughs?

(edit: probably it was already linked. If so, forgive me)

[SiuiS]

Life's a joke, and I shan't be last to laugh.

Oh, I thought y'all all knew by now. Chess and I are staying in my dying car, living out of that. Our workplace has showers, and were hoping to move into a place in a week(this Friday is payday, found a place within our budget).

Perhaps, but I never put it together. When anyone says anything it's usually "me and a friend I know" and I'm silly enough that if two people say "me and a friend I know [exact same situation]" I likely won't cotton on to the idea that they are in that situation together.

Glad you've found something! I've been there, that's no fun. Especially this time of year. I hope you're in a warm state.

I think it's much preferable to not get into a huge debate with people who can't relate about just how important an issue may or may not be.

Please don't do that. I'm not saying anyone should debate anything of any size. I'm admitting it may be more important to other people than me, specifically because if I didn't I set myself up for "are you saying it's never important to anyone ever?!?!" Shenanigans. I can police myself, luv. I'm just being polite.

[Asta Kask]

SO: i just stubled upon this. I still haven't watch it, but the low rating is perplexing me... thoughs?

My SpyNoMore is giving me grief over this site. There may be malware there, so don't give out any information.

[Killer Angel]

My SpyNoMore is giving me grief over this site. There may be malware there, so don't give out any information.

mmm... try this other link, to the San Francisco Furry Film Festival (it's the documentary "Furries: An Inside Look")

[Jaycemonde]

I remember somebody asking me to help fund one of those. Might even have been the one linked. They almost always turn out to be stupid/patronizing, extremely sex-negative, or just poorly edited and directed, whether they're done by furries or otherwise. But to be fair, I haven't seen this one that I know of.

[Rain Dragon]

I'm jumping in as a fellow forumite and furry. Mostly for the subscription. How are y'all?

Hello Karen.
Nice new avvie.

I have no idea what that means.

Anyway, a furry music thing for people to check out: Jigoku / Silence II. It's really haunting. And a bit gross or scary at times. That sudden WRRRRRVWRRRRRRvRRRRRRRV stab.

Are these two albums? I found two albums of the same name after some googling around.

Earlier in this thread, I tried to post a video of one of my favorite fursuiting moments. I was videotaping my friends Digeri Dingo and Corn Husky as they went for a romp at the local Farmer's Market. Here is a sweet little video of Corn Husky dancing with one of the kids there. Apparently Corn and Digeri do this every Memorial Day weekend and are quite the hit with the regulars at the market.

I've adjusted the privacy settings so that others can see it. I hope it works this time!
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v...type=3&theater

That is a cool and sweet video, dude.

Life's a joke, and I shan't be last to laugh.

Oh, I thought y'all all knew by now. Chess and I are staying in my dying car, living out of that. Our workplace has showers, and were hoping to move into a place in a week(this Friday is payday, found a place within our budget).

Onice. I hope your move goes well!

SO: i just stubled upon this. I still haven't watch it, but the low rating is perplexing me... thoughs?

(edit: probably it was already linked. If so, forgive me)

Its ratings are likely due to the website it is on. It has much better ratings over on YouTube, though it is split into three parts there.

[Karen Lynn]

Hello Karen.
Nice new avvie.

Thanks. I figured my cuteness couldn't stay locked away for forever.

[SiuiS]

I remember somebody asking me to help fund one of those. Might even have been the one linked. They almost always turn out to be stupid/patronizing, extremely sex-negative, or just poorly edited and directed, whether they're done by furries or otherwise. But to be fair, I haven't seen this one that I know of.

Yeah. The bronies one is about the same. Like, it focuses on things weird. It's very definitely a "these weird people aren't as weird as you think! They are the acceptable weird!" Sort of documentary.

Except the music video with John deLancie. That was well done, aside from the arbitrary categorization...

[Atreyu the Masked LLama]

This video is one of my favorites. Uncle Kage (The Human) has such a quick wit and Zeke plays off him so well. These two decided to make the day a little more interesting for the folks at Little Caesar's.

[Jaycemonde]

That is so cute.

In darker news, I assume nobody here has heard of the thing that happened at one of the more northerly furry conventions last week? I can't remember which one it was, but the gist of it is that somebody decided they didn't like furries very much and deployed chlorine gas--which is a chemical weapon that's outlawed by the Geneva conventions because of World War I, for context--in the hotel where the convention was being held.
I don't think anyone's seriously hurt, but nineteen people did wind up in the hospital.

[Mystic Muse]

It was brought up in another thread that subsequently got locked, and one of my friends mentioned it to me. Yeah, it's pretty horrifying.

[Asta Kask]

Yes, I've heard about it. Is it confirmed that it was an attack and not a horrible accident? There are cleaning agents that can release chlorine gas if improperly stored and I'd like to maintain some faith in humanity...

[shawnhcorey]

That is so cute.

In darker news, I assume nobody here has heard of the thing that happened at one of the more northerly furry conventions last week? I can't remember which one it was, but the gist of it is that somebody decided they didn't like furries very much and deployed chlorine gas--which is a chemical weapon that's outlawed by the Geneva conventions because of World War I, for context--in the hotel where the convention was being held.
I don't think anyone's seriously hurt, but nineteen people did wind up in the hospital.

Do you mean this? Furry Convention Attacked By Chlorine Powder Bomb

The Onion is a satire site. It exists to see how gullible people really are.

[Asta Kask]

Well, now I feel stupid.

[Hyena]

Actually, a lot of news sites posted it. Such as.

[golentan]

Do you mean this? Furry Convention Attacked By Chlorine Powder Bomb

The Onion is a satire site. It exists to see how gullible people really are.

It was an actual attack. The onion article is a stub in their American Voices segment, where they have a brief rundown of an actual thing that happened followed by a few "voices from the street."

Unless you think the onion fooled several major news networks, newspapers, and other sources by releasing their own take a day and a half after the news first hit.

Quick google search should give you plenty of other articles to look over, if'n you're so inclined. It's a thing, it happened, and fortunately nobody was killed.

[Asta Kask]

It's been confirmed from official sources that it was an attack and not an accident?

[golentan]

It's been confirmed from official sources that it was an attack and not an accident?

The police are investigating it as a deliberate chemical attack last I heard.

[shawnhcorey]

Well, now I feel stupid.

Actually, a lot of news sites posted it. Such as.

It was an actual attack. The onion article is a stub in their American Voices segment, where they have a brief rundown of an actual thing that happened followed by a few "voices from the street."

Unless you think the onion fooled several major news networks, newspapers, and other sources by releasing their own take a day and a half after the news first hit.

Quick google search should give you plenty of other articles to look over, if'n you're so inclined. It's a thing, it happened, and fortunately nobody was killed.

Yeah, I guess I'm the one that got fooled.

[Killer Angel]

Just to inform that there was a thread on that attack in the media section, and it was closed my mods...

[Asta Kask]

The police are investigating it as a deliberate chemical attack last I heard.

Well, hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

[Jaycemonde]

The Onion is a satire site. It exists to see how gullible people really are.

Yeah, no. It really happened. I talked to someone who was there when the hotel got evacuated, and there have been like two hundred journals a day on FurAffinity about it since it happened, mostly by congoers and their friends. Although those have died down a bit.

Although I guess we should not be talking about it, to be safe. Bleh.


Anyway. Shark babes are love, shark babes are life.

[Sartharina]

There was a rather darkly-amusing comment I read on one of the news articles over on the Escapist (Where I first read about it) - "Remember kids, it is NOT appropriate to use chemical weapons against fandoms you don't like"

[SiuiS]

E: first link I clicked has an infant in the evacuation. I didn't know I could get this mad without someone actively goading me.

Anyway. Shark babes are love, shark babes are life.

Hmm. Internet Law: Pics or it didn't happen.

[Jaycemonde]

Hmm. Internet Law: Pics or it didn't happen.

[Mystic Muse]

...What is Shark Babes exactly?

[Jaycemonde]

...What is Shark Babes exactly?

Shark babes are exactly what they sound like. This is the furry thread, after all.

In the context of that picture, though, it's from a trailer for a relatively old (2011-2012ish) furry schmup game called Shark Attack, where you picked one of three characters (Mischief, Mayhem, or Fracas) and COMPLETELY ANNIHILATED EVERYTHING IN YOUR PATH.

[Skeppio]

Shark babes are exactly what they sound like. This is the furry thread, after all.

In the context of that picture, though, it's from a trailer for a relatively old (2011-2012ish) furry schmup game called Shark Attack, where you picked one of three characters (Mischief, Mayhem, or Fracas) and COMPLETELY ANNIHILATED EVERYTHING IN YOUR PATH.

I've seen the second one from the left in the past several times. So that's where she's from!

[Jaycemonde]

I've seen the second one from the left in the past several times. So that's where she's from!

Actually, she's "from" the musical label LapFox Trax (original VulpVibe Records). The musician Ren uses her as a sort of front for electro swing. Ren is also the person that designed and coded Shark Attack, but they created Mayhem in late 2008.