• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    No matter their reputation, every furry I’ve ever met has been a decent person.

    My daughter likes to point out that the kids in her old school hated furries but loved the sports mascot guy in a fursuit.

    • KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.comBanned
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      there are definitely some shitty ones, but in general, the community fosters good people, and good interactions, it’s supposed to be an escapism after all.

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      I’m not equating furries to pedophiles here, as I have absolutely no problems with them what so ever…

      But this is the equivalent of saying people hate pedophiles, but love children. It’s pretty obvious that the sexualization is the difference.

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        "I’m not implying that taco eaters are responsible for the pandemic, mind you…

        But there was always a line around the block at Taco Bell in the early days of the pandemic."

        The moment you say “I’m not equating benign X with problematic Y”, you immediately put the idea in people’s head that X and Y have a strong correlation which serves to further skepticism and judgment of benign X.

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    I’m still waiting for the cat girls…

    Edit: For whoever is downvoting me, this is literally the same group that hacked a nuclear research lab last year. Their demand was that they begin serious research into the creation of real life catgirls.

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    In the same fashion that elves were like the best blacksmiths in middle earth, I love how furries specifically tend to be very high in the “computer power” scale

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    Still beats me how they manage to use the keyboard with those big fluffy paws…

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    I will never get tired of seeing headlines that start with “Gay furry hackers” because if the Venn diagram is that intersectional, it’s schaudenfreude story time with spicy drops! 🍿

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    Among highly skilled hackers, I wonder what percentage are either on the spectrum, furry, or LGBTQ (or some combination thereof). It’s got to be at least 50%. Anyway, great work here!

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      Not sure about hackers but it’s kind of a meme among software developers that senior devs are more likely to be trans, furry or both.

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      okay so sometimes living in a half passed shadow run 6e campaign run by severely concussed Kurt Vonnegut as he dies of dysentery is pretty fun.

      even in that condition; man can still write. apparently.