What is Neko?
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Aleister DaSilva
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01-16-2009 21:24
From: Amaranthim Talon That is such a vivid image! Can you imagine if they were like teeny tiny llamas? Little Llamettes? Like a box of llamas- llamas by the gross... llamas in your pocket!  OK, I'll stop... I used to have a mini llama that looked like this http://www.securityarms.com/20010315/galleryfiles/2800/2827.htm
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Berdan Paterson
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01-18-2009 16:09
From: say Moo but you are roleplaying, since you pretend to be something else (a neko type) than you really are. strictly said. So are you telling me your really 7'5, gorgous, and a bodybuilder? Or blonde blue eyed and stacked? Being a neko is NOT neccacerily rp. I am neko because I like it, I dont walk around meowing.
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Brighton Bellic
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01-18-2009 16:13
in short. morons
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Argent Stonecutter
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01-18-2009 16:15
I'm not really a 4' tall ferret, either.
Really I'm a research animal in a tank communicating with the internet by modulating my sonar into a 300 baud modem.
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Sredni Eel
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01-18-2009 17:47
From: say Moo Simply (not indepth) said, you have two mamal type of roleplays.. furries: Canine based dressup (part human, part canine type o breed costumes) and ).. Actually, furries can be any animal, not just canids. Furry = any anthropomorphic animal. Neko = wannabe furry. You aren't quite furry and not quite human. Hope that helps.
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Momoko Ushimawa
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01-18-2009 18:53
From: Lexxi Gynoid Thank you, I'll look as I'm always interested in exploring and looking at such stuff. I'd prefer a kitty, though, that looked more like my favorite neko skin. As my favorite neko skin creator closed shop, and as my favorite neko skin does not do the "naughty bits" that well, I'll look closely at the skins.
I think I've been to VooDoo before. Maybe. If so a long time ago. Recall seeing tribal tattoo skins, instead of fur. Was long time ago, and maybe different place, though.
I'm more of a domestic kitty than wild. So skin is of orange domestic kitty. Actual kitty form, though ended up being wild kitty. hehe.
Oh, and most importantly - skin must match furry ears and tail. Love those. They are not the ones in my forum picture. That picture is from something like June 2007. For domestic cat skins, there are three shops I would recomend. Jungle Voodoo makes a "tabby" which may fit the bill. Curious Kitties has a "kitten" avatar (with an excellent cat shape btw) they have tabby, white, grey, black/white, Calico and black. and ND/MD make a more a nice cat skin too, they also have some cat shapes and if you want to go a bit beyond the 70% mark animorhic prim heads. All three shops avatars come with basic tails and ears to match, and the Curious Kitties comes with nice cats eye's as well.
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Ingrid Ingersoll
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01-18-2009 18:58
From: Seven Okelli What is Neko? It's a closet furry.
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Ann Launay
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01-18-2009 19:09
From: Ingrid Ingersoll It's a closet furry. Again: From: Ann Launay No. 
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Congratulations and shame on you! You are a bit of a slut.
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Tod69 Talamasca
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01-18-2009 19:32
From: Ann Launay No.  Yes. It's a fashion. Nothing more, nothing less.  I can find more Neko's at an Anime convention than there are in all of SL (usually with their latest manga of whatever Yaoi story they're reading at the time or at least a copy of Fruits Baskets) 
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Ann Launay
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01-18-2009 19:35
From: Tod69 Talamasca Yes. No. From: someone It's a fashion. Nothing more, nothing less.  To you, maybe. Not to me. From: someone I can find more Neko's at an Anime convention than there are in all of SL (usually with their latest manga of whatever Yaoi story they're reading at the time or at least a copy of Fruits Baskets)  I don't know what this has to do with anything.
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Congratulations and shame on you! You are a bit of a slut.
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Gabriele Graves
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01-18-2009 19:36
I think we can safely say it is different things to different people and all viewpoints are just as valid as each other. Even if there was an official definition of Neko, it has been co-opted and changed now for a popular subculture here in SL. Arguing about what it is and what it isn't is only going make people feel bad for having their fantasies, or lack of them. 
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Zii Minotaur
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01-19-2009 00:02
Is furry a fashion, too? xD Is a 2-story tall dragon avatar fashion? Is a tiny robot avatar fashion?
It's SL, you can be what you like. If a neko says their ears and tail are real grown attachments and aren't just little tacked-on accessories, who has the right to deny them? Spoilsports (it's all polygons to me)?
L2Imagination, plx
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Argent Stonecutter
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01-19-2009 03:23
From: Ingrid Ingersoll It's a closet furry. If I might paraphrase the bard, "There's more species of cos-play and role-play than are dreamt of in your philosophy, Ingersoll." THe avatar mesh and prim meshes are neither of them physical flesh and bone. Or to quote another more recent thinker, "Do you think that's air you're breathing?"
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Imnotgoing Sideways
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01-19-2009 05:36
Neko... =^-^= 
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Ingrid Ingersoll
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01-19-2009 06:16
From: Argent Stonecutter There's more species of cos-play and role-play than are dreamt of in your philosophy, Ingersoll MEOW
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Argent Stonecutter
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01-19-2009 06:34
*dook*
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Krazed Thunders
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01-19-2009 06:47
From: Sredni Eel Neko = wannabe furry. You aren't quite furry and not quite human.
nope I don't wanna be furry.
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Kasuga Hax
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01-19-2009 07:03
So what is fashion?
1: Because some French accent having, usually homosexual guy in way too tight pants says it is, and call it fashion, which it is, to some.
2: Because you attach objects to your body, and that is always fashion, to some.
3: Because of the brands, and thus having a plus on calling it fashion, while unknown brands will never make it to the fashion lines. because of....umm.. It's only fashion if it's priced way too high?
4: Because it's unique, you could have made it yourself, you identify yourself as you are and or feel, and call it your fashion, because you don't care what others tell you to wear.
I go for option 4.
One, NOT painted middle finger to the masses, and fashion back to the individual.
Oh, that was a RL statement, because SL is probably the same if it comes to fashionable clothing. Fashion sucks, because they always target a small group of people.
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Adger Ragu
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01-19-2009 07:13
Not to be interfering with the ongoing debate but could somebody please post a link or two to a comprehensible abstract about the story (or stories) behind the idea of all this "neko" that is written in english? Thank you.
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Kasuga Hax
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01-19-2009 07:15
From: Adger Ragu Not to be interfering with the ongoing debate but could somebody please post a link or two to a comprehensible abstract about the story (or stories) behind the idea of all this "neko" that is written in english? Thank you. short notice information retrieval? Wiki it! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catgirl
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Imnotgoing Sideways
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01-19-2009 07:31
From: Adger Ragu Not to be interfering with the ongoing debate but could somebody please post a link or two to a comprehensible abstract about the story (or stories) behind the idea of all this "neko" that is written in english? Thank you. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nekomusumehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catgirlhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_b2_EbujmU=^-^=
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Lexxi Gynoid
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01-25-2009 21:43
From: Momoko Ushimawa For domestic cat skins, there are three shops I would recomend.
Jungle Voodoo makes a "tabby" which may fit the bill.
Curious Kitties has a "kitten" avatar (with an excellent cat shape btw) they have tabby, white, grey, black/white, Calico and black. and ND/MD make a more a nice cat skin too, they also have some cat shapes and if you want to go a bit beyond the 70% mark animorhic prim heads.
All three shops avatars come with basic tails and ears to match, and the Curious Kitties comes with nice cats eye's as well. Thank you. I missed this originally. I will look for these three stores. Oh, ND/MD. I think I was in there tonight. Was looking for eyes at the time, so didn't look closely. Good looking skins, though wild looking. Ah, prim heads. Did not see that. Must be a different place.
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Jig Chippewa
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01-25-2009 22:14
Nekos are not fashion statements. Being Neko - years ago - was a philosophy in sl and a lifestyle. It used to be that about 1 percent of sl population were "Neko"BUT only ONE percent of THAT population could really be counted as Neko. We used to say that we were most closely linked to teh fairies. Maybe that was true.
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Ceka Cianci
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01-25-2009 22:15
i thought they came from anime?
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Ricardo Harris
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01-25-2009 23:27
From: Ann Launay Because we're in a class all our own, obviously.  Nekos: That goes without saying.
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