I Still Don't Get Furries
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Tarina Sewell
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06-27-2009 15:53
From: Osprey Therian I was just reading an article in the New Yorker about certain outsider species like Burmese pythons and Nile monitors that are breeding in the Florida swamps. It's only a matter of time before there are human fatalities and biologists have expressed the sentiment that it's time to stop studying them and start killing them.
I believe your particular skills and temperament are needed in Florida. We had a nile monitor that someone had released in my city here (florida) he was there YEARS I assume eating the rodents etc.. but he made the mistake of going after a small dog and caused a huge ruckus here... Then a stupid female cop saw him one day and shot it... No bother bringing in a tracker and trapping it, this dumb cop shot it.. so it slinked away and no one ever knew where it went or seen it again... People were PISSED at her and at the person who released him in the first place... You would not believe the amount of green iguanas in south florida... you see them everywhere.... people get these thigns as pets and they get to big or for whatever reason they release them. Are dragons considered furries? |
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Osprey Therian
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06-27-2009 16:06
The New Yorker article is quite interesting. Apparently they aren't sure how great the range of the Burmese python is - it might be able to exist in a large part of the United States. They get rather large and have even eaten alligators, so humans are not at all off their list of potential snacks.
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Tarina Sewell
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06-27-2009 16:18
From: Osprey Therian The New Yorker article is quite interesting. Apparently they aren't sure how great the range of the Burmese python is - it might be able to exist in a large part of the United States. They get rather large and have even eaten alligators, so humans are not at all off their list of potential snacks. I have red rat snakes, breed them and trade ot exotic pet shop for stuff for my domestic animals... But no way in hell would I own a python or boa... hell noes |
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Maya Remblai
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06-27-2009 16:20
From: Tarina Sewell
Are dragons considered furries?
If they're anthropomorphic, yes. Most are not, or borderline at most. |
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Couldbe Yue
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06-27-2009 16:21
From: Osprey Therian The New Yorker article is quite interesting. Apparently they aren't sure how great the range of the Burmese python is - it might be able to exist in a large part of the United States. They get rather large and have even eaten alligators, so humans are not at all off their list of potential snacks. like this? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4313978.stm
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Benski Trenkins
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06-27-2009 16:22
From: Tarina Sewell Are dragons considered furries? Think it depends on the type of Dragon Avi?
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Imnotgoing Sideways
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06-27-2009 16:43
From: Millie Thompson Oh snap! Seriously though, aside from the combat enabled areas most places don't like folks armed to the teeth carrying weapons around. Some places let you wear them in holsters, but if you have one in your hands its considered live and ready to use. Which puts folks on edge, they are there to have a good time or collaborate on things, and don't need a trigger happy gunman barging in on things. That sort of thing leads to an AR and banishment from that location. Even the smallest of avatars can return fire with a gun the size of a mack truck.  O-hai! (^-^)  |
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Marianne McCann
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06-27-2009 16:54
From: Imnotgoing Sideways O-hai! (^-^) ...ya, that piccie.
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Imnotgoing Sideways
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06-27-2009 17:08
From: Marianne McCann ...ya, that piccie. I should'a used my big gun. =^-^= |
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Void Singer
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06-27-2009 17:11
From: Qie Niangao Do not underestimate the Other Sub group!  what!? if you mean actual subs, then sorry I still see a higher percentage in the fur community... followed by the steampunk community, and then maybe followed by the subs goths, and technocracy types. (not that there aren't lots of crossovers in those communities) I think it has to do more with a certain type of creativity than a need to "roll your own" (thought that doesn't hurt).... dissatisfaction with status quo breeds it I think.
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Tod69 Talamasca
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06-27-2009 17:27
From: Osprey Therian The New Yorker article is quite interesting. Apparently they aren't sure how great the range of the Burmese python is - it might be able to exist in a large part of the United States. They get rather large and have even eaten alligators, so humans are not at all off their list of potential snacks. I can't see their range extending too far North. Maybe as far as North Carolina. Once they hit Pennsylvania, New York, Illinois, Vermont, etc.... then they'd better learn to cope with freezing temperatures. Can they hibernate??
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Qie Niangao
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06-27-2009 17:45
Sorry, Void, I was just goofin' on the space you put between "sub" and "group" in: From: someone a higher percentage than any other sub group from what I've seen. I need an emoticon for lame punctuation humor. |
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Ava Velde
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06-27-2009 18:01
From: Qie Niangao
I need an emoticon for lame punctuation humor.
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Clarissa Lowell
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06-27-2009 18:59
From: Marianne McCann Got to give them at least one. They did snag a couple out of the gate. Nah, that's why I began the post with "srsly" - still, where there is smoke there is SOME kind of fire. I wouldn't call the OP a furries fan. |
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Ceka Cianci
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06-27-2009 19:06
From: Clarissa Lowell Nah, that's why I began the post with "srsly" - still, where there is smoke there is SOME kind of fire. I wouldn't call the OP a furries fan. maybe he lost family to furries  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StOJr2k5Y-U |
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Jig Chippewa
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06-27-2009 19:07
From: Scout Schwager
Just let an avi come in looking like a 4yo girl, and everyone raises a stink, but treat an avi that looks like a wolf like a wolf, and I am the bad guy.
What ya gonna do - shoot the poor sod?
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Jig Chippewa
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06-27-2009 19:10
From: Tod69 Talamasca Well you know what they say about the size of a man's feet  Paws, darling. It's PAWS.
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Clarissa Lowell
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06-27-2009 19:11
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Jig Chippewa
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06-27-2009 19:17
I was married to a werewolf in sl for my first few months. He used to chase me all over Chaska sim. Then I had an affair. He actually howled!! At night. And rode a motorbike. A howling wolf on a motorbike. What a weird place we live in ...
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Talarus Luan
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06-27-2009 19:31
From: Tarina Sewell Are dragons considered furries? No. |
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Talarus Luan
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06-27-2009 19:31
From: Benski Trenkins Think it depends on the type of Dragon Avi? No. |
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Argent Stonecutter
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06-27-2009 19:31
From: Void Singer what!? if you mean actual subs, then sorry I still see a higher percentage in the fur community... followed by the steampunk community, and then maybe followed by the subs goths, and technocracy types. (not that there aren't lots of crossovers in those communities) I've definitely seen more subs, zeppelins, and other exotic transport in the steampunk community. |
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Talarus Luan
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06-27-2009 19:32
From: Maya Remblai If they're anthropomorphic, yes. Most are not, or borderline at most. No. Anthropomorphism does not make a Dragon into a Furry. |
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Jig Chippewa
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06-27-2009 19:35
I am now partnered to a satyr - half man and half goat. Is he a furry? I dont think so. He gets thrown out of places coz he doesnt wear trousers coz he's got furry legs. And furry whatsits.
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Maya Remblai
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06-27-2009 19:39
From: Talarus Luan No.
Anthropomorphism does not make a Dragon into a Furry. The accepted definition of furry among artists is an animal with humanoid traits, primarily having a humanoid body/torso. That means that anthro birds, reptiles, fish, etc are all considered furries. What it means to lifestylers, writers, etc, however, varies. My definition was meant to be applied to a character design, nothing more. Not having fur doesn't mean a character isn't a furry (see also "funny animal"  and in fact, I've known many dragons with fur as well. |
