Furries! The latest fetish!

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The yiff subculture is just that---- it’s a subculture of a subculture.

But most furries are going to be about the costume, or the character, or whatever— just pretty much animal-inspired cosplay.
 
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OP, you haven’t seen anything. Furries are pretty tame when it comes to fetishes. I’d list some, but, maybe you would rather not be tempted to google them.
 
redbetta said:
OP, you haven’t seen anything. Furries are pretty tame when it comes to fetishes. I’d list some, but, maybe you would rather not be tempted to google them.
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It isn’t just the fetish aspect. It is this:
(a) the idea that your private fantasies, even the innocent ones, ought to be worn on your sleeve in a professional setting (which school ought to be, to some extent).
(b) the rejection of the idea of “appropriate clothing.”

Individualism is being taken to such an extreme that it is anti-social. Garments, grooming and all aspects of external appearance are being taken not as an opportunity to show appreciation or solidarity with the rest of society, but rather rebellion from it. “Me, first” is going to the point that one has to wonder what is left of the social fabric. The alternatives are “I do what I want and think what I want, and your job is to provide support” or else “hey, it’s every one for themselves.”

I think there is a lot to say in favor of a pluralistic live-and-let-live society, but there is a limit somewhere. I think we’re getting close to the edge.
 
I am pretty sure most furries are not that extreme, but, yeah, wearing a fur suit to work is stupid. What would the customers think?
 
redbetta said:
I am pretty sure most furries are not that extreme, but, yeah, wearing a fur suit to work is stupid. What would the customers think?
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The OP was referring to somebody who wears the suit to class. If that is a necessary accommodation for a mental health condition, it is a fairly serious one. If it isn’t, then I’d say that falls in the category of dress that is too distracting to be appropriate for class.
 
Sorry, I thought you were referring to TisBearself’s post about the employee who wears a fur suite to work.

Yeah, that person needs help.
 
redbetta said:
Sorry, I thought you were referring to TisBearself’s post about the employee who wears a fur suite to work.

Yeah, that person needs help.
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Wearing a fur suit to work is seriously off, too.

I’m conservative enough to be praying that Jello hair goes the way of pastel tuxedos sooner rather than later, but wearing an outfit that restricts eyesight and obscures identity well enough to work for a bank robbery is a serious problem in just about any workplace. Maybe somebody who thinks he’s a chicken can do a perfectly good job and might even be so good at it that it isn’t a problem to give him breaks to go lay eggs, but the fake head is still a problem.
 
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It just occurred to me: doesn’t that school have an anti-mask rule?
 
Pretending to be (or believing you) are an animal having sex with another person pretending to be (or believing they are) an animal, as the delusion progresses I hope they don’t move on to real life beastiality.
 
I had a friend who was into furries. He has Asberger’s and I think that his interest in furries was one of his obsessions. I don’t think that there was anything sexual about it for him, but perhaps he felt less marginalized being part of that culture.
 
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I had a friend who was into furries. He has Asberger’s and I think that his interest in furries was one of his obsessions. I don’t think that there was anything sexual about it for him, but perhaps he felt less marginalized being part of that culture.
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It is very concerning how many young people both feel marginalized and also feel a need to reject whatever they see as external societal norms. It seems to be reflecting a very conflicted and insecure inner life and a lack of connection to society–that is, that everything they didn’t personally decide for their lives is “external” or “oppressive.” Humankind has had traditions and social norms over its history for a reason. Exactly what those are may be more or less arbitrary, but it isn’t arbitrary that we have them at all.
 
What’s all this about Furbies?

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Tis_Bearself said:
We’re all rejecting the societal norm of secular godlessness. Rejecting societal norms can be awesome.
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Rejecting one set of social norms in favor of another is a bit different in its psychological impact than rejecting all societal norms in favor of an individualism that rejects anyone as oppressive and controlling if they place any expectations on you at all, wouldn’t you say?

That’s the issue. I think it is healthy that people are learning to recognize toxic expectations and reject those. I think it is unhealthy when people reject all societal expectations as toxic per se. That itself is a damaging attitude, I think. It is alienating in its self-absorption pretty much from first principles. It sets us up collectively for societal failure.
 
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I don’t see how a young person with a mental disorder who feels more comfortable in furry culture is rejecting all norms he finds controlling or oppressing. And most young people don’t reject all norms. For example, no matter how free and without norms they claim to be, the vast majority of them still get upset if their significant other cheats.

Young people like to push boundaries and ask why we have these stupid norms. I was like that about many things. I think it’s okay.
 
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