NullReferenceException: Honest question about furries: I've only heard about them through online mockery and an episode of CSI. Do they actually use terms like yiffing etc.? Was the portrayal on CSI what their get-togethers are actually like, aside from the the murder (probably)?

Yes and no.

The majority of people who identify as furry do so because they enjoy the culture - i.e. they enjoy art, stories and fanfiction, or roleplaying involving it. Even smaller are the amount of people who do it because they enjoy the drawn pornography, or erotic works of literature.

And then you have these guys. And yes, they do call it yiffing.

Ed Finnerty: RabbitoGarcia: As the brother of a regionally-popular.furry, I'm getting a OH GOD, FAMILY SHAME!

/He's also the first recorded YouTube video of the Cinnamon Challenge...

Please tell me Cinnamon is not a horse.

Dare you to google it.

/safesearch off

Ed Finnerty: RabbitoGarcia: As the brother of a regionally-popular.furry, I'm getting a OH GOD, FAMILY SHAME!

/He's also the first recorded YouTube video of the Cinnamon Challenge...

Please tell me Cinnamon is not a horse.

no. Thats Mr. Hands, and the reason sex with horse is illegal in Washington state.

The Cinnamon Challenge is eating a tablespoonful of sugar without any water. Don't try it. Just don't. It's both a lung irritant and a desiccant. You seriously could choke to death on it. People have gone to the hospital.

Theaetetus: [www.teamctf.com image 600x898]
It's not such a huge jump from Cosplay to Fursuits, y'know.

I would insert coin anyday... but that's true without the Felicia costume.

fluffy2097: Ed Finnerty: RabbitoGarcia: As the brother of a regionally-popular.furry, I'm getting a OH GOD, FAMILY SHAME!

/He's also the first recorded YouTube video of the Cinnamon Challenge...

Please tell me Cinnamon is not a horse.

no. Thats Mr. Hands, and the reason sex with horse is illegal in Washington state.

The Cinnamon Challenge is eating a tablespoonful of sugar without any water. Don't try it. Just don't. It's both a lung irritant and a desiccant. You seriously could choke to death on it. People have gone to the hospital.

And yet I can't stop laughing when I watch people attempt it. I must be a horrible person.

Now I Is!: Bad_ad85: What's all this rumpus? Jiggery-Pockery, I say!

doglover: Toshiro Mifune's Letter Opener: ProfessorOhki: I'm generally a fan of "clusterfark" but it might be too accurate given the circumstances.

stonicus: Always a fan of "mopery"...

"Brouhaha" has a certain understated charm to it, too, actually.

Ruckus.

earthworm2.0: did anyone chortle at this ballyhoo?

Balderdash

Participants alleged to have indulged in hanky-panky.

Rumors that some hanky-panky may have led to hokey-pokey.

When they reach the level of ooby-dooby, that is when you turn a fire hose on the miscreants...

ZAZ: It went better than the time conservative suburban police executed a warrant in Attleboro, Mass. and discovered an S&M party. S&M is illegal in Massachusetts; consent is not a defense to harmful battery. Arrests were made.

So the Massholes are even more backwards and prudish than Mississippi?

Candygram4Mongo: Now I Is!: Bad_ad85: What's all this rumpus? Jiggery-Pockery, I say!

doglover: Toshiro Mifune's Letter Opener: ProfessorOhki: I'm generally a fan of "clusterfark" but it might be too accurate given the circumstances.

stonicus: Always a fan of "mopery"...

"Brouhaha" has a certain understated charm to it, too, actually.

Ruckus.

earthworm2.0: did anyone chortle at this ballyhoo?

Balderdash

Participants alleged to have indulged in hanky-panky.

Rumors that some hanky-panky may have led to hokey-pokey.

When they reach the level of ooby-dooby, that is when you turn a fire hose on the miscreants...

I didn't know that Bull Conner had a FARK Account.

stonicus: Phoenix87ta: doglover: Toshiro Mifune's Letter Opener: ProfessorOhki: I'm generally a fan of "clusterfark" but it might be too accurate given the circumstances.

stonicus: Always a fan of "mopery"...

"Brouhaha" has a certain understated charm to it, too, actually.

Ruckus.

As in "I was just in my office, and I heard a ruckus."

/not even remotely obscure

[www.movieactors.com image 266x143]

Could you describe the ruckus?

Wrong character, but close enough for jazz.

BronyMedic: Candygram4Mongo: Now I Is!: Bad_ad85: What's all this rumpus? Jiggery-Pockery, I say!

doglover: Toshiro Mifune's Letter Opener: ProfessorOhki: I'm generally a fan of "clusterfark" but it might be too accurate given the circumstances.

stonicus: Always a fan of "mopery"...

"Brouhaha" has a certain understated charm to it, too, actually.

Ruckus.

earthworm2.0: did anyone chortle at this ballyhoo?

Balderdash

Participants alleged to have indulged in hanky-panky.

Rumors that some hanky-panky may have led to hokey-pokey.

When they reach the level of ooby-dooby, that is when you turn a fire hose on the miscreants...

I didn't know that Bull Conner had a FARK Account.

More Stanley Spudowsky than Bull Conner, but yes I see the unfortunate connotation. My apologies.

/ooby dooby

Freakin' otaku and their sexual proclivities!

Can't anyone like cartoons without LIKING cartoons!?

My buddy was citing his and other scholarly work that points to "No."

I sure will be glad when this economy gets back on it's feet. Maybe if folks actually had some business of their own, they'd F**KING MIND IT.

NullReferenceException: Honest question about furries: I've only heard about them through online mockery and an episode of CSI. Do they actually use terms like yiffing etc.? Was the portrayal on CSI what their get-togethers are actually like, aside from the the murder (probably)?

Honestly, not in the scale that's given attention.

Most of the people who identify as "furry" are those drawn to a sense of community over the simplicity of animals. The younger, hippie furries talk about how animals don't hate or commit wars or any of the other crap that man has done, while the older furries just like socializing with people who don't judge. If you look at them as a whole, the majority of the fur community just wants to be left the bloody hell alone. The few screaming tools who actually do fark in suit are the ones that get the attention, much like the Westboro Baptist idiots.

The one convention I did go to (Louisville FurCon a few years back) as a "guide human", meaning that my buddy was in suit and it was my job to make sure his dumb ass didn't fall down stairs, dehydrate, or get kicked by assholes. The coolest thing I saw was part of the ticket money was going towards a no-kill animal shelter, so I've given the fur community a general pass.

/Not a furry, but respects the talent in that group

"Mayor Shing-Fu Hsueh"

This was in the USA, right?

All farking furries must farking hang.

/Furries are the Fark TV of geeky loserdom.

Ed Finnerty: NallTWD: *sigh* This is why furries can't have nice things outside of hotels.

Actually, they're a large part of the reason why fecal matter is on everything in hotels.

Even we make fun of the babyfurs. Mainly because they are disgusting.

Snarcoleptic_Hoosier: Pfft. Furries are too mainstream. Most bronies, myself included, dress up as plants and fungi to get our kicks.

yea, but you're probably koopa'd up by a plumber, so it's peachy

I'm a very edge furry guys! I haven't been to a con since 2004 (going to Mephit this year though, and Further Confusion next January!).

Phoenix87ta: Out of curiosity, is it normal for a furry to insist that their fursuit be referred to by name, lest it be "offended"?

/crazy ex-roomie story

I dunno? I don't suit. From what I've been told it's a lot like mascotting in that you're not quite your normal self. I haven't run into that yet but frankly I wouldn't be surprised either.

... wait, was he saying that when wearing it he wanted to be called his furry name, or that his suit had a name separate from his furry name?

Snarcoleptic_Hoosier: Pfft. Furries are too mainstream. Most bronies, myself included, dress up as plants and fungi to get our kicks.

FlutterShy? Is that you?

Ed Finnerty: Ringshadow: BronyMedic: I'm going to go out on a limb here and say when you spend ten thousand dollars + on a life-like fursuit of a cartoon character with realistic genitalia, then you have a problem. A major problem.

It has been observed that the fastest way to become popular and get gift art is to buy an awesome fursuit from, say, Clockwork Creatures or something. it's that or draw porn, basically.

/not a popular furry

I had to Google that.

[www.clockworkcreature.com image 500x547]

wat

Clockwork Creatures is a "brand", if you will, a certain maker of suits. Very VERY Expensive stuff. VERY expensive, and a long, long waiting list. Beastcub is another such artist, but Beastcub is known for her quadsuits.

Ed Finnerty: RabbitoGarcia: As the brother of a regionally-popular.furry, I'm getting a OH GOD, FAMILY SHAME!

/He's also the first recorded YouTube video of the Cinnamon Challenge...

Please tell me Cinnamon is not a horse.

Cinnamon is a wolf, last I investigated.

Yiffing? When I was young yiff was slang for vomit.

fluffy2097: Ed Finnerty: RabbitoGarcia: As the brother of a regionally-popular.furry, I'm getting a OH GOD, FAMILY SHAME!

/He's also the first recorded YouTube video of the Cinnamon Challenge...

The Cinnamon Challenge is eating a tablespoonful of sugar without any water. Don't try it. Just don't. It's both a lung irritant and a desiccant. You seriously could choke to death on it. People have gone to the hospital.
Shouldn't that be cinnamon?

Seriously, Police Chief Pica(chu) gets a comment, and no jokes yet? For shame mammals. For shame.

PastryChef: Shouldn't that be cinnamon?

"The Cinnamon Challenge" It's a title, so all the major words are capped.

/Grammar Allied forces.

/you guys are slipping.

Phoenix87ta: And yet I can't stop laughing when I watch people attempt it. I must be a horrible person.

Me too. I want the window seat, you can take the isle.

What's wrong with steampunk?

Biff Spiffy: What's wrong with steampunk?

You can't get Agatha to make coffee for you

not sure about the lady who she's based on though

I'm just glad a donnybrook didn't break out.

fluffy2097: Phoenix87ta: And yet I can't stop laughing when I watch people attempt it. I must be a horrible person.

Me too. I want the window seat, you can take the isle.

But that damn drinks cart always bashes me in the knee.

Ringshadow: Phoenix87ta: Out of curiosity, is it normal for a furry to insist that their fursuit be referred to by name, lest it be "offended"?

/crazy ex-roomie story

I dunno? I don't suit. From what I've been told it's a lot like mascotting in that you're not quite your normal self. I haven't run into that yet but frankly I wouldn't be surprised either.

... wait, was he saying that when wearing it he wanted to be called his furry name, or that his suit had a name separate from his furry name?

He insisted that his suit be called by his furry name at all times, rather than things like "your fursuit" or "the fursuit." Even when it was hanging in the closet.

Phoenix87ta: He insisted that his suit be called by his furry name at all times, rather than things like "your fursuit" or "the fursuit." Even when it was hanging in the closet.

imagine what would have happened if he had a dildo

Cake Hunter: I just feathered back on my sammy.

/dickie birdy.

Sorry, old man, we don't understand your banter.

Phoenix87ta: He insisted that his suit be called by his furry name at all times, rather than things like "your fursuit" or "the fursuit." Even when it was hanging in the closet.

*headtilt*

Okay that is kind of weird.

Herbert said the couple, who could not be identified, engaged in "inappropriate behavior." They were spotted outside the building in the middle of the day, according to accounts of the party posted online by attendees.

Okay, I'm calling shenanigans on this. There's no way in hell you can get two people:
1. outdoors in the middle of the day,
2. in New Jersey,
3. on Memorial Day, and
4. wearing fursuits,
and still have them capable of doing ANYTHING "inappropriate" without passing out from heat-stroke.

fluffy2097: Ed Finnerty: RabbitoGarcia: As the brother of a regionally-popular.furry, I'm getting a OH GOD, FAMILY SHAME!

/He's also the first recorded YouTube video of the Cinnamon Challenge...

Please tell me Cinnamon is not a horse.

no. Thats Mr. Hands, and the reason sex with horse is illegal in Washington state.

The Cinnamon Challenge is eating a tablespoonful of sugar without any water. Don't try it. Just don't. It's both a lung irritant and a desiccant. You seriously could choke to death on it. People have gone to the hospital.

The secret to finishing the challenge was shown on Mythbusters: eat like a squirrel. It also doesn't hurt to have paramedics on standby just in case.

loonatic112358: Phoenix87ta: He insisted that his suit be called by his furry name at all times, rather than things like "your fursuit" or "the fursuit." Even when it was hanging in the closet.

imagine what would have happened if he had a dildo

Imagine if he had a dildo? No he had a dildo, and it likely has a name as well. Go on, Google Dragon dildo.

Oldiron_79: ZAZ: It went better than the time conservative suburban police executed a warrant in Attleboro, Mass. and discovered an S&M party. S&M is illegal in Massachusetts; consent is not a defense to harmful battery. Arrests were made.

So the Massholes are even more backwards and prudish than Mississippi?

Yes, Rammstein was arrested in Massachusetts for this stage act:

Bück Dich

24 hours in jail for the two participants (Till-top and Flake-bottom) and a ridiculous $25 dollar fine for an act they've done all over the world. Which is why the MiG tour this year in the US had a face-mounted water spraying thingy instead. MASSholes indeed.

/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jN1Q NrfeXg
//in case the link above doesn't work

Oh, that link above is NSFW, and does not involve furryness (except for Till's chest) but does involve S&M gear.

Repo Man: loonatic112358: Phoenix87ta: He insisted that his suit be called by his furry name at all times, rather than things like "your fursuit" or "the fursuit." Even when it was hanging in the closet.

imagine what would have happened if he had a dildo

Imagine if he had a dildo? No he had a dildo, and it likely has a name as well. Go on, Google Dragon dildo.

I've seen that thing. It's horrifying.

Right in the yarballs, if you have any yarballs that is.

THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH BEING DIFFERENT

fluffy2097: PastryChef: Shouldn't that be cinnamon?

"The Cinnamon Challenge" It's a title, so all the major words are capped.

/Grammar Allied forces.

I think you might've missed something in your analysis.

MrHappyRotter: THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH BEING DIFFERENT

'Cause it takes those kinds of strokes to move the world.



/take your judgements elsewhere

Repo Man: loonatic112358: Phoenix87ta: He insisted that his suit be called by his furry name at all times, rather than things like "your fursuit" or "the fursuit." Even when it was hanging in the closet.

imagine what would have happened if he had a dildo

Imagine if he had a dildo? No he had a dildo, and it likely has a name as well. Go on, Google Dragon dildo.

You're talking about Bad Dragons, right?

I dated a girl who had one of those back before I got married. She seemed to love it.

I hope the "inappropriate behavior" wasn't shooting up. Nothing's worse than a furry with the syringe on top.

"Feel your furry what?"

Theaetetus: It's not such a huge jump from Cosplay to Fursuits, y'know.

I'd yiff that.

BronyMedic: I'm also shocked that someone would let them use the Rescue Squad to have their party. Are they like community centers for you yankees?

Yes. Many firehouses, particularly those of volunteer companies, can be rented out for events and parties. It's one way for them to help defray costs and make up for the fact that the government doesn't cover all their funding.

BronyMedic: I'm going to go out on a limb here and say when you spend ten thousand dollars + on a life-like fursuit of a cartoon character with realistic genitalia, then you have a problem. A major problem.

What is status within your peer group worth? Why is buying a $10k fursuit any worse then spending the same amount on, say, golf clubs to impress your buddies?

Actually, going from Ringshadow's comments, the fursuit is probably a better investment from an RoI perspective if your objective is getting laid.

Ringshadow: Beastcub is another such artist, but Beastcub is known for her quadsuits. that big what-do with the whole taking first at SF CBF two years in a row with similar cos-

Oh, right.. Fark..

/Uh, slashies?