AnthroCon, the furry convention, is back again. And thus, people 'round the Burgh are either saying "Thanks for spending $5 million bucks here this weekend" (srsly!) or "Ewwwww! Those people freak me out."
I think the furries are...well, I can't say cool, as I have been inside furry costumes for parades and such, and they make you sweat like a pig (hehehe) and the costumes get kinda rank after a while. So, no, cool is not the right word. But whether or not the furries are fetishists or just fun-loving roleplayers, I like how they express themselves.
Of course a few of them are total geekazoids who still live in mom's basement when well into their thirties, but I suspect that most of them are peeps like you and me. The fact that they take time off and spend their bucks to come together for a weekend (some travel here from other countries), to mingle with other furries, shows that they're not loner losers. And I bet they're pretty uninhibited within their animal characters. Roleplaying can be very freeing.
I don't get the people who freak out about the furries...it's really no different than what an actor does. As long as furries aren't kidnapping nonfurries and forcing them to wear stinky plush costumes, what's the big deal?
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