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What does that say that's gross?

by dylz 6y ago

Loughla 6y ago
I'm learning about some of my personal biases through this, apparently. I just assume furries/fursonas/furry fandom/whatever it's called is about sex.
- some_furry 6y ago
  > I just assume furries/fursonas/furry fandom/whatever it's called is about sex. Nope! :3 https://faq.dhol.es/@Soatok/furry-fandom/is-furry-a-sex-thing https://faq.dhol.es/@Soatok/furry-fandom/is-furry-a-sex-thin... It's a common misconception. We're more about community than anything. (That's not saying that sex doesn't happen between adults, but that's not what it's about, for everyone.)
- Lammy 6y ago
  In my experience, any activity or community enjoyed by humans has a subgroup for “that thing, but also with sex”. It’s more of a reflection of what it means to be human than anything to do with the means of that expression.
- GauntletWizard 6y ago
  It is mostly about sex. Most furries are spergy enough not to realize that the tingly feeling they get from the baby talk is a sexual pleasure, though.
  - rsynnott 6y ago
    This is a pretty weird assumption, especially when you extend it to, say, those people who do faux-medieval re-enactments. One can dress up and get in a character without it being about sex. Don't see the appeal myself, but "it's all about sex" is a weird leap.
    - GauntletWizard 6y ago
      Having been in a ren-faire and had friends in the SCA... Holy crap, have you picked a bad comparison, if you're trying to refute my point. Edit: To provide a bit more context: Mating dances in most bird species are not direct indicators of evolutionary fitness, but they are what is selected for. SCA events, Fursonas, and the like are the postmodern equivalent of mating dances. They are Conspicuous Consumption, Veblen-good displays of "I can spend my time doing this self-defining thing instead of productively". That's fine and dandy. I'm not judging people for making their mating dance some form of roleplay (because most any formal competition displays the same traits).
      - rsynnott 6y ago
        ... That's about sex? I would have thought it would be very uncomfortable, with all the anachronistic chain mail and so on. Edit responding to you edit: Okay, based on that thesis pretty much everything, beyond the bare essentials of life, is about sex. Which doesn't really sound plausible.
        GauntletWizard 6y ago
        Life is about reproduction, yes. Nearly every non life-sustaining activity is about sex, and that's not even a thesis, that's an axiom. But very specifically: Furry conventions are about sex. The drunken orgy room parties are far better attended (And yes, I have seen hotel contracts that prove this) than the "main event". Nerd conventions are about sex. SCA events are about sex. They are not exclusively, but as social activities, one of their significant motivating factors is mate-shopping, and there is every indicator that the other advantages of social activity (collaboration and trust building, trading, etc) are not significant motivating factors. People don't get jobs from BDSM conventions (Actually, they do, and then those workplaces go under because hiring people because you're fucking them is dumb).
        rsynnott 6y ago
        Ever consider that people might do something for fun?
  - some_furry 6y ago
    I flagged your comment, and it seems to have been revived, so I will explain why I flagged it: "Spergy" (which refers to Asperger's Syndrome) is an ableist slur against people on the autism spectrum. That language doesn't belong on HN.
blackearl 6y ago
It doesn't need to be gross to dislike the weird baby talk "uwu" stuff. Although seeing it in much more technical contexts will make me laugh - https://github.com/mpaland/printf/issues/15 https://github.com/mpaland/printf/issues/15 - "Scawy big no functionality at all UwU #15"
- cosmojg 6y ago
  Wow, that person seems to do this in all of the issues they file. They're also really good at filing issues despite the baby talk. All of their issues are well-researched and immediately actionable with a surprising amount of debugging completed before the initial submission.
  - Baeocystin 6y ago
    Devs tend to have a penchant for the absurd. The details may change along with the zeitgeist, but the personality quirk itself seems to be ubiquitous across the decades.
    - bluntfang 6y ago
      >Devs tend to have a penchant for the absurd. Ok this is just a stereotype that's not true.
      - Baeocystin 6y ago
        :: notes reply comes from a commenter with a name that sounds like a fursona :: ...you're messing with me, aren't you. :D
        bluntfang 6y ago
        not really sure what you mean, can you elaborate on why you would say that? FWIW, I've met more normies in my 10years of software development than absurd people. Absurd people are just memorable, it's a bias. If you're actually curious, this username was stolen from an absurd Atlanta based rapper named blunt fang and I get more weed culture association than furry association with it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDal4GCyEJA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDal4GCyEJA

What does that say that's gross?

by dylz 6y ago

What does that say that's gross?

I'm learning about some of my personal biases through this, apparently. I just assume furries/fursonas/furry fandom/whatever it's called is about sex.

some_furry 6y ago
> I just assume furries/fursonas/furry fandom/whatever it's called is about sex. Nope! :3 https://faq.dhol.es/@Soatok/furry-fandom/is-furry-a-sex-thing https://faq.dhol.es/@Soatok/furry-fandom/is-furry-a-sex-thin... It's a common misconception. We're more about community than anything. (That's not saying that sex doesn't happen between adults, but that's not what it's about, for everyone.)
Lammy 6y ago
In my experience, any activity or community enjoyed by humans has a subgroup for “that thing, but also with sex”. It’s more of a reflection of what it means to be human than anything to do with the means of that expression.
GauntletWizard 6y ago
It is mostly about sex. Most furries are spergy enough not to realize that the tingly feeling they get from the baby talk is a sexual pleasure, though.
- rsynnott 6y ago
  This is a pretty weird assumption, especially when you extend it to, say, those people who do faux-medieval re-enactments. One can dress up and get in a character without it being about sex. Don't see the appeal myself, but "it's all about sex" is a weird leap.
  - GauntletWizard 6y ago
    Having been in a ren-faire and had friends in the SCA... Holy crap, have you picked a bad comparison, if you're trying to refute my point. Edit: To provide a bit more context: Mating dances in most bird species are not direct indicators of evolutionary fitness, but they are what is selected for. SCA events, Fursonas, and the like are the postmodern equivalent of mating dances. They are Conspicuous Consumption, Veblen-good displays of "I can spend my time doing this self-defining thing instead of productively". That's fine and dandy. I'm not judging people for making their mating dance some form of roleplay (because most any formal competition displays the same traits).
    - rsynnott 6y ago
      ... That's about sex? I would have thought it would be very uncomfortable, with all the anachronistic chain mail and so on. Edit responding to you edit: Okay, based on that thesis pretty much everything, beyond the bare essentials of life, is about sex. Which doesn't really sound plausible.
      - GauntletWizard 6y ago
        Life is about reproduction, yes. Nearly every non life-sustaining activity is about sex, and that's not even a thesis, that's an axiom. But very specifically: Furry conventions are about sex. The drunken orgy room parties are far better attended (And yes, I have seen hotel contracts that prove this) than the "main event". Nerd conventions are about sex. SCA events are about sex. They are not exclusively, but as social activities, one of their significant motivating factors is mate-shopping, and there is every indicator that the other advantages of social activity (collaboration and trust building, trading, etc) are not significant motivating factors. People don't get jobs from BDSM conventions (Actually, they do, and then those workplaces go under because hiring people because you're fucking them is dumb).
        rsynnott 6y ago
        Ever consider that people might do something for fun?
- some_furry 6y ago
  I flagged your comment, and it seems to have been revived, so I will explain why I flagged it: "Spergy" (which refers to Asperger's Syndrome) is an ableist slur against people on the autism spectrum. That language doesn't belong on HN.

blackearl 6y ago

It doesn't need to be gross to dislike the weird baby talk "uwu" stuff. Although seeing it in much more technical contexts will make me laugh - https://github.com/mpaland/printf/issues/15 https://github.com/mpaland/printf/issues/15 - "Scawy big no functionality at all UwU #15"

cosmojg 6y ago
Wow, that person seems to do this in all of the issues they file. They're also really good at filing issues despite the baby talk. All of their issues are well-researched and immediately actionable with a surprising amount of debugging completed before the initial submission.
- Baeocystin 6y ago
  Devs tend to have a penchant for the absurd. The details may change along with the zeitgeist, but the personality quirk itself seems to be ubiquitous across the decades.
  - bluntfang 6y ago
    >Devs tend to have a penchant for the absurd. Ok this is just a stereotype that's not true.
    - Baeocystin 6y ago
      :: notes reply comes from a commenter with a name that sounds like a fursona :: ...you're messing with me, aren't you. :D
      - bluntfang 6y ago
        not really sure what you mean, can you elaborate on why you would say that? FWIW, I've met more normies in my 10years of software development than absurd people. Absurd people are just memorable, it's a bias. If you're actually curious, this username was stolen from an absurd Atlanta based rapper named blunt fang and I get more weed culture association than furry association with it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDal4GCyEJA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDal4GCyEJA