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> furry I had to Google this. According to Merriam Webster people "identify with" animals. What does that even mean to identify with an animal?
by bdjsiqoocwk 2y ago
> furry
I had to Google this. According to Merriam Webster people "identify with" animals. What does that even mean to identify with an animal?
- bloak 2y agoIt's very unclear and therefore not a good definition. (It could equally well describe native Americans with a totemic animal, which is hardly the same thing, obviously.) OED says for "furry": Also with capital initial. An enthusiast for anthropomorphic animal characters, esp. a person who dresses up in costume as such a character or uses one as an avatar in a computer-generated environment. For some enthusiasts, this interest has a sexual dimension. That seems a bit clearer though I can't vouch for its accuracy.
- smsm42 2y agoPeople that pretend they are animals (usually not real ones but anthropomorphized fictional versions). In different people the pretense can go to different depths, from occasional light cosplay to complete lifestyle change. Sometimes there's a sexual fetish component to it. Since the phrase "identify as" or "identify with" is in fashion now, that's how they are described.