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what does it matter to you? honest question. would that impact your technical assessment somehow? do you just want in on some probable joke?

hosel 4mo ago
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- mplewis 4mo ago
  I guarantee you've met a furry and not known it.
- koolala 4mo ago
  If you share biggoted opinions when people didn't ask you, you don't seem very likable so it might specifically be a you thing.
  - DaSHacka 4mo ago
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    - Gigachad 4mo ago
      If you see the picture in the article and think it's a kink image then that says more about you than anything.
      - DaSHacka 4mo ago
        I was replying to GP's assertion more so than just the content in the post itself. For minor references like the image in the OP post it's whatever. I personally find furry art/culture repugnant, but I know plenty of people feel the same way about other things I like (and of which I insert references to in my projects) so I can't exactly get mad about it. Still don't agree with the overall concerning trend towards exposing kids to (deviant) sexual material from a young age though, and doubly so that anyone who feels the same is a 'bigot'. First time I saw a dude on all fours with nothing but boxers, a leather bondage dog mask, and a leash being held by his partner at PRIDE while children came up to pet him was jarring, to say the least.
        Gigachad 4mo ago
        Context is everything though. I've met people who believe every flipper zero owner is criminal scum using it to steal cars or break in to houses. When the reality is it's a toy radio for the majority of users. It's the same for everything. Most furry content has nothing sexual about it, the image in the article is entirely appropriate. >saw a dude on all fours with nothing but boxers, a leather bondage dog mask For what it's worth, as a furry I'm also very much not in favor of these people, but they are an entirely different group that doesn't have much to do with furries at all despite superficial similarities. Furries can no more control these people than developers and tinkerers can stop car thieves abusing RF bugs.
- CursedSilicon 4mo ago
  Ah, the "I don't hate the gays I just wish they'd keep that at home!"
  - thin_carapace 4mo ago
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    - embedding-shape 4mo ago
      > why is it okay for sex fetishists to act out sex fetishes in public around kids? I don't think that's what furries generally do, nor homosexuals for that part, unless you count holding hands or kissing each other on the mouth as "acting out sex fetishes in public"? I don't think I've seen that even once, but living in a "party city", I've more than once seen drunk heterosexual couples having sex in the streets and in the metro.
      - thin_carapace 4mo ago
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        koolala 4mo ago
        Why do you think this has anything to do with the article? No one needs to endulge your bigotry.
        thin_carapace 4mo ago
        genuinely curious as to what makes people think it's okay to publicly engage in behaviour directly linked to a sexual fetish which links to the article as per the grandparent comment. I specified around the kids because furries near me go out of their way to have their parties exactly where kids have their parties. nobody has to respond to me, that's true. nobody has to call me names either yet here you are.
- loneboat 4mo ago
  Same. If the whole point is "people should be left alone to do what they want" then fine, but that should also include my right to think, "eh yeah, that's a bit weird". And quite frankly, I think many people in the furry community enjoy being thought weird - for many it's sort of the point.
  - thin_carapace 4mo ago
    exhibitionism being tied in with the fetish is the first valid explanation I've seen in the thread, I'll be impressed if the furries admit it themselves but so far it seems that name calling and spurious arguments is the best ill get, thanks for helping clarify things
UqWBcuFx6NV4r 4mo ago
Hi. Last I checked, one of the Hacker News rules isn’t “only have serious discussions regarding technical assessments. Failure to comply hereby entitles random people to fly off the handle and get very defensive”.
- godelski 4mo ago
  > Last I checked, one of the Hacker News rules The guidelines do have these points though: - Please don't complain about tangential annoyances—e.g. article or website formats, name collisions, or back-button breakage. They're too common to be interesting. - Please don't pick the most provocative thing in an article or post to complain about in the thread. Find something interesting to respond to instead. - Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work. A good critical comment teaches us something. - Please don't use Hacker News for political or ideological battle. It tramples curiosity. - Eschew flamebait. Avoid generic tangents. Omit internet tropes. Which, let's be honest, the top comment and majority of the responses violate these guidelines. I was quite surprised to see that that was the top comment. I would have never noticed until they pointed it out. Personally, I don't care and I'd rather read comments about the actual content of the article than talk about furries. They don't live rent free in my head.

hosel 4mo ago

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mplewis 4mo ago
I guarantee you've met a furry and not known it.
koolala 4mo ago
If you share biggoted opinions when people didn't ask you, you don't seem very likable so it might specifically be a you thing.
- DaSHacka 4mo ago
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  - Gigachad 4mo ago
    If you see the picture in the article and think it's a kink image then that says more about you than anything.
    - DaSHacka 4mo ago
      I was replying to GP's assertion more so than just the content in the post itself. For minor references like the image in the OP post it's whatever. I personally find furry art/culture repugnant, but I know plenty of people feel the same way about other things I like (and of which I insert references to in my projects) so I can't exactly get mad about it. Still don't agree with the overall concerning trend towards exposing kids to (deviant) sexual material from a young age though, and doubly so that anyone who feels the same is a 'bigot'. First time I saw a dude on all fours with nothing but boxers, a leather bondage dog mask, and a leash being held by his partner at PRIDE while children came up to pet him was jarring, to say the least.
      - Gigachad 4mo ago
        Context is everything though. I've met people who believe every flipper zero owner is criminal scum using it to steal cars or break in to houses. When the reality is it's a toy radio for the majority of users. It's the same for everything. Most furry content has nothing sexual about it, the image in the article is entirely appropriate. >saw a dude on all fours with nothing but boxers, a leather bondage dog mask For what it's worth, as a furry I'm also very much not in favor of these people, but they are an entirely different group that doesn't have much to do with furries at all despite superficial similarities. Furries can no more control these people than developers and tinkerers can stop car thieves abusing RF bugs.
CursedSilicon 4mo ago
Ah, the "I don't hate the gays I just wish they'd keep that at home!"
- thin_carapace 4mo ago
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  - embedding-shape 4mo ago
    > why is it okay for sex fetishists to act out sex fetishes in public around kids? I don't think that's what furries generally do, nor homosexuals for that part, unless you count holding hands or kissing each other on the mouth as "acting out sex fetishes in public"? I don't think I've seen that even once, but living in a "party city", I've more than once seen drunk heterosexual couples having sex in the streets and in the metro.
    - thin_carapace 4mo ago
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      - koolala 4mo ago
        Why do you think this has anything to do with the article? No one needs to endulge your bigotry.
        thin_carapace 4mo ago
        genuinely curious as to what makes people think it's okay to publicly engage in behaviour directly linked to a sexual fetish which links to the article as per the grandparent comment. I specified around the kids because furries near me go out of their way to have their parties exactly where kids have their parties. nobody has to respond to me, that's true. nobody has to call me names either yet here you are.
loneboat 4mo ago
Same. If the whole point is "people should be left alone to do what they want" then fine, but that should also include my right to think, "eh yeah, that's a bit weird". And quite frankly, I think many people in the furry community enjoy being thought weird - for many it's sort of the point.
- thin_carapace 4mo ago
  exhibitionism being tied in with the fetish is the first valid explanation I've seen in the thread, I'll be impressed if the furries admit it themselves but so far it seems that name calling and spurious arguments is the best ill get, thanks for helping clarify things

UqWBcuFx6NV4r 4mo ago

Hi. Last I checked, one of the Hacker News rules isn’t “only have serious discussions regarding technical assessments. Failure to comply hereby entitles random people to fly off the handle and get very defensive”.

godelski 4mo ago
> Last I checked, one of the Hacker News rules The guidelines do have these points though: - Please don't complain about tangential annoyances—e.g. article or website formats, name collisions, or back-button breakage. They're too common to be interesting. - Please don't pick the most provocative thing in an article or post to complain about in the thread. Find something interesting to respond to instead. - Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work. A good critical comment teaches us something. - Please don't use Hacker News for political or ideological battle. It tramples curiosity. - Eschew flamebait. Avoid generic tangents. Omit internet tropes. Which, let's be honest, the top comment and majority of the responses violate these guidelines. I was quite surprised to see that that was the top comment. I would have never noticed until they pointed it out. Personally, I don't care and I'd rather read comments about the actual content of the article than talk about furries. They don't live rent free in my head.