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The whole furry thing is creepy as hell. It's weird. Wanting to have sex with anthropomorphized animals is not a thing that should be normalized.

And it's even creepier when they add things like "kitten" or showing anthropomorphized animal kids.

And thank you to Unruffled [they/them] / Flatworm7591 @lemmy.dbzer0.com for this sane and reasonable response.

And thanks to recursive_recursion who seems to be an alt of Flatworm for continuing that sane and reasonable response. Note that in over 1,400 comments here I've never once said a single word against trans people. Not once.

It really bothers me when people lie about racism. So many people really do experience it so much in life, and lying using false racism accusations as a sword and shield to make other people look bad and make themselves look like the victim is demeaning to every real instance people suffer.

Hopefully one day this person realizes that lying about transphobia for the same reasons does the same thing.

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[–] Forester@pawb.social 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

are the zippers really obvious when it’s a sex suit vs a fur suit?

yes, they are made to be operated with gloved hands

[–] velma@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

But like.....how? I can't search for fur suits vs sex suits at the moment and just telling me "zippers" isn't giving me a clear image of how they're different.

[–] Forester@pawb.social 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] velma@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Thank you! This is perfect - yeah I can see how obvious that would be even from afar.

[–] Forester@pawb.social 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Im sorry if I was being obtuse, my point was that you have likely never seen a murr suit, just furr suits.

[–] velma@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I can appreciate how obvious these things seem to those that are in the community, so I really hope you don't take offense to my questions. I just don't know! But I am curious. And thank you again for answering my question :)

[–] Forester@pawb.social 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

not your questions but your hostile attitude leaves a lot to be desired

[–] velma@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Right back at ya lol

That's why I said I can appreciate how obvious these things seem to you. You made it clear that I should've already known these things with how you replied to me. But they're not as obvious to those of us outside of the community.

[–] Forester@pawb.social 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If you present yourself as someone who has spent decades interacting with the community ... I will expect you have basic knowledge of the community.

[–] velma@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

Not interacting. Just in communities that have overlap.

Why do you keep reinterpreting my comments like that?