How long do you think it will take for this to become the norm and when will you come out of internet anonymity to claim fame for this impressive trend?

I'm gonna go masturbate to some Thro porn on Throaffinity, bbs

this is the single dumbest thing i've ever seen on the internet w/r/t furries, and that's saying something

ps op is a dog fucker

Well it's worth a try I guess.

yea because its the words that dictate society

while we're at it lets call gays manfriends and end homophobia

>>4507
Dood. That would certainly do the trick!

For me, it's just easier to not tell anyone but my closest friends that I'm a furry. Unlike, say, my being gay, wherein eventually someone will see me out with my boyfriend holding hands and get the picture, I don't wear my furriness on my sleeve.

Either way, I AM still a bit odd in public - I wear a collar, but not related to the fandom and I normally push it down into my shirt collar. Anyone gets offended by something I'm going out of my way not to show off, and...they're probably not someone I'd want to associate with anyway.

Good luck, OP, if you're not trolling. Though I'm 110% you're trolling. Go ask Freehaven's board, see how quickly they toss you out.

ffs jake, you and your walls of text

why are you always so serious

>walls of text
>5 lines

It's like switching from spic to beaner or nigger to jigaboo. You aren't going to solve the situation by giving yourself a label. And why give yourself one in the first place?

Your effort is in vain. The only way to avoid being called furry is to not be one or associate with anything related to the subject.

Also where the hell you come up with that name? That's...that's just horrible.

Yeah, this will totally work...

(In case you're unfamiliar with the book, I'll happily describe it for you... No I won't; go look it up on wikipedia!)

>>4515
5 lines is a wall of text to someone who usually posts 1. especially when they're pure ego and add nothing to the conversation. i dont recall anyone ever asking about the details of jake kats life but boy howdy does he tell everyone.

I agree with your motive.

aww shucks, i love you too sweetie

>>4520
So what? It's entertaining to read to "my deviant gay life revelations".

is it?

.. shit, you're right. it is.

It's a pretty simple concept.

Next time someone asks you if you're a furry, say "No, I'm a Thro."

When they promptly ask "What the fuck is a Thro?" you say "It's like a furry, only without the zoophilia."

With this system, it's impossible to be a Thro if you're a Furry, because a Furry is just a Thro with Zoophilia included.

It's not a title so much as a definition, which, if you've been paying attention, the furry fandom at current severely lacks.

Every furre is automatically lumped together with everyone else.

I figured it was worth a try, and it kills two birds with one stone. it gives the word "Furry" a concrete definition and it differentiates us less disturbed individuals from the more disturbed ones.

Oh also, I chose "Thro" because it's easy to remember, easy to say, fast to type, is relevant to the subject matter in which it's for, and the puns.

An-Thro-Pomorphic.

It's also a less exclusive sounding than "Furry", so it doesn't leave out our scaly friends.

Also Furfags Vs. Thromosexuals is a funny thought.

oh shut up dogfucker nobody cares about your half baked idea.

The "th" is the most unnatural thing in English.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=Qv-bYyBFmJw#t=225s

>>4533

God this is why people need to beat their children more and make them go to school so we don't have a nation of idiots, but its to late.

>>4537

forgot to add pic for my post XD plus ill add>>4501
>>4532 in addition to my previous post list. Also inb4 your grammar sucks /white knight bs/ troll/ an anything else you find wrong with me at least im not making up worlds that will most likely land in a dictionary. glamping- the luxury camping for a prime example of words being made up and possible addition to a dictionary

It should never have to come up in a discussion to be asked if you are a furry or not.
If it ever does, though, I'll think of this thread and with a smile tell them that I'm a Thro.

Hewwo Throbro

>>4532

Haven't you realized that the people who think all furries are dogfuckers are going to still believe that even if you claim you don't fuck dogs? Do you really think that using a different word is going to change their mind?

It would be like a homosexual going up to a religious chap and saying: "You know, I'm not gay, I'm a Hajask."

"What's a... Hajask??"

"It's a homosexual who doesn't go to Hell."

"YOU'RE STILL GOING TO HELL YOU DISGUSTING GODDAMNED FAGGOT!!!"


Seriously, have you actually successfully used this, or is it just some cockamaime scheme that you think will work because it makes logical sense in your head? Again, let me remind you that people that hate furries are not logical people.

Also, the way you word that hypothetical conversation means that you'd be reinforcing their false-belief that furries really ARE zoophilic, which is wrong. So even if it works for you, thanks for ruining it for the rest of us you inconsiderate fucking jackass!

Please don't do this, really. Nothing good will come of it. If someone else asks if you are a furry, do what other reasonable, logical people do in that situation: LIE! Say you are not! The conversation ends there!

Hey, if you don't want to be classified as a dog fucker then identify yourself as a thro, it's the new generation craze.

Although I agree you should never have to tell people you're a furry or a thro, if it comes down to that and denying it is impossible then it's time to choose:
Are you a furfag or a throbro?

If anyone ever uses this word to my face I will either laugh hysterically or beat them to death.

Possibly both.

People call me a 'furfag', I'll laugh and ask if they believe everything they read. If so, I've got some great ocean-front property in Arizona to sell for dirt cheap, bud...

I don't have to worry about how I'll react if someone uses 'thro' in front of me. It'll never happen. NEVER. Ten years from now, the OP will still be the only one using the term.

Back in 1990 at age eleven, a school chum of mine decided slang was getting out-of-hand, and so picked some silly, pointless terms: "dish" and "plate," and assigned meanings of 'cool' and 'lame' to them (I forget which was which). We then began using them often, and explaining to anyone who asked that they were the new popular slang. It went absolutely nowhere. Naturally.

>>4548
Dish meant Cool, obv.

>>4545
>Again, let me remind you that people that hate furries are not logical people.
I'm not concerned with the illogical people that hate just because they can. This is to differentiate the sane of us for the people that don't know any better.

>Also, the way you word that hypothetical conversation means that you'd be reinforcing their false-belief that furries really ARE zoophilic, which is wrong. So even if it works for you, thanks for ruining it for the rest of us you inconsiderate fucking jackass!
"Furry" is already mass-associated with Zoophilia, and there are Zoofurres. It's therefor not incorrect to say "A Thro is a Furry without the Zoophilia".

>>4560

actually "furry" isn't associated with jack shit because hardly anyone knows what it is. the people who do know associate it with perverted nerdy weirdos who like to masturbate to pictures of funny animal people, which is basically what we are, on average

the fact that you worry about how to tell people you're interested in masturbating to funny animal people without them thinking you masturbate to animals only further reinforces how stupid you are. how about you, oh, i don't know, keep your fetish to yourself you freak? nobody wants to know

>to differentiate the sane of us
>the sane of us

hahahahahahah holy moley you're precious

>>4560

If "furry" is wrongly associate with anything, it's the stereotype that furries are all plushophiles that yiff in fursuits. Most people don't know ANYTHING about anthropomorphic art (or that liking Bugs Bunny makes them a furry-of-a-different-color) or lifestylers or anything like that. To most people, a furry is an otherwise-normal person who has sex with other furries while wearing a cartoon animal costume. Bestiality/zoophilia isn't associated with it at ALL.

So not only are you really naive about your ability to influence the world, you're also completely wrong in your basic premise.

O hai OP.
I think I remember seeing you before (if that's you).
>pic related, it's a post from 4chan

I think the whole "thro" idea is pointless.
I prefer to word "furry" and "thro" looks/sounds pretty weird anyway.

So. You want to separate zoophiles. Impossible.
This would only mean for zoophiles to follow suit and in a "fuck the police" manner, continue as they want and call themselves "thros" or "furries", regardless.

Also, zoophilia could all well describe anyone interested in furry sexuality.
The definition of zoophilia is: A sexual attraction to animals.

Now if furry sexuality wasn't inherent to zoophilia, why'd people fap to furry (animal humans), when they could well just fap to just humans - pure humans? So logically, you could argue that furry is zoophilia or "a" form of zoophilia. Yeah I don't class furry as zoophilia, either, but there's plenty that do.
In fact zoophilia and bestiality are terms often confused.

It is bestiality that you don't want to associate with furry, clearly, not zoophilia. Bestiality is the actual act of humans having sex with real animals. It is a form of interspecies sexual activity. It's man or woman with a non-human animal.

But the point is, whether you want to class or separate furry as/and zoophilia is just taking things way too seriously.
Pretty much all of us are comfortable with referring to furry as furry and nothing else.

And again, as I'll say, zoofurs will always exist and will always follow. In fact, I'm pretty sure there's more people into zoophilia than furry.

So yeah.
Furries will be furries.

tl;dr I disagree with OP, thro is a lame term.

>>4562
I find it hard to believe you've never been asked whether or not you're a furry.

What do you say in that situation? You know the negative connotations that come with it.

You say "Yeah, but..."

You have to clarify. Don't act like you don't.

Saying "Yeah I'm a furry but I'm not into the whole bestiality thing" is just saying "No I'm a Thro." only longer.

>wevemov against
Clearly, Captcha.

>>4571
nobody in my life has ever asked me if i'm a furry. i find the idea ridiculous. in what situation do you expect it to come up?

the thing about furries (and most unpopular online communities) is they shove it in your face without being asked, which is a large part of why they're unpopular.

>>4510
You and your short posts, lacking in substance, bore me. Not to death - though you might like it if they did. If you want LOL hurr hurr derp derp, go over to /theNewBoard/ and herp-a-derp away to your heart's content!

"Thro" is a term you'll have to explain, and as soon as it's equated to furries in any way, shape or form, those who'd get nasty over a furry will get nasty over you, too. Simply put: people who willingly make negative associations by believing everything they read or hear will NOT be dissuaded from this. They, consciously or subconsciously, enjoy being able to see a short label and believe they instantly know everything they need to know. It amounts to laziness.

No one asks me if I'm a furry these days. I wear a RainFurrest pin as a tie tack daily. It's a biohazard symbol (zombie themed con that year). People do ask what it means. I say it's from a fantasy con. They don't ask further. I wear a collar daily; in fact, it's locked on. People ask what it means. I say it refers to my being "locked down" in a relationship. They don't ask further. (And no, the collar has nothing to do with the fandom).

I'm sure people who show some sign do get asked. I did wear a Califur shirt out and about for a few months after the (2007) con. People did comment on it. I got absolutely zero negative comments, but then I didn't wear it everywhere.

I don't call myself a furry because the fandom doesn't define me. I'm into it, but it's not who I am.

>>4580
frankly my dear i pack more substance into ten words than you can put into a hundred. being concise is harder than being verbose.

>LOL hurr hurr derp derp
and this kind of shit is why you are a terrible person

>>4580
>No one asks me if I'm a furry these days. I wear a RainFurrest pin as a tie tack daily. It's a biohazard symbol (zombie themed con that year). People do ask what it means. I say it's from a fantasy con.

Cool lie of omission, bro.

You're a right model example.

>>4589
What can I say? It works. I like the pin because it's pretty. I don't see a problem with wearing something I like because I like it, and dodging questions that might require a long explanation.

>>4582
That's pretty much what trolling amounts to: entertaining yourself while looking like an idiot to everyone who's not a troll. /TheNewBoard/ is the place for trolling - and trolling should have a place. /Dis/ is the place for discussions, not the place for trolling.

>>4581
I can be concise when I need to. If you don't want to read my verbosity, don't read it.

Oh, and... If I DO go to a con next year and people are using "thro", I'll be stunned, but I'll give you a tip of the hat for pulling it off.

>>4589

If you are the kind of person who NEVER lies... good Christ how the fuck do you pull that off?! What do you do if, say, your boss is being a complete jackass, or if your girlfriend's new outfit really DOES make her look fat? Tell the truth! HA!

You'd be perpetually unemployed and single, I guarantee that! I've practically made it my business to be brutally honest everywhere online using the "CandleJack" nickname, and I'm pretty much universally hated everywhere I go. I occasionally get myself banned, despite never being a troll or overly mean. It just state facts. People DO NOT WANT you to be honest about absolutely everything; it's a simple reality of society. Everyone everywhere lies, many many times a day just to get by; and it's even worse if you're into something polite society frowns upon. You don't understand human beings at all, do you? (Maybe that's why you're a furry...)

>>4609
There's a difference between being honest and being stupid.

I'm like you in the "brutally honest all the time online" area of things. People get pissed off at me a lot, and I have gotten banned from many places for "trolling" when all I'm doing is NOT lying like everyone else.

I don't pursue relationships because I would and have answered "yes" to "Does this dress make me look fat" if that is the honest answer.

"Does this make me look fat?"
"Yes, now go put on something that doesn't."

I know how people work, I know that they want to be lied to.

It's stupid and I hate it.

The reason the guy above says "It's from a sci-fi con" and not "It's from a furcon" is because he'd have to explain "I'M A FURRY, BUT NOT -THAT- KIND."

This is like saying you're a christian, but not understanding the difference between a protestant and a baptist.

Nobody cares. And at best, if you attempt to explain it to them, they still won't care- at worst, they'll press the issue.

This has less to do with the package and more to do with the wrapping paper. News flash- nobody cares if you put dog shit in a white paper bag, or a brown one.

>>4611
Actually, on the occasion that I've been asked, or had to explain, nearly everyone has had no idea what a furry IS at all. The few that did usually just had a vague idea about people wearing animal costumes for fun.

I've NEVER met anyone who automatically equated it with zoophilia. In my experience, that opinion is strongest on the internet, and was perpetuated here by trolls who understand that when you call a furry a dogfucker, he usually gets really angry, naturally.

Ironically, both me and my boyfriend are into furry and also bestiality, so we literally don't care if someone where to think we're dogfuckers, lol. (I do know where in the minority, though. We spent pretty much our entire lives thinking we'd never meet anyone else like us.)

Considering it's illegal in many places, though, obviously we don't tell anyone about that. Same with furry. There's just no point to letting them know. It's easier and simpler to lie, and there's no moral hangups because like that other guy said, everyone lies.

>>4619
how the- who the-- what the...

How did either one of you get to the topic of bestiality?

-Oh anon, I had such a fun time at the park!
~Reminds me of when I took ol' yeller out back and stuffed him full of my semen
-Like, OMG I'm SO totally into that!
~Fabulous!

>>4640

He is the kind of person I felt I could tell anything about my past and he wouldn't judge me for it. We've already shared our bodies, so why not our dirty fetishes? So it was like:

"Well, actually I didn't lose my virginity with you. I actually did with a dog when I was 14..."

"Oh wow, that's so hot. I've always wanted to do stuff with an actual dog. Hey, check out this link to this site I know with loads of bestiality porn!"

"Cool. Hey, I have some links, too."

"So, you still do that kind of stuff?"

"I don't have a dog."

"When we get together we'll have to get a dog. Then we can both do it while doing each other~" *yiff, murr, etc*

You know I almost feel like deleting this thread. It's pointless to create a new association that will still give you the same problem as the previous tag did. Deal with what you got or don't be apart of it. Harsh but honest.

>>4653

You sir, are very correct.

>>4653
Pretty much. But like I said, if he DOES try... I'll be floored if it spreads beyond him.

There's a growing backlash against that stalwart of the Politically-Correct Terminology community, the new term for an old thing (fifth new term for it in as many years, sometimes) geared to be a millimeter less offensive than the last one, and require slightly more explanation.

When you say, "I'm a furry," most people know what that means - or think they do - and you need not explain further. They may or may not have a negative opinion. "Thro" requires explanation and, once you explain, they go, "Oh, a furry," and come to the same exact fucking conclusion.

lol Americans and your American problem
being a furry is ok in europe and russia

>>4689
That is true, hell Orangina does commercials aimed at the furry community, and from what I've heard they have done quite well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlKDu_XtG_I&feature=related

>>4689

Nothing sexual except for straight, similar-aged, same-race, same-religion married couples are accepted in America. If you're a sexual deviant in any way, you're basically culturally (if not LEGALLY) considered the worst of all criminals.

I'm really sad that, due to my chosen profession, I'm pretty much stuck here for the rest of my life.

... unsucessful cahnger of fandom is unsucessful.
sorry bro, better people than you have tried to divert the shame that comes with furry-dom. they have all failed. just wanted to spare you the pain. if you want to try and change something, i would suggest NOT recruiting people whom youve never met except on the internet on a porn site. sorry, but no name changing personal army here...

... unsuccessful cahnger of fandom is unsucessful.
sorry bro, better people than you have tried to divert the shame that comes with furry-dom. they have all failed. just wanted to spare you the pain. if you want to try and change something, i would suggest NOT recruiting people whom youve never met except on the internet on a porn site. sorry, but no name changing personal army here...

>calling yourself a furry or thro or whatever
It's a glorified fetish is what it is.

>>4702
This.

The fandom is a million different things to different people. It IS a fetish, but it isn't JUST a fetish. It did start as such, but it has expanded.

Most non-furries don't give a rat's ass about the layers or interest levels in furry fandom, anime fandom, sci-fi fandom, SCA/Renaissance fandom, etc. They - as a lot of people do, as it is human nature to do - prefer to be able to mentally stick a neat, tidy, concise descriptive label on everything (and everyone) and then file, categorize and organize them. This interesting thing called "depth," as in, "the furry fandom has depth to it," doesn't work when you're trying to fit everything under a short, pithy descriptor.

>>4710
This, a thousand times.

And I also like how you make it clear that the fur fandom has no bearing on who you are.

Thank you. I won't really make fun of those who claim they were furry before they knew what furry was, because I know that feeling: when I was eight, nine or so, every movie I found with anthropomorphic characters, I always picked one and had an intense longing to either be, or be friends with, that character. (See attached, my first introduction at age six or so.) There was, I am certain, an affinity from an early age, for reasons I don't understand. I don't happen to be in the group who believes that this means I am on a spiritual level, was in a past life, etc. one of these creatures; I'm most assuredly 100% human. But there's an attraction, and it wasn't sexual at all from the start. So that absolutely can and does happen to people.

It nonetheless doesn't define me as a person; it's one of countless facets of me, most of which never really sit on the surface or get worn on my sleeve. I know the public's general opinions. I don't hide it, nor do I show it.

For those in the fandom, deeply or lightly: The fandon is to you what you take from it. The fandom will eventually become what you put into it.

Just to make this clear to people, anthro means human, thro means nothing. When I take this into anthropomorphic it's human shaped, but thromorphic is just shaped. So a thro fox is just a normal fox, meaning if I call myself a thro I'm calling myself a "animal fucker" good job OP at learning Latin. Maybe just anthropomorphic fan works, or normally a furry.

>>4689
europe and russia.
>and russia
>and
>apparently two different places

>>4689
well you know what,being free is ok in America.

>>4690
damn you beat me to it..oh well here's the leopard one...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkK_fXZaxNM
and the Indian anyone else notice bulge?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spL77iqRl7s
and the orgy one...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ck14LKBI9GM

>>4732
>Thro Means nothing
>The word isn't used so that means you can't ever use it ever

Words don't work like that, man.

"Muggle" sure as hell wasn't a word until it was.

Looks like I'm technically a throbro but since it sounds like a load of bull shit I'll just stick to furry.

>>4753
For fucks sake you must've been really looking hard for that "bulge" because I can barely tell if there is one. Well we know what you want, lol

>>4533
Then why not just use the word "anthro" instead? It rolls off the tongue a lot easier, it sounds more sophisticated, and it doesn't carry the added risk of people asking, "You're gonna throw what?" when you tell them "Imma thro/I'm a thro".