My kid is into the whole Furry scene. She makes the art, she’s learned valuable skills working on the suits and things.

Here’s the thing though. She doesn’t wear a fursuit for “day-to-day” activities. She does this stuff only with friends online. It’s just a creative community working with each other and building on each others work. I don’t get it, the appeal that is. It’s silly to me.

Most of the people she talks to are into drawing and creative type stuff. They’re musicians and artists from around the world. They have this odd thing in common that gives them a reason to create something familiar, quite often, with friends.

It isn’t her whole personality, it’s just a part of it. A social part even. It’s something to give them a sense of community and belonging.

I’m not a social person. I don’t have close friends and I don’t have any interest in sharing hobbies with other people, so it’s super foreign to me as a person on almost every level.

I just think people have serious misconceptions about what it is they’re doing. They’re just roleplaying and goofing with friends while being creative.

Sure, there’s a seedy side, but people make Simpsons porn for fucks sake. The difference in how we feel about that is that we all know the Simpsons and we know that’s not what it’s actually about. It’s just a few degens making weird shit. That’s the deal with furries too. A few degens make it sexual or make their whole life about it.

It’s goofy, but they’re having fun and meeting people.