Another article about furries

[Crazy Lee]

I'm just going to leave this here with little comment for your enjoyment. It's not even fun anymore, most media depictions of furries aren't even amusingly negative anymore.

Which is pretty much what this article is about. A guy who did a documentary on furries who said the leader of the furries was too overprotective.

....wait, we have a leader? Oh, he's talking about Kage. Okay then.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/05/05/exposing-the-david-miscavige-of-furries.html

[Endless/Nameless]

KAGE DOESN'T OWN ME

actually a pretty honest+accuratish article

[Kosha]

Tbh I'd rather have Kage as my leader rather than Dragoneer.

[Kosha]

3 minutes ago, 6tails said:

Anyone who didn't know Kage was some sniveling stab-from-the-shadows type of asshole by now deserves the shock.

"Waaaaahhhh I didn't get ANY editorial say FUCK YOU BANNED FROM ANTHROCON>"

Kage is nothing more than a 50-year old manchild.

So he's a perfect leader, then.

[major lee snake]

I wish I could read the article, but fuck whoever thought it was a good idea to make most webpages entirely white.  I feel like I'm staring into the sun.  At least I can count on some Stylish settings for most others.

[Liovaire]

What an odd reading list....

Summary: Kage does Kage things people get bant. I get that clickbait titles are just the thing these days but this article is so strange on that spectrum. It name drops a person I had never heard of referred to by name until now and then doesn't really link its arguments back to that statement in any meaningful way, it also name drops the documentary more times go figure. Barely an "expose" as there is a whole ton of shit they missed and is basically just the "trials and tribulations" of some documentary makers who should have done more research on their targets during the early stages /shrug.

[PastryOfApathy]

I actually read a review (like from an actual movie critic who isn't an overdefensive furfag) about his movie and from what I've heard he gets some revenge on ol' Kagey boy.

Namely in that he effectively portrays him as an asshole who becomes increasingly unhinged throughout the course of the movie, namely in him justifying attacks on people because he knows better.

So yeah, seems pretty accurate to me.

[Clove Darkwave]

BLFC next huh? I have mixed feelings about this.

[Spot]

Oh look, another slanderous article that puts the fandom soly in the light of being depraved. 

Big. Fucking. Surprise.   

With all of these overly sexualized articles about the fandom I'm starting to think I'm the only one that doesn't jack it to anthro porn or a man in an animal suit. 

[Faust]

3 minutes ago, Mr. Fox said:

Oh look, another slanderous article that puts the fandom soly in the light of being depraved. 

You say that, but try starting a round-robin style story game on this forum and count how many posts it is before you see the words 'Dildo', 'Cum', 'Butt Sex' or similar and I bet you won't even run out of fingers.

[Spot]

3 minutes ago, Faust said:

You say that, but try starting a round-robin style story game on this forum and count how many posts it is before you see the words 'Dildo', 'Cum', 'Butt Sex' or similar and I bet you won't even run out of fingers.

Feel my pain...

[FlynnCoyote]

I don't believe that furries are any more or less depraved as a whole than any other group you'd find.

Difference is for the most part we're just a lot less subtle about it and in many cases a lot less ashamed. Of course that's going to send a negative image to all the other groups desperately trying to appear like they're not thinking almost the same thing.

[Feelwell]

1 hour ago, Faust said:

You say that, but try starting a round-robin style story game on this forum and count how many posts it is before you see the words 'Dildo', 'Cum', 'Butt Sex' or similar and I bet you won't even run out of fingers.

I would like to try a round Robin story telling thing now....

[Crazy Lee]

14 hours ago, Liovaire said:

What an odd reading list....

Summary: Kage does Kage things people get bant. I get that clickbait titles are just the thing these days but this article is so strange on that spectrum. It name drops a person I had never heard of referred to by name until now and then doesn't really link its arguments back to that statement in any meaningful way, it also name drops the documentary more times go figure. Barely an "expose" as there is a whole ton of shit they missed and is basically just the "trials and tribulations" of some documentary makers who should have done more research on their targets during the early stages /shrug.

It's the Daily Beast?

[Saxon]

>> Another person claiming that you would die from heatstroke if you had sex in a fursuit.

There are hours and hours of video evidence proving you guys wrong.

 

I didn't find the main story of the article very interesting. Yes I think that a lot of furries play dumb in order to present a desirable image to the outside world and that this is moot because the rest of the world sees straight through them anyway. However, I don't think making off-the-cuff remarks that people you don't like are 'bitches', makes someone 'abusive'; I think that the author was forced to resort to that because the actual story; that lots of furries have a curmudgeonly attitude towards journalists, is pretty dull.

...and to conclude...why does anybody make furry documentaries anyway? We're all over the internet and already publish lots of content about what we do; it would almost be surprising if somebody could spend time on the internet and not manage to come across the furries.

On 06/05/2016 at 0:23 PM, FlynnCoyote said:

I don't believe that furries are any more or less depraved as a whole than any other group you'd find.

Difference is for the most part we're just a lot less subtle about it and in many cases a lot less ashamed. Of course that's going to send a negative image to all the other groups desperately trying to appear like they're not thinking almost the same thing.

Our depravity is cute and fun. C:

nothing more than a 50-year old manchild.

Says the man who threatened to sue someone for criticising him on twitter.

 

[Endless/Nameless]

38 minutes ago, Saxon said:

Says the man who threatened to sue someone for criticising him on twitter.

Edited May 9, 2016 by Endless/Nameless

[Feelwell]

My response:

[#00Buck]

1 hour ago, Feelwell the Rabbit said:

My response:

Are mom and dad fighting again?

Please make it stop...

[#00Buck]

4 minutes ago, 6tails said:

No, children. Go to your room and ignore any slapping sounds you hear. :V

Daddy?

Are you going to feed mommy the "can of coke?"

[Rabbit Head]

2 hours ago, 6tails said:

I wonder how you can do so well in your studies when you consistently prove that you can't read for shit.

Defamation of character != legal criticism. If only you had a brain for legal matters, or any actual education about the world outside the UK, you'd see that shit doesn't always follow your train of thought.

[Rabbit Head]

1 minute ago, 6tails said:

Wrong ingredient, dinner-boy. MSG. :3

[Rabbit Head]

Just now, 6tails said:

Nope. Just got my low-sodium Thai delivery. MOAR SALT!

[Crazy Lee]

4 hours ago, Endless/Nameless said:

Amuses me how the guy with glasses isn't even reacting, like he doesn't give a shit.

[#00Buck]

All these pictures of white powder are making me sniffle. 

[Endless/Nameless]

4 minutes ago, #00Buck said:

All these pictures of white powder are making me sniffle. 

[#00Buck]

7 minutes ago, Endless/Nameless said:

 

[#00Buck]

Just now, 6tails said:

Takes me back to the late 90s!

Were you kiestering? 

[Rabbit Head]

On 5/10/2016 at 7:06 PM, 6tails said:

Takes me back to the late 90s!

Wrong! Cocaine was the drug of the 80's.

The drug of the 90's was heroin.Like, geez bruh.

[Lucyfish]

Cocaine never died out.

Seriously it's almost just as easy to get as weed, at least here in Louisville.

[Yarra]

Aw shit, where's the fucking party at?

[Troj]

Even if you dislike Kage, comparing him to David Miscavige is utterly ridiculous. It reeks of the author trying to be an edgy show-off, and it demonstrates their gross ignorance of how the furry fandom actually works.

The whole article just comes across as pot-stirring.

That said, I am extremely keen to see this documentary, and I think Video Rodriguez has done some nice interviews thus far.

[axelthefox]

I read the article about him. I'm surprised that a person of his stature would use profanity to describe things. He is a Chemist in the FDA,he should act like a professional.

[Saxon]

8 minutes ago, axelthefox said:

I read the article about him. I'm surprised that a person of his stature would use profanity to describe things. He is a Chemist in the FDA,he should act like a professional.

I'm not surprised that chemists swear, to be honest.

[Vae]

58 minutes ago, axelthefox said:

I read the article about him. I'm surprised that a person of his stature would use profanity to describe things. He is a Chemist in the FDA,he should act like a professional.

Because the furry fandom really carries the same standards or expectations as the FDA.

Fucking lol.

[PastryOfApathy]

1 hour ago, axelthefox said:

I read the article about him. I'm surprised that a person of his stature would use profanity to describe things. He is a Chemist in the FDA,he should act like a professional.

Aw man, you'd have a heart attack if you ever heard the Richard Nixon tapes.

[Feelwell]

20 minutes ago, PastryOfApathy said:

Aw man, you'd have a heart attack if you ever heard the Richard Nixon tapes.

You say this like you have them at hand, like in a suitcase beside you.

[Troj]

Kage also drinks a fair amount, in addition to swearing up a blue streak at times.

But, different fields have different standards of professionalism, especially as you rise in the ranks. I've found that scientific researchers are much less likely to care about stuff that won't interfere with your actual work, for example. The came could be said for computer programmers and engineers as well.

 

[axelthefox]

People were also discussing it one time on the AC FB page and many of the furs were really mad at many parts of the article.

[Ricky]

The denial and subterfuge can only last so long. The real world will soon know all the horrible things a you people do in room parties behind closed doors. Kage just wants to perpetuate his ability to get young boys drunk enough to convince them he's cool and take him back to his room or something :V

[Zaraphayx]

I enjoy the little circle jerk on page one about how "I"m not a freak who masturbates to furry porn or makes sexual jokes!"

Maybe if you dorks actually had friends and talked to real people in a context that wasn't professional you'd realize that real humans make dick and butt jokes all the time and in general engage in lewd humor.

Also lmao @ thinking normies care about your masturbatory habits but wouldn't find the idea of a grown adult with a non-sexual fixation on talking animals weird.

[Faust]

28 minutes ago, Zaraphayx said:

I enjoy the little circle jerk on page one about how "I"m not a freak who masturbates to furry porn or makes sexual jokes!"

Furries love a good circle-jerk, I hear

[Zaraphayx]

11 minutes ago, Faust said:

Furries love a good circle-jerk, I hear

This but unironically.

[root]

I've only heard of Kage and don't really know much about him other than he's the big kahuna of the fandom. I did not realize he was such a dweeb. "If you embarrass the furry community, you’ll pay." What is he, the don? lmao

I should've known he was a douche from the fact he banned Prawst from AC over some videos he uploaded on Youtube.

[Ricky]

Haha, back when I was still drinking I had this plan to start a convention and have a panel called "brother Ricky's drunk story hour" where I'd get plastered then "somehow" still manage to be more interesting than Kage :V

I'll still do that, but on GHB... Or rather, 1,4-butanediol - it's the same thing but legal (the cops here hate me lol). Just not alcohol since I tend to have problems with it. That's my *one* problem substance, interestingly enough.

[PastryOfApathy]

5 hours ago, Zaraphayx said:

I enjoy the little circle jerk on page one about how "I"m not a freak who masturbates to furry porn or makes sexual jokes!"

Maybe if you dorks actually had friends and talked to real people in a context that wasn't professional you'd realize that real humans make dick and butt jokes all the time and in general engage in lewd humor.

Also lmao @ thinking normies care about your masturbatory habits but wouldn't find the idea of a grown adult with a non-sexual fixation on talking animals weird.

Literally just happened less than an hour ago.

2 hours ago, root said:

I've only heard of Kage and don't really know much about him other than he's the big kahuna of the fandom. I did not realize he was such a dweeb. "If you embarrass the furry community, you’ll pay." What is he, the don? lmao

I should've known he was a douche from the fact he banned Prawst from AC over some videos he uploaded on Youtube.

Yeah, it's kind of amazing how seriously he treats this shit.

I mean granted, in some ways his job does kinda depends on it (running Anthrocon and everything) seeing as he kind of relies on the massive amount of goodwill he's developed from Philly. But like...lmao

[Fossa]

On 5/11/2016 at 3:03 PM, 6tails said:

My hometown used to be the heroin capital of the USA. 

So you're from Baltimore? It's still a big problem here, but now it's pretty much in every small town, so that takes some of the heat off our bad reputation. 

~

As for Uncle Kage: I've heard the name over the years, but have no idea why people revere him to such an extent. So he runs a big furry con. Over time, AC, though large, is just one of many other large cons; Midwest FurFest (5,636), BLFC(3,651), and others will continue to grow, and people will be less hung up on this one big, mega-con that increasingly looks like an over-blown, Disnified, vanilla, popularity contest. Furs I've known have said it's become increasingly boring. I've pondered going, but would rather go to any number of smaller cons. I had more fun at our local con of about 1,000 (Fur-the-'More), than I think I would have there. Someday, I'll go to AC; Pittsburgh is not even very far. (Though I wish it was in Philly) But it's not like I'm gonna look at like it like a pilgrimage to Furry Mecca.