First Furvey for me!
ElectricFoX
to it. I feel my curiosity and open-mindedness got me here. Although
I think I am young compared with some of the other furries out there, I
think I can handle it. I am not a big "porno-lover", but I can handle
it and erotic art. I am posting my furvey (which I have just found
what a furvey was), because I can't find people close to my age who are
furries and need some friends that understand. I also have at least
two plushies and I made one of them myself.
I have a question for those who are reading this. First, I am only a
minor, but I can definitely handle the online community like any other
adult. "Is it illegal for me to at least see any art on any webpage,
if it says that minors must leave?"
and "Should I just keep my furriness a secret from my family?"
Ok, here goes...
Furvey 2.64
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Main purposes of the Furvey:
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* Information. The Furvey was originally created to collect personal
data
from furry lifestylers. This information will be made available online
via
a web-based database, and will allow furries to request statistics and
search for like-minded furs.
* Delurking. The Furvey can be used to delurk on alt.lifestyle.furry, in
much the same way that werecards are used to delurk on
alt.horror.werewolves. Typically, a new furry posts a completed Furvey
to
the group, effectively introducing themselves to everyfur else, and also
causing many 'Hey... I'm like that, too!' remarks. It is _not_
compulsory to
delurk using the Furvey, although just about 99% of furs favour it ;)
* Self analysis. Some furs have found that completing the Furvey, in
private
and in their own time, has enabled them to discover aspects of
themselves
which they hadn't previously known of. Once completed, the answers can
be
posted to alt.lifestyle.furry for delurking or simply kept for future
reference.
* Discussions. Furries posting their Furveys to alt.lifestyle.furry
will hopefully inspire and encourage various threads of discussion.
Completing the Furvey
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Feel free to write as much, or as little as you want for each
question. You
may decide to type concise sentences, or perhaps even your entire furry
history - it's entirely up to you. Of course, feel free to omit any
questions which you can't answer - either because you don't want to
(e.g.
the furry sexuality questions), or simply because the question isn't
really
applicable.
If you want to email your Furvey to me directly, then you'll find the
email address located at the very bottom of this file.
Frequently Asked Questions
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If you have a query about the Furvey, first check the FAQ file:
http://www.argonet.co.uk/users/lyndale/lotcaf/ffaq.htm
Questions
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Yourself
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Administration: Many furries will post a revised Furvey to
alt.lifestyle.furry every few months or so, and I will quite
happily accept these for processing. However, a change of email
address or name can often confuse this poor foxy when it comes
to archiving the collected Furveys. So...
0) If this is your first Furvey posting, then please list below _all_ of
your current email address(es) and name(s).
If you are posting a revised copy of your Furvey, then please list
below your current -and- previous email address(es) and name(s): (if
you want to avoid spam, you could replace the @ with a %)
fsua...@yahoo.com
fsua...@hotmail.com
fsua...@mplayer.com
Frank
ElectricFoX
1) Are you male, female or transexual?
male
2) How old are you?
16
3) What zodiac sign are you?
Virgo, but I could be considered Leo
6) Are you left handed or right handed?
right
7) What interests/hobbies do you have?
computers, drawing, camping
8) What do you do for a living?
nothing yet, I am still a student
9) What talents do you have?
I can play the piano real good, and most people say I can draw good.
10) What annoys you the most, in general?
When people try to control others (I guess it was the bullies at school
that made me say that)
11) Where in the world do you live?
in the United States
12) What part of your country do you live in? (city, countryside,
suburbs
etc)
in the suburbs
13) Do you consider yourself to be psychic, in any way?
no, except I think I can control nature a little bit (perhaps weather)
14) Do you consider yourself to be of above-average intelligence?
Yes, very above
15) Is your living space (e.g. room/house/apartment etc) furry themed?
no, I live with my parents. It is the dull white-walled house.
16) What kind of music do you like?
rock, maybe metal
17) What do you do to relax/wind down?
read newsgroups
18) Do you draw/write/make furry things?
yes, I draw furries.
19) Have other furs seen them?
no, particularly because I didn't have a scanner or any way to get the
drawing to them. I am hoping for them to
my drawing soon. IRL, i don't know anyfurs yet.
20) Have non-furs seen them?
yes.
21) Have they been shown somewhere ? (Avatar, newgroups, web pages,
comics,
fanzines)
no, but I am hoping to get them on my webpage
22) Are you a meat eater?
no
Being furry
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23) How does furriness influence your life?
mostly on the internet, but I have draw more furries since I found
myself to be furry.
24) Do you think about furriness more than anything else?
only in my head and on the internet. i hide it (but i'd like to show
it more IRL)
25) Was your furriness evidence from a young age?
26) What do you like most/least about being furry now?
what i like most about being furry is that i am someone that has
something to talk about now, i can fit in with a group, i can show who
i really am and what i really like. (ok that was more than one thing;
so sue me) what i like the least is how most, but not all, people (like
my parents; i'm just assuming) think it is really bad and people should
stay away from the subject. i wish people wouldn't think so bad about
it.
27) What is/are your phenotype(s)?
[phenotype = species of animals which you are spiritually connected to,
or
which enhance/influence your life]
fox
28) How, and when, did you realise your furriness?
I think it was when I was about 14 or 15. I had loved to watch
cartoons, like Bugs Bunny and other animal associated cartoons. I also
liked watching animated Disney movies such as Robin Hood. I had also
loved animals and hated hunters. Not until this year, 1999, I didn't
think of it much. I also felt a little emotion about the cartoons as
if they were human. In the beginning of 1999 I had went with one of my
RL friends to a comic bookstore and I found an Havoc Inc. comic. I
thought the comic was cool yet new to me so I bought it. When I first
read it the concept of more realistic art or furries was new to me.
When I got the Internet, around the beginning of July 1999, I tried
search for my favorite furry characters and a FAQ about furridom. It
explained the basics to me and, after that, I ended up were I am now.
29) Was it by accident, or did you strive to discover why you felt this
way?
It was basically an accident, but I did wonder why I felt like that.
30) Do you think that your (human) body resembles, in any way, an
animal?
(e.g. long, slender feet)
31) Do you think that your personality resembles that of any
animal/furry?
yes, I am very shy in RL and I don't like hunters
32) Would you prefer to not feel furry?
no, because I would lose everything that i had worked up to and i would
lose a chance to make friends
33) What kind of furry interests/hobbies do you have?
I draw furries
34) Do you ever doubt how furry you are?
35) Are you ashamed/proud of being furry?
I am proud, but I am afraid that if my parents here about this I'll
lose everything
36) Have you ever worried about your 'furriness'?
yes
37) Did you ever think you were childish/weird/confused?
yes
38) Did you every attempt to seek professional advice/write to a problem
page?
yes, but only through the internet
39) Have you ever had a furry dream?
I think so.
40) Do you have them on a regular basis?
no
41) Do you wear 'furry' clothes? (not necessarily fursuits)
I like to wear clothes with animals on it if that is what you mean.
42) How do you act furry in public/in private/with friends?
(furry and non-furry friends)
no, because I am very shy.
43) Do you collect items relating to your phenotype? e.g. statues,
plushies etc.
only comic books but i am hoping to collect more like drawing from
other artists in the future
44) Do you collect miscellaneous furry items? e.g.books, magazines, etc
comic books
45) Has a major event in your life ever been affected by your furriness,
or had a furry theme? e.g. a wedding
no, not yet
46) Do you think you are furry for a reason, if so, why?
I think it is because i care so much for real animals and i want to be
one of them
Being 'truly' furry
-------------------
47) What would you most/least like about being 'truly' furry?
I don't think I have been given the chance to be truly furry.
48) Do you ever worry about being furry not being as you imagine?
yes
49) Would you worry about being shunned by society/friends/family if you
became 'truly' furry?
yes, very worried.
50) Would you (given the chance) live in a furry-only world?
I don't know because if there was only furries, furries wouldn't be so
special. (looking at humans, does everyone talk about how special it is
being human all the time)
51) Would you become an animal/furry (assuming you could change back),
given
the chance?
yes
52) Would you become an animal/furry (assuming you *couldn't* change
back),
given the chance?
yes if others could be furries too. (don't want any other furries to
miss out)
53) Do you ever fantasise about being 'truly' furry?
yes
54) Describe your furry alter ego.
he is a fox who is very new to the world and wants to discover as much
as he can
55) Is your furry alter ego a carnivore/vegetarian/ominvore?
vegetarian by choice, although his animal side, fox, is actually a
omnivore.
Furry fandom
------------
56) What furry things do you watch/read? e.g. films, cartoons, books etc
comic book, cartoons, animated Disney movies
Religion
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57) Are you religious?
No really, i kind of go with the Big Bang thoery, but i am not trying
to disprove any of the god or gods
58) What religion are you?
I go for the Big Bang thoery for myself but I am Christian around my
parents (if I wasn't, ohh, HUGH problems would occur)
59) Do you think that being furry is like a religion?
sort of.
60) Does being furry make you question your religion/beliefs?
Not for the religion i personnally believe in.
Other people
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61) Are there others in your family who are furry?
no
62) Do you worry about people knowing about your furriness?
yes very, very much
63) Are there people who are intolerant of your furry lifestyle?
yes, my father
64) How do you cope with these people?
I just do what he says and let him decide. I try not to encourage
anything around him
65) Do you know someone who might be furry, but isn't aware of it?
yes, one of my friends from school.
66) How can you tell?
He likes drawing, is open-minded, is pretty much different from the
narrow-minded folk, and he like animals.
67) Have you ever introduced somebody into furrydom?
no
68) Is your Significant Other furry?
[i.e. your girlfriend/boyfriend/husband/wife. Animals don't count!]
I'm single, but I am looking for a girlfriend.
69) Do you think the world would be better if everyone was furry?
yes, then everyone would be open-minded to other options, but if there
wasn't any regulars out there then furriness would be just dull, not
interesting.
The Internet
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70) What newsgroups do you subscribe to?
[please avoid abbreviations like afd, and include a brief description]
alt.fan.furry
alt.lifestyle.furry
71) What furry-internet activities do you do?
read newsgroups, look for local furries though databases, sometime use
IRC,
72) Do you access FurryMuck (or similar), to live out a virtual furry
life?
I don't like using MUCKs that much, I use IRC instead
73) How important do you think the Internet is in your furry lifestyle?
very important, because that is were I get all my knowledge of furries.
74) Do you access/did you join the Internet just for the furry stuff?
I start because I needed access to email and shareware.
75) Do you have your own web page/FTP site?
yes, URL is http://www.angelfire.com/mi2/frank
76) What kind of things are on it?
Just info on my alter ego. I am planning to put my drawing up but they
only give us 10Mb each
77) How did you discover the online furry community?
Through a FAQ
Furry community
---------------
78) How did you discover the furry community?
Through a FAQ; I have not been to any RL furry stuff.
81) Have you met (real life) furries?
no
82) Do you often go to furry gatherings? e.g. Confurence, informal
gatherings
no
Animals
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84) Do you own any pets, or have access to animals? (stables etc)
family pet.
85) Would you like to own some pets, or have access to animals?
86) Do you work / have you ever worked / do you want to work with
animals/furries?
87) Do you 'bond' easily with animals?
yes
88) Do you agree with hunting?
no
89) Are you concerned about the environment?
yes
90) About cruelty to animals?
yes
91) What are your favourite kinds of pet?
dog, then cat, then ferret, then skunk
92) Are you interested in real animals as well as furries?
yes
93) Do you have a greater-than-average knowledge of your phenotype(s)?
i.e. do you own books on wolves or foxes, etc.
yes
94) Do you ever get annoyed about how animals (in particular,
your phenotype) are portrayed in fables/mythology?
sort of
95) Have you ever/do you enjoy watching animals in the wild? e.g. lions
on safari, foxes in your backyard etc
watching animals in state parks
96) What is your least favourite kind of animal/pet?
birds
97) Do you read books/magazines/etc about animal spiritualism and other
furry lifestyle topics?
no, I want to find some
Sexuality
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98a) What is your gender preference?
You can either specify your answer by checking the appropriate box:
[ ] Heterosexual (attracted to opposite sex)
[ ] Bisexual (attracted to same sex and opposite sex)
[ ] Homosexual (attracted to same sex)
...or if you want to be more exact, on a scale ranging from
0 (strictly heterosexual) to 9 (strictly homosexual):
[2] Your exact gender preference
98b) What are your sexual preferences and activities?
You can specify your answers either by simply checking the box:
X = 'yes, I'm interested in this' / 'yes, I do this'
...or on a scale from 0 ('not interested at all' / 'I don't do this')
to 9 ('very interested in this' / 'I do this a lot')
[1] Group sex
[3] Outdoor sex
[3] Fursuit sex (with, or as, a person in an animal fursuit)
[1] Zoophile/Zoosexual (with real animals)
[2] Plushophile (with plush animals)
[8] Toonophile (attracted to cartoon characters)
[8] Furerotica (looking at erotic furry artwork)
[8] TinySex (sex over the Internet)
99) Does outdoors sex make you feel more furry?
I think so
100) Do you prefer humans, animals, plushies, furries, or are they
equal?
furries
101) Is your sexual orientation with humans the same as it is with
animals?
yes
102) What species of animal do you find sexy?
foxes maybe skunks
106) It is a common case for many furries to live their lives as
heterosexual, and then through furry to discover their attraction for
the
same sex, (be it same sex humans or furries) - is this the case with
you?
furries
108) Do you feel you are more open sexually due to furriness?
yes
109) Do you enjoy casual sex with furries/non furries?
no (yes, i am a minor)
110) Do you practice safe sex?
(i am a minor)
111) How do your masturbation fantasies involve furries? (if
appropriate)
yes
113) Do you compare a relationship (sexual or not) as being analogous
to a pack or pride behaviour?
sort of.
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Hi!
ElectricFoX <fsua...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I have a question for those who are reading this. First, I am only a
> minor, but I can definitely handle the online community like any other
> adult. "Is it illegal for me to at least see any art on any webpage,
> if it says that minors must leave?"
I suppose that depends on the laws where you live, and whether or not
anyone decides to pursue prosecution. (IANAL though, so don't pay too
much attention to my opinion.)
> and "Should I just keep my furriness a secret from my family?"
That depends a lot on your parents, and it depends a lot on you.
> 2) How old are you?
> 16
There now, I'm only 3 years worse off than you are.
> 13) Do you consider yourself to be psychic, in any way?
> no, except I think I can control nature a little bit (perhaps weather)
If I could do that it would never stop raining.
> 50) Would you (given the chance) live in a furry-only world?
> I don't know because if there was only furries, furries wouldn't be so
> special. (looking at humans, does everyone talk about how special it
> is being human all the time)
:) Yes, exactly. I think if this was a furry-only world, this might be
alt.lifestyle.human, and we'd all be wishing we had no fur nor scales
nor tails nor nothin'. ;)
Or, like I read somewhere, we might still feel as animals, just not as
the ones we'd happen to be. :|
> 58) What religion are you?
> I go for the Big Bang thoery for myself but I am Christian around my
> parents (if I wasn't, ohh, HUGH problems would occur)
Actually I understand quite a lot of Christians believe in the Big Bang.
(Not me, personally, and apparently not your parents either.)
> 76) What kind of things are on it?
> Just info on my alter ego. I am planning to put my drawing up but
> they only give us 10Mb each
*Muke tries to suppress his reaction... and fails*
In _my_ day.. (all of.. two years ago..) they only gave us 2MB! And
those were the *big* places! None of this 10MB/25MB/unlimMB without
puttin' up cash beforehand! And we had to walk uphill both ways through
twenty feet of snow to FTP our files to the servers!
*Muke!
(...we only had space for three 32x32 GIFs! In any color, so long as it
was black! and we...)
--
Muke, turtle.
My webpage: http://i.am/muke
ICQ: 1936556
Rust
>
<snip>
> 75) Do you have your own web page/FTP site?
> yes, URL is http://www.angelfire.com/mi2/frank
>
> 76) What kind of things are on it?
> Just info on my alter ego. I am planning to put my drawing up but they
> only give us 10Mb each
>
AIEEEEEEEEE!!!
Urm, with that out of my system...
Are you aware that a reasonably sized image rarely breaks the 70Kb
mark? I sort of have this ongoing crusade against websites with 500Kb
images on them. That's a lot of bandwidth, you know.
Here's a few space-saving tips that may allow you to adjust your images
for reasonable viewing:
-If it's bigger than the screen, it's too big
-If it's animated, check the file size
-If it takes up more than half the screen, consider reducing it further
-JPEG images have an adjustable compression rate
-JPEG images are good for photorealism
-GIF images are good for low-colour line art
-Bitmaps are good for eating hard disks
-Use tiled backgrounds, not one huge file
(side note: use a bland background, or text won't show up)
-Just when you think it's small enough, see if it looks okay smaller
If you go by these, and reduce file sizes, I'd be surprised if you
manage to break 1.5 Megs, let alone 10.
-Rust
--
We are the instruments of creation - what we dream, is.
Taral
>13) Do you consider yourself to be psychic, in any way?
>no, except I think I can control nature a little bit (perhaps weather)
I used to be able to do that...
>58) What religion are you?
>I go for the Big Bang thoery for myself but I am Christian around my
>parents (if I wasn't, ohh, HUGH problems would occur)
Uh, huh... I know what _that's_ like.
Welcome to Homestead. There are tons of furs with things to give you, but you
can have hugs 'n' scritches from me }:>
Taral
flicker
ElectricFoX wrote:
> I have a question for those who are reading this. First, I am only a
> minor, but I can definitely handle the online community like any other
> adult. "Is it illegal for me to at least see any art on any webpage,
> if it says that minors must leave?"
Only if you get caught....
> and "Should I just keep my furriness a secret from my family?"
Depends on your family, but ordinarily, yes.
> 9) What talents do you have?
> I can play the piano real good, and most people say I can draw good.
Playing the piano is no small talent, in my book. I have enough trouble
with my pennywhistle.
> 10) What annoys you the most, in general?
> When people try to control others (I guess it was the bullies at school
> that made me say that)
In a few years you'll be ordering fries from them at Burger King, and
snickering to yourself as they bumble through their boring pointless
lives. Patience...
> 19) Have other furs seen them?
> no, particularly because I didn't have a scanner or any way to get the
> drawing to them. I am hoping for them to
> my drawing soon. IRL, i don't know anyfurs yet.
IRL, we're overrated. ;)
> 38) Did you every attempt to seek professional advice/write to a problem
> page?
> yes, but only through the internet
Ow! There's more quackery on the internet than you can shake a stick at
(II should know, I've tried... and that's a LOTTA stick shakin', I tell you
what), so I would advise extreme caution where such things are concerned.
I don't trust most headshrinkers on principle... and I'd NEVER trust one I
couldn't look in the eye.
> 50) Would you (given the chance) live in a furry-only world?
> I don't know because if there was only furries, furries wouldn't be so
> special. (looking at humans, does everyone talk about how special it is
> being human all the time)
No, just certain people.
> 57) Are you religious?
> No really, i kind of go with the Big Bang thoery, but i am not trying
> to disprove any of the god or gods
That's good, because it's a logical impossibility. As a practical
exercise, try proving there's no Tooth Fairy and see how far you get.
Me, I believe what I see.
> 62) Do you worry about people knowing about your furriness?
> yes very, very much
There's a time and a place to come out of closet, as it were. If this
isn't it, don't let anyone talk you into anything foolish.
> 69) Do you think the world would be better if everyone was furry?
> yes, then everyone would be open-minded to other options, but if there
> wasn't any regulars out there then furriness would be just dull, not
> interesting.
Actually, we're not QUITE as open-minded as you might think. At least, I'm
not. But I like to think that something resembling enlightenment can come
about through an exchange of ideas.
Welcome to the place. I've nothing to offer you but words, but you're
welcome tot hem.
-Flicker, Mad Coyote
"There is no place just like this place anywhere near this place, so this
must be the place."
Phoenix
I bid ye welcome to the Homestead.
*reaches into his pouch looking for a bag of ho-hos but decides against it*
naaaaa...I'll offer you a paw shake instead.
*sticks out his large paw and shakes ElectricFox's paw* good ta meetcha!
<~Phoenix~>
A hippie wolf who has had a little too much expresso.
I have been SKUNKED!
[ http://www.skunked.com/phoenix ]
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ElectricFoX wrote:
>I have started being furry for about 2 months now and I am getting
>used to it. I feel my curiosity and open-mindedness got me here.
>Although I think I am young compared with some of the other furries
>out there, I think I can handle it. I am not a big "porno-lover", but
>I can handle it and erotic art. I am posting my furvey (which I have
>just found what a furvey was), because I can't find people close to my
>age who are furries and need some friends that understand. I also
>have at least two plushies and I made one of them myself.
Hi and welcome to Homestead! I know how you feel, I joined up here for
the exact same reason. Most everyfur here is pretty nice, and I'm sure
you'll make furiends fast.
> I have a question for those who are reading this. First, I am only a
> minor, but I can definitely handle the online community like any other
> adult. "Is it illegal for me to at least see any art on any webpage,
> if it says that minors must leave?"
I know where you're coming from here too. It's not being 18 that I think
people should worry about, but if someone is mature enough to handle
that kind of stuff. I know a lot of 18+ people who act like hrony 13
year olds, but their of "leagal age" so what ya gonna do?
I've done a bit of research on your question and the basic rules seem to
be that so long as you don't look at the actual erotic art/story or
whatever, then your ok. But you'd have to check the local laws.
> and "Should I just keep my furriness a secret from my family?"
It's hard to live a double life so if your family can handel it, it's
not a bad idea to let them know about it. If you think they'll just flip
out, then wait until you move out. :)
> 24) Do you think about furriness more than anything else?
> only in my head and on the internet. i hide it (but i'd like to show
> it more IRL)
Me too! It's gotten a little esier for me since I joined ALF, I hope
it'll help you too.
> 35) Are you ashamed/proud of being furry?
> I am proud, but I am afraid that if my parents here about this I'll
> lose everything
*Sad nod* Lots of people just don't understand. It's sad really.
> 58) What religion are you?
> I go for the Big Bang thoery for myself but I am Christian around my
> parents (if I wasn't, ohh, HUGH problems would occur)
I can understand this too. My dad was rasied Catholic and is now a very
devote Christian. I'm also a devote Christian (got to belive there's
more to this world than the sum of its parts), but if my dad knew about
Furry, I'm sure he'd think I was sacreligious or something.
> 68) Is your Significant Other furry?
> [i.e. your girlfriend/boyfriend/husband/wife. Animals don't count!]
> I'm single, but I am looking for a girlfriend.
join the club. *grin*
Well, welcome again, I'm glad you found us. The kitchen is overflowing
with snacks as are many of the furs you'll meet.*grin* j/k (Half the
furs will give you food half the time and the rest will make up for it
later.:)
Join me for a swim sometime. (This cat loves water!)
-Zeus, the barking white lion
--
"Life is a party, crash it." Someone who
said it before I did.*grin* I love to hear from
other furs, e-mail me at: lakota_wAThotmailDOTcom
Skytech
>
> I have started being furry for about 2 months now and I am getting used
> to it.
Doesn't hurt a bit anymore?
> I feel my curiosity and open-mindedness got me here.
Don't point, it's embarassing
> I am not a big "porno-lover", but I can handle it and erotic art.
Oh good! We're having a slide show at the den. Like the vixens need
encouragement!
> I also have at least two plushies and I made one of them myself.
>
Made? Whoo, talent! :)
> I have a question for those who are reading this. First, I am only a
> minor, but I can definitely handle the online community like any other
> adult. "Is it illegal for me to at least see any art on any webpage,
> if it says that minors must leave?"
>
If you're a minor, you shouldn't. If you wish to emulate adulthood, you
first need to prove responsibility.
> and "Should I just keep my furriness a secret from my family?"
>
Well erotic and furriness do not nessessarily go together. We get enough
of that problem so let's keep things neat, tidy and separate. Tell your
folks about furry but make sure you understand what furry is.
Anywho, welcome and nosh a fishstick or two...
>
> 9) What talents do you have?
> I can play the piano real good, and most people say I can draw good.
>
Well, well! ,)
>
> 15) Is your living space (e.g. room/house/apartment etc) furry themed?
> no, I live with my parents. It is the dull white-walled house.
>
Time to change that. A few throw pillows, a furry plushie over there...
>
> 25) Was your furriness evidence from a young age?
>
> 26) What do you like most/least about being furry now?
> what i like most about being furry is that i am someone that has
> something to talk about now, i can fit in with a group, i can show who
> i really am and what i really like. (ok that was more than one thing;
> so sue me) what i like the least is how most, but not all, people (like
> my parents; i'm just assuming) think it is really bad and people should
> stay away from the subject. i wish people wouldn't think so bad about
> it.
>
It's your responsibility to change them. *Twang!* There, you've been
ordained.
> 27) What is/are your phenotype(s)?
> [phenotype = species of animals which you are spiritually connected to,
> or
> which enhance/influence your life]
> fox
>
I like you already!
> 28) How, and when, did you realise your furriness?
> I think it was when I was about 14 or 15. I had loved to watch
> cartoons, like Bugs Bunny and other animal associated cartoons. I also
> liked watching animated Disney movies such as Robin Hood. I had also
> loved animals and hated hunters. Not until this year, 1999, I didn't
> think of it much. I also felt a little emotion about the cartoons as
> if they were human. In the beginning of 1999 I had went with one of my
> RL friends to a comic bookstore and I found an Havoc Inc. comic. I
> thought the comic was cool yet new to me so I bought it. When I first
> read it the concept of more realistic art or furries was new to me.
> When I got the Internet, around the beginning of July 1999, I tried
> search for my favorite furry characters and a FAQ about furridom. It
> explained the basics to me and, after that, I ended up were I am now.
>
Pittsburg?
>
> 54) Describe your furry alter ego.
> he is a fox who is very new to the world and wants to discover as much
> as he can
>
Ooo! Sounds like a certain vulpan's early days.
>
> 58) What religion are you?
> I go for the Big Bang thoery for myself but I am Christian around my
> parents (if I wasn't, ohh, HUGH problems would occur)
>
Something to do with the big bang theory, right?
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ElectricFoX posted a furvey
(Do we have to plug you in, or do you run on batteries? ;)
I obviously snipped huge amounts of it...
> 2) How old are you?
> 16
>
>
> (i am a minor)
Not in some states... «g»
«wonders why some states allow ppl. to have sex younger than they can look
at it?»
Though I know some kids in high school were having sex before 16...
Maybe a better phrasing would be Do you plan on practicing safe sex?
Please do...
My roomate just had to go in for an HIV test, because a former lover of
hers has tested positive.
So now we're gonna be nervous for the next week.....
And remember, there's lots of stuff out there besides HIV, including
unwanted pregnancies.
Sorry.....
«climbs off soapbox»
just hit a nerve..... that's particularly hittable right now..... didn't
mean to go off on safe sex spiel.....
«the cat'taur sets down a large tray of ice cold apple cider»
Welcome to Homestead!
I hope you like it here.... beleive me, I do NOT normally lecture like
that...
Enjoy your welcome party.
I think I need to go out in woods and think a bit.....
Vik-THor
KuroNeko
In article <7n5fkf$9g7$1...@nnrp1.deja.com>, ElectricFoX
<fsua...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I have a question for those who are reading this. First, I am only a
> minor, but I can definitely handle the online community like any other
> adult. "Is it illegal for me to at least see any art on any webpage,
> if it says that minors must leave?"
I think it really depends on the laws in your state, but I don't think
that's ever stopped any under-aged teen from trying to find anything on
the net. They really have no way of checking your age when you click
on the links. Unless the site in question gets raided, and access logs
are checked, and they match up the IP address to the user...tho, I
don't think that'll happen...
> and "Should I just keep my furriness a secret from my family?"
Well, you're 16, almost an adult but not quite. I say keep it from
your family as long as you're living under the same roof. Feel out
your family's feelings. How tolerant are they? I wonder how much of
this advice would be the same for young homosexuals who wish to "come
out".
<snip>
> 58) What religion are you?
> I go for the Big Bang thoery for myself but I am Christian around my
> parents (if I wasn't, ohh, HUGH problems would occur)
There really is no reason for the Big Bang to negate a belief in a god
or gods. Why did the Big Bang happen? Why was that starstuff there in
the first place?
<snip>
> 76) What kind of things are on it?
> Just info on my alter ego. I am planning to put my drawing up but they
> only give us 10Mb each
"only"? :) With a decent scanner and a decent graphics program you can
pare down drawings from half a meg (or whatever) to around 70k. Even
with quite a lot of pics, you can still keep your website under 5 megs.
My personal homepage, which has a number of pics of my plushies is only
allowed 5 megs, and I only used up under 2...
KuroNeko
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flicker
> > 58) What religion are you?
> > I go for the Big Bang thoery for myself but I am Christian around my
> > parents (if I wasn't, ohh, HUGH problems would occur)
>
> There really is no reason for the Big Bang to negate a belief in a god
> or gods. Why did the Big Bang happen? Why was that starstuff there in
> the first place?
Acutally, theoretical physics is approaching the answer to this question, in
the guise of a "vacuum fluctuation".
The "why" of it may never be known... but I'm a big believer in chaos.
-Flicker
Locandez
>
>-If it's bigger than the screen, it's too big
Depends on whose screen it is :) 650x490 would be bigger than my screen
(and that of many furs, I suspect) but would sit comfortably inside
800x600...
>-If it's animated, check the file size
If it's animated, consider making it an MPEG/AVI/FLI, or at the very least,
downloadable via a link. Embedding an animated GIF onto a webpage takes ages
to load and can chew on processing power...
>-JPEG images have an adjustable compression rate
>-JPEG images are good for photorealism
Don't use JPEGs on images with sharp contrasts, 'cos it will add an ugly
multicolour fuzz around it.
GIFs also has variable compression rates, make sure that the GIF
compression takes into consideration the number of colours in it. For
example: raw bitmap (144,056 bytes) compresses down to 22,221 bytes with 8
bit compression, and 18,580 bytes with 4 bit compression. Remember that this
is a _lossless_ method.
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>to it. I feel my curiosity and open-mindedness got me here. Although
>I think I am young compared with some of the other furries out there,
>I think I can handle it. I am not a big "porno-lover", but I can handle
>it and erotic art. I am posting my furvey (which I have just found
>what a furvey was), because I can't find people close to my age who are
>furries and need some friends that understand.
There are quite a few teenagers around furridom but only a few of them are
here. I'm one of them, but only until next March :) I think you're one of
the five youngest furries we've had in alf..
>I have a question for those who are reading this. First, I am only a
>minor, but I can definitely handle the online community like any other
>adult.
Which is more than can be said for some "adults".
>"Is it illegal for me to at least see any art on any webpage,
>if it says that minors must leave?"
You can view the non-erotic stuff...
I'm not sure of the vagaries of erotic-art/porn law, i.e. whether there's
one, common age-limit across the US, or whether it varies according to
state, or whether it's up to the artist to decide.
>and "Should I just keep my furriness a secret from my family?"
S'up to you. Let the initial 'discovering furridom' euphoria / excitement /
shock / whatever feelings die down, and then think about it.
Do you want to tell them because you think they should know, or because you
just want to tell someone (in real life) about it? I would argue that if
you don't want to tell them then that's your right and you should keep it a
secret from them, that is, it is better to treat them like mushrooms (keep
'em in the dark and feed them lots of shit) than to tell them all and
endanger your relationship with them.
>109) Do you enjoy casual sex with furries/non furries?
>no (yes, i am a minor)
FWIW, In the UK, being 16 would mean that you are still a 'minor' with
regards to homosexual contact, but not for heterosexual contact.
Boomer The Dog
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Weyfour WWWWolf (Urpo Lankinen)
> If it's animated, consider making it an MPEG/AVI/FLI, or at the very least,
> downloadable via a link. Embedding an animated GIF onto a webpage takes ages
> to load and can chew on processing power...
And there's probably nothing more annoying than having to slooooooowly
load the long GIF animation, only to notice it's not looped, and when
you hit reload, it will load again...
> GIFs also has variable compression rates, make sure that the GIF
> compression takes into consideration the number of colours in it. For
> example: raw bitmap (144,056 bytes) compresses down to 22,221 bytes with 8
> bit compression, and 18,580 bytes with 4 bit compression. Remember that this
> is a _lossless_ method.
Actually, it's not the compression rate, it's the color depth of the
image.
Also try to make the image color map "browser friendly" (ie, use
only Netscape color palette). That will make sure the image will
actually try to look good on most of the browsers, even on low color
depth screens (or something like that) One really excellent way to
make sure of that is to get a nicely arranged palette from
<http://www.visibone.com/> (Tigert had a better version of the
Visibone palette for GIMP, I think).
Oh yeah, one should never forget PNG, because PNG is the Path to
the Better Life: http://www.cdrom.com/pub/png/
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Weyfour WWWWolf (Urpo Lankinen)
>> Depends on whose screen it is :) 650x490 would be bigger than my screen
>> (and that of many furs, I suspect) but would sit comfortably inside
>> 800x600...
> ...and would look fairly small at 1280x1024 and tiny at 1600x1280 (or
> whatever.)
(in #gimp yesterday re: ${HOMEPAGE}/things/strangedays.html)
<Stric> WWWWolf, that 320x200 screenshot looks pretty small on my
1600x1000 screen 8)
> My screen's 1280x1024, and I find that quite a number of websites have
> text that is too small to read. Drives me _mad_ when I see things like
> "This site optimised for viewing at 800x600" 'cos it meens I'll have to
> find the magnifying glass again *growl*
Yep... well, my website was not designed to be used at any particular
resolution. If it was, the resolution was 80x25 =)
Kimba W. Lion
>On Fri, 23 Jul 1999 11:17:59 GMT, Locandez <ogb...@argonet.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> GIFs also has variable compression rates, make sure that the GIF
>> compression takes into consideration the number of colours in it. For
>> example: raw bitmap (144,056 bytes) compresses down to 22,221 bytes with 8
>> bit compression, and 18,580 bytes with 4 bit compression. Remember that this
>> is a _lossless_ method.
>
>Actually, it's not the compression rate, it's the color depth of the
>image.
It's also the complexity of the image. A drawing that was designed with a
256-color pallette in mind will compress into a much smaller GIF than one
reduced (dithered) from a 24-bit color image.
And I don't think the world is ready for PNG. I remember a lot of people
couldn't use it, last time I tried to send out a file in that format.
Plus, it takes forever for a slower computer to open a PNG file.
I'm designing a web site to be viewed in 800 x 600, but with some
considerations so that it won't look too lost in higher-resolution
screens. In deference to my pet peeves, it has no Java, no animated GIFs,
and NEVER EVER any autoplay music! Fast downloading, that's my main goal.
I've got one image I love, but I have to face the fact that 94k is
probably just too big.
Kimba
(OK, so in this case "takes forever to open" means twice as long as a
JPG.)
Kimba W. Lion
>57) Are you religious?
>No really, i kind of go with the Big Bang thoery, but i am not trying
>to disprove any of the god or gods
>
>58) What religion are you?
>I go for the Big Bang thoery for myself but I am Christian around my
>parents (if I wasn't, ohh, HUGH problems would occur)
Personally, I have no problem reconciling the Big Bang with Christianity.
But then, you can also find me having conversations about reincarnation,
spirit guides, and Sekhmet... sometimes while I'm on my way to prepare my
church's radio broadcast. :)
Kimba
(Ever try creating a half-hour of good radio by recording live to tape
with no capacity to edit later? When it works, it's fun. When I mess up, I
remind myself it's on a little AM station at 7 in the morning...)
khr...@my-deja.com
> Locandez qhm...@argonet.co.uk> writes:
> >>109) Do you enjoy casual sex with furries/non furries?
> >>no (yes, i am a minor)
> >
> > FWIW, In the UK, being 16 would mean that you are still a 'minor'
with
> >regards to homosexual contact, but not for heterosexual contact.
AFAIK,
> the US does not have a specific age of consent for homosexual contact
- and
> the age of consent for heterosexual contact varies from state to state
- In MD,
> it's 16 & the male could be changed with statutory rape, if anybody
> I am pretty sure (at least in MD) there is no such law covering when
the female
> is "legal" & the male isn't... female teachers who have sex with their
male
> students get charged with "contributing to the deliquincy (sp?) of a
minor"...
Actually there is a law in California that woman cannot engage in
same-sex relations until they are 25! Stupid law but I've heard it has
been enforced by officers with bees up their britches...
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Jeremy DuCharme
ElectricFoX wrote:
>
> 10) What annoys you the most, in general?
> When people try to control others (I guess it was the bullies at school
> that made me say that)
It seems to me a high percentage of furrs found high school a trial. I
just hung tough and shook the dust for my high school (and the A$$holes
in it) from my feet on graduation day. Life can get better, and the
saying 'high school is the best four years of your life' is 'a plain
of dung with a stench none can abide'.
> 22) Are you a meat eater?
> no
>
Oh then here have some baklava then. Do you make any exceptions to
no meat. I mean if foxes eat mice then it follows that electric
foxes might eat electric mice. It'd give me something to do with
all of these Pikachu. :>
/The sea otter walks towards a group of pikachu, holding a large
club behind his back and innocently whistling the pikachu song.
> 28) How, and when, did you realise your furriness?
> I think it was when I was about 14 or 15. I had loved to watch
> cartoons, like Bugs Bunny and other animal associated cartoons. I also
> liked watching animated Disney movies such as Robin Hood. I had also
> loved animals and hated hunters. Not until this year, 1999, I didn't
> think of it much. I also felt a little emotion about the cartoons as
> if they were human. In the beginning of 1999 I had went with one of my
> RL friends to a comic bookstore and I found an Havoc Inc. comic. I
Yes, another Havoc fan. My current fav is Havoc Inc, #5. (I came late
to the series and this is the one that put it on my must buy list.)
Loved the otter cargo cult, and I laughed myself silly when the punchline
came.
> Religion
> --------
>
> 57) Are you religious?
> No really, i kind of go with the Big Bang thoery, but i am not trying
> to disprove any of the god or gods
>
> 58) What religion are you?
> I go for the Big Bang thoery for myself but I am Christian around my
> parents (if I wasn't, ohh, HUGH problems would occur)
>
Speaking as one, plenty of Christians do reconcile God and Science
without denying one or the other, personally for me its sort of
a "give unto Caesar what is Caesar's" thing.
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>I'm designing a web site to be viewed in 800 x 600, but with some
>considerations so that it won't look too lost in higher-resolution
>screens. In deference to my pet peeves, it has no Java, no animated GIFs,
>and NEVER EVER any autoplay music!
In deference to my pet peeves, any chance of designing it for 500 x n?
This is the default size of Unix browsers since the beginning. If I
have to scroll sideways to find stuff I just don't bother, and move
on.
David Cooke.
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MoonSinger
>Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1999 21:55:33 GMT
Eep! I'm falling behind again ...
>I am posting my furvey (which I have just found
>what a furvey was), because I can't find people close to my age who are
>furries and need some friends that understand.
You've found the right place then. :)
>I have a question for those who are reading this. First, I am only a
>minor, but I can definitely handle the online community like any other
>adult. "Is it illegal for me to at least see any art on any webpage,
>if it says that minors must leave?"
Illegal: I don't know the actual laws in this matter, but it's possible--I'd
even say likely. And that's whether you'd be inviting trouble for *yourself*,
because:
Irresponsible: Yes. Whoever posted that message is trying to protect herself
from *allowing* a minor to see stuff minors aren't allowed to see, which can
get *her* in lots of trouble regardless of what happens to you.
>and "Should I just keep my furriness a secret from my family?"
That's a personal judgment call for everyone. I couldn't begin to guess
without being well-acquainted with both you and your family. All I can say is,
if you think it'll cause trouble, then it's best to keep your muzzle shut. And
I'd probably wait till I was out of their house, even if I was fairly sure
they'd be OK with it.
Welcome to Homestead! Here's a cheesecake cupcake; it's kind of old since your
furvey's been sitting here so long, but one of the nice things about virtual
food is that it doesn't go stale. ;)
MoonSinger
You can't take the wolf out of me, but you have to take it out of my address to
reach me.
Kimba W. Lion
>In deference to my pet peeves, any chance of designing it for 500 x n?
>This is the default size of Unix browsers since the beginning. If I
>have to scroll sideways to find stuff I just don't bother, and move
>on.
FIVE hundred?!? I don't think I've ever dealt with a screen that small.
(Maybe the original Mac screen?) Your operating system limits your
screen size? This is something I hadn't heard before. What's your default
height?
I don't mean to be a technology snob, but I've run at least 1024x768 for
7 years, even when I had a video card with only half a meg of RAM.
I figured I'd be relegating a small number of people to sideways scrolling
by aiming for 800 and not 640, but... 500?
*scales Netscape window down to 500 pixels wide*
I doona think I can do it, Captain.
Kimba
I would say I'm a prisoner of Windows, but 500 makes me claustrophobic
Weyfour WWWWolf (Urpo Lankinen)
>>In deference to my pet peeves, any chance of designing it for 500 x n?
>>This is the default size of Unix browsers since the beginning. If I
>>have to scroll sideways to find stuff I just don't bother, and move
>>on.
> FIVE hundred?!? I don't think I've ever dealt with a screen that small.
> (Maybe the original Mac screen?) Your operating system limits your
> screen size? This is something I hadn't heard before. What's your default
> height?
Actually...
I rather like the idea of Windowing System.
Repeat after me: *windowing system*.
When I got this machine, I wondered the great size of its screen - I
could open multiple 640x480 browser windows, whee! These days, I use
1152x900x16bit resolution in X11, and I keep my browser windows at
about 620x400 or so.
Why, you might ask? Some points need to be brought to our attention:
- 1152 pixel window + 12 point font that's used on many websites =
quite long lines! I don't feel like changing the point sizes - then
the images would look ridiculously small. The old typographical
rule dictates that the shorter the lines are, the easier they are
to read - and I fully agree after some empiric tests...
- It's a windowing system. The beauty of the big screen is that I
don't need to stare at one big window. It's much funnier to have
several windows open. For example, when I read Slashdot, I keep one
window with the main page open, and <middle-click> in Netscape
brings me another window with an article. One window keeps the
image list in Velar, another is to show pictures. etc, etc...
Power using! Better navigation!
Locandez
Lion) wrote:
>>In deference to my pet peeves, any chance of designing it for 500 x n?
>>This is the default size of Unix browsers since the beginning. If I
>>have to scroll sideways to find stuff I just don't bother, and move
>>on.
>
>FIVE hundred?!? I don't think I've ever dealt with a screen that small.
Also remember that WebTVs can be quite narrow, and people don't always want
their web-browser to be opened full-screen.
>Your operating system limits your screen size?
No, just the default (I think).
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>Power using! Better navigation!
heh heh...
I would cite those exact reasons as why I run most apps full screen.
"It's all in how you look at things."
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Kimba
David Cooke
>>In deference to my pet peeves, any chance of designing it for 500 x n?
>>This is the default size of Unix browsers since the beginning. If I
>>have to scroll sideways to find stuff I just don't bother, and move
>>on.
>FIVE hundred?!? I don't think I've ever dealt with a screen that small.
>(Maybe the original Mac screen?) Your operating system limits your
>screen size? This is something I hadn't heard before. What's your default
>height?
The screen is 1280 x 1024 and has been for 10 years, but Netscape
defaults to 500 x 650, just as the Cern Mozaic code did before it.
Its is IMO a good choice as it leaves plenty of space for other
windows (the stuff your supposed to be doing), and all the online
html documentation is prepared with this in mind.
>Kimba
>I would say I'm a prisoner of Windows, but 500 makes me claustrophobic
And then there are folks on Psions and Palm Pilots ...
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Muke
> FIVE hundred?!? I don't think I've ever dealt with a screen that
> small.
> (Maybe the original Mac screen?) Your operating system limits your
> screen size? This is something I hadn't heard before. What's your
> default height?
> I figured I'd be relegating a small number of people to sideways
> scrolling by aiming for 800 and not 640, but... 500?
> *scales Netscape window down to 500 pixels wide*
> I doona think I can do it, Captain.
Well... The main difficulty (for me) with a webpage 800 pixels wide is
that even with an 800x600 screen (what I'm running at... any higher and
I have to lose color) I still have a Windows toolbar along the side of
my screen. It's only two small-sized icons wide, but it does
sufficiently shrink my browser space so that pages designed for 800
widths leave me hitting the left and right buttons repeatedly to get
bits of text.
The best policy, unless you *know* what your audience is using (say on a
local intranet) is not to bind webpages to a width at all.
Excepting full-size images, my page [quiet plug] should be all right
really really thin. In Netscape. (The bells and whistles for
CSS-compliant browsers might add a bit of width.)
*Muke checks*
Yeah, mostly, except for lines that like to format themselves; floating
images, which appear to come out of order; and long words (like URLs).
Um.. yeah.
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> And then there are folks on Psions and Palm Pilots ...
Even my Psion screen is 640 pixels across.
Mwongozi - isn't this a little off-topic? :)
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