Furry Convention Drama - Because you can't have a couple thousand dog fucking enthusiasts under the same roof without shit hitting the fan

[gaysexenjoyer]

I've been to a bunch of gaming and anime conventions. I've also been to plenty of events where a large chunk of the audience was families with babies and very young children, diaper bags in tow. I have never seen a diaper disposal code of conduct that included medical waste bags and a special note to not shit yourself in the hallways.
These people are insane.

The Hotel/convention staff that need to clean up after these fucking freaks must be absolutely suicidal. God save them.

 

[jazzpunker]

If your post is literally just an emoji that adds no new info or commentary, then instead of making it you ought to consider putting a sticker on the post you were quoting instead. Since you're new here, I'll go ahead and recommend you try out the "horrifying" or "Islamic content" stickers. They're fun!

Spoiler: thread tax

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can you just not interact with me if you have a problem with me just press ignore and be done with it move on its so simple the fact you even care is kinda sad lol i put a skull cause its the emotion i felt looking at the video do your own thing and ill do my own thing just let it go its really not that deep

edit: I'm not replying to anything else its not worth my time

 

[Google.com]

from ‪@rubberdeer.bsky.social‬

I would like to add this post was made on memorials day while it might not have been taken that day the con was occuring during memorials day. Imagine going there with your elderly grandpa who served and your family only to see this on the deck.

 

[Hopkinsville Goblin]

One of Project Artemis's goals is to land the first all-furry crew on the moon.
/sneed

 

[TE_0]

Archive from a Telegram furry news/drama channel:
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Furfaggots always sound so nerdy. You can tell a faggot by voice.

 

[Pinball 2000]

Anthrocon put out a new policy regarding their fursuit parade this year, and half of furry social media is currently melting the FUCK down over it. Here's the specific page on their website about it (archive)



TL;DR:
-You can’t just show up at the parade lineup and expect to join. You must sign up either the day before or a few hours in advance on the day of. Your fursuit must be pre-approved by con staff, who will place a sticker on your badge to indicate you're cleared to participate.
-Full suits are preferred, but partial fursuits are still allowed, as long as no skin is visible.
-If you show up to the parade in an inappropriate outfit, staff can still deny your participation.
-No flags of any kind, no fetish gear, and no non-furry costumes (e.g., armor or non-furry cosplay).
-This policy only applies to the parade. You’re free to wear your suit however you want for the rest of the convention.

If I had to guess why they're implementing this, it's most likely to keep the parade to something more manageable. Last year, the parade was supposed to last about an hour at most, yet if YouTube videos of the event are anything to go by, the sheer number of people who showed up caused it to go well over two hours.


Naturally, furries are currently seething over the "no skin" rule, and are whining about how being asked to wear long sleeves/a jacket with their suit is oppression.



Someone even made a fucking change.org petition (archive) in an attempt to bully anthrocon into letting people wear whatever the hell they want.


Being asked to wear some underarmor/leggings with your shorts is BLATANT CLASSISM AND ABELISM



I’m personally in full favor of this policy. Rate me autistic, but a minor pet peeve I’ve always had with fursuiters who don’t have a “full” suit is that it’s not uncommon to see them wearing outfits that show a lot of skin (e.g., they’ll have handpaws but wear a short-sleeve shirt, or they’ll wear shorts that leave their legs exposed). Like, I get it, it’s your suit, it's hot in the summer, wear it however the hell you want. But I feel like if you’re already making the effort to dress up, at least commit to the damn bit. At least wear something with longer sleeves, or if that’s too hot for you, buy some Under Armour or leggings.

 

[M110 wireless hole punch]

I’m personally in full favor of this policy.

The writing was on the wall and people still ignored it lmao.

A lot of cons have gotten rid of parades entirely in favor of large scale photoshoot events just because it's easier to manage and more hands off on staff. None of them have instituted a minimum requirement for participation other than anthrocon but I think this is a fair compromise. Keeping the barrier for a fursuit parade high keeps it a fursuit parade instead of a cosplay fashion show or being swarmed by fags in pup masks and harnesses.

 

[Sintharia]

In true furry fashion, at least half of the people melting down never had any intention of going to Anthrocon in the first place.

Breathable long sleeves and pants are not horrendous things. Furries forget that clothing that ISN’T latex or some poly blend exists.

 

[bigjohnclickclack]

how about we just save the children and have no fursuit parade and city of Pittsburg can just outright ban the shit. Keep that shit behind close doors.. even better yet push the convention far far far away from city center. Problems solved

 

[Shitted Scaredless]

I'd say it's odd, but as mentioned it's probably to keep the whole thing more manageable, especially given Anthrocons size.

 

[Realhat]

Rate me autistic, but a minor pet peeve I’ve always had with fursuiters who don’t have a “full” suit is that it’s not uncommon to see them wearing outfits that show a lot of skin (e.g., they’ll have handpaws but wear a short-sleeve shirt, or they’ll wear shorts that leave their legs exposed). Like, I get it, it’s your suit, it's hot in the summer, wear it however the hell you want. But I feel like if you’re already making the effort to dress up, at least commit to the damn bit. At least wear something with longer sleeves, or if that’s too hot for you, buy some Under Armour or leggings.

For those in the audience who may not know, leaving exposed skin this way is what's called "poodling," as mentioned in some of the screenshots posted. The practice was, for a while, a controversial issue in the community. But just as with the debate over taking off one's fursuit head in public, the "I do what I want" ethos won out over any concern for the show being put on for others.

Seeing Anthrocon enforce old standards that these people thought they had destroyed over the past few years must be rather upsetting to them.

Being asked to wear some underarmor/leggings with your shorts is BLATANT CLASSISM AND ABELISM

Sexist too. (Which this person struggles to express without offending the trannies.)

 

[AnthonyLoggerhead]

hoping I don't know the answer to this but when they say get their diapers changed it's a performative thing right? They take off a clean diaper to replace with a clean diaper? Like they don't actually use the diapers right? Please say yes.

You wake up as Joe Somebody, b. 1920 - d. June 19th, 1944, WWII casualty:

>ghost on the USS Hornet
>[time passes]
>wow look at that, the ol' carrier went on to retrieve astronauts from a space program?
>hot darn things are really looking up for the good old USA
>well I suppose it's quite old now, hope they don't break er do- ...hey a museum! that's just fine
>[time passes]
>man that sure was wild bleeding out right here at this spot during our campaign in the Philippine sea all those years ago
>looks like they're setting up for some kind of event
>must be memorial day
>yep look at that, I'm sure it'll be busy here!
>say, thats a strange cloth that man just put on the table
>strange looking crowd too
>these folks must be visiting from the asylum or something
>hey why's this man climbing on the table here, kind of disrespectful seeing as I died right next to that
>oh
>oh jesus
>why's he got his trousers down? is that man wearing a diaper??
>why isn't someone stopping this?
>oh thank the lord, some folks are coming to stop him
>wait a moment
>they're helping him out of his clothes!
>hells bells! that man went and shit himself on my fucking table!
>THAT ADULT MAN SHIT IN A DIAPER ON MY TABLE AND THESE PEOPLE ARE CLEANING IT UP!
>WHAT IN THE LORD'S GOOD EARTH IS HAPPENING!
>I MUST BE IN HELL!
>WHERE DID WE GO WRONG?!
>CHRIST WHAT DID WE DO!?

And that's how the ghost of Joe Somebody developed PTSD once again 80 years after the war ended.

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“Y’know, maybe we should’a let them yellow Jap bastards sink the Hornet…” Joe Somebody’s spirit, 2025

In true furry fashion, at least half of the people melting down never had any intention of going to Anthrocon in the first place.

Breathable long sleeves and pants are not horrendous things. Furries forget that clothing that ISN’T latex or some poly blend exists.

But not letting furniggers expose their dicks & pup play gear to random kiddos is literally Nahtzee Hitler Drumpf!

 

[Bigideas McTucker]

Sexist too. (Which this person struggles to express without offending the trannies.)
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Telling women to cover up is sexist? Oh so they hate Islam right? RIGHT?

 

[ZapThePickle]

Wonder if Anthrocon will have a body count from people dropping like flies in the Pittsburgh summer heat and humidity

 

[Realhat]

Oh man, please do it please do it

 

[Sintharia]

Wonder if Anthrocon will have a body count from people dropping like flies in the Pittsburgh summer heat and humidity

Not any more than usual. The rule change doesn’t affect anything beyond their batshit insane parade.

Furries are going to temper tantrum it right out of existence, though.

 

[sex haver]

The Anthrocon policy is fucking hilarious and I love it. Like Realhat mentioned above, the very concept of any human skin shown while fursuiting used to be EXTREMELY taboo in the fandom. You just couldn't do it. You'd be straight up told by staff you are "ruining the magic" (always found that term a little dumb, but whatever) and asked to go to the headless lounge (named that for this very reason) to put on/take off stuff. Hell, even those were policed and I remember conventions with staff guarding the door and forbidding anyone who wasn't actively carrying/wearing a fursuit from going into the headless lounge at all.

The Anthrocon heads of staff are basically the boomers of the fandom, almost literally given their ages, so it makes sense they'd remember this. That, plus the fact they are already attendance capped means they don't have to cater to everyone to drive more registrations like every other con. They are in a perfectly comfortable position where if people get offended and fuck off to another con, there's another person right behind them willing to take their spot and they lose nothing.

Also while typing this I am reminded of my own av. Picture was taken at Anthrocon, of course. Even the notorious Carpet Samples can meet the rules of this new policy, what's your excuse?

Wonder if Anthrocon will have a body count from people dropping like flies in the Pittsburgh summer heat and humidity

Nah. If anything this will reduce problems because the parade will be significantly shorter. As someone pointed out above, it is supposed to only be an hour long but because of all the non-furry costumes and lazy "I'll just throw on the head and walk around", it took 2+ hours instead.

 

[bigjohnclickclack]

The Anthrocon policy is fucking hilarious and I love it. Like Realhat mentioned above, the very concept of any human skin shown while fursuiting used to be EXTREMELY taboo in the fandom. You just couldn't do it. You'd be straight up told by staff you are "ruining the magic" (always found that term a little dumb, but whatever) and asked to go to the headless lounge (named that for this very reason) to put on/take off stuff. Hell, even those were policed and I remember conventions with staff guarding the door and forbidding anyone who wasn't actively carrying/wearing a fursuit from going into the headless lounge at all.

The Anthrocon heads of staff are basically the boomers of the fandom, almost literally given their ages, so it makes sense they'd remember this. That, plus the fact they are already attendance capped means they don't have to cater to everyone to drive more registrations like every other con. They are in a perfectly comfortable position where if people get offended and fuck off to another con, there's another person right behind them willing to take their spot and they lose nothing.

Also while typing this I am reminded of my own av. Picture was taken at Anthrocon, of course. Even the notorious Carpet Samples can meet the rules of this new policy, what's your excuse?


Nah. If anything this will reduce problems because the parade will be significantly shorter. As someone pointed out above, it is supposed to only be an hour long but because of all the non-furry costumes and lazy "I'll just throw on the head and walk around", it took 2+ hours instead.

Besides ruining the “magic” a lot of furfags like to show skin because it really sexualizes their character…..

And Anthrocon just like the long running drag show venues are trying to keep the wholesome and classic look and keep the sexual vibes and debauchery to a minimum but this is the new age..

I went to a drag show and I was disgusted by how provocative it was and sexual it is now… and how politicized it’s become glorifying socialism paying for sex changes through taxes

It’s all about sex and drugs…

Anthrocon isn’t gonna last much longer

And sex and drugs brings aids and sexual diseases which you already see

And they are often teens who don’t have enough money for a fullsuit……… buts it really not that….


Once Anthrocon goes out and the old guard leaves it won’t take long before all the sex parties fall apart due to mismanagement drama and abuse which you are just seeing the tip of the iceberg.. can’t hold anything good together if it’s all about sex and drugs and having a good time… all run by kids lol and you are already seeing this

 

[Athena Save Us!]

You'd be straight up told by staff you are "ruining the magic" (always found that term a little dumb, but whatever) and asked to go to the headless lounge (named that for this very reason) to put on/take off stuff.

So, they basically have the same rules that Disney enforces on its character actors in their theme parks. Gotcha.

 

[ZapThePickle]

@bigjohnclickclack, tagged you since I can't reply, but to think that one of the largest furry convention (last year they hit 17k attendance, and broke the record) I doubt anthrocon is going to go anywhere, and when I say Pittsburgh embraces these fucks they make a big production. If anything Anthrocon is exactly what it wants to be "The shining Star and moral example of furries everywhere! We're just silly little guys in silly little costumes! You love costume characters!"



What I do think is so funny that they want to keep this squeaky clean image when their chairman Uncle Kage Is a groomer an all around degenerate pedophile himself but I guess if he keeps up that holier than thou persona nobody will call him out on it