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

[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

 

[DiceDriver_483]

@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

whats that guy done I've just seen him on that furry documentary

 

[Wolfkiller Jr.]

whats that guy done I've just seen him on that furry documentary

Uncle Kage.

 

[Realhat]

Did we cover racism yet? The fursuit parade rules are also racist, on top of classist, sexist, and ableist as we've already covered. Because for some reason only "upper class white cis males" are capable of following rules.

Some people are also upset over the "no flags" rule, especially because the con happens in June.

 

[Shitted Scaredless]

I think I could understand why no flags beyond the knee-jerk assumption. Fursuits are inherently low vision, and most flags flown for pride are fairly large. A Fursuit parade is usually a pretty tight line of suits. So if your vision is filled with nothing but the flags in front of you, it could be a bit of a nightmare and tripping hazard.

 

[AnOminous]

I think I could understand why no flags beyond the knee-jerk assumption. Fursuits are inherently low vision, and most flags flown for pride are fairly large. A Fursuit parade is usually a pretty tight line of suits. So if your vision is filled with nothing but the flags in front of you, it could be a bit of a nightmare and tripping hazard.

Plus how are people supposed to show off their $10K commissioned murrsuits with a bunch of even more annoying faggots waving flags everywhere?

 

[Desumorphine]

I think Anthrocon is experiencing the true generation change. With a lot of the "older" Millennial and late Gen-X furries either not attending or having mellowed out a bit, the con got used to participants who aren't as openly spastic and keep it to the room parties. They are now dealing with hyperactive Gen-Z furries who grew up with a phone raising them and were taught that you should be as loud and obnoxious as possible, which doesn't fly when your con gets attendee numbers in the 10s of thousands.

 

[Everyday Beeze]

Plus how are people supposed to show off their $10K commissioned murrsuits with a bunch of even more annoying faggots waving flags everywhere?

I wonder if the only reason these bunch have jobs is to fund their freaky interests in suits and sex.

 

[moocow]

I love that they have so many separate baubles they insist on showing off all at once that it creates a physical safety risk and that they cry "racism!" at people pointing out "hey maybe you shouldn't drape long flowy flags across each other's bodies while marching in a tight formation in vision-limiting suits."

It's a hopeless traffic jam of virtue signaling, both symbolically and physically, and instead of just one person stepping up and saying "oh okay yeah, I'll tone it down a little bit, and if everyone else does too, there'll be room for all of us," they're going to just drown together because they're being asked not to show skin while dressing up like animals that have no bare skin to begin with but who also need to wear pride flags for some reason.

I wonder if the only reason these bunch have jobs is to fund their freaky interests in suits and sex.

Kind of a scary thought that just going with traditional prostitutes is substantially safer and substantially cheaper than the shit this lot gets up to.

 

[Cuntspiracy Man]

I love that they have so many separate baubles they insist on showing off all at once that it creates a physical safety risk and that they cry "racism!" at people pointing out "hey maybe you shouldn't drape long flowy flags across each other's bodies while marching in a tight formation in vision-limiting suits."

It's a hopeless traffic jam of virtue signaling, both symbolically and physically, and instead of just one person stepping up and saying "oh okay yeah, I'll tone it down a little bit, and if everyone else does too, there'll be room for all of us," they're going to just drown together because they're being asked not to show skin while dressing up like animals that have no bare skin to begin with but who also need to wear pride flags for some reason.


Kind of a scary thought that just going with traditional prostitutes is substantially safer and substantially cheaper than the shit this lot gets up to.

i think they simply cannot imagine the technical aspects of the events, like spoiled kids often do, they can't envision any issues or physical limitations because in their head they only view themselves, prancing down the street in whatever gear they desire, and somewhere elsewhere another person exists, maybe, possibly, but doesn't really matter
it's a magical world of expectations where nothing technical exists, like a kid who thinks running a fair is just clowns and cotton candy wonderland and doesn't consider the amount of work that goes into setting things up or maintaining them
similarly when these people imagine the parade in their head they imagine something straight out of an old cartoon where everyone just walks in perfect formation as things fall and clunk and roll but somehow make their way back into place, and fabric waves elegantly between the legs of people who step around it with perfect whimsical precision and objects bounce into place as if alive in a sort of cacophony of functional and organized chaos
they don't think of the actual mechanics of the real world

 

[moocow]

i think they simply cannot imagine the technical aspects of the events, like spoiled kids often do, they can't envision any issues or physical limitations because in their head they only view themselves, prancing down the street in whatever gear they desire, and somewhere elsewhere another person exists, maybe, possibly, but doesn't really matter

No theory of mind. Lots of retards and autists have that problem (Russell Greer immediately springs to mind).

 

[Sintharia]

The absolute meltdowns that furries are having over this is hilarious. The parade is a single event, slated for a two-hour window. No one is telling them that they can't poodle at the convention. But they don't see it because the parade is the entirety of their con existence. Some of the rules aren't even changed. The "no flags" rule has been in place for years, and stands as a relic of the fursuit photo, where they were trying to cram as many bodies as possible into a single photo that you could smell through your screen.

I am honestly and legitimately looking forward to when younger Gen-Z takes over convention leadership. The entire structure is going to fall apart.

 

[Tennis-Ball-Tony]

I think Anthrocon is experiencing the true generation change. With a lot of the "older" Millennial and late Gen-X furries either not attending or having mellowed out a bit, the con got used to participants who aren't as openly spastic and keep it to the room parties. They are now dealing with hyperactive Gen-Z furries who grew up with a phone raising them and were taught that you should be as loud and obnoxious as possible, which doesn't fly when your con gets attendee numbers in the 10s of thousands.

It's exactly this. AC is run by people that don't party and don't have sex at cons like the rates the younger crowd does. It's sort of like the anecdotes you hear from old furs going to party cons like FWA and having a horrible time.

 

[phattie]

especially because the con happens in June

It doesn't, though.

The con is July 3rd.

Imagine my surprise, though, when a bunch of furries seem incapable of growth and change.

 

[Law]

Like Realhat mentioned above, the very concept of any human skin shown while fursuiting used to be EXTREMELY taboo in the fandom

the only thing now taboo in the fandom is having taboos it seems

I love that they have so many separate baubles they insist on showing off all at once that it creates a physical safety risk

This is dork culture in a nutshell.
I love going to PAX and seeing some giant dude in a utilikilt, every single one of his six thousand pockets full to bursting, wearing like eight scarves in the middle of spring so he has something to attach his millions of enamel pins to, Eevee keychains attached to his Eevee hat, covered with buckles and bracelets and straps and whatever-the-fucks, with like mugs and books and bottles all attached to him, just clanking down the hallway on his way to buy more things and attach them to his person, in a celebration of excess. Nature is beautiful.

No one is telling them that they can't poodle at the convention.

Sigh.
What's "poodling"?
Oh, is it like only wearing parts of a suit to keep cool? Like a poodle clip leaves parts of the fur on a dog to keep the dog cool?
Is this furry slang that isn't about some kind of terrifying sex thing?

 

[Cuntspiracy Man]

Sigh.
What's "poodling"?
Oh, is it like only wearing parts of a suit to keep cool? Like a poodle clip leaves parts of the fur on a dog to keep the dog cool?

precisely

truth is furries were always weird but older furries also knew how to keep their weirdness in check, the whole trend of wanting everything all at once, being able to act out in public and be applauded for it, considering the fact that you're free to do as your please but are kindly asked to tone it down in public to be oppression on par with being repressed and committed violence against for who you are. it's all very modern
if you saw the furry scene early on and even going up to the 2000's, it was a much more organic mix of sexual and nonsexual and the sex stuff was kept as low as... well... anything sexual, really
but there's an issue with modern generations where they don't comprehend the concept of "this isn't the right forum for this", they don't understand that, to quote prof. Oak, "there's a time and a place for everything", everything they like and believe in occupies 100% of their brain at any time and they NEED to air it out NOW, HERE, and everyone who doesn't like it be damned

this probably also explains their approach to activism, there's no time to fight and time to party, everywhere is just the proverbial toilet
even a dog knows not to shit where it sleeps