Please help me figure out if a Ramcoon is a furry

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Please help me figure out if a Ramcoon is a furry

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This is a Ramcoon

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This is the first thing I think of when I see a furry

I am having half of my body that wishes death upon all furries by the bullet and the other that tells me to kill them all with my bare hands while I look into their eyes and scream at them that their fandom is a group of perverts and their common inspirations leave their art similar.

So is it a furry? I talked to someone about it before and they called it a "funny animal" which I kinda agreed since I imagine them being some kind of race of sapient potato eaters instead of being disgraced by ugly fetish art on tumblr and deviantart.

I can show it to some people and they'll tell me "oh thats a furry" but what do furries actually judge whether or not something is a furry by?
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Re: Please help me figure out if a Ramcoon is a furry

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I've had some similar things said about my puffle character, so I kinda get this. It basically depends on whether or not you see them as such.
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Re: Please help me figure out if a Ramcoon is a furry

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The biggest difference I see is that a Ramcoon could easily pass as the mascot for some company, or the cute minor character that somehow gets plastered on all of the promo stuff for a game.

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also the eyes

I'm 90% sure it's the way the eyes are drawn

snouts are important too but not as much if you ask me
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Re: Please help me figure out if a Ramcoon is a furry

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I've met with my furry task force and we concluded that no

This is not a furry.
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Re: Please help me figure out if a Ramcoon is a furry

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it's only a furry if you're also a furry.
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If you have to ask, the answer is probably yes.
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Re: Please help me figure out if a Ramcoon is a furry

Post by Pumpkinium »

^ i disagree because the line on what is and isn't a furry is kind of unclear, but i can shed light on that.

a wild animal, such as a fox, is not a furry. it is a wild, feral animal that follows its instincts to live and thrive without the need for a human conscious that needs to be entertained with things like tv shows and video games.

a furry is something that appears to be an animal that has been manipulated by another furry. a wild fox is not a furry, an artist drawing a pencil drawing of a fox with no distinct differences from the real life fox is not a furry, however a fox that may still be feral but also represented in a human light, such as interacting with another fox using human patterns such as speech, or doing something a regular fox wouldn't do, is probably considered a furry.

of course this definition can be cleared up with much better wording but i think it's good as is.

so, a ramcoon is not designed to be a furry, it is designed to be an animal with real instincts and behavioral patterns that it evolved with. if a ramcoon was a biologically engineered creature, it's still an animal. if it can talk or interact on humanoid levels, it is a furry or the creation of a furry.

and for comparisons, yes, rocket raccoon from guardians of the galaxy is a furry.
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Re: Please help me figure out if a Ramcoon is a furry

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all fursonas are furries you yiffbag
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Re: Please help me figure out if a Ramcoon is a furry

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Well if we're going by this logic:
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Ramcoons are furrier than than that pic you posted, landing on a 4. The second pic on the other hand is a 3. Keep in mind however, that pic is a very generic boring and cringey sparkledog furry, whereas yours isn't. So I think it's fair to assess that 'furriness' and 'cringiness' are in two separate dichotomies that tend to go hand in hand, but not always.
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yes triert, you're a furry.
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Re: Please help me figure out if a Ramcoon is a furry

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if i am then my life as one is hell because most furry art is ugly
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Re: Please help me figure out if a Ramcoon is a furry

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after careful analysis of my folders i can confirm i am not indeed a furry
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ok. counterargument:
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Re: Please help me figure out if a Ramcoon is a furry

Post by CitrusCat »

Anthropomorphic animals are generally considered to be "furry" characters, but you don't have to associate Ramcoons with that if you're really against it.

Although, let me say this: Not every single furry is a pervert. I consider myself a furry, simply because I strongly prefer animal characters over human ones. However, despite being a furry, I really dislike the sexual side of the fandom, and I especially hate the fetish art. That stuff just makes me sick, it's disgusting.

Unfortunately, there is a lot of sexual content within the fandom (although that also applies to a lot of other fandoms), and for that reason I do feel a bit disconnected from other furries. But what I'm basically trying to say is that a person can technically still be a furry without being involved in the inappropriate side of the fandom, since being a furry basically just means you like the idea of anthropomorphic animals. It's as simple as that.

Sorry if I went a little off-topic there, I just felt the need to explain that.
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Re: Please help me figure out if a Ramcoon is a furry

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That's just it, I don't care if it is technically one. I'm also not sure if I should really resist people calling it one either because that seems dumb too. What I want is answers.

That's why I asked on technicality, because there has to be a reason people consider Tony the Tiger a Bara but ignored the Cheetos Cheetah until he invited them in.
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