Why do people always question if i'm a furry or straight because of my profile picture?

[Freezpior]

Is it bad to have a cool looking dog in your profile picture?

[jahpeg]

if you have anthro anything on your profile, people will assume you're actually in the furry community. now, the furry community happens to be one of the most accepting communities (most of the time,) so people are more open to being gay/bi/whatever else, knowing that that they're unlikely to be shunned for it, which makes it look like most furries are gay

[Mr. Megidramon]

Because anthro.

[Berkut]

that does appear to be a whole-ass anthro dog

[gugnihr]

It is just that most of them (probably all of them) would use a picture like that, so people usually think that the reverse is true as well, that if you have a picture like that you probably are a furry

[hedy]

animals that look human will automatically be assumed a furry, just a common stereotype

[🜂∴🜏 Cassie]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Cyni:

if you have anthro anything on your profile, people will assume you're actually in the furry community.

This is true; case in point: people still ask Daxank whether he's a furry

[jahpeg]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von 💠 Vixinity 💠:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Cyni:

if you have anthro anything on your profile, people will assume you're actually in the furry community.

This is true; case in point: people still ask Daxank whether he's a furry.

mascots eh

[𝕄𝕣.𝕊𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕟]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Razar:

Is it bad to have a cool looking dog in your profile picture?

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Cyni:

if you have anthro anything on your profile, people will assume you're actually in the furry community. now, the furry community happens to be one of the most accepting communities (most of the time,) so people are more open to being gay/bi/whatever else, knowing that that they're unlikely to be shunned for it, which makes it look like most furries are gay

I wish I could have lived in the 17th century.

[Tuki]

apparently and unfortunately yes, you can´t expect not finding people that automatically assumes you are a filthy yiffer or that you´re involved with actual furries that have fursuits and assist to furcons, I don´t have nothing against ´em but I don´t like being tagged as something I´m not, darn stereotypes.

[MADWACZ]

Are you one OP, can we get the answer please?

[Auraplayer (Stir Crazy)]

I imagine a timeline where I've become the very thing that I've hated. Sure does look like an exciting timeline for me.

[gugnihr]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Festive Foxcopter:

filthy yiffer

I find it really hard to understand why people hate furries so much while it is considered bad to blame people who do much much more controversial and disturbing things like bdsm for example.
I mean I'm not familiar with what furries do but as far as I know they just like to have... fun... while wearing toon animals costumes.
It just sound boring and uninteresting to me.
Why people hate them so much and accept everything else, even things that seems a lot worse (at least to me)????

[Tuki]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von gugnihr:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Festive Foxcopter:

filthy yiffer

I find it really hard to understand why people hate furries so much while it is considered bad to blame people who do much much more controversial and disturbing things like bdsm for example.
I mean I'm not familiar with what furries do but as far as I know they just like to have... fun... while wearing toon animals costumes.
It just sound boring and uninteresting to me.
Why people hate them so much and accept everything else, even things that seems a lot worse (at least to me)????

1) close minded heads
2) "people should respect and do society´s mainstream cultures" BS

[|ツ-ColeTrunks]

If you hadn’t said that I would have assumed you were a furry. Might wanna change the profile picture though.

[Mr. Megidramon]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Festive Foxcopter:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von gugnihr:

I find it really hard to understand why people hate furries so much while it is considered bad to blame people who do much much more controversial and disturbing things like bdsm for example.
I mean I'm not familiar with what furries do but as far as I know they just like to have... fun... while wearing toon animals costumes.
It just sound boring and uninteresting to me.
Why people hate them so much and accept everything else, even things that seems a lot worse (at least to me)????

1) close minded heads
2) "people should respect and do society´s mainstream cultures" BS

The otherkins/therians also don't help things....