There seem to be some people on Lemmy who genuinely believe that they are an animal. They say they are an “unperson” or discuss conversing with “animals” who “happen to be born in human bodies”. They see their struggle as on par with the struggle for trans people, and their right to be recognized as animals as a part of a broader societal struggle for queer acceptance.
Well, this is fucking stupid.
First of all, comparing “I’m a puppy uWu” to gender dysphoria trivializes what trans people go through. Furries are not struggling like trans people. They are simply mocking trans people (whether that mockery is intentional or not is besides the point).
Second of all, you’re not a fucking animal bro ffs. Being an animal isn’t a state of mind. It isn’t a vibe. It isn’t a social construct. It isn’t something you’re assigned at birth. It’s about DNA. You have 50% of DNA from a human mom, and 50% of your DNA from a human dad, so you have 100% human DNA (granted maybe you have like 0.1% Neanderthal DNA but whatever). So you’re a human. This shouldn’t be a hard concept to grasp.
If you can speak a human language, and have the mental wherewithal required to use the internet, then you have a HUMAN MIND. And if you “just so happen to be born in a human body” then you have a HUMAN BODY. HUMAN MIND + HUMAN BODY = HUMAN. IT’S ALL HUMAN. YOU ARE HUMAN. Just because you have a bestiality fetish does not make you a fucking bobcat ffs
Having read all the comments: you have the IQ of a french fry and yet regard yourself as somehow more intelligent than literally everyone in this post, while they are merely trying to inform you on what you are blabbering on about. You’re like a Karen, but somehow like 3 rungs lower on the education factor. Without a doubt, Homer Simpson would regard you as an idiot.
I’ve known a couple therians, and they truly believe they are born into the wrong form. I don’t share the feeling, but it’s no different in my eyes than being straight, bi, gay, trans… Believe it or not, humans - not even you, it’s shocking I know - possess all information possible regarding the world and our bodies within it.
It’s alright though, the furry (and by extension, therian and otherkin) community will have the last laugh: I’ve been here 22 years, and time and time again, the people who bash these communities the hardest, are in denial the deepest.
Cya around soon~ ♥️
Wow, this entire comment section. As a transspecies therian myself (and also a furry, therian furs do exist!), thank you for not therian-bashing like so many of the other supposedly “pro-furry” people downthread.
(“Oh it’s not like real transgender people, that’d be ridiculous!” Bite me. :V Surprise, the supposedly made-up strawman actually exists and we’re collateral damage.)
I don’t know if OP’s likely to be a closet furry/therian or not, they’re deploying a lot of random cluelessness, but y’know… who knows, they could be. Don’t have to be, though.
But yeah (and this bit is more for OP in case they’re thinking “oh no I’m a failure for wanting to be an animal”) – you can just, be an animal if you feel like it. It may be unusual, but it’s not Bad Weird™, and it doesn’t Hurt Real Transgender People™, or whatever. And also a surprising amount of furries aren’t, and are totally human, and I honestly don’t understand them at all (why would you say you want to be an animal and then not actually mean it at all?), but they’re a thing too.
And you don’t have to do anything special to count. Want to be an animal? Then you get to be an animal. We don’t gatekeep. We don’t go “you must have this much dysphoria to qualify!”. Just like with transgender, if you want to be, that’s all you need. 🐺
– Frost