My parents only used it on one occasion: A camping trip. They tell me they felt bad and never used it again. But the fact remains. I was on a leash once and now I’m a furry. We have correlation.
Causation is yet to be proven, but my hypothesis is that leashes and furry community participation are both potential results of some set of underlying personality traits that may or may not manifest both or either of these outcomes. Comorbidities that happen to align.
I am asexual and do not enjoy sexual contact in general.
The only animals i have had any experience with are homo sapiens, and based on that experience I have concluded it is not for me. It turns out actual biological bodies are icky. I would rather not have one, let alone have to interact with someone else’s.
My “fursona” is a synthetic construct that used to be a bipedal canine with wings. Keeping those features from the character’s distant fully biological past was merely aesthetic preference. I’ve felt very comfortable leaning into an “it/thing” identity.
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I was a leash kid too ._.
My parents only used it on one occasion: A camping trip. They tell me they felt bad and never used it again. But the fact remains. I was on a leash once and now I’m a furry. We have correlation.
Causation is yet to be proven, but my hypothesis is that leashes and furry community participation are both potential results of some set of underlying personality traits that may or may not manifest both or either of these outcomes. Comorbidities that happen to align.
They leashed you because they loved you and wanted you to be safe. It makes sense really.
Preferable to the alternative where parents leash their kids out of negligence because they can’t be bothered to actually supervise them…
I can add to the conclusion as I wasn’t a leash kid and am not a furry
Can I ask, what animals do you like to dress as, and bang, as a furry? Just out of curiosity if you don’t mind sharing.
Humans but my costume isn’t very convincing.
You’ve been added to the Best of Lemmy: https://sh.itjust.works/post/65805382
I am asexual and do not enjoy sexual contact in general.
The only animals i have had any experience with are homo sapiens, and based on that experience I have concluded it is not for me. It turns out actual biological bodies are icky. I would rather not have one, let alone have to interact with someone else’s.
My “fursona” is a synthetic construct that used to be a bipedal canine with wings. Keeping those features from the character’s distant fully biological past was merely aesthetic preference. I’ve felt very comfortable leaning into an “it/thing” identity.