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
Wonderful day!
Well, I do not and never understood it, too, of me being ~40 years old…
I cannot imagine my children to wish being animals… it would damage me… permanently… I believe…
It feels like a disrespect towards and devaluation of myself a human, my race, my family and parents who gifted me a life of a human…
Absolutely… I do love to be a human… and I do love other individuals who adventure the infinitely magnificent world and share experiences to learn from each other…
And indeed… A human mind is so ineffably incredible that such is possible and this is how I do realize it. A person who considers themselves an animal may have desires more powerful and prioritized if compared to someone else who was raised differently and had a different life experience that did not develop such animal feelings in their mind that consume them to such a degree to stay focused on it, controllably or not.
And never I would ever consider myself anyone else but a human, and I am proud of being one! But I do also realize how incredible a mind can be, and a worldview of someone else is sure another world to discover…
There’s no chance I would ever tolerate it enough to stay always in contact with a person who believes they are an animal, where I would also be afraid it may damage my own beliefs and my plans to raise my children; and I do fear that I will make an accidental but critical mistake in such a relationship due to my lack of proper understanding of certain traits of worldviews of such people, considering my years and subconsciously rules and already developed instincts.
Meanwhile, I do also realize that there’s just 100 years maximum, and I haven’t met anyone yet who actually know the reason we appeared here. There’s a little knowledge of a human psychology and how certain life events affect people in long term to the point they find themselves better as animals. Perhaps they feel themselves safer or closer to the nature. It might be something deep that subconsciously suggests them animal desires to be into.
Not to mentioned that I do believe every single person is a whole another Universe, indeed… to always respect and celebrate their existence in the miracle known as life…
Hence, there’s nothing “stupid” in it I believe, but just us, people, being miracles and live the way we see it, striving, believing, and trying our best…
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Ngl I kinda wanna just be a human mind in a body of a cat…
So I can look beautiful and also have intelligence
(also immortality so I don’t just die in about a decade… I’d run around as a cat and mess with people till the end of time xD)
Like maybe like a werewolf (were-cats?) ability, but I can choose to activate it at will… I can just live another life in case my human identity is fucked up, then I can just fake my death and live life as a cat (or rather, a were-cat)
Sounds like a plan, you can enjoy cleaning your arse with your tongue 😛
I dunno man, tonguepunching someone you’re into’s fart box is fun.
Humans have a lot of sexual hangups lol.
If you enjoy imagining what life would be like as an animal person with intelligence… boy, have I got the fandom for you!
TIL I’m a furry 😳