Comments on: Town Hall Hotel Furry Alert!

By: DaveF

DaveF — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 00:40:43 +0000

By gum some people are odd but each to their own I guess!

By: PointZeroOne

PointZeroOne — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 23:27:01 +0000

When ever I see anyone, doing anything I instantly make it sexual in my head. Like thinking about you typing out that comment……..

By: PointZeroOne

PointZeroOne — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 23:07:37 +0000

What I’m really curious about is how you actually came across this blog post. Was it from a google search of ‘furry sex’ or something like that?

By: Big

Big — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 22:09:01 +0000

Go on – Google it. You know you want to. At work. With safe search switched off. While some ultra thin skinned HR busybody is looking over your shoulder.

(What could _possibly_ go wrong?)

By: DaveF

DaveF — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 21:21:01 +0000

What the heck is a furry when its at home??

By: John

John — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 18:04:23 +0000

I’m just curious why you go from this to thinking about “sexual proclivities” so easily. Almost everything in life could spur thoughts of sex (say, your grandparents going to a nice dinner together), but why would you go there? Why make some puritanical leap and start thinking about sex acts?

By: kitthewolffox

kitthewolffox — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 02:01:56 +0000

Ok. Number one I will start by apologizing. Clearly, my inability to pick up on your meaning is my bad. I’m serious about that, I’m not the greatest at picking up on the subtleties. “We do not need your bizarre sexual proclivities to be displayed at all.” That just kind of offended me as I wear a tail, and I have no such proclivity. The reason that I said that he looks like the most innocent teen I have ever seen is because, look at how he is dressed. He doesn’t dress like a stereotypical teenager. He actually dresses like a normal human being. To me he seem like a very respectable young man. Also, obviously the tail is going to be fake fur. No furry that I know would ever wear REAL fur. Why would someone who loves animals, wear the skin of a slaughtered animal.

By: Stilgherrian

Stilgherrian — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 02:46:21 +0000

@kitthewolffox: No, it’s fine. I’m quite prepared for your comment. I see this kind of drive-by idiocy every day, particularly on my pieces for ABC’s The Drum. So I can skip over your obvious inability to use apostrophes, or tell the difference between “there” and “their”, or between “conceded” and “conceited”, for that matter. That’s just everyday ignorance.

Your standout piece of stupidity is that you’ve completely missed the fucking point.

The post is a mock attack on Furries. Written in a pretentious archaic style (“hostelries”? “proclivities?”) leading to the final outrage, that it’s not even real fur.

There’s a further clue in the reference to Newtown’s Town Hall Hotel as “reputable”. It’s a dive. But you couldn’t have known that — you’re in Canada, right? But if you were a local, you’d know that Newtown is one of the most culturally-varied localities on the planet, and one of the most tolerant, so any outrage over some childish dress-ups is even more out of place.

“Does that kid seriously look like he has a sexual interest in animals?” you ask. I don’t know. It’s a motion-blurred cameraphone image and his face isn’t even pointing towards the lens. Can you tell whether someone is aroused by animals just by looking at a blurry photo of the back of their head?

“That is probably the most innocent looking teen I’ve ever seen,” you assert. Really? What are the tell-tale signs? The scale of measurement? Or did you, as I suspect , just make shit up?

And if you thought the original post was rude, you really out to get out more. Enjoy wearing your tail. Most of the people on the planet would think the better of you for it. Or not.

By: kitthewolffox

kitthewolffox — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 16:30:08 +0000

Hey! Guess what, you just got unlucky. I’m a furry, so I hope your prepared for this comment.
Number one, not all furries have a sexual fetish involving animals. Some of us just like to express are interest the same as people like to get tattoos. Its just a visual representation of there interests. Number two, you really have no idea what you talking about. Number three, does that kid seriously look like he has a sexual interest in animals. That is probably the most innocent looking teen i’ve ever seen. Number four, i think that most of the people on the planet would rather talk to him then listen to your conceded, arrogant, and straight up rude way of speaking. And by the way I wear a tail.

By: Stilgherrian

Stilgherrian — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:16:50 +0000

@Luke: “Reputable”? Well, the Town Hall Hotel “has a reputation”, I think you’d agree? Doesn’t that mean the same thing?

By: Luke

Luke — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:56:55 +0000

Reputable? LOL

By: Stilgherrian

Stilgherrian — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:10:52 +0000

@Bob Bain: Hmmm… sheepsex.com was a hypothetical example, I didn’t actually know if the site existed, I just made it up. But it’s inevitable that it exists, I suppose…

By: Bob Bain

Bob Bain — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:56:22 +0000

Speaking of animal liberation I tried sheepsex.com (mentioned in your speech at Byteside) but there’s nothing to subsribe to other than links to various forms of sex. There are pointers to goats and I located places in Sydney where it’s possible to purchase goats and goat meat and indeed to donate a goat at $75 per goat to the poor and needy in downtrodden countries. I possibly tweeted about it.

Indeed I did !

By: Stilgherrian

Stilgherrian — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:46:34 +0000

@Bob Bain: Animal Liberation types are always up in arms. They're such a humourless bunch. Now, surely real fur would offer a more... shall we say, primal experience?

By: Bob Bain

Bob Bain — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:40:19 +0000

It’s FAKE fur Sir ! If it were real fur the animal liberation people would be up in arms.