BeanisBrain [he/him, they/them]

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  • I’ve heard a lot of theories about why furries have gotten so much shit, but one I don’t see talked about much is that it stems from nerd insecurity. Joe Sixpack probably doesn’t know or care what a furry is, or at most says “looks stupid” and moves on with his live. The people who know enough about furries to obsessively hate on them are generally geeky and online enough to have likely been the target of ridicule growing up themselves, so furries give them someone they can point to and say “At least I’m not those losers!”

    This would also explain why so many furry haters go on to become furries themselves: they outgrow their insecurities. Those who don’t… well, look how Lowtax turned out. Built the biggest nexus of furry hate on Web 1.0 and ended up being

    CW: abuse/self-harm

    a wife beater and deadbeat divorced dad who blew his own brains out.

    Meanwhile, many of those he targeted for harassment live fulfilling lives to this day.