The bet is over, besides which I'm pretty sure that this isn't a data point for social acceptance in polite society. Even so, jeez. JEEZ.

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If The Bet were still ongoing this Facebook ad would either be a glaring sign of popular acceptance. There's a furry soulmate not just for other furries, but for everyone. That said, it's probably an Ad Copy Writer Who Should Be Fired.


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Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett says a state legislative staffer wanted to engage in sex acts with a teenage boy while dressed in a panda costume. Corbett says 40-year-old Alan David Berlin, of Carlisle, was charged Thursday with attempted sexual exploitation of children and related crimes. A Corbett spokesman says the boy's parents ( Read more... )

In January 2004 I made a bet with rwx:
He thinks that the Furry subculture will shed its "sub" culture and become mainstream within the next 5 years. By "mainstream", we've agreed that this means the emergence of Furry clubs, "beautiful people" attending Furry events, fashion designers appropriating Furry designs, Hot Topic selling cheap knockoffs, ( Read more... )

Furry spotted in Wal-Mart. (via cactusthesaint)

JetBlue asked what the policy is on in-flight furries. (via internebbish)

Both of these are significant data points not just because they are about furries, but because they help describe the current nature of furry/square interaction.

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Thanks, waider (I think)

This is an even larger nail in the coffin than the Orangina ad.

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The Orangina ad might be a viral ad to freak people out just enough to hook them with the spot's message, but this commercial seems legitimately sincere. These are definitely furries, they're being portrayed in a positive and accepting way, there's some adult and sexual themes going ( Read more... )

gaping_asshole sent me this comic as an example of me losing the bet. At the bottom it includes a tagline which says "Someone, somewhere, is dressing up like your favorite cartoon character and having sex". This is not an example of me losing the bet. I shall explain my opinion.

The bet does not concern whether the public will become more aware of furries. ( Read more... )

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