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a year ago
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This fandom seems to have no limits. Stanford College (Yes. THAT Stanford.) now has a course in fursuit making. Here's a video on the subject.
I've watched this fandom grow from a small thing that houses could contain and cons where 50 attendees was considered large and almost nobody knew a thing to places where I never suspected. Like making local news broadcasts, bowling events that appear to max out the place, conventions that are struggling to supply to the demand... hell, Barbie branded Furries. (Saw a couple more of those the other day. Second wave?) Now everybody seems to have some kind of notion about what being a Furry is. Granted, the core idea is as old as Humanity. Why, I just watched a remembrance kind of video the other day. One of the things shown were dolls from an '80s trend called Cabbage Patch Dolls. Some of them were in fursuits. (PJ's, actually.) Now that is a little confusing.
I've watched this fandom grow from a small thing that houses could contain and cons where 50 attendees was considered large and almost nobody knew a thing to places where I never suspected. Like making local news broadcasts, bowling events that appear to max out the place, conventions that are struggling to supply to the demand... hell, Barbie branded Furries. (Saw a couple more of those the other day. Second wave?) Now everybody seems to have some kind of notion about what being a Furry is. Granted, the core idea is as old as Humanity. Why, I just watched a remembrance kind of video the other day. One of the things shown were dolls from an '80s trend called Cabbage Patch Dolls. Some of them were in fursuits. (PJ's, actually.) Now that is a little confusing.
Still... IMHO, colleges are potentially in trouble. They are way overpriced in a world where internet, YouTube and such can start to compete without going into serious lifelong debt. Not to mention that the traditional job world is constantly evolving.
My thoughts also drift towards hearing that at one of these high-priced colleges, there was a course that revolved around analyzing Jerry Garcia and The Grateful Dead. And I don't know how that would give anyone any helpful lifetime experience. I mean the E-Sports courses can go a lot further. (E-Sports is like college football... only for career minded video game players. To those that can become great video game quarterbacks and find a place on an E-Sports team...)