I thought my take on it was a bit lighter, more facts, and much less on the emo and bitching.. at least that was my intent.

yeah, yours wasn't emo... but most all the ones i've seen via browse are full of shit

yeah.. saw that as well hense mine.. and i filled mine up with mostly naughty tidbits..cause..well ... you can't be naughty puppy if you're not naughty *giggles and snugs*

I had low self-esteem and confidence long before I even knew what furry art was ;)

I was tempted to do one of those Shout It Out things, but then decided against it.

They seem to come in two flavors: Bluntly informative/insightful, or whine. Whine tends to be more popular I suppose.
I did mine aimed fully at the "bluntly informative" side, with a good slice of sarcastic attitude, and I mostly got the typical "Awww...it's ok, we still like you anyway" replies. I think people missed the point of me not caring whether they "still like me or not"...it is what it is. *rolls her eyes*

But at the same time, you can't really take any of this crap seriously. ; )

heh... isn't it beautiful when people totally miss the point? You kinda get that desire to pet their little heads with something heavy. hehe.

I think I might do one at some point in an attempt to combat the emoness of it all.

a) They want attention because they're actually depressed and don't know any other way to find it.

b) They want attention just for its own sake and know they might get it if they make it seem as if they're unstable.

c) They're truly depressed and/or mentally unstable and are trying to be edgy/sarcastic about their lot in life, not exactly seeking attention for it, but not caring if anyone knows.


I want to do this li'l art meme, along with all the rest of the ideas people have thought of.

funnily enough, most of the people I've known suffering from depression are too embarrassed to admit they are. Those that bitch and moan and whine about how depressed and suicidal they are often think twice when you call them on it. As it was pointed out to me by a doctor once "If the patient is screaming and swearing that's good, it means they're still alive. It's the silent ones you've got to worry about".

Yes I've done it, and I'll do it again. I can't be doing with the fashionably depressed.

But hey, the new generation seem to be all about quick-fixes and there's no quicker ego-fix than faking depression and suicidal tendencies! Unless you discover nobody cares, then you just end up looking a bit daft.

I vote for the daft option.

dude in the past 3 months, i have had to stop4 ppl from commiting suicide, and have become a counsiler for about 40 ppl now so yeah i agree EMOS EVERYWHERE!

i used to do that till i almost went down with them >.>; good thing i stopped...

lucky me, im not scared of death but i would never kill myslf so i have no worries XD

i wont either, but my mood will lol

Emo, it's the Furry Right XD

hehehe... someone should make a furry constitution and bill of rights... that could be an amusing thing

I dunno, I kind of view that meme as being akin to a bit of primal scream therapy.

I mean really, is that the only thing you've ever read of mine? It must be. Pretty much every comment I've posted anywhere has been happy, positive, light, and all that other good shit. In fact, aside from generally bitching about my noobishness at drawing (primarily how much I hate hands and profiles), I think that's the first time I've ever said anything negative about anyone, myself included, on FA in the year I've been here.

So maybe, just maybe, one might look at the bigger picture, study someone a little more in depth than one 30 second overview of a single picture, before judging them. Just a thought though.

Anyway, I'm off to envelop myself in a soft sweater that's 2 sizes too big, have me some hot cocoa and watch the beautiful snow falling in the soft glow of the streetlights, so very pretty.

um... k?

Yes, that was the only thing of yours I had read at the time. I have since seen your second one and perused your stuff a bit. Both of your memes I found randomly while browsing the art so it was something of a fluke each time.

You seem to be taking this somewhat personally, despite the fact I have no idea who you are aside from the aforementioned browsing flukes. I have seen a number of these memes (all via the art browse function) and they have all been god-awful emo with very little exception. Here are these memes where people are willingly telling about themselves in a nutshell and all that these nutshells have been saying is "I hate myself." It's a rather curious and noteworthy trend. It is this trend that I am commenting on.

And as far as yer "mebbe you should get to know someone before judging them" bit... when most all the people who are representing themselves in this fashion are doing so as overtly whiny and emo, it's rather hard to come up with any other conclusion. Additionally, "I hate myself and want to die" is not something that particularly inspires me to get to know someone better. I have had too many people with no back-bone and no self-esteem try to cling to me throughout my life to be particularly interested in meeting more. This post was more a "WTF-I-hope-this-is-not-an-accurate-representation-of this-group-of-people-I-have chosen-to-associate-with" sort of rant.

Fair'nuff then. :) *HUG*

Yeah, I can totally understand where you're coming from on that. But like I said, a lot of the memes out there, at least the ones I've seen, are more theraputic than anything, letting out things that they'd otherwise never say or show. Some of them even surprised this ol' katt, coming from people I know to be very happy and congenial in general.

Granted, some of them, yes, I also know them to be truly depressed and seeking help as well.

And then there are, indeed, the overly emo ones... sigh... gotta agree, those people annoy the flaming green christ out of me too. ;)

Anyway, all that aside, and with the distaste in my mouth of getting off on the wrong foot, (I hate when that happens, it's far more fun to make friends than it is to make enemies), I'm going to go grab a couple mints, and hopefully we can try this again. ^.^ *ANOTHERHUG*

heh... only here.

If nothing else, I love the fandom for the overtly friendly nature of it.

Additionally... \"flaming green christ\"... I loled

LOL, nah, I was that way long before I even heard of furrys. Then again, I'm a bit old and behind the times.