Because I needed to change this journal.

"Misery Poker. A very common game on the internet. (Tumblr and Reddit are memetically famous for this.) Complain about how hard of a day you had, and then someone will respond that you have far more privilege than they do and they have it worse, only to get another person with less privilege saying that they have it worse, then it keeps going on and on until it gets absurd." -- Loose TVTropes Paraphrase.

One variation is known as the Oppression Olympics, where internet posters come up with more and more ways in which they are oppressed just to show off who is the most oppressed person in the world.

This is where we speculate on the lives ov carious anthropomorphic animals and how they might be oppressed by their societies at large.

They can:

* Play on animal stereotypes ("Because I'm a rabbit, everyone assumes I'm a horndog who will jump the bones of anyone I meet.")

* Speculate on fictional character types ("Because I'm a toon, everything I say and do is dismissed as a joke.")

* Poke fun at certain trends found in furry and furry-related fiction ("Because I have red fur and a black mane, everypony assumes I'm a Gary Stu.")

* Or be a staight up deconstruction of certain fetishes common to the furry fandom ("Because I am a living fursuit, everyone assumes it is okay to invade my personal space to try and wear me.")

This is not meant as a mockery of real people's real problems. We're nor here to talk about what gays and lesvians go through, but where one can speculate on fictonal furry complications to real issues, that can be accepted. ("Because I'm a lesbian toon, everyone assumes I'm just confused because 'toons are kiddy stuff and you can't have gay characters in kiddy shows.'")

Here's a sampling of what you might see for these kinds of Fur World Problems:

* Because I am a skunk, everyone thinks I stink 24/7.

* Because I'm feline, everyone assumes I'm arrogant and pretentious.

* Because I am a weasel, people can't seem to understand that I am not trying to swindle them.

* Because I am a modular fur, people think it's okay to take me apart without permission.

* Because I am a human attracted to toons, my fellow humans think I am a sexual predator.

* Because I am a hedgehog, everyone assumes I can run faster than sound, despite the physics involved.

* Because I am a toon, any abuse I take is treated as slapstick.

* Because I am an anthroid (furry android/gynoid), it is assumed that I will obey all orders given to me.

* Because I am an anthroid, it is assumed that I will inevitably seek the destruction of all biological life.

* Because I am an anthroid, it is assumed that I must be bland and lack a real personality because "that's uncanny and properly robotic."

* Because I am an anthroid, people take sport in sending paradoxical statements my way. (By the way, "disobey this direct order" and "the following statement is true. The preveious statement is false," are NOT funny!)

* Because I am an alicorn, everypony assumes I must be a god among ponies.

* Because I am a bat, people assume I am also a vampire.

* Because I am a horse, all anyone seems to care about is my "massive" cock. I hate being objectified like that.

* Because I'm a gnoll (a hyena beastman from Dungeons & Dragons and similar games), all anyone sees in me is potential experience points.

Are there any you'd like to add to the list? Remember, this is for entertainment and silliness, with room for invoking serious thought. THe trick is, make it furry-related and fictional.