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10 Things that Aggravate Me about Fur Affinity
18 years ago
List of the year no. 2! Here we go.
10. Typos.
It's okay to have a typos when you make a mistake. Those are fine with me. But when people say 'Hay' instead of 'Hey', or 'Their' instead of 'There' on purpose, that bugs me. The goo ol' American Education System at its finest
9. Moderators.
Uh... we do have them somewhere right?....right?.....hello?
8. Really Bad Emoticons.
I was typing a note not too long ago and I can't help but notice how bad those emoticons are. Pretty gaudy and too large for their own good. Not only that I saw some that I wonder how anybody would ever get any use out of them. For example, the heart icon. Rather important if you ask me. It looks like there's a fucking baseball-sized tumor growing out of it. And a Cd icon? What the hell is that good for? "Hey guys! How's it goin'?" I actually had to click it to know it was a cd. I was wondering if I was looking at the backside of one of those little smiley faces and that bullseye in the center was its asshole . Can't wait for the revamp.
7. The Species List.
It amazes me that there is a listing for animals like the possum (and opossum no less) and Richard Gere's best friend the gerbil. Also 50 or so felines and canines listed. But no griffin listing? For shame. Expand your horizons please. Griffins deserve to be molested and have a place in the hall of smut do you think? Species tunnel vision, that's what people have around here I believe.
6. Misleading Image Thumbnails.
Is it wrong to trick people into looking at your images. I think so. If you draw well enough you don't need to. If it's not pr0n, but instead a little tasty crab-like sea-dweller, say so. Also, thumbnails that have an image other than the one you're going to get when you click it is annoying. People won't take you seriously when you do that.
5. Wii.
I get it. It's a good system. Now shut the hell up. Leave the house a few hours a day instead of throwing your remote control, motion-sensored, dildo-looking controller through your numerous plasma screens...Or give me the screens. I'm poor, I'd love one.
4. Bad comments.
It disturbs me to see a picture of, say, a naked guy disemboweling himself and the first comment is (paraphrasing) "Hot -drool-". Jesus H. Christ. Tact is severely lacking around here. Even when the artist says it's a piece close to his heart and it means a lot to him, or represents a dark time in his life, you get "Hot -drools-". Grow up people and think with other portions of your body than what is between your legs. And read the fucking artist comments too.
3. Band-wagon Jumpers and Memes.
This is one reason why I don't read journals. It was bad enough with the iPod homages, but now we got these fuckmook things called Memes. The latest one is being one on fetishes. Like I really want to know someone likes sticking their head in manuer and shoving Cuban cigars down their urethra. There -is- such a thing as telling too much about yourself. Damn. Think for yourselves instead of working inside these high-school niche kind of groups this fandom breaks into. Speak your mind instead of saying what you want others to hear.
2. Hater Types.
By this I mean people who just -have- to say something about negative about someone else. Like I said I do believe in speaking your mind, but that doesn't mean you have to single people out and be a prick to them. Men and women do this to make people like them and help themselves feel better at the cost of others. That makes me sick. A good example is the gay men who have it in against women. Women are just so horrible aren't they? I mean, they're just the reason the human species reproduces and why 80% of y-chromosome-carrying populace is able to eat. It is so ironic. Gay men who do this are no different in lopping all women together into one group than the way homophobes lop all homosexuals into one group. If you don't like something, that's fine, but do not make yourself feel better by downing someone else. It is childish and selfish, which unfortunately, is what a lot of furries are. People need to take a step back sometimes and breathe. In other words chill the fuck out if you hear or see something you don't like. It's a part of life. Deal.
1. Artist Worship.
Ladies and Gentlemen, please remove the multiple penile extrusions from your oral cavities before you suffocate due to lack of oxygen. It is incredible to me the level of control and power artist have around here. I wonder when fans began to view artists more as celebrities, groveling at their feet just to hear their name uttered or a have a sketch drawn for them. It's sad. I have seen some great artist do so -awful- art and people just flock to it, just because it's from that artist. I'm no artist myself, but when did bad art need fan service? Thinking about it though, it makes sense. The fandom, the world we live in on the net as a whole, exists within artistic mediums: art, writing, online gaming...And the best talents create that world the most realistically for us. Therefore we flock to them and kiss their shoes. But then we begin to view them as more like tools instead of actual people. It's easier to do that online as we are never face-to-face, but there are human beings who draw this stuff. It is wrong to treat anyone as an object. We need to dump that habit. Artist are getting power-trips, fans are becoming lynch-mobs, and the fandom itself is suffering. It has gotten better over the years, but it is still happening. And more or less, the base of operations is right here on FA. First Furnation and VCL, then Shezzyart, then Y!Gallery, now here. Act like you have some morals and dignity. If someone, artist or not, pisses you off, say "Fuck you!". If someone's being picked on, stand up for them. This high school hierarchy bullshit needs to stop. It's bad enough the people outside looking at the fandom see it as wrong, so lets try to make it at least somewhat respectable inside the fandom, okay?
Okay, that's all this time. And to the few who read this, speak your mind. Don't take any shit from anyone. And happy birthday to me.
10. Typos.
It's okay to have a typos when you make a mistake. Those are fine with me. But when people say 'Hay' instead of 'Hey', or 'Their' instead of 'There' on purpose, that bugs me. The goo ol' American Education System at its finest
9. Moderators.
Uh... we do have them somewhere right?....right?.....hello?
8. Really Bad Emoticons.
I was typing a note not too long ago and I can't help but notice how bad those emoticons are. Pretty gaudy and too large for their own good. Not only that I saw some that I wonder how anybody would ever get any use out of them. For example, the heart icon. Rather important if you ask me. It looks like there's a fucking baseball-sized tumor growing out of it. And a Cd icon? What the hell is that good for? "Hey guys! How's it goin'?" I actually had to click it to know it was a cd. I was wondering if I was looking at the backside of one of those little smiley faces and that bullseye in the center was its asshole . Can't wait for the revamp.
7. The Species List.
It amazes me that there is a listing for animals like the possum (and opossum no less) and Richard Gere's best friend the gerbil. Also 50 or so felines and canines listed. But no griffin listing? For shame. Expand your horizons please. Griffins deserve to be molested and have a place in the hall of smut do you think? Species tunnel vision, that's what people have around here I believe.
6. Misleading Image Thumbnails.
Is it wrong to trick people into looking at your images. I think so. If you draw well enough you don't need to. If it's not pr0n, but instead a little tasty crab-like sea-dweller, say so. Also, thumbnails that have an image other than the one you're going to get when you click it is annoying. People won't take you seriously when you do that.
5. Wii.
I get it. It's a good system. Now shut the hell up. Leave the house a few hours a day instead of throwing your remote control, motion-sensored, dildo-looking controller through your numerous plasma screens...Or give me the screens. I'm poor, I'd love one.
4. Bad comments.
It disturbs me to see a picture of, say, a naked guy disemboweling himself and the first comment is (paraphrasing) "Hot -drool-". Jesus H. Christ. Tact is severely lacking around here. Even when the artist says it's a piece close to his heart and it means a lot to him, or represents a dark time in his life, you get "Hot -drools-". Grow up people and think with other portions of your body than what is between your legs. And read the fucking artist comments too.
3. Band-wagon Jumpers and Memes.
This is one reason why I don't read journals. It was bad enough with the iPod homages, but now we got these fuckmook things called Memes. The latest one is being one on fetishes. Like I really want to know someone likes sticking their head in manuer and shoving Cuban cigars down their urethra. There -is- such a thing as telling too much about yourself. Damn. Think for yourselves instead of working inside these high-school niche kind of groups this fandom breaks into. Speak your mind instead of saying what you want others to hear.
2. Hater Types.
By this I mean people who just -have- to say something about negative about someone else. Like I said I do believe in speaking your mind, but that doesn't mean you have to single people out and be a prick to them. Men and women do this to make people like them and help themselves feel better at the cost of others. That makes me sick. A good example is the gay men who have it in against women. Women are just so horrible aren't they? I mean, they're just the reason the human species reproduces and why 80% of y-chromosome-carrying populace is able to eat. It is so ironic. Gay men who do this are no different in lopping all women together into one group than the way homophobes lop all homosexuals into one group. If you don't like something, that's fine, but do not make yourself feel better by downing someone else. It is childish and selfish, which unfortunately, is what a lot of furries are. People need to take a step back sometimes and breathe. In other words chill the fuck out if you hear or see something you don't like. It's a part of life. Deal.
1. Artist Worship.
Ladies and Gentlemen, please remove the multiple penile extrusions from your oral cavities before you suffocate due to lack of oxygen. It is incredible to me the level of control and power artist have around here. I wonder when fans began to view artists more as celebrities, groveling at their feet just to hear their name uttered or a have a sketch drawn for them. It's sad. I have seen some great artist do so -awful- art and people just flock to it, just because it's from that artist. I'm no artist myself, but when did bad art need fan service? Thinking about it though, it makes sense. The fandom, the world we live in on the net as a whole, exists within artistic mediums: art, writing, online gaming...And the best talents create that world the most realistically for us. Therefore we flock to them and kiss their shoes. But then we begin to view them as more like tools instead of actual people. It's easier to do that online as we are never face-to-face, but there are human beings who draw this stuff. It is wrong to treat anyone as an object. We need to dump that habit. Artist are getting power-trips, fans are becoming lynch-mobs, and the fandom itself is suffering. It has gotten better over the years, but it is still happening. And more or less, the base of operations is right here on FA. First Furnation and VCL, then Shezzyart, then Y!Gallery, now here. Act like you have some morals and dignity. If someone, artist or not, pisses you off, say "Fuck you!". If someone's being picked on, stand up for them. This high school hierarchy bullshit needs to stop. It's bad enough the people outside looking at the fandom see it as wrong, so lets try to make it at least somewhat respectable inside the fandom, okay?
Okay, that's all this time. And to the few who read this, speak your mind. Don't take any shit from anyone. And happy birthday to me.
The high school hierarchy is pretty accurate too. Furs tend to have the mental development of children, 13-year olds, even those in the 40 range. 'Tis sad.
I get it. It's a good system. Now shut the hell up. Leave the house a few hours a day instead of throwing your remote control, motion-sensored, dildo-looking controller through your numerous plasma screens...
Thank you. Only person who thinks the same I do :
Ladies and Gentlemen, please remove the multiple penile extrusions from your oral cavities before you suffocate due to lack of oxygen. It is incredible to me the level of control and power artist have around here. I wonder when fans began to view artists more as celebrities, groveling at their feet just to hear their name uttered or a have a sketch drawn for them. It's sad. I have seen some great artist do so -awful- art and people just flock to it, just because it's from that artist. I'm no artist myself, but when did bad art need fan service? Thinking about it though, it makes sense. The fandom, the world we live in on the net as a whole, exists within artistic mediums: art, writing, online gaming...And the best talents create that world the most realistically for us. Therefore we flock to them and kiss their shoes. But then we begin to view them as more like tools instead of actual people. It's easier to do that online as we are never face-to-face, but there are human beings who draw this stuff. It is wrong to treat anyone as an object. We need to dump that habit. Artist are getting power-trips, fans are becoming lynch-mobs, and the fandom itself is suffering. It has gotten better over the years, but it is still happening. And more or less, the base of operations is right here on FA. First Furnation and VCL, then Shezzyart, then Y!Gallery, now here. Act like you have some morals and dignity. If someone, artist or not, pisses you off, say "Fuck you!". If someone's being picked on, stand up for them. This high school hierarchy bullshit needs to stop. It's bad enough the people outside looking at the fandom see it as wrong, so lets try to make it at least somewhat respectable inside the fandom, okay?
Trust me, you said it there, I'm pretty easy going but that's my biggest pet hate online.
A thoughtful, relatively well-balanced list across the /entire/ community, gryphie. Thank you for taking the time to write that up. :)
A few comments in passing, but wish I had longer to reply on your top few in detail. Countering/ameliorating the likes of those is going to be one good measure of the "success" of the community as a whole, IMO.
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#10 I suspect there are very few people who /deliberately/ misuse 'Their'/'There'. Sad, but true...
#9 Who? ^v^
#8 "And a Cd icon? What the hell is that good for?". Erm, I've seen two of those used side-by-side as "breasts"... Enough said? :/
#7 Yessssh... ;>
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Anyhow; wish we had more posts like yours over on the forum, too... /without/ any subsequent thread-derailing of course!
Cheers,
David/u2k
And I thought breast implants couldn't get any worse. XD Faker titties, sheesh.
And derail a thread? I'd never dream of it...unless it's a Wii thread. They'd cry and bitch and moan and squeal "Wii, Wii, Wii" all the way home. :> Heh, I don't really like causing problems like others do. I sit in the cheap seats and laugh. Like the big Indian in One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest taught me, you can learn a lot by being invisible and simply watching.
Do griffies get a natural +8 to their 'Rant' feat or something? ;)
In all seriousness, kudos to a somewhat scathing and rather accurate set of gripes.. I'd no idea #5 was even that big an issue.
And #4.. Ugh. Spot-on. :P Honestly, what the hell is up with some people?
Either way, I'll keep it brief.. Though I will say you really should be less invisible and maybe get something up here. :)
It's why I love reading your journals. ;)
Not only give you your personal take on the whole thing, you make it sound great as well.
Do you have a point to make, and the way you build up to that is just a joy to read.
And you convinced me on most issues ^^
On to list 3!
Thanks for the watch as well... You have earned my respect, and an open ended offer to anything I maybe qualified to draw for you!
11) People doing nothing but complaining about things they can't control
Get over it, ignore it, whatever. Just don't complain about it.
We now return you to your regularly scheduled rant
And well put journal. I think that furry has a lot of social growing up to do. I'm in college now and whenever I log in I feel like I've been slapped back into the ages of raging hormones and gossiping teenagers in highschool. But every now and then I see someone who really is good at what they do and I am glad that they are willing to share their work.
This fandom has a lot of talent. It's just a shame so many skilled people get lopped into a sea of emotionally-stunted nut-jobs. But those who know themselves well enough to not let it all get to them, those are the people I admire to most and deserve the most credit, stick-figure art or Picasso.
P.S. the worst American stereotypes are politicians and rap musicians.
The species list in particular has annoyed me for a long time. Get all the damn species inthere, or lose it entirely, is my opinion.
A few other things which annoy me are people who post pointless journals several times a day to let us know their cat looked really cute when it yawned five minutes ago, or that they're excited because their favorite movie is on TV. I know, however, that nothing is preventing them from booting them off my watch list.
Speaking of watches, the whole "Thank you for the watch!" shout system strikes me as annoying and pointless. As do the vast majority of memes.
I'm surprised ya read this journal, it's way old and dated now. I could possibly expand the list from 10 to 20 or so since then, especially for the fucking meme shit and journal hell, hence why I don't post journals very often.
And the "thx watch" thing is rather annoying. It seems hollow, like people cut and paste from a text file to save time. I like my 'thank yous' to be more genuine. They are rare, but I really like them when it seems people are truly grateful for the comments, watches, ect.