When someone say asks you for the following:
*Another persons email address
*Another persons phone number
*Another persons home address

Get permission from that person before handing it out.

It pisses me off beyond belief that I now have to deal with some other person`s legal drama because someone couldn't keep their damned mouth shut.

So spare yourself some future drama and just THINK before you give out personal information. It`ll likely save you a friendship.

I fancy myself as a bit of a armchair sociologist. The fandom provides some FANTASTIC opportunities for some great trainwrecks of social interaction. One recent trend I`ve noticed has been what I call "the six-month rule".

This phenomenon, while not-exclusive to the fandom itself, is very prevalent due to its internet oriented nature. What is this rule exactly? Let me lay it down as such:

"Someone who moves a very long distance from a deeply established family or social circle will likely return to that family or social circle within 6 months"
or in English: "If you move your ass across country to be with the "love of your life", you`ll be back with mommy within 6 months"

The odds of this rule being more or less true to depend on a few factors....

Here are a few situations that make my theory MORE likely to occur (and increase the chance of a hilarious trainwreck when one has to move back in with daddy):
1. You meet the "love of your life" over the internet. You decide to move from one side of the country to the other to be with them... except that you moved in with their parents AND you have no job.
Dont laugh, at least three people on my watch list are doing this right now.... (3 months left, 1 month left, and 5 months left respectively. Good luck guys!).
Two people on my watch list have already fulfilled this exact circumstance and have already moved back in with their parents. CONGRATS!
One person proved me wrong and has hit something like a year. Good job! n.n

2. You live in the boonies (ie middle of nowhere, probably mid-west US), you meet a friend online that you get along with. BAM! You decide to move 2000 miles to be with them . It turns out your friend is a slob and lives with 16 other roommates.
Dont laugh again, I know at least 3 people in this situation currently. One is still living with them after a year (wow proved me wrong) again , the other already moved back , a third still has oh.... 2 months to go. (and he looks like he`ll stick it out)

Things that decrease the odds that you`ll NOT move back (also known as common sense):

1. YOU HAVE A FUCKING JOB. This is a big one. If you move across country, you better be damned sure you got employment waiting for you. Nothing says stupid like uprooting your life for 6 months of ramen-filled horror. Of course mommy/daddy will always take you back.
2. You dont treat the person you are moving in with like some sort of bullshit high-school relationship. Furries have this horrible habit of treating every relationship like its something out of my senior year. Dont get puppy love confused for the real thing. Take that shit seriously.

Please leave your flames below....

I`ve been pretty sick for the last many weeks. Enough so that my doctor believes I may have kidney problems. I was asked to do a "24 hour electrolyte test".

This test requires me to pee into a rather large jug every time I need to void my bladder, and continue this activity for 24 hours.

This made it necessary for me to take this "test" to work today.

Nothing is as awesome as walking back and forth between my desk and the bathroom with a warm jug of human piss.

As Bill Nye says, "Science Rules!"

There! I said it! Prove me wrong!

Now back to listening to good bands! like Coldplay, Nickleback and Creed.

It all started with this...

(2:59:25 PM) Syphir: Haku have you noticed how like 95% of furs, I've noticed, are always in a rut?
(3:00:42 PM) Syphir: I go onto FA and all I see is "hey, I'm poor - please paypal me 20 dollars"
(3:01:44 PM) Haku (AIM): thats a loaded question, actually i should make a journal entry about it

So why does it seem like so many furs are so poor?


Reason #1: Perception.

Simply put, poor flurries tend make themselves more visible than "rich" ones.

The furries that need money, ask for money.
Furs that don't need money, don't ask for money.

What types of posts do you think you`ll you see on FA or LJ more often, "Im so awesomely rich!?" or "Im so poor that I ate my toenail scum"... likely the latter...

Poor furs basically put their financial status out here more often.

Don`t get me wrong, I`m not saying that all poorfurs bitch and moan all the time. That sort of information can come up as innocently as a standard conversation:
Haku: "Hey you going to super-expensive-con `09 this year?"
PoorFur: "Nah man, im poor."
Haku: "How poor are you?"
PoorFur: "Im so poor I cant afford Intern..."

Obviously, PoorFur wasn't complaining to me about their status, but I still learned about it.


Reason #2: Social Skills

Ok, Im going to tread on this one lightly, but I think I can get a pretty solid consensus here. There is a significant portion of the fandom that uh.... how to put nicely.... were not the popular kids in school.

There can be numerous reasons for this, but the fact remains... some of us come off as creepy, some of us come off as quiet, some of us come off as awkward. This lack of social grace translates into real life, sadly.

Many of you, are furry due of the ability of other furs to accept you. Our ability to accept others is a great aspect of the fandom, but like it or not, we are somewhat a dumpster of the "unpopular kids" as far as social groups go.

I have plenty of friends that never finished high school or college due to the fact they were pretty much ostracized in their classroom. Many of them left school due to the harsh nature of school. This in turn, led to little or no real job skills. For most, less education tends to lead to less pay.

Secondly, even if you are the most well versed person in the world in your field, if you cant get through a job interview like a normal person, you aren't gonna get the job. There are a few furs I know that interviewed at my place of employment. They are, in many ways, smarter than I am. They didn't get the job. Why? because they are cant talk to a stranger worth crap.


Reason #3: Demographics

Most furs tend to be under the age of 30. I`d even guess that something like 50% are under the age of 25.

This is due to the fact that the acceptance of the internet is much higher for those under 30 AND the fact that the fandom is centered strongly around an online presence.

Demographics for anyone (not just furs) show that people under the age of 30 tend to get paid less. Its just life.

Many under the age of 24, are often students... students are always poor.

Trends show, as you get older, you to get paid more. I suspect as the fandom gets older on average, you`ll start to notice more of your peers stabilize.

Of course, there will always be the poorfugs, and there will always be new "kids" joining the fandom, so the "issue" will never really go away.


So whaddya think? Discuss amongst yourselves...

Reason #4: Its your fault
...annnnd here we go. Its your fault. No, seriously. ITS. YOUR. FAULT. Ok, so this doesn't apply to everyone, but a lot of you. Get off your ass, stop playing wow, and go read a book. LEARN SOMETHING! For craps sake!

PS. The term "poorfur" is now copyright me! If you use it, PAY UP! Im poor, and I need the royalties. :3

For those few of you whom may wonder where I am, I`ll be offline for the next 7-ish days to slam out the final bits/pieces of my start-up. Dont miss me too much :D

Its a shopping-cart-as-service site, if-n you wanna sell crap online in the near future, come bother me.

Here I am, minding my own business last night, driving home.

~BWOOP BWOOP!~ Comes from behind, as the familar red and blue lights flash.


"Ah crap", I say to myself, "I KNEW I should of renewed my registration earlier"

I pull over, the cop walks up.

"Do you know how furry you were going sir?"... okey he didnt really say that...

"You know why I pulled you over?", asks the copper

"I hope to god its my registration", says I.

"Yuuuup! Gimmie your license"

So I gave him my drivers license, and contemplated a few things as he walked back to his crown victoria. Should I show him my boobies, like in family guy? Should I tell him about the sex toy I have under my seat? Before I had to a chance to finish my internal montage of hilarious potential outcomes....

"Do you have anything in the car I should know about?", says Detective Benson, as he re-appears outside my window.

"I hope not!", I reply, a split second later realizing, I should of said something else... "...er No, i don't"

He flashes his flashlight inside of my messy car, scanning over my morphine needles, open beer cans and bound/gagged hooker pleading for rescue. At least that what I remember having at the car at the time... I could be a bit off in my recollection.

"ookeeey, Im gonna let you off with a warning, here is a 'fixit' ticket", said Mr PoPo

So I drive off, heading back to home, about 15 minutes later.

"BWOOOP BWOOP!"

"OH DEAR GOD, YOU HAVE TO BE KIDDING ME"... oh this is funny... Im listening to streaming radio right now (shoutcast)... and the "bad boys" theme from "cops" just came on... I kid you not... where was I? oh yeah...

"OH DEAR GOD YOU HAVE TO BE KIDDING ME", I shout. The familiar red/blues are behind me again, diffrent city, different cop.

He comes up to my window, all like "GRRR I AM SO GONNA GET MY TICKET QUOTA TODAY", as he flashes his flashlight in my face.

"LICENSE AND...", I whip out my pretty yellow carbon copy of my previous ticket and wiggle it in his face, with a shit-eating grin... "Not today officer"

He scans it over briefly, and in his rage walks up to my front left headlight and BASHES IT OUT! ... or was that the scene from that Porkys movie? I forget.

Anyway, he screeches off, resuming his quest for minorities to pull over and I eventually make it home.

The lesson here? Be sure to drive fast enough that the cops cant read your expired plates.

If anyone has pics of my fursuit OR you see me in someone elses pics, please show me.... I did this con pretty much solo, so I only know 1 person who got pics of me.

Thanks!

Im off to AC! It`ll be my first con with my full suit (woot)

Leave me a note with your cell number if you want to meet or some such thing :)