Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2018/07/03/furries-hit-pittsburgh.html
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I presume you’re attending. For research purposes?
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I would have thought that July was too warm to walking around wearing a fake fur costume. I’m surprised that they didn’t schedule this for a more appropriate season.
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Drink lots of water kids! It’s f’ing hot on the right coast.
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If something tickles your fancy; maybe you’ve got your costume on inside out.
Go! Go! Furries!
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many Pittsburgh restaurants will serve your meal in a dog bowl.
Roger That!
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Many Roman Restaurants will serve men in dog collars.
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Stop by the jewelry concession.
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As an aside and in defense of the “furry” or anthro community. They are likely the #1 supporters of independent artists and writers. I have quite a few friends that make good money on commissions of this sort, the clients are generally respectful. appreciative and they typically do not seek to exploit artists as much as a regular client would.
Obviously an artist can also do porn or sexualized art and make really good money as well but its quite easy to make a living and not having to do that if you didn’t want to.
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Thought the headline said “Furies hit Pittsburgh”. Combined with the photo I was very intrigued…
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At first glace I thought it read “Flurries hit Pittsburgh”. It was “feels like” 105 degrees nearby yesterday. Flurries would have been really strange making the photo even more interesting.
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Having attended one year, I can tell you that most of the folks wearing suits stayed comfortably indoors for the majority of the convention. They also tend to have “handlers” who can fetch them water and keep them from accidentally bumping into things if their costume has a narrowed field of vision.
EDIT: By the way, Pittsburgh is incredibly welcoming to the furry community during this time, with local businesses putting out signboards offering furry-themed specials (like the dogbowls, which are new) and discounts. I’m sure it’s mostly because Anthrocon is big money (it’s the largest furry convention in the country, to the best of my knowledge), but considering how furries are still treated in popular culture and the media, it’s kind of sweet to see the locals get excited about them in a positive way.
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In the remake of The Warriors they’ll replace the “Baseball Furies” with the “Baseball Furries”.
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So they’ll dress like the Phillie Phanatic?
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Just give them directions to the White House. They’ll know what to do.
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That would be a must see, despite being the wrong city…what’s a comparable destination to Coney Island in the Philly area?
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Save me a slice!
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