The body odor must be intense.
For real, fursuits are basically heat traps and the air in airplanes isn’t exactly the best. Not to mention no access to showers in the plane (frequent showers are a must if you wear a costume) makes it even worse
Oh, there’s a fairly established market of fursuit cleaner/fragrances that are a mixture of alcohol and scent. Some of them smell really nice (think Bath & Body Works, not high class perfume). There’s also been a lot more attention given in the past decade or so to making washable suits. You’ll definitely get people who smell like an anime convention, but at this point it’s by choice and not because suits are uncleanable. But if someone is taking normal care of their fursuit you should only be able to smell it if you’re actually wearing the head, which is a pain to clean.
REALLY SEALS IN THE FLAVOR!
Opened the thread just to say “can you imagine the smell on that plane?”
Not a subculture I have even the slightest understanding of, but hey…you do you.
My wife’s good friend came out recently as a furry, and while she’s a really cool person, I cringe over some of her social media posts involving the fur suit. I’m just astonished that she’d post that where her poor grandma is going go see it. They’re certainly a proud people.
It’s my understanding it’s not inherently sexual, is it? I mean I know that’s what we see a lot of online but I didn’t think they were all horny about it. So for some portion is just kinda like LARPing?
I know there is sexual elements to some of it, but not all of it. I have no idea how to tell the difference.
It never occurred to me that packing for a furry con with those giant costume heads must be interesting. Imagine going through customs with that.
Most people pack an extra suitcase just for the fursuit. Some people have fancy custom foam cutouts to hold them in place to make sure they aren’t damaged during travel, but chucking it in there with some padding will usually do the job.
I imagine it’s not that different than,say, a drag queen packing.
Thinkpad stock prices after plane crash
boards plane
Nope.
unboards plane
I don’t quite understand this point of view. I’d be much more likely to nope out of a plane if I saw a Dixie flag and a group of guys like me muttering to themselves…
May it cause nightmares? Perhaps, but I’d feel safe and cozy in this plane…
TIL the treason rag is sometimes referred to as the Dixie Flag
I’d leave mainly because smell: That would be super gross.
Maybe that’s what that lady saw.
Honestly I’d prefer it to be a skinwalker
If I was a fur suit maker, I’d be integrating positive ventilation or liquid cooling.
It’s collectively safer than if these furries were all individually driving to their convention
Designated furry survivor
Forgot which community this was and thought the title was implying that there was some kind of rule for IT professionals to be furries
Indeed there isn’t such a rule the other option is trans/nonbinary/femboy, heck even cishetnormie but you have to wear the socks.
You were correct the first time.
The smell must be tremendous.
Thanks, Keith!
Hey, they all wore a mask. Good on them.
Thems fighting words… put up yet paws!
