UPDATE: can’t help but to notice not ONE of you have answered the question you just keep telling me about furries. I want an answer to why so many people are role playing as aninals

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    9 hours ago

    Linking anthropomorphized animals to furry culture is quite a stretch. Even old tribal cultures where they might wear animal skins/skulls for rituals doesn’t even really have much in common with what people are doing in fur suits today.

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      9 hours ago

      Furries are a modern example of anthropomorphic animals in culture. It’s a convenient shorthand.

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        8 hours ago

        Someone in ancient times carving a piece of art that’s a bear-man has virtually nothing to do with this:

        Trying to link the two is disingenuous.

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          OP has been singularly unclear about what exactly he means by “role playing as animals” in the first place, so I don’t see the problem here.