Crush...Yiff...Destroy!

Michael Hirtes · Vociferator Joined: 04 Aug 2003 Posts: 612

Bigassed (but hilarious) mpeg file that I just discovered, courtesy of a link seen at cruel.com.

"There's no stoppin' the cretins from hoppin'" -- The Ramones

The Outsider · Coadjutor Joined: 08 Jul 2004 Posts: 100

Bigassed (but hilarious) mpeg file that I just discovered, courtesy of a link seen at cruel.com.

Whenever I see that mpeg, I visualize Baloo dancing to "Bear Necessities." Mowgli beware.

The Outsider

Kadius · Venter Joined: 10 Feb 2004 Posts: 254

That was fucking
SAD.

Michael Hirtes · Vociferator Joined: 04 Aug 2003 Posts: 612

That was fucking
SAD.

And it only gets worse, gentlemen , as this video from Mark Merlino's CaliFur shows.

The Outsider · Coadjutor Joined: 08 Jul 2004 Posts: 100

And it only gets worse, gentlemen, as this video from Mark Merlino's CaliFur shows.

Is that officially or unofficially Mark's Califur? The CaliFur site reads that a Robert K. Johnson Jr is the chair whereas Mark's "Director of Facilities" (which makes me shudder). Granted it smacks of "Casino" where Robert Deniro's character was "food & beverage manager" while he ran the casino.

The Outsider

Michael Hirtes · Vociferator Joined: 04 Aug 2003 Posts: 612

Is that officially or unofficially Mark's Califur? The CaliFur site reads that a Robert K. Johnson Jr is the chair whereas Mark's "Director of Facilities" (which makes me shudder). Granted it smacks of "Casino" where Robert Deniro's character was "food & beverage manager" while he ran the casino.

The Outsider

Like I once said on AFF, "Merlino does his best work when he's behind another man".

Kadius · Venter Joined: 10 Feb 2004 Posts: 254

And it only gets worse, gentlemen , as this video from Mark Merlino's CaliFur shows.

I'll be over here, huddled in the corner.

Makeitstopmakeitstopmakeitstop.

As I watched I couldn't help but think it would've made no differance to me if the music had been reversed and slowed to a rumbling crawl. No, that type of horror needs no help from music. It's terrifying enough as it is.

Paul · Venter Joined: 01 Feb 2004 Posts: 215

The first clip was kinda funny, becuse those people have no idea of how to dance. But the second clip... that just goes on and on and on... I'm both scared and baffled. Fursuits give me the heebie-jeebies, but at the same time they're ridiculous. It's like Room 101, only a really stupid Room 101. Furry fandom really has a way of combining frightening and laughable...

By all logic, people shouldn't dress up as plushies and dance around - I mean, it must be frigging hot in those suits!

Kadius · Venter Joined: 10 Feb 2004 Posts: 254

<...>I'm both scared and baffled. Fursuits give me the heebie-jeebies, but at the same time they're ridiculous. It's like Room 101, only a really stupid Room 101. Furry fandom really has a way of combining frightening and laughable...

Exactly, it's one of those things you want to laugh at until you realize how disturbing it is. Funny at first, but ultimately just plain creepy.

Like seeing a dead/demented clown.

Michael Hirtes · Vociferator Joined: 04 Aug 2003 Posts: 612

By all logic, people shouldn't dress up as plushies and dance around - I mean, it must be frigging hot in those suits!

Notice that in the 2nd video that they're having their little Cretin Hop in the pool area of the hotel.

Fursuits

High humidity

Body heat

Legendery fanboy lack of basic hygiene

Be glad that .AVIs don't come in Smell-O-Vision.

Tailgunner · Prattler Joined: 28 Oct 2003 Posts: 175

Awwww. Nobody wanted to dance with the freaky animal person!

Everybody point and laugh!

Caz · Recusant Joined: 16 Apr 2004 Posts: 9

Holy...crap...
:shock:

Paul · Venter Joined: 01 Feb 2004 Posts: 215

Oh dear God, there's even more right here.

(Found because 21st Century Digital Boy put up a photo over in OMG MY EYES, and I had to be so stupid as to check the site it came from)

SLaitila · Prattler Joined: 03 Jun 2003 Posts: 165

Why the hell do they have plush toys on their heads!?

And why the h... nevermind.

Quatrewolf · Qualificator Joined: 05 Jun 2004 Posts: 39

Oh dear God, there's even more right here.

The Red riding hood n' Werewolf was fucking horrible!

A man with a beard SHOULD NOT be having fake big bazookas,that's just plain fuckin' scary! :shock:

The Outsider · Coadjutor Joined: 08 Jul 2004 Posts: 100

This is good evidence to present when an outsider is asked why they won't return to furdom.

The Outsider

Wayd Wolf · Vociferator Joined: 06 Oct 2003 Posts: 522

Bout par for the course at every furry dance. At AAC98 my wife was half blitzed on wedding champagne, spritzing it all over the place as she bobbed and weaved, and still had more talent than almost anyone there. Dressing like your mother dressed you for day camp(shorts, t-shirt, sandals) and then pretending to dance when you in fact look more like a cross between epileptic, drunk, and holding in diarrhea, is not helping any more than the ten thousand other things furries do to make furry look bad.

ZenZhu · Vociferator Joined: 22 Mar 2004 Posts: 669

Dressing like your mother dressed you for day camp(shorts, t-shirt, sandals)

It's easy enough to dress for summer in a shirt and shorts and still look decent. A good pair of cargo shorts (made for men, not these baggy-ass shorts for gangsta wannabes) and a polo can go a long way between comfort and not looking like you're dressed for gym class. Furry fashion, however, definitely puts you into the realm of "Yer ugly and yer momma dresses you funny." Furry style guides seem to dictate that you must pair a pair of loose gym shorts with a drawstring in colors such as cobalt blue, red, or emerald/lime green with some hideous mottled shirt with a wildlife print like this or this. I'm convinced there is no one on the planet that can wear shirts like this and not look like a dork. Somehow, though, they always find their way onto some beardy guy driving around Wal-Mart in one of those scooters with his ass dripping over the sides (notice the size selections in these shirts) or some 55-year-old woman with glasses the size of cup saucers that never quite learned that pigtails were fine when you were 5, but not as an adult.

Bonus points if the sandals are paired with black socks.

And let's not forget the obligatory fanny pack.

MagKnightX · Prattler Joined: 04 Dec 2003 Posts: 196

I, for one, quite often wear shorts, a t-shirt, sandals, and a hawaiian shirt.

The difference is, I wear khaki shorts, not gym shorts, non-print or small-print t-shirts, simple-pattern hawaiian shirts (none of that huge beach scene shit), and Birkenstocks, not two-dollar flip-flops, and NEVER with socks. A quality watch with a plain face, made of metal and leather goes on my wrist, as opposed to the Lion King watch received from a happy meal.

Oh, and I also can tell when it's time to put on the slacks, tie, and Bostonians and leave the casual stuff at home.

Wayd Wolf · Vociferator Joined: 06 Oct 2003 Posts: 522

I wear shorts pretty much for swimming only. T-shirts and jeans at work, whether at a pole in cable or on a roof in satellite. I can't stand that cargo shorts, t-shirt, sandals thing. It's for kids. Little kids. Kids who still have to be in bed by 7PM on a school night.

College age, Banana Republic, too little fashion sense and way too much fashion ego twenty-somethings are what makes this look continue. The Barenaked Ladies come to mind whenever I see people dressed this way and they've had their fifteen minutes and then some. Makes me want to beat them with a rolled-up International Male catalog.

Furries just manage to somehow fuck that up which I didn't think possible. Even better for annoyance are boonie hats. NO ONE BUT U.S. VIET NAM VETS should EVER wear those things. Like that Aussie look with one side buttoned up high. That should stay in Australia, with their military. Furries know zip about service beyond their own schlongs. Dressing in any way that makes one wonder if you somehow passed muster and got inducted is bad. WORSE for furries.

Of course, there's the beard thing. Beards tend to be worn by most men because they don't care to shave and are lazy, I've found. It's easier to grow one and let it go for a while than fight with whatever it is my wife leaves of my Mach 3 and cover my face in bandaids while I consider cauterizing with a hot piece of iron.

Furries wear them to cover their faces up and while that may be an admirable thing given some of their visages, it tends to heighten an already bad viewing experience. Like seeing Leonard Part 6 in high-definition on a fifty foot screen and that loud talkative teen bitch with three cellphones who normally makes your movie-going experience Hell, isn't around to distract you from the pain.

I really don't want to consider furries starting to butch up like Jesse James and company wanna-bes, shaving their heads, wearing goatees, Orange County Chopper outfits, and so forth.

SLaitila · Prattler Joined: 03 Jun 2003 Posts: 165

http://www.furry.org.au/chakat/Photos/CF9-005.jpg

And no shirt over the pants. Don't forget crappy facepaint.

GoManVanGogh · Prattler Joined: 18 Nov 2003 Posts: 194

I, for one, quite often wear shorts, a t-shirt, sandals, and a hawaiian shirt.

Black jeans and/or polos, black Sketchers sandals and, of course, Hawaiian shirts, here...

"Hey, you're not fun, you're just fat!'

ZenZhu · Vociferator Joined: 22 Mar 2004 Posts: 669

I dunno if anyone who considers a t-shirt and jeans to be all-purpose work attire has the credentials to play Carson Kressley with the rest of the adult world. Personally, I find sandals on adult males outside of the beach or other water-based recreational areas to look pretty goony, too. But, it's pretty egotistical to assume one's fashion sense is superior to others, especially if the argument is founded on jeans >> shorts.