Needs more furries.
Your imagery is part of who you are as a writer, and it's part of your work. People need to take it or leave it.
Anime is not inherently sexual as a medium but has a well-deserved reputation for being associated with creeps and perverts.
Don’t talk about either in professional settings.
I mean you could argue that about Emos, or Goths. Its not really true.
I'm sure sex is a large motivator, but you can't be doing sex all the time. When a Goth is dressed up all Goth-y its not because they are horny right now. They are just wanting to look good.
I imagine its the same with the furries, but the difference is, the furries are the butt of most jokes
Both being a goth and being a furry are about way more than clothing and appearance. Goths don’t really have anything to do with furries. I don’t know why you’re bringing them up.
Every furry I have met in real life thought it was a sex thing. Every normal person from the outside looking in thinks it’s a sex thing. Just look at the history of furry magazines and subculture and it is mind-numbingly obvious that it is a sex thing.
Even if it wasn’t a sex thing, would you want to discuss it at work knowing 99% of people will think of it that way?
My point is, there is an entire culture, just like emos, just like goths, and to me, that is fascinating.
So yeah, we do discuss it at work, and no I don't care overly much, because I don't work with 14 year olds.
Okay, let me try this then: https://soatok.blog/2021/04/02/the-furry-sexuality-blog-post...
Key argument: What isn't a sex thing?
Its basically clifford using a computer.
I don't hold with the "I'm not going to open a link on HN from Xe at work" bollocks, because I know its going to be a gem, moreover, I'm not a fucking prude.
If one can, at work, open the daily mail, "listen" to music videos, or read celeb gossip sites at work, then you can 100% look at computer using anthropomorphic animals.
Plus ever since I read your article about abusing S3 into a message queue, I've started using 18th century engravings of gargoyles, statues and classic sculpture to aid my presentations.
In summary, I love you work, I wish you to continue making it, and please don't take my comment as sarcastic. As I said before many months ago, this is what the internet was designed for, long may it continue.