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would you advise wearing street clothes, a head, paws, feet, ears, or a tail? cause I've heard some people there get beat senseless cause they wear something that offends the public and the con goers are supposed to wear fur items only inside the con or hotel cause some people are just really touchy the node 753 covers how to blend in and be safe, but says nothing about what you should wear in order to blend in *looks over shoulder* I carry a survival knife and machete with me though so I have no problem telling muggers to F off I have before (seams to be just my luck) |
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Location: detroit, michigan
As long as you stay in a group you can wear what you want if you look you can nfind news reports from AC 07 about fursuiters going to a bar to drink the owner said they had to give them straw's. Besides from what I understand people of pittsburgh seem to be welcoming the furs.
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That is the most nonsensical thing I have heard in my life.
Leave the machete at home.
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permalinkLocation: Ardmore, PA
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I would like to remind you that knives with blades which exceed four inches are not only illegal to carry in the state of PA, they are also against our rules of conduct.
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permalinkLocation: Philadelphia area, PA
Your lack of punctuation is making my eyes hurt, but i think i hear that you're concerned about what sort of clothes would be appropriate to wear inside and/or outside the con. Is that right?
I've never heard of anyone getting any unexpected flak about their wardrobe at AC. Well, except maybe for that one episode with the homeless guy, and really, we're not sure what was up with him.
Costumes or street clothes, ears and tails or furlessness, you should be fine as long as you remember a few basic rules of thumb:
--Make sure that all of the naughty bits are covered. I'm not going to go into more detail; you know what i mean. No indecent exposure.
--Make sure you have a pair of shoes and a shirt handy. Most places, particularly those that serve food, won't let you inside without them. I don't think the convention center will, for instance. The paws on your fursuit, if you have one, should count.
--Don't carry weapons. Really. This city is not that bad. They're illegal, the con won't allow them, and you shouldn't need them anyway. Peace tying is not an alternative for knives; if it's sharp and it's bigger than your average jackknife, leave it at home.
--Wear or carry your nametag whenever you're in con space, and wearing it is better. Don't make the dorsai's lives any harder than they need to be; they check for nametags all the time, and you need to have yours with you.
Other than that, really, don't worry. Any stories of people getting bothered about their clothing is just a nasty rumor, as far as i know.
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permalinkSince we're talking about wearing fursuits in public....
Keep in mind that several companies, 7-11 for instance, has a stated policy of not allowing people wearing masks of any kind into their stores. They may not choose to enforce these rules, but I have encountered this in the past. This isn't a personal attack of fursuiters, they do this for everyone.
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permalinki never took my ears or tail off to go out and i went out every morning for a bagel or 2 and lunch and dinner at McD's also went to the drug store a few times for things i had one kid laugh at me and one goth call me a freak but i just said thank you and we both walked away smiling you will get alot of people asking you "why you have that on" but just say your there for a con and they go "ahhhh ok"
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*laughs* I've worn tails just about everywhere in the past. You've a better chance of being hit by lightning than being jumped for wearing a tail.
Well, unless your hometown is 4chan. (A bunch of racist furry haters? sounds like the deep south to me!)
Seriously, ease up. Relax and drop the blades. No good can come of those.
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I saw a girl wearing a tail in the supermarket I work at once.
Hell she was actually filling out a job application
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Tail wearing is hot ^.^ boy or girl hehe.
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Well, we DO live in New England where people are sane for the most part...
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permalinkLocation: Walker, LA
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Please don't make statements like this. I live in the "Deep South", and last I checked, most of the racists have moved into mountain areas where they can create communes. Even the Klan has found themselves unwelcome around here.
Also, I live in a small town and I have worn my tail and ears while out and about. No one even says anything, some just smile and that's it. I never get treated with disrespect.
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Then "the mountains of the deep south?" instead? ^.^
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permalinkLocation: Philadelphia area, PA
There aren't much of any mountains in the deep south, to my knowledge. They sort of peter out.
'Sides, what mountains there are along the eastern seaboard are probably too densely populated. For really good commune-hiding hiding mountains, you need a not-too populous midwestern state like wyoming or north dakota.
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Can't a bunny use a stereotype in peace? XD
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permalinkLocation: Walker, LA
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No
Seriously, the South is not near as bad as TV, movies, and rumors make it out to be....kinda like Furry.
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See, my dad lives in a northern suburb of Birmingham... (I'm in Boston and my family is from MA) And the area is nice, but there's certainly a social hierarchy if I've ever seen one. And that *in* the civilized part. I've been to the outskirts and some parts of rural AL are downright scary. I was even afraid to speak in some parts because my voice has no accent.
I'm not saying this of all the deep south! But isolated parts can be downright, well, old fashioned?
No more replies outta me on this one, too off topic.
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Small towns generally have one of two reactions to unusual behavior:
1. They are freaked out and disapproving
2. They take it as local color and everybody knows who the local eccentrics are.
By and large the smaller the town, the more likely they seem to know and love their local eccentrics. Our major local eccentric is Dante who wanders around town in a bomber jacket that says "UFO expert". He used to own a billboard welcoming UFOs to town. Every small town has at least a few people like Dante and everybody knows their name.
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Haha up at college I do sometimes too. It's great fun.
As for the knife, I have to agree with ya NailTWD, there's no real reason to bring a knife. I'd say the vast majority of not only furs at the convention, but people in general walk around without them. As long as when/if you're walking around at night - you're in a group of like more than yourself, you'll be fine.
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permalinkthe only reason I ever have a knife on me is I'm just so used to carrying a little jack knife with me. It's just a force of habit by now. And even then I didn't bring one down to the con, the most dangerous thing I had with me was my pie server.
though I collect knives and swords and the like but I don't carry them.
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permalinkLocation: Walker, LA
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My father would pop upside the back of the head if I didn't have a knife in my pocket. too many uses, and when you live most of your life in a mechanic shop, and the rest on a Dairy farm, having that knife could save you time or possibly body parts. o_O
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permalinkLocation: Philadelphia area, PA
So long as the blade is less than four inches long and you don't do anything really nuts to make the dorsai nervous, i don't think it'll be an issue. *grin*
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permalinkLocation: Russell Kansas USA.
I know how you feel cause I also work (for father) on a farm and many times could have lost arm to twine twisted in a pto shaft (crappy handle which we need to get fixed) and lemme tell you that had it not been for the knife I had holstered in my belt I wouldn't be typing right now.
For a long time I had a bruise to prove it too, but it went away. thank goodness^^ having a knife demands responsibility and better judgement on when to use it so I would be perfectly safe to be around^^ (not crazed lunatic) but I have been robbed before and had to use it to get him to go away-.- when he came back for more I had my machete with me so^^ the joke was on him cause the third time I had my rifle in my pants/shirt and pulled it out he said holy F*** and ran away rofl he hasn't bothered me yet and I told him the next offense he made toward me I would shoot his ass (this towns gangs hate furs not one owns a gun though^^)
and yes my rifle is registered. .17 bolt w/scope
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permalinkLocation: detroit, michigan
You had the same guy try to rob you three times?
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Leave both the machete and the rifle at home.
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permalinkYes, PLEASE. Make my life at AC easier and leave ALL your weapons at home.. please? PLEASE?
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permalinkLocation: Alberta, Canada
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So much for me including a flamethrower as part of my costume... *Chuckles.*
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And do try to remember that AC *isn't* the farm. So please leave your farming tools, weapons, cows, etc. behind.
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permalinkLocation: Alberta, Canada
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I have to leave the cow at home? But I was gonna bring my pet Angus to the next AC!
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permalinkwe don't want no bull at AC
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permalinkLocation: Alberta, Canada
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*Whines, pouts, moans, complains, until someone smacks him upside the head and says "Don't have a cow, man!"*
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permalink"we don't want no bull at AC"
since when do we discriminate against the bovine?
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