Talk:Cu Sith/@comment-84.27.198.110-20151017000502/@comment-25035274-20151019170416

By "lower lifeforms", I simply mean what the average person would think of as being "below" humans. I am not getting involved in any sort of psychological/metaphysical discussion here.

The definition I give you for "Furry" is the accepted definition. A Furry is an animal that has been anthropomorphised. You may not like that fact, but that is the definition. One doesn't get to say, "I don't like that word, so I'm redefining it to something more to my liking," or rather in this case, "I don't want to be a Furry, so I'm redefining Furry so that it doesn't include me because Furries are those weird, creepy people you hear about running around having sex in animal costumes."

A centaur is a Furry. Why? Because it is an animal that has been anthropomorphised, or given human characteristics; in this case a horse that has been given the upper body of a human.

A werewolf is a Furry. Why? Because it is a wolf that has been given human characteristics; specifically, intelligence/sapience.

A kitsune is a Furry. Why? Because it is a fox that has been given human characteristics.

The trickster spirits Raven and Coyote? Furry. Why? Because they're anthropomorphised animals.

Like it or not, the anthropomorphication of an animal/plat/what-have-you is what makes a Furry. It is not actually the FUR that makes a Furry.

If you fap to an animal or plant that has been given human characteristics, you are fapping to a Furry, and thus are a Furry.

EDIT:

Specifically to respond to the following quote:

"Additionally, I do not agree that any mix of human and animal characteristics in one character immediately makes it a furry. If the char has only a couple animal characteristics i.e. Ears and tail but is otherwise human in appearance(10% or kemonomimi), the character is not actually a furry, on the account of well, not being furry(as in covered in fur)."

Your agreement is really not necessary. The greater accepted definition of a Furry is any anthropomorphised animal. It doesn't really matter how much of the body is animal feature, and how much is human feature. All that matters is that the animal has been anthropomorphised.

As a note, the word "anthropomorphic" simply means that human traits have been added to something that is not human.

You are a Furry.