• @[email protected]
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    171 year ago

    Do you think there’s a real link between furries being gay, like the type of person who is a furry just tends to be disproportionately gay and online?

    Or a sociological link like people who are open enough about sexual preferences will tend to be open about all of them?

    Or a news bias link like plenty of hackers are gay but you don’t hear about it, but if they are

    Or is this always just the one gay furry hacker group?

    • @[email protected]
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      121 year ago

      I think it’s about lines of social taboo. Coming out as gay means you’ve already done something socially difficult, and it means you’re closer to social fringes. It’s what I’ve always suspected for why queer people, polyamorous people, and people into bdsm wind up overlapping more than expected.

    • KillingTimeItself
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      11 year ago

      Do you think there’s a real link between furries being gay, like the type of person who is a furry just tends to be disproportionately gay and online?

      there’s a disposition between gay people and being furries, not between being furry, and being gay.

      It’s a little weird, but it’s just a technicality of the furry community being the way that it is. It’s the same reason the US government is 90% people above the age of 60 right now. It’s just demographic shenanigans.

    • @[email protected]
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      21 year ago

      lmao yes most furries are gay. it’s a queer subculture. it’s like asking hmmm are most leather daddies gay?

    • @[email protected]
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      61 year ago

      I think all those are a little true. But I’m mostly guessing. I’m happy to change my mind if anyone knows better.

      Either way, these folks are my hero.

    • @[email protected]
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      111 year ago

      It’s because the furry fandom, when it was founded back in the late 70’s by a gay polycule of sci-fi fans, was one of the only communities in existence that accepted openly gay and trans people. (And the only non-fetish community.) For many queer people, the furry fandom is the first place they ever feel welcome.

      • @[email protected]
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        31 year ago

        Basically the two weird kids in school decided to hangout together? I don’t mean that in a bad way, I mean in a cute way.

    • @[email protected]
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      11 year ago

      Eh, the only furries I know personally are a straight couple. So I’m not sure what that does to your metrics.

    • @[email protected]
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      101 year ago

      There seems to be a link between neurodivergence and LGBTQ+ tendencies, from purely anecdotal evidence. Perhaps it’s because neurodivergent people seem to be more willing to question the status quo and self-examine without the assumption that they must be however society deems “normal?”

    • Prison Mike
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      We are in the process of identifying and outting members of your group

      Reputations and lives will be destroyed

      Closeted Furries will be presented to the world for the degenerate perverts they are

      You cannot hide Your means are miniscule compared to mine. You now can either turn yourself in or you can cooperate

      This guy talks like a moronic middle school bully. And the fucked up grammar (especially casing) is definitely on brand.

      • finley
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        311 year ago

        We are in the process of identifying and outting members of your group

        Yeah, because what they want is less attention for what they did, lol

          • lost_faith
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            41 year ago

            Lay low, bask in the glow. Decide on a new target, or hit the same ones again, choices choices. Fight the good fight

        • @[email protected]
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          591 year ago

          I support gay furry hackers, especially if they target the heritage foundation and other trash like that. If they come to light ill donate funds towards further hacking endeavors.

          • finley
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            Hear, hear!

            I raise a drink to these GayFurHacktivists and their antifascist endeavors! 🥃

            • @[email protected]
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              91 year ago

              Yiffin’ your servers!

              Hack the Planet…for LOVE AND PEACE! #VashTheStampeedApprovesThisMessage

              I don’t ‘get’ furries at all, but I have met a whole whopping 2 of them in my life (that I know of) and they were both super chill and friendly people, so I am all for supporting them! You friendly weirdos. 👍

      • @[email protected]
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        51 year ago

        You cannot hide Your means are miniscule compared to mine.

        Took me about two minutes on a cellphone to find his home address using public records. And another minute to find his fax number.

        Maybe I should introduce him to the wonderful world of gay furry images.

      • Obinice
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        571 year ago

        Just going from the headline, I assumed the “Heritage Foundation” was a non profit that worked to preserve our civilisation’s historic buildings, locations, works of art and culture.

        Turns out they’re just bigoted fascists, I guess? Huh.

        A lot of those over in the USA at the moment. I mean, we have our fair share in Europe too, but ya know, it feels like it’s reaching a tipping point in the USA where fascists have by now infiltrated everything at all levels… :-/

        • @[email protected]
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          471 year ago

          Heritage Foundation is the main Republican “think tank.” When Republicans are out of power they hire people who they expect will return to power. When a politician writes a book no one gives a shit about, they buy copies in bulk to try to manipulate The NY Times best-seller list and make it seem popular. It’s just an arm of the Republican Party.

          The equivalent for Democrats is the Center for American Progress. It’s not as evil but it’s also not a real think tank. (Real think tanks hire Ph D’s and produce academic-level work. Heritage and CAP are more like marketing companies masquerading as non-profits.)

        • @[email protected]
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          561 year ago

          In the US, anything with “heritage” in its name is usually racist. The word became a dog whistle for white supremacists after the civil rights era.

        • @[email protected]
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          61 year ago

          reaching a tipping point

          Turning Point.

          (is the name of their arm/organization that makes propaganda aimed at colleges and young people.)

  • finley
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    Go on Barbara, keep telling us not to look at Internet pictures of you

  • AutoTL;DRB
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    101 year ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:


    A group of self-proclaimed “gay furry hackers” says it breached the Heritage Foundation earlier this month, releasing two gigabytes of the right-wing think tank’s internal data on Tuesday.

    The group also cited their objections to Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation’s policy proposal for a second term for former President Donald Trump, as a motivating factor.

    The chat logs show a person who claims to be Howell asking a SiegedSec member why the group hacked the Heritage Foundation and threatening to expose the hackers.

    In a statement on Telegram, SiegedSec said the goal of the hack was to draw attention to — and combat — the Heritage Foundation’s anti-LGBT and anti-abortion policy proposals.

    Broadly speaking, its recommendations involve expanding presidential power, purging federal agencies of career employees, and replacing them with Trump loyalists.

    Trump recently attempted to distance himself from Project 2025, claiming he has “no idea” who is behind the plan — even though a CNN analysis found that more than 140 former members of his administration were involved in drafting the mandate.


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  • Pistcow
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    391 year ago

    As much of the IT sector makes up that group I’m surprised more breaches like this haven’t happened.

    • finley
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      Just because you haven’t heard of them, doesn’t mean they don’t happen more often than you think

      Vigilante hacker groups don’t necessarily need public attention to get satisfaction

      • @[email protected]
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        31 year ago

        From what I’ve heard, sometimes the hacked institutions bow in the form of delaying, or even completely ditching Project 2025-style plans. Other times the institution has enough Russia and/or China ties, that a naive tankie within the group sabotages the whole effort. Yet other times they’re being paid a lot of money and being given certain guarantees (ability of leaving the country in case the hacker’s civil identities become illegal, etc.).

      • knightly the Sneptaur
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        Oh, it’s true. Even without any unlawful computer access, the amount of personal info your average IT furry can access is pretty astounding. There’s furries quietly keeping things running in the background across tech, finance, industry, science, and just about everywhere.

        Our Bacon numbers are tiny, too. It might be six degrees for any two random humans, but in the furry community you rarely have to go farther than friend-of-a-friend-of-a-friend-of-a-friend.

        So; if you’ve got a problem, if nobody else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire… A Furry.

        • Midnight Wolf
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          Wacky sitcom shenanigans are a given :p

          I once moved into an apartment with three other gay furries (one being an old friend), and another joined us shortly after. Two bedroom, one bath, and 5 furs. Playing reverse jenga with the trash can (whoever tips it, takes it out) and occasionally walking around nude were just par for the course. Using paper towels as emergency tp, and hearing the couple who were the actual renters getting frisky in the shower, were less common but not unexpected. And I ordered pizza so often that we got on a first-name basis with the delivery guy. Getting naughty with the friend was nice, too, when my bf wasn’t visiting (we were open).

          Oh, and it was my first time living through a proper winter. Waking up to see my friend had left the window open, and the world a textureless white, was a nightly thing. I’m too cold, he’s too hot, screams. I ended up running stress tests on my computer to generate heat, and we settled on a mostly-closed window policy.

          Life now is mundane by comparison. Though I’m in a master/pet relationship with the friend, he’s got a bf, and there’s been talk of moving in together, so… History kinda repeats itself? I’m okay with pizza-box trash jenga and being nude again. :P

  • AutistoMephisto
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    191 year ago

    I want everything SiegedSec found. I intend to copy it and store it for safekeeping.

  • HubertManne
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    And if they were, they files went to them, they weren’t the recievers and thats for sure!