The Thriving Furry Community of VR, the Identity Behind a Fursona. | A VRChat Documentary

The Furry community is one of the most controversial ones out there by many, but their influence on the virtual world is massive! Today we will be looking at the thriving furry community of VR and what exactly it means to be a furry.
This video is the start of the series called the degenerates digest, a video series where we will be looking at a wide variety of different topics.
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Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
0:58 - A Grain of Salt
1:55 - "What is a furry?"
3:49 - The not-so-metaphorical elephant
6:43 - The Interviews
23:55 - Outro
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[@TheDapperSaint]

I seriously hope you beautiful sons of guns enjoyed! I've been wanting to cobble this one together for a while, and I can safely say that I am proud of it for sure! Leave a comment below watcha think, and as always, stay dapper!!

[@gabe_the_fuzzy]

first off as a furry myself I don't kick puppies I do the opposite I hug them and take them home

[@TheDapperSaint]

hahah thats fair, as you should ☕

[@PyroWithTaco]

“Puppies” what the actual fuck is wrong with you people

[@glitch_the_dragon]

Yes! Give them proper lovings! Give them a home, a safe place, food that can keep them happy and healthy!

[@TheDapperSaint]

@@glitch_the_dragon well said

[@JOERU-5]

Cap

[@gobbonara]

9:35 bro’s model starting to make me appreciate whiskers on furry models :000

[@draconicvulpine9379]

Careful, that's how the pathOwOgen spreads

[@TheDapperSaint]

Models are wild, am I right?

[@Demonamic777]

I love how extremely expressive both characters were. They were so captivating to watch as they talked, I loved their voices and how their demeanors shone.

[@BlizzyFox]

Hey supper good job with this! I really enjoyed being a part of it. I think community is something we need as humans that more often than not is missing from our modern lives. People can find community online and express them selves in incredibly diverse ways. VRChat letting you just talk to people in a very natural way makes it a true social space and you can form real connections with people. Its one of the more beautiful places on the internet for sure.

[@TheDapperSaint]

I genuinely love that about the virtual world. Seeing so many different subcultures come together truly inspires me everyday to make vr content

[@Kudalyn]

Random youtube recommendation lead to a very nice interview, with a random cameo by my Furhub booth! Definitely a cheer-up for the day, thank you for the respectful and well made documentary.

[@TheDapperSaint]

Thank you so much! I try my best to make these types of things informative but also entertaining haha. Idk I just like making videos so makes me happy to hear that!

[@woofnuggiez]

For the younger peeps out there so no one is misinformed..! (dis is not a hate comment btw >.

[@TheDapperSaint]

Maybe I didn't emphasize it enough, but yes you don't have to have a fursona or something to be a furry, and it goes both ways in the sense that liking anthropomorphic characters also doesn't instantly make you a furry. The only thing about that though is many people don't identify as a furry by simply one small thing and typically takes multiple things for them to want to identify as a furry. I myself for instance think blaidd is an awesome character, but that is not a strong enough basis for me to consider myself a furry. Also thank you for the input btw! There's only so much you can cram into one video that condenses an entire subculture. 💜☕

[@FjrnVR]

Im 50, a Furry, a World and Avatar Creator also , we do all sorts of fun, and its often not Sus stuff. We throw Events, like rock shows, chill sessions, we help certain communities with VR related stuff. Furries really do make up a high percent of tech jobs and technical fields. Ive made many great friends, thanks to VRChat and the Furry fandom , much of the stigma of furries is still playful banter, much of which is held up by furries as a sort of wall the keep normies out. There will always be haters for anything, you can hate fans of music X or certain age groups, people that have this or that going on. It likely means you don't have the ability to step back and ask yourself "what do they see" and introspect themselves for the odd things they themselves like love or hold dear. I find most people have some weird they hide from others that they think is not socially acceptable, but why? As people learn they are not alone they grow a community around being like minded at least in some ways. Some of these communities, will then start not liking other communities. This is where introspection should come into play. All groups have bad apples and it would be unfair to judge the whole of apple kind for the few bad. At the end of the day we are all People and we should try to get along. Know that you are weird, they are weird, and anyone claiming not to be weird is likely hiding something less savory for some reason. The thing i think they dont like about Furs, is we wear it on our chests. But I can only speak from my own point of view.

[@TheDapperSaint]

If there's one thing I've learned in my time on this rock, it's that being normal is overrated haha. Also I get that cause like my furry pals, even if I'm not a furry myself, we love cracking jokes together. Pindle for instance, the guy in the video and now a good friend of mine, we have an on going joke around that sorta thing and it's great.

[@TheMudgeinator2002]

Person: What is a furry Me: Amazing

[@TheDapperSaint]

So true bestie

[@AltiSpinax]

Absolutely love the production quality in this one, definitely worth the wait I'm betting this one's gonna do more even more numbers the ERP documentary

[@TheDapperSaint]

Thank you so much Alti and thank you for all the support! This video finally coming together truly makes me so happy, so really happy to hear you enjoyed it! Also I love some of the edits in this one, really wanna lean into top notch editing!

[@elsombero1747]

Honestly, the furry community is the most accepting community I've ever seen and sure, like with every interests/hobbies/fandoms, there are some individuals who caused some negative view on those communities like the RC Airplane community and some guy who recreated 9/11 and added some 1930's German song to it, or the My Little Pony "C*m Jar project" or that one furcon where people were disgusting, damaging stuff, there were Co2 cartridges on the Toilet, people wearing Murrsuits (Fursuits made for doing NSFW stuff) or the one Weeb who set some anime studio in Japan on fire And this one gonna hurt... or the VTuber aggencies who have bad security of their servers (yes, I'm talking about you and your 382gb data leak, Nijisatsi or however this trash agency was called) and just bully their talents or the time where one agency was hiding stuff like one of their almost commited suic*** and they just called it a break before canceling their contract... oh oh, and the one time where my ex-favorite talent called Coco said that Taiwan is a country and some entitled Chinese dumbasses bullied her for saying this and her agency just canceled the contract instead of giving a big middle finger to those stupid idiots and just suing them for harrasement XD Yes, Taiwan is a country, I was there, it has amazing car/motorcycle culture and it's lest restrictive than the censorship country China. There is a reason why KZbin, Google etc. is banned in China and by accessing it through VPN you're breaking their idiotic laws

[@TheDapperSaint]

Definitely interesting insight, and thank you for explaining so much 💜

[@Elmoose187]

I love finding these videos. I was really into it as a teen but it was when it was really shunned and I was abused for it throughout high school so I pushed it back until recently. Vrchat has let me open up about it more but I don't know where to meet or enjoy similar company...

[@TheDapperSaint]

I'm really happy to hear that! Glad you can be open to yourself and stuff again mate! 💜

[@leopardspheel3638]

One thing I think would be good to add is that the worst people are often the loudest. I've noticed that the negative perception of, not just furries, but also general negative perceptions of different groups or people, stem from some stories of a few bad apples that just happened to get a lot of attention. In a majority of these cases, those bad apples are actually fairly few in number. It's also important to keep in mind how flexible language is and how meaning can vary a lot from person to person, as well as how large a group is. Furries have a lot of cases of bad people, but it's important to keep in mind how enormous the community is. The bigger the group, the more opportunities for a rotten minority. Also, as a furry myself, I would like to say that you did a great job with this. I think it's great to have more and more people mentioning furries and actually being reasonably educated on the topic.

[@alltheardy]

Genuenly shocked these videos dont have more likes, super informative and well put together! been trying to educate myself more on vrchat cultures and this helped immensley

[@TheDapperSaint]

It's cause the algorithm goes brrr haha. But hey happy to be of service! Always makes me smile hearing that these types of videos are both entertaining and informative hehe

[@Lycon721995]

Pindle (Minecraft Enjoyer) seems like a pretty dope dude, just how he carried himself very genuine. Keep on Keepin on man, you're very newbie, i've been stuck here for 13 years I can't leave its taken me, GET OUT WHILE YOU STILL CAN!!!

[@TheDapperSaint]

Pindle is now a pretty good friend of mine ever since then tbh XD Two genuine idiots make a pretty good combo lol. Also it's too late for him, he isn't getting out 🤣

[@flowerqirl_]

The production value of this video is way higher than it has any right to be and how on Earth do you not have more subs

[@TheDapperSaint]

Ayo, thank you so much! Really gave it all I got haha. Also haha, hopefully one day KZbin will bless me with traction XD

[@32-Volt]

I also like how in depth they go, compared to some of the other VR shows.

[@TheDapperSaint]

@@32-Volt hey thanks! It's about sending a message

[@bodyhuntress9006]

Really really informative and very high quality, Keep up the good work

[@TheDapperSaint]

hey thank you so much!! :) Got some other wild videos lined up, so hope you enjoy ☕

[@Xeroism712]

Great video imo. Feels like a very honest approach and the interviews were great to listen to. They (the interviewees) seem like lovely people and this approach does a way better job humanizing and characterizing this subculture than a descriptive video essay could, I think. You set a framework without pushing a narrative and gave the people room to speak their mind. I do like that they were honest about some of the more controversial aspects of the fandom- The furries I've personally met were mostly quite fun to be around, but you do notice that they tend to be more lewd/expressive and certainly a bit more 'out there'. This is not a bad thing per se, but it can definitely leave a certain impression with people who are not willing to give them the benefit of the doubt, which is why this approach to characterizing them works well. Most coverage on VRChat nowadays tends to be more negative, focusing on (some valid) problems with the game/community or the 'cringe' aspects of it- Or at least that is the expression that I am getting. In my experience, there are a lot of problems the game and community has, and they are worth addressing. But more often than not you'll find that people on vrc are lovely people just being themselves, more honestly so than what is possible elsewhere (the furries being a great example of this). Highlighting these kinds of people and this aspect of the game that made me (and many others) fall in love with it is absolutely an effort I can support.

[@TheDapperSaint]

It means a lot hearing that as its always been my goal with content such as this to never step on the toes of those groups and their culture. Just because someone does something different than me doesn't mean I should judge them for it!

[@impe9137]

Awesome vid! Can't wait to see what you have lined up in this series.

[@TheDapperSaint]

The next one is gonna be a big one to say the least hehe 😁

[@impe9137]

@@TheDapperSaint HUGE HYPE! 😉

[@TheDapperSaint]

@@impe9137 Les gooooo! ☕☕

[@wbourget101]

Ayo Very well done. Absolutely Outstanding and Very much informative

[@TheDapperSaint]

That's really awesome to hear that you enjoyed it! I really want to hit a middle ground between haha funny and actually good information in these types of videos 😤

[@naga_serpentis]

AMAZING! Something I’ve been wanting you to see. Amazing work sweet bean!

[@TheDapperSaint]

Hey thank you! I'm happy that the video came out well and that you enjoyed it!

[@spicynodloes]

aUr so underrated brodie 😭😭 this is so high quality abd u it explained really well hahfdas also pretty funny 👍‼️

[@TheDapperSaint]

Heck yeah, glad to hear the video hit the mark mate! Hope you enjoy future slightly unhinged videos as well!

[@lukehuen4200]

Production quality out the wazoo, all your work really pays off

[@TheDapperSaint]

I try my best 😄 thank you!

[@Ghost420j]

At the beginning of the video I knew the song, the song name was in heat but It was instrumental.

[@TheDapperSaint]

Yes true

[@Etheirys]

Awesome video, keep up the good work.

[@TheDapperSaint]

Thank you so much 😆☕

[@GoldKitsuneBrony]

I chalk up the negativity to what I've dubbed 'Fur envy' We can basically have anything and do anything we feel like because our community has enough talent to make it a reality. I can see how that might scare people and/or cause jealousy.

[@TheDapperSaint]

Mmm, I'm not sure I quite agree with that cause that makes it sound a little entitled, but I think it's more of the fact of the envy coming from the fact of being able to be who you are and express yourself freely more than anything tbh.

[@Taraku43]

Dapper secretly coming out about him being a Furry confirmed?

[@TheDapperSaint]

I will drop kick you 😭

[@Taraku43]

@@TheDapperSaint You know, I am proud of you coming out! I respect your choice!!

[@juliusklein6245]

Furries are hated because we do what we want without being bound my the social norms. You want to give someone a pat on the head, IRL you'd be seen as crazy, in the fandom its considered nice. Do what you want, be who you want, and as long as your kind and dont show lewd things your basically always fine.

[@TheDapperSaint]

That's a good way of putting it tbh

[@gabe_the_fuzzy]

I like how every interview is a rex ha ha lol

[@TheDapperSaint]

Funny how that works, at least its not two protogens haha

[@BlizzyFox]

Hey my rex is really modified at least >.>

[@TheDapperSaint]

@@BlizzyFox your Avi is pretty clean with those cybernetics and stuff tbh

[@awmthe3rd623]

i'm not a furry.... but

[@TheDapperSaint]

Oh dear god, listen I can explain 😭

[@CamGTVR]

Great explanation and great video in general you just earned yourself a sub

[@TheDapperSaint]

HECK YEAH LETS GOOO WOO

[@CamGTVR]

@@TheDapperSaint I never thought you’d actually reply and btw this is the best explanation out of all the explanations I’ve seen on this topic

[@SpazznAngel]

Intro song name?

[@TheDapperSaint]

It's in heat my dude!

[@whiteleafanimations6590]

Thank you for being respectful

[@TheDapperSaint]

Of course! That was one of my main objectives with this video. Even some of the biggest KZbinrs clickbait videos on the topic talking involving typical comments like furries being "cringe" or whatever. Im a simple man, I'll make a slightly unhinged video while also ensuring that it's informative ☕💜

[@PuppyPup-vx7tj]

In vrc I saw a random person telling a 13 year old furry to kill themselfs and I was so damn shocked and mad like WTF

[@TheDapperSaint]

Yeah that's absolutely awful and not acceptable. People can be rude in VR. I remember making my hava video and there was a guy who was straight up getting bullied for trying to enjoy themselves in the black cat

[@NyxNightRave]

Inquiry: Any fellow furry know anything about shark varietys and lore not really seeing much about it and seems extremely rare

[@unonymous123]

As a furry I agree with this video.

[@TheDapperSaint]

That makes me happy to hear tbh!

[@e621.Enjoyer]

What's with the person hanging from the ceiling for the majority of the explanation (before the interviews)

[@SherenMcEren]

7:15 Oh... He just like me... HE JUST LIKE ME FR!!!!

[@TheDapperSaint]

Ayo fair my dude!! Hope you enjoyed ☕

[@Totally_not_a_lizard_person]

Being a furry is just being a fan or having interest in anthropomorphic animals.. the end... Its just that such a simple requirement is so open that people come at it from every conceivable angle. This is why, what a furry is, is a simple question, but what it means to a person may not be. I mean you can be a fan of them because having one as a persona, or fursona as it were, gives anonymity and lets you express yourself more freely.. Or you may be a fan of anthro characters from an artistic and creativity perspective. The level of freedom in creating something your own. Maybe someone is a fan that is souly into the fursuiting side, either crafting or bringing a character to life. It could also be some people are fans only because the community is open and accepting, and they desperately need a safe space in their life. There are also those who like anthropomorphic animals for how they allow movies and shows to express hard and touchy topics through the lens of an animal given human characteristics, all that weird and uncomfortable stuff people ignore about humanity shined right back at them. Its easier to note flaws in others afterall. That, last one may explain why so much hate gets thrown at furries.. People are throwing stones without realizing they are looking at a mirror, not a window.

[@TheDapperSaint]

Very interesting insight, thank you!!

[@TheDapperSaint]

It really is a shame the community has such a bad rep to those who don't understand it sadly.

[@Coconutgamer_vr]

thanks on educating me on furries, i love understanding my victims!

[@TheDapperSaint]

Hey happy to hel- wait hold on a second!

[@PyroWithTaco]

Meet the spy

[@akali1788]

First comment. YEAT

[@TheDapperSaint]

Hey lets gooooooooo!

[@dylanovanhemert6324]

this is certainly a video ever

[@TheDapperSaint]

Thank you so much, that was the most comment I've ever seen ☕

[@sleep_deprived_stormworker]

made by one of the content creators of all time.

[@bloodjal]

very nice

[@TheDapperSaint]

Thank you so much, I seriously appreciate it :)

[@SlLLYJIM]

Wear Cat ears at 100k subs?

[@TheDapperSaint]

Shoot I'd do it right now just for the funny 😤☕

[@Billygaming1447]

The fact that you identify as a threat to anything smaller than you makes me generally worried because my avatar that I use all the time is half an inch tall, please don't put kick me

[@TheDapperSaint]

It's okay, I'll punt you gently 💪

[@Billygaming1447]

oh thank goodness, I was worried you were going to go full Hell maker on me, at least it'll be gentle😌

[@sleeve9097]

They do be yiffin doe

[@TheDapperSaint]

So true, haha

[@ConfusedSoup]

ive been a furry since i was five, didnt know the term or anything.. but i made up worlds and stories for my stuffed animals to live in, and when both my younger siblings grew out of playing before me i turned to drawing and writing for them i remember once in school someone saw me drawing characters and told me i wanted to have sex with animals because i drew them as humanlike... i was so dumbfounded this is all before the internet was a household thing, its just like... is that the natural assumption or shome shit? like they assumed the lore of the characters is that they're half human? so animal sex >< no dude they're aliens and im asexual go fuck yourself kthnx i guess what im trina say is furries got hate all the time way before the internet even without there being words for it in your area. people are just confused, that or everything they do revolves around sex and so they think everyone esle is the same way. i dunno fucking love vrchat nice vid man

[@TheDapperSaint]

Great insight, and thank you for the kind words mate! 🧉

[@shepardmc1]

Vr chat is cool I can be master chief

[@TheDapperSaint]

That is in fact pretty cool 😎

[@toastedbreadmanjr.1656]

​@@TheDapperSaintI want to be Gordon Freeman

[@AmazingAlpha]

Hello

[@TheDapperSaint]

Hiya!

[@rowenheckert9521]

Aaaaa 21:15

[@TheDapperSaint]

@@rowenheckert9521 what XD

[@supremetye4570]

One day VR chat will come to psn and ill find u 🤣🤣

[@TheDapperSaint]

And on that day I will headbutt you haha. Good to see you, we will have to catch up soon haha

[@Cannabinova]

I'm a furry femboy! 😁

[@TheDapperSaint]

hey nice my dude! More power to ya!

[@PyroWithTaco]

We live in a society

[@AriWasabii]

as a furry, i definitely kick puppies 🤧

[@TheDapperSaint]

GAPS YOU MONSTERRRR... Kick babies instead smh haha

[@AriWasabii]

@@TheDapperSaint i do that too… 🥲

[@toastedbreadmanjr.1656]

Do you play Games

[@user-oo1po6bg9w]

Ничего не понял, НО ОЧЕНЬ ИНТЕРЕСНО. 👻😛Бу-Boo 😝👻

[@toastedbreadmanjr.1656]

XD

[@user-oo1po6bg9w]

@@toastedbreadmanjr.1656 😴

[@An_Imperial_Guard.]

Furrys: Why does people hate us? Also furrys: *Rainfurfest.*

[@Shinus37]

Still, you can not generalise the furries based on an Event that happened years ago. Especially since only a small part of the community went there.

[@TheDapperSaint]

that's kind of the point of the video! Glad you understand mate

[@fatalcircuit007]

Ahem……. Vaporeon

[@TheDapperSaint]

Nononononononononononono 😭

[@PindleThimble-cz2nm]

So Dapper's a furry now? Smh, how the mighty have fallen...

[@TheDapperSaint]

For the last time, I am not a furryyyyy 😭

[@PindleThimble-cz2nm]

@@TheDapperSaint Ok, furry

[@detecta]

@@TheDapperSaint same

[@TheDapperSaint]

@@PindleThimble-cz2nm broooooo

[@TheDapperSaint]

@@detecta Nani

[@Zetavio_02568]

Oh yes, we are all communists lol

[@TheDapperSaint]

I KNEW IT ALL ALONGGGG Haha

[@10hawell]

The whole video and noone addresses zoophilia.

[@TheDapperSaint]

You know it ultimately came down to fact that it was hard to shell in script wise tbh. I made several reiterations stopping to talk about it never worked out well. Ultimately I cut it out of the video since a lot of the furry community themselves don't promote or like that stuff either. ☕

[@TheRatWhoLived]

because furries aren’t usually zoophiles! hope this helps.

[@NyxNightRave]

​@@TheDapperSaint Exactly well said the furry community hates zoophilia/Zoophiles & Pedophiles we do not even consider them part of the fandom and out them the moment they are found out. They are not tolerated or condoned or supported in any way shape or form by true furrys. Thank you dapper for the great work on this video 💯

[@rowenheckert9521]

Furrys r so cringe