# I now cringe at stuff because I am sure furry fetishists will like it!

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 3, 2012, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-now-cringe-at-stuff-because-i-am-sure-furry-fetishists-will-like-it/636566 "2012-10-03T09:49:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-now-cringe-at-stuff-because-i-am-sure-furry-fetishists-will-like-it/636566/41 "2012-10-09T06:18:50Z")

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All this fur-fetish business has that damn Steely Dan song in my head

_Rishathra, rishathra,  
Come and take me by the hand …_

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**Author:** ![Doctor\_Why](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/96bed5/32.png) [@Doctor\_Why](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Why)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-now-cringe-at-stuff-because-i-am-sure-furry-fetishists-will-like-it/636566/42 "2012-10-09T15:45:52Z")

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> [@Miller](#):
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> Why is that particularly bad?

I’m honestly not sure exactly why. It’s probably just a mental association between stuffed animals and children making the whole thing seem borderline pedo. I know that the furries aren’t attracted to children, but it still feels wrong. Like I said, though, other fetishes would probably creep me out just as much if I knew what practices they were involved in. So maybe furries are more hated just because more people know about them?

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