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0 pointsdbasedweeb6y ago0 comments

I googled this, and was very very sorry that I did. Suffice it to say this terminology is specific to a subculture of people who dress up as animal mascots. Booping snoots apparently means touching the nose, I think? I also ran across something called “cub porn” and now I need a shower so hot it can melt glass.

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arthur_pryor6y ago

fwiw, after reading this post, i searched "boop snoots" (with quotes) on both duckduckgo and google, and came up with nothing disturbing in the first page of results for either search. nothing that even indicated a connection to furry subculture, far as i could tell.

maybe other variations on that search come up with much more risque results?

dbasedweebOP6y ago

I didn’t just google “boop snoots;” I googled that, googled “furries” and went down the rabbit hole a bit.

...A decision I now heartily regret. The two major things I found is that some people are very weird, and some other people hate the weird ones disproportionately considering their prevalence and general demeanor.

arthur_pryor6y ago

ah, yeah, well, sorry. maybe don't chase that rabbit like that next time?

also i find the "rabbit hole" metaphor and a username beginning with "dbased" to be pretty "on the nose" in the context of this thread (sorry, i couldn't resist any of that, and i only realized i ended with a pun after typing it out).

egypturnash6y ago

Welcome to the Internet!

Kye6y ago

Cub porn is generally frowned upon among furries. Don't judge a group of tens (maybe hundreds) of thousands of people by a glance at a few dark corners.

adamsea6y ago

Ummm if cub porn is what I think it is and it is frowned upon which it sounds like it is then imho I suggest not using a community-specific euphemism as the euphemism implicitly grants it a place and status within your community.

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arthur_pryor6y ago

maybe other variations on that search come up with much more risque results?

dbasedweebOP6y ago

I didn’t just google “boop snoots;” I googled that, googled “furries” and went down the rabbit hole a bit.

arthur_pryor6y ago

ah, yeah, well, sorry. maybe don't chase that rabbit like that next time?

egypturnash6y ago

Welcome to the Internet!

Kye6y ago

Cub porn is generally frowned upon among furries. Don't judge a group of tens (maybe hundreds) of thousands of people by a glance at a few dark corners.

adamsea6y ago

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