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How come older people like to act like furries are this outlandish idea but the thought of being with a mermaid has been around a lot longer (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 month ago by UrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Wouldn't a mermaid be called a scaley?

[–] Drivebyhaiku@lemmy.world 23 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Nope, different nerd culture entirely. Seriously, they have their own conventions, instead of fursuits they do custom silicone tails and train to swim in them, have contests and pagents and things. There's basically no overlap between the two communities. Scaleys are folk in the fursuit community who do dragon and lizard personas.

I have odd connections. Being in the film industry I have friends through props depts who do furry cons and one of my coworkers does underwater photography for people in the Mermaid subculture.