The Zeta Chronicles - A pro-active comic for the zoo community

[saddlebum66]

Which is exactly as expected. The Mundane world would prefer to forget we exist...each time we remind them we're part of the human race, they toss their breakfasts, and call for the law to be strengthened. We do it here....we've got one complete nit that likes to advocate changing laws....outlaw alcohol, raise the consumption age, raise the age of consent...ad nauseam. There are quite a few dolts that just flat think the world changed when we all had out shiny little internet. Did we really think the Mundanes were changed because the Net makes us look more "normal"? It doesnt. It makes us look more "Hole and Corner", not less. Also to be expected. Just because we think we've paid our dues does not mean the lamb can lie down with the Lions. Those lions still own the world.

 

[jjponyboy]

The problem isn't exposing *THE SITE*. That's hopelessly exposed, and anybody who thinks otherwise isn't firing on all mental cylinders. The problem is the "HEY! LOOK! THERE REALLY IS SUCH A THING AS ANIMAL FUCKERS!" effect on John Q. Public, who, although he generally knows that animal fuckers exist, tends to file even the idea under the heading "out of sight, out of mind", and when he thinks of us at all, it's usually in terms of the punchline of a joke. When he can ignore us/forget we exist/consider us a joke, he most often does/says nothing that means anything. He might mutter in his beard, or grumble over his beer to a buddy, or toss out the occasional "Why do Irishmen wear kilts? 'Cause a Scotsman can hear a zipper at 60 paces. Why do Scotsmen wear kilts? 'Cause a sheep can hear a zipper at 600 paces" grade joke, but aside from that, he doesn't put much, if any, thought into the concept, and most generally takes no action against us. When our existence gets rubbed in his face, he tends to start going apeshit, and bad things start happening to us and/or our critters as a result.

I do agree with you here. My original point was for people specifically mentioning privacy, but your points here I absolutely agree with.

I'm transgender, I've been participating with trans communities for over a decade now, and yeah, I'll be honest. I absolutely feel like it was in many ways a simpler existence before the "trans tipping point". The visibility has its drawbacks. There was none of the nonsense of these new bills and laws, nobody actually scrutinising your bathroom use to the extent they do now. If somebody clocks you, now they're actually motivated to ask your pronouns and stick their nose into your medical history and put on a big show about being an ally. Any sort of well-meaning but cringey action done in the name of activism gets broadcast to everyone on the web to scrutinise. Anything to do with people like you gets clicks so there's incentive to exaggerate or outright make shit up for outrage. In the past though, it was hidden and this did have its benefits. Some people were hateful, and that hasn't changed, but those that weren't just didn't care. You were sometimes the subject of a niche shock article in a trashy magazine, or a bit of a curiosity, but that was it.

I feel like the current state of zoo affairs is in that pre-tipping point stage. You get a little article in Vice that is actually kinda sympathetic, you get a sensational article in the trashy magazines, you're the butt of jokes on Family Guy. But beyond that, you get to have a quiet existence in obscurity. I can imagine "zoo tipping point" resulting in an awful period of stricter laws, increased suspicion, and public scrutiny and humiliation, with little payoff.

Unlike transness, I don't think zoophilia has nearly as much to gain from visibility and a fight for public acceptance, and more to lose. It's been about a decade since the "transgender tipping point". Regardless of your stance on trans people, think about the media circus and the debates that are had. Imagine that but for zoophilia, going on for a decade. What are we actually looking to get out of this advocacy? Is it worth it?

Besides decriminalisation (which seems less of an issue now than it would be during the first years of heightened visibility from advocacy), what would be gained? What would the benefit of attempting to educate the public actually be?

 

[HugDoggy]

It's a well established emotional trick to start off by implying the audience (your opposition) has a perfectly reasonable point of view. It prevents cognitive dissonance.

From a story perspective the protagonist is the character the audience/reader imagines themself as, they won't be able to do that unless they are similar enough at least in the start.

From a rational view it is slimy, but it's sound psychology.

I see, so what your saying is everyone out there is our enemy. (i'm sure some are, but I don't buy that everyone is) So we pretend we are on there side to trick them into thinking differently? Hmmm, sounds pretty deceptive and if someone tried that on me and I worked out what they were doing, I would not be happy.

I don't live in the US so things may be a bit different there. I can only go by my own experience here and for the most part most people I have broached the subject with have not had a strong negative or positive opinion on the subject, mainly because they don't really know anything about it apart from the odd joke. In the last year I have come out to 6 people not one of them has had a negative reaction 4 of them wanted me to explain what zoosexuality is exactly. The other two just said "Ok it's not my thing, but I know you and know you wouldn't hurt an animal so what ever floats your boat."

So perhaps I've just been very lucky with my interaction with non zoos or maybe where I live we're just a bit more open minded, who knows, but I tend to prefer showing people how I am with the animals in my life so if or when they find out I'm a zoo, they are less likely to jump to bad conclusions without finding out more information first. At which point I have pointed them to this article I wrote a few years back which tries to take a neutral->positive approach to the subject, while trying not to promote it as such. I think I've got it on here somewhere... Yep it's here: https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/the-hard-questions-a-zoo-discussion-paper.35998/

Only 3 pages into this comic, it's to early to judge anything, I just have to hope it will leave non zoos with a neutral if not positive impression somehow. heaven knows how many pages it will need to be to do that, if your talking about changing people's minds on the subject, as seems to be the goal as set out here by starting from a negative footing, for the reasons you have explained.

 

[UR20Z]

What are we actually looking to get out of this advocacy? Is it worth it?

Besides decriminalisation (which seems less of an issue now than it would be during the first years of heightened visibility from advocacy), what would be gained? What would the benefit of attempting to educate the public actually be?

Not only valid questions, but absolutely crucial ones that, unfortunately, don't have answers. Seems every time someone asks them of our "saviors", they get ignored, dodged, or washed away in a flood of baffle-gab.

 

[nekdoneco123]

care to elaborate a little? i can understand the "owners" part (i mean, someone has to own the sites... how it gives any right to said owner to say what's best for everyone is a different issue), but "leaders"? i kinda missed "we" even have a "leadership", but i assume you appointed yourself to that role despite your almost non-existent presence here?

surprise, surprise... no answer.

TogglesHappyZoo is I think one of the producers of https://www.zoovilleforum.net/resources/zooier-than-thou.9/ podcast. I have heard one of their episodes. It did not seem that bad, but it exactly fits into the formula of reaching out to public. They originally posted on youtube I think from where they were deleted because I guess the public did not like it.

i think i have some vague memory of him/her.... he/she put "you totally should listen to my podcast" in all of his/her posts.

No.

That is a common misconception which has been used to justify a lot of nasty. People have a right to do what they want so long as it doesn't violate other people's rights. That postulation has only one solution, and it isn't "I can do anything as long as it doesn't have any effect whatsoever on anything anyone else is concerned with".

If your neighbor starts farming a field and you decide that you liked the field better the other way that doesn't make their crops "your thing". Being affected isn't necessarily a violation of your rights, and you don't have a right to a world where nobody is consciously aware of zoosexuality. If you had been threatened to sign at the bottom of that comic or pay for it that would be a violation of your rights.

and i stand by my assessment that members of the "philanthropist class" are a bunch of weirdos... you might even be a sock puppet on top of that. how the hell can the answer be "no"? if this comic thing gets any traction it can very easily affect "my thing". why? because some "leader" believes he knows what's best for "us"... last time it ended up with one of the "leaders" publicly coming out as a pedophile... and for what exactly? why do "we" need recognition again?

do you actually believe this mental gymnastics act you're doing or are you just wishing "we" will? your "your neighbor's field" analogy doesn't even work. it might if the story ends with my neighbor's work on HIS field destroying MY field in the process.

 

[ADreamOfLiberty]

I see, so what your saying is everyone out there is our enemy.

You don't make propaganda to convince your own party. Both propaganda and debate are adversarial. People think one way and you want to change that so that makes their current thinking the enemy.

So we pretend we are on there side to trick them into thinking differently? Hmmm, sounds pretty deceptive and if someone tried that on me and I worked out what they were doing, I would not be happy.

Well I've tried total honesty and sound logic and that doesn't make many friends either. There are no easy answers in this case milord.

I don't live in the US so things may be a bit different there. I can only go by my own experience here and for the most part most people I have broached the subject with have not had a strong negative or positive opinion on the subject, mainly because they don't really know anything about it apart from the odd joke. In the last year I have come out to 6 people not one of them has had a negative reaction 4 of them wanted me to explain what zoosexuality is exactly. The other two just said "Ok it's not my thing, but I know you and know you wouldn't hurt an animal so what ever floats your boat."

In that case it seems like you aren't in need of any propaganda, lucky you.

So perhaps I've just been very lucky with my interaction with non zoos or maybe where I live we're just a bit more open minded, who knows, but I tend to prefer showing people how I am with the animals in my life so if or when they find out I'm a zoo, they are less likely to jump to bad conclusions without finding out more information first. At which point I have pointed them to this article I wrote a few years back which tries to take a neutral->positive approach to the subject, while trying not to promote it as such. I think I've got it on here somewhere... Yep it's here: https://www.zoovilleforum.net/threads/the-hard-questions-a-zoo-discussion-paper.35998/

I'll probably read it sometime this week.

There is a thing called targeted messaging. Some people respond only to emotional manipulation. Some prefer to fancy themselves neutral and balanced and probably respond well to your approach or anything they perceive as "educational". Maybe 2-5% respond well and exclusively to logic.

and i stand by my assessment that members of the "philanthropist class" are a bunch of weirdos...

..... yea who the hell would give money to a website like this? ....

You can't expect the owners of this site to care what you think when you make it so clear that you wouldn't even consider supporting them.

you might even be a sock puppet on top of that.

So might you

how the hell can the answer be "no"? if this comic thing gets any traction it can very easily affect "my thing".

The only conceivable way that could happen is if you fail to protect your anonymity and then the dominoes flow through a third-party moral actor... so still "no".

do you actually believe this mental gymnastics act you're doing or are you just wishing "we" will?

Well at least you're learning. "we" does belong in quotation marks there. If it wasn't there then you would be speaking for others which apparently isn't kosher.

your "your neighbor's field" analogy doesn't even work. it might if the story ends with my neighbor's work on HIS field destroying MY field in the process.

but comics won't destroy your field which was the point

 

[nekdoneco123]

You can't expect the owners of this site to care what you think when you make it so clear that you wouldn't even consider supporting them.

"they" make it abundantly clear my money would be used on whatever instead of making the forum better... i give to this "community" in other ways than money.

So might you

doubtful, considering all the regular "naysayers" spoke their piece here either before me or with me, noone left to sock puppet for... while you're here trying to speak for the "leadership", which is at this point unsurprisingly silent.

The only conceivable way that could happen is if you fail to protect your anonymity and then the dominoes flow through a third-party moral actor... so still "no".

you don't know what new and fun laws might get passed... i'm pragmatic. something as simple as having to be registered to own a pet or something like "non-breeder animals have to be mutilated" sort of law are both conceivable ways to make life for "us" harder without directly going "we acting against zoos". it's not happening because "we" aren't prominent enough and i kinda doubt i'm the only one who prefers it that way.

but comics won't destroy your field which was the point

yet to be seen.. it can put more self-appointed antis trying to out "us". it can do jack shit. which is another still not addressed question given by someone here... where is this thing going to be published. nothing but very vague info was given.

 

[ADreamOfLiberty]

while you're here trying to speak for the "leadership", which is at this point unsurprisingly silent.

I don't speak for anyone but myself.

you don't know what new and fun laws might get passed... i'm pragmatic. something as simple as having to be registered to own a pet or something like "non-breeder animals have to be mutilated" sort of law are both conceivable ways to make life for "us" harder without directly going "we acting against zoos". it's not happening because "we" aren't prominent enough and i kinda doubt i'm the only one who prefers it that way.

See the fact that you thought of that shows that your view of this issue is insular. You don't talk to antis, you just assume you know what they think.

They would never (on their own) think to connect neutering to bestiality. In their minds all they imagine is some chained up dog getting raped in some hole. It wouldn't occur to them that we care about an intact sexual biology because we care about the animal's sex drive.

Sometimes getting attacked is the best way to get sympathy. As in the case of the trucker convoy for instance. It was bad for them but now Trudeau and his pals have done things that show everyone who they really are.

 

[saddlebum66]

New law Coming in Cali thats being touted as an Animal Bill of Rights. And some Folks here dont hear the Marching Feet of The Forces of Ignorance?

 

[Bloodwolf]

New law Coming in Cali thats being touted as an Animal Bill of Rights. And some Folks here dont hear the Marching Feet of The Forces of Ignorance?

What’s in the bill?

 

[j217]

What’s in the bill?

Here's a story on it

Proposed state bill would create a 'Dog and Cat Bill of Rights'

A proposed state bill would create a 'Dog and Cat Bill of Rights' and guarantee certain rights for dogs and cats.

abc7news.com

From the story these look like the basic items

"AB 1881 would require that the bill of rights is posted on the premises of animal shelters and rescue organizations.

Here are the 7 specific rights outlined in the bill.

-Dogs and cats have the right to be free from exploitation, cruelty, neglect, and abuse.
-Dogs and cats have the right to a life of comfort, free of fear and anxiety.
-Dogs and cats have the right to daily mental stimulation and appropriate exercise.

-Dogs and cats have the right to nutritious food, sanitary water, and shelter in an appropriate and safe environment.
-Dogs and cats have the right to preventive and therapeutic health care.
-Dogs and cats have the right to be properly identified through tags, microchips, or other humane means.
-Dogs and cats have the right to be spayed and neutered to prevent unwanted litters."

Nothing about any right to enjoy their natural sexuality.
I expect aggresive do-gooders would appoint themselves to enforce those "rights" as they interpret them.

 

[Bloodwolf]

Here's a story on it

Proposed state bill would create a 'Dog and Cat Bill of Rights'

A proposed state bill would create a 'Dog and Cat Bill of Rights' and guarantee certain rights for dogs and cats.

abc7news.com

From the story these look like the basic items

"AB 1881 would require that the bill of rights is posted on the premises of animal shelters and rescue organizations.

Here are the 7 specific rights outlined in the bill.

-Dogs and cats have the right to be free from exploitation, cruelty, neglect, and abuse.
-Dogs and cats have the right to a life of comfort, free of fear and anxiety.
-Dogs and cats have the right to daily mental stimulation and appropriate exercise.

-Dogs and cats have the right to nutritious food, sanitary water, and shelter in an appropriate and safe environment.
-Dogs and cats have the right to preventive and therapeutic health care.
-Dogs and cats have the right to be properly identified through tags, microchips, or other humane means.
-Dogs and cats have the right to be spayed and neutered to prevent unwanted litters."

I expect aggresive do-gooders would appoint themselves to enforce those rights as they interpret them.

It’s just funny how that works as they can’t forgo rights themselves. I agree with most of them outside the obvious for this lifestyle unless it becomes a problem itself

 

[saddlebum66]

Here's a story on it

Proposed state bill would create a 'Dog and Cat Bill of Rights'

A proposed state bill would create a 'Dog and Cat Bill of Rights' and guarantee certain rights for dogs and cats.

abc7news.com

From the story these look like the basic items

"AB 1881 would require that the bill of rights is posted on the premises of animal shelters and rescue organizations.

Here are the 7 specific rights outlined in the bill.

-Dogs and cats have the right to be free from exploitation, cruelty, neglect, and abuse.
-Dogs and cats have the right to a life of comfort, free of fear and anxiety.
-Dogs and cats have the right to daily mental stimulation and appropriate exercise.

-Dogs and cats have the right to nutritious food, sanitary water, and shelter in an appropriate and safe environment.
-Dogs and cats have the right to preventive and therapeutic health care.
-Dogs and cats have the right to be properly identified through tags, microchips, or other humane means.
-Dogs and cats have the right to be spayed and neutered to prevent unwanted litters."

Nothing about any right to enjoy their natural sexuality.
I expect aggresive do-gooders would appoint themselves to enforce those "rights" as they interpret them.

What these nits couched as "Rights" are their demands, and their Manifesto. It has less to do with animals than with people control.

This smacks of HSUS or other organizations writing a bill FOR a Representative, who then touts it for himself. They've done it before, even though thats illegal under Federal Law. And if this one passes, say goodbye to bird dogs wherever it goes into effect.

 

[j217]

What these nits couched as "Rights" are their demands, and their Manifesto. It has less to do with animals than with people control.

For sure. There are already laws dealing with abuse of animals but there is minimal real enforcement. This is similar to the way corporate crime is handled - more regulations or meaningless fines that sound real big but are just a small item in their budgets, but never go after the actual criminals.

 

[Bloodwolf]

Hopefully it stays in California. It’s a shit hole as it is.

 

[jjponyboy]

I'm still yet to see what educating the public in such a matter is supposed to achieve, and how it justifies a period of post "zoo tipping point".

Those thinking it won't lead to a crack down are painfully naive.

I'll defer to the transgender example again. We have people paranoid someone in the stall next to them might have certain body parts, now on the hunt for any signs of incongruence. We have new rules in sport, suddenly impacting even those born and raised as female, for their natural hormonal variation. People scrambling to protect the children. Transgender people are now under the microscope of the public, every perceived flaw amplified. And they don't even have anything to do with intimacy, beyond some people just thinking it's gross.

Do you think "animal fuckers" will be viewed with more, or even just the same level of, sympathy? Do you think we'll somehow receive less vigilance, less paranoia? Do you think we have less to lose?

Zoophilia isn't even comparable to the gay rights movement, because at least nobody had any doubts of the ability of adult men to consent, and we have even less to gain.

You don't have to go cruising just to meet an animal, and nobody raises an eyebrow at someone continuing to live with animals later in life. What more do you want, and at what cost?

 

[UR20Z]

I'm still yet to see what educating the public in such a matter is supposed to achieve, and how it justifies a period of post "zoo tipping point".

You're not alone. I believe I covered it in another post - this is one of those "questions that have no answer" (or at least, no answer that the folks trying to pull off this little exercise in idiocy will give, despite being asked repeatedly) things that we're apparently not supposed to ask.

Personally, I've got the feeling that the "benefits" primarily consist of being able to fuck fido in the middle of the town square without getting arrested and/or stoned to death on the spot. Not something I've ever had the urge for, but it seems as though one helluva large percentage of the "true believers" seems to think such a result SOMEHOW more than justifies the risk. I don't agree, even slightly. Of course, I'm a "yellow-bellied naysayer" for not jumping on the bandwagon. (according to our fearless leader, anyway)

 

[Bloodwolf]

You're not alone. I believe I covered it in another post - this is one of those "questions that have no answer" (or at least, no answer that the folks trying to pull off this little exercise in idiocy will give, despite being asked repeatedly) things that we're apparently not supposed to ask.

Personally, I've got the feeling that the "benefits" primarily consist of being able to fuck fido in the middle of the town square without getting arrested and/or stoned to death on the spot. Not something I've ever had the urge for, but it seems as though one helluva large percentage of the "true believers" seems to think such a result SOMEHOW more than justifies the risk. I don't agree, even slightly. Of course, I'm a "yellow-bellied naysayer" for not jumping on the bandwagon. (according to our fearless leader, anyway)

The beards don’t lie old man.

 

[UR20Z]

The beards don’t lie old man.

You don't survive (metaphorically speaking - in some cases, quite literal) long enough to grow a beard like mine without having some smarts to go with the facial fuzz...

 

[Bloodwolf]

You don't survive (metaphorically speaking - in some cases, quite literal) long enough to grow a beard like mine without having some smarts to go with the facial fuzz...

Yet some can’t grasp that.

 

[saddlebum66]

Yet some can’t grasp that.

Because, as the saying goes.."You're not the Boss of ME!"...., and from that point forward no headway will be gained in any discussion. They are not any more interested in discussion than the Mundanes. They want the Problem to go away. Each side has different reasons, of course, but they're really looking for the same result. I'm beginning to wonder if someone isn't flying the Jolly Roger in this joint.

 

[saddlebum66]

I'm still yet to see what educating the public in such a matter is supposed to achieve, and how it justifies a period of post "zoo tipping point".

Those thinking it won't lead to a crack down are painfully naive.

I'll defer to the transgender example again. We have people paranoid someone in the stall next to them might have certain body parts, now on the hunt for any signs of incongruence. We have new rules in sport, suddenly impacting even those born and raised as female, for their natural hormonal variation. People scrambling to protect the children. Transgender people are now under the microscope of the public, every perceived flaw amplified. And they don't even have anything to do with intimacy, beyond some people just thinking it's gross.

Do you think "animal fuckers" will be viewed with more, or even just the same level of, sympathy? Do you think we'll somehow receive less vigilance, less paranoia? Do you think we have less to lose?

Zoophilia isn't even comparable to the gay rights movement, because at least nobody had any doubts of the ability of adult men to consent, and we have even less to gain.

You don't have to go cruising just to meet an animal, and nobody raises an eyebrow at someone continuing to live with animals later in life. What more do you want, and at what cost?

They're still clinging to the idea that it worked for the Gay people of the World....whatever their chosen Letter. So why should it not work for Us? They forget that the Homosexual/ Trans Crowd really never had every hand in every nation against them. Bestiality is not legal in almost every nation of the World, and thoroughly disapproved of WHEREVER minds are closed. Gay people have a LONG history in the SERIOUS Arts of the world, aka The Humanities....WE got a half finished comic....Homosexuality has a historical hook to hang on....WE got a half finished comic...Homosexuality has next to nothing in common with bestiality, except a biblical injunction not to commit it. WE still have that there half-finished comic, by gadfrey. We gonna win this one!

 

[UR20Z]

They want the Problem to go away.

There's a *REALLY* simple way to accomplish that: Abandon this brain-dead attempt at something that's got less chance of accomplishing anything positive than a snowflake has of surviving being dumped into an operating blast furnace.

Of course, doing this would forfeit any and all "savior" points, so it's probably not gonna happen. (Never mind that the failure, when it happens - which is nearly 100% assured - ALSO costs you all of your savior points...)

 

[jjponyboy]

They're still clinging to the idea that it worked for the Gay people of the World....whatever their chosen Letter. So why should it not work for Us? They forget that the Homosexual/ Trans Crowd really never had every hand in every nation against them. Bestiality is not legal in almost every nation of the World, and thoroughly disapproved of WHEREVER minds are closed. Gay people have a LONG history in the SERIOUS Arts of the world, aka The Humanities....WE got a half finished comic....Homosexuality has a historical hook to hang on....WE got a half finished comic...Homosexuality has next to nothing in common with bestiality, except a biblical injunction not to commit it. WE still have that there half-finished comic, by gadfrey. We gonna win this one!

Also like... Gay people wanted legal rights as couples. But a lot of those legal issues only apply to human partners. I just don't see as much a point in zoophilia activism.

The only thing I can think of is like, anti-descrimination, but that implies a degree of openness that would make it known in the first place. Do we intend on showing public affection with our animal partners, beyond what's currently accepted? Do we intend on telling our workmates about our zoophilia, when they mention having a date on the weekend? Point out a sexy dog to hit friend? Maybe a world where an exclusive zoo can come out, tell their parents why they still don't have a girlfriend or whatever? That last one is the only point I'm sympathetic to, tbh.

Do we want legal recognition of our relationships? Beyond the symbolism of marriage, I see no benefit. It's almost exclusively only relevant to humans. Is somebody trying to adopt a child with their partner? Open a joint bank account?

 

[saddlebum66]

Also like... Gay people wanted legal rights as couples. But a lot of those legal issues only apply to human partners. I just don't see as much a point in zoophilia activism.

The only thing I can think of is like, anti-descrimination, but that implies a degree of openness that would make it known in the first place. Do we intend on showing public affection with our animal partners, beyond what's currently accepted? Do we intend on telling our workmates about our zoophilia, when they mention having a date on the weekend? Point out a sexy dog to hit friend? Maybe a world where an exclusive zoo can come out, tell their parents why they still don't have a girlfriend or whatever? That last one is the only point I'm sympathetic to, tbh.

Do we want legal recognition of our relationships? Beyond the symbolism of marriage, I see no benefit. It's almost exclusively only relevant to humans. Is somebody trying to adopt a child with their partner? Open a joint bank account?

ALL of those legal rights won by gays apply ONLY to humans. Animals cannot vote, nor contract, nor sue in a court of law. Symbolics aside, there is nothing to be gained but more grief. The locker at the gym will never resound with beasties sharing pics and laughs over the doggie bar pickups of the night before... The exclusive types will never throw an anniversary party or a doggie throw a birthday party for the significant other EVEN if they understood the concept. This is simply "we want it because we want it, and we want it now!" and nothing else, much as the anti-tobacco crowd pushed hard all those years. Its at least partly for the sake of revenge, and it is, in a word....Stupid.
I dont know what revenues are generated here, or where the original investment came from, but it seems like SOMEone's under pressure to produce on the promises made.

 

[Transzoofan]

i feel like this is a godawful idea

 

[pes]

"they" make it abundantly clear my money would be used on whatever instead of making the forum better... i give to this "community" in other ways than money.

On top of that donations are made by bitcoin which uses blockchain transaction history. While it may be time consuming, those transactions are not anonymous and achieving anonymity with bitcoin is not as simple as it may seem to be. So absolutely do not expect people who care about their anonymity to donate to this forum even if they wanted to.

Plus I have to agree that the money is not used to make the forum better.
1. The notification bug has been here for a year.
2. Regex in search is not supported despite the admins saying they will look into it (nobody actually did anything about it).
3. The staff is not paid to do regular cleaning of easy to find stuff like "teen" or "team russia" or phone numbers. Or cleaning abusive rooms from chat. (Judging by how many of those I reported that were years old.)
4. The staff is not paid to clean other abusive content systematically either. It mostly depends on sporadic reports from regular users. (Judging by how many of those I report weekly, which are again years old.)
And I am pretty sure other people can come up with more examples.

 

[UR20Z]

On top of that donations are made by bitcoin which uses blockchain transaction history. While it may be time consuming, those transactions are not anonymous and achieving anonymity with bitcoin is not as simple as it may seem to be. So absolutely do not expect people who care about their anonymity to donate to this forum even if they wanted to.

That right there is the primary reason why I won't. Close on the heels of that is the fact that doing so means funding this idiotic "zoo rights/zoo acceptance" crap, like it or not (in my case, that's a nice, 400 foot tall sign spelled out in flashing neon that reads *NOT*) and bluntly, I wouldn't give that "movement" the sweat off my balls, never mind ANY amount of money.

 

[YanchaOkami]

Cute furry comic strip. At least they do -something- else instead of praising often copied, sometimes newly created zoosexual media files and so far I see just another comic strip out there. One of roughly 3.1415 myriads.

The "used money" aspect makes it seem somewhat complicated, but at the end it's money donated with the intent to support what those running the site choose as efficient and productive. ?‍ If @ZTHorse decides that a family pizza is tomorrow's necessity for further work regarding this cause, so be it. Everyone knows this before the donation, don't they?

Aside the whole huff and puff let's look at it from a somewhat neutral position:

How realistic is it for any drawn furry comic concept to leave an impression unto "the masses" at all? No matter if good, if bad, if "meh." - compared to even the slightest real life occurrence of any fetishist or beasty without respect for the animal(s) which gets filmed, recognized, arrested, trapped, whatever.. I see nothing this comic could result in, which outperforms this other sort of media publishings. Neither bad, nor good.

And as we all know: negative media publishing about "zoophiles" (which for the media can be everything - and most of it ain't zoophilia-related, but belongs more in a psychiatric BDSM-treatment unit) will occur one way or another. Repeatedly. All the time until the sun explodes. Nothing new there, so compared to what happens regularly this comic is at least cute. Point for it.

 

[WMWfanpup]

Yeah I tend to shy away from the whole being a primates relative myself. I am educated enough, seen enough, and experienced enough that I personally believe I did not evolve. Evolution seems to be a way to allow folks to believe they are the most important thing in the universe just as some folks use to believe the sun revolved around the earth and some countries belived they were the center of all things. It also allows folks to do unspeakable things to other humans and never feel guilt or remorse. Folks also want an easy, finite, simple answer to every question instead of not knowing the infinite, incomprehensible, unknown that is the beauty and wonder of creation. They want something concrete and real that they can hold in their hand. I personally am just fine not knowing all the wonderful mysteries that dwell within me and surround me. I know that simply I am a truly amazing, mystifying, marvel.

There most likely are more believers here but they are unwilling to admit it, denial is another way to avoid guilt and remorse. I don't care myself because I have grown beyond all that. It takes a bigger person to believe in something greater than themselves and admit they are but a small part of a greater whole. Plus it allows for hope and happiness knowing that there is something way better coming in the future. What does a denier have? A short life here and than death. Yeah I will take creation and the possibility of eternity and exploration over that any day of the week.

I have no issues with folks believing as they will, that too is a very awesome thing. We were never created to be mindless drones.

I was raised religiously but that was more about what I can and can't do and what would make my parents happy versus actually finding wonder and joy in the possibilities of existence past my limited human understanding and lifespan. Would enjoy hearing more about your beliefs or resources for someone like me who has been agnostic and negative for so long that it's hard to believe I could be spiritual again, but it would be nice.