Quote from: Kitsunekun on April 25, 2015, 03:00:00 PM

What makes you think they're crazy?
Like what aspect of their distorted persona makes you think "crazy"

I mean, you used the word "distorted" there, so it seems like you see where I'm coming from already. I mean, maybe "crazy" is hyperbolic, but I have a sort of innate contempt for people who seem to go out of their way to be... "unique", or "special".

Understandable. It's sort of like hipsters claiming to shy away from the mainstream and then they become the mainstream and also use iPhones. Trying that hard to be different then makes you become uniform, but what about those who don't want to be different and just are? Then what would it be considered.

I don't like it but I'd support them

I support the right to be whatever you want even if I don't approve of what they are

That is very Nobel of you.

Quote from: Kitsunekun on April 25, 2015, 04:57:16 PM

Quote from: Ingloriouswho98 on April 25, 2015, 04:56:01 PM

I don't like it but I'd support them

I support the right to be whatever you want even if I don't approve of what they are

That is very Nobel of you.

noble*

Haha whoops.

Quote from: gats.png on April 25, 2015, 04:21:02 PM

im otherkin

What do you identify yourself as? What would you say caused or made you that way, and what (if any) struggles do you encounter?

I identify as a Caracal, I first realized that I was different when I was 6 years old. I felt alien and out of place with no matter who I was with, it had severe effects on me especially in regards to my social life when I was growing up. I am a Caracal because I share many of the big cats features and traits. For example Caracals have large hairy ears, as do I. Another would be that Caracals are nocturnal, fast and very agile, as am I. They are also very prominent in Asia of which I originate so I thought it would be the best decision.

In my daily life it's kind of hard being who I am, I feel systematically oppressed and segregated from civilised society because I feel as if my kind are not wanted. I didn't choose to be like this I just am and I cannot help it. I hope to live in world where when I'm filling out a form under the list of various ethnicities there will be an other section of which I can tick the Caracal box. I hate being to as otherkin, it makes me sick and frankly I'm trigged whenever someone refers to me as such irl.

WHY AM I OTHERKIN? I AM MY OWN PERSON, THIS IS WHAT MAKES ME HAPPY WHY DO YOU HAVE TO REFER ME AS "OTHER"
SUCH TERMS SUBCONSCIOUSLY FEEL AS IF WHAT I AM IS WRONG BUT THIS IS WHO I AM
 

Quote from: Kitsunekun on April 25, 2015, 04:54:31 PM

Quote from: gats.png on April 25, 2015, 04:21:02 PM

im otherkin

What do you identify yourself as? What would you say caused or made you that way, and what (if any) struggles do you encounter?

I identify as a Caracal, I first realized that I was different when I was 6 years old. I felt alien and out of place with no matter who I was with, it had severe effects on me especially in regards to my social life when I was growing up. I am a Caracal because I share many of the big cats features and traits. For example Caracals have large hairy ears, as do I. Another would be that Caracals are nocturnal, fast and very agile, as am I. They are also very prominent in Asia of which I originate so I thought it would be the best decision.

In my daily life it's kind of hard being who I am, I feel systematically oppressed and segregated from civilised society because I feel as if my kind are not wanted. I didn't choose to be like this I just am and I cannot help it. I hope to live in world where when I'm filling out a form under the list of various ethnicities there will be an other section of which I can tick the Caracal box. I hate being to as otherkin, it makes me sick and frankly I'm trigged whenever someone refers to me as such irl.

WHY AM I OTHERKIN? I AM MY OWN PERSON, THIS IS WHAT MAKES ME HAPPY WHY DO YOU HAVE TO REFER ME AS "OTHER"
SUCH TERMS SUBCONSCIOUSLY FEEL AS IF WHAT I AM IS WRONG BUT THIS IS WHO I AM

I didn't mean to offend you quite honestly I am intrigued by the psychology of it. I referred to it as "otherkin" because there are many classifications of identities. You are Caracal as you identify yourself. I'm not sure where the term otherkin originated.

Quote from: Kitsunekun on April 25, 2015, 05:00:30 PM

I suppose I would be considered "otherkin" because I LARPed for about five years and I was an Arctic fox assassin and painted my body to look like such, but I don't identify myself as otherkin or a furry my character is just and extension of who I am. I don't get off to humanoid foxes it's not my cup of tea.

Oh god lol

Who made this hilarious alt?

ftr Kitsunekun's ip does not match any other user's and appears to a legit unique ip and not a proxy.

Quote from: challengerX on April 25, 2015, 05:03:01 PM

Quote from: Kitsunekun on April 25, 2015, 05:00:30 PM

I suppose I would be considered "otherkin" because I LARPed for about five years and I was an Arctic fox assassin and painted my body to look like such, but I don't identify myself as otherkin or a furry my character is just and extension of who I am. I don't get off to humanoid foxes it's not my cup of tea.

Oh god lol

Who made this hilarious alt?

ftr Kitsunekun's ip does not match any other user's and appears to a legit unique ip and not a proxy.

At last maybe I will stop being accused of an alt lol probably not though

I just want to be an attack helicopter ;~;

I just want to be an attack helicopter ;~;

How fun would that be though?

You can't identify as partially an animal because an animal doesn't think like that, the cognitive difference is too great.

It's okay as a bit of fun, but anything beyond that is downright bizzare.
I'm not in any position to tell people what they can't do and it doesn't impact me regardless.
If someone wants to pretend to be a goose or whatever their favorite animal is then that's their choice.
The problem is when people insist that these feelings are genuine and not the result of a personality disorder.

Additionally, assuming this had any truth to it you wouldn't have any control over your behaviour (also assuming the part is your consciousness).

I believe the basis behind the otherkin belief is that one's 'soul' is that of another species and that they are merely in the wrong body. Which would mean that they'd still be perfectly capable of human cognition as they have a human body.

That's what I've seen anyways.

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