#i say i'm not into furry stuff anymore but i want to get a partial of sorcha made someday..... sigh

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hghh i kind of want to go to anthrocon next year. i'm not as into furry stuff as i used to be but it would still be fun to go again and check it out

[shinra33459]

I never reblog stuff, but I wanted to pitch in my 2 cents. A lot of the responses I see in the reblogs are stuff like, " just find someone to roleplay with", and even some old man yells at cloud "back in my day" type stuff. In the 3+ years of doing roleplaying, especially in the furry fandom, finding a good roleplaying partner is nowhere near as easy as many make it out to be. And if you are more partial to NSFW styles of roleplaying online (no judgement from me, I've done it), where there is complete anonymity, it isn't a far-fetched scenario where you could end up doing an NSFW RP with someone who says that they're 18+, but they aren't, and you can get in serious trouble. On the flipside, if you are a minor, there are plenty of predators who also RP that will try to groom you.

Potential criminal issues aside, while I do enjoy doing RP with other people, they aren't always available when I'm in the mood to RP, they can try to push you past your boundaries, they can judge you, there is often a difference in skill (I've done RP where they reply in paragraphs while I usually write about 3-4 sentences, or they reply in single sentences), your RP partner can just dip on the RP and want nothing to do with it or you anymore, there are things they like that I want no part in, and vice versa, and things they absolutely must have in the RP which if I don't want, it's an automatic dealbreaker.

I get not liking AI when it comes to media like shows and movies where studios want to replace actual writers, but if someone is using AI in their own free time, I see no harm in it, and I don't care whatsoever if someone uses it. And some of the other responses where some people are saying how they ditched their friends for using AI, to be quite honest, it's an extremely sad reflection of yourself that you're willing to burn bridges with another person over AI of all things.