#the phrase ‘platonic furry’ really sent me

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Emily: Ooooh! Murph: I was accused last week of loving critters. Emily: Yeah Murph: Uh, and then the 8-bit book club subreddit-- Caldwell: (laughs) The subreddit is like--! Murph: --really went in and started citing times that I defended critters! (laughs) [Emily laughs.] Murph: And I-- it really made me question myself. Caldwell: This is like when Reddit comes together to help solve a crime. Emily: Yeah! (laughs) Caldwell: They're like pouring their collective subconscious into-- (laughs) Murph: They're like: "Is Murph a platonic furry? Does he just enjoy critters?" Emily: I think you're-- You know how there's the reptile furries? Caldwell: Scalies. Yeahyeah. Murph: Oh, scalies, sure. Emily: Scalies. I think you're a feather. You're a bird furry. [Caldwell laughs.] Murph: I just like birds. Caldwell: Wait! So what is-- You like birds. Emily: Yeah, you're a bird. So, you're not a furry, you're a feathery. Murph: I have also-- okay, this is also bullying! Because, uh-- Caldwell: (laughs) Little bit. Murph: This is from that Mortal Kombat-- Emily: No, I'm pro sexual kinks! Murph: (laughs) Nonono, but this isn't sexual! Emily: I love it! Let's get freaky! Murph: This isn't-- see, you calling-- Emily: Come to me with your freakiest shit and I will support you! Murph: You call-- You calling it sexual and making it a sexual thing is bullying, because it's not! [Emily laughs.] Caldwell: This is really-- Murph: This all from the Mortal Kombat episode, where I brought up that um, I wrote Animorphs fanfiction as a kid, and-- in one of the parts-- I touched a bird and turned into a bird. [Emily laughs.] Caldwell: Right. Murph: And then Emily kept accusing me of loving finches? [Caldwell and Emily laugh.] Emily: Which is something that has continued in our daily life! Caldwell: You Darwin-loving dope! Emily: Between finches and Jack Skellington, those are my favorite things to accuse Murph of loving! [Caldwell and Murph laugh.]