According to the article, it’s done for market research, i.e. finding out who buys what, which is a thing businesses like to know. But also apparently it allows the machine to generate “AI-powered product recommendations”, which i guess means it tailors reccomendations to each user? Which it can do because it has a touch screen, and the touch screen itself already strikes me as full of shit.

That’s what the article says this machine in particular does; but yes, it could totally change the price on you depending on what you look like, and all other kinds of deeply shady things. You can count on a private company to do that kind of thing and then use their favorite argument: it’s technically legal.

None of my family members know what a furry is and i’m keeping it that way.

i want a turn in a femboy sounds good

i would have never thought of this in 1000 years lol

I never knew that the stock drawing is based on an IRL stock photo

You don’t understand, this batter was a lot saltier than the batter you’re thinking of

Yep i got the same error just now.

Thank you for your work <3

Tons, and cinnamon, flour, and a little bit of salt. I find that the bread dilutes the flavor, so i overload the batter to compensate.

I don’t like bland french toast

First thing i did, while my mouth was still salty from the first bite, is go get my sharpie.

Never again

There’s a 1% chance that the weird cousin who never comes to family gatherings might be a furry. That’s absolutely it.

The idea of having hobbies in common with family members seems alien to me - which i think, to quote the meme phrase, Says A Lot About Society.

The stereotype is just too perfect, you know? I’m sure there’s a ton of furry hackers, but there’s a lot more people who have heard of this stereotype and think it’s funny.

I also think furry hackers would target the Repuclican National Convention or something

I did find a KazuK9 on Twitter, but i scrolled really far down their media tab and didn’t see the tweet in this screenshot. Either they deleted it or it’s an older meme. I did see a lot of furry femboy paws though.

Searching Faruk Kazuk with no other indication returned a lot of turkish-looking men.

hi

This negative space seems perfect to fill in with the environment, but i get a feeling OP doesn’t like to draw environments. Relatable, but they’re going to have to, especially if they want to sell a sci-fi setting.

My anthro awakening was Blacksad, but i circled around the furry fandom for years and years before joining last year.

Circa 2010 i was feverishly googling “tiger girl” looking for pictures of elvish girl in the forest with her pet tiger, you know, that kind of fantasy art; and i found some obscure forum where someone posted a furry drawing of a tiger girl, and someone commented ‘can someone please draw a furry that isn’t trying to be sexy’, and i’m like ‘what’s a furry’

But even just that anecdote already hints at why i didn’t join the fandom: there was less SFW furry content back then, and i was a lot more prudish. Both have changed since.

So, you know, on the list of things i could/should have done ten years ago, there’s that.