From 0afd75b42e68b3d505ca1c9fd2e3302ec6aba50b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Frederick Yin Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2024 23:53:18 -0400 Subject: New category: furry; New post: furry/mosfet-an-interview --- docs/furry/img/index/farc-china.jpg | Bin 0 -> 162024 bytes docs/furry/img/index/mosfet64rev2-600.png | Bin 0 -> 5237 bytes docs/furry/index.md | 28 +++++ docs/furry/mosfet-an-interview.md | 201 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 4 files changed, 229 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/furry/img/index/farc-china.jpg create mode 100644 docs/furry/img/index/mosfet64rev2-600.png create mode 100644 docs/furry/index.md create mode 100644 docs/furry/mosfet-an-interview.md (limited to 'docs/furry') diff --git a/docs/furry/img/index/farc-china.jpg b/docs/furry/img/index/farc-china.jpg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5dcc426 Binary files /dev/null and b/docs/furry/img/index/farc-china.jpg differ diff --git a/docs/furry/img/index/mosfet64rev2-600.png b/docs/furry/img/index/mosfet64rev2-600.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000..315d335 Binary files /dev/null and b/docs/furry/img/index/mosfet64rev2-600.png differ diff --git a/docs/furry/index.md b/docs/furry/index.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f4fa25e --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/furry/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +# Furry + +I'm not even ashamed now, I'm a furry. Don't like it? Call 800-IMA-JERK. + +As of 2024-09-08, my fursona is Mosfet. + +![Anthropomorphic cat with dark blue fur. He is wearing a pink T-shirt +with a MOSFET symbol, a pair of grey pants with rainbow stripes, and black +shoes. The text reads: 2024-09-02 rev. 2 F. catus he/it fkfd.me. There are +three icons: fish, music, heart.](img/index/mosfet64rev2-600.png) + +## Mosfet lore + +- [Mosfet: An Interview](./mosfet-an-interview.md) + +## Why + +Look. I use a kernel with an (unofficial) furry mascot. I use a DE with +a furry mascot. I listen to a band with a furry mascot. Do I really need +to keep going? + +This photo may or may not have played a role: + +![Five fursuit heads laid upon a flag of the Furry Amateur Radio Club of +China](img/index/farc-china.jpg) + +[Credit: Twitter user +@CaramelFox_](https://x.com/CaramelFox_/status/1406842426476711940) diff --git a/docs/furry/mosfet-an-interview.md b/docs/furry/mosfet-an-interview.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a95b8d8 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/furry/mosfet-an-interview.md @@ -0,0 +1,201 @@ +# Mosfet: An Interview + +2024-09-08 + +> Per responsible blogging practices, I am obligated to tell you that this +> is not an actual interview that happened. But for the following five +> minutes please pretend it did. + +> The depiction of Rix in this blogpost is fictional, and has been +> verbally approved by Rix. + +ANN ARBOR, MI — Frederick, a UMich student, recently declared himself +"furry" and unveiled his very first fursona, Mosfet, as a result of +a successful marketing campaign by the Anthro Art Association (AAA). + +Frederick is a senior student in computer engineering. His fursona — an +anthropomorphic animal alter ego, in furry-speak — is called Mosfet, a cat +with no specific duties. + +We reached out to Frederick and Mosfet for an interview. However, they +requested two separate sessions, quoting "no one has seen us in the same +room". + +## Interview with Mosfet + +Despite his introversion, we bribed Mosfet with an Airheads and managed to +arrange an interview. + +Q. Can you tell us how you were created, Mosfet? + +A. Well, I wasn't. A common misconception is that I was born the moment +Fred hit "Save". That's not true. Actually I've been around since 2022, +but Fred just seemed to be in denial until now. + +Q. What made him accept you as his fursona? + +A. I don't know (laughs). I just remember earlier this year when Fred +asked me if I was okay being a black cat. I said sure, I spent two years +as an amorphous blob of consciousness in his head like a hermit +\*\*\*\*ing crab, I'll take whatever you have. + +Q. Do you know why Frederick named you Mosfet? + +A. He's a \*\*\*\*ing nerd. It's unique, I like it. + +Q. Do you have any nicknames? + +A. Yeah, "Mos" is okay. + +Q. Does anyone ever call you "Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field Effect +Transistor"? + +A. I'm impressed you said that in one breath, but no. + +Q. Any words of advice for other fursonas out there? + +A. If you're ever asked a question you'd rather not answer, you can just +act like a stupid kitty. + +Q. Wouldn't that be less effective for other species? + +A. Meow. + +Q. (Checks clock) Thank you, Mosfet, for being with us today, we greatly +appreciate. + +A. (Chewing Airheads) [unintelligible] + +## Interview with Frederick + +Compared to Mosfet, Frederick was more enthusiastic for an interview, but +still tried to fish some benefits out of us. We gifted him a $5 LCSC +coupon. + +Q. Frederick, we are very interested in your decision to become a furry. +Would you like to share your story? + +A. It wasn't my decision. It was entirely Rix's fault. + +Q. Would you care to elaborate? + +A. OK, you know Duderstadt? The North Campus library thing. It was August, +completely normal day. I was chilling on a table between the design labs, +doing human things. + +Then I noticed a poster on the wall. I was like "holy \*\*\*\* no way +that's a furry" and took a closer look. You bet your sweet \*\*\* it was +Rix's \*\*\*\*\*\* head. It says "I want YOU for the furry club" because +Americans are extremely creative. But things were not so simple. It was +apparently a carefully orchestrated plan to make me furry, and by looking +at the poster, I've fallen right in their trap. + +The furries have mastered telepathic mind control. In the next few days, +Rix's curse took a grip hold of my life. I could not stop thinking about +furries: on the bus, in the classroom, even in bed, like there was no past +nor future, only the present in an eternity of furries. He hath me +enchanted, ye gods, he hath me possessed! + +On Wednesday, I lost all control of my body — I was like a puppet under +his manipulation, all my bones and muscles — they took me on a Commuter +South, which drove me to Festifall, where they showed their true forms on +booth A24. + +Under mind control, I struck a conversation and asked for a photo with +Rix. He bit me in the neck, 'tis but a sting; little did I know that he +has rabies, good heavens! I figure he must've given me furriotoxin, and +that's how I became furry. + +Q. That's such a wonderful story, but what's furriotoxin? + +A. It's a toxin that makes you furry. Have you watched zombie movies? It's +like that. There is no cure. + +Q. (Sighs) You're making things up, Fred. + +A. Ask a biologist, it's a real thing. + +Q. …Fine. Could you spell "furriotoxin"? + +A. Furri with an i, o, toxin. + +Q. When did you hear about furries for the first time? + +A. In high school, while perusing the xkcd archive, I saw this comic about +furries pretending to be humans and another about someone with a squirrel +sona getting bullied. (Editor's note: [xkcd +629](https://www.xkcd.com/629/) and [xkcd 471](https://www.xkcd.com/471/)) +I was in China so I was like "OK that's an American thing then". + +Q. And how did you get into them? + +A. There was a time when I was really into cats, especially on the +internet. I still am. And then I developed a craving for Blåhaj, the IKEA +shark, so I bought one. + +Guess what's real popular among furries? Blåhaj _and_ cats. If you follow +these hashtags, you will, sooner or later, meet a furry. They posted +fursuits, commissions, conventions, big juicy succulent di— + +Q. Sir, this is a family-friendly publication. + +A. —nners! What the \*\*\*\* are you thinking about! + +Q. Sorry. Please go on. + +A. One really interesting sighting of a furry was on my high school new +year livestream. Dude was playing violin while his fursuit head was just +on the windowsill. I think he's in college now. But still, I never saw +a furry in real life for a long time. + +Q. When did you see the first furry then? + +A. It was September 2023 I think, I just got here and I was at a drag show +on Central Campus. There were two furries chilling around Angell Hall, +I was like "huh" and two months later on Halloween four furries popped +into the 370 classroom and I was like "HUH". Mark (editor's note: Dr. Mark +Brehob) grabbed a photo of them. There was Takio (editor's note: fursona +name) who showed up on Festifall as well. + +Q. Truly an inspiring story. Now that we've learned about you, let's talk +about Mosfet a little bit. What's his personality like? + +A. He's a menace to society. Rebellious, chaotic, but kinda stupid, +because sometimes ignorance is bliss. But on the other hand he's also very +emotional so I don't have to. He's got some, uh, insecurities. + +Q. Was it by design, or was it by accident? + +A. It's not really his fault. His biggest insecurity is being unloved, so +he tries very hard to prove himself even if he doesn't need to. Probably +got it from me back in the days. He's good enough, I'm proud of him. + +Q. (Checks clock) I think we're running out of time, so let's do a rapid +fire round. Are you planning to get a fursuit? + +A. Not any time soon, \*\*\*\*'s too expensive. + +Q. Name three things Mosfet likes. + +A. Salmon, heavy metal, cuddles. + +Q. Three things he hates? + +A. Cilantro, roller coasters, gym class. + +Q. His favorite band? +❚ +A. System Of A Down. + +Q. That tracks. Next question: Did you watch _Zootopia_? + +A. Yes. + +Q. Did Nick Wilde influence you in any way? + +A. No comment. + +Q. Well, Frederick, thank you for being with us today and sharing so much +about you and Mosfet. + +A. And thank you for having me. -- cgit v1.2.3