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Andrew McCutchen tweeted one word last week, furries. And I'm wondering if any of you know

why.

I'm going to guess because Andrew McCutchen loves pets. That might be true, but I don't

think that's why. This is something near and dear, a cause near and dear to my heart for

my entire life on the 4th of July every year. My family goes to Pittsburgh to see the

rest of our family. Okay. And it always coincides with AnthroCon, which is the biggest furry

convention in I believe the world. I'm sorry. It's where you know what furries are? I do not.

People who wear people address like mascots and. I'm sorry. Not necessarily quite. It's

there's. It's not all what they do. I do address like mask. I saw that MTV true life.

I think Tony's got it. Yeah. No, that's what they do. I think there is. I think there

is a sexual element in some cases. I don't think it's entirely convention full of people

having sex. Wait, do you mean Billy the Marlin and they just as a mascot of a sports team?

No, it's not really sports related. Like you dress up like a squirrel, right? Like a big squirrel.

So like my family since I was really little, I guess since since I was aware of what furries

work, this goes back over a decade. How old were you when you were aware of what furries

work? Probably like in my teens when I you will go to like the downtown area in Pittsburgh

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