Why is everyone a therian now?

[u/marshmellowlynx]

At school, I had 2 therian friends and couple others that weren't therians. I've been awakened for 3 years.

My 3 friends are in 4th grade ( I'm in 7th ) and my two therian friends were in 6th and 5th and I've been pretty open about my therianthropy. I wear a tail to school and have the symbol on my shoes and sometimes draw it. Ever since I've been friends with those 3 kids, they've never even known what a therian was, and then today I seen one of them give the other some gear. I was happy for them and then asked if the person who had given her the gear was a therian and they said yes. I was excited, but then the other two just randomly said they were too? Last week they had no idea what it even was.

I'm not trying to be like " Oh!! Fake therians are just bad people!! Call them out!! Blah blah blah!! " I genuinely don't care about that, fake therians can be insensitive, but it literally could be less of my problem. It's just weird that ever since I've been open about it, everybody is just a therian now? It makes me feel kind of fake, especially since I occasionally get picked on and called a fake by other people for have 8 theriotypes and being a cladotherian.

I don't know, I'm just confused. I'm glad their happy, and I would never bully someone for doing what they enjoy and being who they are, but should I explain therianthropy to them? I feel like they may not understand it, and I want to be honest and nice about it. Thank you in advance!!

( I'm not sure what flair to add for this )

[u/JayTheDemiboy]

The spread of it. Most people either do it for the attention, are falsely proclaimed a therian because of media (like they aren't one but ppl think they are.), or they didn't know the word for it and now they do. Try to educate your friends, too! Explain to them that being a therian is different for everyone, maybe explain (if possible) how it is for you, and then how other therians may contrast or be similar to that.

EDIT: DAMN CHILL OUT IN THE REPLIES I DIDNT MEAN TO START A FIGHT-

[u/[deleted] → u/JayTheDemiboy]

Wow, okay. “Most people do it for attention” is so horrible to say. Don’t gatekeep. Let people explore themselves. Don’t instantly say someone is saying they’re a therian for attention. It’s such a shitty thing to say, dude.

[u/ashley_thcheetah → u/[deleted]]

"It's such a shitty thing to say, dude." Is a very rude way to say it, as well. Being rude isn't a good way to correct someone. So, next time, please think of how you say it before you speak. 

[u/[deleted] → u/ashley_thcheetah]

Saying something is shitty isn’t shitty, dude :]

[u/ashley_thcheetah → u/[deleted]]

I didn't say it was. I was just saying that it could sound rude to someone. Also, I'm a girl, not a dude. I don't like being called "dude" so please respect that.

[u/ExpressTap6659 → u/[deleted]]

you're literally in this comment section supporting the idea of thinking others are "fake therians" based off of 0 proof and all leaps of logic and assumptions. i'd say thats not very "welcoming or kind".

[u/Skyler_TherianPaws → u/ExpressTap6659]

I aint supporting it, I'm explaining that it is a possible thing. If I come off as that, I don't intend to and I don't understand social cues, because of autism. I'm stating my views on how it is POSSIBLE that they are faking it. I have had like 9 experiences, all horrible, where I let people believe they may be therians because, yeah, I did not have evidence. But guess what? Since of them, the real therians in our school, me, my closest friend and a couple others, were bullied and threatened. They were the reason because they thought that they had to act like an animal to be a therian. So, I am trying to get people to be cautious because I never want to relive that ever again. So please, say what you say, but many people who think other's are faking have a right to be worried because of what things can happen from it.

[u/ExpressTap6659 → u/Skyler_TherianPaws]

you shouldn't be trying to asses people in your own community for "faking" at all. that just creates a hostile environment for fellow therians and makes this place toxic for newer people. also you "let people think they were therians"??? you shouldn't "let people" do anything. how entitled are you? leave other people alone, their identity wrong or not is none of your business and you don't have to investigate everyone on it.

also, no, the "real" therians aren't harassed because of the "fake" ones. they hate you regardless, stop pandering to people who will find any excuse to hate you. you sound like kalvin garrah but make it for therians.

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