Honestly, it's just a meme lol anyone saying that sincerely is just wildly misinformed on both ends lmao they're treating it basically as a form of some elaborate furry conversion scheme- like, bruh. Y'all getting heated over talking cartoon animals, it's not that serious 
This is one of those things where only you can really say if you are one or not.
there are people who like furry stuff and do not identify as furriers, there are people who have their furrydom as a full on fetish. Its really all you and how you want to identify yourself.
I do furry art for people for example and enjoy some furry media but I would not classify myself as a furry as I dont care much for the community and its not much of a kink for me personally. As such i don't identity as one. But anyone can if you think of yourself as one.
Only way to become a real furry is RP 24/7, obsess over your fursona, and never be able to read the room ever. Or just look at nsfw content since that's what 99% of the people do anyway. That's what i've learned hanging out in furry groups when I look for commissions. Then you'll earn your furry card 
Also don't be surprised when you join a furry group and someone dms you nsfw content 
it happens... constantly
Lol, I just watched a few videos that talked about the fandom for beginners like me, and a bunch of them emphasized how much money pr0n furry artists make, you're probably loaded then. xD
"Wow had no idea this was even a thing. Well off to go research"
Here Lies Tanako
5/10/2021
Rest In Peace
Tragically lost to the rabbithole of the furry fandom.
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The furry fandom is definetly one of those things I think people should ease into... Specifically for that reason.
I actually love the sex positivity of the fandom, it helped me connect with that side of me when I was waaaaay too repressed.
but if a person is not ready they will see certain things that won't sit well with them, and that is why I often don't mention to people IRL that i'm a furry.
If you are an artist though, particularly if you are willing to 'get your hands dirty' so to speak... You can make serious money in the fandom.
But I don't think explaining more than that is appropriate for tapas xD
From someone who's been dancing on the edge of the volcano for years (just look at my username and avatar for pete's sake), like everybody else said, you are if you want to be, aren't if you don't. It's quite the spectrum too, so don't feel like you have to kitchen sink a particular identity. I hope you have fun figuring out whether it's a community you want to belong to.
(PS - Even as someone that doesn't really identify as a furry, but shares a lot in common, Stardew Valley IS WAY BETTER when using the furry mods to make everyone cute/rad animal people. Trust me.)
I saw a video talking about the craziest things the fandom did, and a few of them were commissions for absurd prices, I 100% believe in you xD thanks for the insights~
Dang, $4,000 USD is enough to buy a brand new car in my country, my local currency is extremely devalued right now, I guess I'll give it a try then, I'd make minimum wage with only $200, american minimun wage would make me rich lol xD
Please elaborate, a youtuber talked about nazi-furs or something like that, is that what you talking about? or there's more? o.O
I may be in the spectrum then 
almost a furry haha, thank you very much for your help, and "mrwulf" is kinda furry xD
I have a tendency to use characters from things I've made as usernames/avatars - my favorite villain from a years long roleplaying campaign I ran was a nasty, egotistical fae named Ewindale Moss. His name isn't nearly as catchy as Mr. Wulf, and since that could refer to either Mr. Jonathan or Trevor from my Chrysalis Falls stories, I decided to run with that for my web name these days. Again, I'm terrible about dancing around the edge of things.
My favourite pokemon are the rock ground and steel type inanimate object and golem pokemon instead of the furry bait, does that make me the rock equivalent of a furry then?
No its not porn commissions. People will jump into your dms and post porn or constantly pester you and annoy you until you block them. Most furries are hyperactive and with low attention span so they will spam you to their heart's content on a regular basis. Get ready to block a ton of people...
Yeah, you have to watch for Nazi "whatevers" in any genre. The Nazi apologists at anime cons are definitely something else too. Hetalia brought a lot of them out.
I feel like furries were just kicked so hard for so long by the rest of the internet that the whatever restraint the fandom had as a baseline has been atrophying. Like, if you're going to hate me anyway, I might as be right out in the open about my list of weird kinks - which, hey kinkshaming isn't cool, but there's a bunch of vile shit at the edges people try to sneak in assuming "everything" goes.
Weird, yesterday I read an article during my research about the fandom that there's a higher percentage of autistic people in the fandom in comparison to the percentage in the general populace, maybe that's why? which would also explain why @indagold said they're hyperactive, and have a attention deficit, both signals of autism... dunno, thanks for the help @Kiweevil I really appreciate.
just kidding 
