Actually, furry comes 1978 in the unix hacking community as an off-topic group originally labelled fictional animals.
Simo briefly mentioned this here (scroll to the bottom of the page) http://www.furrydolphin.net/furry-dict.html
Because back then every nerd tended to have a comp and hacking was 133t.
Furries == nerds. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nerd
A few of the old lexicon was retained from those days like furffu and hyooman. It's also why furry has been prominently an internet subculture.
Actually, furry comes 1978 in the unix hacking community as an off-topic group originally labelled fictional animals.
Simo briefly mentioned this here (scroll to the bottom of the page)
http://www.furrydolphin.net/furry-dict.html
Because back then every nerd tended to have a comp and hacking was 133t.
Furries == nerds.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nerd
A few of the old lexicon was retained from those days like furffu and hyooman. It's also why furry has been prominently an internet subculture.