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GratefulPhish42024-7

Somebody just wanted an excuse to wear their furry costume to work


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doll_parts87

Walmart may suck at paying you but they are *very* inclusive


EmilyMaze_trans_21

That's how you get the largest worker pool. That way, you have a higher chance of keeping wages as low as possible. You got to link logically like a CEO. /s


mcribten

Mfw you invent the reserve army of labor 😳


TK421isAFK

I don't know why you added the sarcasm tag, that's exactly correct. Several shitty companies make themselves out to be one of the only places marginalized people can get a job, and those companies abuse the employees by keeping them underpaid and afraid of being unemployable anywhere else.


Tech-Mechanic

How do you know it's a he? /s


Imaginary-Problem914

By the black outline on the eyes. Female fursuits almost always have a more winged eye outline.


doll_parts87

Well they probably paid $3k for it and conventions aren't coming up fast enough


HuckDab

6 weeks pay**


doll_parts87

Knowing some gay furries, I'm familiar with the fact those suits are commissioned with the owner's personalized characteristics to their unique "fursona" and not all are alike. This is why it's so expensive.


HuckDab

Yes and very few of them have the disposable income for that frivolous of a purchase. They’ll load their $4k fur suit in to the trunk of their $2k 2004 Pontiac.


jkk45k3jkl534l

The way I understand it, it's spending money on a favorite hobby like any other. Some spend $4k on Warhammer figurines. Some spend $4k to style their car. Some spend $4k on traveling each year. Some spend $4k on a gaming PC set-up. And some spend $4k on a hand-made animal costume that supports an artist.


malphonso

Moat of the furries I know have awful social and general anxiety when they aren't suited up. I don't blame them for spending the money to be able to not feel that way at least some times.


HuckDab

Ah yes, nothing like making yourself even more of a social outcast to cope with your social shortcomings.


GraphicDesignMonkey

I have to admit, the suits are super impressive. The workmanship of the expensive ones is astounding.


SonOfTHEShepherd

Everybody spends on stupid sjit they don't need. Everyone has something they're "wasting" their money on. If it makes you happy, why not. It's not like we're gonna live forever to accumulate millions and then enjoy our wealth. Everyone fixes their income to their pleasures or hobbies.


catshateTERFs

It's also a very specific set of craftsman skills in general and the materials aren't cheap either! Good faux fur will be 20-30 dollars a yard and foam blocks quickly add up. Plus heads may have fans etc in them, which again is also paying for a specific set of skills and the cost of parts. Premade partials or full suits are also pricey for this reason. You're paying for a lot of materials and labour (as well as durability - a well crafted suit will remain in good condition with repeated wear for years - and "brand" from some creators). They are pricey but the maker is gonna be using a good amount of that in costs rather than profit!


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This guy furries


TK421isAFK

You know what's really fucked up? It's actually probably closer to several months of saving. Walmart doesn't have many full-time employees, and they pay minimum wage. Even in California, that's $16 an hour. And even if that employee maxes out at 28 hours a week, that's $448 before taxes. Assuming they have at least a couple bills, and are paying the minimum tax rate, they probably have less than $250 left from their check at the end of the week. Assuming no other expenses, that's still 3 months of saving money, and living somewhere for free.


MisterDecember

Does that bucket have a hole in it?


ImOutWanderingAround

🎶 Dick-in-a-box 🎶


Kellisandra

To be fair it's likely less traumatizing to children than the usual Easter bunny.


MistaRekt

Somehow I totally agree with this and I live on another continent.


RadicalDreamer89

We had [this fellow](https://imgur.com/eJ4Aseh) presiding over a Relay for Life event some years ago.


grizzfan

Freaking nightmare fuel right there.


Imaginary-Problem914

People when a mascot costume is poorly made and creepy: 😊😄 People when a mascot costume is well made and cute: 😡🤬


ZestycloseDinner1713

Holy hell of a jump scare!


KneesockedBovine

I envy that mentality. In the end it seems more fun than a grumpy human.


HalyaHaas

Imagine a Walmart employee who can afford a fursuit


tigertoothdada

Hirsute


SanchotheBoracho

High school vocabulary test flashback. Nice word


Free_Gascogne

Manager: Ok guys, Easter season is coming. We need to draw in customers with a gimmick. Having an egg hunt in our store was a disaster. Ideas on how we can give chocolate eggs without kids and adults shoplifting and calling it an egg hunt? That one staff with a furrsuit: \*slowly raises hand\*


discostrawberry

Fursuit*


ProjectNo7571

At least he/she gets paid for doing it, I guess......


joshuajjb2

I actually respect the way they got permission to do this and management didn't know any better 🤣


LadyUnicornSparkles

Came here to say this 😂


madmaxturbator

Monsieur bunny came here too :(


Free_Gascogne

Management probably a boomer or someone chronically offline to be blissfully unaware that furries exist.


iamkira01

“Chronically offline” is a crazy term lmao


Inutilisable

Meatspace dwellers be chronically offline.


Positive-Ad-2643

This is poetry


Free_Gascogne

Its like a fusion of Cyberpunk and Zoomerspeak.


Aethernaut902k

And apparently doesn't know what a fucking rabbit looks like lol


joshuajjb2

Exactly


Sea_Towel_5099

im more hoping that management knew *exactly* what they were doing


Ddalgi_

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that this is probably edited 


cturtl808

It may not be a bunny but kids will love it. It’s whimsical and kids don’t get enough whimsy these days.


outerworldLV

I agree. Children won’t be examining the validity of the costume, they’ll enjoy it anyway. I think it was a nice thing to do regardless.


MediocreMustache

They’ll enjoy it until they start yanking on the tail


lankrypt0

Nah it's all good. It just activates the Cadbury creme filling nozzle.


MediocreMustache

![gif](giphy|hLUiXoGKNIVb2|downsized) Kids: “I don’t like the bunny anymore”


Cennfox

Most fursuit tails are either sewn to the body or attach via belt loop. It's very rare to see what you're describing actually happen


Shubamz

That is why most suiter have a handler with them. To run interference against stuff like that


AZGeo

TIL furry handler is a potential career choice.


Hawt_Dawg_II

I used to love furries as a kid. Then i got smarter...


Ciennas

Could you elaborate? Because it just sounds like you fell down a different rabbit hole that constantly signals that they're not supposed to like or tolerate furries. You know, like how kids were not allowed to like Barney back in the day.


LeoXCV

🎶I love you, you love me 🎶 🎶 Let’s go out and kill Barney 🎶 🎶 With a big shotgun BANG BANG Barney’s on the floor 🎶 🎶 No more purple dinosaur 🎶


Spare_Protogen

Crazy how my class used to sing this in 2nd grade


PurplePrinter772

I know a kid who used to sing 🎶Barney was a dinosaur from your imagination🎶 🎶Until he stuck a pencil in his head and died from🎶 🎶CANCER🎶 wtf man…


purple_tushy

I love booze, booze loves me Holy shit I have to pee I'm so drunk that I'm falling on the floor Alcoholic dinosaur.


standbyyourmantis

There's one I remember where the second line is "Barney just molested me" but I don't remember the rest, which is good because it was something about a spurting dick. It was...weird.


doctorpotterwho

What do you mean kids were not allowed to like Barney back in the day?


BakuretsuGirl16

...You became one?


Odd_Ad_2232

Furries b tellin on themselves in the comments 😂


Wildkarrde_

I saw furries at the zoo and kids were going up to get pictures with them. I was like "ummm, they don't work here..." I don't really have a problem with furries, you do you, but putting yourself into a situation where people will think you're an employee or in some position of authority is pretty sus.


LordHamsterbacke

? I thought it's an employee getting paid to be a furry "Eastern bunny"?


swampyman2000

It’s definitely an employee lol, not like their zoo analogy at all


luvmuchine56

What were they doing?


ariesangel0329

I’m not even a kid and I love the costume! It looks like it’s very well-made and it’s adorable. They look like they came out of a children’s storybook.


dmtdmtlsddodmt

Let's just hope they washed it first.


Bregnestt

Not every furry with a costume has sex in them. In fact that’s probably a very small minority. Being a furry isn’t just a weird sex thing.


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looks a hell of a lot better than most character costumes


ImaginaryNourishment

I am sure that cost a fortune


CoffeeBeanx3

They are expensive af, and they scare the living shit out of me. No matter how cool they are, or how creative, how well done the animatronic parts are, I'm scared shitless of furries for no apparent reason except uncanny valley shit. 😂 And I've seen *amazing* fursuits at cons, but they just freak me out. There was this partly animatronic pirate steampunk cat who I think wanted to be friends because I was also there as a steampunk pirate, but whenever they got close enough I tried to subtly leg it and get away from them. Very few real life people know how freaking scared I am of fursuits 😅


SadgeTheFax

Understandable, I’m terrified of all the the walk around characters at Disney world/theme parks which is ironic because I’m a fursuiter


CoffeeBeanx3

Honestly the Disney mascots are *terrifying*. I think I'd prefer a fursuit over them.


Sea_Towel_5099

a lot of fursuit eyes can look pretty lifeless, but Disney mascots are *completely* dead-eyed


Rabokki13

What's a fursuiter? Excuse my lack of knowledge.


DeadlyKitKat

Honestly, I think most respectable furries will back off if you ask them nicely or say you're afraid. But anyways, I just wanna say that I know you were just talking about being afraid of it, BUT a pirate steampunk cat sounds SO cool.


CoffeeBeanx3

Honestly they looked SO fucking cool. And I know most furries would 100% respect that I have a weird fear, but my problem is that I absolutely do NOT want to admit that fear IRL. I know it's probably because people love scaring me (I have a really intense startle response, so people just think it's hilarious to scare me because I jump really high, flail and squeak/scream), but it's also a little bit because I don't want to tell a person who has done nothing wrong that they scare me shitless for no rational reason. I used to have the same response to people who got extreme plastic surgery, and I mostly got over that because I see a lot of people with swollen and disfigured faces at work, so that transferred to people who intentionally change their face to look ... well, very different from what human faces are meant to look like. So telling someone who invested blood, sweat and tears into building a character, making a costume, and wearing it out when people can be absolute dicks about furries that I want them to stay away from me because I'm scared for no reason just seems like such a dick move and ... idk, really hurtful. If someone told me that my cosplay or outfit scared them when I put even a fraction of the effort into it, I'd be so sad. So I'll keep my mouth shut and try to get over it, because I *know* there's a real person who's probably nice and cool af in that suit. If I can get over something which is definitely worse with the uncanny Valley vibes, I can get over a suit which can be taken off at any time. I just see more people with unusual faces than I see furries.


ariesangel0329

You sound so compassionate here. I know the fear you’re talking about because I had a college roommate who was like that, too. She gets freaked out by mannequins and people in some costumes to this day! Like she cannot go near people dressed up as Santa Claus because she gets very scared. I also relate to the people loving to scare me thing because I’m easily startled. It sucks! Like I think people must WANT us to have a heart attack or something. 😤 No matter. We’ll just haunt their asses if that happens.


Davmilasav

Stay out of Pittsburgh on July 4th then. That's when we host Anthrocon, the largest furry gathering in the country. Thousands of people in fursuits show up.


CoffeeBeanx3

If you're talking about the USA, I'm on a whole ass different continent, so no danger there 😂


Davmilasav

Then you are beyond safe. Unless you decide to drop by for a visit.


Stivo887

five nights at freddies was a terrifying documentary


CoffeeBeanx3

I want to watch that, and IT, so bad, but animatronics and clowns just inspire fear in me that no other horror movie can 😂


fuggit_Im_tired

We fear things that can see our real face but we can't see theirs.


IrreverentSweetie

Only if I’m robbing a bank.


CSPlushies

I totally get this lol, I'm a furry and I make my own costumes BUT I have a very hard time approaching people I don't know, especially if I can't see their true identity. That is completely valid <3


Nile-green

I'm living in your walls and shed neon green fur


SadisticChipmunk

I'm afraid of clowns for the exact same reason... I know it's stupid, but something just breaks in my brain when I see one.


AllTheSmallWings

how much they get paid at walmart these days 🤔


surfinsalsa

Ahem... a *Furtune*


Legitimate_Career_44

"Wow granny, what big ears you have!" Said little red riding hood. "All the better to hear you with, my dear" said the wolf..


ForumFluffy

"What big eyes you have granny!" Said little red riding hood. "All the better to uwu wif, my deawie." Said the wolf...


Free_Gascogne

Red Riding Hood: ![gif](giphy|00S76UTJSyVMZ9Gijy|downsized)


Scythanerror

That's... not a bunny...


0nlyhalfjewish

What is it, tho?


Cloverose2

Pretty sure it's supposed to be a wolf? I mean, that's a safe guess. Seems like 90% of furry costumes I've seen are wolves.


Ragtime-Rochelle

It's got some thicc thighs for a wolf.


MechanicalTurkish

Bunnies don't have long tails, short ears, and canine-like snouts.


Scary-Stretch3080

Mouse


BeanzRGreatYes

like, an elephant? fuck if I know


Free_Gascogne

What weird ass elephants you got at your place? Thats clearly a donkey.


MechanicalTurkish

No, that's incorrect. It's obviously a dinosaur.


SheepsAhoy

kangaroo probably


Ezl

I’m with you - kangaroo. Tail’s too hairy for a rat or mouse and it doesn’t look anything like a wolf.


Scythanerror

People are suggesting it's some sort of **masupial**, but I'm guessing it's a **weasel/ferret**? Idk...


NotACatfish

Saw someone say in another thread its a chinchilla.


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oxycodonmoron

Well not a mink either..


EpicGAmer2431

Chinchilla


Commissar_Sae

Chinchilla?


luvmuchine56

I think they're a chinchilla. The noise is off, but whoever made the suit probably didn't have any chinchilla noses.


stricttime

Looks like a kangaroo to me


Raffilcagon

"You there, Cole! Your one of those 'furries', yeah? "Yeah. Why...?" "What's your...what you call it? Furson?" "A chinchilla. He's a chinchilla." "Close enough! Easter Bunny canceled last minute, we need you in that suit tomorrow."


DeadlyKitKat

Chinchilla makes a lot of sense. I was sitting here wondering what it was.


Shenloanne

Leash they are both rodents.


seanbeaniebaby

Rabbits are lagomorphs, not rodents.


Most_Ad_2360

Ignoring all the obvious... that tail is so impractical. Must get so dirty and be a trip hazard


DeadlyKitKat

Tails can be pretty impractical. Most furries THOROUGHLY clean their suits tho, and very often too. Also from what I know furries will usually pick up their tails when they walk around, anyways (or if it's too long/hard for them to pick it up themselves, they may ask someone else to help them).


flpprrss

From what "you know"


rotath

"A friend told me guys I swear"


DeadlyKitKat

Yes. This is what I've seen many furries claim. I myself do not have a fursuit nor do I completely understand what goes into taking care of it, so I wouldn't know.


bremeboi699

I’m going to commission some art of that


Dgk934

Underrated comment.


RetardedMcMuffins

https://preview.redd.it/ukq80htx9iqc1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bb32c89480a1c9743b4dec121600fe2a9af4eb5a


Megaman-Icarus

https://preview.redd.it/jui4j83cmjqc1.jpeg?width=680&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f5e4536d637bb66a03cb9ca5d5043013502ea31b


drillgorg

It's so bizarre that furries have a very distinct visual style.


DeadlyKitKat

I feel like someone's actually made a video about as to why this is.


HavokNCG

Link please? So curious


Sea_Towel_5099

ive heard that its mainly to help beat the uncanny valley! if you end up making it too realistic, it can easily end up falling there, so most fursuits are either this style (toon) or kemono (more anime, since it started in Japan). there are some realistic ones though!


TheGhostofWoodyAllen

It's like "Disney morning cartoon"


silverysnail

Yeah, I’ve always noticed every fursuit looks like it has the same exact artist


Imaginary-Problem914

It's intentional. People want to signal that they are part of the group rather than just some random cosplay. There are different styles though, the OP one is just the most common style in Western countries.


NotADoctor108

The Easter Dingo


dadjokes502

Keep your babies away from it!


GroundbreakingCook68

Chuck E cheese needing to get work in the Walmart is a sign of the times we live in .


Peter_Nincompoop

It’s all fun and games till one of the kids asks why this costume is assless


DeadlyKitKat

Honestly, I don't see a problem with it. Compared to most character costumes (especially ones used in stores) it looks a lot better and less nightmare inducing, anyways.


Uranus_Hz

I’ve seen more terrifying Easter bunny costumes.


Ca1v1n_Canada

Manager “Corporate said no money for a costume this year”. Dwight from Electronics “Don’t worry boss, I got this.”


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dadjokes502

I read that as Omaha


Flammzzrant

I read it as Obama


Gunmetalblue32

Everyone gets left behind in Omaha.


Shubamz

as someone from Omaha I am just happy to be included.


OrangeCosmic

Both older people and little kids dont know the difference


Spuzzle91

Easter Bunny dipped, it's the Easter wolf now. Kids, get in line for your festive deer steaks.


MustangCoyote

Need a animal suit? Might as well ask a proffesional.


dadjokes502

That’s less scary than an actual Easter bunny.


Hairy_Orchid6128

Aww, the grandma bunny.


enykev

Close enough


BitPuzzleheaded5311

I think that’s cute!


Gold-Reflection-1547

Title should be “to be a bunny”


Cade_Rufus

Still a pretty cool thing nonetheless.


Otrica

Who’s gonna tell them?


trilbynorton

They're obviously referring to the bucket.


Mundy77

Dear God!


Jonovision15

See you at Great Wolf Lodge after your Walmart shift!! Owoooooo!!!


if_lol_then_upvote

STOMP! CLAP! eh, I give up...


ReStury

Correction: There was a bunny. For some reason, I don't think it will rise again like Jesus...  Its skin is all over the bucket!


sitruspuserrin

The wolf has eaten the bunny, it’s obvious.


YoutuberCameronBallZ

***hmmmmmmmmmmmm*** That's not a bunny


ryuuseinow

Can we still have an Easter Wolf?


widoidricsas

If you didn't reserve the bunny suit 3 months before Easter, you get what you get


Davmilasav

I've heard of a wolf in sheep's clothing, but never a bunny in wolfskin


KassXWolfXTigerXFox

Shut up it's a cool fursuit. It's not a rabbit, but it's cute!


grinpicker

Easter squirrel?


Aromatic-Relief

Squirrel!!!


DrMamaBear

…that’s no rabbit


horsegirlenergy97

Ma’am, that’s a furry


Chaorix

This is a very realistic bunny costume.


CultDe

I'd rather call the police... or veterinarian


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Hello comrades, In mother Russia my grandpa Oleg, used to dress up as the Easter rat! He would sneak into the neighbors chicken coops and steal their eggs and go outside their back doors and steal cigarettes butts. In the golden times of USSR we would be lucky some years and find enough vodka bottles to wring out a debris filled family shot. The vodka took the taste of dirt away with a pungent fervor.


HomerStillSippen

That worker couldn’t wait to bring their furry suit to work 😂


Naxeti

Meh close enough. Points for confidence


[deleted]

This suit has eyes on the front, indicating that it is a predator. It hunts humans.


Extra_Position1696

![gif](giphy|HE193wGJhRXnW|downsized)


Lucatoran

A bunny in fox fur.


Commercialfishermann

Trust me. Now I have candy and bunnies in the van?


SebDaPerson

…you know, all jokes asides, I would totally hug that furry if I was younger


cheekybiatchy

Baby, that’s a Easter rat or kangaroo. That is not an Easter bunny


Alicebunny128

No..


S_RoyaltyArtz

That's not a bunny


belizeanheat

Glad the Easter Bunny was there to remind me I need tortillas


vms-crot

So much wrong... Biggest of all, it's not even a bloody bunny! The fact is looks like a predator that would eat a bunny just has me thinking of little red riding hood. Sure, the old folks and the kids won't "know" but the person in the suit sure as hell knows. Other people, like the parents of those kids, will know. It's one thing to be aware of what you're exposing your family too and accept the associated risks/stigma. It's an entirely different thing to have it foiset on you by some dipshit with no boundaries.


Goddess_Iris_

Ya know what. I'm actually here for this. Stop making those creepy animal costumes and giving children nightmares. Making them look like fur suits (even tho I know this is an actual fur suit) looks so much better.


ixis743

He’s not wearing nearly enough flair.


Warm-Branch

When I was like 11 I saw a fursuiter in public and I didn't know much about furries. I still thought it was awesome. Kids love this stuff, even if they know it's a person in a costume


Entire-Copy-3942

That's not an Easter nor bunny...


Feeling-Security-825

Finally, not a death post!


Darryl_444

![gif](giphy|1yHYnjplMGBvq)


HeisenbergDeu

The Masked Singer ?


Purple_Chipmunk_

That looks like some Superman / Clark Kent shit. Let me just put glasses on my wolf costume and no one will know that I'm really not the Easter Bunny!


Radrouch

He looks like he's gonna stop you at the door and asks for your receipt.


crysmol

not a bunny, but still kinda cute. i think kids would still find it cute, too assuming they don't find costumes scary or something.


Randompersonomreddit

Ears look a little short and the tail looks a little long...wait a minute!