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Not me.
Humanity has its good points and its bad points, but at the end of the day, there are still many, many problems, problems that need to be solved, and probably won't be. Nomatter how advanced human get, they can't become perfect without ceasing to be human along the way: after all, it is human nature to be flawed.

I do hope that one day, humanity can more beyond its flaws, and transcend into something better, something I hope to push along and help achieve.

Proud? No not at all. I don't like humans. Don't get me wrong I would rather be human than an animal but I would much rather be an anthro. humans are typically defined by greed and violence  ... I do my best to avoid the things that make me dislike humanity . I suppose it is unfair to say humanity as a whole there are good people but they are few and far between .


But proud ,no . however I do enjoy being human (it does have allot of perks over being say , a cat or dog )

Don't get me wrong I would rather be human than an animal but I would much rather be an anthro.

Same here, but for different reasons. If I were an animal, I would have to be extremely lucky in the first place to get the computational power to achieve the minimum specifications for the process (much higher chance with humans), as well as having access to materials and resources that are necessary for use in the process which are not readily avaliable to animals (and that's terming it within mathematical possibility; reality says that it's NOT accessible), not to mention I probably wouldn't live long enough to even initialize the process, while being an anthro (well, an an anthro that is an azarian body (as I would provide the mind) would be optimal) would massively cut down on the amount of work I'd need to do.

I'm proud of who I am. Whether that means being human, a filmmaker, a political activist, a sports fan, a blood donor, or a furry -- I'm proud of every aspect of what makes me who I am. Being human (and more so, being furry) is just an aspect of who I am. I don't let furry define who I am.

While mankind has done many bad things, humans are responsible for the greatest accomplishments the world has ever seen. I am proud that I come from the same flesh and bones as Martin Luther King Jr., Mahatma Gandhi, William Shakespeare, John Lennon, and Isaac Newton.

Ugh..never.

Humans are clumsy, messy creatures. Always prone to violence and hate.

I may have this body, but I'm a fox on the inside. Always will be.

I was driving around the other day with Iron Maiden playing and some of the lyrics made me think of this thread. So, I figured i'd share them.

From the song "Blood Brothers" off of the album "Brave New World":

"When you think that we've used all our chances
And the chance to make everything right
Keep on making the same old mistakes
Makes untipping the balance so easy
When we're living our lives on the edge
Say a prayer on the book of the dead "

Rest of the lyrics

At least from my interpretation, I took it to mean that even though we keep screwing up, all it takes is a few good people to try and make that difference. Maybe I interpreted it in some weird way, but it makes eough since to me. So, for those of us who look at the rest of humanity and cringe, we should be striving to set that example for the rest of the world rather than wallowing in misanthropy.

Ew no. I may be physically, but not mentally. I'm just waiting for genetic modification to come.

I'd like to pose a quick question though. How would genetic modification truly change what you are? Do you feel that it's genes alone that make you human?  There's always the effects of society and experience that help create who we are. I don't mean to derail either, it might be best to answer these through PM. I'm curious to know! Thanks

Hmm, this is my third post on this thread.  Ah well, just something I decided to add.

Edited for spelling and grammar

I came here with a dream. A dream of killing all humans. And this is how it must end?

Seriously I'm not proud to be human. I don't trust most humans any farther than I can throw them. But I don't actively hate humans. Humans have som cool things. Animation, toys, Coca Cola, video games, fast food. But humans can be downright evil as well. And I just would like to have as little to do with them as possible. As long as they leave me alone and let me do my own thing I'm cool with them.

But animals aren't much better. Reality is not like a Disney movie. Animals can and will hurt you. Even domestic animals can mess you up. If a furry encounters a pack of starving wolves, they aren't going to accept them into the fold just because said furry plays a wolf on the net. They're not going to think of said furry as a kindred spirit. They're going to see him as dinner. And later some hunters are going to come across a bloodstained fursuit and wonder what happened. It'll probably make the evening news.

I don't like humans much, but I don't think too highly of real animals either.  This is why my fursona's a teddy bear. Teddy bears symbolize comfort and protection, real bears symbolize your head rolling across the floor. I find I identify more with plush bears than I do any real creature.

I'm human and I accept it, but I'd rather be an anthro bear.

They CAN hurt, but that doesn't mean they will. And I've been with wolves (or near, in the case of those in the wild), they aren't as aggressive as you make them out to be... as in, they aren't aggressive (in the wild, they *might* approach you out of curiosity, but that is very rare. Usually they just run off or completely ignore you, as with what happened with me.). They can become defensive, which may mean attacking in defense, but you would have to perform some form of act of aggression against them in the first place. Wolves fail to make the point you are attempting to make. (There has never been a recorded attack by a pure wolf in North America (the continent))

I'm going to state the obvious here: Wolves are predators. They kill for survival. Death is their life.

True, they avoid humans, and generally don't mess with them unless things get really desperate. Wolves are SMART, they know it's not worth having anything to do with man unless it's an absolute last resort. I think the point Patchworkbear was trying to illustrate is that animal life is not a cuddly fantasy. Mother nature doesn't mess around, one mistake and your dead. In order to survive you have to be rough and tough. You have to be decisive and be able to commit brutal violence without hesitation, or lose your life.

I'm going to state the obvious here: Wolves are predators. They kill for survival. Death is their life.

Quite true. Though it's nowhere near as simple as 'I see other living organism. Kill. Eat.' There's a whole lot more going on than just that. Works for most any species really.

Varg is correct. That's exactly the point I was trying to make. Animals aren't evil. They do what they are meant to do. And for the most part they'll try to avoid people. But make the wrong move and they CAN hurt you. Even animals who have been raised and cared for by people have been known to turn on them and kill them. Wild animals are just that. Wild. They aren't Disney characters and shouldn't be treated as such. A healthy respect for them and what they can do is always good.

Varg is correct. That's exactly the point I was trying to make. Animals aren't evil. They do what they are meant to do. And for the most part they'll try to avoid people. But make the wrong move and they CAN hurt you. Even animals who have been raised and cared for by people have been known to turn on them and kill them. Wild animals are just that. Wild. They aren't Disney characters and shouldn't be treated as such. A healthy respect for them and what they can do is always good.

That's what I'm trying to say. They do what they do, but they arn't plushes or anything to be played around with.

Proud to be human?  i suppose so. We are top of the food chain and as far as we know the most advanced creatures in existance.