Leave The Fandom
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Especially in newsgroups, a fur who has been publicly shamed or angered, or who has experienced a life event making them question his participation in furry culture, will declare that he or she is "Leaving the Fandom".
It's something of a running joke that nobody who declares they are leaving the fandom actually does. Sometimes they do take a break of days or weeks, but they are most always expected to come back. In some rare cases, they will continue to remind people they've left the fandom more than half a decade after their alleged departure.
People who grow apart from the fandom rarely declare doing so.
On MUCKs, it's common for furs to jokingly say or shout "I'm leaving the fandom!" in answer to a minor slip up, an unsettling bit of news, or even a bad pun.
