Me age 15: if anybody finds out I read furry comics in private browser windows I'm screwed
Me age 31 and a half: *wears deer ears in public* *drops "owo" in casual conversation*
To be fair, a lot of this is the changing cultural climate as well. In the 2000s, the largely-unquestioned belief was that if you liked furry porn it meant you wanted to abuse actual animals. Denying it just made you look more guilty. Because that's how thoughtcrime-based systems of morality work.
