--- On Wed, 1/10/08, David Ewell <kuchadude1_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
>Since one of the ongoing topics is what everyday items and services would >need to change in an Anthro society, I felt that this design earns a >showing:
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http://www.herpy. net/gallery/ details.php? image_id= 2427&sid=71f305b3d47f00f c3de855f76b3d2e0 0
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I can't get your link to work - your mailer may have trashed the formatting?
> And while not Anthro, it gives an idea of how a chair could be >redesigned to fit something other then human physiology.
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Commonly known as a stool? ;-)
>I was wondering if having the tail dangling/hanging out the back of an >open back or 'c' notched back chair create the problem of being tripped >over or being stepped on during a lapse of attention or would that be >concidered just another everyday hazard that happens all the time?
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Most certainly - just like any time you stretch out in your chair when not at a table or desk and people seem to frequently trip over your extended legs. I guess the cutout in the back would allow access to fold the tail around under or around the chair. "Fold your tail in, dear, you don't want me to step on it!"
> Maybe the chair wouldn't be too different from what we use now by being >ergonomically designed to allow all but the rare few to turn the tail to >the side and lay next to the thigh and out the front thr way felines curl >their tails around their feet when sitting or resting in a crouch or they >could sit on them as seen in the pictures ...
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Sitting on your tail is very uncomfortable, even just from the butt and back perspective. I've been to events wearing ears and tail (they were fox ears and tail, despite my dragon fursona...) and you had to be careful when you sat down. I suspect the delicate tail would not like being sat on. Curved up the back is uncomfortable, under the bottom between the legs is uncomfortable, curled to the side was okay, but really needs a recess to allow tail curvature, so may as well have a cutout as it is easier to manufacture.
So despite nice pictures, they are a humanised idea and would be horribly uncomfortable for the anthros (especially the roo) to sit like that. As a proof, try this. You would agree the tail would not be as strong as the hand? Put your hand behind your back and sit against it. Try similar with putting your hand between your legs under your bottom. Definitely not comfortable, just from compression aspects alone!
Scrapper, Black Dragon, "The difference between an engineer and an artist is one has a practical outcome." - Scrapper.
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Received on Tue Sep 30 2008 - 17:54:10 CDT