@realtegan For some reason this thread isn't fully loading on my instance -- but what a great story and a huge contrast to my experiences (the group I met routinely picked fights with attendees, were incredibly ableist, really nepotistic and were just generally toxic people).
I'd heard the US ones were more friendly and that's certainly been my experience. Really glad you had a great time with them!
@philpem
There are nasty people in any fandom. I've never met a group that didn't have some stinker involved at some point.
I'm just glad my experiences with furries have been almost entirely positive.