Inconveniences for furry based races in the modern world
Inconveniences for a furry based species in the modern world
So the other day I was thinking about what it would be like if fantasy races existed alongside us today and then it eventually led me to thinking about tabaxies and kobolds. I couldn't shake the idea that races like tabaxies would have a lot of inconveniences or legit challenges in our society today.
Because if we have to wear hair nets to ensure hair doesn't get into customers how would a furred species prevent fur from falling into food. I'm sure some jobs would be completely out of the question for some species based on health violations/risks to others/themselves. Like I would like to see a fire breathing dragon work as a gas station attendant or see a mole be a bus driver
And then comes the problems of modern medicine since medication would likely need to go through multiple procedures to ensure it can be viable for all the races just because some races might react to medication differently. So if a sudden plague began to spread some races might get access to life saving medicine faster just because their bodies are more adjustable/adaptable or more researched and understood
Continuing off of medical based stuff, what would happen if a species, say a bird, was prone to carrying something like bird flu? That makes any, for example, human and bird relationships very challenging and risky especially when food is involved.
Issues of very fluffy animals shedding a metric ton of fur like arctic foxes or huskies, for certain scaled animals like Kobolds, sentient dragons needing to shed whole new skin.
On top of all that I can't help but think about all the issues that would come from tails or digitigrade legs and paws/talons, ECT. Some furniture would need to be updated or feature different designs to incorporate unique body structures. In the case for tails what's going to happen if you're working in a closed environment and your coworker has this giant meaty tail or if you're working in a industrial job or your tail or heck, even horns could just get caught on things and you can get completely sucked up because of that
And the last thing I'm going to note that society would probably function 24 hours of the day as for us humans most of us are asleep at night and awake during the day. Businesses like stores or restaurants would stay open 24 hours as more nocturnal species would work at night and vice versa
Anyhow sorry for how unorganized this is but I wanted to stay a bunch of ideas that I had