Do avatars influence your opinion?

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Yup, you know it.



"Dude?"

You do know I'm a girl, right?

Brooklyn sounds fantastic - and definitely reflects your messages. You're right, I would recognize Scooby Doo, Underdog, and Buggs Bunny, but not Brooklyn - I'm waaaay to old.

Z

I'm not sure what you're avatar represents - it kind of looks like a stuffed dog I had when I was little, but yours seems to have a beak. Oh, a penguin? If it was set up as a mugshot, with a side view, it would be easier to recognize.

Z

OK, Ms. Aridarr,

I kind of figured that you were not one of us (males), because you used the term "feminist perspective" in another post. ALSO, a couple of months ago I watched the movie Juno, and the main female character called another female "Dude." It's just really confusing. I guess that is why NTs like everything to be so stereotypically gendered.

Is you're avatar supposed to be a kid on his skateboard or what?

Z

This one will be gone after Easter, don't worry.

I liked Alex's old avatar with the dog better, but maybe that was because I was used to it. It was very distinctive, though. I had no idea where it was from.

I'm surprised at Lightning88's avatar. In her posts she didn't strike me as the type that would like Happy Tree Friends.

It's Johnny C. in Heaven after he killed himself. It's his reaction to discovering that he can make people's heads explode just by thinking about it; a power all people in Heaven are imbued with.

You cannot judge an avatar by its "sex"?! topic

Jeepers, I am avatar-less. I grew up in an avatar-less age. Never used the word until I joined WP on Dec 19. The profile page asked me what sort of avatar I would like and I did not know what this was. I did not ask my teens; I went to the internet. At the time I could not decide because my interests are not represented symbolically with an avatar. Perhaps part of my signature is, but I used this on line name before I knew the meaning of "avatar." I just cannot see posting a picture of Jean-Paul Sartre. I prefer Wittgenstein but I am not going to change my name yet. I joked a little while back and said I was going to change my on line name to Mary Sue; hence Hello, Mary Sue, Goodbye Sartre! (pronounced as "Sart" en francais). Sort of ironic humour. {The Mary Sue thing has to do with a literary character that is a cheesy imitation of the author and is read as "too good to be true." It is a no-no in characterization for any serious, budding author.}

I know I look at avatars. Some are quite funny, colourful, whimsical, cute, serious, realistic, sad, wild, imaginative, dull, unreal, animated, distracting. You name it. If I need to identify the gender I will check someone's profile. I have rarely seen the same symbol twice. It is safer, I suppose, for some to not use a photograph. I am a woman and comfortable with being one. At my age, I would hope so, but this is just me.

I am fairly ordinary looking. I doubt I will ever post a photo of the real me.I have never been too comfortable with having my photo taken unless I was in a sort of manic mood. which, I think, is not going to happen again.

Enough. I have yapped too much all ready.

Why did I get the uncanny feeling somebody was going to mention my avatar?

You don't like Sweeny, Zonder?

You're avatar is, how shall I say this, delightful. Kind of Satan meets Toys R Us. Did you get that from landoverbaptist.org?

I had no idea what it was, either. I used a photo of myself because I don't look like my childhood photos AT ALL. I did reduce the size of mine because my big kid head seemed to overwhelm. You should find an avatar, it makes for some great conversation!

Z

AHHHHH! Those eyes really freak me out. I like a good gore movie as much as the next guy, but . . . . SH*T, I'm starting to hyperventilate just looking at them. I'm sure you're a very nice person, SilverProteus, but I think you are using Sweeny as a bit of a psychological self-protection.

Z

Oh, yeah, and Aridarr, I'm feeling very old right now, I'll need to Google that to have a frame of reference. I must say, it DOES sound like good times!

Z

I just like Sweeney and want to use him in my avatar (and rank and sig), there are no strings attached.

(I even fight the urge to keep posting pics on him and the movie throughout the forum, but don't because I know that would be a bit too much...)

Battle of the Avatars topic

I like Johnny Depp. This is who I see when I see Sweeney Todd. Sort of freaky cheeky. But my favourite J Depp character will always be Edward Scissorhands.

Zonder, that little boy is cute. His head does not look distorted at all. All kids' heads are large in proportion to their body size. I looked at old photos of me and saw the same thing.

OK, I can't see THE EYES on this page . I promise I won't mention it again if you don't start pasting THEM all over the forum. Sorry for the freakout.

Z

I think lau mentioned a way to block somebody's avatar if you don't want to see them. You could find it useful in my case and in future cases if you're sensitive. I think you'd have to have firefox, though.

Edit: I promise I won't.