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Boo Radley
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24 Dec 2015, 12:30 pm

Jensen wrote:
I simply like this bird because of its big, blue feet. They´re unique. :D
If it has to be symbolic, this avatar is supposed to symbolize uniqueness in a slightly "askew" manner. :alien:


I like that bird quite a bit as well. It definitely caught my eye and is unique.

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I like wolf images, especially white wolves and usually incorporate my favourite images into my stories. So this is Nekiisha, a guardian of the galaxy who symbolizes goodness and justice.

I use a few other avatars as well, including Zandrian: a squirrel who goes on secret missions on behalf of Super-Zakhyria.


Love those names. Zandrian and Nekiisha. Very cool. Loving these comments. It's nice to learn a bit more about everyone.

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Mine is a picture of Agent Dale Cooper, who is portrayed by Kyle MacLachlan in my favourite TV series of all time, Twin Peaks.


Use to watch Twin Peaks back in the day. What a series! Lynch is a genius. Kyle McLachlan is one of my favorite actors. So glad he is still active today. Heard they are going to revive it maybe?

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Mines based on the character lizbeth salander from the girl with the dragon tattoo books/movies. I like her because she is inquisitive and can find a way to overcome many things. She also has aspergers, mentioned in the books but not the movies.


Loved the first movie (saw the Swedish version) and I've been meaning to read the books. I was wondering about the character recently and if she might be an aspie.

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This is my favourite picture of my dog, Pixel. I really like my dogs, and I don't have a good one of Ruby yet (let alone the two together), so this one's staying until I can get a good shot of the two of them. They're kind of one of my special interests, and I have a lot of fun training with them. Ruby's doing Rally-O right now, and I'm technically doing agility with Pixel, but we're on an extended break atm since our obedience school doesn't have enough people interested in the level 3 agility yet to make a class. Ruby's going to do agility once we're done with the Rally-O I think; she's a jumper and I think she'll have a lot of fun :)


Love their names! Pixel and Ruby sound like great dogs. I had to google Rally-O but it sounds like a lot of fun. I have two dogs as well. I might try to find something like that around here for them.

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Mine is a shiny piplup, GIF...


Like the avatar a lot. That is Pokemon-related correct?



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24 Dec 2015, 12:48 pm

Jensen wrote:
I simply like this bird because of its big, blue feet. They´re unique. :D
If it has to be symbolic, this avatar is supposed to symbolize uniqueness in a slightly "askew" manner. :alien:


There is an actual species of sea bird called "the blue footed booby". And I always assumed that that is what that bird in your avatar is.



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24 Dec 2015, 1:03 pm

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Mine is a picture of Agent Dale Cooper, who is portrayed by Kyle MacLachlan in my favourite TV series of all time, Twin Peaks.


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Use to watch Twin Peaks back in the day. What a series! Lynch is a genius. Kyle McLachlan is one of my favorite actors. So glad he is still active today. Heard they are going to revive it maybe?


A third series is currently in production and will be aired in 2017.


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24 Dec 2015, 1:06 pm

Mine is a picture of, well, Misery, the character I got my name from. She is from a game called Cave Story, found on PC originally and I think on the 3DS and whatever now as well. I use the name because I found that her personality in-game very closely matches mine IRL, so it was fitting. Though I've also been told, OFTEN, by people who DONT know who she is, that it's fitting as well. Possibly because I tend to be a bit "dark" and negative by nature. I've been using the name and avatar for a long time now, pretty much everywhere.

Eventually I'd like to do a cosplay of her, but getting stuff for that is such a pain...



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24 Dec 2015, 1:38 pm

Mine is from the game 'the long dark'. It's a homestead in the wilderness. Represents where I want to live sometimes. Feels like I can escape it all.



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24 Dec 2015, 1:52 pm

Mine is a graphical illustration of the cognitive bias known as the Dunning-Kruger effect, derived from the original article by Justin Kruger and David Dunning:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E ... ger_effect
http://psych.colorado.edu/~vanboven/tea ... unning.pdf (see Figure 1 on page 1124)

... and my signature more or less follows the same train of thought...



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24 Dec 2015, 2:56 pm

My avatar is me about 2009. I don't look too much different now....a little grayer, and little chubbier.



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24 Dec 2015, 3:22 pm

Mine is some artwork I made on photoshop. I love to combine different images into one thing.


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24 Dec 2015, 3:49 pm

Mine is a picture of Zelo - my bias from the Kpop group B.A.P. It's my favourite picture of him as he is wearing glassed that have a moustache attached to it. I thought it looked adorable!

And a bias in kpop basically just means that a specific member is your favourite. My signature also contains a quote from my second bias in B.A.P. called Bang Yong Guk, he basically succinctly summarises the sentiments I hold in regards to the education system and how a degree somehow bumps up your worth a human being.


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24 Dec 2015, 3:53 pm

DestinedToBeAPotato wrote:
Mine is a picture of Zelo - my bias from the Kpop group B.A.P. It's my favourite picture of him as he is wearing glassed that have a moustache attached to it. I thought it looked adorable!

And a bias in kpop basically just means that a specific member is your favourite. My signature also contains a quote from my second bias in B.A.P. called Bang Yong Guk, he basically succinctly summarises the sentiments I hold in regards to the education system and how a degree somehow bumps up your worth a human being.

I thought that was a picture of you until you displayed your gender.


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24 Dec 2015, 4:10 pm

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DestinedToBeAPotato wrote:
Mine is a picture of Zelo - my bias from the Kpop group B.A.P. It's my favourite picture of him as he is wearing glassed that have a moustache attached to it. I thought it looked adorable!

And a bias in kpop basically just means that a specific member is your favourite. My signature also contains a quote from my second bias in B.A.P. called Bang Yong Guk, he basically succinctly summarises the sentiments I hold in regards to the education system and how a degree somehow bumps up your worth a human being.

I thought that was a picture of you until you displayed your gender.


Edit: oh dear It didn't display my reply.

I remember when I first joined the forums and everyone kept referring to me as 'him' or 'he' and I was left rather bewildered and confused, until it dawned on me that people thought that was me in the avatar - haha, I wish that I was that cute! XD


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24 Dec 2015, 4:17 pm

My wife started calling me "Godzilla" after I destroyed the DVD player by knocking it off the shelf with my butt :oops:

I can do some catastrophic acts of clumsiness, often in a sort of chain reaction with one thing wiping out another thing (I trip over the lamp cord, the lamp knocks a jar of pennies off a cabinet, pennies fly everywhere, I drop my drink while trying to catch the lamp, etc.) It looks a bit like Godzilla demolishing Tokyo if I'm in rare form :)

As a result, the furniture and my clothes have a very much "lived in" look, and at times, the apartment looks like it has been ransacked by hyperactive, demented Cossacks.


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24 Dec 2015, 4:39 pm

Misery wrote:
Mine is a picture of, well, Misery, the character I got my name from. She is from a game called Cave Story, found on PC originally and I think on the 3DS and whatever now as well. I use the name because I found that her personality in-game very closely matches mine IRL, so it was fitting. Though I've also been told, OFTEN, by people who DONT know who she is, that it's fitting as well. Possibly because I tend to be a bit "dark" and negative by nature. I've been using the name and avatar for a long time now, pretty much everywhere.

Eventually I'd like to do a cosplay of her, but getting stuff for that is such a pain...


I like the avatar a lot. I watched some examples of Cave Story on YouTube. I used to play a lot of similar games when I was younger. Miss those days. Might have to start gaming again.

Cosplay looks fun but, you're right, I bet it's quite a bit of work.

Lonehiker wrote:
Mine is from the game 'the long dark'. It's a homestead in the wilderness. Represents where I want to live sometimes. Feels like I can escape it all.


This cabin looks incredible. I do have a dream to own a 2nd home up in the mountains one day. Your avatar reminds of that goal.

GGPViper wrote:
Mine is a graphical illustration of the cognitive bias known as the Dunning-Kruger effect, derived from the original article by Justin Kruger and David Dunning:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E ... ger_effect
http://psych.colorado.edu/~vanboven/tea ... unning.pdf (see Figure 1 on page 1124)

... and my signature more or less follows the same train of thought...


This was really interesting to read about. I've got my fingers crossed I'm in the "highly skilled" group:)

kraftiekortie wrote:
My avatar is me about 2009. I don't look too much different now....a little grayer, and little chubbier.


Kraftie, your picture is awesome. It's always good to see you when I sign on to WP. Your kindness to other WP members is one of the things that makes this place so great.

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Mine is some artwork I made on photoshop. I love to combine different images into one thing.


Love your avatar, DevilKisses. Very creative. It's one of the first avatars I remember seeing when I joined WP.

DestinedToBeAPotato wrote:
Mine is a picture of Zelo - my bias from the Kpop group B.A.P. It's my favourite picture of him as he is wearing glassed that have a moustache attached to it. I thought it looked adorable!

And a bias in kpop basically just means that a specific member is your favourite. My signature also contains a quote from my second bias in B.A.P. called Bang Yong Guk, he basically succinctly summarises the sentiments I hold in regards to the education system and how a degree somehow bumps up your worth a human being.


Read up on B.A.P. and Zelo. I'll have to check out some of their music.

I too must admit that I thought that was your actual picture for the longest time:)



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24 Dec 2015, 4:43 pm

GodzillaWoman wrote:
My wife started calling me "Godzilla" after I destroyed the DVD player by knocking it off the shelf with my butt :oops:

I can do some catastrophic acts of clumsiness, often in a sort of chain reaction with one thing wiping out another thing (I trip over the lamp cord, the lamp knocks a jar of pennies off a cabinet, pennies fly everywhere, I drop my drink while trying to catch the lamp, etc.) It looks a bit like Godzilla demolishing Tokyo if I'm in rare form :)

As a result, the furniture and my clothes have a very much "lived in" look, and at times, the apartment looks like it has been ransacked by hyperactive, demented Cossacks.


:D I really like the story behind your avatar. I, too, am clumsy. My wife will not let me change light bulbs anymore because I've broken two of the mercury filled bulbs in our house.



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24 Dec 2015, 6:30 pm

My avatar is from that episode of Arthur about aspergers. I thought it was soo weird. that I had to have it as my avatar. I think it best expresses my weird imagination very well.



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24 Dec 2015, 7:50 pm

LupaLuna wrote:
My avatar is from that episode of Arthur about aspergers. I thought it was soo weird. that I had to have it as my avatar. I think it best expresses my weird imagination very well.


I had no idea there was an episode of Arthur about AS. My daughter's watch this show sometimes. Got to find this now.