View Full Version : Do you ever judge people by their avatars?
Natty P
05-12-2005, 03:20 PM
I used to dislike Boris the Blade solely because of the Alex Ross Joker avatar, and the fact that he's canadian. He's pretty cool though.
bartleby
05-12-2005, 03:21 PM
I always assume that the person's avatar is how the person looks when making the post.
The Cheap-Arse Film Critic
05-12-2005, 03:21 PM
What does mine say about me?
Raphael J
05-12-2005, 03:22 PM
What does mine say about me?
That you're dumb?
Scottie
05-12-2005, 03:22 PM
Then... I'm a 2D robot?
AWESOME!!!!!
The Cheap-Arse Film Critic
05-12-2005, 03:23 PM
That you're dumb?
Knew it...
DrMachine
05-12-2005, 03:24 PM
only once...it was when this one guy posted an avatar that had him in his underwear...but he doesn't use it anymore
:lol:
xyzzy
05-12-2005, 03:24 PM
Yes, if I see them.
Fat Randy
05-12-2005, 03:24 PM
I used to dislike Boris the Blade solely because of the Alex Ross Joker avatar, and the fact that he's canadian. He's pretty cool though.
Get up Stand up
JABSEN
05-12-2005, 03:24 PM
Even though I've seen the Pieere Bernard skit on Conan a thousand times.Whenever Mark posts I hear Pierre's voice.
That goes for a lot of people who have famous folks in their avatars
Raphael J
05-12-2005, 03:26 PM
Knew it...
It could be worst. You could have Bartleby's creepy "c'mere so I can give you the ol' what-for" avatar.
Rod Nunley
05-12-2005, 03:28 PM
Even though I've seen the Pieere Bernard skit on Conan a thousand times.Whenever Mark posts I hear Pierre's voice.
That goes for a lot of people who have famous folks in their avatars
Oh do shut up you idle-headed prat.
:D
Oh do shut up you idle-headed prat.
:D
:lol:
Nice one, Basil.
T
J. R. Scherer
05-12-2005, 03:30 PM
Of course. And people expect it as well.
What other reason would you have an avatar?
chrisfasowned
05-12-2005, 03:30 PM
ooh, judge me!
The Human Target
05-12-2005, 03:31 PM
They cause gender/ethnicity confusion.
Its funny.
Raphael J
05-12-2005, 03:31 PM
ooh, judge me!
You have a small penis.
JABSEN
05-12-2005, 03:31 PM
Oh do shut up you idle-headed prat.
:DAh but know we see where it really goes nuts.Do I hear Cleese or John Wayne?
The Answer is John Wayne until he keeps this one for a bit.
And Wayne calling someone an idle-headed prat is hilarious
Genius J
05-12-2005, 03:31 PM
I always assume that the person's avatar is how the person looks when making the post.
Hmmmm. Interesting.
JABSEN
05-12-2005, 03:33 PM
Hmmmm. Interesting.Dude,You don't look anything like your avatar anymore.:p
Lab-Rat
05-12-2005, 03:34 PM
I always assume that the person's avatar is how the person looks when making the post.
what about the people without an avatar?
AAlgar
05-12-2005, 03:34 PM
I always assume that the person's avatar is how the person looks when making the post.
One of the funniest things I have seen on this board was when you got spooled up about something and Chapoy said "settle down there, glamour shots." :lol:
Genius J
05-12-2005, 03:34 PM
Dude,You don't look anything like your avatar anymore.:p
Actually, I've grown my beard back. But the picture doesn't really show the gray hair.
Ashton
05-12-2005, 03:35 PM
It took me a while to get use to Technofear's Kelly Osborn sig pic's. Well, I'm still not use to it but he's okay- he posts some funny stuff just the same.
chrisfasowned
05-12-2005, 03:36 PM
You have a small penis.
:?
it's good for fucking old nail-holes when a picture falls off the wall.
Cyrus Cheever
05-12-2005, 03:37 PM
what the fuck does mine say about me? i think i've seen Technofear's someplpace before. i thought it was hillarious. i think my fav (no offense to anyone) so far is Boobieman's av.
Now you know why I stopped using the busty asian avatars :)
Cth isn't short for Cynthia :P
The Cheap-Arse Film Critic
05-12-2005, 03:40 PM
It took me a while to get use to Technofear's Kelly Osborn sig pic's. Well, I'm still not use to it but he's okay- he posts some funny stuff just the same.
Validation!!!!!!!!!!
Mike Haseloff
05-12-2005, 03:40 PM
Yeah, sometimes.
Basically, I pretty much think everyone is a little kid, or retarded in some way. :?
Unless they're in love with me, in which case, they're clearly the most attractive and superhuman people on the planet.
who cares?
05-12-2005, 03:41 PM
he he...
dexter...
J. R. Scherer
05-12-2005, 04:17 PM
Now you know why I stopped using the busty asian avatars :)
Cth isn't short for Cynthia :P
http://www.cacciatoriditeste.org/images/cthulhu.jpg
Kenneth I. Wolfe
05-12-2005, 04:17 PM
Do people see me as Kafka?
It must be weird reading a post by a Kafka that can't write.
Pat Loika
05-12-2005, 04:18 PM
Someone referred to me as having a pornstar mustache.
P.
Olivier E.
05-12-2005, 04:19 PM
Someone referred to me as having a pornstar mustache.
P.
I love your avatar. Reminds me of those eighties cop shows.
Mike Haseloff
05-12-2005, 04:19 PM
Do people see me as Kafka?
It must be weird reading a post by a Kafka that can't write.The first time I saw it, I mistook it for Crispin Glover.
I don't see you as Kafka, no matter how much you want me to. :(
Sorry.
Pat Loika
05-12-2005, 04:20 PM
I love your avatar. Reminds me of those eighties cop shows.
Awesome. :D
P.
Mike Haseloff
05-12-2005, 04:22 PM
I love your avatar. Reminds me of those eighties cop shows.http://www.bbc.co.uk/collective/dnaimages/gallery/directordvd/14.jpg
BriRedfern
05-12-2005, 04:23 PM
They cause gender/ethnicity confusion.
Its funny.
You mean Roman Candle ISN'T a hot red headed lesbian?!?! God DAMNIT!!!! I've been decieved!!! :-x
madmartigan
05-12-2005, 04:26 PM
I in no way resemble John Cusack.
moonspider
05-12-2005, 04:28 PM
no
because I LOVE ALL!
King of Mars
05-12-2005, 04:29 PM
Do people see me as Kafka?
It must be weird reading a post by a Kafka that can't write.I thought that was Michael Imperioli from the Sopranos. :)
Kenneth I. Wolfe
05-12-2005, 04:29 PM
The first time I saw it, I mistook it for Crispin Glover.
Ugh. Die.
I don't see you as Kafka, no matter how much you want me to. :(
Sorry.
Oh well, never intended you to. I want you to see me as Kubrick, but that's never gonna happen.
Bill?
05-12-2005, 04:30 PM
only you.
Kenneth I. Wolfe
05-12-2005, 04:30 PM
I thought that was Michael Imperioli from the Sopranos. :)
:lol:
Mike Haseloff
05-12-2005, 04:32 PM
Ugh. Die.
Oh well, never intended you to. I want you to see me as Kubrick, but that's never gonna happen....... say it.
"Now cut that out..."
yeamon
05-12-2005, 04:33 PM
I don't look like my avatar. But I like this pic of Waylon. Kinda reminds me of Alan Moore too.
The Human Target
05-12-2005, 04:34 PM
Do people see me as Kafka?
It must be weird reading a post by a Kafka that can't write.
I always thought it was an underfed drugged up Grant Morrison picture.
My bad.
TheTravis!
05-12-2005, 04:34 PM
I always assume that the person's avatar is how the person looks when making the post.
That's accurate.
Kenneth I. Wolfe
05-12-2005, 04:34 PM
...... say it.
"Now cut that out..."
Now cut that out, Namor!
Mike Haseloff
05-12-2005, 04:34 PM
I always thought it was an underfed drugged up Grant Morrison picture.
My bad.Hey, now that you say it...! :D
Kenneth I. Wolfe
05-12-2005, 04:38 PM
I always thought it was an underfed drugged up Grant Morrison picture.
My bad.
What-fucking-ever.
You people need to know who Kafka is.
King of Mars
05-12-2005, 04:39 PM
I think I may save this pic and use it as an automatic response to posts I don't like. Not just here, but on other boards as well.
"Monster Magnet sucks! Limp Bizkit rules!"
BAM!
http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/image.php?u=701&dateline=1115693909
"Bendis is a hack.These aren't MY Avengers!"
BAM!
http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/image.php?u=701&dateline=1115693909
"Geroge Bush strikes another blow for freedom."
BAM!
http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/image.php?u=701&dateline=1115693909
I like it...it works. It really works.
Dread Pirate Wren
05-12-2005, 04:39 PM
I look exactly like the ass kicking Bisley gladiator chick on my avatar. To a tee.
What-fucking-ever.
You people need to know who Kafka is.
I know who he is, just never knew what he looked like.
BriRedfern
05-12-2005, 04:58 PM
I know who he is, just never knew what he looked like.
Dito.
moonspider
05-12-2005, 05:03 PM
I look exactly like the ass kicking Bisley gladiator chick on my avatar. To a tee.
you get my vote....bisley rocks!
citizenDave
05-12-2005, 05:04 PM
I don't actually own any Hawaiian shirts.
But, I am in black and white.
Thudpucker
05-12-2005, 05:10 PM
Your avatar is who you are out here, that's why I picked one I identify with.
FredC
05-12-2005, 05:13 PM
What do those of us to lazy to get new avatars look like?
Jacob Lyon Goddard
05-12-2005, 05:16 PM
i avoided having an avatar for so long for this very reason
i have one right now, and i've had them in the past for short spurts, but i don't think i've ever had one for longer than a week
i suspect that when people think of what i must look like, they get a mental picture of the word GODDARD, and i'm fine with that
King of Mars
05-12-2005, 05:16 PM
Your avatar is who you are out hereHoly shit! When did I become a redheaded, acid taking, poster chick?
*feels for breasts*
Nope, not a chick...but if I don't start working out again I may soon need a manseire.:)
Jacob Lyon Goddard
05-12-2005, 05:17 PM
I thought that was Michael Imperioli from the Sopranos. :)
so did i
Rod Nunley
05-12-2005, 05:19 PM
Ah but know we see where it really goes nuts.Do I hear Cleese or John Wayne?
The Answer is John Wayne until he keeps this one for a bit.
And Wayne calling someone an idle-headed prat is hilarious
Well now I feel bad pardner, confusin' ya like that and all. So how's about we ease your mind for a spell and go back to the way things were.
J. R. Scherer
05-12-2005, 05:19 PM
i avoided having an avatar for so long for this very reason
i have one right now, and i've had them in the past for short spurts, but i don't think i've ever had one for longer than a week
i suspect that when people think of what i must look like, they get a mental picture of the word GODDARD, and i'm fine with that
I always think of Rob Liefeld's younger brother.
Angel of Distraction
05-12-2005, 05:20 PM
I always assume that the person's avatar is how the person looks when making the post.
Same here. For a good long time I thought SHane was a guy playing drums with long hair and Travis was a foam finger.
Thudpucker
05-12-2005, 05:20 PM
Holy shit! When did I become a redheaded, acid taking, poster chick?
*feels for breasts*
Nope, not a chick...but if I don't start working out again I may soon need a manseire.:)
It's what I see, so it's what I identify with you.
Ryan_ZOOM_Turner
05-12-2005, 05:21 PM
What does my avatar say about me?
BriRedfern
05-12-2005, 05:22 PM
What does my avatar say about me?
Hooded smoker.
Angel of Distraction
05-12-2005, 05:22 PM
What does my avatar say about me?
That's not you?
Dannñ B
05-12-2005, 05:23 PM
I am in fact Gene Shalit.
Ryan_ZOOM_Turner
05-12-2005, 05:27 PM
That's not you?
I am reincarnated.
Corwin: Bear Fighter
05-12-2005, 05:31 PM
I remember when I used to have an avatar.
Angel of Distraction
05-12-2005, 05:39 PM
I am reincarnated.
Cool. If the house keeps shaking I'm gonna have to do that pretty soon myself.
Ryan_ZOOM_Turner
05-12-2005, 05:40 PM
Cool. If the house keeps shaking I'm gonna have to do that pretty soon myself.
You are in Ankeny right?
Boris the Blade
05-12-2005, 05:53 PM
I used to dislike Boris the Blade solely because of the Alex Ross Joker avatar, and the fact that he's canadian. He's pretty cool though.
I don't know whether to thank you, or slap you like a bitch.
But since I'm Canadian, I'll just knit you a toque fer the long col' winter, eh?
Angel of Distraction
05-12-2005, 06:02 PM
You are in Ankeny right?
Crocker township technically. Between Ankeny and Sailorville, where it's coming on particularly strong.
Daniel K.
05-12-2005, 06:04 PM
My avatar is actually a sketch of me done by a friend. So, judge away.
CarrieLavon
05-12-2005, 06:04 PM
yes
Angel of Distraction
05-12-2005, 06:05 PM
yes
Is it okay if I judge you based on your avatar? :)
CarrieLavon
05-12-2005, 06:06 PM
Is it okay if I judge you based on your avatar? :)
go right ahead... i'm used to it! :)
Angel of Distraction
05-12-2005, 06:08 PM
go right ahead... i'm used to it! :)
I give Carrie an 8.5
And Ryan a 4.
CarrieLavon
05-12-2005, 06:10 PM
I give Carrie an 8.5
And Ryan a 4.
thank you
Cyrus Cheever
05-12-2005, 06:11 PM
may i ask simply for the second time, what does my av say about me?
Angel of Distraction
05-12-2005, 06:11 PM
thank you
You're quite welcome.
By the way, this is just an off-topic general question: I was working on FH and thinking about the part last issue where the character named after Taki cut someone's head off while the one named after Noble cowered in a corner...And I thought, I haven't seen Taki lately. Has she been around?
Brandon191
05-12-2005, 06:12 PM
I don't know whether to thank you, or slap you like a bitch.
But since I'm Canadian, I'll just knit you a toque fer the long col' winter, eh?
Do Americans know what toque's are? I always thought that was a Canadian thing.
Angel of Distraction
05-12-2005, 06:12 PM
may i ask simply for the second time, what does my av say about me?
Your heart is eight sizes too small. :roach:
Cyrus Cheever
05-12-2005, 06:18 PM
Your heart is eight sizes too small. :roach:
thank you. better than i expected. i'll have that song in my head for the rest of the night.
En Sabah Poo
05-12-2005, 06:20 PM
I forgot to put back my old avatar after the first board went down. Thanks for reminding me. My avatar has been updated, for your pleasure.
Angel of Distraction
05-12-2005, 06:21 PM
I forgot to put back my old avatar after the first board went down. Thanks for reminding me. My avatar has been updated, for your pleasure.
Hey! Now I remember you!
Who am I?
I'm Spider-Man
:spidey:
Angel of Distraction
05-12-2005, 06:23 PM
Who am I?
I'm Spider-Man
:spidey:
Liar. :mad:
V-Man
05-12-2005, 06:41 PM
Is there like a site to get avatars from??? I just got mine yesterday and itz okay, i would like it a bit bigger. My sig is pretty toight though.
Keep on Truckin,
V-Man
dimeshop
05-12-2005, 06:41 PM
I definitely don't look like my avatar.
ps, if you can tell me where my avatar is from, you are awesome*
*you may not actually be awesome
Dr Aldo
05-12-2005, 06:43 PM
:( Then i´am nothing? :( :( :(
TheTravis!
05-12-2005, 06:43 PM
I am afraid of snakes. Therefore, I have to skip over every post made by Carrie Lavon. It's a bummer.
TheKraken
05-12-2005, 07:36 PM
I got tired of people thinking I was David Alan Greer a few years ago... :lol:
xanderharris
05-12-2005, 07:41 PM
oh i wish i was able to hug alyson hannigan right now.......also looking like nicholas brendon wouldnt be that sucky either.....
Girlfriend In A Coma
05-12-2005, 07:43 PM
I've loved some and hated others even tho I wuv all of you.
My current avatar is my own eye....so I guess I'm looking at all of my posts...and spying on you guys!!
Detective
05-12-2005, 07:49 PM
I forgot who everyone was when real names became the new trend and I stopped going on here alot. Everyone now = their avatar.Except for the the OG's (ex: Nat Pat is not Bob Marley)
alexlannin
05-12-2005, 07:53 PM
Yes, since I had no idea who Pierre Bernard was, I assumed that was Mark.
TheKraken
05-12-2005, 07:54 PM
I forgot who everyone was when real names became the new trend and I stopped going on here alot. Everyone now = their avatar.Except for the the OG's (ex: Nat Pat is not Bob Marley)
I, however, am Bob Marely...
moonspider
05-12-2005, 07:55 PM
I've loved some and hated others even tho I wuv all of you.
My current avatar is my own eye....so I guess I'm looking at all of my posts...and spying on you guys!!
eep!
*covers up*
Violet Curmudgeon
05-13-2005, 12:37 AM
i suspect that when people think of what i must look like, they get a mental picture of the word GODDARD, and i'm fine with that
I must say that's exactly what I thought you'd look like.
Dread Pirate Wren
05-13-2005, 12:58 AM
I kinda picture AAlgar with that big shit eating grin and I'm not sure if I could picture Trillian sitting still for a second.
Both of these may be incorrect...but that's what I get from thinking about them plus their avatars.
If I don't see a picture of someone early on, I create a mental image of what they look like based loosely on their avatar... so, in my head, some of ya'll look damn freaky...
Persevering Guy
05-13-2005, 01:08 AM
my avatar makes me hate myself
Diana
05-13-2005, 01:20 AM
Interesting question! :)
I suppose I do a little. Not judge people, but it adds to the mental picture I have of them - and not necessarily referring to looks.
Mike Haseloff
05-13-2005, 01:20 AM
Now cut that out, Namor!:lol:
HE SAID IT!!!!!!!!
http://www.nitelitetheatre.com/haselowned.jpg
I don't look like Namor.
Angel
05-13-2005, 01:21 AM
i don't judge anyone's avatar, but i use it to associate people with their posts. last year in chicago, i used it for knowing who the people i was meeting were.
my avatar is associated with the tattoo i want to get, which is in memmory of my sister.
Deli_Ham_Diggsy
05-13-2005, 06:13 AM
Ooohhhhhhh! Judge me! Judge me!
Jonny Z
05-13-2005, 06:19 AM
My avatar is flaaaaaaaaaaming
Pat Loika
05-13-2005, 06:21 AM
Auron: Taki's in Detroit for a con.
P.
MIKE D
05-13-2005, 06:28 AM
Never by their avatar, but I've been on the board while listening to Stern so much that there are certain posters who I now associate with the likes of Wendy and so forth.
JABSEN
05-13-2005, 06:29 AM
Well,Pat has joined mein the creepy 70's porn facial hair club
MIKE D
05-13-2005, 06:38 AM
Ooohhhhhhh! Judge me! Judge me!
OK. I think you look like this:
http://drake.org/Stan/CarPro86/Dagwood.jpg
Jonny Z
05-13-2005, 06:40 AM
Never by their avatar, but I've been on the board while listening to Stern so much that there are certain posters who I now associate with the likes of Wendy and so forth.
*cough*i'm fred*cough*
TRILL, THE CARBON BASED LIFEFORM
05-13-2005, 06:42 AM
That's the only way I judge them. I don't want to actually read what they type.
Balthazar
05-13-2005, 06:58 AM
I used to use a real pic, but I got really tired of seeing my own ugly face. I can only imagine how you all felt.
Brewtown Andy
05-13-2005, 07:14 AM
I only judge Shane and Auron by their avatars.
SolidGoldBomb
05-13-2005, 07:17 AM
I like to beat people with folding chairs...
I like to beat people with folding chairs...
Who doesn't?? It's my favorite thing to do on a Saturday night.
Olivier E.
05-13-2005, 07:31 AM
Who doesn't?? It's my favorite thing to do on a Saturday night.
You strip??? :drool:
PeterSparker
05-13-2005, 07:54 AM
Hey HEY!!! ....uugghhhh
You strip??? :drool:
For money? No... I think I'm going about it all wrong... I think I'm missing out on some good money...
Matt Jay
05-13-2005, 08:14 AM
Like Sho' nuff before me, I possess the glow.
http://www.badmovies.org/movies/lastdragon/lastdragon3.jpg
Cyrus Cheever
05-13-2005, 08:29 AM
Like Sho' nuff before me, I possess the glow.
http://www.badmovies.org/movies/lastdragon/lastdragon3.jpg
that's the funniest fucking sig pic ever.
Agent Desmond
05-13-2005, 08:35 AM
I judge more by sigs, but my judgement is more about what they are into
The Cheap-Arse Film Critic
05-13-2005, 08:36 AM
I care not, for this thread gave me VALIDATION!!!!!!!!!!
Cyrus Cheever
05-13-2005, 08:39 AM
I judge more by sigs, but my judgement is more about what they are into
yeah, i go more by the sigs myself. i enjoy the diversity in all this. i love to see everyone's personalities come out in their avs and sigs. what i like about it all is the Location thing under the av.
bstie1198
05-13-2005, 08:49 AM
I've changed my avatar a bunch of times, but for the most part, I've kept my clone sig. Oh, and I don't look a thing like Samurai Jack, my cat, or Darkhawk, which were my last three avatars.
Rick_O
05-13-2005, 08:49 AM
Stop Judging Me!
Cyrus Cheever
05-13-2005, 08:53 AM
Stop Judging Me!
no judgement. just pure enjoyment evrytime i see your sig. ;)
Drewr15
05-13-2005, 09:11 AM
My sig definitely says more than my avatar. My avatar is a (small) pic of LAdy Pendragon. A GREAT comic that fell off the map. The sig is the meanest hitter in hockey, Scott Stevens, captain of the three time Cup champion New Jersey Devils. :D
But that Sho-nuff avatar is god damn hysterical. Somebody needs to get a Bruce Leeroy one now...
Jonny Z
05-13-2005, 09:34 AM
Stop Judging Me!
you are my favorite boarder... *swoon*
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v299/lilvenom/ashleecame.jpg
emeraldsundae
05-13-2005, 09:44 AM
Sometimes, but not usually.
When someone's avatar is really cool, I'm sure to let them know.
Cyrus Cheever
05-13-2005, 09:48 AM
Sometimes, but not usually.
When someone's avatar is really cool, I'm sure to let them know.
i want to change mine, any suggestions?
emeraldsundae
05-13-2005, 09:50 AM
i want to change mine, any suggestions?
Hmm...
I know this may sound like a cop-out... oh hell, it is, but it should be up to you.
Cyrus Cheever
05-13-2005, 09:58 AM
Hmm...
I know this may sound like a cop-out... oh hell, it is, but it should be up to you.
damn you and your cop-out. :mad:
emeraldsundae
05-13-2005, 09:58 AM
damn you and your cop-out. :mad:
Yes, I am ashamed of myself.
Cyrus Cheever
05-13-2005, 10:01 AM
Yes, I am ashamed of myself.
you should be. :)
Cyrus Cheever
05-13-2005, 11:56 AM
okay, so now what do you think?
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