So what WOULD your avatar be if this site allowed?

Cloud · 06-11-2007, 10:20 AM

Maybe since we can't use them, it would be instructive to have a thread to post --imaginary-- avatars.

Here's the one I usually use, big deal:

xoxoxoBruce · 06-11-2007, 10:22 AM

Why would it be instructive?

Cloud · 06-11-2007, 10:26 AM

because avatars give an additional glimpse into the interests and personalities of the owner

xoxoxoBruce · 06-11-2007, 10:28 AM

Rubbish, it's only what they want to make people think. What they post tells the real story.

Shawnee123 · 06-11-2007, 10:32 AM

True. Otherwise, what would the pic I would use in my avatar, the pic on my public profile, say about me? That I want to be a Pez dispenser? That I am a duck, of the daffy order?

The profile pic suffices.

Cloud · 06-11-2007, 10:33 AM

sure, but you can't divorce what people want to present the world from their personality.

If you're not interested, don't post. If you want to argue about it, how about the why no avatars thread. I'm curious to see what people might choose.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-11-2007, 11:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Cloud

sure, but you can't divorce what people want to present the world from their personality.

Certainly can, many people think they really are what they project when it's far from the truth.

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If you're not interested, don't post. If you want to argue about it, how about the why no avatars thread. I'm curious to see what people might choose.

How many times do you have to hear it, you don't own the thread. If you don't want to argue, don't.

glatt · 06-11-2007, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

you don't own the thread.

you mean this thread about the pioneers of motion pictures?

Flint · 06-11-2007, 11:48 AM

...the window to the soul?

Happy Monkey · 06-11-2007, 10:45 AM

Cloud · 06-11-2007, 10:50 AM

yeek. okay, I'd vote no on that one. Besides, it's too big!

glatt · 06-11-2007, 10:55 AM

Beestie · 06-11-2007, 11:01 AM

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Originally Posted by glatt

Trivia question: What argument was settled by this picture? Glatt you are disqualified (assuming you know the answer).

glatt · 06-11-2007, 11:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Beestie

Trivia question: What argument was settled by this picture? Glatt you are disqualified (assuming you know the answer).

I do know the answer. Mostly I'm impressed with the photographer for figuring out how to take this picture. Real creative thinking from that guy. Whoever he was.

Sundae · 06-11-2007, 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Beestie

Trivia question: What argument was settled by this picture? Glatt you are disqualified (assuming you know the answer).

Yes, yes. I know too, but it seems to soon in the thread to answer.
My Daddy told us the story when he hand-made a zoetrope for us. Bless him, I think we were more interested in Swing-Ball that year.

I'm glad we don't have avatars because I would get avatar envy. I don't have the inclination or resources to find something that would go even halfway to communicating how bloody cool I am.

06-11-2007, 10:20 AM	#1
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	So what WOULD your avatar be if this site allowed? Maybe since we can't use them, it would be instructive to have a thread to post --imaginary-- avatars. Here's the one I usually use, big deal: __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

06-11-2007, 10:22 AM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Why would it be instructive? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-11-2007, 10:26 AM	#3
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	because avatars give an additional glimpse into the interests and personalities of the owner __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

06-11-2007, 10:28 AM	#4
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Rubbish, it's only what they want to make people think. What they post tells the real story. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-11-2007, 10:32 AM	#5
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	True. Otherwise, what would the pic I would use in my avatar, the pic on my public profile, say about me? That I want to be a Pez dispenser? That I am a duck, of the daffy order? The profile pic suffices. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

06-11-2007, 10:33 AM	#6
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	sure, but you can't divorce what people want to present the world from their personality. If you're not interested, don't post. If you want to argue about it, how about the why no avatars thread. I'm curious to see what people might choose. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

06-11-2007, 11:48 AM	#9
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Look into my eyes... ...the window to the soul? Attached Images __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

06-11-2007, 10:45 AM	#10
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	__________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

06-11-2007, 10:50 AM	#11
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	yeek. okay, I'd vote no on that one. Besides, it's too big! __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

06-11-2007, 10:55 AM	#12
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