# Avatar criticism thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 12, 2018, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453 "2018-08-12T04:01:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2018, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/1 "2018-08-12T04:01:47Z")
Shit talk individual avatars HERE. Mine, yours, or anyone else’s. Why does mine suck? Why is yours awesome? Why doesn’t rat avatar have a rat for an avatar yet? Ask these questions, and answer them, in this thread. ---
**Author:** ![blob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blob/32/489_2.png) [@blob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blob)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2018, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/2 "2018-08-12T04:07:00Z")
I hated that movie 😃 ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2018, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/3 "2018-08-12T04:10:04Z")
Mine’s awesome because GWAR. Yours is awesome because hippos excrete their own sunscrean that is blood red. Very metal. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2018, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/4 "2018-08-12T04:11:33Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > Shit talk individual avatars HERE. Mine, yours, or anyone else’s. Why does mine suck? Why is yours awesome? Why doesn’t rat avatar have a rat for an avatar yet? Ask these questions, and answer them, in this thread. The face of your hippo is hard to distinguish. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2018, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/5 "2018-08-12T05:29:21Z")
We survived the great flood, a war or thirty, the depression, a few famines and Barry Manilow without avatars. Tell me again why we need them now? Now get off’ve my lawn. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2018, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/6 "2018-08-12T05:42:25Z")
I havent posted an avatar pic yet because they need to be so damn small that any pic I’ve wanted to use becomes virtually unidentifiable once it’s uploaded here. If i find one that works ill add it but im not adding a pic just to have a pic. ---
**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2018, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/7 "2018-08-12T05:46:00Z")
I didn’t like the idea of the avatars for about 5 seconds before I had to admit to myself I love that the board now has them, I will be picking one as soon as I get to my laptop and find one I like. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2018, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/8 "2018-08-12T06:03:27Z")
I liked **Gatopescado** ’s catfish one, as it made such perfect sense but I cannot tell at all what their current one is. Maybe two people posing together? **Drunky Smurf** ’s above is also good as are **octopus** ’s and **Troutman** ’s both by design for the space and telling us who they are. And some likely have personal significance or are attempts to say something about themselve ( **kayaker** likes beer). Those are potentially fun. But many are simply poor choices for the size of the canvas. I’m not proud of my own choice honestly but then my screen name also reflected my lack of creativity at this sort of stuff as well. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2018, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/9 "2018-08-12T06:20:07Z")
**gato** seems to change his everyday, which is fun. I can’t tell what **snfaulkner** ’s is - wait, I’ll ask: Hey, **snfaulkner** , what is your avatar? It’s holiday Deadpool or ??? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2018, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/10 "2018-08-12T06:25:03Z")
I have liked a lot of them. My favorite is Gatopescados ever changing one. Just when I think he’s got THE one he changes it. Fun. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2018, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/11 "2018-08-12T06:25:39Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > **gato** seems to change his everyday, which is fun. I can’t tell what **snfaulkner** ’s is - wait, I’ll ask: > > Hey, **snfaulkner** , what is your avatar? It’s holiday Deadpool or ??? Thanks! I thought it was some sort of off-model Deadpool, too, until his post. [GWAR is a heavy metal band known for their use of elaborate fantasy costumes on stage.](http://www.socold.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Gwar-Characters.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2018, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/12 "2018-08-12T06:39:44Z")
Yes, it is holiday odorous urungus, family style. Which means there is no cuttlefish of cthulu. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2018, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/13 "2018-08-12T06:40:03Z")
What’s an “Avatar”? ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2018, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/14 "2018-08-12T06:41:41Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > I havent posted an avatar pic yet because they need to be so damn small that any pic I’ve wanted to use becomes virtually unidentifiable once it’s uploaded here. If i find one that works ill add it but im not adding a pic just to have a pic. > [@DSeid](#): > > **Drunky Smurf** ’s above is also good Thanks **DSeid**. I literally went through 14 different pics of that same little figure just to find one that wasn’t so blurry as to be unrecognizable. The current one is still blurry but enough to distinguish what it is. But I guess the blurriness also lends itself to the Drunky-iness. So that’s cool. **DSeid** yours is clean and concise. I like **Sunny Daze’s** and **Miller’s** because that’s how I kind of imagined them to be. Great Job! ever-body for adapting so well to this change. You rock. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2018, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/15 "2018-08-12T06:48:04Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > What’s an “Avatar”? So…youre telling this is happening to your posts by some supernatural means? Woo, we are being invaded by the MB evil spirit of avatars. Look out folks, it’s gonna get ugly up in here.😉 ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2018, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/16 "2018-08-12T06:59:16Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > What’s an “Avatar”? It is either [a tall blue alien](https://movies4maniacs.liberty.me/why-avatar-is-a-terrible-movie/) Or An awesome American Anime about a ten year old boy, Aang, who is the last Air Bender, who can bend Air, Water, Earth and Fire. And is friends with [Mad Genius King Bumi of the Earth Kingdom.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1EpAmjwfeY) HA HA HA Beck! I just noticed your sig. That’s funny right there. I also noticed mine was turned off. And not by me. Now I’m not the one who turned it on in the first place. I believe it was board software. But I’m also not the one who turned it off. Imma turn it back on. Damn you software! :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2018, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/17 "2018-08-12T07:09:32Z")
I like yours **Drunky** , too. I like everyone’s so far. My favorite interpretation of an avatar would be me channeling a god and unleashing some cleansing fire. Blue aliens or Aang works too. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2018, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/18 "2018-08-12T07:09:38Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > So…youre telling this is happening to your posts by some supernatural means? Ummm…. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2018, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/19 "2018-08-12T07:12:37Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > So…youre telling this is happening to your posts by some supernatural means? Woo, we are being invaded by the MB evil spirit of avatars. Look out folks, it’s gonna get ugly up in here.😉 You musta bumped yo head. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2018, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/20 "2018-08-12T07:17:29Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Ummm…. Dude, you’re killing me. (BTW do I have a sig, what is a sig??) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453.md?page=2)