# 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:** 10
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2018, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/181 "2018-08-17T19:40:00Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > and it helps to prevent me from confusing you with **septimus**. 😃 Should one of us be flattered or insulted? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2018, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/182 "2018-08-17T19:45:50Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > and it helps to prevent me from confusing you with **septimus**. 😃 Oh thank god I’m not the only one. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2018, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/183 "2018-08-17T22:43:59Z")
I’ve been wondering if mine is kind of lame. It fits the current political atmosphere but politics change, although the sentiment will always be relevant. ---
**Author:** ![steatopygia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steatopygia/32/3132_2.png) [@steatopygia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steatopygia)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2018, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/184 "2018-08-17T22:50:40Z")
I don’t think it is lame, and AFAIK it is the only use of whatever the don’t do this symbol is called. If you get bored you could change the text occasionally. ---
**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 17, 2018, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/185 "2018-08-17T23:06:11Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > I’ve been wondering if mine is kind of lame. nah, I don’t think so. I like it. ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2018, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/186 "2018-08-17T23:13:07Z")
Blob - so many possibilities and at time of writing you’ve chosen nothing! ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2018, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/187 "2018-08-17T23:24:04Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > I’ve been wondering if mine is kind of lame. At first glance it seems a little lite or lame but then on reflection, it is saying far more than the average avatar. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2018, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/188 "2018-08-18T00:00:59Z")
Fuck ya’ll and your fucking fancy fracking avatars. Fuck you right to hell with a pineapple up your bum. I’m just jealous because I can’t figure out how to get one to size up properly…because I’m dumb. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2018, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/189 "2018-08-18T00:06:31Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > Fuck ya’ll and your fucking fancy fracking avatars. Fuck you right to hell with a pineapple up your bum. > > I’m just jealous because I can’t figure out how to get one to size up properly…because I’m dumb. Several ways, \*\*Beckdawrek \*\*suggested this in another thread: Go to _[picresize.com](http://picresize.com)_ It gives you an option for custom sizing. Or use the built in Windows tool Paint.exe and you can resize. Click on the resize tool and select Pixels instead of Percentage. Save as a new name, preferable a .jpg or .png then upload. ---
**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 18, 2018, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/190 "2018-08-18T00:11:36Z")
[Picresize.com](http://Picresize.com) will walk you right through. Don’t overthink it. Just follow the instructions. Easy, peasy. ---
**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 18, 2018, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/191 "2018-08-18T00:14:22Z")
> [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](#): > > Blob - so many possibilities and at time of writing you’ve chosen nothing! My computer won’t go that small with any of my pictures. shrug. Just shut your eyes and imagine something. 😃 ---
**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 18, 2018, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/192 "2018-08-18T00:28:47Z")
> [@blob](#): > > My computer won’t go that small with any of my pictures. shrug. Just shut your eyes and imagine something. 😃 What about a text of the word blob? Or ‘da blob’? ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2018, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/193 "2018-08-19T02:05:00Z")
tibby’s avatar is vulgar but safe for work. It depicts an anthropomorphized substance commonly found on the floors of barnyards and [NYC sidewalks](https://www.citylab.com/life/2016/05/a-brief-history-of-dog-poop-etiquette-campaigns/480870/) before Mayor Koch took over. > **[Straight Dope Message Board - Your direct line to thousands of the smartest,...](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php)** > > Fighting Ignorance Since 1973 Tibby, I pit thee. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2018, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/194 "2018-08-19T04:27:35Z")
> [@Measure\_for\_Measure](#): > > tibby’s avatar is vulgar but safe for work. It depicts an anthropomorphized substance commonly found on the floors of barnyards and [NYC sidewalks](https://www.citylab.com/life/2016/05/a-brief-history-of-dog-poop-etiquette-campaigns/480870/) before Mayor Koch took over. > > [https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=55317](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) > > Tibby, I pit thee. That reminded me, in the previous State Fair a lot of the plush toys prices at the carnival area were of that crappy emoji. Some of them giant ones. (I have seen that many kids do like it, perhaps because it annoys parents :)) I commented that the prices at the carnival are sometimes crappy, but now they are shit. 😛 ---
**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 19, 2018, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/195 "2018-08-19T04:40:41Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > of that crappy emoji. Do you mean the one of the soft-serve chocolate icecream?😃 ---
**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 19, 2018, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/196 "2018-08-19T05:17:45Z")
Blob, there is a blob fish that pretty funny looking. Go Google it. It would be a good avatar. ---
**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 19, 2018, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/197 "2018-08-19T05:31:03Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Blob, there is a blob fish that pretty funny looking. Go Google it. It would be a good avatar. [https://australianmuseum.net.au/image/fathead-psychrolutes-aka-mr-blobby](https://australianmuseum.net.au/image/fathead-psychrolutes-aka-mr-blobby)Just lovely. Gorgeous. ---
**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 19, 2018, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/198 "2018-08-19T06:44:39Z")
I think he’s sweet looking. C’mon hook him up. He needs a good life as an avatar. ---
**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 19, 2018, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/199 "2018-08-19T07:05:04Z")
I can’t use that photo. I found a drawing I could use, but the forum won’t let me upload it. ---
**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 19, 2018, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/200 "2018-08-19T07:12:14Z")
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