# 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:** 12
**Author:** ![Panther\_Modern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac8455/32.png) [@Panther\_Modern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Panther_Modern)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2018, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/221 "2018-08-21T02:33:03Z")
> [@Omar\_Little](#): > > Watch it. Oh, shit. Omar! Omar coming through! It’s Omar! ---
**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 21, 2018, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/222 "2018-08-21T07:49:02Z")
This is why I like avatars. Blob has decided to use an image of a bat rather then a blob. This shows to me that Blob is more than a name. It’s like Blob was named Blob by someone else but has a bigger personality than that. I have thusly learned something about Blob. ---
**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 21, 2018, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/223 "2018-08-21T08:32:06Z")
> [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](#): > > an image of a bat rather then a blob. What do you mean, “image of a bat”? Mr Rorschach, do you know what he’s talking about? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2018, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/224 "2018-08-21T09:30:56Z")
I was looking for a bat image to replace my Orange Booger[sup]TM[/sup]. Looks like that ship left the barn. ---
**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 21, 2018, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/225 "2018-08-21T10:31:35Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > I was looking for a bat image to replace my Orange Booger[sup]TM[/sup]. Looks like that ship left the barn. There were lots of them on the free (as in copyright) clipart site I found. We could get a bat colony going, like Batman’s cave 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2018, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/226 "2018-08-28T14:30:26Z")
Could someone do me a favor and tell E-DUB how to fix his avatar for Chrome users? Download the image and rename it without any commas, then upload it again. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2018, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/227 "2018-08-28T19:21:46Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > I call out **John Mace** for posing as a hippie, sez the guy posing as a cartoon horse. It hasn’t yet been said yet but it must be said: I love your cartoon horse! It’s been so long since I watched Quick Draw McGraw as a kid that I didn’t initially recognize either the image or the reference to his alter ego El Kabong. But it still made me smile every time I saw it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mumberthax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea5d25/32.png) [@Mumberthax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mumberthax)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2018, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/228 "2018-08-30T15:29:32Z")
> [@DSeid](#): > > Yet for the 50 by 50 canvas it is a fail. The content is just not comprehensible on that smaller scale. Until I clicked on the larger version I could not tell what it was at all. That’s exactly why I don’t bother with an avatar. 50x50 pixels? GTFOOH with that crap. 200x200 would be a LOT better, imo. ---
**Author:** ![Panther\_Modern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac8455/32.png) [@Panther\_Modern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Panther_Modern)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2018, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/229 "2018-08-31T03:51:56Z")
> [@Mumberthax](#): > > 200x200 would be a LOT better, imo. Second. Even 150x150 would be good enough. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2018, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/230 "2018-08-31T04:33:56Z")
I think Tuba said eventually, if the server could handle it, she’d like to try 100x100, which seems to be the standard for most boards I’ve been to. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2018, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/231 "2018-08-31T08:43:00Z")
I don’t have one and shan’t be getting one. I’m not a fan and for some reason my default settings across all my devices mean I don’t see them. That’s fine by me. I don’t remember names very well without triggers so when I read posts the name of the poster means very little to me in terms of past views and comments. I find it easy to skim over those names so I come to each post on its own merits as much as possible. If I had a little picture or colourful image to prompt me I think that may more easily trigger prejudiced associations for specific posters and I don’t want that. Apologies, sounds pompous I know, but the value I get from this board would be diminished if I started dismissing valid points out of hand just because of who posted it. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2018, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/232 "2018-08-31T16:28:36Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Could someone do me a favor and tell E-DUB how to fix his avatar for Chrome users? Download the image and rename it without any commas, then upload it again. I was wondering what the deal was with that. I can see everyone else’s avatar just fine but his just has the broken image link icon with the text “E-DUB’s avatar”. I figured either something was screwed up or it was very meta, I just couldn’t figure out which. ---
**Author:** ![Teuton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teuton/32/3864_2.png) [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2018, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/233 "2018-08-31T18:07:26Z")
> [@Novelty\_Bobble](#): > > I don’t have one and shan’t be getting one. But if you did, you’d have a picture of a Nobbly Bobbly, right? ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2018, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/234 "2018-08-31T22:15:33Z")
I’m pitting myself for being unable to figure out how to resize a simple image of a _Caution: Slow Moving Vehicle_ sign. Every one is too big. Bring back the damn slide rules\*, clearly I’m too slow for the big-boy computers. \*Oh, who am I kidding? I don’t know how to use a slide rule, either. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2018, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/235 "2018-08-31T23:40:57Z")
Probably can’t make a fire rubbing sticks, so just set the phazer on “Burn that shit!”. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2018, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/236 "2018-09-01T02:08:04Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > I’m pitting myself for being unable to figure out how to resize a simple image of a _Caution: Slow Moving Vehicle_ sign. Every one is too big. > > Bring back the damn slide rules\*, clearly I’m too slow for the big-boy computers. > > \*Oh, who am I kidding? I don’t know how to use a slide rule, either. Use a pic of a snail. I would like it. Maybe a pic of Gary from SpongeBob. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2018, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/237 "2018-09-01T02:11:42Z")
> [@Novelty\_Bobble](#): > > I don’t have one and shan’t be getting one. > > I’m not a fan and for some reason my default settings across all my devices mean I don’t see them. > > That’s fine by me. I don’t remember names very well without triggers so when I read posts the name of the poster means very little to me in terms of past views and comments. I find it easy to skim over those names so I come to each post on its own merits as much as possible. > > If I had a little picture or colourful image to prompt me I think that may more easily trigger prejudiced associations for specific posters and I don’t want that. > > Apologies, sounds pompous I know, but the value I get from this board would be diminished if I started dismissing valid points out of hand just because of who posted it. God, I hate to know what you think of me.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2018, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/238 "2018-09-01T02:28:59Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > I’m pitting myself for being unable to figure out how to resize a simple image of a _Caution: Slow Moving Vehicle_ sign. Every one is too big. > > Bring back the damn slide rules\*, clearly I’m too slow for the big-boy computers. > > \*Oh, who am I kidding? I don’t know how to use a slide rule, either. Here you go. Proper size and everything. [![](https://sc01.alicdn.com/kf/HTB17zqSeYsTMeJjSszdq6AEupXaq/High-Quality-Reflective-Triangle-Road-Safety-Traffic.jpg_50x50.jpg) ](https://sc01.alicdn.com/kf/HTB17zqSeYsTMeJjSszdq6AEupXaq/High-Quality-Reflective-Triangle-Road-Safety-Traffic.jpg_50x50.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2018, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/239 "2018-09-01T02:52:28Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Here you go. Proper size and everything. > [https://sc01.alicdn.com/kf/HTB17zqSeYsTMeJjSszdq6AEupXaq/High-Quality-Reflective-Triangle-Road-Safety-Traffic.jpg\_50x50.jpg](https://sc01.alicdn.com/kf/HTB17zqSeYsTMeJjSszdq6AEupXaq/High-Quality-Reflective-Triangle-Road-Safety-Traffic.jpg_50x50.jpg) That just looks like a generic traffic sign to me. I’d recommend [this image](https://i.imgur.com/3lKTGsH.png) instead. It’s the sticker that’s actually put on slow moving vehicles, and came up when I searched for **caution slow moving vehicle** on Google. [![](https://i.imgur.com/3lKTGsH.png) ](https://i.imgur.com/3lKTGsH.png) ---
**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:** [September 1, 2018, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/240 "2018-09-01T02:57:42Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > I was wondering what the deal was with that. I can see everyone else’s avatar just fine but his just has the broken image link icon with the text “E-DUB’s avatar”. I figured either something was screwed up or it was very meta, I just couldn’t figure out which. I think he’s going with that on purpose. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453.md?page=13)