# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2018, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/101 "2018-08-13T00:58:15Z")
I’m not even seeing them. Do I have to be a paying member to have that right or what? ---
**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 13, 2018, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/102 "2018-08-13T01:03:35Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > I’m not even seeing them. Do I have to be a paying member to have that right or what? Go to your user options, choose **Edit Options** , scroll down to **Show Avatars** and check it on. ---
**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 13, 2018, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/103 "2018-08-13T01:19:13Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > At anyone/everyone: Does mine work? Yes, it’s working (and it works). 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2018, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/104 "2018-08-13T01:27:14Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > I’m not even seeing them. Do I have to be a paying member to have that right or what? I can tell yours is Abbey Road, but I couldn’t tell you if it’s the Beatles or some tourists doing an impersonation. ---
**Author:** ![mistymage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mistymage/32/459_2.png) [@mistymage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mistymage)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2018, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/105 "2018-08-13T01:44:52Z")
50x50 is just so small. But it’s better than nothing. ---
**Author:** ![Fair\_Rarity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fair_rarity/32/153_2.png) [@Fair\_Rarity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fair_Rarity)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2018, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/106 "2018-08-13T01:50:39Z")
I know it’s early and people will settle in with different ones later, with current ones maybe being placeholders for a bit, but I’m surprised at how many people (including me) went very literal with avatars matching usernames. (My username is a My Little Pony reference, so that’s my pony in my pic.) ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2018, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/107 "2018-08-13T01:53:06Z")
I think this worked… ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2018, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/108 "2018-08-13T02:12:10Z")
BTW, **furryman** , shouldn’t you be using Appa, not Aang? Aang wasn’t very furry at all. ---
**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 13, 2018, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/109 "2018-08-13T02:13:20Z")
> [@Mr.Miskatonic](#): > > I think this worked… Yes it did. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2018, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/110 "2018-08-13T02:13:36Z")
The actual **burpo the wonder mutt** is haunting this board (died 2012). ---
**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 13, 2018, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/111 "2018-08-13T02:18:25Z")
I’m glad my original question last week about avatars resulted in all this discussion 🙂 ---
**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:** [August 13, 2018, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/112 "2018-08-13T02:23:12Z")
> [@Panther\_Modern](#): > > I’m glad my original question last week about avatars resulted in all this discussion 🙂 I guess we got the picture. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2018, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/113 "2018-08-13T02:27:40Z")
I’ll probably change mine now that I can see it. Here’s the original. > **[Star Trek Abbey Road by Rabittooth on DeviantArt](https://www.deviantart.com/rabittooth/art/Star-Trek-Abbey-Road-301614462)** ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2018, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/114 "2018-08-13T02:40:27Z")
> [@Panther\_Modern](#): > > I’m glad my original question last week about avatars resulted in all this discussion 🙂 Just so you know, the reception to this development is NOT unanimous. > [@running\_coach](#): > > I guess we got the picture. I want you to go to your room now, and THINK about what you did. ---
**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 13, 2018, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/115 "2018-08-13T02:41:27Z")
> [@Panther\_Modern](#): > > I’m glad my original question last week about avatars resulted in all this discussion 🙂 I wouldn’t gloat. They’ve been talking and considering this for years, I hear. I am a newbie myself so I don’t know all the ins and outs of the debate. Recently the admin has changed that’s why things are moving in a new direction. ---
**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 13, 2018, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/116 "2018-08-13T02:46:43Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Yours is perfect. > At anyone/everyone: Does mine work? I think so, though I’m not sure how many are familiar with the Northeastern US joke. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2018, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/117 "2018-08-13T03:10:59Z")
Well, considering this _is_ the pit, I’m gonna go against the grain here and gripe (wow! all that alliteration!) about trying, without any luck, gimp, pixconverter, resizeimage, irfanview, MS paint, and pm’ed the OP from the ATMB thread for a go at it last week. No headshot of Robert Blake from _Lost Highway_, then. (was also thinking Cary Grant, or the California Golden Seals or Flyers logos) ---
**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 13, 2018, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/118 "2018-08-13T03:15:33Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > Well, considering this _is_ the pit, I’m gonna go against the grain here and gripe (wow! all that alliteration!) about trying, without any luck, gimp, pixconverter, resizeimage, irfanview, MS paint, and pm’ed the OP from the ATMB thread for a go at it last week. > No headshot of Robert Blake from _Lost Highway_, then. > (was also thinking Cary Grant, or the California Golden Seals or Flyers logos) Seriously [picresize.com](http://picresize.com) is so easy to use. If I can do it a monkey could do it. Try them. ---
**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 13, 2018, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/119 "2018-08-13T03:37:29Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I wouldn’t gloat. They’ve been talking and considering this for years, I hear. I am a newbie myself so I don’t know all the ins and outs of the debate. Recently the admin has changed that’s why things are moving in a new direction. I am not gloating. The thread came at the right time, it seems. ---
**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 13, 2018, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/120 "2018-08-13T03:38:47Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Just so you know, the reception to this development is NOT unanimous. OK. There is a contingency not using avatars. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453.md?page=7)