# 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:** 9
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2018, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/161 "2018-08-14T23:23:02Z")
I’m just glad people will stop thinking that I’m supposed to be a ring-tailed lemur when I’m supposed to be a red-ruffed lemur. ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2018, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/162 "2018-08-14T23:29:20Z")
> [@Lemur866](#): > > I’m just glad people will stop thinking that I’m supposed to be a ring-tailed lemur when I’m supposed to be a red-ruffed lemur. :smack: I thought it was French for “the mur”! ---
**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 15, 2018, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/163 "2018-08-15T00:22:35Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I am currently considering a change in avatar. I am slow to decide these things. No one goes shopping with me because of this indecision issue I have. Bear with me. If it bothers anyone I will turn it off. I think your avatar is great – a little bit mysterious, a little bit artsy, and meaningful to you. You wanna replace it with a miniature picture of a stupid cat? Go ahead, but I won’t respect you for it! 😃 ---
**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 15, 2018, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/164 "2018-08-15T02:50:03Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I am currently considering a change in avatar. I am slow to decide these things. No one goes shopping with me because of this indecision issue I have. Bear with me. If it bothers anyone I will turn it off. Well, you could always go with a cheese pic 🙂 But the kitty pic is nice. ---
**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 15, 2018, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/165 "2018-08-15T03:48:47Z")
Oh, cheese, my first love.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2018, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/166 "2018-08-15T17:15:51Z")
Beck, I did a search for “wrecked woman.” You could use this [chick’s face](https://piximus.net/media/39129/cars-arent-the-only-thing-getting-wrecked-at-the-races-6.jpg) as your avatar. ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2018, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/167 "2018-08-15T17:52:32Z")
I don’t think the avatar should necessarily mirror the user name. In fact, I find that rather redundant. ---
**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 15, 2018, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/168 "2018-08-15T18:09:02Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Beck, I did a search for “wrecked woman.” You could use this [chick’s face](https://piximus.net/media/39129/cars-arent-the-only-thing-getting-wrecked-at-the-races-6.jpg) as your avatar. OMG! Thx for doxxing me! I thought I had those photos deleted. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Hermitian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hermitian/32/470_2.png) [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2018, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/169 "2018-08-15T18:18:05Z")
Is it just me or do the avatars bump the poster’s name way too far to the right? Is that fixable? ---
**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 15, 2018, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/170 "2018-08-15T18:25:23Z")
> [@Hermitian](#): > > Is it just me or do the avatars bump the poster’s name way too far to the right? Is that fixable? The newer theme does that, the original theme doesn’t. ---
**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 15, 2018, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/171 "2018-08-15T18:32:08Z")
When I tried the new theme briefly to see what all the fuss was about WRT avatars, it seems that not only do avatars bump the poster’s name way over, but the distance is different for different posters, possibly due to exaggerated effects of slightly different avatar sizes. It just confirms my conviction that the new theme sucks eggs. It looks like crap for many reasons and I never use it. ---
**Author:** ![Hermitian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hermitian/32/470_2.png) [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2018, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/172 "2018-08-15T19:43:35Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > The newer theme does that, the original theme doesn’t. Wow, I didn’t even know those existed. I have to say that I like the new theme better (it makes it clearer where each post starts), but I definitely don’t like the avatar bug. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2018, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/173 "2018-08-15T20:53:05Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > OMG! Thx for doxxing me! I thought I had those photos deleted. 😉 Hah, that’s a pic of ‘home time’ at the Melbourne Cup (horse race). Every year there are many fillies in an equal or worse state than the young lady pictured. It was always wonderful to see half of the city heading off by train early in the morning in all their finery, fascinators and fancy-footwear. By 5pm when they were starting to come home, it was a different picture altogether. :D:D ---
**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 16, 2018, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/174 "2018-08-16T02:08:59Z")
I just changed mine as the former was not makeoutable. ---
**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 16, 2018, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/175 "2018-08-16T02:21:22Z")
{{sigh!}}☹ ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2018, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/176 "2018-08-17T13:47:56Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > IMHO the 50x50px avatars should be considered more as icons rather than pictures. Taking a picture that you like and reducing it down to 50x50 may just make it illegible if there’s too much detail in it. Better to go for simplicity. You say that, but your avatar is quite detailed and perhaps the very best 50x50 I’ve seen here. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2018, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/177 "2018-08-17T13:57:50Z")
I have changed mine, Let’s see how long it lasts. The original one was a screenshot from Google street view of a tavern I hung out at in my early 20s. It was not close to square and was barely visible. I won’t identify the new one unless someone recognizes it. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2018, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/178 "2018-08-17T14:20:35Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > I’ll defend mine to the death. Or change it. Either way. NOOOOO! I love yours. It’s what I’ve always pictured anyway. ---
**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, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/179 "2018-08-17T14:28:22Z")
> [@PlaceboTarget](#): > > I don’t think the avatar should necessarily mirror the user name. In fact, I find that rather redundant. I agree. So long as it is reasonably distinct it will serve its purpose. I’m growing to like them more every day. Makes scanning a thread for a poster so much easier. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2018, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453/180 "2018-08-17T15:51:42Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > I agree. So long as it is reasonably distinct it will serve its purpose. > > I’m growing to like them more every day. Makes scanning a thread for a poster so much easier. and it helps to prevent me from confusing you with **septimus**. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-criticism-thread/819453.md?page=10)