# Avatar holdouts: going to stick to your guns or eventually get one? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 15, 2021, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-holdouts-going-to-stick-to-your-guns-or-eventually-get-one/940022 "2021-04-15T01:21:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2021, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-holdouts-going-to-stick-to-your-guns-or-eventually-get-one/940022/1 "2021-04-15T01:21:12Z")
[Hybrid topic, but I’ve seen avatar threads often go here and not into one of the top two subforums up there. If it needs to be moved there then _que sera sera_] It’s a shame because in a lot of cases I can envision some awesome avatars for the likes of **Stranger on a Train** , **Elendil’s Heir** , **Hoopy\_Frood** , **Dinsdale** , or **Tired\_and\_Cranky**. But at the same time I can grok why some don’t use any. To each his own I guess. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2021, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-holdouts-going-to-stick-to-your-guns-or-eventually-get-one/940022/2 "2021-04-15T01:38:58Z")
I’m here to learn stuff and trade opinions with the smartest people I can find. I’ve got no time for cutesy stuff like Avatars and Signatures and catchphrases (Regards, Quarries, etc…) Doesn’t mean I don’t want people to have a cute avatar of their lapdog in a party hat, it just means I may notice little Benji the Birthday Boy. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2021, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-holdouts-going-to-stick-to-your-guns-or-eventually-get-one/940022/3 "2021-04-15T02:21:19Z")
I’ve got all the custom avatar I need. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2021, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-holdouts-going-to-stick-to-your-guns-or-eventually-get-one/940022/4 "2021-04-15T02:40:30Z")
Naw. This is fine ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2021, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-holdouts-going-to-stick-to-your-guns-or-eventually-get-one/940022/5 "2021-04-15T02:44:20Z")
I’ve got an avatar. It looks just like me. Why would I change it? ---
**Author:** ![mikecurtis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikecurtis/32/3284_2.png) [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2021, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-holdouts-going-to-stick-to-your-guns-or-eventually-get-one/940022/6 "2021-04-15T03:05:00Z")
I thought that was you! ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2021, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-holdouts-going-to-stick-to-your-guns-or-eventually-get-one/940022/7 "2021-04-15T16:30:47Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > It’s a shame because in a lot of cases I can envision some awesome avatars for the likes of **Stranger on a Train** , **Elendil’s Heir** , **Hoopy\_Frood** , **Dinsdale** , or **Tired\_and\_Cranky**. A “Create an avatar for another poster” thread might be fun. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2021, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-holdouts-going-to-stick-to-your-guns-or-eventually-get-one/940022/8 "2021-04-15T16:46:48Z")
I’m too ‘old school’ to ever use an avatar. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2021, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-holdouts-going-to-stick-to-your-guns-or-eventually-get-one/940022/9 "2021-04-15T16:51:00Z")
I didn’t want avatars use one anyway if tomorrow they go away I won’t shed many tears ---
**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:** [April 16, 2021, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-holdouts-going-to-stick-to-your-guns-or-eventually-get-one/940022/10 "2021-04-16T15:30:03Z")
I don’t consider myself to be sticking to any guns. On the vBB board, I elected to not have avatars show, and I would be pleased if I still had that option. On Discourse, I preferred to not have even the square with my initial, so I scanned a sheet of blank paper and uploaded that. On my chosen theme, it appears that I don’t have anything. I’ve been given to understand that it’s visible on other themes, but since I never see those themes, it makes no difference to me. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2021, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-holdouts-going-to-stick-to-your-guns-or-eventually-get-one/940022/11 "2021-04-16T15:48:31Z")
I may or may not at some point, if something catches my fancy. Otherwise this works for now. Not so much a “holding out” as a “eh, whatever”. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2021, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-holdouts-going-to-stick-to-your-guns-or-eventually-get-one/940022/12 "2021-04-16T16:17:01Z")
Avatars here are more than “cutesy”; they’re functional. Under a thread title or at the end of an OP, you see the avatars of the people who have posted. Just seeing an initial isn’t all that informative to the rest of us. You can always choose a deadly serious, grim, mature avatar with no whiff of cutesy-ness about it. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2021, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-holdouts-going-to-stick-to-your-guns-or-eventually-get-one/940022/13 "2021-04-16T16:35:58Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Avatars here are more than “cutesy”; they’re functional Ditto. If I’m reading a thread, it helps to distinguish the back-and-forth between posters, and helps if I’m scanning backward in a longer thread I happened across looking for the beginning of some sub-part of the discussion, if I know the avatars of the discussers. No need to parse usernames; recognizing an avatar speeds that process a little. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2021, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-holdouts-going-to-stick-to-your-guns-or-eventually-get-one/940022/14 "2021-04-16T23:28:49Z")
I’m not tech savvy enough to. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2021, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-holdouts-going-to-stick-to-your-guns-or-eventually-get-one/940022/15 "2021-04-16T23:42:29Z")
There are a couple I wish I could block. I like the posters, but their avatars are viscerally unpleasant to me. Otherwise, I appreciate being able to see at a quick glance who the poster is without opening up the thread. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2021, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-holdouts-going-to-stick-to-your-guns-or-eventually-get-one/940022/16 "2021-04-17T01:44:47Z")
> [@kitap](#): > > I’m not tech savvy enough to. If I can do it, you can do it. ---
**Author:** ![Tired\_and\_Cranky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@Tired\_and\_Cranky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tired_and_Cranky)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2021, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-holdouts-going-to-stick-to-your-guns-or-eventually-get-one/940022/17 "2021-04-17T02:07:16Z")
I had an idea for an avatar when they were first introduced but there was no easy way for me to nicely render it in the tiny thumbnail so I didn’t try. Then, I just sort of forgot about thinking of another one. > [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > A “Create an avatar for another poster” thread might be fun. I would gratefully accept an avatar that someone made for me. Unless it were _really_ bad. ---
**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:** [April 17, 2021, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-holdouts-going-to-stick-to-your-guns-or-eventually-get-one/940022/18 "2021-04-17T02:40:11Z")
> [@Tired\_and\_Cranky](#): > > I would gratefully accept an avatar that someone made for me. Unless it were _really_ bad. - Obviously, I didn’t make it. [![](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/d0/96/14/d09614b479e3473a0f8687cf07e49b3c.png) ](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/d0/96/14/d09614b479e3473a0f8687cf07e49b3c.png) ---
**Author:** ![Galactus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galactus/32/3581_2.png) [@Galactus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Galactus)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2021, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-holdouts-going-to-stick-to-your-guns-or-eventually-get-one/940022/19 "2021-04-17T04:20:57Z")
My avatar appears different to everybody who views it (obscure comic book reference) If someone could do better than Kirby I’d be interested. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2021, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-holdouts-going-to-stick-to-your-guns-or-eventually-get-one/940022/20 "2021-04-17T04:25:32Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > If I can do it, you can do it. Ditto. I was never able to figure out how to do it on the old board. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-holdouts-going-to-stick-to-your-guns-or-eventually-get-one/940022.md?page=2)