# Avatards **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 5, 2010, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatards/556161 "2010-10-05T19:22:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 20
**Author:** ![Mince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mince)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2010, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatards/556161/381 "2010-10-11T10:40:49Z")
> [@Red\_Barchetta](#): > > > [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > > > You new kids are completely ruining our glorious board. I don’t think we should even have the ability to bold, italicize or underline. We should strive for uniformity in all things. > > Agreed, including the content of our posts…starting now. > > You new kids are completely ruining our glorious board. I don’t think we should even have the ability to bold, italicize or underline. We should strive for uniformity in all things. Ah, a brilliant Red Barchetta. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2010, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatards/556161/382 "2010-10-11T14:56:51Z")
[del] > [@begbert2](#): > > Then I’ll try to say this slower: by your own statement you apparently don’t _need_ to recognize everyone, and the ones that are notable, you’ll note anyway. It’s not “everyone needs to be instantly distinguished” or “nobody does”. Apparently this is still confusing for you. \*\*Mijin \*\*nailed a good part of it pretty well, but I’ll expand, too. I am able to recognize some handful of the most active and notable posters (notable either positively or negatively) after having been active here for _over a year_. I still have problems keeping certain people straight (especially the ones with similar usernames), and there are still users who even though I now remember them required a hell of a lot of posts of a certain kind for me to remember some relevant bit of information about them. For instance, _right now, in this thread_, I keep conflating you and **bucketybuck**. > [@](#): > > For another example of black and white, it’s not just “I love avatars” and “I am unaware they can be hidden”, either. I know that you think they’re stupid but aren’t necessarily advocating that we not have them. The point is that you keep making retarded “arguments” instead of just shutting up at “I don’t like them, but I don’t care if we have them.” > [@](#): > > You do realize that every time you pretend I haven’t made an argument for (minor) potential harm from turning on avatars, you further verify the fact that you are, indeed, an idiot _and_ an asshole. Your “minor potential harms” are all so far beyond WAG territory they aren’t guesses so much as something you came up with by throwing darts at an Ouija board. > [@begbert2](#): > > **Shot From Guns** […] they […] their If you’d prefer to use gendered pronouns, I’m female. Which has been pointed out in a very large number of threads. Which you might remember if you had an avatar to associate with my name.[/del] You new kids are completely ruining our glorious board. I don’t think we should even have the ability to bold, italicize or underline. We should strive for uniformity in all things. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2010, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatards/556161/383 "2010-10-11T15:04:19Z")
I don’t wanna wear a uniform. ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2010, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatards/556161/384 "2010-10-11T15:06:02Z")
Now _let’s_ see… I’ll **just** post without an avatar. …Won’t stop me from being an [COLOR=“DarkOrchid”]_asshole_.[/COLOR] ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2010, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatards/556161/385 "2010-10-11T15:20:16Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > If you’d prefer to use gendered pronouns, I’m female. Which has been pointed out in a very large number of threads. Which you might remember if you had an avatar to associate with my name. Casting my vote for avatars with boobs in 'em. ---
**Author:** ![Zeriel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/58956e/32.png) [@Zeriel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeriel)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2010, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatards/556161/386 "2010-10-11T15:36:30Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > Casting my vote for avatars with boobs in 'em. What are you, 12? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2010, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatards/556161/387 "2010-10-11T15:59:34Z")
> [@Zeriel](#): > > > [@Bosstone](#): > > > > Casting my vote for avatars with boobs in 'em. > > What are you, 12? :rolleyes: No, I’m male. A distinction without a difference, I’ll grant you. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2010, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatards/556161/388 "2010-10-11T16:31:15Z")
I hear jokes are hard to get. Confirm/deny? ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2010, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatards/556161/389 "2010-10-11T17:02:35Z")
> [@Mince](#): > > Ah, a brilliant Red Barchetta. A little green rosetta. > [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > I don’t wanna wear a uniform. Everybody in this room is wearing a uniform, and don’t kid yourself. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2010, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatards/556161/390 "2010-10-11T17:16:58Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > You new kids are completely ruining our glorious board. I don’t think we should even have the ability to bold, italicize or underline. We should strive for uniformity in all things. Agreed, including the content of our posts…starting now. You new kids are completely ruining our glorious board. I don’t think we should even have the ability to bold, italicize or underline. We should strive for uniformity in all things. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2010, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatards/556161/391 "2010-10-11T17:50:21Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > You know, I find it quite funny that people are arguing that avatars will lower the level of discourse here, (Because, you know, Funny Things Said During Sex and Pan-Fried Semen were soooo erudite) when the board has trashy google ads, popups and people have reported getting malware from the board. It is to laugh. I said it before, and I’ll say it again - if we exempt Great Debates, we might have a winning proposal. Leave all the Big Brains out of it, and maybe they’ll let the rest of us have fun. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2010, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatards/556161/392 "2010-10-11T18:31:34Z")
> [@jali](#): > > Now _let’s_ see… > > I’ll **just** post without an avatar. > …Won’t stop me from being an [COLOR=“DarkOrchid”]_asshole_.[/COLOR] You know, even if formatting were turned off by default, so long as there is an option for others to turn it on, the board would still be terrible, because all people would ever talk about was the formatting. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2010, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatards/556161/393 "2010-10-11T18:46:46Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > I hear jokes are hard to get. Confirm/deny? If we only could attach :rimshot: sound effects to our posts this would all be cleared up. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2010, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatards/556161/394 "2010-10-11T19:11:25Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > You know, even if formatting were turned off by default, so long as there is an option for others to turn it on, the board would still be terrible, because all people would ever talk about was the formatting. Not to mention the chaos and confusion that would result when users constantly change the typeface they use for their post. One day, they’re posting with Trebuchet, the next with Arial. Also, what kind of people do you suppose will look at this forum and say to themselves “I will rather post somewhere else instead, because I can’t change the typeface, color, size or style of text?” Probably not many, but it stands to reason that filtering out such people will elevate the average level of discourse. And it really doesn’t take a huge amount of shit posters to significantly drag down a forum. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2010, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatards/556161/395 "2010-10-11T19:30:37Z")
> [@Tom\_Scud](#): > > If we only could attach :rimshot: sound effects to our posts this would all be cleared up. We can already attach rimshots [like my wife attaches her fat tuchus to the couch!](http://www.ilovewavs.com/Effects/Music/Sound%20Effect%20-%20Rimshot.wav) Why do Jewish men die before their wives? [They want to.](http://www.ilovewavs.com/Effects/Music/Sound%20Effect%20-%20Rimshot.wav) Why do Jewish divorces cost so much? [They’re worth it.](http://www.ilovewavs.com/Effects/Music/Sound%20Effect%20-%20Rimshot.wav) My wife is an earth sign. I’m a water sign. [Together we make mud.](http://www.ilovewavs.com/Effects/Music/Sound%20Effect%20-%20Rimshot.wav) I take my wife everywhere, but [she keeps finding her way back.](http://www.ilovewavs.com/Effects/Music/Sound%20Effect%20-%20Rimshot.wav) My wife will buy anything marked down. [Last year she bought an escalator.](http://www.ilovewavs.com/Effects/Music/Sound%20Effect%20-%20Rimshot.wav) I’ve been in love with the same woman for 49 years. [If my wife every finds out, she’ll kill me!](http://www.ilovewavs.com/Effects/Music/Sound%20Effect%20-%20Rimshot.wav) My wife loves to shop at Bloomingdale’s. [I bring her mail there twice a week.](http://www.ilovewavs.com/Effects/Insects/Sound%20Effect%20-%20Cricket%2002.wav) Thank you, ladies and gentlemen! I’ll be here all night. Try the veal. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2010, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatards/556161/396 "2010-10-11T19:30:43Z")
> [@Tom\_Scud](#): > > If we only could attach :rimshot: sound effects to our posts this would all be cleared up. Probably a good rule of thumb for everyone that if it’s \*\*Bosstone \*\*replying to me with something ridiculous, it’s a joke. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2010, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatards/556161/397 "2010-10-11T19:33:02Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > > [@Tom\_Scud](#): > > > > If we only could attach :rimshot: sound effects to our posts this would all be cleared up. > > Probably a good rule of thumb for everyone that if it’s \*\*Bosstone \*\*replying to me with something ridiculous, it’s a joke. 😃 What joke? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2010, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatards/556161/398 "2010-10-11T19:40:16Z")
I should make this my signature until we can get avatars: ( . Y . ) ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2010, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatards/556161/399 "2010-10-11T20:09:06Z")
> [@aclockworkmelon](#): > > > [@aclockworkmelon](#): > > > > you new kids are completely ruining our glorious board. I don’t think we should even have the ability to bold, italicize or underline. We should strive for uniformity in all things. > > agreed, including the content of our posts…starting now. > > You new kids are completely ruining our glorious board. I don’t think we should even have the ability to bold, italicize or underline. We should strive for uniformity in all things. 01000001 01100111 01110010 01100101 01100101 01100100 00101100 00100000 01101001 01101110 01100011 01101100 01110101 01100100 01101001 01101110 01100111 00100000 01110100 01101000 01100101 00100000 01100011 01101111 01101110 01110100 01100101 01101110 01110100 00100000 01101111 01100110 00100000 01101111 01110101 01110010 00100000 01110000 01101111 01110011 01110100 01110011 00101110 00101110 00101110 01110011 01110100 01100001 01110010 01110100 01101001 01101110 01100111 00100000 01101110 01101111 01110111 00101110 00001101 00001010 00001101 00001010 01011001 01101111 01110101 00100000 01101110 01100101 01110111 00100000 01101011 01101001 01100100 01110011 00100000 01100001 01110010 01100101 00100000 01100011 01101111 01101101 01110000 01101100 01100101 01110100 01100101 01101100 01111001 00100000 01110010 01110101 01101001 01101110 01101001 01101110 01100111 00100000 01101111 01110101 01110010 00100000 01100111 01101100 01101111 01110010 01101001 01101111 01110101 01110011 00100000 01100010 01101111 01100001 01110010 01100100 00101110 00100000 01001001 00100000 01100100 01101111 01101110 00100111 01110100 00100000 01110100 01101000 01101001 01101110 01101011 00100000 01110111 01100101 00100000 01110011 01101000 01101111 01110101 01101100 01100100 00100000 01100101 01110110 01100101 01101110 00100000 01101000 01100001 01110110 01100101 00100000 01110100 01101000 01100101 00100000 01100001 01100010 01101001 01101100 01101001 01110100 01111001 00100000 01110100 01101111 00100000 01100010 01101111 01101100 01100100 00101100 00100000 01101001 01110100 01100001 01101100 01101001 01100011 01101001 01111010 01100101 00100000 01101111 01110010 00100000 01110101 01101110 01100100 01100101 01110010 01101100 01101001 01101110 01100101 00101110 00100000 01010111 01100101 00100000 01110011 01101000 01101111 01110101 01101100 01100100 00100000 01110011 01110100 01110010 01101001 01110110 01100101 00100000 01100110 01101111 01110010 00100000 01110101 01101110 01101001 01100110 01101111 01110010 01101101 01101001 01110100 01111001 00100000 01101001 01101110 00100000 01100001 01101100 01101100 00100000 01110100 01101000 01101001 01101110 01100111 01110011 00101110 00100000 00001101 00001010 ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2010, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatards/556161/400 "2010-10-11T20:24:59Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > I should make this my signature until we can get avatars: ( . Y . ) I am intrigued by your ideas and wish to subscribe to your newsletter. As long as it has pictures in it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatards/556161.md?page=19) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatards/556161.md?page=21)