# 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:** 22
**Author:** ![bucketybuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@bucketybuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bucketybuck)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2010, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatards/556161/421 "2010-10-13T07:30:10Z")
> [@Mince](#): > > > [@bucketybuck](#): > > > > Cool? Sounds like the cast list of a Twillight film. > > Ah good, you’re back. I need your opinion. When avatars finally get approved, which do you think I should go with? > > [This one?](http://oz.deichman.net/uploaded_images/family_simpson_avatars-719113.gif) > > [This one?](http://www.mitsyavilaovalles.com/uploaded_images/rusty_kuntz-717771.jpg) > > [Or this one?](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3616/3412801042_efb10276f3.jpg) > > I mean, which do you think will give me that intellectually sophisticated edge I need while posting here? > > Thanks in advance. I am more curious if the “Rusty Kuntz” picture would be allowed? So go with that one. ---
**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 13, 2010, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatards/556161/422 "2010-10-13T13:44:35Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > little kitty Umlaut. …runnin’ through the forest, snatchin’ up the ogoneks and bashin’ 'em on the glyph. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2010, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatards/556161/423 "2010-10-13T14:19:34Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > > [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > > > Have you ever noticed that the diacritical marks have the coolest names? > > My cousin once claimed that she was going to have a child and name it Umlaut Haček. She can’t have a good Umlaut without breaking a few eggs. Well, one at least. -d&r- ---
**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 13, 2010, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatards/556161/424 "2010-10-13T18:41:45Z")
Yeah, yeah, mister smart guy. Let’s see you pun on haček! ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2010, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatards/556161/425 "2010-10-13T18:45:48Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > Yeah, yeah, mister smart guy. Let’s see you pun on haček! That’s when you make three goals in a row, innit? It also has a lesser-known cousin, the coaček. ---
**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 13, 2010, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatards/556161/426 "2010-10-13T19:06:41Z")
:smack: ---
**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 13, 2010, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatards/556161/427 "2010-10-13T23:45:17Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > > [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > > > little kitty Umlaut. > > …runnin’ through the forest, snatchin’ up the ogoneks and bashin’ 'em on the glyph. That is even more awesome. This is how awesome we get without avatars - I’d probably die from awesome overload if we actually got them some day. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatards/556161/428 "2010-10-14T01:39:38Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > :smack: No, that’s the bounček. ---
**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 14, 2010, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatards/556161/429 "2010-10-14T03:44:53Z")
Bacon in frying pans! ---
**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 14, 2010, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatards/556161/430 "2010-10-14T03:46:14Z")
OOOOoooooh! ---
**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 14, 2010, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatards/556161/431 "2010-10-14T03:47:28Z")
OMG we’re talking about avatars! Slippery slope! Slippery slope! ---
**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 14, 2010, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatards/556161/432 "2010-10-14T03:49:15Z")
to DEATH BACON! ---
**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 14, 2010, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatards/556161/433 "2010-10-14T03:55:14Z")
OOOOoooooh! ---
**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 14, 2010, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatards/556161/434 "2010-10-14T04:16:01Z")
With my Death Bacon avatar, I will single-handedly change the culture of the message board, from an enclave of advanced intellectual discourse, inquiry and exploration, into a pit of lulz, lolcats, memes, and one-line quips written in textspeak! MWAH HA HA HA HA! ---
**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:** [October 14, 2010, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatards/556161/435 "2010-10-14T04:55:29Z")
> [@Gustav](#): > > … > It goes something like this: > “Oh, they use avatars on this forum… I guess I should find an image for mine” = normal person. > “Oh boy! They use avatars on this forum! Finally a way to ensure _everyone_ knows who my favorite fiction character is!” = horrible attention whore. “Oh, look. Dude’s got a cat. Let’s see what he wrote…” = normal person Whereas, the horrible attention whore thinks: "Ooooooooh, right now somebody’s probably looking at my cat avatar… and now they’re magnifying it somehow… and they can see that it’s not just a cat, but a LOLcat with a Death Bacon hoodie on… and they’re tweeting that I’m awesome… and someone somewhere mighta just posted on Facebook that she’s got a crush on “that LOLcat with a Death Bacon hoodie.” ---
**Author:** ![bucketybuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@bucketybuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bucketybuck)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatards/556161/436 "2010-10-14T08:09:47Z")
This last two pages is like wandering into the Giraffe board. ---
**Author:** ![Mince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mince)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatards/556161/437 "2010-10-14T08:18:56Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > > [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > > > Yeah, yeah, mister smart guy. Let’s see you pun on haček! > > That’s when you make three goals in a row, innit? No, no. That’s when you _allow_ three goals in a row. If that happens, you’ve been [Haseked.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominik_Ha%C5%A1ek) ---
**Author:** ![Mince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mince)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatards/556161/438 "2010-10-14T08:20:47Z")
> [@bucketybuck](#): > > This last two pages is like wandering into the Giraffe board. Dude, you’re the one who started the thread; he who seemingly has intellectual issues with goofy pictures but not goofy monikers, like “bucketybuck,” for instance. ---
**Author:** ![bucketybuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@bucketybuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bucketybuck)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatards/556161/439 "2010-10-14T08:28:10Z")
> [@Mince](#): > > but not goofy monikers, like “bucketybuck,” for instance. I have you know that this username has deep, personal, profound, symbolic and deep meaning for me. Goofy indeed. ---
**Author:** ![Mince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mince)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatards/556161/440 "2010-10-14T08:41:25Z")
> [@bucketybuck](#): > > > [@Mince](#): > > > > but not goofy monikers, like “bucketybuck,” for instance. > > I have you know that this username has deep, personal, profound, symbolic and deep meaning for me. > > Goofy indeed. And many avatars that you presume are juvenile and childish would have the same meaning to the people who present them. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatards/556161.md?page=21) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatards/556161.md?page=23)