# Avatars, comments thereon

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 15, 2025, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars-comments-thereon/1015633 "2025-03-15T23:46:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2025, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars-comments-thereon/1015633/31 "2025-03-16T13:47:50Z")

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> [@ParallelLines](#):
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> Better than being described as a campfire with burning logs as another poster originally did!

> [@(Mis)identify someone else's SDMB avatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-identify-someone-elses-sdmb-avatar/980129/2):
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> Well, @solost shares the opinion, in a past thread on this subject!
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> > [@(Mis)identify someone else's SDMB avatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-identify-someone-elses-sdmb-avatar/980129/2):
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> > For a long time I thought @ParallelLines’ avatar was that of a campfire, but it’s actually the face of some hideous frog-like creature with Yosemite Sam eyebrows.

Hey, no disrespect was intended. I like campfires! Also, when I thought I saw crossed logs in your avatar, I assumed you were making a delightfully subtle ironic counterpoint to your username.

I’m getting bored with my avatar, and the reason why I created it in the first place no longer exists. I’m thinking of changing it soon. Campfire, maybe?

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