# Avatars, comments thereon **URL:** \ **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")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 34
**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, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars-comments-thereon/1015633/34 "2025-03-16T16:19:13Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > Until now I assumed your handle was “ **solo-ist** ”, but apparently is instead “ **so-lost** ”. Yeah, I get that a lot. I briefly considered having my signature or description line changed to “Not soloist” at one point. > [@John\_DiFool](#): > > I was about to suggest someone playing a violin or maybe a guitar, but howzabout a shipwreck victim in a life raft? Hmm, maybe. I originally called myself ‘solost’ because I came out of lurkerdom and subscribed in order to comment in the “Lost” thread in its final season. If we could have done custom avatars then (I don’t think we could, then?), I probably would have chosen the Dharma Initiative logo. But that show is anathema to me now. > [@ParallelLines](#): > > I was poking fun Yeah, I figured you were (hoped, anyway 😉) --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars-comments-thereon/1015633)._