Avatars, comments thereon

That thead was a PITA. About 30 people changed their avatars to pics of a dark cat. Their cat, which was obvious to them. But to the rest of us, they were all generic dark cat pix; you couldn’t tell any of them apart.

Yours at least had the virtue of distinctiveness. And cuteness. And a connection to your Dopername.

Yep.


Agree that @DocCathode’s change is an improvement given what we know of the character he’s sorta-playing.


OTOH, as a general matter ISTM people ought to not change avatars as fashion statements. Pick one and stick with it for life.


And that andy guy doesn’t have an andy in his avatar either. What’s with these people? :wink:

How do you know the hippo’s not named Andy?

I used to have the orange swimming cat who had no fcks left.
Wasn’t I the one who started the cat avatar thread?

Yes.

As am I that @Dinsdale’s isn’t Spiny Norman.

I’m not saying the avatar has to be a literal representation of the user name, but it’s better that way.

Ut-oh.

Which would mean my switching my avatar to an orange cat, since Eddy, Teddy, and Freddy (RIP) were orange boys. Should I do that? Or stick with this one, which is of my thumb-boy Schooner (RIP)?

ETA: Here’s a candidate, the late Teddy:

As long as it represents your online name, or your online personality, it’'ll be be fine.

j/k.

Ouch, quick kicking me with the sparkly jackboots! It was a joke, I swear!11!1!!1! Ouch! ouch! OUCH!!!

Wait. Wot? < bwink >

Are you implying…?

< sigh > Well, I suppose if the carapace fits…

It’s okay, I promise!

You are a sweet and savory inside. With the crusty outside needed to deal with the slings and arrows of being the Doper Police.

In that way, your avatar is a perfect fit.

I think Teddy makes a splendid avatar. Gorgeous handsome boy he is, keep it.

My avatar is my cat Samantha preventing literacy. For a while I changed it to Moopsy from Star Trek Lower Decks, but I decided I liked the original better.

Mine is J. R. “Bob” Dobbs, founder and patron saint of the Church of the SubGenius (look it up at your own risk). A Time magazine internet-based poll named him the “#1 Phoney or Fraud of the 20th century” — a sentiment I wholly share.

I bought a copy of the church’s High Weirdness By Mail years ago at a yard sale. I am finally getting rid of it. I have found some SubGenius sites with a high weirdness by web section.

For the unfamiliar- It goes like this- Is it an actual cult? Nah, it’s a joke. Wait, it’s thinly disguised social commentary.

The military industrial complex has won. Most people are sheep consumers. You cannot win the war. You cannot change the world. But, you can stop them from stealing your slack!

If I am wrong in any of this, I know somebody will correct me.

I read that. They need an updated version.

I love my avatar, though I can’t help but admit it is not great as a coin-sized blotch of low-three-digit pixels.

It is Finn and Jake from Adventure Time, imagined as the Rider-Waite Tarot trump VIII (Strength).

Okay, avatar admirers, the current one is Ted, of, yes, Eddy, Teddy, and Freddy. Here are Ed (head turned) and Fred (stretched out). Should I switch to one of these?

I vote for staying with Ted! But then again I have a known preference for front-faced avatars with a look of exasperation…

:wink: