# avatars **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 2, 2004, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars/267242 "2004-10-02T22:47:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Beaver\_Cleaver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@Beaver\_Cleaver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beaver_Cleaver)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars/267242/1 "2004-10-02T22:47:46Z")
I want to know why I can’t put my avatar on my profile? ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars/267242/2 "2004-10-02T23:01:47Z")
If that’s a statement, why the question mark? Gratuitous use of profanity makes it sound more Pitly, too. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars/267242/3 "2004-10-02T23:03:07Z")
> [@Beaver Cleaver](#): > > I want to know why I can’t put my avatar on my profile? Because avatars are gay. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars/267242/4 "2004-10-02T23:05:41Z")
**lissener** : 😛 **Beaver Cleaver** : Sounds like a question for the ATMB forum. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars/267242/5 "2004-10-02T23:06:39Z")
> [@Beaver Cleaver](#): > > I want to know why I can’t put my avatar on my profile? For the same reason that you cannot place images directly into posts and that posters are asked to keep their sigs fewer than four lines: the board’s servers tend to operate in a constant state of overload and few things that will slow the loading of threads are permitted. ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars/267242/6 "2004-10-02T23:10:42Z")
> [@lissener](#): > > Because avatars are gay. “Gay” as an insult? You bigoted homophobe. Now you have to suck your own dick. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars/267242/7 "2004-10-02T23:14:26Z")
> [@Ilsa\_Lund](#): > > “Gay” as an insult? You bigoted homophobe. Now you have to suck your own dick. I never suggested it was an insult. You’re projecting your own negative prejudices, you homophobic pansy-ass. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars/267242/8 "2004-10-02T23:15:17Z")
> [@lissener](#): > > I never suggested it was an insult. You’re projecting your own negative prejudices, you homophobic pansy-ass. So what was it? A compliment? ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars/267242/9 "2004-10-02T23:17:29Z")
> [@Kythereia](#): > > So what was it? A compliment? It was an unequivocal statement of fact. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars/267242/10 "2004-10-02T23:18:36Z")
> [@lissener](#): > > It was an unequivocal statement of fact. That avatars are gay. OK, call me a moron, but I’m not seeing the logic behind this. ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars/267242/11 "2004-10-02T23:20:33Z")
> [@lissener](#): > > I never suggested it was an insult. You’re projecting your own negative prejudices, you homophobic pansy-ass. Oh, yeah? Well, you secretly think about having sex with women! 😛 (Is a homophobe someone who _sounds_ like a gay person, but is spelled differently?) ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars/267242/12 "2004-10-02T23:21:09Z")
> [@Kythereia](#): > > That avatars are gay. > > OK, call me a moron, but I’m not seeing the logic behind this. I hate to spoil everyone’s fun (actually it’s kinda amusing in a childish way), but for the sake of avoiding an unnecessary 3-page trainwreck, **lissener** is gay and, I think, joking. Either that or he means avatars are happy, which seems unlikely but possible. I wouldn’t worry about it that much if I were you. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars/267242/13 "2004-10-02T23:21:38Z")
> [@Ilsa\_Lund](#): > > Oh, yeah? Well, you secretly think about having sex with women! 😛 > > (Is a homophobe someone who _sounds_ like a gay person, but is spelled differently?) I’m more than probably being whooshed, but in the off-chance I’m not, you’re thinking of a homophone. A homophobe is somone who hates / fears / is prejudiced against gay people. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars/267242/14 "2004-10-02T23:22:44Z")
> [@iampunha](#): > > I hate to spoil everyone’s fun (actually it’s kinda amusing in a childish way), but for the sake of avoiding an unnecessary 3-page trainwreck, **lissener** is gay and, I think, joking. Either that or he means avatars are happy, which seems unlikely but possible. > > I wouldn’t worry about it that much if I were you. …Ohhhhh… And to previous post of mine: …Ohhhhhh… _displays prominent “DUNCE” cap_ ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars/267242/15 "2004-10-02T23:24:26Z")
> [@Kythereia](#): > > _displays prominent “DUNCE” cap_ That fucker better be tastefully decorated or Al-Gayda will be after you like white after Labor Day. ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars/267242/16 "2004-10-02T23:25:06Z")
Is your hair ruffled?😉 **lissener** is gay, and has suggested that homophobes can suck his dick(:o); I know what a homophone is; and **iampunha** spoils all of our fun. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars/267242/17 "2004-10-02T23:27:08Z")
> [@Ilsa\_Lund](#): > > Is your hair ruffled?😉 **lissener** is gay, and has suggested that homophobes can suck his dick(:o); I know what a homophone is; and **iampunha** spoils all of our fun. 😃 Yeah, I realized that two seconds _after_ I posted it. **Kythereia** = major :wally **iampunha** : Eeeep! :eek: _hides “Dunce” cap_ ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars/267242/18 "2004-10-02T23:44:54Z")
> [@Ilsa\_Lund](#): > > Is your hair ruffled?😉 **lissener** is gay, and has suggested that homophobes can suck his dick(:o); I know what a homophone is; and **iampunha** spoils all of our fun. 😃 Google for bananaphone, and do the mental conversion/substitution. Warning-some images contain badgers. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars/267242/19 "2004-10-02T23:48:36Z")
Oh, you said _avatar_! Well that’s different. Nevermind. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2004, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars/267242/20 "2004-10-03T00:13:42Z")
No it isn’t. Avatars are _TO_-tally gay. Al-batross! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars/267242.md?page=2)