# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2004, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars/267242/41 "2004-10-03T08:28:26Z")
> [@](#): > > Thats a bunch of reg bullshit. That lame explainantion might work on the other tards around here but not with me. “Reg” bullshit? Registered? Regulated? Regular? Regulation? _(whatever)_ “Other” tards? So you are a different sort of tard than the ones you have found here? > [@](#): > > You’re telling me that you expect me to pay membership dues to a site that can’t even run from a reliable server? How many of your members are paying you? As it happens, _ **I** _ don’t expect you to do anything at all. This is not my site. I happen to be a member and, as you posted your question in the middle of the night, I thought I’d provide an immediate answer rather than making you wait for some staff member to wander by, later. If you would prefer to churlishly, that is fine, but if you respond to polite responses with hostility, you are unlikely to get many more polite responses. The money may or may not be adequate to fund a server (and since this board is strictly a side issue for the Chicago Reader, they have less interest in buying more powerful servers that you might guess). There has been a recent upgrade, but it has been too recent to re-evaluate the rules limiting expensive tack-ons. One benefit of the fee has been to reduce the number of cranks and other nasty posters with little to contribute. Judging by your posts, so far, it would seem that that will continue to be successful effort. As to those who “gheyed up” your thread, that would be a form of banter or badinage that you are likely to encounter in many threads, here. If you are not up to handling that sort of humor, this may, indeed, not be the site for you. ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2004, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars/267242/42 "2004-10-03T08:39:48Z")
> [@danceswithcats](#): > > Google for bananaphone, and do the mental conversion/substitution. Warning-some images contain badgers. Look thee now unto the face of [bananaphone](http://webpages.charter.net/redemption/banana/), and harken unto the divine voice, and be cast unto bananality forevermore! ---
**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 3, 2004, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars/267242/43 "2004-10-03T09:41:10Z")
> [@Mockingbird](#): > > A site that surely won’t miss you when the door hits you in the ass. That’s just the kind of reply I’d expect from an ass kissing n00b putting on a show for the regs & mods around here. I asked tomndebb legitimate questions, I didnt ask for a posthumping toadie to give me any lip ---
**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 3, 2004, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars/267242/44 "2004-10-03T09:49:07Z")
> [@tomndebb](#): > > “Reg” bullshit? > > Registered? > Regulated? > Regular? > Regulation? > _(whatever)_ > > “Other” tards? > > So you are a different sort of tard than the ones you have found here? > > As it happens, _ **I** _ don’t expect you to do anything at all. This is not my site. I happen to be a member and, as you posted your question in the middle of the night, I thought I’d provide an immediate answer rather than making you wait for some staff member to wander by, later. If you would prefer to churlishly, that is fine, but if you respond to polite responses with hostility, you are unlikely to get many more polite responses. > > The money may or may not be adequate to fund a server (and since this board is strictly a side issue for the Chicago Reader, they have less interest in buying more powerful servers that you might guess). There has been a recent upgrade, but it has been too recent to re-evaluate the rules limiting expensive tack-ons. > > One benefit of the fee has been to reduce the number of cranks and other nasty posters with little to contribute. Judging by your posts, so far, it would seem that that will continue to be successful effort. As to those who “gheyed up” your thread, that would be a form of banter or badinage that you are likely to encounter in many threads, here. If you are not up to handling that sort of humor, this may, indeed, not be the site for you. I can handle anyhting this board has to deal out, don’t worry. I’m a Hall of Fame poster. If the tards of this site want to ghey up my posts fine. I know they’re all just nicswitching bastards following me around anyway. Why not come out and show yourselves Evil Blood, Mini-Me, Cardtrick and all the rest of the Beaver haters I’ve bitchslapped and beaten! I know you’re here. How can an upgrade be too recent to know what it can do? It sounds to me like yourre just trying to keep me down. Either a server can handle the traffic or it can’t! Better server, more functions allowed. Let me test the new server. Give me all the normal functions of a paying member including avs and sigs and I’ll test the board! ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2004, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars/267242/45 "2004-10-03T09:53:11Z")
Mockingbird’s not a n00b, dumbass. That would be, uh, you. And to paraphrase what tomndebb said, if you don’t like the “ghey” (or proper spelling) maybe you should fuck off. I mean really, you come in here calling us a bunch of assholes and expect us to be polite? Yeah, right. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2004, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars/267242/46 "2004-10-03T09:56:01Z")
Methinks Mr. Cleaver sounds an awful lot like a certain recently banned guest who thought his flayming skillz were 7334. ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2004, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars/267242/47 "2004-10-03T09:56:55Z")
> [@Beaver Cleaver](#): > > I know they’re all just nicswitching bastards following me around anyway. Why not come out and show yourselves Evil Blood, Mini-Me, Cardtrick and all the rest of the Beaver haters I’ve bitchslapped and beaten! I know you’re here. Why the fuck would anyone want to follow your sorry ass around? ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2004, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars/267242/48 "2004-10-03T09:57:56Z")
Oh, and to answer your question, **Beav** , if you can’t make your personality and opinions clear without some bandwidth-hogging gif of Barbara Billingsley dancing the tango naked except for her pearls and heels, you might just not belong here. ---
**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 3, 2004, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars/267242/49 "2004-10-03T09:59:22Z")
> [@sturmhauke](#): > > Mockingbird’s not a n00b, dumbass. That would be, uh, you. And to paraphrase what tomndebb said, if you don’t like the “ghey” (or proper spelling) maybe you should fuck off. I mean really, you come in here calling us a bunch of assholes and expect us to be polite? Yeah, right. show me where I called anyone here an asshole! Link please! No I don’t expect you to be polite, I expect to be given the right to have my avatar and sig put up! And compared to my interenet post counts Mockingbird (or should I say Doomsday) is a n00b! ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2004, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars/267242/50 "2004-10-03T10:04:11Z")
> [@Ilsa\_Lund](#): > > “Gay” as an insult? You bigoted homophobe. Now you have to suck your own dick. When the Goddess first designed the human male, the spine was entirely flexible. “Ooops!”, She said. “That won’t work”. ---
**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2004, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars/267242/51 "2004-10-03T10:06:26Z")
Mockingbird a n00b? A toadie? Whiskey tango foxtrot? Please slither back into your hole. ---
**Author:** ![unclviny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e274bd/32.png) [@unclviny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/unclviny)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2004, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars/267242/52 "2004-10-03T10:09:28Z")
**Beaver Cleaver** , Buh bye Unclviny ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2004, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars/267242/53 "2004-10-03T10:12:41Z")
> [@Beaver Cleaver](#): > > show me where I called anyone here an asshole! Link please! No I don’t expect you to be polite, I expect to be given the right to have my avatar and sig put up! And compared to my interenet post counts Mockingbird (or should I say Doomsday) is a n00b! OK, so you didn’t use the exact word “asshole”, but you did use “tards”, “nicswitching bastards”, “ass kissing n00b”, and “posthumping toadie”. And since when do you have a “right” to have an avatar and sig? Can you point to some law that says this? Is it in the US Constitution somewhere that I overlooked? ---
**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 3, 2004, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars/267242/54 "2004-10-03T10:14:27Z")
> [@sturmhauke](#): > > OK, so you didn’t use the exact word “asshole”, but you did use “tards”, “nicswitching bastards”, “ass kissing n00b”, and “posthumping toadie”. And since when do you have a “right” to have an avatar and sig? Can you point to some law that says this? Is it in the US Constitution somewhere that I overlooked? If I pay membership dues to this site, I expect to get my moneys worth. That includes a server than can handle my posts and the right to bear avs & sigs! ---
**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 3, 2004, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars/267242/55 "2004-10-03T10:27:25Z")
> [@unclviny](#): > > **Beaver Cleaver** , > > Buh bye > > Unclviny You’re from Texas and you posthump me with two words. You must be George Bush. Do you have simian features? Shoo little girl Daddys trying to talk with adults. ---
**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 3, 2004, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars/267242/56 "2004-10-03T10:43:00Z")
I dont have time to argue with the riff raff in here about issues they don’t have the depth or qualifications to talk about anyway. Put me through to the head honcho around here. I want somebody from the admin to give me some viable answers about my issues! I’m not just going to give this site free money to be dictated to about my board profile options! Who do you people think you’re dealing with here anyway? Get in the back seat and let me drive and I’ll bring sweeping changes to this dustbowl. I request the board owner to address the true issue of this thread immediately and give me some answers that I can’t poke full of holes without opening my eyes. ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2004, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars/267242/57 "2004-10-03T11:00:39Z")
> [@Beaver Cleaver](#): > > I dont have time to argue with the riff raff in here about issues they don’t have the depth or qualifications to talk about anyway. Put me through to the head honcho around here. I want somebody from the admin to give me some viable answers about my issues! I’m not just going to give this site free money to be dictated to about my board profile options! Who do you people think you’re dealing with here anyway? Get in the back seat and let me drive and I’ll bring sweeping changes to this dustbowl. > > I request the board owner to address the true issue of this thread immediately and give me some answers that I can’t poke full of holes without opening my eyes. Demanding, egocentric, and charming to boot. Are you sure that isn’t your mother calling you? I’m quite sure I hear her. Oh, and she’s really pissed that you keep leaving your retainer at home and not wearing it like a good boy. ---
**Author:** ![MisterThyristor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecccb3/32.png) [@MisterThyristor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MisterThyristor)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2004, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars/267242/58 "2004-10-03T11:03:58Z")
What are you, twelve? Avatars are for gaming boards (maybe). Around here we prefer to establish our personna on the basis of our words of wit and wisdom. To make your first post a demand for an avatar is the worst way to establish yourself here. (Let me apologize in advance to any 12-year-old Dopers who post at levels far beyond their years – I was speaking in terms of average 12-year olds.) ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2004, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars/267242/59 "2004-10-03T11:05:45Z")
> [@Roland Orzabal](#): > > I certainly don’t want one. An avatar, that is. So I guess that makes me gay. Unless _avatars_ are gay. Then that makes me heterosexual. Unless ‘gay’ is an insult rather than a sexuality. Then that makes me straight. Unless I’m gay anyway, since an avatar would then not affect my sexuality at all. But how can I _be_ an insult? And if avatars are an insult, then is everyone on other message boards insulting each other? Ah, I’m so CONFUSED! > > See, it’s threads like this that lead to a loss of sexual identity. Thanks a lot, **lissener** and **Mockingbird**. > > 😃 I live to sexually confuse men so I can knock them head over heels and shout to the heavens. ---
**Author:** ![calm\_kiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@calm\_kiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/calm_kiwi)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2004, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars/267242/60 "2004-10-03T11:11:13Z")
What the fuck are avatars about anyway? Oh look at my sci-fi shit, the band I like this week, pic of me being all deep and meaningful or cute pussy shot (yes both kinds of pussy). How on Earth do they add to anything? Same goes for smilies. As a smilie over-user I thank the dope daily that it doesn’t have all those animated crappy smilies. Beaver I’m sure your avatar was very groovy…now move on. Post without it or fuck off. Grown ups can cope with change. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars/267242.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars/267242.md?page=4)