We could always create ASCIIavatars. They are plain text so it would ensure that the intelligent discourse normally found around here wouldn’t be disrupted. That should appease the text-based purists and the 300 baud modem crowd. You have to walk before you can run.
My text rendition of a crazy horse.
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