# I turned on avatars today. **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 8, 2018, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-on-avatars-today/819255 "2018-08-08T00:29:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Wakinyan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wakinyan/32/352_2.png) [@Wakinyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wakinyan)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2018, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-on-avatars-today/819255/161 "2018-08-08T21:12:13Z")
OK, I’m in. But remember, nobody changes avatar once chosen, because that will be super confusing for some of us! ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2018, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-on-avatars-today/819255/162 "2018-08-08T21:16:26Z")
> [@Wakinyan](#): > > OK, I’m in. But remember, nobody changes avatar once chosen, because that will be super confusing for some of us! Okay peeps, time to change your avatars!!! 😃 (Don’t worry, I’m good until hockey season starts) ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2018, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-on-avatars-today/819255/163 "2018-08-08T21:21:17Z")
> [@Wakinyan](#): > > OK, I’m in. But remember, nobody changes avatar once chosen, because that will be super confusing for some of us! Mine is just a place holder for now, it will change. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2018, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-on-avatars-today/819255/164 "2018-08-08T21:22:18Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Mine is just a place holder for now, it will change. Same here, probably. ---
**Author:** ![Wakinyan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wakinyan/32/352_2.png) [@Wakinyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wakinyan)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2018, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-on-avatars-today/819255/165 "2018-08-08T21:27:30Z")
God damnit. (Well, mine too, probably, to be honest; I just took a lame ass pic that went with my not too well chosen user name.) ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2018, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-on-avatars-today/819255/166 "2018-08-08T21:37:50Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > I propose a rule that we automatically put a special avatar for banned members. 😃 > [@kayaker](#): > > Maybe a scarlet **B** ^ Like. ---
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2018, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-on-avatars-today/819255/167 "2018-08-08T22:11:54Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > This was so easy, even I could figure it out. > > [https://avatarmaker.net/](https://avatarmaker.net/) That’s where I went…but there seems to be a bit of art in deciding what looks decent at 50x50px. I think I’m happy with it for now–one tuner off of my bass. ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2018, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-on-avatars-today/819255/168 "2018-08-08T22:34:36Z")
This will be my avatar for all time. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2018, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-on-avatars-today/819255/169 "2018-08-08T22:45:30Z")
> [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](#): > > This will be my avatar for all time. I see the astronaut, but I don’t see fiendishnicity. Maybe give him a Snidely Whiplash mustache . ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2018, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-on-avatars-today/819255/170 "2018-08-08T22:48:32Z")
Dear Ms. Diva, thanks for turning on avamatars. ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2018, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-on-avatars-today/819255/171 "2018-08-08T23:00:19Z")
> [@minor7flat5](#): > > That’s where I went…but there seems to be a bit of art in deciding what looks decent at 50x50px. I think I’m happy with it for now–one tuner off of my bass. Yeah, hard to get much detail in 50x50px, but I think I actually like that most people probably can’t make out [WTF my avatar is](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slave_Market_with_the_Disappearing_Bust_of_Voltaire). It’s distinctive, so it does the job. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2018, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-on-avatars-today/819255/172 "2018-08-08T23:16:12Z")
I think this size is fine for an avatar. There are a few I’ve seen that are sort of a blur, trying to cram too much detail into too little space, but most of them are pretty effective. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2018, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-on-avatars-today/819255/173 "2018-08-08T23:40:17Z")
I have a couple of avatar images lying around. One is a self-portrait of me holding an hourglass, but I decided that I didn’t like the way it looked downsized to 50x50. So I went with the visibly-simpler hourglass by itself. And I do like that it takes up the same amount of vertical space as the textual information, so it doesn’t stretch out that field. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2018, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-on-avatars-today/819255/174 "2018-08-08T23:53:47Z")
Cool. It’s about frikkin’ time. Thanks, Tuba! ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2018, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-on-avatars-today/819255/175 "2018-08-09T00:11:45Z")
Test Eta nope ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2018, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-on-avatars-today/819255/176 "2018-08-09T00:14:38Z")
I panicked and grabbed an ancient avatar from the depths of my pictures folder. Yay avatars! ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2018, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-on-avatars-today/819255/177 "2018-08-09T00:27:28Z")
Test ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2018, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-on-avatars-today/819255/178 "2018-08-09T00:28:41Z")
okay, not seeing mine nor anybody else’s. Zup? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2018, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-on-avatars-today/819255/179 "2018-08-09T00:29:40Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > okay, not seeing mine nor anybody else’s. Zup? I see a blue on white pic that says Blue Sun Under user Options; [Edit Avatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/profile.php?do=editavatar) ensure “Do not use an Avatar” is not on. Under Edit Options: [Edit Options](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/profile.php?do=editoptions) ensure “Show Avatars” is on. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2018, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-on-avatars-today/819255/180 "2018-08-09T00:35:15Z")
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