# Misinterpreted avatars

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 14, 2024, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-avatars/1001578 "2024-05-14T22:40:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2024, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-avatars/1001578/2 "2024-05-14T22:59:58Z")

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A few classics from a prior thread:

> [@(Mis)identify someone else's SDMB avatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mis-identify-someone-elses-sdmb-avatar/980129):
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> Select one or two fellow Dopers who use an avatar on this site—the more obscure the image, the better. (No picking yourself!) Then show off your smarts by identifying the subject of the image. Or alternatively, come up with a humorous misinterpretation of it. @Frodo uses an image of Frodo Baggins from J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, Vol. I, a 1990 role-playing computer game by Interplay. This I know because I used to play the game incessantly, though it was too difficult for my se…

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