You know, I like having an avatar, and many out there are frankly clever and amusing, but what I hate is the results of quoting. These are pretty small avatars (even on my computer, much less my phone), but when you get the 1/4 sized or so version on quote it becomes almost incomprehensible.
Okay, minor quibble, rock on. I am personally voting for @Shadowfacts and @iiandyiiii because their avatars are the most likely to judge me, and I cave under pressure, just ask my house panthers. 
Same here; whenever I see a face avatar, I imagine that face sitting at a computer typing in threads, LOL.
I change up my avatar quite a lot; I wanna keep variety, I guess. Dunno how else to describe it. Right now it’s Ristar, a character by SEGA. I’m also a fan of galaxy and space-themed characters in general.
In the case of my avatar, that’s a perfectly valid assumption! 
Who’s a good boy? Who’s a good boy? You are!
Unless you tell them of course. Silly pup; you’ve blown your cover. I suppose it’s just a matter of time before you self-dox enough that we learn whether you’re a wolf, a spaniel, or some sort of hellhound.
If the pandemic continues much longer and I can’t get enough exercise, I may look like this.
I am a very nice person and I am not judging you. (But my avatar definitely is.)
This, for me, too. I’m grateful that the username I chose all those years ago lends itself to an image that is simple, colorful, and easily recognized.
I embarrassingly fell for this not too long ago. @eschereal has an avatar I assumed was of him. Turns out it’s Molly Ivins. Oops!
I also think @Czarcasm and @ThelmaLou are the same person. I ask that ThemaLou turn around and let us see if she, in reality, is Czarcasm.
That’s what your avatar is! I never recognized it until now! 
I never would’ve guessed. I’ve always assumed it was James Carville.
Unfortunately for your theory, ThelmaLou said it herself that:
I love @carrps’ dachshund avatar. But being a dachshund fan, of course I would. 
No love for the crab, I see. Not that the crab is surprised. Hmmppff.
Hmm, that may poke a slight hole in my theory. However, I stick by my claim, as I have never seen the two of them in my kitchen together. I think the onus is clearly on them to prove otherwise.
Or, is Czarcasm really the daughter of ThelmaLou’s good friend?
The possibilities are endless!
No need to be crabby about it!
Lucy would be a mighty fine avatar, more so the older and crochetyer I get.
[I made up the crochetyer spelling obviously. Whaddaya want to make of it?]
Before I looked at the larger version I figured @eschereal was a pic of the Dalai Lama, or someone impersonating him. Same impish grin. The head shape also also looks a bit like the New Orleans TV Chef Kevin Belton. At least in some of his less overweight incarnations.
Here’s a hint for you: @ThelmaLou is facing the camera. She’s really Cousin Itt after a radical cut-and-color job. Besides, @Czarcasm is much more purple.
Crotchet forth, O Queen of Crotchetoria!
Of course, my brain read the final word in that as being pronounced “CROTCH-eh-TORE-ee-ah,” which feels like it should be an annex of the Museum of Sex. 
Damn straight!
Sheesh! There’s always one in the crowd.
Think Pretoria or Freedonia or even Astoria.
OTOH, if one does have CROTCH-eh-TORE-ee-ah, the smart thing is to visit the doc pronto for a shot of antibiotics; that stuff spreads like wildfire in a closed community like ours.
Just around the corner from Crotchetoria, of course.