# Why did you choose that avatar? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 16, 2022, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-you-choose-that-avatar/971703 "2022-09-16T23:51:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2022, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-you-choose-that-avatar/971703/1 "2022-09-16T23:51:50Z")
Me, I love the “cat who had no fcks left”.you? ---
**Author:** ![rippingtons\_fan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rippingtons_fan/32/11767_2.png) [@rippingtons\_fan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rippingtons_fan)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2022, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-you-choose-that-avatar/971703/2 "2022-09-16T23:55:50Z")
It’s a picture of me and my newly made 6-foot tall, winged box kite, that I made at the annual Fort Worden Kitemaker’s Conference. I chose this avatar because I love kites! ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2022, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-you-choose-that-avatar/971703/3 "2022-09-17T00:00:05Z")
It’sa me! ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2022, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-you-choose-that-avatar/971703/4 "2022-09-17T00:01:31Z")
The Double Black Diamond image was illegible at this size. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2022, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-you-choose-that-avatar/971703/5 "2022-09-17T00:02:15Z")
No idea. ---
**Author:** ![dolphinboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dolphinboy/32/330_2.png) [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2022, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-you-choose-that-avatar/971703/6 "2022-09-17T00:02:26Z")
I used to train dolphins and orcas for a living. Dolphinboy was my nickname in high school. ---
**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:** [September 17, 2022, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-you-choose-that-avatar/971703/7 "2022-09-17T00:02:27Z")
Mine was made in Paint and [Paint.net](http://Paint.net). in is the Garden State Parkway sign reworked with my username. Then I set the Ukraine 🇺🇦 Flag behind it as a small show of support. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2022, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-you-choose-that-avatar/971703/8 "2022-09-17T00:03:44Z")
Self-portrait. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2022, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-you-choose-that-avatar/971703/9 "2022-09-17T00:05:18Z")
I’m a sucker for Hello Kitty umbrellas. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2022, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-you-choose-that-avatar/971703/10 "2022-09-17T00:08:04Z")
Internet image search for Procrustes How I picked that username is a whole nother thread. (which we did once, 5 to 10 years ago) ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2022, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-you-choose-that-avatar/971703/11 "2022-09-17T00:10:11Z")
I looked everywhere for a graphic of a comma, but all I could find was this damn apostrophe. After looking for an hour, I just said, fuck it, and went with it. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2022, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-you-choose-that-avatar/971703/12 "2022-09-17T00:18:14Z")
It’s a mystery. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2022, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-you-choose-that-avatar/971703/13 "2022-09-17T00:25:00Z")
My username was an original creation for when I first subscribed to the Dope, but I’ve used that handle on some other sites later that had avatars before our board. So I picked up a pic of a real white doggie that looked like Einstein (you know those dogs exist) for these sites. When the Dope introduced avatars (which was still in the vBulletin days), I had lost that picture file on my hard drives and did a google picture search for “Einstein’s dog”, and my current avatar was the first hit. It was the perfect fit, and I’ve made sure that this time, the jpg-file is stored in at least three different locations on my physical and cloud drives. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2022, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-you-choose-that-avatar/971703/14 "2022-09-17T00:29:04Z")
It’s a selfie. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2022, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-you-choose-that-avatar/971703/15 "2022-09-17T00:30:22Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > It’s a selfie. Yeah, I also could have made my post shorter and post this. 😉 (though in real life, the times of a scalp full of hair are long gone. Though the rest is not white. Yet.) ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2022, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-you-choose-that-avatar/971703/16 "2022-09-17T00:36:59Z")
It’s just me (on the right) hanging with my trusty sidekick. Everyone should have a trusty sidekick. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2022, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-you-choose-that-avatar/971703/17 "2022-09-17T00:39:42Z")
Big Legion of Super-Heroes fan. Ultra Boy being a favorite. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2022, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-you-choose-that-avatar/971703/18 "2022-09-17T00:41:07Z")
I couldn’t find my birdie\* again after switching temporarily to a Ukraine motif, so I chose a fractal for no good reason. \*specifically, a blue-winged mountain tanager ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2022, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-you-choose-that-avatar/971703/19 "2022-09-17T00:47:02Z")
I wanted something very simple yet kind of techie, and the 2017 total solar eclipse had just happened. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2022, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-you-choose-that-avatar/971703/20 "2022-09-17T00:48:51Z")
I want people to imagine Dot Warner saying what I write. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-you-choose-that-avatar/971703.md?page=2)