# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Plutonium\_Chef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/plutonium_chef/32/11211_2.png) [@Plutonium\_Chef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plutonium_Chef)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2022, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-you-choose-that-avatar/971703/21 "2022-09-17T01:04:11Z")
It’s my video gaming handle. A guy in our group was “Iron Chef!” (among others). I decided to up that with a more _powerful_ metal, a _hotter_ metal. I figured that plutonium fits the bill. The subtitle for the handle is “I _nuke_ food.”… ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2022, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-you-choose-that-avatar/971703/22 "2022-09-17T01:12:05Z")
[Another poster dug it up for me on the internet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-holdouts-going-to-stick-to-your-guns-or-eventually-get-one/940022/126?) after I indicated my overwhelming disinterest, pro or con, on the topic. I figured since they went to the trouble…_shrug_ ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2022, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-you-choose-that-avatar/971703/23 "2022-09-17T01:20:35Z")
My first dog (I was 39 YO); her name was PJ and she could belch the roof off a house right after dinner, so she became **burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt**. Could never get her to wear the cape or the cowl. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2022, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-you-choose-that-avatar/971703/24 "2022-09-17T01:23:32Z")
> [@commasense](#): > > 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. - [https://chrisbracco.com/assets/images/1aee2ed8-640.jpeg](https://chrisbracco.com/assets/images/1aee2ed8-640.jpeg) [![](https://writer.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Commas.png) ](https://writer.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Commas.png) ---
**Author:** ![FinsToTheLeft](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finstotheleft/32/2930_2.png) [@FinsToTheLeft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinsToTheLeft)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2022, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-you-choose-that-avatar/971703/25 "2022-09-17T01:33:59Z")
Fins To The Left, Fins To The Right, And you’re the only bait in town ---
**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:** [September 17, 2022, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-you-choose-that-avatar/971703/26 "2022-09-17T01:40:04Z")
It’s me in a 1942 Stearman biplane fulfilling a lifetime dream of actually flying a biplane. Sort of important to me personally. ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2022, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-you-choose-that-avatar/971703/27 "2022-09-17T01:46:32Z")
you can make your own! [![](http://i.ompldr.pw/gawja.png) ](http://i.ompldr.pw/gawja.png) ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2022, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-you-choose-that-avatar/971703/28 "2022-09-17T01:47:54Z")
I just thought it was funny, a ninja with a squeegee. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2022, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-you-choose-that-avatar/971703/29 "2022-09-17T01:50:57Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > Internet image search for Procrustes A semi-unrelated question: Why the spelling change? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2022, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-you-choose-that-avatar/971703/30 "2022-09-17T01:54:49Z")
Nothing says “me” like a picture of me. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2022, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-you-choose-that-avatar/971703/31 "2022-09-17T01:56:13Z")
I wanted to replace the generic letter icon and this was the first image I saw that amused me. Bonus trivia: I picked Little Nemo as my username because I happened to be reading a _Little Nemo in Slumberland_ book that week. ---
**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 17, 2022, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-you-choose-that-avatar/971703/32 "2022-09-17T02:01:50Z")
At first, I thought it looked like John Lennon. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2022, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-you-choose-that-avatar/971703/33 "2022-09-17T02:26:30Z")
Or a flea bitten Donald Sutherland ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2022, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-you-choose-that-avatar/971703/34 "2022-09-17T02:28:34Z")
[So when are you guys getting a user card background?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/user-card-background-holdouts-are-you-going-to-stick-to-your-guns-or-get-one) Huh? Huh!? ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2022, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-you-choose-that-avatar/971703/35 "2022-09-17T02:31:35Z")
It’s a nod to my Wisconsin heritage. And yes, I do own one of those cheesehead hats. ---
**Author:** ![Tabco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tabco/32/7644_2.png) [@Tabco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabco)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2022, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-you-choose-that-avatar/971703/36 "2022-09-17T02:32:33Z")
I collect slide rules. My avatar is an image of a Keuffel & Esser 68-1400 Analon slide rule. It was unique among slide rules in being capable of performing dimensional analysis. It was the last model introduced by K&E before they stopped making slide rules and it was a commercial flop as few people could understand how to use it. [http://www.sliderules.info/collection/10inch/070/1077-analon.htm](http://www.sliderules.info/collection/10inch/070/1077-analon.htm) > [@squeegee](#): > > [So when are you guys getting a user card background?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/user-card-background-holdouts-are-you-going-to-stick-to-your-guns-or-get-one) Huh? Huh!? For this I’ve used a Sun Hemmi Model 269 “Civil” slide rule, which is specialized for civil engineering applications. [http://www.sliderules.info/collection/10inch/080/1086-hemmi-269.htm](http://www.sliderules.info/collection/10inch/080/1086-hemmi-269.htm) ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2022, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-you-choose-that-avatar/971703/37 "2022-09-17T02:33:31Z")
> [@Tabco](#): > > For this I’ve used a Sun Hemmi Model 269 “Civil” slide rule Love that one! ---
**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, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-you-choose-that-avatar/971703/38 "2022-09-17T02:57:19Z")
> [@gnoitall](#): > > A semi-unrelated question: Why the spelling change? It was a long time ago, but I’m sure I just made a mistake/typo ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2022, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-you-choose-that-avatar/971703/39 "2022-09-17T03:09:30Z")
> [@Tabco](#): > > For this I’ve used a Sun Hemmi Model 269 “Civil” slide rule My father, a PhD research chemist, gave me one one of his big slide rules in the 70s when I was maybe 11. I loved that thing, and figured out how to use it some, but not entirely (I was 11!). It was so cool. ---
**Author:** ![Newtosite](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/newtosite/32/8623_2.png) [@Newtosite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Newtosite)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2022, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-you-choose-that-avatar/971703/40 "2022-09-17T03:10:33Z")
I asked a friend if my hair looked okay in back, and she said to turn around and she’d snap a picture. It was my 70th birthday, and I don’t color my hair. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-you-choose-that-avatar/971703.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-you-choose-that-avatar/971703.md?page=3)