I had my wife throw together the universal circle-with-slash “not this” symbol with ??? for “ask.”. Simple, and right to the point.
It was due to the mood I was in at the moment. I’m not really a crabby person in general. I’ve thought of changing it, but I think that would be confusing. So I’ll stick with the crab.
I always wondered, because I think it looks cool.
Mine is part of a painting by the German artist Michael Sowa. My family has always had dachshunds since I was a kid, and my dad is the one who started the trend. The name of this painting is the same as my father’s name, so I thought it was doubly appropriate.
Michael Sowa did those animal paintings used in the sets for Amelie’s bedroom in the movie Amelie.
All I could find was a picture of a creepy Cincinnatus statue. ln one thread about avatars I grumbled a bit about the creepiness, and some nice person ran out and immediately found this cool Cincinnatus that looks like a medal
So now I use it. And I really want a medal to hang someplace.
Meh, she’s not that hot.
Did ‘shapeshifting master of darkness’ not give it away? 
Time has passed, but I chose this picture of Al Pacino in the Godfather days because if you remove the starched collar and put him in a T-shirt it is such a good picture of me that I could put it in a family photo album and the grand kids would just point and say, “oh look, grandpa when he was younger.”
I am not Al Pacino but you should never go against The Family. Fredo knows.
The Stainless Steel Rat is a Science Fiction character brought about by the author Harry Harrison. The picture is from an old limited-series comic (associated with the 2000AD folks, IIRC) and I thought it was the best rendition of him that I could find. Still do.
Total hijack, but I still say Slippery Jim would make a great limited series on Amazon or Netflix. Plenty of material, lots of ways to interpret things, sex and violence…what’s not to like?
I forget the posters name( think it starts with a) who has an avatar of the lawyer who tried to Zoom and made himself a cat!
I was experiencing a lot of stress at a new job and I saw this little frog figurine doing yoga wearing the peace sign necklace and it just amused me so I put him on my desk and it makes me feel better.
And it was the only thing I could think to use.
To show that I’m not a fish.
But…it looks like a fish.
I have a long term interest in plants, and this was one of my very first hybrids.
Better to see this than me! 
I purchased an airbrush in 2020 to give myself something to do while stuck at home social distancing because of COVID. This was the first thing I ever airbrushed.
I’m a Steve McQueen fan, and I used to have a car avatar but it wasn’t the Bullitt car, it was my old Porsche. But it was hard to make out so I changed it to this one. McQueen was a Marine, and so was I.
It’s an extreme selfie close-up to showcase my distinctive nose ‘buttocks’.
Because mustard.
If it looks like a fish and quacks like a fish…
Your avatar looks like the rare Patagonian Propeller fish. This army-green fish is known for its thin pelvic fins and protuberant nose.