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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 17 2009 at 14:56
Is It The picture or the painter hanging in the gallery?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 17 2009 at 15:21
Hahaha, I see that I have become a PA superstar. How flattering.
 
I always associate avatars with people, to the point that it's unsettling when someone who has had one for a long time changes it, and on larger forums where I don't know everybody I often can only recognize the avatar of some poster.
 
I actually have a picture of myself I was planning to post, but if the people would rather not see my face then so be it.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 17 2009 at 15:25
It would be weird if you changed your avatar, in fact, it is almost always weird when people change their avatars, it means I have to actually read their name to see who it is.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 17 2009 at 15:30
I am a sock.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 17 2009 at 15:31
Originally posted by A Person A Person wrote:

Originally posted by SaltyJon SaltyJon wrote:

Right now I'm a cat which is standing on its head.  I change from time to time, though. 

Wow, that is a great pun. LOL

Lots of cats in avatars isn't there?


Wow, I didn't even think about that while I was writing it, that just makes it a whole lot better. LOL
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 17 2009 at 15:35
Originally posted by progmetalhead progmetalhead wrote:

Originally posted by WalterDigsTunes WalterDigsTunes wrote:

Originally posted by progmetalhead progmetalhead wrote:

ah yes, apparently I've recently been told I'm an emo! Shocked LOL
 
 


That's actually the first thing I thought when I saw your avatar.
 
LOL
 
Did they exist before 1989? Wink Tongue


As with all pre-89 music, emo was once actually something good that's now been debased by modern usurpers. Dig classics like Rites of Spring and Embrace for an example of this phenomenon.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 17 2009 at 15:45
Mr. Plainview... I think you should not change your avatar, I swear I cannot imagine you not being a gangster... please, don't change it, the same to CPicard... I was thinking on changing mine... but don't know what to put... maybe I playing keyboards or guitar... not sure... the girls are taking my place too much..!!!
Change the program inside... Stay in silence is a crime.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 17 2009 at 15:53
Whenever I see WalterDigsTunes, I see a Frank Zappa that hates all post-1989 bands.

Oh, and yes, I am starting to associate avatars with the real people.  Do any of you associate me with an extremely happy boy giving a "Peace" sign from a video game?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 17 2009 at 15:59
Originally posted by gottagetintogetout gottagetintogetout wrote:

Whenever I see WalterDigsTunes, I see a Frank Zappa that hates all post-1989 bands.

Oh, and yes, I am starting to associate avatars with the real people.  Do any of you associate me with an extremely happy boy giving a "Peace" sign from a video game?
 
NOT!!!!
Change the program inside... Stay in silence is a crime.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 17 2009 at 16:07
Yeah, I do associate the avatars with the people. I can't imagine seeing any of you outside the internet. I always think of people using computers as people that don't do anything outside of the computers if you know what I mean.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 17 2009 at 16:18
I am ACYL, that is about it really. No real drug connotations, just something that reflects my taste in music. I used to be the Up The Downstair cover, but that is now in my sig.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 17 2009 at 16:20
Yes, I do make the same association.

I noticed that quite some PA veterans used to change their avatars like they changed their socks, but after a few years stuck with one avatar or returned to an old avatar. I'm not inclined to change mine often either.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 17 2009 at 16:25
I changed mine recently to Captain Obvious after having a couple of comments made regarding my obvious responses.  I think that it is the 5th or 6th different avatar that I have used during my time here.  I'm sure I'll probably change back to something Rush-related eventually.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 17 2009 at 18:13
Only when it's that faceless one with the question mark. Tongue
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 17 2009 at 18:45
Ok, I admit it.
 
I'm not actually Will Ferrell.
 
 
"Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." -- H.L. Mencken
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 17 2009 at 18:56
I picture Henry as a Dandy. I really don't know why.
LOL


Edited by KoS - November 17 2009 at 18:57
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 17 2009 at 18:56
Originally posted by zappaholic zappaholic wrote:

Ok, I admit it.
 
I'm not actually Will Ferrell.
 
 

It's ok, we had a fever. Smile
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 17 2009 at 20:07
Originally posted by King By-Tor King By-Tor wrote:

I am a Rush album.
and im a camel album Smile
Nothing can last
there are no second chances.
Never give a day away.
Always live for today.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 17 2009 at 20:11
Person, I like your cat.  Don't change it!!  Smile
...that moment you realize you like "Mob Rules" better than "Heaven and Hell"
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 17 2009 at 20:16
I'm not really planning on it.
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