Do you associate the Avatar with the person ?
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Topic: Do you associate the Avatar with the person ?
Posted By: ExittheLemming
Subject: Do you associate the Avatar with the person ?
Date Posted: November 17 2009 at 09:46
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Over time, I have (perhaps subliminally) come to think of PA members as somehow resembling or embodying their avatars. Is this just me or is it a phenomenon noticed by anyone else ? e.g I sometimes think Epignosis is the guy behind that skull mask or that Dean has one huge psychedelic eye or Tony R is a biped horse or that Henry Plainview might actually look like a suited gangster ? So, am I in need of counselling or can some suitably erudite member explain this psychological erm... anthropomorphism ? BTW For the sake of clarity I am not really a furry scottish rodent (on the outside) ------------- 
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Posted By: Queen By-Tor
Date Posted: November 17 2009 at 09:50
| I am a Rush album. |
Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: November 17 2009 at 09:57
You change often, so who are you really? ------------- 
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King By-Tor wrote:Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: November 17 2009 at 09:59
| Henry Plainview is a suited gangster. |
Posted By: Queen By-Tor
Date Posted: November 17 2009 at 10:01
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Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: November 17 2009 at 10:04
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I associate my avatar with my cat. So if anyone associates my humble person with it, he or she isn't very wrong, but still wrong. ------------- 
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Posted By: The T
Date Posted: November 17 2009 at 10:06
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The avatar reflects a part of the member's personality, that's a fact. Nobody picks an avatar that has absolutely no relation whatsoever with any concscious or subconscious part of his/her self. So I would guess it's partially valid to attach the avatar to the person. In the end, it's the only image of themselves than most of the members allows us to see.
Even no-avatar avatars like Harry's (Petrovsk) say something... that's obvious. Even when it's just the selection of something that you enjoy like a particular album, it's still saying a lot about what you choose to represent yourself..
..so if we imagine Epignosis as Skeletor, we might think he's trying to conquer the world!
 (which may be true from a musical point of view)... Or maybe he just finds it ridiculous (the movie was awful) but it still says something... By the way, I also associate members with their avatars.. Sometimes when I see an actual photograph of a member and I see their real faces I'm like surprised they don't resemble their avatars.. (even if it's a thing...
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Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: November 17 2009 at 10:08
The skull isn't a mask.  
------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: The T
Date Posted: November 17 2009 at 10:10
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Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: November 17 2009 at 10:17
Which sorta makes you a bit of a Satanist... 
...and me a bit of a swirly thing. ------------- 
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: The T
Date Posted: November 17 2009 at 10:20
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No.. it makes you a fan of... whatever that thing is... (can't read that)... And that is a side of your personality too... You choose to show us just what you like.. You don't have to make any statement using your avatar... I'm no satanist but I'm displaying other things with mine.... (no... i'm not a goat shepperd )-------------
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Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: November 17 2009 at 10:22
Just a grainy photo.  It's actually really heavy white makeup. Langella said he didn't know much about He-Man, but took the role because of his children (or grandchildren...something like that). ------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: November 17 2009 at 10:24
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Yus! ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: November 17 2009 at 10:26
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It would be hard not to associate me with my avatar as it is a cartoon image of me. By the way, does anyone else think Jim Garten's looks a little aroused?  ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: November 17 2009 at 10:27
| ^ I find it rather... err, feminine. |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: November 17 2009 at 10:30
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^^ I find it a Robin Trower, Bridge Of Sighs covet. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: November 17 2009 at 10:54
And you are a big fluffy white bird.
And I am a group of famous people.
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Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: November 17 2009 at 11:02
Perfect example, the two of you - every time I see Snowie's posts now I think it's chopper, because he had the Fly by Night avatar for a really long time. |
Posted By: SaltyJon
Date Posted: November 17 2009 at 11:06
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Right now I'm a cat which is standing on its head. I change from time to time, though.
------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Salty_Jon" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: November 17 2009 at 11:15
You find this arousing? 
Form an orderly queue ladies...
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbours Trower albums -------------
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: November 17 2009 at 11:22
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I remember changing my avatar once, and received several PMs asking me to return to the usual, because they already recognized me.
Iván ------------- 
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: November 17 2009 at 11:24
Oops...cover. Amazing how a typo threw up another meaning that made sense! ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Toaster Mantis
Date Posted: November 17 2009 at 11:25
You mean a turn-of-the-century oil baron.  Other than him, whom I really imagine looking and speaking like the film character he's named for, I associate the avatars of Slartibartfast and the Baldies with the people behind them. That's pretty much it. ------------- "The past is not some static being, it is not a previous present, nor a present that has passed away; the past has its own dynamic being which is constantly renewed and renewing." - Claire Colebrook |
Posted By: JJLehto
Date Posted: November 17 2009 at 11:40
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Yes. Thats why when PA'ers started appearing of facebook I went into a depression spiral. I can't believe people here have actual names and pictures!! |
Posted By: The Pessimist
Date Posted: November 17 2009 at 11:42
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I hope no-one associates me with Salad Fingers Although I can do a dynamite impression apparently ------------- "Market value is irrelevant to intrinsic value." Arnold Schoenberg |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: November 17 2009 at 11:42
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The Trower cover looks aroused, I do not find Trower particular arousing.
------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: The T
Date Posted: November 17 2009 at 11:42
I hope they didn't ask you why the hell did you leave Genesis.. -------------
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Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: November 17 2009 at 11:46
Yes Iván, I think I remember you changing it once and I was all sorts of confused. You're definitely one of those members who are not allowed to change it. But it's a cool cover so why change anyway? |
Posted By: Toaster Mantis
Date Posted: November 17 2009 at 11:47
Reminds me: Should I change my avatar back to Hunter Thompson?  ------------- "The past is not some static being, it is not a previous present, nor a present that has passed away; the past has its own dynamic being which is constantly renewed and renewing." - Claire Colebrook |
Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: November 17 2009 at 11:52
Going back to the old water mountain. Sup 2005!  ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: November 17 2009 at 11:57
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Yes I am actually the tatifularious Kenn Dodd! Or is that the Famous Tax Dodger Kenn Dodd!?
(Or should I be the naked boy on the cover of 'In the Flat Field'?)
Yes Toaster go back to HT I'm not so keen on the new one!
Happiness happiness ............. ------------- Help me I'm falling! |
Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: November 17 2009 at 11:59
I always thought I would go back to the peaceful Finnforest album cover, but now I'm not sure. There's something to be said for girls with guns
Actually I love the Starbuck character for the way she deals with evil. As a society, we should be so lucky. ------------- ...that moment you realize you like "Mob Rules" better than "Heaven and Hell" |
Posted By: Toaster Mantis
Date Posted: November 17 2009 at 11:59
Done is done.  ------------- "The past is not some static being, it is not a previous present, nor a present that has passed away; the past has its own dynamic being which is constantly renewed and renewing." - Claire Colebrook |
Posted By: mrcozdude
Date Posted: November 17 2009 at 12:04
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I really hope there's no association with mine.
------------- http://www.last.fm/user/cozfunkel/" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Toaster Mantis
Date Posted: November 17 2009 at 12:05
I'm afraid there is. ------------- "The past is not some static being, it is not a previous present, nor a present that has passed away; the past has its own dynamic being which is constantly renewed and renewing." - Claire Colebrook |
Posted By: A Person
Date Posted: November 17 2009 at 12:06
Wow, that is a great pun. Lots of cats in avatars isn't there? |
Posted By: The T
Date Posted: November 17 2009 at 12:06
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Eventually I'll have to go back to a vampire/Dracula avatar.. i'm just waiting for the right one to appear
But I still have the moral obligation as a metal fan and an anti-religion man to display the sign of Baphomet for a while... (there's no signs for that so i have to choose the sign of the enemy
)Also, my dark side has to be represented somehow.. therefore, the goat will stay for a few more weeks. -------------
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Posted By: Toaster Mantis
Date Posted: November 17 2009 at 12:11
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Just use a heptagram instead, it signifies a more highbrow kind of Satanism... the Baphomet I think is associated with LaVey's Church of Satan whereas the heptagram (seven-pointed star) was used by the Ordo Argenteum Astrum started by Aleister Crowley who took the entire occult business more seriously than LaVey did. Incidentally, you find a heptagram on the cover of Celtic Frost's Morbid Tales which not surprisingly is similar in style to Venom (who had a Baphomet on their debut LP) but with a more artsy sensibility! ------------- "The past is not some static being, it is not a previous present, nor a present that has passed away; the past has its own dynamic being which is constantly renewed and renewing." - Claire Colebrook |
Posted By: el dingo
Date Posted: November 17 2009 at 12:14
I use that image (Max Schreck as Nosferatu) most of the time. But it´s strange because I don´t often go out at night... I just think it´s a cool film still. Otherwise I´m a pile of Spanish bricks... ------------- It's not that I can't find worth in anything, it's just that I can't find worth in enough. |
Posted By: mrcozdude
Date Posted: November 17 2009 at 12:14
I may have to change mine to a greek god ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/cozfunkel/" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: jampa17
Date Posted: November 17 2009 at 12:17
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I actually apear on my avatar... so you can associate me with that... just not with the other girls in the pic... girlmates of my band tend to take more space in the pictures than myself... ------------- |
Posted By: Vibrationbaby
Date Posted: November 17 2009 at 12:22
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My aviatar ! ------------- |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: November 17 2009 at 12:32
Aww, I thought you were the girls. ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: November 17 2009 at 13:03
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Until now I am the only person in this thread to have as avatar a picture of himself with nothing else added. Get real!
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Posted By: A Person
Date Posted: November 17 2009 at 13:04
| I wonder what people think when they see my avatar. |
Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: November 17 2009 at 13:06
| ^ Fluffy!!! |
Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: November 17 2009 at 13:08
Kittens. |
Posted By: mrcozdude
Date Posted: November 17 2009 at 13:08
You lick your own genitals ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/cozfunkel/" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: JJLehto
Date Posted: November 17 2009 at 13:09
As long as you dont get a jolly from rust and stepping in bear traps |
Posted By: A Person
Date Posted: November 17 2009 at 13:10
I am hopeful that I am not the only one who knows who painted it. He also painted cute kitties like this: Maybe I'll take the time to crop various paintings to the right size and switch them every so often. |
Posted By: laplace
Date Posted: November 17 2009 at 13:10
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im behind the avatar ------------- FREEDOM OF SPEECH GO TO HELL |
Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: November 17 2009 at 13:10
------------- Help me I'm falling! |
Posted By: A Person
Date Posted: November 17 2009 at 13:11
Don't forget "I like it when the red water comes out. Ahhh..." |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: November 17 2009 at 13:38
Make that a geek god! ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: progmetalhead
Date Posted: November 17 2009 at 13:54
ah yes, apparently I've recently been told I'm an emo! 
------------- http://www.last.fm/user/colt2112" rel="nofollow - http://www.last.fm/user/colt2112 Colt - Admin Team MMA 
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Posted By: CPicard
Date Posted: November 17 2009 at 14:09
Hey, don't these pictures come from the weird Japanese movie "Hausu"? By the way, my head is not so big, but I wear glasses. But I will change soon, just to show my nice beard. |
Posted By: mrcozdude
Date Posted: November 17 2009 at 14:10
You do have myspace... ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/cozfunkel/" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: WalterDigsTunes
Date Posted: November 17 2009 at 14:12
That's actually the first thing I thought when I saw your avatar. |
Posted By: progmetalhead
Date Posted: November 17 2009 at 14:41
Did they exist before 1989?  ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/colt2112" rel="nofollow - http://www.last.fm/user/colt2112 Colt - Admin Team MMA
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Posted By: A Person
Date Posted: November 17 2009 at 14:43
I don't know, but I do know they were painted by Louis Wain. |
Posted By: Vibrationbaby
Date Posted: November 17 2009 at 14:56
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Is It The picture or the painter hanging in the gallery? - The Strawbs ------------- |
Posted By: Henry Plainview
Date Posted: November 17 2009 at 15:21
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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. ------------- if you own a sodastream i hate you |
Posted By: A Person
Date Posted: November 17 2009 at 15:25
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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. |
Posted By: MovingPictures07
Date Posted: November 17 2009 at 15:30
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I am a sock.
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Posted By: SaltyJon
Date Posted: November 17 2009 at 15:31
Wow, I didn't even think about that while I was writing it, that just makes it a whole lot better. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Salty_Jon" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: WalterDigsTunes
Date Posted: November 17 2009 at 15:35
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. |
Posted By: jampa17
Date Posted: November 17 2009 at 15:45
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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..!!! ------------- |
Posted By: UndercoverBoy
Date Posted: November 17 2009 at 15:53
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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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Posted By: jampa17
Date Posted: November 17 2009 at 15:59
NOT!!!! ------------- |
Posted By: Xanthous
Date 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. |
Posted By: Any Colour You Like
Date 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. |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: November 17 2009 at 16:20
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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. |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: November 17 2009 at 16:25
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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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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: November 17 2009 at 18:13
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Only when it's that faceless one with the question mark.
------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: zappaholic
Date Posted: November 17 2009 at 18:45
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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 |
Posted By: KoS
Date Posted: November 17 2009 at 18:56
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I picture Henry as a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dandy - Dandy . I really don't know why. |
Posted By: A Person
Date Posted: November 17 2009 at 18:56
It's ok, we had a fever.  |
Posted By: martinprog77
Date Posted: November 17 2009 at 20:07
 ------------- Nothing can last there are no second chances. Never give a day away. Always live for today. |
Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: November 17 2009 at 20:11
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Person, I like your cat. Don't change it!!
------------- ...that moment you realize you like "Mob Rules" better than "Heaven and Hell" |
Posted By: A Person
Date Posted: November 17 2009 at 20:16
| I'm not really planning on it. |
Posted By: KoS
Date Posted: November 17 2009 at 20:18
You could always change to another Wain cat like this one: |
Posted By: topofsm
Date Posted: November 17 2009 at 21:36
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KoS, I've always thought you were insanely hot. ------------- 
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Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: November 17 2009 at 21:41
The Hayden ones were the best. </hint> |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: November 17 2009 at 22:23
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Posted By: KoS
Date Posted: November 18 2009 at 00:27
| I'll think about it. |
Posted By: manofmystery
Date Posted: November 18 2009 at 01:22
Henry should never change his avatar
By the way: he's an oil baron not a gangster -------------  Time always wins. |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: November 18 2009 at 07:00
Eh, pretty much the same thing. And yeah, I thought the Hayden with the panties avatar was pretty cool or should I say hot? ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: November 18 2009 at 09:04
I really am a Sith Lord. -------------  |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: November 18 2009 at 09:09
I liked your gunslinger. A no nonsense approach to Admin. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: November 18 2009 at 09:12
I like teasing Jody that he toys around with different avatars from time to time but inevitably returns to the Anakin one, because it's the best. |
Posted By: mrcozdude
Date Posted: November 18 2009 at 19:47
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I need to put one up of me but I can't seem to take the photo whilst I'm on the toilet.
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Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: November 18 2009 at 20:15
Yep,I always go back to this one.  Can't help it,I think it's cool.------------- |
Posted By: A Person
Date Posted: November 18 2009 at 20:17
Possibly the coolest part of that whole movie. |
Posted By: manofmystery
Date Posted: November 18 2009 at 21:49
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everyone is just a slight variation of their avatar ------------- Time always wins. |
Posted By: Drew
Date Posted: November 18 2009 at 21:56
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I uh...............um. Not sure how to answer.............
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Posted By: KoS
Date Posted: November 18 2009 at 21:58
 It's an answer in of itself. |
Posted By: Drew
Date Posted: November 18 2009 at 22:03
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Posted By: mystic fred
Date Posted: November 19 2009 at 09:09
^ i was just eating my dinner and saw this 
...i assure you i don't go round in a top hat, but the animal skin is about right -------------  Prog Archives Tour Van 
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Posted By: Negoba
Date Posted: November 19 2009 at 09:24
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I need a new avatar... ------------- You are quite a fine person, and I am very fond of you. But you are only quite a little fellow, in a wide world, after all. |
Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: November 19 2009 at 09:25
I like your current one. |