Why use a female avatar if you aren't?
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Topic: Why use a female avatar if you aren't?
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Subject: Why use a female avatar if you aren't?
Date Posted: March 18 2011 at 12:56
I would never do so except for the time I did Ann Coulter briefly for fun, but I see some guys doing this a bit. 
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Posted By: Mr ProgFreak
Date Posted: March 18 2011 at 13:01
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Your avatar is not Ann Coulter? Now I'm confused ... ------------- https://tagyourmusic.org/users/Mike" rel="nofollow - https://tagyourmusic.org/users/Mike |
Posted By: Mr ProgFreak
Date Posted: March 18 2011 at 13:01
| BTW, if anyone was wondering ... I'm not a character from the Simpsons show. |
Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: March 18 2011 at 13:08
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And I am not I repea t not .. AA groundhog! Thanks very much!
(Reminds me of Life of Brian. Stan? Who was given the right to have babies)
Don't opress me! ------------- Help me I'm falling! |
Posted By: Bonnek
Date Posted: March 18 2011 at 13:16
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eh... parental pride I confess  |
Posted By: WalterDigsTunes
Date Posted: March 18 2011 at 13:18
| I'd say the real worry is when people who are neither cartoons nor animals start masquerading as such. |
Posted By: caretaker
Date Posted: March 18 2011 at 13:19
| I'm not a duck but I have sometimes wondered. You know.....never mind. |
Posted By: The Sleepwalker
Date Posted: March 18 2011 at 13:19
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It has to do with feminism. ------------- 
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Posted By: JJLehto
Date Posted: March 18 2011 at 13:20
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And I am not really a Finnish Racecar Driver Why people do it? Because Slarti this is an internet forum! It's what guys do, use a picture of a hot girl as their avatar because it's what we do. Soooo cliche |
Posted By: caretaker
Date Posted: March 18 2011 at 13:21
| I'm feeling very uncomfortable. Going to another thread. |
Posted By: Easy Money
Date Posted: March 18 2011 at 13:27
| Internet version of dressing in drag. |
Posted By: KoS
Date Posted: March 18 2011 at 13:29
how did you get those pictures? That could be anyone.  |
Easy Money wrote:Posted By: TheGazzardian
Date Posted: March 18 2011 at 13:30
I don't consider my avatar a representation of who I am, more as something visually recognisable and interesting, and unique enough that people will know it's me when they see it beside a post. This avatar, btw, is an image from a game I am currently programming. |
Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: March 18 2011 at 13:33
Well skuse me for existing!
Does it make any difference what decade the cartoon is from? Mr Red Devil ? ------------- Help me I'm falling! |
Posted By: WalterDigsTunes
Date Posted: March 18 2011 at 13:43
See, I would dispute whether you are indeed a pencil-drawn woodland creature. In contrast, who would argue that I am not devilish, bi-winning and loaded with tiger blood? |
Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: March 18 2011 at 13:50
Look I'm not just a pencil-drawn woodland creature. I have a personality too. And at the moment after the distinctly dull week I have had I may actually be a Groundhog after all.
You, I would dispute, do not have nor ever have had horns growing out of your head? You may spend too much time under sunbeds though. ------------- Help me I'm falling! |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: March 18 2011 at 13:56
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Hey guys, calm down, I already have a Jedi battle going on. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: March 18 2011 at 14:06
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My Grizzly is most definitely a papa grizzly, and not a mama grizzly. ------------- 
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: March 18 2011 at 14:09
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I don't think anyone really believes I'm married to Robert Fripp.
...do they? ------------- What? |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: March 18 2011 at 14:11
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That would explain his hornery disposition. -------------
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: March 18 2011 at 14:12
I was Toyahing with the idea. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: March 18 2011 at 14:17
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I'm a monkey. And so are my glasses. ------------- Enhance your life. Get down to www.lazland.org Now also broadcasting on www.progzilla.com Every Saturday, 4.00 p.m. UK time! |
Posted By: Vibrationbaby
Date Posted: March 18 2011 at 14:17
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The dog in my avatar is a male. The female you'd betterwatch out for as well.
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Posted By: JJLehto
Date Posted: March 18 2011 at 14:28
I do |
Posted By: June
Date Posted: March 18 2011 at 16:13
| I am not a little boy... |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: March 18 2011 at 16:19
| Mine is the cover of an album I love which happens to have a girl on it. Cool album cover, though, I think. |
Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date Posted: March 18 2011 at 16:21
Despite the encouragement offered me by my peers, I am not a suicidal mammal 
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Posted By: topographicbroadways
Date Posted: March 18 2011 at 16:26
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'The Avatar Justifying Thread' Axe murderin' American Psycho here -------------  
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Posted By: Lizzy
Date Posted: March 18 2011 at 16:28
First phase: Denial  ------------- Property of Queen Productions... 
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Posted By: toroddfuglesteg
Date Posted: March 18 2011 at 16:29
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Never mind the plane, beware of the dog, Mr Gadaffi. |
Posted By: zappaholic
Date Posted: March 18 2011 at 16:45
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Simple. Dawn rawks.
/avy is from dawnoftimecomics.com
------------- "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: Luna
Date Posted: March 18 2011 at 18:25
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I'm not an Octopus, surprisingly.
------------- https://aprilmaymarch.bandcamp.com/track/the-badger" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: March 18 2011 at 18:32
I am Jon Lord. 
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Posted By: NecronCommander
Date Posted: March 18 2011 at 18:36
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I am most definitely Tosin Abasi. The other dude is some punk who wanted a picture. -------------  
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Posted By: progkidjoel
Date Posted: March 18 2011 at 18:38
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I am the moorglade, deal with it. ------------- 
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Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: March 18 2011 at 18:41
I am Anna Calvi. 
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Posted By: clarke2001
Date Posted: March 18 2011 at 19:04
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Hmmmmmmm.
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Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: March 18 2011 at 19:11
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I'm a 22 year old male living in Indiana, and I like Miles Davis so I thought I'd put a cool picture of him as my avatar. I have had previous avatars, though. In spite of this, I have faith that my identity as a person does not alter significantly each time I change avatars.
------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: Queen By-Tor
Date Posted: March 18 2011 at 21:09
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WAFFLES!!!! |
Posted By: Lark the Starless
Date Posted: March 18 2011 at 21:24
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I am me and my girlfriend is my girlfriend. ------------- 
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Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: March 18 2011 at 21:30
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I still have the urge to bring back the hot sci fi women. What's not to like? Somehow the beautiful Finnforest meadow album cover is just not the same as Boomer or Starbuck. |
Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: March 18 2011 at 21:32
Probability of Jim restoring a Kara Thrace avatar in the next hour is > 99%. |
Posted By: UndercoverBoy
Date Posted: March 18 2011 at 21:32
| I might know who I am, but I have some problems with identity and existence as evidenced by my avatar. |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: March 18 2011 at 21:33
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I am a boner.
------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: Andy Webb
Date Posted: March 18 2011 at 21:45
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I am a walking version of Scenes from a Memory nah I just wish I was  ------------- http://ow.ly/8ymqg" rel="nofollow">  
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Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: March 18 2011 at 21:46
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Posted By: manofmystery
Date Posted: March 18 2011 at 21:49
they have waffle in them! -------------  Time always wins. |
Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: March 18 2011 at 22:03
Galactica works for you
UFO works for me
now we just need someone to do Colonel Deering from Buck Rogers and it will be perfect   ------------- 
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: March 19 2011 at 07:22
------------- What? |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: March 19 2011 at 07:59
Three pages and still no satisfactory answer.  ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: March 19 2011 at 10:00
He rants enough to be Charlie Sheen though. ------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005 
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Posted By: horsewithteeth11
Date Posted: March 19 2011 at 11:27
Cool story bro. That other dude looks like an idiot anyway.  And yes, I am actually a horse with very large teeth. I bite too. ------------- 
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Posted By: A Person
Date Posted: March 19 2011 at 11:30
I was more scared of the bird with teeth. Surprisingly enough I'm not really a painting of a cat. |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: March 19 2011 at 11:31
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But you are a cat, aren't you? -------------
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Posted By: A Person
Date Posted: March 19 2011 at 11:34
SHHHH |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: March 19 2011 at 11:40
------------- What? |
Posted By: horsewithteeth11
Date Posted: March 19 2011 at 11:47
The secret has been revealed! -------------
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Posted By: CPicard
Date Posted: March 19 2011 at 13:48
When I use a female avatar, it's for three reasons: 1) Trying to confuse other forumites (luckily, it never worked) 2) Coping with my inner female part. I always wondered what I would have looked like if I had been born as a girl (But looking at one of my cousin gives me a rather good idea). 3) A friendly warning to women: I may borrow dresses and make-up from you. |
Posted By: Queen By-Tor
Date Posted: March 19 2011 at 17:19
Oddly enough, I just did before having read this post. For the sheer pleasure of annoying my better half. Didn't take 6 months though... |
Posted By: JJLehto
Date Posted: March 19 2011 at 19:17
Sure you're not both? I mean it's in your avatar so you MUST be both. |
Posted By: JJLehto
Date Posted: March 19 2011 at 19:20
Oooo now Slarti why would you expect that!? On a semi related note: I remember hearing an official stat that something like 80(ish)% of online role playing game users are male but about 50% of all users have female characters. I'm sure that has something to do with something and means something in terms of gender roles and equality but who really cares right? |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: March 19 2011 at 19:29
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^ How else are RPG gamers going to get laid? ------------- What? |
Posted By: JJLehto
Date Posted: March 19 2011 at 19:44
ha! Sadly, I know people who have gotten "married" on WoW God I hope they've never done the deed....especially if it involved typing everything out! |
Posted By: CCVP
Date Posted: March 19 2011 at 19:49
WTF? -------------   
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Posted By: Henry Plainview
Date Posted: March 19 2011 at 19:52
Because your avatar is not a physical representation of yourself.
You are even more of a master of depravity than I am, and you haven't heard of this before? I am honestly shocked. ------------- if you own a sodastream i hate you |
Posted By: CCVP
Date Posted: March 19 2011 at 19:55
This is more nerdcorish than depravaty. -------------
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Posted By: The Truth
Date Posted: March 19 2011 at 22:51
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Well when you put it this way Slarti...
I'll keep Ellen. ------------- http://blindpoetrecords.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow">  
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Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: March 20 2011 at 08:36
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is this thread still cranking?
well no decent answers yet i see -------------
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Posted By: Queen By-Tor
Date Posted: March 20 2011 at 12:53
| That's it. I'm going back to Reefer Madness Girl. |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: March 20 2011 at 13:22
I didn't read this thread, but I strongly disagree. 
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Posted By: himtroy
Date Posted: March 20 2011 at 22:42
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I'm no Mal Reynolds either... ------------- Which of you to gain me, tell, will risk uncertain pains of hell? I will not forgive you if you will not take the chance. |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: March 21 2011 at 05:51
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Well, I think I came up with a good name for it: avitarian cross dressing.
------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: March 21 2011 at 05:56
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my owl is only strangeling two girls with its fangs -------------  
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Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: March 21 2011 at 06:02
| I thought the owl was hugging them and trying to keep them warm because they're naked and their skin is quite pale. |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: March 21 2011 at 06:05
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maybe you are right and i'm wrong, i'm in for that..., i think it is a forest spirit taking care of lost children -------------
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Posted By: jammun
Date Posted: March 21 2011 at 20:11
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Avatar-wise, I;m comfortable with phallic symbols for me, well unless you count the guitar case, which lends it a whole 'nother meaning. ------------- Can you tell me where we're headin'? Lincoln County Road or Armageddon. |
Posted By: Zargus
Date Posted: March 22 2011 at 10:11
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yes its true im Peter Hammill in camera! :D But its allso true that when i play wow i only use female chars, why run around as a ugly male, when i can run around as a sexy female? :P------------- 
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: March 22 2011 at 10:19
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^ Yeah, I do that in the supermarket - makes shopping for provisions much more fun. ------------- What? |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: March 22 2011 at 13:20
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Why use a female avatar if you aren't? Conversely, one could ask why, if you are a man, would you use the picture of another man as your avatar? Not inferring anything, really, I am sure the reasons are just as multifarious. ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: March 22 2011 at 16:15
I did once mistakenly but a box of something I picked off the shelf in a cart of someone who wasn't my wife. My peripheral sucks. ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: March 23 2011 at 12:27
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I am a toad. I have hundreds of witnesses to back it up. Though, I barely control my own mind, much less anyone elses.
------------- https://www.last.fm/user/Tapfret" rel="nofollow">  https://bandcamp.com/tapfret" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: March 23 2011 at 12:50
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I am Tracey Ullman and The Simpsons were my idea
http://photobucket.com/" rel="nofollow">  ------------- What? |
Posted By: The T
Date Posted: March 23 2011 at 12:54
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I am a dog... A heroic dog... ------------- 
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Posted By: Equality 7-2521
Date Posted: March 23 2011 at 13:05
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I'm a blind genius.
------------- "One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. " |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: March 23 2011 at 13:13
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In this moment I am . . . . oh, wait, wrong thread.
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Posted By: toroddfuglesteg
Date Posted: March 23 2011 at 13:33
| Why this debate and why has it not been moved to the age restricted "75 years old & above" forum ? |
Posted By: Passionist
Date Posted: March 23 2011 at 13:34
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Yes, my avatar is a woman. It's a picture that looks pretty, but not too sexy. People realize, that I'm a fan of her music, and that's a message I want to be sending. Also, I don't want to go changing it because I believe that some of you might recognize me from it. On another forum I use a drawing of a teenage mutant ninja turtle, which is who I actually am. I play rpgs as a woman because men are always nothing but boring fighters and I usually want to concentrate on more feminine qualities like limberness, wits and dish washing. |
Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: March 24 2011 at 01:30
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I AM John Petrucci, and you cannot compete with my guitar skills, for I have the ability to destroy you! I am also a bear ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm 
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Posted By: JJLehto
Date Posted: March 24 2011 at 01:46
No one has said it? Oh god, please don't tell me I'll have to be the one t-ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD |
Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: March 24 2011 at 06:39
| I think the hipnotoad isn't what it used to be anymALL HAIL HIPNOTOAD |
Posted By: tamijo
Date Posted: March 24 2011 at 06:52
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I am a Joke ------------- Prog is whatevey you want it to be. So dont diss other peoples prog, and they wont diss yours |
Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: March 24 2011 at 07:13
LOL, I (finally) see what you did there. |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: March 24 2011 at 08:04
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: March 24 2011 at 10:47
------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: April 24 2011 at 10:18
I am not Lt Ellis from UFO.... But I like looking at her daily!
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Posted By: The Neck Romancer
Date Posted: April 24 2011 at 11:00
She looks awful ------------- 
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: April 24 2011 at 11:43
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I liked his eye zapping robot one better.
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: April 24 2011 at 13:03
Her daily what?
 ------------- What? |
Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: April 24 2011 at 13:06
You master is dead. Get over it already! ------------- 
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Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: April 24 2011 at 13:07
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No idea why I chose such a visual avatar. Going into the Borghese Gallery, I was only able to discern the entire collection into "Caravaggio" and "Others".
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