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"Judge" people by their avatars?
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My avatar would suggest that I am a very fat guy with a mustache.
Reality checks are in order. This is what I actually look like:
Reality checks are in order. This is what I actually look like:
Exactly. I use it for nothing else.
(oh, and I don't have one myself –*double standards, right?)
I totally do. Not as a totally intentional thing either. You see something next to someones name repeatedly and it begins to factor into what you think of them. It always weirds me out after someone changes their avatar after a long time with another one. Also, if someone adopts another persons avatar I have a hard time distinguising, even if the first person used the avatar months ago.
Same. I use avatars only for identification purposes after I've become familiar with someone.
I try not to change avatars. I've had like 2 different ones since coming on MR... maybe. At least 2 that I've kept for a long time. Been thinking about changing this one but I always decide against it.
While everyone would like to say that they don't pass judgment on posters based on the posters' avatars, I think that's a bit idealistic. It's like saying you don't judge someone you've just met based on their appearance, clothing and body language.
Realistically I'm sure we all build some preconceptions on peoples' avatars, usernames, locations and signatures, especially if we're not familiar with their posts. At the very least there are certain personality traits and judgments that I'm sure a majority of us would pass on someone with, for example....an American flag avatar, an anime avatar, a figure from pop culture, a figure from history, etc.
Realistically I'm sure we all build some preconceptions on peoples' avatars, usernames, locations and signatures, especially if we're not familiar with their posts. At the very least there are certain personality traits and judgments that I'm sure a majority of us would pass on someone with, for example....an American flag avatar, an anime avatar, a figure from pop culture, a figure from history, etc.
If we judged people by their avatars, we'd all think bartelby was some creepy kind of guy. I know I'm not the only one creeped out by his 'tar.
Yes, if folks did that kind of judging, they might take you for a sexist womanizer, for example.
You try finding an angry mouse!!
There are none.
But I will go with one I have used elsewhere, that is undeniably a mouse.
EDIT: Done, but you'll have to stay tuned.
"Changes to your avatar may take up to 2 hours to appear on certain forum pages."
I try not to change mine all that often, I think I have finally made (well, photoshopped more-so) one that I am truly satisfied with. Granted, I have used a few in the past: a white Apple on a black background, the Olympic Rings, a Classic Apple logo with the MR gray color for a background so it blends in, and now the Genius logo with the gray background to blend in, so far I like this one the best and I have a feeling that I will be keeping it for a while.
And I rarely will make a huge judgement on somebody at all, probably only a judgement on somebody who is overtly rude or somebody who grossly offends me, but I rarely judge regular people, yet alone on the basis of their avatar. If I were to make any judgement whatsoever, it would be on what they say. Avatars for me make it easier to identify who a person is, rather than trying to remember them only by their username.
That's exactly what I meant.
The example I gave you: this guy wrote these stupid posts and his avatar was Ralph Wiggum picking his nose. If his avatar was Bart Simpson, for example, I might find that he was being funny in his posts and just joking, instead of stupid. I don't do that intentionally.
Do you see what I mean?
Allways like yours, Im guessing thats an American worker beating the piss out of Washington lobbiest.For some reason people keep thinking I'm really an angry person when I use this tar.
I like to start up things sometimes so that explains mine plus its sarcastic.
