Avatars

[Armoreska]

I thought I posted here already about my current avatar. Anyway, I've posted about this guy often enough, so I guess you know by now.

he's a politician, right

It's from his passionate speech against immigrants that nabbed him the president's throne. It's an official check too.

[xianjiro]

I thought I posted here already about my current avatar. Anyway, I've posted about this guy often enough, so I guess you know by now.

he's a politician, right

It's from his passionate speech against immigrants that nabbed him the president's throne. It's an official check too.

thought so - bet he's an anti-vaxxer and is opposed to mask wearers as well

[joachimt]

I thought I posted here already about my current avatar. Anyway, I've posted about this guy often enough, so I guess you know by now.

he's a politician, right

Yeah, he's an ultra right-wing politician. In this picture he's having the stage at a party meeting and he's shouting "WHITE POOOOOOOOWER"!!



Let me rectify this immediately in case he happens to read this, because it's the complete opposite actually. He's very left-wing, very much making a case for nature and environment. He's a musician (duh) from Canada and on stage he's the most enjoyable person I've ever seen.

[Armoreska]

he's a politician, right

It's from his passionate speech against immigrants that nabbed him the president's throne. It's an official check too.

thought so - bet he's an anti-vaxxer and is opposed to mask wearers as well

Clearly spreading a lot of germs shouting without a mask

[Lammetje]

The first few months (or maybe even a year) after J-Dog adopted his new avatar, upon seeing that avatar it would look to me like someone who got hit in his eye with either the 8 ball or the black ball from a snooker set. After a second or so I'd be like "no that's a dude yelling into a mic, just like the previous 20 times you saw that avatar." But my brain seems to have finally learned its lesson now.

[xianjiro]

have to admit, though, I've absolutely no face recognition. Might know the band or even his name, but yeah, he looks like some neo-fasc nutter screaming about mudbloods or something (sorry, but it's just what I see and while I associate the avatar with your posts, I don't associate any of those ideas with you - thus a bit of cognitive dissonance when I first saw the avatar)

[Onderhond]

He looks like a darts player to me.

[funkybusiness]

He looks like a darts player to me.

100%

[AdamH]

Adam finally has an avatar now. I believe Local and Allie are among the biggest posters who don't have one.

Now that I've finally joined the group of people with avatars, I think it's time to campaign for the avatar-less members to get one.

[xianjiro]

What inducements you got for the avatarless? And that doesn't include me - I'll return to my usual avatar when the US gets a president.

[Armoreska]

What inducements you got for the avatarless? And that doesn't include me - I'll return to my usual avatar when the US gets a president.

at least 4 years of black it is then

[AdamH]

What inducements you got for the avatarless? And that doesn't include me - I'll return to my usual avatar when the US gets a president.

You have an avatar

[joachimt]

I’ll change it to a friendlier pic of the same guy (when I’m back home).

[xianjiro]

I’ll change it to a friendlier pic of the same guy (when I’m back home).

I hope that's not because we've been teasing you Been doing much PVV canvasing on vacation?

[joachimt]

I’ll change it to a friendlier pic of the same guy (when I’m back home).

I hope that's not because we've been teasing you Been doing much PVV canvasing on vacation?

There's always a bit of truth in teasing, isn't there?
It's just fun to have a new one now and then, but when you associate my avatar with the PVV (you're talking about the ultra right party in The Netherlands, right?), it's certainly time for a new one.

[xianjiro]

but when you associate my avatar with the PVV (you're talking about the ultra right party in The Netherlands, right?),

LOL - you should know the answer to that by now. Of course that's exactly what I meant! (Even though I admit I had to look it up since while I was familiar with the Dutch far wrong on some level, I didn't have their name/acronym - or in this case, acridnym). There are other kinds of woke - one of which is aware what's happening around the planet, not that I mean to brag, much.

[joachimt]

Is this better? Same guy.

[Nathan Treadway]

Adam finally has an avatar now. I believe Local and Allie are among the biggest posters who don't have one.

Now that I've finally joined the group of people with avatars, I think it's time to campaign for the avatar-less members to get one.

I had one at one point.. I think I lost it when we switched to the new forum a couple years ago?

[AdamH]

Adam finally has an avatar now. I believe Local and Allie are among the biggest posters who don't have one.

Now that I've finally joined the group of people with avatars, I think it's time to campaign for the avatar-less members to get one.

I had one at one point.. I think I lost it when we switched to the new forum a couple years ago?

Yep, same as me. Took me a couple of years to get a new one as well.

[zuma]

Is this better? Same guy.

I am so happy I have tears in my eyes.

But seriously though, now that it is gone, I really did hate your last avatar. Looked like a very angry screaming man about to eat a ball.

Maybe it is because I am simple minded, but I find that people's avatars affect how we view that person a little bit. Something goofy - lighthearted, some thing serious - thinker, image from a silent film - older person, etc. Complete crap of course, but it flavours the posts a little bit. Your old avatar made your comments seem angry and annoyed.

[joachimt]

At the official forum my avatar is a little pic of my daughter flying like a butterfly when she was very little. Do you think I'm a kinder person there?

But I understand what you're saying. I'm having the same ideas with some avatars as well. monty has always been a grumpy man to me........ oh wait, he really is!

[Armoreska]

Avatars don't affect how I view somebody.
Anyway it won't affect how I view JT since we already know how he looks in RL anyway.

But escaping a cage to faceplant is actually an allegory for my life.

[xianjiro]

For my 8001st post, I have a new avatar which embodies hope for a better future come January 2021.

[Torgo]

For anyone who doesn't remember what my Anna Kendrick avatar looked like:

Spoiler

Hey! I remember that profile pic.
See, I never thought you actually are Miss Kendrick, but it's such a cute picture, it always made me smile just scrolling by. Thanks for that! And now there's the established, likewise cute lammetje, so that's also uplifting.


My avatar is, if you didn't already know it, showing the legendary Torgo from the one-of-a-kind disastrous Manos: Hands of Fate. (I deliberately took a MST3K screenshot for my version.)
Here's his introduction scene, say hello to him!

[Torgo]

It's a screen shot of one of the beer guzzling tough guys from the terrific Wake in Fright (1971). If you haven't seen it yet, I hereby command you to do so. I also suggest you play a fun game while watching it - namely, spot my avatar.

By the way, I've already been using ICM for a few years and could hardly not notice monty's presence on the site and on the forum when I finally came to watching Wake in Fright for the first time ..
Spotting the character in there - without expecting it - had such a eureka effect on me: "Wait! I know that guy."
Before that, I really thought monty's avatar would be representing his very self.

[Lammetje]

For anyone who doesn't remember what my Anna Kendrick avatar looked like:

Spoiler

Hey! I remember that profile pic.
See, I never thought you actually are Miss Kendrick, but it's such a cute picture, it always made me smile just scrolling by. Thanks for that! And now there's the established, likewise cute lammetje, so that's also uplifting.

I'm glad we can agree on the cuteness of the little lamb.

My avatar is, if you didn't already know it, showing the legendary Torgo from the one-of-a-kind disastrous Manos: Hands of Fate. (I deliberately took a MST3K screenshot for my version.)
Here's his introduction scene, say hello to him!

Hi Mark Torgo!

It's a screen shot of one of the beer guzzling tough guys from the terrific Wake in Fright (1971). If you haven't seen it yet, I hereby command you to do so. I also suggest you play a fun game while watching it - namely, spot my avatar.

By the way, I've already been using ICM for a few years and could hardly not notice monty's presence on the site and on the forum when I finally came to watching Wake in Fright for the first time ..
Spotting the character in there - without expecting it - had such a eureka effect on me: "Wait! I know that guy."
Before that, I really thought monty's avatar would be representing his very self.

[Lammetje]

Ettie, I like your new avatar!

[Armoreska]

Ettie, I like your new avatar!

The coffee mug? what's the idea here?

[xianjiro]

he's going to start his own chain of Pretentious Coffee Tasting Rooms

[Pretentious Hipster]

Isn't the hipster stereotype that they go to coffee chains all the time? Thought it would be funny to have the logo be that

[Lammetje]

I like how Peeptoad changes her avatar from time to time. They're always cute little rodents.

[Coryn]

@jeroeno

I never paid attention to your Avatar because I'm often roaming the forum on a phone but last time I saw it's the sign of the Camino de Santiago !
I had booked my ticket for June 2020 to walk 10 days on the route but then covid happened and it got cancelled. I hope I can do the route next year though

[peeptoad]

I like how Peeptoad changes her avatar from time to time. They're always cute little rodents.

[Torgo]

Oh you're right!
I liked the last iteration very much.
Hope he won't change to one with an ear on its back soon.

[kongs_speech]

I am now proudly representing the greatest actress (and most beautiful woman, as far as I'm concerned) of all time.

[xianjiro]

I am now proudly representing the greatest actress (and most beautiful woman, as far as I'm concerned) of all time.

don't think I recognize her

and is it just me, or do other users associate the users gender with the person they choose in their avatar?

[kongs_speech]

I am now proudly representing the greatest actress (and most beautiful woman, as far as I'm concerned) of all time.

don't think I recognize her

and is it just me, or do other users associate the users gender with the person they choose in their avatar?

Isabelle Huppert. That's a pic MUBI posted on Facebook months ago and I've been obsessed with it ever since. She always looks stunning, but I particularly appreciate this hairstyle for her.

I don't identify with a gender, so either way works for me.

[Torgo]

and is it just me, or do other users associate the users gender with the person they choose in their avatar?

Lammetje is some kind of hybrid Anna-Kendrick-lamb-entity to me and I find that very cool.


Otherwise, I don't know, somehow. People will choose avatars for a reason, so I kinda identify them with that image.


(Looks at his own avatar.)

.. damn.

[Lammetje]

and is it just me, or do other users associate the users gender with the person they choose in their avatar?

Lammetje is some kind of hybrid Anna-Kendrick-lamb-entity to me and I find that very cool.

That's so sweet. I've added your quote to my signature.

[joachimt]

and is it just me, or do other users associate the users gender with the person they choose in their avatar?

Not only gender, the complete looks. So now I have to change my image of kong from Philip Seymour Hoffman to "the most beautiful woman of all time".