Cutest/best pic for my avatar?

[nano-bug]

@Maia

@nano-bug

True, but most people prefer to be annonymous on the net. People leave comments on other sites without profiles, but who are they? Some people post pictures that aren’t really them.

If there was a manditory, required internet ID, many would protest or try to avoid it. That your real picture is your avatar here is rare. Granted, I posted my picture in the photo thread.

I don’t expect people who dont use their real names to then match a photo to it. Seems a bit backward. Even though some do, I don’t claim to know anybody here.

Yours is a common frustration, at least on the web.

With things like Facebook though, I don’t think there is very much anonymity any more. Seems like the whole world can find you on that.

Yes, but most people on Facebook are only friends with people they’ve met face to face first. The rest of the web allows for strangers to talk about things of interest to them that none of their friends or family would even entertain. That’s the trade off.

I can’t be intellectual with anybody I know on facebook.

[Arcturus_Descending]

nano-bug…

I have no idea what the symbol in my avatar is or means. I asked ILP a few years back, and nobody even guessed.

Maybe it’s a person on a bicycle who’s lost his/her sense of autonomy - you can see that there are not handle bars with which to steer.
But if the person is strong and grounded enough, perhaps his legs will steer him in the right direction…get him where he wants to go.
just a thought…
Or maybe it’s just someone doing wheelies…wheeeee

[nano-bug]

@Arcturus Descending

nano-bug…

I have no idea what the symbol in my avatar is or means. I asked ILP a few years back, and nobody even guessed.

Maybe it’s a person on a bicycle who’s lost his/her sense of autonomy - you can see that there are not handle bars with which to steer.
But if the person is strong and grounded enough, perhaps his legs will steer him in the right direction…get him where he wants to go.
just a thought…

Haha, I’m making that the official explanation.

[Maia]

@nano-bug

@Maia

@nano-bug

True, but most people prefer to be annonymous on the net. People leave comments on other sites without profiles, but who are they? Some people post pictures that aren’t really them.

If there was a manditory, required internet ID, many would protest or try to avoid it. That your real picture is your avatar here is rare. Granted, I posted my picture in the photo thread.

I don’t expect people who dont use their real names to then match a photo to it. Seems a bit backward. Even though some do, I don’t claim to know anybody here.

Yours is a common frustration, at least on the web.

With things like Facebook though, I don’t think there is very much anonymity any more. Seems like the whole world can find you on that.

Yes, but most people on Facebook are only friends with people they’ve met face to face first. The rest of the web allows for strangers to talk about things of interest to them that none of their friends or family would even entertain. That’s the trade off.

I can’t be intellectual with anybody I know on facebook.

I was stalked on Facebook one time but in general I use it for the same thing I do here, meeting new people and having intellectual (?) discussions, lol. There are loads of special interest groups you can join.

[nano-bug]

@Maia

@nano-bug

@Maia

There are loads of special interest groups you can join.

Yup, some groups suggest that meeting others and getting to know them is to be expected. I’m not sure if anyone here, for example, has met.

Anyway, good luck, if that’s your thing.

[Arcturus_Descending]

@nano-bug

@Arcturus Descending

nano-bug…

I have no idea what the symbol in my avatar is or means. I asked ILP a few years back, and nobody even guessed.

Maybe it’s a person on a bicycle who’s lost his/her sense of autonomy - you can see that there are not handle bars with which to steer.
But if the person is strong and grounded enough, perhaps his legs will steer him in the right direction…get him where he wants to go.
just a thought…

Haha, I’m making that the official explanation.

Ah, you just cannot do that. A symbol is like a dream. It can never be fully penetrated or completely understood. It’s like that particular something in the dream which stands for something else.
A symbol is like a never-ending drama on the stage of life or within our minds…it is flux…it is like the wave that rushes to shore than rushes back out to sea again.

You might make a thread from your symbol. It would be highly interesting to see what lurks within.

[Maia]

@nano-bug

Yup, some groups suggest that meeting others and getting to know them is to be expected. I’m not sure if anyone here, for example, has met.

Anyway, good luck, if that’s your thing.

I don’t meet dating groups or anything like that, just discussion groups.

[fuse]

I like 3. You look focused and reflective. And you are pretty. It’s true, though, not many people use their photos as their avatars. I’ve posted photos here before in the photo thread, but never for my avatar. I don’t know, I guess I don’t want my picture everywhere I post all over the site. It feels like too much.

[Pandora]

Although I can see the appeal of close up of #3, I like the first one better. There is a sense of dynamism about it that catches one’s attention. (the framing in this photo gives it more layers and depth, drawing the viewers attention to you)

P.s.I like your hair down. You have beautiful (red?) hair.

[Maia]

@Pandora

Although I can see the appeal of close up of #3, I like the first one better. There is a sense of dynamism about it that catches one’s attention.
I also like your hair down. You have beautiful (red?) hair.

Dynamism, I like that. Thanks for the compliment.

[The_Golden_Turd]

I was going to say this was a blantant attention whore thread, but then you said your blind. Still is a attention whore thread though… just a little more excusable. I personally dislike the idea of people using their own pictures of themselves taken in cute poses as a means of getting people to like them. It’s the substance of their thought that matters.

Do you have any sense of what a Alpacha looks like?

[Maia]

@Contra-Nietzsche

I was going to say this was a blantant attention whore thread, but then you said your blind. Still is a attention whore thread though… just a little more excusable. I personally dislike the idea of people using their own pictures of themselves taken in cute poses as a means of getting people to like them. It’s the substance of their thought that matters.

Do you have any sense of what a Alpacha looks like?

Not really, had to look it up. You mean alpaca, presumably. It says small llama.

[PavlovianModel146]

@Maia

@Contra-Nietzsche

I was going to say this was a blantant attention whore thread, but then you said your blind. Still is a attention whore thread though… just a little more excusable. I personally dislike the idea of people using their own pictures of themselves taken in cute poses as a means of getting people to like them. It’s the substance of their thought that matters.

Do you have any sense of what a Alpacha looks like?

Not really, had to look it up. You mean alpaca, presumably. It says small llama.

Maia,

I just wanted to let you know that Contra’s avatar is a picture of him with a cat on his head.

I would have to say that you should use either the first or second picture. In my personal opinion, and with all due respect, I believe that you appear too thin in pictures 3-5. With respect to picture six, I would look at that picture and be confused as to why someone would want me to look at a picture of his/her backside.

I would say that it is unusual for an individual to use a picture of himself/herself for an avatar photo unless it is a photo with an obvious intent of being cute, amusing or reflecting some particular personality quirk of some kind. It is out of the ordinary for an individual just to use a regular picture of himself/herself.

[captaincrunk]

Use the first one. It’s really cool coming from you, being blind and all. If you don’t use it, you might as well have a tree.

[Maia]

@PavlovianModel146

@Maia

@Contra-Nietzsche

I was going to say this was a blantant attention whore thread, but then you said your blind. Still is a attention whore thread though… just a little more excusable. I personally dislike the idea of people using their own pictures of themselves taken in cute poses as a means of getting people to like them. It’s the substance of their thought that matters.

Do you have any sense of what a Alpacha looks like?

Not really, had to look it up. You mean alpaca, presumably. It says small llama.

Maia,

I just wanted to let you know that Contra’s avatar is a picture of him with a cat on his head.

I would have to say that you should use either the first or second picture. In my personal opinion, and with all due respect, I believe that you appear too thin in pictures 3-5. With respect to picture six, I would look at that picture and be confused as to why someone would want me to look at a picture of his/her backside.

I would say that it is unusual for an individual to use a picture of himself/herself for an avatar photo unless it is a photo with an obvious intent of being cute, amusing or reflecting some particular personality quirk of some kind. It is out of the ordinary for an individual just to use a regular picture of himself/herself.

Thanks, and also for your honesty saying I look too thin, lol.

So the alpaca thing was a reference to his cat, then?

[Maia]

@captaincrunk

Use the first one. It’s really cool coming from you, being blind and all. If you don’t use it, you might as well have a tree.

Thanks, lol.

[Nah]

@Maia

I need feedback on the following crucial issue: which is the cutest/best pic for my avatar?

1. Work uniform.
2. Makeover/phone.
3. Hair tied back.
4. Close up of 3.
5. Cool shades.
6. Blind hockey (school).

Cutest is #1, I would say.

Best is probably #5, for this forum, as our stupid male brain cannot think well when it sees cute female image.
Although I found your hair on #5 to be pretty and attractive, it’s softer on male brain handicap.
By seeing, we can be blinded, which isn’t unpleasant in this case, but I’m not sure if we should be rejoiced about it.

[Maia]

@Nah

@Maia

I need feedback on the following crucial issue: which is the cutest/best pic for my avatar?

1. Work uniform.
2. Makeover/phone.
3. Hair tied back.
4. Close up of 3.
5. Cool shades.
6. Blind hockey (school).

Cutest is #1, I would say.

Best is probably #5, for this forum, as our stupid male brain cannot think well when it sees cute female image.
Although I found your hair on #5 to be pretty and attractive, it’s softer on male brain handicap.
By seeing, we can be blinded, which isn’t unpleasant in this case, but I’m not sure if we should be rejoiced about it.

Ok thanks, lol. I certainly don’t wish to blind anyone…

Checking out the actual votes, it’s currently 3 for No. 1, and 1 for No. 4.

[Tab]

I’d vote ‘none of the above’ if there was that option.

I dunno, what are you trying to achieve…? And the other burning question: “If you’d been an ugly fat dwarf, would you have ever made this thread…?”

Personally, I think naked avatars of all members [hah-geddit] should be compulsary for participation in the site. “When everyone is naked, no-one is” etc. Or was that a disney-film…? I forget.

[Blurry]

I like number one. It’s a cute pic.

I also think ya’ll need to get over making judgements about a person just because they like to use their own picture as their avatar. Maybe that’s just because I use my own picture as my avatar, but either way. It’s really dumb to get all bitchy about that.