I judge people off of their posts, but i recognize people from their avatar. It takes a lot for me to remember someones user name. If someone changes their avatar, they are like a new person to me.
So I've learned in this thread, for the most part, if you want to restart your GAF life, simply get a new avatar and unless you're remembered by your Handle/Tag, you'll be set.
I get the feeling super cute Sleeping Pikachu falls into the anime file? I mean, it's not really...
I don't judge people negatively based on their avatars, but there are people I like based on their avatars. I used to love jett because he had the best avatar ever...then he changed it.