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[Dresden]

I know I shouldn't, but some avatars just make me hate the poster without even knowing anything about them.

This avatar:

, as an example. I don't know anything about the poster and for all I know he/she is a good, decent human being. But it hurts my eyes a bit when I focus on it and kind of pisses me off. It's just a fucking picture, but any time I see them posting I'm automatically predisposed to read whatever they post in a negative light.

 

[Costanza]

Sometimes.

 

[Tater Tot]

yes

 

[Dacvak]

Sometimes.

God, Costanza is hot.

 

[Pandaman]

yes.

nothing good has ever come from a handegg avatar.

 

[Ashhong]

in the case of -coolio-, yes. negatively.

 

[Aesius]

Hell yeah. The people without avatars get the harshest judgment though, and by that I mean they get completely ignored :lol

 

[Equus Bellator Apex]

I know it's wrong but people with MOE or any thing related to the GreenBay Packers in their avators are red flaged

 

[Narag]

Yup.

 

[Dacvak]

I tend to judge people more based on their tags.

 

[StuBurns]

Always

 

[vatstep]

The Alison Brie avatars make me never want to watch Community.

 

[Plywood]

People judge people with anime/manga avatars more often than not. Despite the site owner bearing one.

 

[Costanza]

The Alison Brie avatars make me never want to watch Community.

SMH

 

[jiien]

In a thread some time back, people hated on my opinion because I had a South Park avatar.

I don't judge people by their avatar, but I definitely judge them by their grammar. Not that mine is perfect, but if no attempt at all is made to type coherently or intelligently, I don't care what you have to say. Thankfully, that's very rare here on Gaf.

 

[Dacvak]

The Alison Brie avatars make me never want to watch Community.

 

[xbhaskarx]

I have a positive or negative reaction to some avatars, but I'm indifferent towards 75% of them.

 

[Tornado Condor]

By their avatar and if they have a tag

 

[Rickard]

I hate spies.

 

[Vic]

I know I shouldn't, but some avatars just make me hate the poster without even knowing anything about them.

This avatar:

, as an example. I don't know anything about the poster and for all I know he/she is a good, decent human being. But it hurts my eyes a bit when I focus on it and kind of pisses me off. It's just a fucking picture, but any time I see them posting I'm automatically predisposed to read whatever they post in a negative light.

wat

 

[Kurtofan]

Depends.

 

[Ashhong]

In a thread some time back, people hated on my opinion because I had a South Park avatar.

I don't judge people by their avatar, but I definitely judge them by their grammar. Not that mine is perfect, but if no attempt at all is made to type coherently or intelligently, I don't care what you have to say. Thankfully, that's very rare here on Gaf.

Seriously. There are a few people here and there, but if i step into any other forum, its just fucking disgusting. I cannot stand reading the posts.

 

[xbhaskarx]

The Alison Brie avatars make me never want to watch Community.

Your Walter avatar pisses me off because I can't watch BB Season 2 on Blu-ray yet...

 

[tak]

I'm not a avatar racists. I judge people by the content of their post.

 

[Swag]

All the time, although I try not to judge people in real life. At least openly

 

[BowieZ]

It's never based on JUST their avatar or their tag, but definitely alongside the content of the post, the username+tag+avatar plays a part.

PantherLotus's tag and up-herself dancing Japanese chick infuriates me for some reason. One of the reasons I try to not care about politics any more.

 

[Clydefrog]

OP hit the nail on the head. I hate that guy's avatar!

But when it comes to famous gaffers like mods, yes.

 

[Dresden]

It's never based on JUST their avatar or their tag, but definitely alongside the content of the post, the username+tag+avatar plays a part.

PantherLotus's tag and up-herself dancing Japanese chick infuriates me for some reason. One of the reasons I try to not care about politics any more.

That dancing chick is Korean, I think. I know this because I've seen the video. :lol

 

[Ferga]

I hate spies.

Meteor

 

[Tim the Wiz]

No. By their words.

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

I started disliking B!TCH because of his avatar, I started really disliking him based on his inane posts.

 

[MisterHero]

I hope you're having fun

:D

 

[Kandrick]

Yes, always!

 

[Dresden]

Yes, always!

so moe

 

[Alfarif]

I'm predisposed to read posts by avatars I find interesting, if I don't already know the person, than those that are kind of... standard. Ones with sports figures I tend to pass over. The person could be really interesting and have some insightful things to say, but it's the sports avatar that kills it for me.

Also, I like to read animated avatars more than anything else.

Oh, and anime/random video game chick avatars always get an eyeroll. Including mine. The hell was I thinking?

Also, my avatar hurts my eyes because I couldn't speed up the animation without making it bigger in size. Ugh.

 

[Osuwari]

not really. most of the time the avatar doesn't have anything to do with what i actually dislike about a poster that bothers me.
but a few times i end up associating the avatar of said user to them and remember them whenever i see the avatar.

 

[PantherLotus]

It's never based on JUST their avatar or their tag, but definitely alongside the content of the post, the username+tag+avatar plays a part.

PantherLotus's tag and up-herself dancing Japanese chick infuriates me for some reason. One of the reasons I try to not care about politics any more.

:lol

You fucking ass. We both know it's because you have horrendous reasoning skills, zero political depth, and childlike ignorance of reality. Seeing Taeyeon, with her two #1's in the air, pointing at the username of the Professional Schmuck who just destroyed what little grip you have left on your ridiculous political wonderland is what infuriates you. I know if you really cared about politics (or believed any of your barely-coherent nonsense) you'd be happy to post in there.

It's not my avatar, it's your ability. And if it IS my avatar, it's only that she's reminding you of your lack of it.

Carry on.

 

[morningbus]

You know, my avatar is of some random Gaucho. I never thought of the possibility that he could be a huge jerk in real life.

 

[Alfarif]

:lol

You fucking ass. We both know it's because you have horrendous reasoning skills, zero political depth, and childlike ignorance of reality. Seeing Taeyeon, with her two #1's in the air, pointing at the username of the Professional Schmuck who just destroyed what little grip on your ridiculous political wonderland is what infuriates you. I know if you really cared about politics (or believed any of your barely-coherent nonsense) you'd be happy to post in there.

It's not my avatar, it's your ability. And if it IS my avatar, it's only that she's reminding you of your lack of it.

Carry on.

PantherLotus, you are my #1 favorite poster of all time. That is all.

 

[Equus Bellator Apex]

The Alison Brie avatars make me never want to watch Community.

I concure. People with those avatars are pissing me off and they seem to be spreading.

Spoiler

It's a good show watch or let it watch you

 

[BowieZ]

:lol

You fucking ass. We both know it's because you have horrendous reasoning skills, zero political depth, and childlike ignorance of reality. Seeing Taeyeon, with her two #1's in the air, pointing at the username of the Professional Schmuck who just destroyed what little grip on your ridiculous political wonderland is what infuriates you. I know if you really cared about politics (or believed any of your barely-coherent nonsense) you'd be happy to post in there.

It's not my avatar, it's your ability. And if it IS my avatar, it's only that she's reminding you of your lack of it.

Carry on.

1) Right on cue, predictable schmucky insulting reply.
2) I hate politics, always have. I originally posted in PoliGAF because I hated 'politics-as-usual'. Not the type of pseudo dislike for politics-as-usual that one usually expresses, but a seething hatred for the fucked up political system as a whole, against which Ron Paul has been the most reasonable spokesperson for a while, imho. I care about politics, but in a different way than you, and you simply don't accept that one can be sane and share my hatred for it.
3) Nice try goading me, but that's it from me on this.

 

[Ignis Fatuus]

I hope so!

 

[DuckRacer]

The Alison Brie avatars make me never want to watch Community.

This. Oh, and anime avatars. Other than those, I can't say I judge.

 

[threenote]

The Alison Brie avatars make me never want to watch Community.

This. I've watched a few episodes of Community and enjoyed it, but those avatars are irritating.

 

[Equus Bellator Apex]

This. Oh, and anime avatars. Other than those, I can't say I judge.

If were going by avatars then I really like you

 

[eggandI]

Anime avatar = did not read post

 

[Chamber]

People are often disgusted by my opinions.

 

[DogWelder]

This. Oh, and anime avatars. Other than those, I can't say I judge.

Except for half the people on GAF, I don't judge anyone.

 

[PantherLotus]

I think the OP has a good question.

For me, I don't typically pre-judge a person's post because of their avatar. Though, as somebody else said, I'm more likely to read it if they have one. More, I usually begin to associate certain avatars with quality posts, and when they catch my eye, the little spinning mousewheel is a just a teeny bit more likely to stop.

However, there are a certain few posters that have the either nasty avatars, poorly designed avatars, and/or eye-bleeding effects, in combination with dumb/stupid/backwater/lower life form/un-evolved/Republican/Libertarian philosophy and posting style that makes me cringe. I can't help it.

As I'm writing this, I can tell you very, very few usernames--but I can tell you which avatars go with good posters.

 

[rollingstart]

I try not to. It's hard not to.

btw, I do really hate animated gif avatars (the post above me reminded me of that). I usually use one because it's almost like a skunk mechanism to ward off those you judge me on my avatar and not my crappy ass posts.