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[smurfx]

Not really. Though I thought bjork was black for the longest time.

he's still black to me...dammit! bjork will always be that guy in his avatar to me.

 

[Big One]

If I do that then everyone on GAF is a girl.

 

[VariantX04]

Hot chick avatars are the only real avatars quite honestly. *flex*

 

[Rewrite]

Not really.

As a side note, is it just me or did GAF just change the default font-family in the base CSS? Some of the text looks bigger to me for some reason...normally the first line in my tag only stays one line. Now it's two lines.

Wtf?

Your tag has always been in two lines since the longest.

 

[Rktk]

Depending on what the avatar is, yes I do.

 

[Barberetti]

Yeah, I tend to tune out the anime ones. But apart from those, not really. If a person has an avatar of someone famous though, I do notice myself reading their post in that persons voice.

 

[KevinCow]

Not really.

As a side note, is it just me or did GAF just change the default font-family in the base CSS? Some of the text looks bigger to me for some reason...normally the first line in my tag only stays one line. Now it's two lines.

Hold Ctrl and press -

 

[Tworak]

grammar, yesh

 

[fanboi]

grammar, yesh

Everyone not is has engrish as language first.

 

[Scythian Empire]

I fucking hate your avatar fanboi. That film scared the shit out of me. I was reading that thread when you first changed your avatar and it's just been imprinted into my brain ever since.

 

[StuBurns]

I fucking hate your avatar fanboi. That film scared the shit out of me. I was reading that thread when you first changed your avatar and it's just been imprinted into my brain ever since.

You should watch the film.

 

[grumble]

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

 

[Jex]

People judge others based on what information they have about them. On the internet, that amount is limited. What a person says will be the most important indicator of a person but that doesn't stop people from being bothered by someones avatar, as that is the only way a poster has to represent something about themselves via images. Do I personally judge people based off their avatar? No, but if t's something particular offensive to me in some manner it would probably affect my opinion of the poster, even though it has no direct bearing on the content of their posts.

 

[Hot Coldman]

Get a mudda-fackin' avatar then!

 

[MightyHedgehog]

I don't judge the poster or the post based on the avatar, I just don't like it when someone snags the exact same one that someone else uses and has used for a long time. It's like identity theft or something. Yeah, I don't always look for the poster name.

 

[fanboi]

I fucking hate your avatar fanboi. That film scared the shit out of me. I was reading that thread when you first changed your avatar and it's just been imprinted into my brain ever since.

Yes, I was also fooled by the guy that posted the picture that it was from a mental institute from the beginning of the century.

 

[grumble]

Get a mudda-fackin' avatar then!

I'm not sure how. Do I need a hosting site? Can I get one that's just plain black?

 

[SolarPowered]

I fucking hate your avatar fanboi. That film scared the shit out of me. I was reading that thread when you first changed your avatar and it's just been imprinted into my brain ever since.

Holy shit I didn't know he changed it to a Gif. I gotta watch that movie again some time.

:lol

Either way, people just shouldn't take something like a cartoon or anime avatar too seriously. This is the internet after all.

Hell yeah. ^_^

yep yep

^_^

 

[OneEightZero]

I'm not sure how. Do I need a hosting site? Can I get one that's just plain black?

Use this one.

 

[Keylime]

I absolutely do if the avatar is bad enough.

 

[OneEightZero]

I absolutely do if the avatar is bad enough.

Always loved the Qub.

 

[grumble]

Use this one.

Thanks!

 

[StriKeVillain]

Like it's been said before, pretty much just the anime avatars. I have no problems staring at Alison Brie on loop.

 

[Tworak]

Everyone not is has engrish as language first.

English is my 5th, actually. I still try, though! x]

 

[DaBargainHunta]

Judge me!

 

[Prine]

Yes, Anime avatars or obnoxious Japanese chick trying to be cute renders an unfortunate image of the holder. In my mind.

 

[fanboi]

English is my 5th, actually. I still try, though! x]

Is your name Dolph Lundgren?

 

[Souldriver]

Hmmm, I don't think I have ever judged a person on an avatar alone.

However, if I read someone's post and it perfectly matches their avatar (objectively or with me subjective prejudices), I occasionally just think "figures".

For example:
- Person with sports avatar going all nutty and "srs busnss" about something related to sports
- Little anime girl avatar or cute japanese girl avatar matched with some creepy post about how the rape sounds in japanese porn are awesome
- Guy with gun or American flag in avatar supporting McCain/Palin/other rightwing nutjob
- Person with Avatar movie avatar proclaiming Cameron a genius and reporting on the BO performance of the movie on a daily basis.

On the gaming forum:
- Person telling something that could be considered Sony fanboy worthy coupled with a Killzone/Uncharted/... avatar
- Person telling something that could be considered MS fanboy worthy coupled with a Halo/... avatar
- Person telling something that could be considered Nintendo fanboy worthy coupled with a Mario/Zelda/... avatar




You see, I never base my judgment on a avatar alone, but mainly on the post it's accompanied by. I never remember my judgments either. The moment the post+avatar don't match perfectly anymore, I don't judge anymore (F.e.: A killzone avatar with praise for the movie TDK, or an anime avatar in a political thread).

There is only one category where I actively judge people multiple times and try to remember their avatar to make sure I don't forget, and that's when it comes to politics and religion. I just can't let it go when people have completely fucked up views. I'm not talking about laissez-faire vs big governments or being religious vs atheist, because a choice in these things doesn't make you a good/bad person. I'm talking about issues like war, human rights, LGBT rights, women rights, treatment of animals, racism, plain stupidity and being ignorant or proud of it, believing or selling blatant propaganda, ... However, I should stress that this has nothing to do with avatars at all anymore, and that judgment is purely based on the content of posts.

 

[SmokyDave]

English is my 5th, actually. I still try, though! x]

That's pretty damned impressive.

 

[itsinmyveins]

I'm curious as to what my avatar makes people think. That I work in an office? That I like the movie Office Space? That my biggest dream is just doing nothing?

 

[Prine]

I'm curious as to what my avatar makes people think. That I work in an office? That I like the movie Office Space? That my biggest dream is just doing nothing?

I generally glance at avatars than pay full attention to them. Your a blur when im busy dissecting posts, but a recognizable, grouped and judged blur.I just now recognized its from Office space.

 

[Kentpaul]

Judge me!

 

[Barberetti]

Little anime girl avatar

Yep. When I say I tune out anime avatars, it's these ones I'm talking about mainly, not anime avatars in general, athough I'm not a fan of any of it.

Judge me!

A Scottish guy who likes drinking vast amounts of alcohol.

 

[BattleMonkey]

I love me shooters

 

[Fox the Sly]

I only judge when the avatar fits the name (which is cool, example: catfish), or when it's annoying like the OP.

 

[9BR]

A lot.
and if they have a tag too..

 

[Spider from Mars]

I judge. Fucking anime avatars....and I like anime.

 

[TheThunder]

If you have generic looking anime avatar #4384 with a wall of text as a post I scroll down most of the time.

 

[fanboi]

Wtf is this hate for anime avatars? Is their opinion worthless then?

 

[KevinCow]

That reminds me of another one:

Squished or stretched pictures - I mean seriously, come on.

 

[yencid]

I tend to judge people more based on their tags.

^

 

[Replicant]

Wtf?

Your tag has always been in two lines since the longest.

Yup, two lines is correct. But for some reason on the computer at work just a few hours ago, it ended up being three lines. Now I'm back at home, it's two lines again. I tried using the +/- thing for font and it still stayed 3 lines. N/M, maybe my browser at work was fucked up.

 

[Shaka]

PantherLotus dancing chick pisses me off. Nothing against you PantherLotus.

 

[The_Joint]

If it's Mariah Carey I do.
If it's DrinkCrow I do.
If it's Opiate I do.
If it's Gaborn I do.

Everyone else, not so much.

 

[Enosh]

meh sometimes

 

[Spider from Mars]

That reminds me of another one:

Squished or stretched pictures - I mean seriously, come on.

I thought we were Bowie brothers....that's as good as blood as far as I'm concerned. You hurt me brother...you hurt me good.

 

[Bisnic]

I sure hope no one judge me based on mine.

 

[yencid]

If it's Mariah Carey I do.
If it's DrinkCrow I do.
If it's Opiate I do.
If it's Gaborn I do.

Everyone else, not so much.

I cant stand that avatar!
No idea why either cus i like the video... Its probably the freakishly big eyes of that part :lol

 

[Yaweee]

I sure hope no one judge me based on mine.

It's kind of hard not to.

 

[crowphoenix]

Most of the time I don't, but there are just a few avatars here and there that I just hate so much for whatever reason that it bleeds over onto the poster.