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EffieBlack

(14,249 posts)
Sun Apr 22, 2018, 10:47 PM Apr 2018

When you picture various DUers, do you imagine they look like their avatars?

Asking for a friend.

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When you picture various DUers, do you imagine they look like their avatars? (Original Post) EffieBlack Apr 2018 OP
I m not hung up on looks and don't care about these things. CentralMass Apr 2018 #1
I have absolutely no resemblance to mine. madaboutharry Apr 2018 #2
Goodness, I hope people don't think that I do! unblock Apr 2018 #3
I don't see avatars much anymore SHRED Apr 2018 #4
Do you think I look like mine? Just asking??? Marie Marie Apr 2018 #5
I wish I were as clever as mine. spooky3 Apr 2018 #6
Nah...just give it a glance and get to the text....nt Heartstrings Apr 2018 #7
Nope. Not me. lpbk2713 Apr 2018 #8
Ummmm..... madamesilverspurs Apr 2018 #9
. Grassy Knoll Apr 2018 #10
Wait, what? TygrBright Apr 2018 #11
I hope so SCantiGOP Apr 2018 #12
It ain't easy being green... n/t Ron Obvious Apr 2018 #13
nor dweller Apr 2018 #14
Try being a martini all day. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2018 #15
I look exactly like mine. Solly Mack Apr 2018 #16
Fascinating. Kirk Lover Apr 2018 #17
LOL! I hope so. raven mad Apr 2018 #18
In my case - yes Generic Brad Apr 2018 #19
Wow, are you my long lost twin? nt Tommy_Carcetti Apr 2018 #41
I would think MineralMan probably does n/t BritVic Apr 2018 #20
I look exactly like mine. johnp3907 Apr 2018 #21
I know I don't look like mine. TheBlackAdder Apr 2018 #22
Maybe I should change my avatar. LOL. Vinca Apr 2018 #23
Im not nearly as beautiful as Amanda Palmer. Codeine Apr 2018 #24
I pretty much look like mine. MineralMan Apr 2018 #25
I do, too. Because I AM Thurgood Marshall. EffieBlack Apr 2018 #26
LOL! MineralMan Apr 2018 #28
I am recalling that your previous one was a photo of you wearing a hat. n/t John1956PA Apr 2018 #35
Yes. That was a fishing photo. MineralMan Apr 2018 #38
I think mine matches my personality... Phentex Apr 2018 #27
No. I look nothing like Justin Trudeau. inanna Apr 2018 #29
I promise I do NOT look like a fish! MoonRiver Apr 2018 #30
I hope not because I'm a total nothing. OregonBlue Apr 2018 #31
I do not look like my avatar edhopper Apr 2018 #32
Sadly, I have no wings workinclasszero Apr 2018 #33
No, as avatars are not unique. The names are what sticks with me but even then I dont have anneboleyn Apr 2018 #34
I hope people picture me that way A HERETIC I AM Apr 2018 #36
Not really but in case anyone is wondering JustAnotherGen Apr 2018 #37
Posting so I can see my avatar. McCamy Taylor Apr 2018 #39
I do not have *86 45* tattooed on my forehead. VOX Apr 2018 #40
Spot f'ing on. KTM Apr 2018 #42
Life in hell was brilliant The Polack MSgt Apr 2018 #44
Mine doesnt look like me kimbutgar Apr 2018 #43

CentralMass

(16,846 posts)
1. I m not hung up on looks and don't care about these things.
Sun Apr 22, 2018, 10:50 PM
Apr 2018

+ I almost always use my phone and don't see them

 

Codeine

(25,586 posts)
24. Im not nearly as beautiful as Amanda Palmer.
Mon Apr 23, 2018, 07:05 AM
Apr 2018

Nor as talented. Nor as female, for that matter.

MineralMan

(150,569 posts)
25. I pretty much look like mine.
Mon Apr 23, 2018, 08:36 AM
Apr 2018

It's a caricature of me drawn for a website I once worked for.

MineralMan

(150,569 posts)
38. Yes. That was a fishing photo.
Mon Apr 23, 2018, 09:39 AM
Apr 2018

I'm not doing much fishing these days, so I switched to the caricature.

Phentex

(16,685 posts)
27. I think mine matches my personality...
Mon Apr 23, 2018, 08:40 AM
Apr 2018

mostly sunny.

I am hot all the time so there's that.

Mine is part of a digital picture my son made for me a long time ago.

anneboleyn

(5,613 posts)
34. No, as avatars are not unique. The names are what sticks with me but even then I dont have
Mon Apr 23, 2018, 08:58 AM
Apr 2018

any image in mind — just sort of a vague idea that goes with the name. The avatars are not unique and I often see the same avatars used by multiple posters since some are more popular than others so no...

JustAnotherGen

(37,498 posts)
37. Not really but in case anyone is wondering
Mon Apr 23, 2018, 09:28 AM
Apr 2018

I DO indeed normally post from a bath tub. Also - It wasn't me that said 'let them eat cake'.


It was the sun king's wife Marie-Thérèse, the Spanish princess She allegedly suggested that the French people eat “la croûte de pâté”

'Twas not me. I DID say this:
"You can be assured that I need no one's guidance in anything concerning propriety"

Oh, Effie - if you throw me bonbons I'll bark like a seal!

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