sillyakchick
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What's In An Avatar? Look a Non-religious Thread!
Posted: 12-10-07 13:06pm
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What's in an avatar? With the invention
of forums, web groups, etc the avatar has
become an important player in the world of
online communication. What does an avatar
mean to you? Do you change your avatar
based on mood, events, accomplishments?
what does your current avatar mean to you?
Here's mine. It's Emily The Strange.
This is my second favorite comic after
Lenore. She's a dark sort of girl.
Misunderstood and full of sometimes
frightening ambitions. The particualr
image I chose is one where she has
developed an ingenious and controversial
idea. That is how I feel most of the ime.
Strange, out of the ordinary,
misunderstood, and frighteningly brilliant
(ha ha ha) I don't change my avatar
because I want people to be sure of who I
am when I am posting. She's my secret
identity-my alter ego. Who I would be if
I were a cartoon. And 12 years old.
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Posted: 12-10-07 13:08pm
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I have always looked at your avatar and
thought someone was shining a light in her
eyes. Or that she was just in a really
dark room and opened the door into a
really really bright one!
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meblonde01
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Posted: 12-10-07 13:28pm
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I always thought sillyakchick avatar was a
girl saying "don't mess with me" kinda
attitude.. 
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Posted: 12-10-07 15:04pm
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I assumed she was being protective of
herself .
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Posted: 12-10-07 15:53pm
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| Emma2
wrote: | | I assumed she was being
protective of herself
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I always thought that too, that she was
cowering from something or someone.
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sillyakchick
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Posted: 12-10-07 16:08pm
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you guys probably know me better than I
know myself!
What about your take on the
oh-so-important avatar?
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Posted: 12-10-07 17:42pm
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| meblonde01
wrote: | | I always thought
sillyakchick avatar was a girl saying
"don't mess with me" kinda attitude.. |
Me, too! I saw a "Oh no you didn't!"
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Posted: 12-10-07 19:00pm
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For some reason I thought sillychicks
avatar was doing a weird dance, and it
sort of caught her in the middle of it.
lol
I just added myself an avatar, cz I
figured out how to do it lol. None of my
pics would fit, but it's sorted.
Mine has a crayon 
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Posted: 12-10-07 23:38pm
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Avatars are indeed interesting; almost as
much as usernames. I know I have a
terrible time choosing usernames because I
can't change them. I like names but I can
never find one that truly suits me.
As for avatars, well those are easy to
change. I like using ones that represent
me (spiritually, ethically, or literally)
and - preferably - were MADE by me. I'm a
bit stuck up, it comes from being an
artist I guess. Why would I use an avatar
made by someone else when I can just make
my own and then gloat about it?
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Posted: 12-11-07 01:00am
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Mine is sushi. I thought it was clever.
And I love sushi.
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Posted: 12-11-07 01:39am
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I knew the roll was sushi.. is the blob
some wasabi? You need some soy sauce in
there!!
^--- Sushi fan
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Posted: 12-11-07 06:42am
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I change mine depending on my mood. I
didn't change mine for a long time but
then I changed my username to my actual
name (near enough) and felt it was clear
who I was so I could have a little more
freedom.
Right now it's the black rabbit of Inle
from 'Watership Down' because I've been
feeling very spiritual and melancholy.
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Posted: 12-11-07 08:49am
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I change mine depending on my mood to. But
I try to find ones that pertain to things
I like.. Not what I think others will.. I
think I will go find an different one
right now.
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Posted: 12-11-07 09:53am
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I don't change mine because i don't give a
hoot...And i'm extremly lazy ... oh well i
guess i'm not artistic
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Posted: 12-11-07 10:32am
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| Emma2
wrote: | | I don't change mine because
i don't give a hoot...And i'm extremly
lazy ... oh well i guess i'm not
artistic |
If I had a sweet little boy cutie picture
like you. I would not change it either..
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Posted: 12-29-07 00:56am
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my avatar is about baby corn....
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Posted: 12-31-07 08:06am
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In general I like my avatars to reflect
something about my personality or my
views. I am a very assertive person with
little patience for nonsense; I started
using my current avatar when someone
decided they knew my mind better then I
did.
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Posted: 12-31-07 12:01pm
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I think it's almost time to change mine
again... though I'm still loving how
obnoxious the colors are XD They're
complimentary colors. It's appealing to my
artistic side.
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Posted: 12-31-07 16:23pm
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Re: sillyachick, I did recognize your
avatar as being Emily - I pcik things up
visually when I go to Hot Topic . I wasn't sure what
she was doing, though - it looks to me
like she's reaching out toward the
viewers.
My avatars usually just reflect whatever
random thoughts are going through my head.
My current one was the result of me just
toying around in Illustrator and I
eventually stuck a caption to it. That,
and the mods got all whiney over my
'failed abortion' avatar because it might
offend [stupid] people, so I had to fight
the man and make a morbid avatar that
would not offend people as much as someone
with a coat hanger through their head. And
voila - I got my bloody homicidal samurai.
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