Is it lame to have a picture of yourself in your avatar?

[JohnnyCougar]

Poll question: Is it lame to have a picture of yourself in your avatar?

[JVS]

1. I know something lamer

but I'm not saying here for fear of offending people who's avatars meet the criterion I'm thinking about. If you want to know you can PM me

[Kire]

2. i know something even lamer...

censoring yourself because you don't wish to offend.

[JVS]

6. Fine, having consumer goods logos as your avatar was what it is

Take that sunbeam! ;-)

[Kire]

7. are you kidding?

I kinda hope you're not, because I had no clue that you were talking about my avatar when I posted that snarky reply to your post.


actually, that's a family picture, as well as a consumer goods logo

ironic, isn't it?

Edit: For the record, I don't own stock in the company and my Aunt hasn't gotten any money from them in 50 years. I genuinely think it's ironic, or post-modern or something to choose Miss Sunbeam as my avatar. Every couple of weeks I have to explain it, but, I can't think of anything better (or more personal, if you believe that) to replace it.

[JVS]

8. I'm kidding

I see that picture in a billboard almost every day. Cool story

[Kire]

9. NO!!!!

I was hoping for some irony, to go with my irony.

[billyskank]

14. I guess irony can be pretty ironic sometimes!

[tjwash]

11. Advertising for rich republicans by...

...having their football or baseball teams logo as your avatar comes to mind.

[JVS]

12. No way! GO TEAM!

[elperromagico]

3. Yes, but it's awesome to have a picture of your eye.

:D

[JVS]

5. I like to poke your eye with my mouse when I see it

[Left Is Write]

26. I see you.

[elperromagico]

30. Why, Left Is Write, what big eye you have.

Lovely color.

[Left Is Write]

31. Thank you!

[DustMolecule]

4. It's kinda like having an 8x10 glossy of yourself on your own desk

imo.

(But in some cultures, I hear that's okay....although I'll never understand it)

[RagingInMiami]

10. why don't you ask sniffa?

[JohnnyCougar]

13. hehe...I thought of that

I put my pic on my avatar for a bit too...at first I thought it was cool, but I decided against it a couple of days later. No one commented about it. I was wondering what other people thought.

To each his own, I guess.

[Radical Activist]

15. Only do it if your profile includes

your age and marital status.

[Shananigans]

16. I like to look at people when I am talking to them and vice versa...

An avatar is supposed to represent you...what better thing to represent you than a picture of yourself. I'm not exactly getting the whole "having an 8x10 picture of you on your desk", though. I most certainly am not a vain person and don't have my avatar as my picture for my OWN benefit. I do it so that people can put a face with a name and see me when they are "talking" to me.

But I guess in you guys case, this makes me lame.

Always,

The Lame One
Shananigans

[JohnnyCougar]

17. Well, if you're a cute girl, then it's ok!

;)

[Shananigans]

18. Is that a hint for me to replace my avatar?

[JohnnyCougar]

19. Tsk...

Don't be so negative.

[Shananigans]

20. Never! It was a legitimate question...

This thread is lowering my self esteem as we speak. I don't know if I like knowing that people think I'm lame. :(

Then again, if they had asked I probably could have filled them in... ;)

[JohnnyCougar]

21. Oh boy...If a thread can lower your self esteem

then I can't imagine what something tangible could do. :eyes: ;)

I don't mind myself if someone puts their picture on their avatar. I just kind of thought that people would think it was lame. I suppose I am letting public opinion control me...

[Shananigans]

35. Dude...I was joking...

take a chill pill! ;)

[JohnnyCougar]

36. i was too!

look at the wink!

[Left Is Write]

27. I do too. I actually like it when people have pictures of themselves

as avatars or in their signatures, because I like to see who I'm talking to.

[CO Liberal]

28. Put it Back, Shenanigans

There will always be people who find fault in something you do. If you enjoy having your picture in your avatar, then do it.

[CO Liberal]

22. I See Nothing Wrong With It

My avatar is a picture taken of me on October of 1991, at a Halloween Dance in Saddle Brook, NJ. It was the night that The Princess and I first met, so that picture has special meaning to me.

And isn't that what an avatar is supposed to be? Something that has a special meaning to the person using it?

[kick-ass-bob]

23. not if you're hot.

Apparently, that's what sniffa thinks.

:evilgrin:

[La Lioness Priyanka]

24. no

sniffa isnt lame...and he has his pic as his avatar

[DS1]

25. Sure, if you're ugly

:D

[crispini]

29. ROFL.

this comes up periodically on EVERY internet board in creation. and it's just as funny every time. :silly:

[WI_DEM]

32. I don't care one way or another

but instead of my mug I would rather people see a genuine American hero like Jimmy Carter.

[sniffa]

33. i hate peopLe who do that

[SmokingJacket]

34. I like it when people do that because then I do get them confused

with other posters.

I know I'm constantly being mistaken for all my clone wineglasses.