What one's Avatar Conveys

[bogeyman]

Clearly, some of the more mentally-deficient posters hereabout seem to think that we are, in fact, our very avatars!

Yes, yes. There, there. Of course we are!

I am obviously a grumpy, smelly old tramp

[SallyAnne]

I bet if you used 3 words to describe your avatar, you'd find that those words are what you like to be described as yourself.

[bogeyman]

I bet if you used 3 words to describe your avatar, you'd find that those words are what you like to be described as yourself.

And what three words would you use to describe your own avatar?

[Francko]

Clearly, some of the more mentally-deficient posters hereabout seem to think that we are, in fact, our very avatars!

Yes, yes. There, there. Of course we are!

I am obviously a grumpy, smelly old tramp

There should be some necessary psychological association between the avatar and the person. To many you give the idea of an old grumpy and smelly tramp. Perhaps you are in reality 25 years old, but hey, it's what is inside that counts.

[SallyAnne]

And what three words would you use to describe your own avatar?

Probaby sweet, cute and childlike.

Although I'm sure many people would describe me as many other things

[bogeyman]

Probaby sweet, cute and childlike.

Although I'm sure many people would describe me as many other things

So is that how you imagine yourself?

[bogeyman]

Perhaps you are in reality 25 years old, but hey, it's what is inside that counts.

I am, in fact, 50 years old.

[SallyAnne]

And I would never have described your avatar as a grumpy old tramp Bogey...

He looks more like a wise old fella, in black and white...which could mean your stuck in the past? Or have rugged good looks (as black and white photos are always more flatterring).

francko's would be -
macho
mysterious
hidden (depths perhaps? Or just a big beard?)

[Francko]

I am, in fact, 50 years old.

You are a wise bitter grumpy middle-aged man. Does it sound better?

[SallyAnne]

So is that how you imagine yourself?

All of us are many different things...but yeah I guess if I had to choose 3 words to describe myself...yeah I'd proably choose those 3 (on a good day).

But I didn't choose the avatar for that reason (or the fact that I'm a ginger bird, and it does look a little bit like me)...I just chose it cause it felt right. Which when you think about it, subconsciously means it felt like a true representation of myself. So all our avatars are probably true-ish representations of ourselves.

There you go, psychology lesson over for the day