Do you think your avatar affects the way people read your post?
Do you think your avatar affects the way people read your post?
#1Do you think your avatar affects the way people read your post?
Posted: 7/22/08 at 8:58pm
Subject says it all, really. I know that just about everything Norn says lately comes out incredibly sweet, and I'm no longer able to tell how much of that is Norn and how much is his beautiful avatar. I also seem to be getting in more fights since I upgraded to a creepy blood-soaked avatar. Has anyone else been having avatar-related thoughts along these lines?
#2re: Do you think your avatar affects the way people read your post?
Posted: 7/22/08 at 9:06pmWeez, that is such a good question. I wonder about that also. And when people change the avatar I don't know who they are. Especially the ones with similar names!
#2re: Do you think your avatar affects the way people read your post?
Posted: 7/22/08 at 9:07pm
I hope so, because I never want anyone to take anything I say seriously. 
JustAGuy
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/20/03
#3re: Do you think your avatar affects the way people read your post?
Posted: 7/22/08 at 9:10pmNo...people still accuse me of not knowing that Czechoslovakia no longer exists, and that Iraq and Pakistan do not share a border.
#4re: Do you think your avatar affects the way people read your post?
Posted: 7/22/08 at 9:27pm
No, but it sure affects the contents of your PM box. 
~Lina Lamont
My name wasn't, isn't, and will never be Scott.
#5re: Do you think your avatar affects the way people read your post?
Posted: 7/22/08 at 9:49pmdoes mine?
Ugly is beautiful
"My brother plays a drag queen... and I'm surprised he looks as good as he does in drag." - Adam Rapp
"thanks, abba. now i'll forever have an image of you as a tattoed hardcore straightedge grrl savaging people in the mosh pit." - papalovesmambo
"Yeah Abba. All the filthy crap you spew out there on those boards. I for one, am equally shocked. :-P" - AnnaK
CMoore
Leading Actor Joined: 8/17/07
#6re: Do you think your avatar affects the way people read your post?
Posted: 7/22/08 at 9:55pmI think it does.
heathurrr
Broadway Star Joined: 12/9/06
#7re: Do you think your avatar affects the way people read your post?
Posted: 7/22/08 at 10:29pm
"... it sure affects the contents of your PM box."
It sure does. Since I uploaded this one I've gotten lots of mail from others loving the Benanti hotness.
Dearest, how can this be so? You were dead, you know. - Candide
Oh my god, this show has everything! Half naked guys and girl on girl action! - [title of show]
(My avatar? Why, yes! That is Laura Benanti making out with a chick!)
husk_charmer
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/06
#8re: Do you think your avatar affects the way people read your post?
Posted: 7/22/08 at 10:59pm
No one ever PMs me about my looks...
#9re: Do you think your avatar affects the way people read your post?
Posted: 7/22/08 at 11:07pm
I definately think that avatars affect the connotation of people's posts.
People probably think I'm either a 43 year old man or a 16 year old girl who loves Leo haha.
Mamie
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/26/04
#10re: Do you think your avatar affects the way people read your post?
Posted: 7/23/08 at 9:16amI'm constantly receiving PM's from strangers about how much they love Scout. I can't help but think the avatar influences people's opinion of the person writing the post.
A click for life.
mamie4 5/14/03
#11re: Do you think your avatar affects the way people read your post?
Posted: 7/23/08 at 9:19amI don't know... I've used me for the past 3 years (updated of course), so everyone is probably just sick of looking at me.
#12re: Do you think your avatar affects the way people read your post?
Posted: 7/23/08 at 9:22amI think it can influence people's first impressions of you, but it doesn't last. Your personality or, in some cases, persona will eventually reveal itself.
#13do you think your avatar affects the way people read your post?
Posted: 7/23/08 at 9:23amdepends on the avatar.
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
#14do you think your avatar affects the way people read your post?
Posted: 7/23/08 at 9:26am
Well, my screen name often gets me confused with DG. And now my avatar will get me confused with BdwayGirl.
This ought to be fun.
#15do you think your avatar affects the way people read your post?
Posted: 7/23/08 at 9:28am
Conversely, I also think the way people post can affect how you feel about their avatars. Having never really paid ANY attention to the 'Legally Blonde' reality casting shenanigans (until, like, yesterday, when it became TOTALLY unavoidable), I had no real opinion on anything to do with it.
Now I'd merrily punch Emma Zaks in the face if I ever saw her walking down the street. ^_^
#16do you think your avatar affects the way people read your post?
Posted: 7/23/08 at 2:37pmPeople often ask me if their mother s**ks c**ks in hell.
"In Oz, the verb is douchifizzation." PRS
#17do you think your avatar affects the way people read your post?
Posted: 7/23/08 at 3:03pm
Well, do they?
Updated On: 7/23/08 at 03:03 PM
#18do you think your avatar affects the way people read your post?
Posted: 7/23/08 at 3:05pmI don't think so, but people do think I am way hotter than I actually am.
#19do you think your avatar affects the way people read your post?
Posted: 7/23/08 at 3:06pmi dunno, yer pretty goddamn hot.
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
#20do you think your avatar affects the way people read your post?
Posted: 7/23/08 at 3:08pmBwah!
#21do you think your avatar affects the way people read your post?
Posted: 7/23/08 at 3:10pm
OMG, Papi, you and Rath actually agree on something!
Okay, I agree too, but I don't want to make her uncomfortable.
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#22do you think your avatar affects the way people read your post?
Posted: 7/23/08 at 3:10pmOther than Papa, no one who has met me has told me that I'm hotter than Chris Meloni.
#23do you think your avatar affects the way people read your post?
Posted: 7/23/08 at 3:12pm
"Well, do they?"
The obvious answer is NO, as there is no c**ksucking in hell... and that's why it's hell!
"In Oz, the verb is douchifizzation." PRS
#24do you think your avatar affects the way people read your post?
Posted: 7/23/08 at 3:12pm
he is though. you are, bb. but the whole hetero thing might call into question my judgment on the hotness of other guys.
and that's what you were doing under the table, shames?
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
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