You can talk to someone for years on a forum and only imagine what they look like. That cool avatar or artistic picture promises so much! Here’s a hilarious look at what those avatars really mean!
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About a week ago, I found this table on this forum but don’t ask me how I got there. Maybe a friend sent me the link? Anyway, I actually joined the forum to send a direct message to the person who posted it, asking her permission to post this on my blog, with proper credit to her. She never answered! Well tonight I was searching a little more and found this link where a guy had posted it in 2005, two years before she did. And his last activity on that forum was 2007 so I didn’t bother to email him. If anyone reading this created this originally (or if your ancestors did), please let me know so I can take it down or give proper credit. I just found it so hilarious I had to share!
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That is a hoot!
.-= Robert Owen´s last blog ..Paying Homage to the 80’s, Sorta. =-.
I laugh every time I look at it! Maybe my long-term memory isn’t too good, huh.
Too funny. It actually reminded me of back in the day when I had time to play an MMO, and not knowing if the other players were even the same sex as their avatars, let alone remotely as attractive as they made themselves out to be in-game.
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Hi Evan! Yes, we get a mental image of someone, and we may lean toward thinking of them as similar to the avatar – and that might lead to much disappointment.
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haha very funny Christie. Thank God I’m not on that list
. You can see my real picture on my about page.
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LOL of course you’re not on the list!
I had been using a cute kitten as my Gravatar, but after seeing this I thought I’d better use my real picture or everyone would think I’m [fat, alcoholic, dangerous, has moustache]. 
That is awesome! My Gravatar actually was created from a picture of me from around 6 or 7 years ago. I am about 20 – 30 lbs heavier than in that photo at the moment. A more realistic picture can be found in my About Us page. I really need to update my Gravatar, but I keep hoping I will look like that again
.-= Doug Dillard´s last blog ..Free Private Label Rights =-.
Absolutely!
I looked at your About page, and it’s not so different – probably only *you* see the difference a couple of years have made.
Hahahahahahaha. This made my night. So funny. Where did you find the chart? Or did you make it? Either way, thanks for sharing/
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You are so right about avatars not looking like the person itself. Sometimes you see funny ones and other times not.
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Yeah I can imagine we want our avatar to look like the mental image we have of ourselves, or maybe the image we *want* to have on the internet to show others…or when we have time to lose 10 pounds, or something.
hehehehe thank God I`m not in there cause I`m never use any gravatar even I`m a handsome guy according to my mom hahahahaha
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Hi Blogger Rise! Well if your mom says you’re a handsome guy, I’m sure you are. Mothers are well known for having a very realistic view of their own kids, right?
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That was funny … it makes me wonder, what does Doug Dillard and George Serradinho’s avatar mean? They are not anime nor “cartoon character”, but maybe somewhere in between…. any ideas?
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I came across http://www.cartoonme.com/en/ one day and for around $5 I had to give it a try
.-= Doug Dillard´s last blog ..How to Twitter? =-.
Ha! Thanks for the link Doug! I just uploaded a pic to them and ordered a cartoon. Not sure what I’ll use it for – maybe IM – but it’ll be fun to have.
Your welcome! For the price… I couldn’t resist either. They have pretty fast turnaround as well.
.-= Doug Dillard´s last blog ..How to Twitter? =-.
Cool – I’m definitely gonna try that out, thanks for the link
.-= Klaus @ TechPatio´s last blog ..Getting Online Before Breakfast, Yes Please! =-.
@Klaus – I don’t know either what is mine.
@Doug – thanks for the link, I will go have a look and see what they are all about.
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I just wrote a post about my experience with creating my Gravatar here: http://www.makingmoneyonline.com/create-a-fun-gravatar/
.-= Doug Dillard´s last blog ..Create a Fun Gravatar =-.
Too funny!
My avatar is me at the dojo when I earned one of my lower belts last year. Ideally, I’ll earn a black belt by 2010!
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Cool! My youngest is a karate NUT now. He just started in March and is a yellow belt with his eye on orange. Barbara thanks for commenting, and please come back soon!
This was on Digg not a while back… I’ll try to find the link and post it in the comments if I do find it.
.-= Jason´s last blog ..I hate people… =-.
Sounds good, thanks! I got it tracked back to ’05, but haven’t seen the original creator. I’d love to see what else that person has produced by now.
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For me I hate this type of Avatar.We should create some innovative identity of our blog.
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Yeah I guess most of the time those really bad ones above are for Twitter or MySpace. I’m still trying to figure out a logo for MiscBytes because it’s just 2 1/2 months old. Thanks for your comment, and please come back soon!
Gotta say I actually use a real photo of myself. Unfortunately I don’t have any decent ones, so I usually use holiday snaps – my current Gravatar is a little sunburned!
Hi James! I can’t see your Gravatar right now – are you changing out the image? I’d love to see a sunburned Gravatar – that’s part of enjoying summer!
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How true is this post! About 3 minutes on My Space and you get a fresh example of everything above. Thank you for the Thursday morning laugh
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Yes
when I saw those things like the extreme closeup, or the photo taken from a weird angle – oh I have seen her many times. LOL thanks again for coming by John!
Some of them are really funny. Thanx for nice share. I like the avatar where the boy looks like holding a alcohol bottle
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They really are – we have seen so many of these things before – and of course the first time we see something like that, we do think what they *want* us to think.
So I’m immature, and probably fat?
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Noooooo!
I’d say you are most likely a programmer!
Haha I’m no a programmer too. It’s okay, I love my avatar anyway
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I wasn’t sure where that post was going and after having a ‘mans’ look at the image I must admit I was scratching my head a little. Then I stood back a bit and had a proper look and suddenly it all became clear and I almost fell off the chair. Well done
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Oh no! I’ve been guilty of a few of these! Bwahahahahaha! Thanks for the laughs.
.-= Jean´s last blog ..Alice Might Be For You =-.
That’s so wrong, and so funny! I find stuff like this all the time; thanks for sharing it.
.-= Mitch´s last blog ..Do You Turn Comments Off? =-.
We do see a lot of those all the time, don’t we! And now we will laugh just a little when we see one of them.
Can’t find a explanation for my avatar which I think is a good thing. With that said, I really need to get me a new avatar.
.-= Stefan´s last blog ..The Advantages Of Being Small =-.
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