Avatar Bias

[RedEyesBlackGamer]

Do you find that you have a bias towards or against a particular type of avatar?

My Little Pony avatars. Every time I see one I think "Oh great, I sure hope this pony fan isn't here to derail this thread."

I don't care about the actual show or think less of them for watching it. It's just that so many of the fans think it's the only thing anyone should talk about, and throw down a pony discussion wherever they can regardless of if it's relevant.

Colour me curious

Examples of this?

You aren't getting any. I've asked him in another thread and never got an answer.

 

[Quinadin]

None of them really bug me but for some reason I always equate the person talking to their avatar.

 

[Baneat]

Do you find that you have a bias towards or against a particular type of avatar?

My Little Pony avatars. Every time I see one I think "Oh great, I sure hope this pony fan isn't here to derail this thread."

I don't care about the actual show or think less of them for watching it. It's just that so many of the fans think it's the only thing anyone should talk about, and throw down a pony discussion wherever they can regardless of if it's relevant.

Colour me curious

Examples of this?

You aren't getting any. I've asked him in another thread and never got an answer.

Give him a chance..

"So many" means that it probably shouldn't be hard to track the examples down. So far to me it seems ponytalk is confined to the pony-group-thingy and pony threads.

 

[penguindude42]

My "avatar bias" has two layers:

1. The low number of ponies is unsettling.

2. People are not wearing enough hats.

~Tom<3

 

[Sir Thomas Sean Connery]

MLP avatars irritate me, but [strike/]they don't color my opinion of the person.[/S]

Couldn't post that with a straight face...

I am quite partial to simple avatars. A face. Little to no text. Something clever.

 

[teebeeohh]

i like the pony avatars. They are awesome and they don't make it any more difficult to recognize people than the bazillion anime avatars.
i don't really dislike a lot of avatars, sometimes gifs annoy me.
what i do like is when people have avatars that are references to some 10 year old classic game.
And i don't see a problem with not having an avatar, for some people it's a choice and i was just to lazy for a year and a half

 

[Filiecs]

None of them really bug me but for some reason I always equate the person talking to their avatar.

Same here.

Also,

Judgmental much? I really wasn't expecting this sort of BS from fellow Escapists.

Edit: What the hell, THE JUSTIN BIEBERS ARE GONE! I can tell us apart now!

 

[Gigatoast]

I don't have a problem with Pony avatars, but when I see an anime avatar I immediately think "No mater what this person has to say, I now disagree with it."

 

[Aidinthel]

OT i have a bias against the pony avatars because apart from one persons (the crocodile guy) they all look the same.

Yes! I knew the Gummy avatar would pay off!

*snip*

Well I know mine meets your second criteria, but does it count for the first?

And your Derpy isn't wearing a hat.

OT: I tend to be better disposed towards MLP avatars because I know we have at least one thing in common. On the negative side I guess I tend to assume anyone with an avatar of scantily-clothed and/or ridiculously large-breasted women is a bit immature.

Also this:

Any variation on Trollface. The reasoning behind that should be clear.

Jesus, do I ever hate Trollface avatars.

 

[ACman]

I've gotten some choice words for my avatar, don't know why.

Oh no, you didn't.

 

[mikev7.0]

Basically the only ones I don't like are the ones that are downright designed to be insulting or degrading. Also the self agrandizing ones are a huge *YAWN* but other than that go for it.

Also just to throw in my opinon? I think the pony avatars are some of the best and most hilarious. Sorry but whoever has "Sorry I can't brain today, I gots the dumb!" on the Applejack picture has given me many great laughs. Also a classic is the little kitten with it's ears perfectly laid back looking up with anime eyes saying "you eated my cookie?"

My own is meant to be a metaphor for how I see my home. Under fire, Rushing foward anyway and is...is it me or is that madman actually smiling? Steel isn't forged in ice....

 

[gmaverick019_v1legacy]

i try really hard not to judge but the MLP thing is getting ridiculously popular in the way of twilight, to the point that everytime i see one my "rage gauge" fills up just a tad bit more that day


and yes, i did just compare twilight fans to MLP fans, get over it if your seriously offended by it.

if you do have something original and funny or something that makes me go "huh, neat" then i might sneak you a few internet cookies while no one is looking ;]

 

[scorptatious]

I've gotten some choice words for my avatar, don't know why.

Oh no, you didn't.

Oh yes, he did.

 

[gmaverick019_v1legacy]

I don't have a problem with Pony avatars, but when I see an anime avatar I immediately think "No mater what this person has to say, I now disagree with it."

haha i will admit at one point in the past there was someone with a "anime" like avatar and they were extremely condescending and ignorant, to the point anytime i saw a avatar even remotely like it i would go into rage mode and be rude as fuck if that person was in any shape or form not being perfect...as in agreeing with everything i say.

 

[scorptatious]

i try really hard not to judge but the MLP thing is getting ridiculously popular in the way of twilight, to the point that everytime i see one my "rage gauge" fills up just a tad bit more that day


and yes, i did just compare twilight fans to MLP fans, get over it if your seriously offended by it.

if you do have something original and funny or something that makes me go "huh, neat" then i might sneak you a few internet cookies while no one is looking ;]

Funny thing, one of the characters in that show is actually named Twilight. Well, Twilight Sparkle to be exact.

 

[commodore96]

I tend to like a person more if said person's avatar is esoteric and I recognize it

 

[gmaverick019_v1legacy]

i try really hard not to judge but the MLP thing is getting ridiculously popular in the way of twilight, to the point that everytime i see one my "rage gauge" fills up just a tad bit more that day


and yes, i did just compare twilight fans to MLP fans, get over it if your seriously offended by it.

if you do have something original and funny or something that makes me go "huh, neat" then i might sneak you a few internet cookies while no one is looking ;]

Funny thing, one of the characters in that show is actually named Twilight. Well, Twilight Sparkle to be exact.

hah wow...ironic obvious is ironic.

but i might just have to give the show a watch sometime..most of the time when im watching the HUB channel its to watch batman beyond or the occasional MIB the cartoon

 

[Snowy Rainbow]

Having yourself or a meme (MLP does not count) is kinda weird to me.

A meme I can understand, but yourself? Could you explain why showing an image of yourself instead of a fake representation of you is weird?

You've got my curiosity running!

Something about it gives off that kind of "Look at me I'm so different (or the occasional look at me I'm so good looking)" vibe, not that people who have themselves as their avatars always think that, but that's just the kind of impression they give me.

Ah. I can see how you could feel that way. Hell, I sometimes get that vibe, myself.

[sup]Usually if they are much better looking than me >_>[/sup]

Thanks for the reply ^^

 

[Gigatoast]

I don't have a problem with Pony avatars, but when I see an anime avatar I immediately think "No mater what this person has to say, I now disagree with it."

Can you elaborate? There are a few people I've seen that share your opinion, and I've always been curious about it.

OT: The only thing that I don't really like is when people don't have avatars. It just seems kind of lazy.

That was a joke. -_-

...mostly.

For the record I've actually SEEN a couple episodes of MLP and I think it's better written, better animated, and more mature then most anime. That's probably one reason anime fans are so easily annoyed by pony avatars.

 

[DarkRyter]

Anything in reference to the Half Life Series/Acclaimed actor and comedian Hugh Laurie = Super Awesome Guy.

Anything Else = Meh.