Avatars and the impressions we give

[Guest]

My favorite AV was the one of Charley kissing the squirrel.

I have that printed out and stuck on the wall next to my desk. It's useful for used chewing gum.

 

[ABSTRUSE]

I have that printed out and stuck on the wall next to my desk. It's useful for used chewing gum.

I pasted mine on the kids notebooks with a sign saying "What not to be when you grow up".

 

[dr_mabeuse]

Thanks, Mab. Another needlepoint project for me.

Not sure if you really think it's him, but Earl's AV is a BritCom actor whose character is beloved by me and a few million females.

Perdita

I did think it was him! And I thought it was such a lovely pic! Now it's back to Prince Charles or that horrible toaster thing.

I like Catdog's Av's too, expecially the ones of him with the kids. It says a lot about what he's like.

There's supposed to be a truism in the magazine biz that says you can increase circulation 25-30% by putting a picture of a dog or a baby on the cover. I don't know what happnes if you use a picture of a puppy, and I don;t think that holds for men's magazines. With women's magazines, huge cakes seem to do it.

A lot of us have totems. Minsue always has the goose, Cloudy the Indian.

I have to go against the flow about Gauche's Gollum. I used to get sick of that slimy green creep. I like Gauche's current one. I can relate to that, and I'd be willing to buy him a drink.

Pop's too. He's been a model of piratical consistency. Of course, the ones I naturally feel warmest to are the ones that are real pictures of the person. They project an honesty that carries a lot of weight.

Then there are the ones where you don't know if the picture is really the person or not. Abstruse for one, and Belegon, and for a while I puzzled about Rideme Cowgirl until that was straightened out. I was shocked to find that Renza and Destony were real. Too good to be true.

I have to say that it took me months to figure out if Impressive was M or F.

There are some people who use pictures of cars as their Av. I always thought that was very weird. Guitars are okay, but cars?

---dr.M.

 

[impressive]

Re: Re: Re: Role Playing

Lil' ol lady, with silver hair, who loves women (and, believe it or not, quite a few guys).
What you read, is what you get.
Apologies if its bland and unappetising, but I'm comfortable.

Neither bland nor unappetizing!

 

[impressive]

I have to say that it took me months to figure out if Impressive was M or F.

I didn't have gender (or age) in my profile until recently. Interestingly, the e-mail feedback always assumed "female" -- but that could very well be due to the stories written in 1st person from the female perspective.

 

[ABSTRUSE]

Zoot, mine sure as hell ain't me, nor will you probably ever see me, I like the persona of my Av's. They reflect the inner me.

 

[McKenna]

A while back I got into a bit of a "discussion" because I was using an AV that was not me. This Literotican felt that I was leading people on because of the AV I was using. Since then, I'm more apt to use and AV that is me, though I do have one or two favorites that aren't me, (the vintage porn ones, for instance.) If I'm not using an AV that is me, I feel the one I'm using represents me on some level, and since this is an erotica site, it usually represents the kind of sexuality of which I am capable, (or an attempt to represent such.)

My AV's change with my mood as much as my sigline changes. Some days it's like deciding what clothes to wear, and when I feel like "hiding" underneath a papersack, those are the days I use an AV that isn't me.

I do tend to take an AV into consideration when I'm trying to get an idea about the person, just as much as I take into account their words. I've admired some for their creativity, and others for their ability to achieve a sense of eroticicism through subtlety. I figure it's all part of the package; I wouldn't use an AV I didn't feel represented me on some level, and I figure no one else would either.

Earl, from your AV's I've gleaned you're into soccer and sitcoms.

 

[ABSTRUSE]

McKenna, you change yours every 30 secs...lol. However, I like them all.

 

[oggbashan]

The Earl is 'into' RUGBY!

Different shaped ball. Rougher.

As Oscar Wilde said "Rugby is a game for gentlemen played by oafs: Soccer is a game for oafs played by gentlemen."

Modern addition: "Australian Rules is a game for psychopaths played by murderers."

Og

 

[McKenna]

The Earl is 'into' RUGBY!

Different shaped ball. Rougher.

As Oscar Wilde said "Rugby is a game for gentlemen played by oafs: Soccer is a game for oafs played by gentlemen."

Modern addition: "Australian Rules is a game for psychopaths played by murderers."

Og

Ah yes, my mistake.

 

[McKenna]

McKenna, you change yours every 30 secs...lol. However, I like them all.

If it's been one of "those" kinds of days, yes.

 

[Guest]

...and for a while I puzzled about Rideme Cowgirl until that was straightened out....

---dr.M.

My offer still stands, Big Boy.

Debbie

I gave you 2 cause your beard is cute.

 

[Guest]

My offer still stands, Big Boy.

Debbie

I gave you 2 cause your beard is cute.

Just Kidding, Doc.

 

[TheEarl]

Earl, from your AV's I've gleaned you're into soccer and sitcoms.

SOCCER!!!!????

Wait a minute, while I go and get my axe. I think that good old misanthropic feeling has sprung up again.

Soccer is also known as football, which is commonly corrupted to kevball. A kev is another word for a chav. (I feel like Comedy Dave doing a tedious link!) A chav is someone who thinks fake burberry is the height of fashion and drives around in an old Ford Fiesta that has been modified to the cost of £3000, which is much more than the car itself is worth. Their idea of a good night out is racing their chavmobiles around a town centre, getting stupidly drunk and starting fights. A chav generally has no taste, class, IQ or personality and is often a fond supporter of football hooliganism.

I do like a bit of football and I will cheer England, but it is the sport of kevs. Sad, but true.

The Earl

 

[Guest]

(I feel like Comedy Dave doing a tedious link!)

The Earl

LOL! Yep, it was very much like that.

I can hear the music from Bottom playing now...

 

[cheerful_deviant]

McKenna, you change yours every 30 secs...lol. However, I like them all.

Tell me about it... I think I'm in love, or at least lust.

 

[TheEarl]

Tatelou belongs to Literotica, which a website for the display of erotica. Erotica can also be described as porn. Lesbian sex is a popular form of porn and this leads us to Tatu, which is a duet of lesbians. Tatu are Russian and so is Roman Abramovich, who owns Chelsea FC. FC stands for football club, which is a team that plays football. Football is often converted to kevball, because of its strong association to kevs. Kevs are called different things in different parts of the country: Scallies, Chavs, Townies and Garys. A gary-boy is a male chav from the Essex and a car that is "garyed-up" is driven by Essex boys, who wear Burberry. One of the foremost musical perpetrators of Burberry are The Streets, who produced one good song with "Dry Your Eyes" and have assaulted our ears with tot like "You're Fit And Don't You Know It"

This leads us onto our song for today, which is the crime against music that is: "You're Fit And Don't You Know It."

I-thankyou.

The Earl

 

[Just-Legal]

I get PMs of complaint when I change my AV to another version of me.

My AV is familiar and reasonably representative except that I don't normally dress so fashionably, nor do I colour my white beard.

What does my AV suggest to you?

Og

Seriously Ogg? The first time I saw it I thought of the King Icon you get when you clear Freecell... No lie.

 

[impressive]

The first time I saw it I thought of the King Icon you get when you clear Freecell... No lie.

Now that you mention it ...

 

[Guest]

Tatelou belongs to Literotica, which a website for the display of erotica. Erotica can also be described as porn. Lesbian sex is a popular form of porn and this leads us to Tatu, which is a duet of lesbians. Tatu are Russian and so is Roman Abramovich, who owns Chelsea FC. FC stands for football club, which is a team that plays football. Football is often converted to kevball, because of its strong association to kevs. Kevs are called different things in different parts of the country: Scallies, Chavs, Townies and Garys. A gary-boy is a male chav from the Essex and a car that is "garyed-up" is driven by Essex boys, who wear Burberry. One of the foremost musical perpetrators of Burberry are The Streets, who produced one good song with "Dry Your Eyes" and have assaulted our ears with tot like "You're Fit And Don't You Know It"

This leads us onto our song for today, which is the crime against music that is: "You're Fit And Don't You Know It."

I-thankyou.

The Earl

You *are* Comedy Dave!!

I am seriously considering emailing a link to this thread to Chris Moyles. Something tells me he'd like Lit.

Lou

 

[CharleyH]

I think you take the concept of "judging" to be qa patently BAD thing.
It is as Og suggests...a CLue to the whole.

We (as humans) constantly JUDGE..we assess...we put together the pieces from what we know and what we have experienced. THen we REassess when we get more information...antother post...a NEW AV...a story.

MY AVs ARE me...they are a big part of me...and NOT to judge me by them is missing a large piece of ME.

for others their AVs are onlya SLIVER of them...but THEY chose it.

To judge is a bad thing to me and a good thing. It saves me from sleeping with some real skanks, on the other hand, this is not real life. Yes a part of you is delivered, as is a part of me, but an AV choice simply says an aspect of a person, I get more out of following posts. Not one post, not two, but multiple posts. As someone who is so into the visual - I am - I can still only gather so much information about you from an AV, just like walking around your apartment. Unless I talk to you, I cannot know you, and I do not expect you to represent everything in an AV. I have, from the start agreed with the sentiment that an AV delivers an aspect of a person. Are you judging my tone, based on my AV?

 

[Liar]

What do my avatars relating to sitcoms say about me? How does your avatar change how people react to you?

I have mever seen the dude in your AV before I saw him in, well, your AV. So naturally, I thought it was you. And thus, I thought 'hey, cool dude to be puttin his face upfront on a smut board'.

You just trashed that image I had of you.

I will now go read the rest of the thread, and see if I have anything valuable to add.

#L

 

[matriarch]

Re: Re: Re: Re: Role Playing

Neither bland nor unappetizing!

Thank you.

 

[McKenna]

Wait a minute, while I go and get my axe. I think that good old misanthropic feeling has sprung up again.

My most deepest and sincere apologies for bungling up my sports. If I say something like American football isn't anything compared to the rough and tumbleness of rugby, will I be forgiven?

 

[McKenna]

Tell me about it... I think I'm in love, or at least lust.

Thanks!