Does an Avatar affect your perception of the poster?

[hornteacher]

Sheesh, I had no idea people took it as seriously as that.  Do we really want to live in a world where one can't playfully acknowledge the beauty of another person without it being lustful?  For the record, I do not want to be physically intimate with Miss Hahn and have been happily married for 15 years to a beautiful loving wife.  I'm disappointed that in today's world I apparently must declare that upfront.

Consider my signature deleted.

[greg]

Sheesh, I had no idea people took it as seriously as that.  Do we really want to live in a world where one can't playfully acknowledge the beauty of another person without it being lustful?  For the record, I do not want to be physically intimate with Miss Hahn and have been happily married for 15 years to a beautiful loving wife.  I'm disappointed that in today's world I apparently must declare that upfront.

Consider my signature deleted.

I'm with you on this one.
Kinda sad that a playful "will you marry me?" has to be interpreted like that.

[Antoine Marchand]

Sheesh, I had no idea people took it as seriously as that.  Do we really want to live in a world where one can't playfully acknowledge the beauty of another person without it being lustful?  For the record, I do not want to be physically intimate with Miss Hahn and have been happily married for 15 years to a beautiful loving wife.  I'm disappointed that in today's world I apparently must declare that upfront.

Consider my signature deleted.

I must confess that I feel a bit guilty in this issue about your signature. But I need to clarify that my comment was intended to be a joke –clearly marked like that- not any kind of serious implication about your image as a member of this forum. On the contrary, honestly, I always considered your signature as a game, a sort of tender declaration of platonic love, almost adolescent. Sorry if a bad joke finished transformed into something else. 

[Scarpia]

I must confess that I feel a bit guilty in this issue about your signature. But I need to clarify that my comment was intended to be a joke –clearly marked like that- not any kind of serious implication about your image as a member of this forum. On the contrary, honestly, I always considered your signature as a game, a sort of tender declaration of platonic love, almost adolescent. Sorry if a bad joke finished transformed into something else. 

I also realize the signature was something of a joke.  But that didn't entirely negate the involuntary impression.  The other thing about signatures, you type them in once, but they appear thousands and thousands of times.  Something which appears cute the first time you read it might not be cute after 17,431 repetitions.

[Brian]

Sheesh, I had no idea people took it as seriously as that.  Do we really want to live in a world where one can't playfully acknowledge the beauty of another person without it being lustful?  For the record, I do not want to be physically intimate with Miss Hahn and have been happily married for 15 years to a beautiful loving wife.  I'm disappointed that in today's world I apparently must declare that upfront.

I'm with you on this one; I'm as single as they come but for me the point of celebrity crushes isn't to jump in bed with them, it's to admire their beauty and their work. I'm very disappointed that your signature is gone.

On the other hand, I DID have a problem with your signature. It should have read "Will you marry me, Hilary Hahn?" 

[Franco]

I also have my forum preferences set to not display signatures as well as avatars.  I did not know that these choices have spared me so much distraction from the basic reason why I come here: to read and discuss classical music.  I also have chosen to not take advantage of these forum features.

It may make the forum a bit less personal, but then again, it streamlines the content so that you will interact with the person based on what they write about music and not become inadvertently influenced by the small picture or phrase you have to see every time they post.

Just my two cents.

[Dancing Divertimentian]

Sheesh, I had no idea people took it as seriously as that.  Do we really want to live in a world where one can't playfully acknowledge the beauty of another person without it being lustful?  For the record, I do not want to be physically intimate with Miss Hahn and have been happily married for 15 years to a beautiful loving wife.  I'm disappointed that in today's world I apparently must declare that upfront.

Consider my signature deleted.

Don't sweat it too much, ht. I'm waiting NOW for the inevitable fallout from such rigorous overreacting: Sarge and Harry will be left out in the cold as their constant oogling at every pretty face on this board comes in for the strictest of censure.

Unless of course there's a certain double-standard on this board. But couldn't be.....nah...

[Renfield]

Don't sweat it too much, ht. I'm waiting NOW for the inevitable fallout from such rigorous overreacting: Sarge and Harry will be left out in the cold as their constant oogling at every pretty face on this board comes in for the strictest of censure.

Unless of course there's a certain double-standard on this board. But couldn't be.....nah...

Though I had no problem whatsoever with hornteacher's signature, I'd like to point out that the comments about it were in the context of its permanence. Sarge and Harry do not oogle at pretty faces with every post they make. So no, this does not qualify as a double standard.

[Dancing Divertimentian]

Though I had no problem whatsoever with hornteacher's signature, I'd like to point out that the comments about it were in the context of its permanence. Sarge and Harry do not oogle at pretty faces with every post they make. So no, this does not qualify as a double standard.

It was a JOKE, Renfield.

[springrite]

Double over-reaction? Hummm... 

[Dancing Divertimentian]

Double over-reaction? Hummm... 

[Scarpia]

Don't sweat it too much, ht. I'm waiting NOW for the inevitable fallout from such rigorous overreacting: Sarge and Harry will be left out in the cold as their constant oogling at every pretty face on this board comes in for the strictest of censure.

Unless of course there's a certain double-standard on this board. But couldn't be.....nah...

Well, I noticed the Sarge's most recent comment in that category involved what he described as the cutest employee in the Bundespost.  It didn't strike me as awkward at all, and if here was a marriage proposal involved it was not offered on the board.   

[Renfield]

It was a JOKE, Renfield.

This unit does not have a sense of humour when logic protocols are engaged. Abort, Retry, Fail?

[Dancing Divertimentian]

...and if here was a marriage proposal involved it was not offered on the board.   

Not when Mrs. Rock might be reading!

[Dancing Divertimentian]

This unit does not have a sense of humour when logic protocols are engaged. Abort, Retry, Fail?

Hey, I have nothing at all against Sarge and Harry.

[Renfield]

Hey, I have nothing at all against Sarge and Harry.

Fair enough!

All I'm saying is, when I spot something inconsistent, I often point it out for its own sake, without commenting on its semantic implications.

An occupational hazard, you might say. Some can't ignore screaming anime girls, I can't ignore inconsistencies.

[Brahmsian]

I think everyone is being totally unfair, and over-reacting to hornyteacher's 'Hilary Hahn' admiration.

I mean, just because he has her avatar, and at times hides behind the dryer in her laundry room to snag the odd pair of underwear, does not automatically make one a stalker!  Geez!!

[Renfield]

I think everyone is being totally unfair, and over-reacting to hornyteacher's 'Hilary Hahn' admiration.

I mean, just because he has her avatar, and at times hides behind the dryer in her laundry room to snag the odd pair of underwear, does not automatically make one a stalker!  Geez!!

I think one of your chess pieces fell over as a result of that post.

[knight66]

I think everyone is being totally unfair, and over-reacting to hornyteacher's 'Hilary Hahn' admiration.

I mean, just because he has her avatar, and at times hides behind the dryer in her laundry room to snag the odd pair of underwear, does not automatically make one a stalker!  Geez!!

Does anyone feel this guy knows too much about stalking behaviour? 

Mike

[Scarpia]

Does anyone feel this guy knows too much about stalking behaviour? 

Mike

Not really.  No experienced stalker would bother with underwear that's already been through the dryer.