Does an Avatar affect your perception of the poster?

[Brahmsian]

Teresa/Kishnevi,

I've bumped up the 'Mozart' thread, so we don't need to derail this one any longer. 

[MN Dave]

But seriously...

[Brahmsian]

But seriously...

Dave, your avatar is freaking me out! 

[MN Dave]

Dave, your avatar is freaking me out! 

Good? 

[Brahmsian]

Good? 

Is that Rob Newman? 

[MN Dave]

Is that Rob Newman? 

Bruce Campbell

[WI Dan]

Ya about sums it up ... music for sissies imo.

You should get out from under granny's wig when you talk like that, Jimmy. 

I hate the Art of the Fugue, the Brandenburg Concertos, the Harpsichord Concertos, the Cantatas, the Orchestral Suites and just about everything else Bach composed.

At least she didn't infer that Bach fans are sissies. 
Thanks, Teresa!

[WI Dan]

Regarding the O.P.'s question:

I've thought about this a little, and can say that an avatar, by itself, rarely has any meaningful effect on my perception of the poster.  Only the poster's words can accomplish that, unless the avatar is clearly intended to be annoying or disrespectful to others.

Avatars are sort of like hats, to me.  They can be fun to look at, and to play around with, ... but hats are waaaay more useful.

[Florestan]

Someone with the unfortunate initials B.S.?

Unfortunate? On the contrary, he's such a Jolly fellow.

[Scarpia]

Ya about sums it up ... music for sissies imo.

Oh dear, Mozart deniers spring up.  I didn't think a thread this silly to begin with could "degenerate" but it did.   

[Gurn Blanston]

Oh dear, Mozart deniers spring up.  I didn't think a thread this silly to begin with could "degenerate" but it did.   

I've learned a lot on this forum in 7+ years, not least that no matter how banal or inoffensive a thread may be, it can always slip ever more deeply into the hell that is 'off-topic' banality. 



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Academy of Ancient Music \ Hogwood  Robert Levin - K 453 Concerto #17 in G for Fortepiano 2nd mvmt - Andante

[Brian]

Avatars are sort of like hats, to me.  They can be fun to look at, and to play around with, ... but hats are waaaay more useful.

I wish this was true for me, but I always look very silly in hats. Something about my face, maybe. So avatars are more useful here.

[Cato]

I just changed mine: the earlier one was a bust of Cato the Younger, but I felt it was time to change to something more fun!

Uncle Scrooge McDuck!  He does have honesty and integrity in common with Cato!   0:)

[WI Dan]

I wish this was true for me, but I always look very silly in hats. Something about my face, maybe.

Doubt it.  Probably just a matter of finding the right hat for you.



Ya can't please everyone, but ... .. damn.

[MN Dave]

Lookin' good, Dan!

[WI Dan]

Lookin' good, Dan!

[greg]

liking Cato's avatar...

[George]

liking Cato's avatar...

Me 2.

[Octo_Russ]

and the latest one (the cackling animated gif) put me over the edge.  He is now the first and only person ever put on my ignore list here, just to suppress that avatar.

Holy crap!, i take it this is me! [snigger, snigger].

Seriously avatars are just a bit of fun, something you can hide behind, it's the real person behind the mask that we all need to get to know, does anyone else have an aversion to my avatar?.

[Scarpia]

Holy crap!, i take it this is me! [snigger, snigger].

No, not you.  It was Greg's cackling avatar that pushed me over the edge.