Avatar Bias

[Bags159]

Wow, what a bunch of butthurt Escapists with My Little Pony avatars. So the rest of the Escapist doesn't like your choice of a small representation of what you enjoy. Big deal. You should be comfortable and confident enough in your interests to not give a fuck what others think. Wear your pony avatar with pride, and if anybody tells you otherwise: fuck them. It's text on the internet people: text. on. the internet.

You're just making yourselves look bad by complaining about it.

I'm complaining about the fact that people judge people on the escapist based on their avatars. I'd have made the same post if I had a TF2 avatar, for example. No one here is butthurt because you don't like what we like. We're butthurt because people are using avatars to judge the quality of someone's post. Dislike my avatar all you want; I don't care. Just don't discredit me and my opinions simply because I have Soaren instead of Demoman as my avatar, okay? (Note: this isn't really directed at you specifically)

 

[Xpwn3ntial]

I don't really have a problem with the pony avatars, I have a problem with the sheer volume of pony avatars. Try and shake things up a bit, people.

 

[Steppin Razor]

My Little Pony ones tend to irritate me at the moment. Not because of MLP itself, but because they are everywhere. So. many. ponies.

I hate anything with a catgirl. There's one guy with an animated catgirl avatar that really sets my teeth on edge. The guy himself is fine, and often an interesting writer, but his avatar really bugs the hell out of me.

Julianking93?

 

[Jubbert]

WE DID IT

 

[Jubbert]

Crap I accidentally posted this in the wrong thread and I don't know how to delete.

 

[Z of the Na'vi]

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EDIT: Removed due to the original post I quoted being changed.

My mistake and apologies for being so rude.

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I actually didn't, it was directed at you, but I wrote out of anger.

Sorry. That was rude of me and discredited what I was originally trying to say.

EDIT: Will you stop changing your posts and let me apologize?

 

[Biosophilogical]

Am I the only person who doesn't look at an avatar until after I read their post?

Yes. Yes you are (not really though).

OT: I recognise people by their avatars, then their names. I just have to hope that I can learn their names before they swap their avatars, but becaue I recognise avatars, if someone has an avatar that someone I recognise has then I tend to view their post in a similar light to the way I view the other person.

 

[Bags159]

Reading comprehension: invest.

Manners and respect: develop.

That was rude and uncalled for. I was trying to make a point and defend the injustice that has transpired in this thread. I sit here and base my opinion of others in relation to their words and manner of speaking; not their avatar, whatever that may be. The fact of the matter is, I enjoy the variety of avatars on the Escapist. The pony avatars only add to that. It gives everybody a sense of individuality.

[small]Remember, we are all human beings behind our screen names. Try to remember that.[/small]

I think you quoted the wrong person. Regardless, if you're going to accuse me of being butthurt accuse me of being butthurt about the correct thing. I don't care that people don't like what I like; I care that they are using what I like to devalue my opinion.

 

[mastermerrick]

I have a bias towards certain anime (Black Butler and Trinity Blood, mostly) but my personal favorites are anything steampunk (like mine.)

 

[Z of the Na'vi]

I hate anything with a catgirl. There's one guy with an animated catgirl avatar that really sets my teeth on edge. The guy himself is fine, and often an interesting writer, but his avatar really bugs the hell out of me.

Hm. You wouldn't happen to be talking about me, would you?

 

[NickCooley]

Can't say I do. Tempted to change to a pony one though after reading this thread.

 

[7777777777444]

I really don't have a bias, to be honest...
BUT I do dislike most avatars with the V for Vendetta/ Anonymous mask...
But thats just my opinion...

 

[scorptatious]

I have some bias for MLP FIM avatars. Because lets face it, that show is awesome. (In my opinion anyway.)

I'm biased towards avatars with hats!

Ooh! And FF9 avatars. I love that game so much.

Who is Mcorge? And why is he sending me love letters?

 

[Alphakirby]

I would have to say that pony avatars get on my nerves if only because there's at least 10 pony avatars per thread (No,I'm not hating on the show,what people watch is their business) Other than that,not many avatars grate me much.

 

[ToAsTy McBuTTeR]

Captcha: What the fuck is that 2nd word?

Spoiler: Image of Captcha

...do I see an arrow?

I know, the last one of those I got involved some kind of greek symbol... where the hell is that on the keyboard?!

As for the topic: I hate when someone's avatar has writing that due to being avatar-sized is no longer readable, NO ONE GETS THE JOKE BUT YOU!

aww and here i thought i'd be free of discrimination here! *sadface*

i dont tend to have any judgements about peoples avatars... i like some... and i think some people are weird for liking others enough to use as their face to the escapist community...

and as to the my little pony thing... people like spongebob, people like futurama, people like family guy, whether it became a "meme" or not, people like what they like and rarely have i seen that impact who they are.

then again i seem to be a member of that rare section of the internet where very little makes me mad enough to say anything about anyone SPECIFIC.

at the end of the longest line, that's where i will always be...

 

[squeekenator]

I assume anyone with a pony avatar is awesome unless proven otherwise.

EDIT: Except that one person with a disturbingly sexual Rainbow Dash avatar. Yeah, you. You know who you are.

 

[Midnight Crossroads]

No, I've read enough perfectly intelligent posts by people with all sorts of avatars and screen names to care. It would be a little shallow to disregard someone's opinion based on appearance. Avatars look more like reaction faces to me, anyway. I've even changed my avatar based on a post I was making and kept it that way for months because I didn't care to change it. Screen names are what I follow mostly, and seeing the same avatar time and time again gets boring.

Although, I remember DementedTeddy used to have some really good avatars before she was banned.

 

[Strain42]

I'm mainly just not a big fan of any animated avatars. Especially when that person writes a really long post. So I'm stuck with this little moving/blinking/whatever thingy while I'm just trying to read what they posted.

I admit I think that the pony thing is a little out of hand here, I still don't see the big fuss, but I don't exactly have anything against the avatars themselves. Some of them are pretty stupid imo, but that's the fault of the individual image, not the source material itself.