Do you ever do this? (because Im sure Im not the only one)

[Dwarfman]

So when Im reading a comment and see somones avatar I get a kind of mental picture that its actualy the avatar (what ever it is) talking,

even more so if somones avatar is a gif of somone speaking or it looks like their speaking (which Ive seen a couple)

like are you imagining a dog with a notebook saying all this?

Not normally but that doesn't mean I don't aknowledge the avatar in portrate. Incidently I too was a big Footrot Flats fan when I was a kid too >

 

[Fr]anc[is]

anc[is]Doesn't happen to me. Avatars aren't really "this is me" in my view

Then how did you chose yours?

Watched MLP, loved Rainbow Dash, tired of old avatar. Not much to it

 

[doggie135]

Well, try making my avatar talk...

 

[LKArtillery]

Sometimes.

It also depends on the username and content of the post.

 

[flippicat]

I don't and as my avatar says...deal with it.

While I don't usually relate an avatar to what someone is saying, your avatar always makes the word "Okay" appear in my head. >_>

 

[Dr. Pepper Unlimited]

I don't think I've ever done that before.

 

[Galliam]

That has never even crossed my mind really. Its an interesting concept, but usually I don't even look at avatars.

 

[Buffoon]

Nah, I rarely look at anyone's avatar. Glad I looked at yours though OP, Footrot Flats is awesome.

 

[Camaranth]

Can't say I've noticed myself doing it, probably will now that you've pointed it out.

I SUPPOSE I COULD WRITE IN CAPITALS AND PEOPLE MIGHT DO THAT FOR MINE. or everything I post will have to be some variation of SQUEAK SQUEAK SQUEAK.

 

[The Grim Ace]

Depends on the avatar. With yours I don't but the ones with human avatars usually get that treatment in my head.

 

[KeyMaster45]

A person's avatar tends to affect the tone in which I read their post and my impression of the personality of the person behind the picture. Doesn't affect the voice I read with in my head, but it affects the assumptions I make about a person.

 

[King Toasty]

Actually yes, most people do that. Because of it, I carefully choose my avatars to create the perfect perception for the posts I'm making.

 

[VanQ]

Whenever I see an Osaka avatar I always end up reading it in her slow, derpy kinda way. It always adds a whole new level of awesome to said posts.

 

[j0frenzy]

I generally like to imagine that we are all in some metaphysical land of swirly colors and random text falling down and each avatar is present and talking if they are capable. I occasionally imagine them talking directly to me, even when they are not responding to me. That, or I try to imagine the individual (or an individual because I know nothing about 99% of you) typing their response.
I also tend to identify people primarily through their avatar. I hate it when people who post a lot change their avatar because I start thinking about the guy who had that one avatar and then he has posted, but just has a different avatar.
All this and I yet I never add my own. I find it hard to pin down one aspect of my personality that I want to identify with enough that I want to make it represent me. I'm the kind of person who like wearing shirts without word on them because I don't want people reducing me down to just what my shirt says.

 

[WanderingFool]

I do that too sometimes. theres someone with a Doctor Cox Avatar on here and i always read his posts in that characters voice.

I do that with his. Only his and Jack and Calumon. I just make Jack sound like Nolan North or Commander Shepard, and then Calumon is obvious.

Really? I cant help but use Nolan North's voice for almost all seemingly male avatars, but I cant figure out why...

 

[HandsomeZer0]

It doesn't really concern me, i'm just my projects poster. And if i wasn't, i'd probably be keanu reeves character off a scanner darkly.

 

[LadyRhian]

This says it all for me.