Everytime I see Problem Child's avatar...

[miles]

It's good to be king

Remember the names?

Swiftus, Josephus, and Mucus.


Madeline Kahn as Empress Nympho: "Slow this thing down or my tits are gonna fall off"

 

[Dixon Carter Lee]

I haven't noticed that it's ever worked. Has it?

Somewhat. I think controlling your own press has less to do with your avatar (or lack thereof) and more to do with your posts. It's just that with an Avatar you START with baggage you may or may not want. I can control my typing more than I can control a person's reaction to some photo that holds some arcane meaning.

It's all silly, really. Ultimately people peel away the avatars and read between the lines and look past the user names. I know that I could log on as "FuckMeImWWet" with a Ben-Wa Ball avatar -- and eventually it wouldn't matter because I'm me and I'll still get into perfectly sensible dialogues about politics and God (with an occasional foray into a pederasty or toe cheese debate).

I suppose it has more to do with how I view me, and less to do with how I'm trying to be viewed by others. By creating "Dixon Carter Lee" as a blank slate I was free to explore whatever I wanted to explore. If I had logged on as "FuckMeImWet" I probably would have felt obligated to be an annoying horndog for a few months before calming down -- just to justify the title.

I wonder if that's how people like Mistress, MissTaken, SexyGirl and others felt at first, as though they had to live up to their advertising? Imagine the pressure a newbie like RudeAssNastyBitch must have felt every day to come up with something appropriately worthy of such a handle. How long to you have to "Be" your handle until you can just be yourself?

 

[Svedish_Chef]

How long to you have to "Be" your handle until you can just be yourself?

I'm a bit worried about this Dix... simply because how the fuck am I supposed to act?

I have my Bowie av.... and my muppet name... and THAT is supposed to define me in some way to others? FUCK

 

[Dixon Carter Lee]

Yes it does. I've always pictured you in the kitchen putting some Ziggy Stardust on your muffins.

 

[Mischka]

Hmm, that brings up an interesting thought. I know who I am, and how I attempt to portray myself to the world. But I wonder how effective I am in being "me." What does my choice of image, etc. say about me to you, DCL?

 

[Dixon Carter Lee]

That you're not really connected to the world. (LOL I don't know what you're seeing, but you pic's broken).

 

[Mischka]

I am? I look whole to me, as does everyone else. Am I the only broken one in your world? And how on earth do I fix that?

 

[Dixon Carter Lee]

I'm getting that broken pic icon thingy. Sorry. I have no idea how to fix it.

 

[KillerMuffin]

The little red X. It's ether trouble.

I see no avatars, so that makes me no nevermind. They give me headaches when I scroll and generally get in the way.

Interesting, Dixon, about the pressure to "live" up to your nick. I hadn't thought of that. One does wonder how others interpret "Killer Muffin." Sounds like a new thread to me...

There are several people on this board who've changed their names. Todd went from Bobtoad, Slutmouth went to something else, Cirrus I think, Always tried to scoot out from the burden of Shila.

I got an avatar because I got tired of getting hit on my girls wanting my "cock." Am I that manly? Is it really a bad thing? Nah.... I'm uberfeminine. I'll break anyones jaw who says otherwise.

 

[beckbabe]

Hehe Miles, the peasants are revolting. . .