Avatar Appreciation Thread

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Avatar Appreciation Thread

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For posterity, it's always fun to go back and see the old avatars. In the early days, it helped me formulate who people were, before FB and people posting pics of themselves, meeting people etc.

I thought of this to recognize Rex's new avatar, which is an all-time great. "I learned it by watching you!"


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Where are you going back to view these avatars?

The only thing that immediately tracks my memory that's avatar related was Hood starting a thread saying that "a new member seems to be solid for the Swamp, but has an unfortunate avatar."

It was mine. And it was Varitek pushing A-Rod's face. Little did I understand the Yankees/Red Sox rivalry in here when I finally started posting.
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Not counting avatar bet losses, I think I've only had like 4 avatars in over 10 years. I had Jamie Powell for a long time.
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Johnnie wrote:Where are you going back to view these avatars?

The only thing that immediately tracks my memory that's avatar related was Hood starting a thread saying that "a new member seems to be solid for the Swamp, but has an unfortunate avatar."

It was mine. And it was Varitek pushing A-Rod's face. Little did I understand the Yankees/Red Sox rivalry in here when I finally started posting.
I'm not going back, the original Swamp had a thread where people posted their previous avatars when they changed them. Every once in a while, I'd go back.

It is shocking and sad that the younger sister on Charles in Charge is now much hotter than Nicole Eggert. At least the last time I saw them 5 or so years ago. Nicole blew up and was obese. The other one got hot.
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Thanks. One of the great "oh shit" looks ever, alongside this:


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I miss 300x300 avatars.
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I know it's a ninja rubber ducky, and as such is both not real and a ninja and therefore doubly capable of performing amazing feats, but how is it gripping it's little ducky throwing star with that part of its wing?
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Forget that, it's spongelike!
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AB_skin_test wrote:Forget that, it's spongelike!
Oh shit!


But still....
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It's a spongelike ninja duck. It's a masterpiece. Do you look at the Venus De Milo and say, "yeah, but she hasn't got any arms?"

The real spongelikeninja was the first person to notice. He texted me about it a few days ago.
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rass wrote:
AB_skin_test wrote:Forget that, it's spongelike!
Oh shit!


But still....
It is the most badass thing ever posted here. Go Ducks!
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spongelikeninja wrote:It is the most badass thing ever posted here. Go Ducks!
Not the highest bar, but OK!
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You know it's awesome if it got him to post here. Respect the duck!
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brian wrote:You know it's awesome if it got him to post here. Respect the duck!

Seven total posts (now 8) and three already this year..... I am going to crush it in 2015
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AB_skin_test wrote:It's a spongelike ninja duck. It's a masterpiece. Do you look at the Venus De Milo and say, "yeah, but she hasn't got any arms?"

The real spongelikeninja was the first person to notice. He texted me about it a few days ago.
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Nice...

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AB sent me my current avatar. He "couldn't help but think of me".
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I'm apparently the avatar whisperer.
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For some reason (the rocks in the background, I guess?) I keep seeing steve's current avatar as a B&W version of the Houses of the Holy album cover. Then I glance over to the left and remember it's John Cleese. It's happened a couple of times during the recent stevaissance.
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Not appreciation, just wondering what the/who the hell is MisterD's current avatar?

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Never noticed until Rass turned his avatar upsidedown. but the pirates logo is the side view of cock and balls with ball hair, done in an artsy block style.


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The Sybian wrote:Never noticed until Rass turned his avatar upsidedown. but the pirates logo is the side view of cock and balls with ball hair, done in an artsy block style.
I never noticed that either, even tho I see that logo thousands of times over the course of a season. And when it pertains to graphic artists, there are no coincidences or accidents. Whoever designed that is probably still giggling.
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The Sybian wrote:Not appreciation, just wondering what the/who the hell is MisterD's current avatar?
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Love to see Tom Henke make an appearance.
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Pruitt wrote:Love to see Tom Henke make an appearance.
He's been here before. I was a bit of a Blue Jays fan when I was in my formative years (summers in Toronto, well Port Perry.)
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Buxom: With her hair pulled up into a taut bun, she certainly appeared younger than her 49 years - especially in the chest area, where she was particularly perky
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Something PDX wrote in 1994?
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gonna switch up the avi for a while for our boy Ben.
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Rex wrote:gonna switch up the avi for a while for our boy Ben.
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Rex wrote:gonna switch up the avi for a while for our boy Ben.

Saw Duff's new avatar, and for a split second I got excited thinking it was Bensell, then the realization.


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On Salma's shirt: bonus if that was made from a picture of herself.
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Johnny Carwash wrote:On Salma's shirt: bonus if that was made from a picture of herself.

I assumed it was the Janet Jackson Rolling Stone Cover.



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Oh man. "Snow" on the cover.
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mister d wrote:Oh man. "Snow" on the cover.
Definitely is the "One of These Things Is Not Like The Others" winner...
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I felt aswirl with warm secretions.
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I'd rather listen to Informer on repeat for 10 days straight than listen to any RHCP song ever.
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