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Drakkith has already initiated a post on this, but I wanted to ask this again:

How do you visualise a PF member when you interact with them? Do you see them as their avatars? What if they don't have one? Do you visualise them by their names? What if their names and avatars collide (like mine does)?

I associate most of you guys as popular characters. I will post my views after a few replies (if any come that is).

PS: There is no point discussing how you visualize me. My profile pic is an authentic pic of mine. Then why the weird name, you ask? I am under cover.

Shh, don't tell my mom.
 
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Like any audience i speak to i imagine them naked, but in reality one gets a notion of their age and sex from posts.
 
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wolram said:
Like any audience i speak to i imagine them naked,

Would it be sexist to observe "That sounds titillating" ?
 
For those who I encounter the most, I have invented an appearance of real people. For those who I don't see often, I visualise their avatars. I don't remember nicknames easily.
 
CrazyNinja said:
My profile pic is an authentic pic

hmmm you don't come across as an introvert in a shell.
 
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wolram said:
Like any audience i speak to i imagine them naked, ...
Is this your only nightmare?
 
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When I have a nightmare about speaking to an audience, I'm the one who's naked. ?:)
 
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I visualize all as cybernauts and don't give any gender to them. Or to be more specific I refer to all as "he" unless they make it clear they are "she". Not that I care anyway, I just want to talk.

Confession:
@Evo - I must confess I was terrified of this member when I first came here and I still am, a little. I saw her slaying users who broke the rules with great ability (I too was once a moderator in a forum a long time ago) and while I was making this face :bugeye: I was praying: "Please don't make her notice me, please don't make her notice me." And every time I would see this member I would go back to the rules and read them while shaking. This member is very mysterious to me and I am scared of things I don't know or understand. :sorry: I could try to start a conversation with this member and get to know it, but I'm too scared to even try it. :frown: To the main question of this thread: I visualize this member as a militant person (that's my visualization, that doesn't mean this person is like that). She is still a mystery to me, when she writes something, I don't even dare to reply. I want to let you know that I respect you very much... please don't scold me. *voice minimizes*
 
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Psinter said:
I visualize all as cybernauts and don't give any gender to them. Or to be more specific I refer to all as "he" unless they make it clear they are "she". Not that I care anyway, I just want to talk.

Confession:
@Evo - I must confess I was terrified of this member when I first came here and I still am, a little. I saw her slaying users who broke the rules with great ability (I too was once a moderator in a forum a long time ago) and while I was making this face :bugeye: I was praying: "Please don't make her notice me, please don't make her notice me." And every time I would see this member I would go back to the rules and read them while shaking. This member is very mysterious to me and I am scared of things I don't know or understand. :sorry: I could try to start a conversation with this member and get to know it, but I'm too scared to even try it. :frown: To the main question of this thread: I visualize this member as a militant person (that's my visualization, that doesn't mean this person is like that). She is still a mystery to me, when she writes something, I don't even dare to reply. I want to let you know that I respect you very much... please don't scold me. *voice minimizes*
Hmmm, Psinter, making a list, checking it twice, is this person naughty or nice?
 
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Nooooooooooo! I'm dead.
 
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Psinter said:
Nooooooooooo! I'm dead.
I accept kitten pictures, well, any cute animal picture as a bribe.
 
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Hey Evo didnt you once have a lovely wooden boat avatar ?
 
jim hardy said:
hmmm you don't come across as an introvert in a shell.

It's genetics. All that knowledge coming from your 134 year old dad.

@Evo - Is your avatar an actual pic of yours? I am always confused.
 
OK here are the pics I promised:

1) @ZapperZ : Really seems like a nice guy. Professor Utonium seemed right.

Cartoon character of a man with a flat-top brown hair, large round glasses, white shirt and dark tie, shown in a blue oval frame on a blue background, inside a rectangular window-style frame.


2) @Drakkith : Didn't leave me much choice. He is obviously Optimus.

Close-up of Optimus Prime, a blue and red robot from the Transformers films, with glowing blue eyes, a front-facing windshield and red flame detailing on the chest and arms.


3) @mfb : Somehow I don't know where to place him. I flirted with Jack Sparrow and Severus Snape, and decided on JS.

http://www.disney.co.uk/cms_res/pirates-of-the-caribbean-4/characters/characters_jack.png

OK. That's it for now. I have to look more people up. ?:)
 
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CrazyNinja said:
OK here are the pics I promised:

1) @ZapperZ : Really seems like a nice guy.

HOW DARE YOU! Take that back!

Zz.
 
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ZapperZ said:
HOW DARE YOU! Take that back! Zz.

Okay my perceptions just changed. You get another pic in the next round Zz. :-p
 
CrazyNinja said:
Okay my perceptions just changed. You get another pic in the next round Zz. :-p

Find something REALLY ugly, and with bad breath.

Zz.
 
mfb said:
Arrrrr!
This is CrazyNinja after he met me:

View attachment 95946

Well, technically I'm a free turtle at sea. So I CAN be upside down and still make sense. A small poem in my tribute:

I am a young turtle
Free in the sea
It does not matter, how
One looks at me
 
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CrazyNinja said:
2) @Drakkith : Didn't leave me much choice. He is obviously Optimus.

PF members, roll out!
 
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CrazyNinja said:
@Evo - Is your avatar an actual pic of yours? I am always confused.

It seems you have dedicated too much time to science and neglected art and poetry.

"On either side the river lie ...*
 
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OK...! Post 2. This has only two people on it:

1) @ZapperZ : The first thing that came to my head after you said "something ugly with bad breath"

Purple Minion character from the Despicable Me films with wild, spiky purple hair, one large goggle eye and a dark vest, standing on a white background.


2) @Chestermiller : I look upon him as 'The Guru of Thermodynamics' so yeah, this says it all.

Cartoon animal character with large round eyes and a white fluffy face, wearing a green robe with a yellow sash, set against a yellow and green sunburst background.


@PeroK .. Didn't get you. Is the pic something really famous?
 
CrazyNinja said:
@PeroK .. Didn't get you. Is the pic something really famous?

Yes. I gave you a clue. Do some research.
 
ZapperZ said:
Find something REALLY ugly, and with bad breath.

Zz.
How about Alice Copper or Frank Zappa?
 
I hacked computers of some PF members and took photos of them using their cameras.
This is what I got
Evo ! Mysterious and strict, but fair
Photo of an older woman with short hair wearing a large black pointed witch's hat with a dark buckle-like ornament, a dark velvet robe and a brooch on the collar.
Sillicon Waffle
Smiling young woman with long dark hair in a green t-shirt typing on a silver laptop at a white table, with a blue mug and a sofa in the background.

fresh_42
Head-and-shoulders portrait of a smiling man with short swept-back brown hair and stubble, wearing a dark navy cardigan over a dark t-shirt, against a grey-blue backdrop.
psinter. You can't see his face because he's hiding
Left: a digital illustration of a character in a black wide-brimmed hat, black long coat, black tie and belt, with green hair. Right: a black cosplay costume on a mannequin, with a long coat, high-collared shirt, belt and chain, and black trousers.
krylov
Stock photo of a bearded man in a grey top hat and grey knitted sweater, holding a curved wooden pipe in his mouth, with a Getty Images watermark.
Wolram
Photo of an older man with gray hair, glasses and a white beard, smiling with his hand resting under his chin against a dark background, wearing a collared shirt and tie.
 
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Laughing in my mind, this is getting interesting :DD
 
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Evo ! Mysterious and strict, but fair
Photo of a woman with grey hair pulled back, wearing a tall pointed black witch's hat with a crooked tip and a dark green velvet robe with a brooch at the collar.
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This is how i picture Sophia.
Painting of a young woman with a red headscarf and white blouse with a dark bodice, leaning on a tall wooden staff in a wooded setting beside water.
 
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Evo
Digital fantasy artwork of a woman with long auburn hair and a circlet, in a pale flowing gown, releasing a white dove from her outstretched arm above a purple sea at dusk. Signature reads irinama 2012.
 
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