Profile Pics

[dolly3900]

You can tell it is a slow day

Just reading through and realised, not for the first time, that people's profile pic's/avetars tend to be of something other than themselves (mine included).

Is there anyone out there who actually posts under their own image?

Not for any reason or anything really, just curious.

Mike
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[stinkwheel]

Avatar: an icon or figure representing a particular person in a computer game, Internet forum, etc.

The important word there is representing. It's a small image to help you recognise someone as a particular person.

A 40kb, 75x100 picture of a person is a bit small and low res to be instantly recogniseable. Especially using the imaging technology available 15-20 years ago which is when the avatar size on this forum was introduced.

As such, it needed to be something much more stylised and basic.

I've been using images of feegles for years on the basis that I have a ginger-ish beard, a Scots accent and like the drinkin'. Not unlike a feegle. I replaced my last one because of shenannigans so you now have Wee Mad Arthur instead of Rob Anybody.

I find this: https://www.bikechatforums.com/images/avatars/505686820530d1f8090151.png

Is more distinctive than this: https://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f216/stinkwheel/beard_zps5b25c8eb.jpg
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[The Shaggy D.A.]

A bloke with beard, glasses and a hat, of course it's me. *

https://www.bikechatforums.com/download.php?id=91943


* No, it's not me.
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[dolly3900]

"Crivens"

Going to have to dig out Wee Free Men tonight and re-read it

Shaggy, loving the Bear Grills look, but I can see the Kenny resemblance.

Mike
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2002 Rieju RS2-50 (Sold, spares or repair), 2010 Suzuki DR-125SM (Traded for ->), 2007 Honda CBF 600 (Sold), 2010 Suzuki V-Strom 1000 (Briefly, now returned), 2007 Suzuki Intruder 1800m (Even More Briefly, traded in for ->), 2014 Suzuki V-Strom 650

[Mario_Kempes]

My avatar is me. Taken by the paparazzi in my younger days when I had a dirty dalliance with a famous lady.

[pinkyfloyd]

If you looked as good as this you wouldnt put your picture up.

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v494/be1ly/eyes_zps358fdbe3.jpg
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[Minty]

Mine is my interpretation of his holy omnipitence because I loves him I does.
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[Ol]

My avatar is me, on a bike... i like to think it encapsulates the essence of the symbolic-ness of somthing about free humanitarian wisdom or some shit.
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[Tungtvann]

Mine is the logo from the Norwegian rap group I used to be in.

https://nrksuper.no/superstore/flashfiles/mgpjr/latskriverskolen/bilder/latskriverskolen4.jpg

[Minty]

[Islander]

[DiscoBiscuit]

Dunno who mine's of, probably some poor bloke on here...

[Tungtvann]

[Jay89]

I wish I had a profile pic! Can't seem to work out how to make it small enough for the site to accept it?? I'm using photobucket btw

[DiscoBiscuit]

[panrider_uk]

Mine is me on the bike when it was nearly new and I had even less fashion sense than I do now.
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[Jay89]

I wish I had a profile pic! Can't seem to work out how to make it small enough for the site to accept it?? I'm using photobucket btw

[andyscooter]

mines beer

i loikes beer
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[hedgehugger]

[Polarbear]

Mine is a thin version of me.
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[stinkwheel]

[map]

Mine is of a fat icon. Oh!
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[hellkat]

I don't know what you can mean.
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[Tracey Suntan-King]

[c_dug]

I can't even remember what mine is so I'm posting to see it, I've had a couple since I started.

edit: Oooh, yes, the photoshopped picture by Chris of the turbo bandit.

Actually a quick re-read of the thread (Clicky) shows it may not have been Chris, or maybe it was him but through facebook. Either way I believe this is the original:

https://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee81/paddy2007dug/536128_325405310863801_100001830058827_750173_1625665667_n.jpg
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