@Chocobo

@Chocobo

+1

Also

+1 due to Battlestar Galactica Fanship.

Me, bored on a playground... For reasons I cant really remember.

@AudioVision
Gah!
A playground?!

Goddamn I am so jealous
All I have are damn raptor-cows and giant shrubs
>.>
I am watching you
Your playground will be MINE!

It's a dull playground... Not even a swing =/

@AudioVision
But it has metal!

Metal can be melted down... reformed...
I can make a long piece of metal!
Yes!

And then I can sharpen it!
Oh yes!

And then I will have a sword!

When the Great Schism comes, and the entire world fractures into World War III, and zombies are unleashed, I shall be ready!
You primitives shall fall underneath the stress of living and surviving, but I shall thrive with my sword!

Boom. Drop the mic.

Niiiiiiiice

I had to, I'm too used to Google Picture War:

This is me!



Ooops, wait...



This was during a play. I'm that dork on the right.

Me and my new desk of writing/studying/laptoping.

It also stores my Lego quite nicely.

I like to think it was the desk and not me that killed this thread :P

@Sep

may i just say that the lego is amazing

Before we continue, I'll share a charming image of me from a while back, just to let everyone know that I condone this practice and I'm not being negatively critical about it all

(Once I get an actual picture working) Working!


So I've been looking through this thread, and I find it really fascinating. I've done this before on other sites, and I feel that it's worthy of some analysis.

This photo sharing habit is an act of social interaction. Most people don't use actual photos of themselves as avatar's, because an avatar is meant to be an idea or belief that you want to put out and let others people know about. I take my avatars chiefly from my favorite webcomic, because I appreciate the visual aesthetic and I want people to know that I like that webcomic. (it's Gunnerkrigg court, BTW) Other people will have different avatars reflecting what they like.

I'll use one delightful Guild member here as another example. (which he hopefully won't ban me for) @HeySeuss has a delightfully animated gif of Lord Vader dancing around, which I have watched for five minutes straight once. And that's the sort of idea's and interests he wants to project to the world. (or at least the Guild) That:
A) He likes Star Wars.
B) Has a sense of humor that is derived from unexpected responses. Someone who likes Star Wars is likely to have an avatar picture with a character from the series, and Darth Vader is an easily recognizable one and is certainly memorable. But since Heyseuss finds humor in the alteration of norms, his avatar is the sinister Darth Vader doing a funky dance, which is something that Vader is unlikely to do. (Unless George Lucas makes another remastered version, in which case Obi-Wan will be killed through a song and dance number)
So we've learned from a single glance about some things that Heyseuss is willing to share externally: his appreciation of cinematic space opera's, and cheeky gifs subverting them.

But when people start forming genuine social bonds with people, which can definitely occur online, as everyone here can hopefully attest to, evolutionary social traits require us to have a physical connection to someone else. For IRL friends and couples, this means increased physical contact, handshakes/hugs/humping. But online, with people separated from so far away, and with people communicating primarily through text, we still want that physical connection to people. So image sharing crops up, it's a way to legitimize and further social relationships online through a restricted medium. (You can't hug a person online... YET) But you can show someone a picture of what you really look like, which provides at least some of the evolutionary social needs.

You're not picturing a pigeon in a party hat pecking this out with it's beak, you're imagining a mental image of what you think I look like. (or what I do look like, once the image link is functioning) (fixed!)Because it's impossible to form an actual relationship with a party hat pigeon, or a delightfully dancing Darth, because those aren't real people faces, or your real person face. (If someone has an old James Bond avatar, I know I'm not chatting with Sean Connery, just someone who likes Scottish actors who kick-ass)

I'm not totally sure where I was going with this, cause it's around 3.30 in the morning, but if you understand what I'm trying to say, I would love it if you would chip in. Because I think this is really interesting psychological speaking.

@Sypherkhode822 Pfft, I don't need no Sean Connery to be a Scottish bad ass :P

Me and a girl were joking about dressing up....

then this happened



I last wore this two years ago



Who wore it better? :P

Though to be honest, I am glad this still fits.

You've already posted that picture (the last/second one), btw.

Imgur's blocked at school, so dunno.

You've already posted that picture (the last/second one), btw.

Imgur's blocked at school, so dunno.

I know, I was just posting it for comparison to my new one.

Quinceñera night.

@Extinct
Yours? If so, congrats! If a friend or family member's, then congrats to them, have fun to you!

By the way, what's your sig referencing?