OliveOilMom wrote:
Ya'll know Vigilin's avatar of the guy in the hat smiling? Well, I didn't know that was Marvin Gaye. Till just now. I was watching this video of "Me and Mrs Jones" and the guy who made the video put a lot of pics of him up. Vigilin's avatar popped up and I was like "HOLY HELL WHY IS VIGILINS ON THIS VIDEO?" and was actually confused for a minute. For a second I actually thought "OMG THEY STOLE VIGILINS!"
Then I figured it out.
I tend to think of people as their avatars. Thats why I want to scratch Cornflake behind the ears, and might actually do that if I ever met him in person even though he's not Brian the dog from Family Guy (although I hear his posts in Brians voice)
If you had been a single guy you would have been forced to learn not to think of avatars as the person fast.
Guys often post hot pin up girls as avatars. This is confusing to other guys-especially when the one of the above posts an opinion that one the second group of guys agrees with...the combination of personality , common interests, and looks is enough to convince you that the poster is your romantic soul mate! When you check the profile of this aspie girl of your dreams to see how far she lives from you, you discover that she is...a guy! The pic was just a pin up girl.
You get hardened within a few weeks to the reality that avatars are NOT necessarily the person.