Why don't single men hereput their pictures up as an avatar?

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13 Dec 2011, 11:17 pm

Some time ago I used my pic but didn't think it was a good picture. I have thought about putting up another one though.

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13 Dec 2011, 11:20 pm

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painful to me, tears right through me, cant you understand, ohh my little girl

Is this where I sing the chorus or should we let the thread get back on topic?

I think there's nothing wrong about asking for someone's picture, but I've been told (outside this website, meaning: I've been told by NTs), that it's considered invasive. But like I said, people here seem to be ok with it.

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13 Dec 2011, 11:21 pm

Restricting avatars to personal photos doesn't give enough possibilities. There is more to us than how we look. Sometimes a picture that isn't even a person, is required to express some aspect of personality.

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13 Dec 2011, 11:28 pm

I don't like my face lately. Also, to my taste, using a face as an avatar is gauche.

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13 Dec 2011, 11:28 pm

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No, no, quite the contrary, your avatar is great. And you are very good looking.

It's just... I don't know how to say this... I thought it was someone on the electric chair. Like a frame from a music video or something.

The electric chair gives a whole new dimension to my avatar. I never thought befunky.com could give so much meaning to photos. :lol:

But you said I look good. Two women said I look good on this day. Unless I count my mother and other relatives, I think I finally got directly complimented by more than five women in my whole life. YAY!! :cheers:

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13 Dec 2011, 11:34 pm

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The electric chair gives a whole new dimension to my avatar. I never thought befunky.com could give so much meaning to photos. :lol:

Hey, I thought you were a model from a music video.

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14 Dec 2011, 12:51 am

I do not have my pic up because I'm kind of shy & physical appearance is completely unimportant to me in a partner so putting up a pic of myself seems a little hypocritical to me

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14 Dec 2011, 12:55 am

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I do not have my pic up because I'm kind of shy & physical appearance is completely unimportant to me in a partner so putting up a pic of myself seems a little hypocritical to me

Well, this isn't a dating site, and posting (or refusing to post) your picture isn't really related to getting a partner.

But not all people want to see your picture for flirting purposes. I have a tendency to imagine people as their avatars, especially if they have a person on their avatar. So I guess I like to know what a person truly looks like, to imagine them that way. Maybe it's weird and maybe it's just me.

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14 Dec 2011, 1:00 am

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nick007 wrote:

I do not have my pic up because I'm kind of shy & physical appearance is completely unimportant to me in a partner so putting up a pic of myself seems a little hypocritical to me

There's more to it. I think deciding to message people or not based on their pix is extremely shallow & looks do NOT matter to me at all & I do NOT get why looks are important to others either. I'll give out my pic to people after I chat with em a while if they ask but I do NOT get why it matters to them

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14 Dec 2011, 1:04 am

Uh... Couldn't the same be said for us single women? I mean, OP, you don't have your location set and I don't have myself as my avatar. At least, right now I don't.

What someone chooses as an avatar can say so much more about them than a face shot ever could. I like it that way.

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14 Dec 2011, 1:05 am

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Well, some people care about physical appearance and want to know if they physically like a person before they decide if they want to date them. Or maybe they see it as a way of getting to know them?

For friendship, it's irrelevant. I told you, the only reason I want to know is that I kind of want to imagine this person if I'm regularly interacting with them.

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14 Dec 2011, 1:06 am

TeaEarlGreyHot wrote:

What someone chooses as an avatar can say so much more about them than a face shot ever could. I like it that way.

This is true.

I think my avatar makes me seem like a hipster or an emo (which wasn't a desired effect), though.

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14 Dec 2011, 1:08 am

deconstruction wrote:

TeaEarlGreyHot wrote:

What someone chooses as an avatar can say so much more about them than a face shot ever could. I like it that way.

This is true.

I think my avatar makes me seem like a hipster or an emo (which wasn't a desired effect), though.

Hipster never crossed my mind with your avatar.

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14 Dec 2011, 1:11 am

TeaEarlGreyHot wrote:

deconstruction wrote:

TeaEarlGreyHot wrote:

What someone chooses as an avatar can say so much more about them than a face shot ever could. I like it that way.

This is true.

I think my avatar makes me seem like a hipster or an emo (which wasn't a desired effect), though.

Hipster never crossed my mind with your avatar.

Same here but emo never crossed my mind either. I thought you just really liked that pair of tennis-shoes because they were lucky or something

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14 Dec 2011, 1:11 am

Honestly? It was taking to bloody long to crop and resize it to the right dimensions and pixels for the avatar settings, so I got bored and gave up.

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14 Dec 2011, 1:13 am

nick007 wrote:

TeaEarlGreyHot wrote:

deconstruction wrote:

TeaEarlGreyHot wrote:

What someone chooses as an avatar can say so much more about them than a face shot ever could. I like it that way.

This is true.

I think my avatar makes me seem like a hipster or an emo (which wasn't a desired effect), though.

Hipster never crossed my mind with your avatar.

Same here but emo never crossed my mind either. I thought you just really liked that pair of tennis-shoes because they were lucky or something

Emo didn't cross my mind, either. It looks like an artsy photo with lots of meaning behind it.

But... that could just be my artsy fartsy brain at work.

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