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Dej
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19 Oct 2005, 9:38 pm

I have noticed that in WP, many people have their avatar pictures as the opposite sex, why????? This is driving me nutz!! ! I see the avatar picture and think that is the sex I am speaking with, and when I check your bios its not the same.

Why are you guys choosing avatar that is not your same sex?

ShadesOfMe
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19 Oct 2005, 9:40 pm

I dunno. maybe they like the picture. Unlike my avatar! I really am a redheaded female, although I don't have straight hair.

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19 Oct 2005, 10:12 pm

I enjoy Mr. Bean. But Rowan Atkinson just happens to be male. I think you should take up this problem with his writers and casting director.

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19 Oct 2005, 10:58 pm

Dej wrote:

That tends to make me think that they are incredibly gay and then I usually skip most of their posts.

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20 Oct 2005, 12:02 am

I hope that was sarcasm, but seeing as it was Sean it probably wasn't.

It misleads but doesn't bother me. Those with non-gender-matching avatars should be prepared to be addressed as the wrong gender.

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20 Oct 2005, 2:08 am

My avatar offers little confusion

or it could be a woman holding that minigun.

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20 Oct 2005, 6:34 am

I don't know the sex of my koala avatar. But it's cute anyway

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20 Oct 2005, 7:00 am

I see all koalas as female seeing as they are cute to look at but once you actually engage with them you soon find out they have claws.

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20 Oct 2005, 7:29 am

Barney's neither male or female... a neut.

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20 Oct 2005, 4:47 pm

eamonn wrote:

I see all koalas as female seeing as they are cute to look at but once you actually engage with them you soon find out they have claws.

I resent that.

I may be a little hairy, but I am not covered in gray fur :lol:

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20 Oct 2005, 4:53 pm

My avatar is a male housecat. Sorry. If it helps, he's neutered!

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20 Oct 2005, 6:03 pm

I guess I have some neutral avatars, but I sometimes use a female one just because it's a character I like.

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20 Oct 2005, 6:38 pm

fahreeq wrote:

I don't know the sex of my koala avatar. But it's cute anyway

For some reason, I used to think you were male by the look of your avatar. For me, anyway, the koala's bushy grey ears sort of suggest a grumpy old man with hideous sideburns. Like Scrooge.

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20 Oct 2005, 7:30 pm

I am really into the Harry Potter series. Harry Potter is a guy. I am using a picture of him for my avatar. That is why my avatar is a guy.

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20 Oct 2005, 7:45 pm

Bec wrote:

I am really into the Harry Potter series. Harry Potter is a guy. I am using a picture of him for my avatar. That is why my avatar is a guy.

Then again, it's not that big of a mental leap to assume that Bec might be short for Rebecca.

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20 Oct 2005, 8:04 pm

Yeah. Avatars should reflect you, not what you fancy or want to be.

By the way... My lion is male. What ???? NO IT IS NOT A HEDGEHOG. I am gonna get that heckler one of these days...

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