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Post: 82800867_31 created on Tue, 16 Oct 2012 04:51:34 +0000
Posted: Tue, 16 Oct 2012 04:51:34 +0000

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I don't think how I dress affects how people interpret my words... or at least I hope not.

I tend to use emotes when I want to convey a certain tone though my words. My avatar is just something I like to dress up to look awesome.

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So you're saying that if presidential candidates showed up to a debate in jeans and a t-shirt, there would be no negative assumptions about their messages?

Of course how you dress changes what people think. Nobody want's to admit to thinking that way though.

Obviously though, I don't apply. I'd have to pay attention to other people to be affected by their looks

I was talking about on Gaia, but okay.

Although, admittedly, I do tend to judge people based on how they dress. If they dress like a rally-f**, then I'll automatically assume they're an idiot rally-f**.

Most of the time, that's how it is, but not always.

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Post: 82800867_32 created on Tue, 16 Oct 2012 04:52:44 +0000
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An image of yourself is an image of yourself, regardless.

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Post: 82800867_33 created on Tue, 16 Oct 2012 04:54:21 +0000
Posted: Tue, 16 Oct 2012 04:54:21 +0000

I admire certain avatars artistically, but it's a separate matter from their post content. Same as irl, really. Beautiful people can become ugly through their personality and vice versa.

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Post: 82800867_34 created on Tue, 16 Oct 2012 05:05:48 +0000
Posted: Tue, 16 Oct 2012 05:05:48 +0000

The same way people are judged for their appearance in the real world, they're judged for their appearance online.
Avatars, signatures, fonts. It's human nature.
I don't change my avatar. I like to build up a consistent image. It's just up to you all to interpret it.

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Post: 82800867_35 created on Tue, 16 Oct 2012 05:12:32 +0000
Posted: Tue, 16 Oct 2012 05:12:32 +0000

It's a cosplay avatar, so I only care for people who can recognize it. To the rest he would probably look like a moderately cheap everyday guy with a random snake...

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Post: 82800867_36 created on Tue, 16 Oct 2012 05:13:33 +0000
Posted: Tue, 16 Oct 2012 05:13:33 +0000

The people saying they judge people's fandoms by their 'tars are makin' me wanna cosplay mine as something I don't like. Just to keep people on their toes. e____e
I'm not a Homestuck, I'm my own original character, Candicormicorns the Grey.

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In the past, I have had people assume things about me based on my avatar. Mostly that I'm like way cooler or more intelligent than I actually am. Always sucks to let 'em down. :B

That's adorable, ohohoho.

's friggin' awkward, mang. "ACTUALLY I'M A BIT DULL, I JUST MAKE KINDA OKAY AVATARS SOMETIMES, BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION."
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Post: 82800867_37 created on Tue, 16 Oct 2012 05:35:33 +0000
Posted: Tue, 16 Oct 2012 05:35:33 +0000

Not gonna lie, I'm incredibly judgmental when it comes to avatars on gaia. I'm not gonna go into specifics because I don't want to get anyone angry, but certain types of avatars make me immediately think certain things about a person. Oh, hell, you all probably know what types I'm talking about.

I try to keep those judgements from affecting how I deal with people too much, but I really can't say myself how well I do so. SHRUG.

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Post: 82800867_38 created on Tue, 16 Oct 2012 05:53:31 +0000
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Ummmmm YES. People judge you on your avatar all the time. When i was a newbie posting round the forums, i knew people first looked at my posts, then my avatar and probably thought....wait that doesn't match up. Usually new people can't type worth a damn, so having coherent posts and then seeing my avi in all of it's newb wonder, probably threw some people for a loop XP. I wouldn't blame them, i do it all the time too.

I remember one time, i was exploring towns and wearing my newb swag and people didn't talk to me because of it. Now, on the rare occasions when i go to VH or towns people are more inclined to talk to me. I don't know if it's because of my avi's appearance, but i wouldn't be surprised if it was.

I've put this to the test; where i go into a town in newb get up, wait a few minutes to see if anyone will chat with me. If I don't get chatted up, I go to the next town, change my avi and go back to the previous town, boom I get chatted up. It's a wondrous thing really.....

I don't know if i'd go so far as to say my avi was "victomized" here, but one time in VH I was called a (forgive my use of a rather unpleasant word) black ******, because of my elf skin. Some peoples children don't know how to be nice even online

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Post: 82800867_39 created on Tue, 16 Oct 2012 06:47:14 +0000
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I know people judge on avatars, but I don't. I appreciate a nice avatar as much as the next person, but I'm always very happy to chat to users in starter clothing or an avatar that's personally unappealing to me if they have something interesting to say. Frankly, I find people with simpler avatars are more likely to be friendly- those with nicer avatars tend to have a bee in their butts and often assume you want to chat with them to milk an item or gold from them.

I have, however, been "victimized" based on my avatar. I typically wear my Horns of the Demon because they're one of my favorite items for sentimental reasons. I had paired them with a few other "flashy" items (I guess?) and I was wandering around towns. Someone who I'd never met before walked up to me and started berating me for being a "rude showoff" and a "Gaian elitist" because I happened to be wearing nicer items... which was strange because they'd never before spoken to me D'X I generally consider myself pretty humble so I thought it was kind of bizarre... I'll never understand why people think it's appropriate to judge an individual based solely on their ability to gain stupid pixel items.

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Post: 82800867_40 created on Tue, 16 Oct 2012 06:50:24 +0000
Posted: Tue, 16 Oct 2012 06:50:24 +0000

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I don't know if i'd go so far as to say my avi was "victomized" here, but one time in VH I was called a (forgive my use of a rather unpleasant word) black ******, because of my elf skin. Some peoples children don't know how to be nice even online

The same thing happened to me once in the GD, since my avi typically has darker skin. Most people know better than to use racist slurs IRL, so it's a complete mystery why people (no matter their age) would consider that appropriate on Gaia D'X

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Post: 82800867_41 created on Tue, 16 Oct 2012 06:52:49 +0000
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An age ago I had someone dismiss my entire argument because my avatar was wearing a black bra, net top and matching skirt. what they said was something to the effect of "How do you expect me to believe what you say when you're dressed like a whore?"
Yeah, because avatar = real life dress sense. You'd never catch me in a net top and short skirt IRL. And dress sense has anything to do with a well structured and well informed adult rebuttal? (It happened in the ED)
I think i got very upset and angry over such a shallow opinion and gave a very undignified response. This was way back in '04-'05 when there wasn't half as much stuff to use as there is now and the net top and goth skirt thing was 'cool'.

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Post: 82800867_42 created on Tue, 16 Oct 2012 06:54:41 +0000
Posted: Tue, 16 Oct 2012 06:54:41 +0000

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>< i hate the GD, it's a scary place...
I don't know why people use slurs on here; i mean i suppose you could argue it's online, so what's it matter. But on the other hand if you're a decent human offline, that would carry over online....maybe i'm just being optimistic lol.

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Post: 82800867_43 created on Tue, 16 Oct 2012 06:57:05 +0000
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I don't care for it, either, but this was a long time ago before it kind of went to crap X'D

Lol I suspect you are being optimistic! Even when it's online, I do find those words offensive, but beyond that, it's so dumb to use them... They're very emphatically against the TOS so why get banned over something so dumb and trivial?

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Post: 82800867_44 created on Tue, 16 Oct 2012 06:57:14 +0000
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I don't really know how people think of me really based on my avatar. I'd be curious to know just for kicks. Based on my experience, a person's avatar does play a role in how I view someone on Gaia initially. Even though the post content is secondary, it's of greater importance.

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Post: 82800867_45 created on Tue, 16 Oct 2012 06:57:18 +0000
Posted: Tue, 16 Oct 2012 06:57:18 +0000

I sometimes wonder about what people might think of me based on my avatar... and then I remember it doesn't really matter what anyone including myself thinks.

But for the sake of the thread, if I see a matchy matchy avatar, I imagine the person to be the same sort of person who'll go apeshit if they see a spelling error. Rulesy kind of people.

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