Avatar Is Of You?

PVC said:
Gary = " I don’t think I’m a good looking guy….."

Actually, I think you're a good looking guy in a rugged way. Your looks remind me of Ernest Hemingway and your writing style of Walt Whitman. And you're self deprecating lots of times, which I find charming and makes you sound honest and down to earth.
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You, fine lady, are too kind...indeed
 

ClassicRockr said:
Wonder why it is that there are those that will use an old photo of themselves as an Avatar, instead of a current one? Because we all looked better years ago? Just wondering.

Sort of like where someone does an online profile for a dating website and puts on a photo of themselves that is some 10, 20 or even 30 years old. The profile doesn't match the photo and men or women will wonder........"what the heck?"

Then there are those of us that don't have a picture of ourselves as an Avatar, like myself.
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Why does it worry you? Makes it sound like you're looking. Just kidding of course. :chuncky:
 
I had an up to date photo of myself for an avatar when I first joined. But I suspect the friend who took it might have touched it up a bit, or the lighting in the restaurant where we were lunching was very, very kind because it looked better than what I see in the mirror. :)

I guess vanity lies in that direction. I felt like a bit of a fraud, so changed it and I don't think I could cope with the disappointment when the time came to update it anyway. LOL

I have the same trouble when I get a new licence photo. It is always horrendous, and the previous one is so much better, even though I thought it was horrendous too at the time it was taken.
 

What are you saying, Leonie? That we should post the most unattractive picture of our selves that we can find to be real? Of course, we're going to post the nicest ones with the best lighting and angle and everything. Think of it as looking through the eyes of love, which we all do with those we do love. Can't we also do that for ourselves?
 
I've usually used a recent photo of myself on social media and so far I haven't had any problems but I understand why some people don't want to. I recently changed my avatar because this doll is just too darn funny and it reminds me of a bad hair cut I got a few months ago!

I thought I deleted the photo of me in the Santa hat and the photoshopped longer hair. Now I came in to delete it in edit and I can't see it.
 

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I forgot about photoshopping ! A great idea, and fun too, I seem to have grown long blonde hair overnight :D
 
Leonie said:
I had an up to date photo of myself for an avatar when I first joined. But I suspect the friend who took it might have touched it up a bit, or the lighting in the restaurant where we were lunching was very, very kind because it looked better than what I see in the mirror. :)

I guess vanity lies in that direction. I felt like a bit of a fraud, so changed it and I don't think I could cope with the disappointment when the time came to update it anyway. LOL

I have the same trouble when I get a new licence photo. It is always horrendous, and the previous one is so much better, even though I thought it was horrendous too at the time it was taken.
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:lol: about the licence photo
I know exactly what you mean.
 
ClassicRockr said:
Sorry, but (LOL) I am better! Anyway, I’m just have a curiosity thing about me.
Don’t take my Thread SO personally!!
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ClassicRockr said:
Well, golly folks, I was just asking! Geeesh!
I don’t use a photo of me, because I don’t want anyone to see just how GOOD LOOKING I am at 69 years old. Wow, love that!!

Understand???? 鸞
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AZ Jim said:
Self Appraisals don't count! Post your pic and we'll decide!
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Yep. Self appraisals don’t count. Post your pic and let US decide just how good looking you aren’t :grin:
 
Keesha said:
Yep. Self appraisals don’t count. Post your pic and let US decide just how good looking you aren’t :grin:
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A bit odd that the person complaining about the pics people post has no pic posted here.

The only pics that I find funny are the one's that are so photo shopped to remove the "unwanted parts", that half the person's nose is missing or all you can see is two eyes and a mouth and the rest of the face is washed out. What's the purpose of posting a pic like that? It's very obvious to everyone what's being done.
 
Keesha said:
Yep. Self appraisals don’t count. Post your pic and let US decide just how good looking you aren’t :grin:
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My wife says I am, SO...…...I AM!!

What do a lot of members say...…."don't have to prove nothing to nobody".
 
Do you folks really know the difference between complaining and curious? Actually, at first, I thought some of the Avatar photos of people could be a really old photo. IOW, a photo from years ago to make themselves look better and to hear "wow, you look really young".
 
ClassicRockr said:
Do you folks really know the difference between complaining and curious? Actually, at first, I thought some of the Avatar photos of people could be a really old photo. IOW, a photo from years ago to make themselves look better and to hear "wow, you look really young".
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"you folks"?......

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Keesha said:
It IS pretty darn funny. HEY! It would make a perfect avatar for him too :rofl:
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Sorry, bronc riding was not my rodeo event. Put me on a horse, with a rope in my hand and you’ll see what I use to do.
 

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