Xerxys

All the TFPers look like their avatars to me, I don't know why, Most especially debaser, he's really scary. I mean, I've seen all the pictures and stuff but when I read a post by halx, I always picture a school girl in little skirt saying these things. Don't even mention bear cubs and curiousbear's posts!!!

Bear Cub

I can promise you, I look EXACTLY like my avatar.

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little_tippler

Heh I have thought about this before too. I have little cartoon characters of the members whose pictures I've seen going through my head acting out little comic strips. I think that's the best way I can describe it. I sometimes associate a member with their avatar if I haven't seen their picture. Bottom line is, I think of the TFP often and have grown quite fond of the people I have met here!

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Whether we write or speak or do but look
We are ever unapparent. What we are
Cannot be transfused into word or book.
Our soul from us is infinitely far.
However much we give our thoughts the will
To be our soul and gesture it abroad,
Our hearts are incommunicable still.
In what we show ourselves we are ignored.
The abyss from soul to soul cannot be bridged
By any skill of thought or trick of seeming.
Unto our very selves we are abridged
When we would utter to our thought our being.
We are our dreams of ourselves, souls by gleams,
And each to each other dreams of others' dreams.

Fernando Pessoa, 1918

freeload

In short: All the girls are smoking hot and the boys hung like horses (At least according to the ex board...)

The cartoony avatars are how I see the other members - strange.... to be part of a forum full of cartoon characters.

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lostgirl

Like their avatar, unless I have seen a picture of them.

uncle phil

some of us look like this:


http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/tilted-...-comments.html

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- Robert S. McNamara
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"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
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never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.

lostgirl

I am not privileged enough to access that page yet.

uncle phil

be strong, little grasshopper, and persevere...

good things come to those who wait...and post...

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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
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"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
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never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.

savmesom11

Although I associate the avatar with the name if I hear it, I actually have imagined faces for lots of people. Most though are the real faces from "Post Yourself Right Effing Now!"

Great post btw, I think of this often!

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snowy

I look nothing like my avatar! I am not a male manga character, nor am I a ninja (I wish!).

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Hyacinthe

I hope I look nothing like my avatar - that would be just disturbing.

When I think of members from TFP (and I do frequently - you guys and gals come up in conversation with me and my friends often ie. "Well I was chatting with CB the other day" or "Well Baraka thinks ...") I think more of the personality that I associate with you rather then your physical appearance.

I kinda like the anonymity of TFP a great deal - I enjoy being a mystery - there is onyl one shot on here where you can actually see what I look like and it'll take you awhile to find it!

Relax lostgirl the post counts goes up strangely quickly - least mine did - does this mean I post / talk too much?

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"Her emotions were clear waters. You could see the scarring and pockmarks at the bottom of the pool, but it was just a part of her landscape – the consequences of others’ actions in which she claimed no part."

roachboy

i like to think i look like j.r. "bob" dobbs.
i really do.

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spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear

it make you sick.

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ngdawg

Because I do the same thing-associate the appearance of someone to their avatar, I use me in mine.

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lostgirl

Thanks uncle phil and Hyacinthe, I'm not worried. I will be a good girl and wait for my time to advance.

Baraka_Guru

Wait...that's a male?

I'll probably look exactly like my avatar in another 10 or 20 years--assuming I get contacts or laser eye surgery.

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—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön

Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot

snowy

Dude...don't you read Naruto?

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Baraka_Guru

No, and according to my perception of that picture, it should be Naruta.

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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön

Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot

RetroGunslinger

Baraka, you're old. That's how I picture you. Old and crusty.

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M.B. Keene

dlish

i look like a street sign

and no im not black..nor american.

for the most part, for those that i dont know what they look like, i tend to remember them for something they posted about. kind of like a bookmark or cornerstone if that makes any sense.

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I always sign my facebook comments with ()()===========(}. Does that make me gay?
- Filthy

little_tippler

It's funny though, for members who have figures in their avatar, I tend to associate the member with it, even if I have seen their photo.

I've seen your real life pics snowy but I sometimes will imagine you with a similar expression to that ninja in your avatar, headband and all.

abaya, well don't we all imagine her wearing one and looking fierce?

Lots of ninjas about it seems!

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Whether we write or speak or do but look
We are ever unapparent. What we are
Cannot be transfused into word or book.
Our soul from us is infinitely far.
However much we give our thoughts the will
To be our soul and gesture it abroad,
Our hearts are incommunicable still.
In what we show ourselves we are ignored.
The abyss from soul to soul cannot be bridged
By any skill of thought or trick of seeming.
Unto our very selves we are abridged
When we would utter to our thought our being.
We are our dreams of ourselves, souls by gleams,
And each to each other dreams of others' dreams.

Fernando Pessoa, 1918

ratbastid

I don't look a thing like Darth Vader.

I am, however, your daddy.

ShaniFaye

I will 2nd this!!

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Plan9

I am not a roll of duct tape nor am I the Crimson Ghost.

But I aspire to these things.

...

WillRavel, however, may actually be James Bond.

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Whatever you can carry.

"You should not drink... and bake."

Xerxys

The name's Bond .............. Vaga - Bond!!!!!!!!

LordEden

Every time I see a pic of one of them women on this board it just floors me. I think I should just think about the women of tfp as their avatars, that way I'm not inclined to throw e-game at them. Especially the ones with SOs (i.e. onesnowyowl; I love geek girls in glasses).

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Baraka_Guru

You left out the "Kuampsinato."

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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön

Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot

Willravel

...perfect...

Lasereth

I picture Redjake as looking like me.

It's usually either your avatar or your pics in the image section. I am pretty good with remembering people's faces so if you have posted the chances are I associate that picture with you.

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vanblah

I look just like my avatar ... except now I have short hair again. Not that you could tell my hair was long ...

Grasshopper Green

With rare exception, I picture the actual person if he or she has posted one. Otherwise...I don't reallly think about it at all.

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Formerly Medusa

MSD

Would you be offended if I admitted that I imagine R Lee Ermey shouting every one of your posts at me as if I were a lowly Private?

The_Jazz

Damn, because that would go a long way towards explaining why She-lish ever agreed to marry you. I mean, if you were a Black American inanimate object, how could she resist?

I too picture those that I've seen when I read posts. Some people, however, like Willravel have avatars (or old avatars in his case) that transcend that. Especially cynthetiq's old tribble with a face.

And unfortunately for those of you not in the know, Bill O'Rights looks nothing like either Alison Hannigan or the Schoolhouse Rock character, to our mutual grave misfortune.

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Plan9

HAHAH! My covertly-mounted cinnamon roll alien! Thanks for reminding me, bro.
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No, I'd be flattered. He's the perfect example of an abusive NCO (though a Marine). During my weekend in the army, I had to yell at people but I also applied a little teamwork mentality to it.
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How many dreams have you crushed? Can you count them on your fingers!?

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Whatever you can carry.

"You should not drink... and bake."