Do you make assumptions about posters...

[AbAbber2k]

For example. Do you assume people with the Crab avatar are Australian (blame Dug777) or convicted felons? Do you assume people with the computer avatar have jobs in the tech field or have never been laid? Do you assume people with black avatars post in ebonics or love fried chicken (I know I do) and watermelon? How about the "hippi" avatar? Do you assume they're dirty and smoke pot all the time. Does "officeguy6" scream to you that, in spite of his inability to dance and his social awkwardness (especially around non-whites), he's college educated, and god damnit if you're not going to remember it! And is that guy with the Grinch avatar really a total dick?

ATOT Avatar-ists unite!

*Inspired by some guy with the "execguy" avatar who was complaining that the po-po is out to harasses him and everyone else... something I found hilariously ironic... and then kind of sad about, because maybe George Bush really does hate black people.* *Also inspired by that Dave Chappelle sketch where he does the Race Pixie that tries to get people to act in a manner that is stereotypical of their race.*

Disclaimer: I'm not a racist. I'm just an average guy who isn't afraid to laugh at stereotypes, primarily because I understand that they're absurd and hardly reflect on the majority of the people they're targeted at. They are only perpetuated because when we finally see someone that fits the stereotype it stands out SO STRONGLY that we remember that one person more than the hundred others we knew before them. You only become a racist when you let stereotypes dictate your actions towards the people around you. Be stronger than that. This has been a public service announcement.

FLAME ON!

 

[Aimster]

I assume you are a pirate

 

[DainBramaged]

No, I discriminate by the name underneath the avatar.

 

[Sluggo]

Originally posted by: DainBramaged
No, I discriminate by the name underneath the avatar.

Does yours mean you are a fisherman?

 

[AbAbber2k]

Originally posted by: Sluggo

Originally posted by: DainBramaged
No, I discriminate by the name underneath the avatar.

Does yours mean you are a fisherman?

Or a genetically engineered super trout. We better hope he's the only one of his kind, otherwise he'll reproduce... and then we're fvcked.

 

[91TTZ]

Hey kid- I'm a computer!

Stop all the downloading!

 

[novasatori]

Originally posted by: AbAbber2k
*Inspired by some guy with the "execguy" avatar who was complaining that the po-po is out to harasses him and everyone else... something I found hilariously ironic... and then kind of sad about, because maybe George Bush really does hate black people.*

if you mean mine, i'm as white as they come, i picked it simply because it looks funny.

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

Originally posted by: novasatori
if you mean mine, i'm as white as they come, i picked it simply because it looks funny.

THAT'S RACIST!11!111!!1!1!

 

[AbAbber2k]

Originally posted by: MmmSkyscraper

Originally posted by: novasatori
if you mean mine, i'm as white as they come, i picked it simply because it looks funny.

THAT'S RACIST!11!111!!1!1!

lol

And ya, it was your post. I didn't want to make any assumptions, so I kept my mouth shut and made this thread instead. I just thought it was kind of amusing (not the police thing itself ).

Edit: But that kind of proves my point I think.

 

[NatePo717]

No.

 

[Ika]

Sometimes, yes. The hippie avatar and the asian avatars I've associated with several people, but that might be it.

 

[moshquerade]

not really. except i find it odd when males have female avs.

 

[FoBoT]

i wish there was a pirate avatar

 

[Atheus]

I assume that people with human face avatars look like their avatar... psychologists? Do people automatically pick faces like their own?

 

[schneiderguy]

everyone with a cow avatar is automatically better than everyone else

 

[MX2]

I walk around making assumptions all day long

 

[tfinch2]

People with crab avatars are dipsh!ts.

 

[Gunslinger08]

I assume that people are the race and gender of their avatar.

 

[Mo0o]

I know that anyone with a cow avatar is automatically superior to all others

 

[compuwiz1]

Originally posted by: moshquerade
not really. except i find it odd when males have female avs.

Around here, boys will be girls. You're really a man, right?

 

[theprodigalrebel]

I do tend to believe people with the oldmag avatar are senile geezers.
Except Waggy. He's alright.

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: compuwiz1

Originally posted by: moshquerade
not really. except i find it odd when males have female avs.

Around here, boys will be girls. You're really a man, right?

<----- 100% female

 

[compuwiz1]

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: compuwiz1

Originally posted by: moshquerade
not really. except i find it odd when males have female avs.

Around here, boys will be girls. You're really a man, right?

<----- 100% female

Prove it, or ban! LOL :shocked::laugh:

 

[OVerLoRDI]

Originally posted by: moshquerade
not really. except i find it odd when males have female avs.

Agreed.

 

[DrPizza]

Hmmm... I recognize people a lot quicker by their avatars... I find it annoying when two frequent posters have the same avatar and I have to slow down to think.