Whats with the animated insect avatars?

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Insect Avatars. Cool or annoying?

Very cool. I want one!
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15%
Cool.
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15%
OK
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48%
Annoying!
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15%
I hate them. Remove please!!
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7%
 
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Whats with the animated insect avatars?

Post by JazHaz »

First one I saw was Okti's fly. First I thought it was a real fly, then when I couldn't brush it off, I thought my PC had a virus!

Now I see a couple of others (Smivs's ladybird, and FatLeaf's spider).

Who finds them annoying?
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All animated avatars are somewhat distracting, whether they be insects or anything else... but they're okay.
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install adblock (plus)

right click block image :)

I did that on another board where someone used a truly ott avatar that drove me bonkers.
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Rxke wrote:
install adblock (plus)
Yep, I use adblock too.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_qMM_Ogvbw

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El Viejo wrote:
Yep, I use adblock too.
I've installed 'adblock' also on Safari. Never thought of using it against avatars, but its indeed a good bug killer. :D
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As opposed to me - an bug with an animated avatar... :twisted:
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I used a webcam of myself using my PC and converted it to an animated gif :D
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Animated avatars are okay. The only thing that annoys me are some of my wife's TV programs which feature real people who can't get along with each other, and that is putting it mildly. She says, "That's reality". No wonder then why I prefer fantasy.
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PhantorGorth wrote:
I used a webcam of myself using my PC and converted it to an animated gif :D
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CaptSolo wrote:
The only thing that annoys me are some of my wife's TV programs which feature real people who can't get along with each other, and that is putting it mildly. She says, "That's reality". No wonder then why I prefer fantasy.
So does she. Is it cognitive dissonance or is she really unaware those 'reality TV' shows are scripted and use aspiring actors?

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wow, depressing. Even talkshows???

(can you tell I have had no telly since the late nineties?)
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Rxke wrote:
(can you tell I have had no telly since the late nineties?)
Cool... so I'm not the only one to have ditched the one-eyed monster.
I would advise stilts for the quagmires, and camels for the snowy hills
And any survivors, their debts I will certainly pay. There's always a way!
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I'm glued pretty much 16/7 (8 hrs sleep et c) glued to that *other* one-eyed monster.


Actually, at the moment it's even dual screen, most of the time.



So I don't know anything about tv celebrities, but I do know my memes!
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