Whats with the animated insect avatars?

JazHaz · Post by **JazHaz** » Wed Mar 07, 2012 12:34 pm

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?

Post by **another_commander** » Wed Mar 07, 2012 12:37 pm

Not Oolite game related, moving to Outworld.

Website · Post by **Cody** » Wed Mar 07, 2012 12:39 pm

All animated avatars are somewhat distracting, whether they be insects or anything else... but they're okay.

Rxke · Post by **Rxke** » Wed Mar 07, 2012 1:01 pm

install adblock (plus)

right click block image

I did that on another board where someone used a truly ott avatar that drove me bonkers.

Website · Post by **Cody** » Wed Mar 07, 2012 1:07 pm

Rxke wrote:
install adblock (plus)

Yep, I use adblock too.

here · Post by **Fatleaf** » Wed Mar 07, 2012 1:39 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_qMM_Ogvbw

Your not Bugist are you?

Here is a Dolphin to make it all better

Post by **Eric Walch** » Wed Mar 07, 2012 4:33 pm

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.

Wiki pages · Post by **Thargoid** » Wed Mar 07, 2012 5:34 pm

As opposed to me - an bug with an animated avatar...

PhantorGorth · Post by **PhantorGorth** » Wed Mar 07, 2012 10:42 pm

I used a webcam of myself using my PC and converted it to an animated gif

CaptSolo · Post by **CaptSolo** » Wed Mar 07, 2012 11:27 pm

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.

Rxke · Post by **Rxke** » Thu Mar 08, 2012 6:07 am

PhantorGorth wrote:
I used a webcam of myself using my PC and converted it to an animated gif

That"s young Tux when writing the Linux kernel code! :p

(I write this on a laptop runnin Debian)

I love those penguins; they should get their own film!

SandJ · Post by **SandJ** » Thu Mar 08, 2012 10:24 am

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?

Current Acting Jobs in Reality TV

Do You Care If Reality TV Is Fake?

Casting Call, Auditions and Reality TV Casting Call Listings

What now passes as reality TV is, of course, far from real. Such shows are as scripted and choreographed as any drama. Their participants are scarcely real either. They are there because they want to be on the screen, have their 15 minutes of fame.

How Reality TV Fakes It

Reality Television Casting and Auditions

UK auditions, Reality TV / Be on a Show category listing

Vanessa staff suspended over 'fake guests'

Trisha is a fake too

Fake guests on Jeremy Kyle

BBC admits talk shows were faked

The one link I am desperate to find is the humiliating interview I heard with Esther Rantzen when she got caught out too for having scripted actors pretending to be guests. She squirmed and writhed and claimed it for was "the greater good" and the show got pulled.

Rxke · Post by **Rxke** » Thu Mar 08, 2012 11:22 am

wow, depressing. Even talkshows???

(can you tell I have had no telly since the late nineties?)

Website · Post by **Cody** » Thu Mar 08, 2012 11:40 am

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.

Rxke · Post by **Rxke** » Thu Mar 08, 2012 11:47 am

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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