do you visualize forum users as their avatar or as the real life person

[Tactical Nuke]

just curious
I know I'll see some people on here as their avatars and other people as themselves in real life depending on whether or not they post in the real life photos thread and how many times they change avatars

idk /discuss

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[hootaloo]

people that i talk with outside the forum = real life person
people i talk to on the forum = avatar

but theres a few exceptions like coolguy and tony

[Canis]

I sometimes just visualize their name or think of their writing style in my head, like with people who don't have avatars/change them every other week

[Drydess]

the only people i visualize as people are vh, inh, coolguy, and freek just because of how often they post pics
otherwise i don't really visualize them at all

[MrLoL²]

<- what if i actually looked like that irl

[Trogtor]

i can only imagine everyone thinks I'm a short tempered toaster jumping on a keyboard.... not that.... it's true or anything...... haha..

[/dev/sr0]

Are you telling me you don't look like your avatar?

I feel loving betrayed.

[Master Matthew²]

I am actually a zipdisk

[Refticus]

avatar.
once people change their avatar, it really confuses me as i initially think "oh a new forum member" until i read their username

[Kumquat]

I do car thread people by their car, draw thread people by their style. Everyone else by avatar.

[gr8dayseth]

hell i visualize myself on here as my forum avatar

[The Resonte!]

everyone here is avatar except for mr nossody only because he looks like a biker when he posted his beardface one time

[Planr]

forum avatar

[hodototman]

I'm my avatar

[Filipe]

Sometimes depending on what they say, the avatar improves it even further.