My avatar pic is a picture of my acoustic guitar; I just placed it somewhere near my kitchen and take a pic:

A reconstruction of a Neanderthal from the Neanderthal Museum in Mettmann, Germany.

The Museum is right there where the bones of the name giving Neanderthal were found. Well not exactly, that would be in mid-air today because of industrial activity.

https://neanderthal.de/en/home.html

    Pixophir I feel like there's a bit more to the story, in the avatar it has a mask on. Did you put the mask on? Was the mask yours?

      Pixophir I always assumed that was you. Unless it is and that's a reconstruction of you. Is that you?

        @Megalomaniak No, I personally didn't. I took the image from the museum's gallery (but can't find it there any more).

        I do have some albeit loose ties to the museum because of my former work and studies :-)

        @packrat . It is not me, they disappeared around 40 thousand years ago and reconstructions are all we can do to visualize their appearance.

        Though I feel honoured :-)

          Pixophir Former work and studies is pretty vague. What'd you study? Was it the plumbing? Was it this neanderthal statue? Was it the vending machine to make sure it was still vending delicious doritos? Specifically the red ones?

            Hey guys, I just showed off my avatar because I found it a good idea :-)

            Back to the others.

            cybereality I can feel the muggy urban oppression choking me. Well done! Very convincingly urban.

              I always block avatars with ublock. 😛

                duane First off, I didn't know you could do that. Secondly, why?

                    I used to change avatars all the time based on shows I was watching, mood, whatever.
                    But then about 14 years ago I changed to Chi the kitten from the anime Chi's Sweet Home (it was Chi trying to type on a keyboard). It just stuck, and I decided to remain consistent.
                    While on the Oculus forums I edited the australian flag into the background due to being tired of people thinking I was american.

                    packrat

                    I don't care about your choice of avatar -- I'm more interested in what you've got to say. Since most people don't change avatars very often, you can't even really assert that it's an artistic expression, except in the sense of, "an expression of what they were thinking two years ago." At least with a t-shirt, you might have thought about it when you got dressed that day. 🙂

                      I don't respect anyone that doesn't have an avatar. Being honest here.

                        Ooo, now it might be the booze talking, but I have another idea. Based on what I say, what's the image of me that comes to mind. @cybereality, you can join too. I don't care you've actually seen me.

                        cybereality

                        I'm pretty sure that 99% of all the people who've ever lived didn't have an avatar. 😛

                        However, you'll notice that I cater to those who like avatars. Mine is just a photo of me, but that should count. And thankfully, I don't have to look at it. 🙂

                            duane That is exactly how I've always imagined you. I would know, I lived on an engineer's dream of a college campus with an engineer. Though she was ECE, there was tons of CS majors too.