How do you picture people on PC?

Started by VisionofMilotic April 17th, 2020 9:04 AM
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VisionofMilotic

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Do you see them as their avatars? Their signature Pokemon? Their Mii? Do you imagine a person based on what you know about them or how they describe themselves? Maybe you see them as they actually are if you have seen their selfies?

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i see everyone as their avatars

no exception

Palamon

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Unless I know what a person looks like, then I honestly think of people as their avatars, LMFAO.

CiCi

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I tend to think of people more in terms of their voices. This is influenced by their aesthetics and posts I've seen from them, but I don't tend to have an 'image' in my head of people online, on PC or otherwise. For instance, Sam, I normally think of you having this gentle, proper, very feminine voice, rather than what you actually look like (though I've seen pics of you in the Selfie thread). Probably from the way you write and the avatars of the pretty, proper ladies you normally have.

If I don't really know the person, they have a 'neutral' male or female voice. I think I do it this way due to writing so much, where I have a lot of different voices in my head to differentiate characters based on their characterization. Just kinda comes naturally.
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LegendaryZacian

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I always picture users as their avatars, unless their avatar is something abstract, like a letter,pattern,etc. In that case, I usually picture them as a character from a book, video game or anime that their personality seems to remind me of lol. I personally think it’s fun to have others see you as what you want!

VisionofMilotic

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I I normally think of you having this gentle, proper, very feminine voice, rather than what you actually look like (though I've seen pics of you in the Selfie thread). Probably from the way you write and the avatars of the pretty, proper ladies you normally have.
Haha, I plead guilty as charged to that. An ex once told me my voice reminded him of a mix of Marilyn Monroe, Zsa Zsa Gabor and Holly Golightly. So I'll sign the confession, I do sound gentle and feminine etc ^_^

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I associate people with their avatar if I don't know what they look like clearly, otherwise I do associate it w/ the person's actual face. Also even if I know what someone sounds like, I have a default reading voice in my head for different types of typing styles so I don't even imagine their real voice half the time. :D

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I associate people with their avatar if I don't know what they look like clearly, otherwise I do associate it w/ the person's actual face. Also even if I know what someone sounds like, I have a default reading voice in my head for different types of typing styles so I don't even imagine their real voice half the time. :D
what do i sound like

Sami

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i see everyone as their avatars

no exception
man must you think im some kind of billionaire then for every avatar change to another face
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man must you think im some kind of billionaire then for every avatar change to another face
yeah i just imagine you constantly changing your default expression

this time around you rly need to smile

Sami

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yeah i just imagine you constantly changing your default expression

this time around you rly need to smile
i have no smiling avatars
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Aslan

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what do i sound like
i associate all lower case with a sleepy sounding voice so probably that most of the time unless there is something in ALL CAPS

ZeoStar

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Everybody as whatever avatar they have.

No voices for anybody. Everything is read by the same voice in my head.

Zero Seven

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I look just like my avatar, so that's how I picture everyone else. o_O
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Soaring Sid

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Interesting thread, I was curious about this. I'm no different from most folks here! If I do not know how someone looks, I picture them as their avatar.

Roni

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Nothing much different over here. Constantly feel like I'm talking to Pokemon and anime characters whenever I'm on here lmao.
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Ghost Owl

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i see everyone as their avatars

no exception
What if they're abstract like mine?

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What if they're abstract like mine?
delibird in your case

but it's not difficult for me to picture a disembodied voice for abstract avatars LOL

Ghost Owl

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delibird in your case

but it's not difficult for me to picture a disembodied voice for abstract avatars LOL
Haha :) Well Delibird is one of my faves so <3

Megan

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Forum posts are kind of like role playing. You put up an avatar and (subconsciously) start acting more like that character. That also makes it easier for someone else to get the impression that they're talking to the character instead the actual person behind the screen.

People with non-human(-oid)/"living being-like" avatars seem more like unknown forces that are hard to gauge.

People without avatars seem more like NPCs in a JRPG. You know how in those types of games whenever you talk to an important character you get some artwork alsongside their textbox; and how every not-important character (NPC), while getting their textbox, they don't get their own artwork shown?

Cubeth

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If you're not a videogame or anime character irl don't talk to me
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moon

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You're telling me some people in here aren't just their avatars? Angie looked pretty much like a Skymin so don't go telling we're the only ones.
Hmmmmmmmm

You really do look like Ivysaur holy sh

Tsutarja

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avatars maybe? but also posting style and punctuation/emoji/emoticons :p

also voice if I know what you sound like