Visualizing PF Members: Avatars, Names, and Identities

[Psinter]

Well, that's the whole fun of the thread. It's on you to guess. I'm eager to see what you come up with..

Hmmmmmmm. Well, by automatic definition I assume you are a 'he'. But like I've said countless times, that matters little anyway. I haven't seen you very much in the Longue so I definitely visualize you by your avatar. Some kind of wise god perhaps?

I visualize @lisab as a considerate person, compassionate, very kind, friendly and good-natured. I also visualize her as generous, warmhearted, agreeable and nice to others. I ran out of adjectives, but I bet she is very solicited in the forum. She radiates this sense of a strong composition which is by all means a good thing. After all, it must not be easy to be kind and still have a strong constitution. It is an admirable trait. I almost always agree with her point of views. I cannot visualize her in an image, but her avatar is perfect.

 

[lisab]

Hmmmmmmm. Well, by automatic definition I assume you are a 'he'. But like I've said countless times, that matters little anyway. I haven't seen you very much in the Longue so I definitely visualize you by your avatar. Some kind of wise god perhaps?

I visualize @lisab as a considerate person, compassionate, very kind, friendly and good-natured. I also visualize her as generous, warmhearted, agreeable and nice to others. I ran out of adjectives, but I bet she is very solicited in the forum. She radiates this sense of a strong composition which is by all means a good thing. After all, it must not be easy to be kind and still have a strong constitution. It is an admirable trait. I almost always agree with her point of views. I cannot visualize her in an image, but her avatar is perfect.

Aawww, that's so sweet - thank you! In real life I can be quite stubborn, and I'm getting less tactful/diplomatic as I get older.

 

[Psinter]

Aawww, that's so sweet - thank you! In real life I can be quite stubborn, and I'm getting less tactful/diplomatic as I get older.

It's okay, stubbornness is fine . Cats are stubborn and I like them (not to mean I'm comparing you with a cat, it's just a comment).

Although we are going opposite sides. In real life situations I'm getting more diplomatic as I get older, although I don't think this is working quite well for me.

 

[Sophia]

I don't think that was a story. It was more like my description of the creepy forest. Now you can visualize me better. [emoji3]

You are great at descriptions. I want to visit that forest! I'd sit there for a few hours quietly, just listening to its sounds and breathing the smell.

 

[CrazyNinja]

That creepy forest? I call it creepy because it is dark. And it is dark because the trees are tall and leafy and cover the sun light. Plus, there are dark subterranean caves. My perception when I saw the entrances to the caves is that they are not safe. I wouldn't put a feet on those caves even if I'm paid. The entrance to the forest is like a gradient that engulfs light from the street. That's how I perceive it. It really gives this air as if you are entering into a whole new world. Which gives me the chills. A friend who once worked at that creepy forest I'm telling you told me that the night is pitch black. You are better off staying at one spot until the day comes than trying to find an exit. He told me that without GPS chances are you will get deeper and more lost if you try to find an exit at night. He once got lost without a flashlight and he ended at a lake which is inside the forest. But he told me he went back to the pitch black darkness of the forest because the mosquitoes at the lake were eating him. Haha!

This whole talk about forest reminds me that my cousin which is with the military promised me a race through the forest. But she got pregnant and we could never race. However, she is not longer pregnant, I'm going to call her, she owns me that race.

You, my friend, have single handedly made this thread more vibrant with that description/story/experience. Hats off.

Anyway, back on topic, so Sophie is the only one who visualizes me?

Let me see. I met you only on this thread and judging from what I have seen, I have formed a partial mental image of you. As with mfb, I have two pics of you and I guess I need help from my friends to decide which one suits better.

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I found this thread rather amusing. I wonder how people on PF would visualize me?

I really don't know you much so... tough to visualise.

 

[Sophia]

You, my friend, have single handedly made this thread more vibrant with that description/story/experience. Hats off. [emoji144]
Let me see. I met you only on this thread and judging from what I have seen, I have formed a partial mental image of you. As with mfb, I have two pics of you and I guess I need help from my friends to decide which one suits better.

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I really don't know you much so... tough to visualise.

Oh yes, definitely the first one! Psinter seems to be studying human emotions and right behaviour as if he wasn't really one of us. And he lives near a forest , too! He's also young and good looking. You are a picture genius, Crazy ninja :-)

I don't know the guy in the second picture, is he a celebrity?

 

[Psinter]

You are great at descriptions. I want to visit that forest! I'd sit there for a few hours quietly, just listening to its sounds and breathing the smell.

Why the creepy one? There is the nice illuminated forest (where I would invite you and friends) and the creepy one. Why are you and Silicon Waffle attracted to the creepy one? I don't understand. I go to the nice one only, the creepy one I only go in very rare occasions and never alone.

He's also young and good looking.

Not really good looking. That's only because of my clothes and how I'm making my hair. Ordinarily, without making my hair and without wearing cosplay, I'm the kind of person you would hire to scare the boogeyman.

You, my friend, have single handedly made this thread more vibrant with that description/story/experience. Hats off.
Let me see. I met you only on this thread and judging from what I have seen, I have formed a partial mental image of you. As with mfb, I have two pics of you and I guess I need help from my friends to decide which one suits better.

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Hahaha! Definitely not me. I hate that character. But it's okay if you visualize me like that . Reminds me of how I had my hair when I was in elementary school. It was just like that. The spitting image of my hair at elementary school.

 

[gjonesy]

lol wonder what you all would guess for me?

 

[Sophia]

Why the creepy one? There is the nice illuminated forest (where I would invite you and friends) and the creepy one. Why are you and Silicon Waffle attracted to the creepy one? I don't understand..

because you described it so well! It almost felt like being there. And people are attracted to things they are afraid of. There's this love-hate relationship between people and woods.
Once i was alone in a very nice forest and stopped to quietly contemplate but than I suddenly became anxious and afraid. I had to leave ASAP. I didn't see or hear anything scary but I don't know... the stillness and unfamiliar sounds, though very quiet and not threatening at all were too much for me. It may also be because it was my first time there and it was in Germany...I worked at tourist info centre in Czech rep, in Sumava national park and went on a trip alone, without a map or previous experience of the terrain and passed the border (silly, I know). Maybe the fact that I became fully aware of this is what scared me so much.

 

[Sophia]

CrazyNinja is Donatello.
Wiki says : "he is depicted as the smartest and second-in-command of the four turtles. Donnie often speaks in technobabble with a natural aptitude for science and technology"

gjonesy I visualise you as your avatar. I like it very much because penguins are friendly and optimistic. I don't know you well but from those posts I read I imagine that you are easygoing and funny but also smart and sensitive.

 

[wolram]

Start guy or not

 

[CrazyNinja]

I don't know the guy in the second picture, is he a celebrity?

Yup. He is the guy who played Draco Malfoy. Don't really know his name and too lazy to Google it.

Once i was alone in a very nice forest and stopped to quietly contemplate but than I suddenly became anxious and afraid. I had to leave ASAP. I didn't see or hear anything scary but I don't know... the stillness and unfamiliar sounds, though very quiet and not threatening at all were too much for me. It may also be because it was my first time there and it was in Germany...I worked at tourist info centre in Czech rep, in Sumava national park and went on a trip alone, without a map or previous experience of the terrain and passed the border (silly, I know). Maybe the fact that I became fully aware of this is what scared me so much.

You know, this experience of yours was quite alarming. This was because I had a similar one when I was six or something. My family was on a trip to a village (I live in India so we have deciduous forests, just to help you imagine). When my mom and dad were talking to some guy, I wandered off into this grove nearby. Soon, I was partially lost and all I could see everywhere were vampires and shadows. Imagine that when you are six..! I somehow managed to keep myself from crying and ended up spotting my mom's red saree.

CrazyNinja is Donatello.
Wiki says : "he is depicted as the smartest and second-in-command of the four turtles. Donnie often speaks in technobabble with a natural aptitude for science and technology"

Finally. I thought no one visualised me at all. And thank you for visualising my true form (Yes I'm a turtle. And yes my dad is 130 years old. And yes, I am young and can speak english. And yes we do get Wi-fi down deep here.)

 

[Sophia]

Yup. He is the guy who played Draco Malfoy. Don't really know his name and too lazy to Google it.
You know, this experience of yours was quite alarming. This was because I had a similar one when I was six or something. My family was on a trip to a village (I live in India so we have deciduous forests, just to help you imagine). When my mom and dad were talking to some guy, I wandered off into this grove nearby. Soon, I was partially lost and all I could see everywhere were vampires and shadows. Imagine that when you are six..! I somehow managed to keep myself from crying and ended up spotting my mom's red saree.

That must have been so scary! But you were lucky that you didn't go too far away. Btw I like colourful sarees :) I imagine they are made from very fine fabric.

 

[CrazyNinja]

I imagine they are made from very fine fabric.

You bet they are..! And a lot of different types of fabrics too. I will get you one if I ever come to visit you.

Soon, I was partially lost and all I could see everywhere were vampires and shadows.

I saw You-Know-Who too... *scared*.

 

[Sophia]

You bet they are..! And a lot of different types of fabrics too. I will get you one if I ever come to visit you.

Oh, you're nice :) I'll have to think what I would give you...
What about "valashka"? It was used by "good bandits" who robbed rich people in the woods and it is believed that they gave the money to the poor (but that's only a legend, of course). Than you could defend yourself next time you get lost :)

I saw You-Know-Who too... *scared*.

What? You're so young that you knew You-Know-Who when you were six?
Anyway, you must be a powerful wizard, if you managed to survive THAT encounter!

 

[CrazyNinja]

Oh, you're nice :) I'll have to think what I would give you...
What about "valashka"? It was used by "good bandits" who robbed rich people in the woods and it is believed that they gave the money to the poor (but that's only a legend, of course). Than you could defend yourself next time you get lost :)

What? You're so young that you knew You-Know-Who when you were six?
Anyway, you must be a powerful wizard, if you managed to survive THAT encounter!

I doubt my mom would allow me to buy one of those. Two reasons why:
1) They have made Marine Warfare rules more strict.
2) I have fins/flappers. It ain't easy at all to wield an axe.

About You-Know-Who... I saw him. He didn't see me (I hope). He was having a quite swim in my neighbor's sea-anemone orchard. Believe me, you don't want that visual in the head.

 

[Sophia]

I doubt my mom would allow me to buy one of those. Two reasons why:
1) They have made Marine Warfare rules more strict.
2) I have fins/flappers. It ain't easy at all to wield an axe.

About You-Know-Who... I saw him. He didn't see me (I hope). He was having a quite swim in my neighbor's sea-anemone orchard. Believe me, you don't want that visual in the head.

 

[CrazyNinja]

Anyway how about we bring Greg into this?

 

[jim hardy]

Anyway how about we bring Greg into this?

old jim

picture courtesy latimes
http://framework.latimes.com/2013/08/07/young-frankenstein/

 

[Silicon Waffle]

I believe he might be Greg's father. Greg isn't that old.

 

[Psinter]

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old jim

picture courtesy latimes
http://framework.latimes.com/2013/08/07/young-frankenstein/

 

[jerromyjon]

I don't try to visualize unknowns. It wastes brainpower. I simply create abstract constraints from people's choices of linguistic expression. It gives truly valuable information about the most critical systems. When you change the dynamics of the situation (conversation face to face) there are far more stimuli which can give you mental insecurity. Like bringing a knife to a gun fight!
Curious thoughts I am having, I wonder if anyone understands what I am thinking or knows any further reading on this topic?

 

[CrazyNinja]

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old jim

picture courtesy latimes
http://framework.latimes.com/2013/08/07/young-frankenstein/

I admit this pic is startlingly tru-ish. This very fact makes it sadder, though. I wonder why all of them are whacking @jim hardy though?

On a personal note, @Greg Bernhardt has always been part superstar for me.

One fine morning, Greg went out to get some pics of lovely Washington DC.

When he came home, he found a gift parcel for himself. (I don't know who placed it there. Maybe @Drakkith because he had spare stuff thrown out of Cybertron? Who knows).

He tried it out and figured he looked good in it.

The rest I guess is history.

So that's the story of Greg.

*spiderman music in background*.

 

[CrazyNinja]

I don't try to visualize unknowns. It wastes brainpower. I simply create abstract constraints from people's choices of linguistic expression. It gives truly valuable information about the most critical systems. When you change the dynamics of the situation (conversation face to face) there are far more stimuli which can give you mental insecurity. Like bringing a knife to a gun fight!
Curious thoughts I am having, I wonder if anyone understands what I am thinking or knows any further ready on this topic?

I did not understand anything after the first two sentences my friend.

 

[jerromyjon]

I did not understand anything after the first two sentences my friend.

Break that sentence down and observe was I can tell about you...

 

[CrazyNinja]

Break that sentence down and observe was I can tell about you...

I did not understand that too.

 

[jerromyjon]

What I mean is that the words you choose says a lot about you. Facts. Well structured. Correct spelling. No internal punctuations. Streamlined thinker.
Now come face to face with a person you know some things about and see their facial expessions and body language and so many other minuscule details you have to take in all at once and it could easily cause contradictions and paradoxes in your mind and sensory overload wins and you choke. Social anxiety.

 

[CrazyNinja]

What I mean is that the words you choose says a lot about you. Facts. Well structured. Correct spelling. No internal punctuations. Streamlined thinker.
Now come face to face with a person you know some things about and see their facial expessions and body language and so many other minuscule details you have to take in all at once and it could easily cause contradictions and paradoxes in your mind and sensory overload wins and you choke. Social anxiety.

True, I agree with you on that. But once we do meet a person, we can always imagine him/her/other up. Such creativity will certainly die on meeting the person. But till such time, we can always exert our mind to wonder how the person may look.

There is also the fun side to this thread though. Like I'm not really a turtle (fine @Sophia I said it) and I am pretty sure Greg isn't Spiderman. But imagining it exerts my brain in fun ways I like it to and I guess it is a good enough reason to post here (as long as this imagination doesn't hurt someone).

 

[jerromyjon]

Such creativity will certainly die on meeting the person.

That's what I am saying I do not do. For me face-to-face expands exponentially. Perhaps I just over think everything and essentially diagnose "quirks" which give people unique identities.

 

[jerromyjon]

The last dozen posts in this thread are instructive to the punishment that has been inflicted upon PF for eradicating the "Relationships" section of the forum...

You just do the new age thing and skype first. O.M.G. Unfriend. 5 unstars. Best new movie I have ever seen until the new Star Trek just won the max 7 out of 6 stars.

P.S. Since this is the place for the most scientifically up-to-date accurate information, I am inclined to point out that common sense would dictate not having any personally identifiable information in the view of the camera if you choose to retain some type of anonymity while "skyping" with strangers. And that could probably be accompanied by some internet security, but that's not a topic I know very well. My new Icon will be me the last time I "cared" to "skype" as it was back then when Yahoo! and Microsoft were the key players before it was a "thing" really.

 

[Gobi]

Why the creepy one?

Little late, but I can not help myself. Who in his right mind would be wasting his time in a boring illuminated forest, when he can roam the creepy one, decapitating vile twelve - headed lizards with his trusty valashka and hoping to find this huge gold castle with beautifull imprisoned princess in dire need of some good old curse lifting ?

 

[jerromyjon]

Who in his right mind would be wasting his time in a boring illuminated forest, when he can roam the creepy one, decapitating vile twelve - headed lizards with his trusty valashka and hoping to find this huge gold castle with beautifull imprisoned princess in dire need of some good old curse lifting ?

It's out there.

a boring illuminated forest,

With streams, with shores, with pebbles, with fossils, metals, crystals and life. One can hold far away lands as planets encased in rings disappearing to far away "corners" of the universe that you couldn't possibly track where it went by it's gravitational ripples with the best fastest simplest "long-range sensors" nor could you truly get a lock on which way it went visually or audibly either if it was right in front of your eyes and ears. Which can all be in a book where you are "at one" with nature as well...

 

[gjonesy]

What I mean is that the words you choose says a lot about you.

Things like that can be some what misleading also, it certainly is in my case. At an early age I was actually diagnosed with a learning disability. I was put in a remedial learning class and was paired with a mentor. They couldn't figure me out but that was the back in the 70's and early 80's. Eventually I learned I was mildly dyslexic and had a form of ADHD as an adult. My thoughts were faster than my language center could process, I was a highly visual learner, but sometimes id see letters and numbers reversed. I had a teacher in 2 grade that paddled me to the point I had bruises because I kept saying "WAS" was "SAW" she didn't realize my brain was processing information incorrectly. When I was in 3rd grade I was placed in a special class for half a day to work on reading comprehension and a smart teacher realized that I could watch a educational video and complete test without help. She taught me to understand words "by the context" they were used. After a year of this they tested my IQ and it came back as (130) which for the standardized test of the time was well above average. By the time I had learned to read efficiently Id already been held back twice so it went on unnoticed. It wasn't until my first year of college that I realized I even had a problem. I started bringing a tape recorder to class and studying while listening to the instructors lecture. I ended up with the highest 4.0 average in the class and made the presidents list.

 

[Sophia]

Things like that can be some what misleading also, it certainly is in my case. At an early age I was actually diagnosed with a learning disability. I was put in a remedial learning class and was paired with a mentor. They couldn't figure me out but that was the back in the 70's and early 80's. Eventually I learned I was mildly dyslexic and had a form of ADHD as an adult. My thoughts were faster than my language center could process, I was a highly visual learner, but sometimes id see letters and numbers reversed. I had a teacher in 2 grade that paddled me to the point I had bruises because I kept saying "WAS" was "SAW" she didn't realize my brain was processing information incorrectly. When I was in 3rd grade I was placed in a special class for half a day to work on reading comprehension and a smart teacher realized that I could watch a educational video and complete test without help. She taught me to understand words "by the context" they were used. After a year of this they tested my IQ and it came back as (130) which for the standardized test of the time was well above average. By the time I had learned to read efficiently Id already been held back twice so it went on unnoticed. It wasn't until my first year of college that I realized I even had a problem. I started bringing a tape recorder to class and studying while listening to the instructors lecture. I ended up with the highest 4.0 average in the class and made the presidents list.

what an inspirational story!

 

[gjonesy]

what an inspirational story!

Thank you, its helped me to realize that you must look at everything from as many points of veiw as you can. It taught me to have a lot of tolerance for people and things I don't quite understand. I would encourage everyone that reads this forum to practice tolerance.

 

[James Holland]

@Drakkith : Didn't leave me much choice. He is obviously Optimus.

i always thought he was more master cheif

 

[jerromyjon]

Things like that can be some what misleading also, it certainly is in my case. At an early age I was actually diagnosed with a learning disability. I was put in a remedial learning class and was paired with a mentor. They couldn't figure me out but that was the back in the 70's and early 80's. Eventually I learned I was mildly dyslexic and had a form of ADHD as an adult. My thoughts were faster than my language center could process, I was a highly visual learner, but sometimes id see letters and numbers reversed. I had a teacher in 2 grade that paddled me to the point I had bruises because I kept saying "WAS" was "SAW" she didn't realize my brain was processing information incorrectly. When I was in 3rd grade I was placed in a special class for half a day to work on reading comprehension and a smart teacher realized that I could watch a educational video and complete test without help.

I identify with all that personally, Langauge was my by far absolute worst subject. That is where we begin to differ my educational experience was horrible and "blew" my physics, math, science, biology and chemistry advancement, as well as hindered social, economic, political and practical knowledge comprehension. Eventually, I gave up caring about school, at a young age, and self educated still to this day, a sponge of knowledge. I'd have to say the most valuable knowledge I've gained here, in this entire forum, is clarity in the visualization of fellow PF members. And I learned a slew of everything I had wrong or not even wrong about physics.

 

[Dembadon]

If a member has posted in the PF Member Photo thread, that's how I picture them. Otherwise I usually go by the avatar, even if it isn't of a human being. Don't know how that works, but it makes for some funny associations at times! If they don't have an avatar, I usually associate something visual to how their "voice" comes across in their writing.

 

[Dembadon]

i always thought he was more master cheif

His avatar actually looks like a marine character from the old Doom PC game.

 

[gjonesy]

I identify with all that personally, Langauge was my by far absolute worst subject. That is where we begin to differ my educational experience was horrible and "blew" my physics, math, science, biology and chemistry advancement, as well as hindered social, economic, political and practical knowledge comprehension. Eventually, I gave up caring about school

I totally agree, back then students slipped through the cracks, in fact the revelation of my IQ actually hurt me. They (the school system in their infinite wisdom) decided/declared my problem was that I was lazy. So I struggled until 6th grade, a student math mentor(not a teacher) notice I was writing correct answers to math problem backwards. He didn't know what to make of it but he taught me to double check my answers, slow down and re-read everything till I understood it. I still didn't know what was wrong with the way I processed information and nobody had really heard of dyslexia back then.

note: while writing this response I had to change several spelling errors "waht" "nodoby" and "prosseced"

 

[Sophia]

I totally agree, back then students slipped through the cracks, in fact the revelation of my IQ actually hurt me. They (the school system in their infinite wisdom) decided/declared my problem was that I was lazy. So I struggled until 6th grade, a student math mentor(not a teacher) notice I was writing correct answers to math problem backwards. He didn't know what to make of it but he taught me to double check my answers, slow down and re-read everything till I understood it. I still didn't know what was wrong with the way I processed information and nobody had really heard of dyslexia back then.

note: while writing this response I had to change several spelling errors "waht" "nodoby" and "prosseced"

Have you seen a specialist in dyslexia to help you with your problem as an adult?
I know that one famous British actor (don't remember her name but it seemed she is a celebrity in the UK)
went to therapy in her 30s and it helped her a lot.

 

[jerromyjon]

while writing this response I had to change several spelling errors "waht" "nodoby" and "prosseced"

My problem was much less severe. The toughest time I had that I can remember was simply confusing d/b and q/p as well as 3/E or which way the 5 went. Those were solved by simple association tricks just to memorize them better. The problem I still have is the order of the words in sentences which is more difficult for me learning other languages, because the structure varies and confuses me! Now that I think about it I had a tough time with left and right, also, until I became an auto mechanic where repetitive, crucial importance forced me to memorize it.

 

[jerromyjon]

the school system in their infinite wisdom decided/declared my problem was that I was lazy.

"Doesn't work up to his potential" was the typical report for me. I was years ahead of my class in some subjects, and I learned to hide it so the work remained easy. I was bumped past third grade and then wound up held back in fourth for reading comprehension and social issues (no one likes a wise-ass).

 

[gjonesy]

Have you seen a specialist in dyslexia to help you with your problem as an adult?
I know that one famous British actor (don't remember her name but it seemed she is a celebrity in the UK)
went to therapy in her 30s and it helped her a lot.

Nah, I just re-read everything usually till I get it, most of the time I recognize my mistakes and over the years I have become very good at piecing information together so that when I do read something I understand it. My biggest problem is when I write or type. And thanks to spell check I find the mistakes
very quickly. Something like that may have done me good 35 years ago but now I have it licked. I do a lot of writing and only when I am in a hurry do the mistakes shine through. Most people can decipher what I am trying to say with very little effort. In my case its also very "mild" and it doesn't happen all the time.

 

[Sophia]

Nah, I just re-read everything usually till I get it, most of the time I recognize my mistakes and over the years I have become very good at piecing information together so that when I do read something I understand it. My biggest problem is when I write or type. And thanks to spell check I find the mistakes
very quickly. Something like that may have done me good 35 years ago but now I have it licked. I do a lot of writing and only when I am in a hurry do the mistakes shine through. Most people can decipher what I am trying to say with very little effort. In my case its also very "mild" and it doesn't happen all the time.

Than that's good :-)

 

[DiracPool]

Well, I found a video where you can visualize my persona. Here it is, I'm the guy in the cowboy hat with the eye patch on. Love me

 

[ProfuselyQuarky]

Well, I found a video where you can visualize my persona. Here it is, I'm the guy in the cowboy hat with the eye patch on. Love me

Well, now I'm scared of you.

 

[DiracPool]

Well, now I'm scared of you.

Don't worry, I'm not gay. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

 

[ProfuselyQuarky]

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

That's just asking for trouble

 

[jerromyjon]

Love me

You just can't bring "that much" sexy back...