And if your pfp is a profile cross-section of a human head with a baby curled, and sleeping, where the brain would otherwise be?
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I see no such weakness for you. Unless there's a new pug anime I need to watch. In which case why have you been holding out?
Anime profile pics are cringe, truly
Yah at this point I do associate anime identity association with immaturity, and I've enjoyed a great many animes.
I just cannot imagine connecting so much that I want others to see me and think it's part of my own identity. It feels like the hallmark of someone with very limited media exposure.
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Ha, my fist is impervious to those attacks!
Similar to the Yahoo email I created when I was 14. Somehow C0d_G0dx69_420@yahoo (Made up but similar) isn't quite the professional impression I want to make now a days.
Instead I now use [email protected]
(much more professional)
Genuinely.
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Maybe you just need to find the right community for your profile picture? Then you are unstoppable.
It could be worse. They could have a greek marble bust with laser eyes instead of the anime pfp.
SiIvaGunner noooo don't start world rip 3
Me, a Classics enjoyer, immediately suspecting someone of fascism when they have a Graeco-Roman bust pfp:
Hot take: it’s totally fair to judge someone based on their avatar as that’s literary what it is, a pictorial summary of what you’re all about.
Fully agree, you choose profile pictures based on how you want to present yourself to the world. It does communicate a message. A message that if not chosen with some level of care will signal different things to different people.
If you come to a party wearing a stained shirt and haven't showered I will assume you don't actually care. Likewise, if you are arguing politics or mature topics and your profile pic is some obscure, underage anime girl, I will also make assumptions about how much actual media exposure you have that you choose to present yourself to the world with that image.
This isn't persecution or discrimination, this is just how people relate to each other, particularly in an information world where we can't judge the rest of you.
edit: based on the replies and threads in this post, it's wild how many people do not give a shit how they are perceived by others in any regard and are angry at the idea that someone might judge them for how they present themselves. And then we wonder why everyone is so lonely and angry and cynical. These are related concepts guys, you HAVE to learn to socialize better. Seriously, this avoidance of accountability is eroding the whole fucking world.
it’s totally fair to judge someone
rarely
You're judging them based off of what is ostensibly a first impression they have chosen for themselves. I can't imagine a scenario where that's not fair. And you don't need to form an entire opinion, but the opinion starts there. If their picture was a sports team I didn't like, some furry shit, or even MAGA, I'd form some opinions out of the gate.
I do the same. I don't have the time or patience to listen to every person on the internet to understand where they're truly coming from. What I meant is if I did I would probably find out that more often than not my initial assumptions were too harsh or otherwise inaccurate.
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Counterpoint: sometimes it's just a funny picture I like, and sometimes it's some anime titties I like. Assuming it's always going to be a meaningful representation of the user is unrealistic.
In my mind, some edgy-looking anime dude is very different from anime booba.
While both remove validity of argumentation, the former probably means you're a minor, and the ladder means you will never have a social life outside the internet.
Doesn't the ladder increase the odds of a social life outside the internet? Am I the only who watched Clarissa Explains It All? It's called a social ladder for a reason!?
While both remove validity of argumentation,
Why?
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A lot of people don't treat it as such though, and thus it becomes odd to assume so. But some things are just downright questionable, obviously.
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Plot twist - the one calling out your anime pfp has a furry pfp
If the topic is tech related, the furry instantly gains +1 credibility
Furry pfp means chaotic neutral. They can do whatever.
Also, they drew the pfp themselves on some drawing tablet.
CAN do whatever, and if it's IT related, they can do it better than you.
True that, That's a given in this case
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"Yeah well you're not a real animal!"
"Uh... Yes I am. Humans are animals, doofus."
Not a real fluffy animal!!!
True... I am funny guy, but maybe not that funny.
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I reject your reality and insert my own. My argument is vaild anyways~
The trick is to not have an anime pfp and just make terrible arguments in general
I'd argue that's nothing more than an ad hominem strawman.
Finally, something I'm qualified to do