When You Chat With Forum People, Do You Think They Look Like Their Avatars?

[Mari]

Not really, I just imagine everyone as a girl for no reason. Though this is an over-simplification of things, since if I'm playing games it depends on the game. Smite? Everyone is 12 yo boy and russian. Town of Salem? Everyone is 10 yo boys and from the USA. Guild Wars 2? Everyone's a girl, unless they have a human female character with cultural tier 2 armor (infamous underboob armor) that is dyed all black. 100% a guy everytime.

[Nail]

Damn... People DO look like their avatars! I should immediatelly stop chatting like with half of people I know

[TheFalseVyper]

Not only do imagine people looking like their avatar, I imagine how that avatar would talk and that's the voice I use for them

[beta1042]

pfft "people"
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[Minerva_Matues]

I wish I had that type of body armor.

[borzoiteeth]

I certainly hope I don't look like this.

Details aside, even if the avatar is a photo I never assume that's the actual poster's body. I know next to no one who actually likes the way they look so I assume what I see is some form of idealization or a favourite character. As SleepingPoppy put it, an "extension of self."