Left, Right, Head-on, Rear view

[Synamon]

I saw this discussed in an intro thread a while back, so here it is, the definitive question. Does your avatar look right, left or face the world head on? Is it intentional, does it say anything about you?



Mine faces right, which is of course the correct direction. :cool:

[sriv]

A little right's right.

[notoppings]

Always to the right and looking upwards.

[ElstonGunn]

I'd say inward, but that's not a choice. So to the left and angled down.

[Fridays Child]

I'm never quite sure with mine as I try to not look too often. Also, the eyes follow you. Which is creepy. At least I think those are the eyes....

:scared:

[ssrprotege]

I voted forward.

[Erika Redmark]

Left is where it's at. ^_~

[Arcani]

:thinking: This thread is biased! :irked:

[Synamon]

Hmmm I'll ask if I can get an "I'm a blob" option on the poll. :laugh:

[PHS Philip]

To the right. I have to proofread my posts, after all...

[Arcani]

Hmmm I'll ask if I can get an "I'm a blob" option on the poll. :laugh:

Us blobs will thank you! Just don't take too long asking yourself, there is a time limit on these things :laugh:

[Fridays Child]

Hey, no fair! I want to be a blob, too!

[Synamon]

I am sorry, it was wrong of me to discriminate against faceless blobs, please forgive me.

[Fridays Child]

<< Easily mollified. Blobbery accepted.

[Arcani]

I am sorry, it was wrong of me to discriminate against faceless blobs, please forgive me.

You're forgiven :cheesy:

Hey! I'm one of a kind (at least until Wapiti finds this, maybe he won't notice it in its new home...)

[yondyr]

Right facing custom is for those inculcated with present day Western World mores and discriminates against the sinistral and those practicing boustrophedon lifestyles.:laugh:

[Ranie9]

boustrophedon? *googles it* Ahh..
...it od ot seirt
Can't figure out how to reverse the direction of the letters themselves

[NHere]

As I stated (in what I believe was the referenced intro thread (http://intjforum.com/showthread.php?t=7029)) my avatar - against all proper copy and publishing norms - is facing left. Honestly didn't even think about it until le Duc brought it up. But as Arachne said, I can overthink and then justify anything.

Again, I recommend a trip to the Museum of Ethnology in Hanoi to clarify (ScurvyRose might appreciate - no, no trout, sorry) - Jughead, have you bought your tickets yet? Let me know when to meet you at the airport.

Or you could just Google Giarai tomb carving I suppose...





New Hanoian added to this post, 2 minutes and 42 seconds later...

Boustrophedon - wow, new term, new concept - sorta wondered why we didn't read like that (seems more efficient both for the eyes and for printers/copyists). Thanks for widening my world!

[webby152]

intriguing

[Fridays Child]

I face the other way when no-one's looking.

[rwyatt365]

Right facing custom is for those inculcated with present day Western World mores and discriminates against the sinistral and those practicing boustrophedon lifestyles.:laugh:
I concur.

[le Duc]

In the general pessimistic view of INTJs, I see there is no "avatars are looking up" option.

I also note that those of us who have avatars facing the proper direction don't get weighted votes.

Mine looks left to hide the fact that it stole your lollipops and is consuming them surreptitiously. While thinking, of course.

[PHS Philip]

I concur.

You don't count. Flying cars are cheating.

[yondyr]

I have an ass pic somewhere, but this isn't the proper forum... :thinking:

[SmartOne]

Left, left is right and right is wrong!
Now the question is does the orientation of the pic depend upon whether or not the person is left or right handed?





SmartOne added to this post, 1 minutes and 9 seconds later...

I have an ass pic somewhere, but this isn't the proper forum... :thinking:
Is it similar to an Ice Pick?

[Wapiti]

Hey! I'm one of a kind (at least until Wapiti finds this, maybe he won't notice it in its new home...)

I noticed. You've been found out blob.

I'm a blob and yes it says something about me. I'm not sure what though. Maybe that I'm really bright yet slightly warped or that I'm looking down on all of you with warpedness or whatever. I'm going to go google "Boustrophedon" now. Later.

[Metaphor]

All over the place, haha.

[rwyatt365]

You don't count. Flying cars are cheating.
But...but...I have headlights!!

[Airius]

Left, with a glance forward!

[Linwenilid]

Same as above: body to the left, looking forward.

I once read introverts wrote with a slant to the left, while extroverts wrote with a slant to the right. Not completely relevant to this thread, but hey.

[zibber]

Who would choose left? Pssh.

[weirdel]

Current avatar is front facing (plus awesome drifting eye!), but the sepia avatar of me is to the left.
The other one I use is Lotfi, the man with the night-vision monocle.
How could you not love that face of Lotfi though? It's like a constant :B face.


L.P.E.

[Peri]

Right

[le Duc]

Right

Ah, but with a body facing forward and to the left. Does this denote some inner conflict? Or perhaps a heightened awareness?:thinking:

[Synamon]

Ah, but with a body facing forward and to the left. Does this denote some inner conflict? Or perhaps a heightened awareness?:thinking:

Oh Freud, the dog is pointing right, mind, body and soul, does that have inner meaning too? :p

[Peri]

What about the second dog?

[le Duc]

Looks like the dogs cancel each other out... Or perhaps they compliment each other?

[xeeeej]

Oooooh, and the great left vs. right debate is all tied.

[Haphazard]

Wait, are we judging by which way the avatar is facing to us, or to the character in the avatar themselves?

[PHS Philip]

To us, I think.

Left (away from the text box)

[Haphazard]

Okay, then mine's leaning to the left.

However... I've heard that the right side of your face (left to us) displays more positive emotions and the left more negative. Even though my last avatar was also facing left, he was leaning towards our right... and he also looked significantly more upset.

Coincidence?

[BlackMita]

Mine faces center... but with his eyes closed. What's weird is my previous avatar faced right, and the one before that faced left; never did that intentionally.

[Synamon]

That has eyes? Are you sure it doesn't fall into the blob category? teehee


Left and right are tied again, the epic battle rages on.

[Synamon]

Apparently I'm actually the lollipop in my avatar and not the girl, sigh, I am a blob. At least the lollipop is facing to the right.

damn wrong answer game

[Wapiti]

Blobs rule, all else drool.

[le Duc]

You actually have your back to that nice young lady that's going to eat you?

It's lollipop, not lolliblob.

[Smoke n Mirrors]

My avatar is facing right and downwards. I think that's so it can check for new posts. I don't think it says anything about me, though, except that I like frogs.

[The Real Eagle]

me

[PortInStorm]

beaming right! Of course, this is just a moment in time, so in reality...

Faces all directions. Trump!

[le Duc]

Of course, this is just a moment in time...

It is with sadness that I have learned the rest of us are doomed forever to face whatever direction we currently face.

If you start getting a stiff neck, I suggest you consult your nearest lighthouse...

[Dave C C]

Facing right with eyes looking left. The actual photo is opposite.

[tzu]

Umm, well Gandalf's body is angled to the right, but he is facing nearly head-on, probably so he can stare into your soul or some such wizardry.

As for what it says about me... I'm an INTJ who likes Gandalf, and the picture I chose happens to have that particular orientation because, well... it does.

[SimplyOtter]

Who would choose left? Pssh.

Me! :cheesy:

[CaptainA]

Slightly left. Cos that's the way the picture was. Do you want me to change it? I can photo-shop it.

[Dave]

Hello, I love you won't you tell me your name....

[LionsPride]

Forget this right/left nonsense! There's nothing better than being direct.

:cool:

[Wapiti]

Straight on blobs rule!!!!!

[LionsPride]

^Don't be silly. Blobs can't rule. How would you wear the crown?

[Zzyber]

I could be mistaken but it appear that I'm looking (headwise not eyeswise) to the left.





Zzyber added to this post, 0 minutes and 46 seconds later...

Nope I'm headon...sry

[MonkeyMind]

Blob in disguise.

[Kisai]

Both C.A. Rotwang and the Maschinenmensch Hel both face to the left to Herr Fredersen, who has been cropped out of the shot.