[quote=Joel]Don't worry, no coincidental similarities will be in my forthcoming avatar.[/quote]

[quote=Joel]I'm curious to know what avatars Iro used before settling on Plissken.[/quote]

[quote=Iroquois][quote=Yoda]The filename suggests this is the 194th avatar you've uploaded, though I'm guessing with that total you may have uploaded a lot of slightly tweaked versions of one of them in quick succession.[/quote]

Huh, that's certainly a lot and I don't think I could speak to every single one. Certainly seems like lots compared to someone like Holden only having had about five avatars in almost twenty years.

Wonder how many of them had to do with that "theme week" period we had many years ago.[/quote]

[quote=cat_sidhe]I feel like I'll always have a black cat/Catwoman/Loke/Jason V avatar...:lol:[/quote]

[quote=Yoda]The filename suggests this is the 194th avatar you've uploaded, though I'm guessing with that total you may have uploaded a lot of slightly tweaked versions of one of them in quick succession.[/quote]

[quote=Iroquois]How many years did it take for me to settle on only ever using Snake avatars? I think that was a relatively recent development, especially compared to other users who settled on username-avatar synergy back in like 2000 or something.[/quote]

[quote=Iroquois]That's why it helps to settle on a brand.[/quote]

[quote=cat_sidhe]I'll send you a few suggestions when I get home. They don't have to be used, of course, but it'll make me feel useful at least. :D[/quote]

[quote=Joel]I need an avatar that fits me. Frankly, I don't know what that is :([/quote]

[quote=cat_sidhe]Now will you please put on a face![/quote]

[quote=Joel]I've learned how to be more "assertive" in life, and tighten my gut a bit when I need to make adjustments that are painful (eg - find another job quickly, put on an act to land said job, get asomething done by a deadline, etc). My old boss was super aggressive as he owned a roofing company. He showed me that you have to be diligent (even if he usually just barked and paced on the phone in between his fishing expeditions lol.

With that said, I do think that there's an art to being assertive and still pleasant. So, when I see someone acting a jerk on something like a forum such as MoFo, I have to wonder, despite their "helping hand" defense, what's really the point of being nasty just to follow it up with some damage control like - "I was only trying to help"? 

There really is something to positive reinforcement. Negative reinforcement may work on people who crave abuse, but I don't think too highly of those types, sad to say.[/quote]