Not naming names, but do other people find some avatar pictures to be off putting or irritating or downright ugly? I can't help but be affected by them at some level and sometimes I'm reacting to the poster based on how that avatar makes me feel--for good or for ill--rather than simply the content of their posts.
Like B.O., I wonder sometimes if I should drop them a hint that--y'know--you might wanna change that avatar 'cause it's kind of gross. But I don't see any way how that's going to work out good for either of us.