using your children as a profile pic?

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  • LiftAllThePizzas
    LiftAllThePizzas Posts: 17,857 Member
    This thread's existence suggests that the concept of an avatar is difficult for many to grasp.
  • brando79az
    brando79az Posts: 224 Member
    I'll go even more rediculous. Pics of their pets.

    I don't care about your pets or kids. You are the subject. Show your own face.

    I'd take you a bit more serious if you could learn to spell.

    You think some of these pictures are of real people and not a picture they picked off of the web?

    I'll use whatever picture I want!

    This is one of the most REDiculous discussions ever. This is not a nanny site.

    Thank you. Also, stop sending me photos of your pets on your Christmas cards.
  • George_Baileys_Ghost
    George_Baileys_Ghost Posts: 1,524 Member
    Wow, this man posted an opinion and posed a question and you guys are interrogating him like he's the Son of Sam. People on this site can be so freaking rude it's unbelievable.

    Wow, all these people are posting opinions and posing questions and you are interrogating them like they're the Son of Sam. People on this site can be so freaking rude it's unbelievable.
  • brando79az
    brando79az Posts: 224 Member
    Wow, this man posted an opinion and posed a question and you guys are interrogating him like he's the Son of Sam. People on this site can be so freaking rude it's unbelievable.

    Wow, all these people are posting opinions and posing questions and you are interrogating them like they're the Son of Sam. People on this site can be so freaking rude it's unbelievable.

    Truth.. but he saw it coming. He even forewarned us.
  • wheird
    wheird Posts: 7,963 Member
    Just don't post the ugly children.

    *jetpacks away*
  • ericad410
    ericad410 Posts: 5 Member
    I don't even use my own profile pic.

    Personally, I never ever post pictures of my kids anywhere online. There are too many cracker jacks out there.



    agreed
  • MireyGal76
    MireyGal76 Posts: 7,334 Member
    Wow, this man posted an opinion and posed a question and you guys are interrogating him like he's the Son of Sam. People on this site can be so freaking rude it's unbelievable.

    Wow, all these people are posting opinions and posing questions and you are interrogating them like they're the Son of Sam. People on this site can be so freaking rude it's unbelievable.

    Truth.. but he saw it coming. He even forewarned us.

    yup yup... couldn't disappoint. :)
  • tiggerhammon
    tiggerhammon Posts: 2,211 Member
    I've decided... I don't want anyone to post their face. No really. I don't want to see your face. It's not MyFacePal.. it's myFITNESSpal. If you can't show me evidence of your fitness - or quest to achieve it - in your profile pic, then why are you here? Cmon... seriously.

    Okay, okay, I will show just a pic of my body....
    Oh wait, I am not showing fitness or that I am in shape - unless round is a shape.
    Oh, I think my pic is also, in a round about way, still a picture of my kid too.
  • MireyGal76
    MireyGal76 Posts: 7,334 Member
    I've decided... I don't want anyone to post their face. No really. I don't want to see your face. It's not MyFacePal.. it's myFITNESSpal. If you can't show me evidence of your fitness - or quest to achieve it - in your profile pic, then why are you here? Cmon... seriously.

    Okay, okay, I will show just a pic of my body....
    Oh wait, I am not showing fitness or that I am in shape - unless round is a shape.
    Oh, I think my pic is also, in a round about way, still a picture of my kid too.

    these types are an exception.... everybody loves a baby bump!
    and if they don't... well I do.

    And I'm the decider of profile pic protocol.

    So... we're good. ;)
  • pseudomuffin
    pseudomuffin Posts: 1,058 Member
    On here it makes sense, being that a lot of people put their kids on their profile as their motivation! It does annoy me on Facebook, though.
  • Platform_Heels
    Platform_Heels Posts: 388 Member
    I will be honest. The only thing I have against people using their children as their profile pic has to do more with the predators out there.

    Other than that I couldn't care less what someones profile picture is (there have been pictures though that I look at and think "Really? THAT'S the best picture you can come up with!?)
  • brando79az
    brando79az Posts: 224 Member
    I've decided... I don't want anyone to post their face. No really. I don't want to see your face. It's not MyFacePal.. it's myFITNESSpal. If you can't show me evidence of your fitness - or quest to achieve it - in your profile pic, then why are you here? Cmon... seriously.

    Okay, okay, I will show just a pic of my body....
    Oh wait, I am not showing fitness or that I am in shape - unless round is a shape.
    Oh, I think my pic is also, in a round about way, still a picture of my kid too.

    Even if it isn't a head shot. At least it is YOU!... or is it? :/
  • tiggerhammon
    tiggerhammon Posts: 2,211 Member
    I've decided... I don't want anyone to post their face. No really. I don't want to see your face. It's not MyFacePal.. it's myFITNESSpal. If you can't show me evidence of your fitness - or quest to achieve it - in your profile pic, then why are you here? Cmon... seriously.

    Okay, okay, I will show just a pic of my body....
    Oh wait, I am not showing fitness or that I am in shape - unless round is a shape.
    Oh, I think my pic is also, in a round about way, still a picture of my kid too.

    Even if it isn't a head shot. At least it is YOU!... or is it? :/

    Yep, this is me and all my 'bigness' :p
  • HerkMeOff
    HerkMeOff Posts: 1,002 Member
    Agree. Absolutely infuriating.

    Really?

    This makes you THAT mad??
  • whitebalance
    whitebalance Posts: 1,654 Member
    ETA... besides... it's impossible to *kitten* to your profile pic when it's not you in the pic. sheesh.
    M*kitten* of Fappable Pics
    That's what it really stands for, right?
  • Strokingdiction
    Strokingdiction Posts: 1,164 Member
    Pst... OP, I'm not really Doctor Evil... Sorry if I have irritated you or anyone else. At least he's not my kid. /shrug
  • MireyGal76
    MireyGal76 Posts: 7,334 Member
    Pst... OP, I'm not really Doctor Evil... Sorry if I have irritated you or anyone else. At least he's not my kid. /shrug

    Guess asking for your autograph is out... hey?


    :sad:

    eta... i feel so... deceived
  • Cranquistador
    Cranquistador Posts: 39,744 Member
    I dont care.
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,224 Member
    Is it creepy if I use someone else's children as my profile pic?
  • janelleross
    janelleross Posts: 61 Member
    Why does it even matter what photo someone uses as their profile pic? Who cares?
  • MireyGal76
    MireyGal76 Posts: 7,334 Member
    Why does it even matter what photo someone uses as their profile pic? Who cares?

    apparently quite a few people do.

    especially if you change your pic to a close up of boobs and butt... then it REALLY gets heated in here.
  • rachelg145
    rachelg145 Posts: 185 Member
    This is not a social networking site, it's a wellness site, and people forget that every individual has to look at their own profile image when they are on MFP. So for some who may be getting in shape for their kids, looking at their kids every time they log in is a motivator. My images are up for me, not for you. Every once in a while I throw one up there so my MFP friends get a little peek into my life and not just my diet but for the most part, that picture on there is my motivation, not my display of myself for your benefit.
  • benaddict
    benaddict Posts: 1,381 Member
    My pic is not myself, nor is it my pet or my child, but it sure motivates the hell out of me. :D
  • PetulantOne
    PetulantOne Posts: 2,131 Member
    Who cares?
  • Booksandbeaches
    Booksandbeaches Posts: 1,791 Member
    Personally, I don’t give a crap about profile pictures…I change mine as my mood strikes me. Sometimes it’s a picture of me; sometimes it’s whatever is on my mind at that moment (like Frank Zappa in this case).

    This.
    I sometimes used pictures of my dog, random stock pictures. The current picture is actually me, but I'll change it on a whim.

    Sometimes I use my husband's picture or pic of his body instead. That's been interesting. Then I have young women sending me friend requests. :laugh:
  • squishycatmew
    squishycatmew Posts: 151 Member
    I still think it's weird as hell how many people actually use photos of themselves. That is not at all something people did when I was Learning The Internets. (I understand that this is a fitness site and people therefore want to show their progress, but it's still weird to me. Hell, my FB profile picture isn't even a picture of me, it's a diagram of bloodflow through an amphibian heart (AKA magic).)
  • brower47
    brower47 Posts: 16,356 Member
    Is it creepy if I use someone else's children as my profile pic?

    It's creepy if someone else's kid used your pics for your profile pic.
  • oregonzoo
    oregonzoo Posts: 4,251 Member
    I do it from time to time if I have a cute one. Don't keep them up long.


    I like myself enough I'm happy to show my face or body.

    Questioning this isn't so much douchey. Maybe the delivery was. :)
  • Strokingdiction
    Strokingdiction Posts: 1,164 Member
    Pst... OP, I'm not really Doctor Evil... Sorry if I have irritated you or anyone else. At least he's not my kid. /shrug

    Guess asking for your autograph is out... hey?


    :sad:

    eta... i feel so... deceived

    I'll put crayon to paper for you. I'll even make it personal. Just promise you won't try to sell it.
  • BigVeggieDream
    BigVeggieDream Posts: 1,101 Member
    I don't see the problem of using them. What's it to you. They're cute. I'm not. Plus I wish to remain anonymous. I try to keep my internet footprint as small as possible.

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