What's wrong with them? It's just a way of rapidly identifying a member and their posts. Now you might not like some people's which is fair enough, but how can you be against the use of avatars per se? It's high time you had one. Branding is everything (as the font you use would seem to demonstrate).
I have programmable eyes-they look at the things i direct them to look at, and don't look at the things I don't want them to look at, they work both horizontally and vertically. Great invention-can be bought in any apple store - iEyes And if the assistant previously had rank, ask for iEyes, Captain.........( pref in a pirates voice) Update-I gather a 'convert as you read' font converter is still under development.
Click on your name top right Hit Avatar Select Choose Avatar Find a picture that you have saved to your PC OK (save the pic you want as your avatar first)
i have done every thing possible to avoid using these things. its only in the last couple of years iv discovered the interweb. but to be honest i think i am getting quite good at it, i can f..k it in seconds now.