I was messing around with my avatar's look the other day and my girlfriend said "I don't like it, it looks ridiculous". I told her "that's the point". Later that night I got a message from someone on my friends list saying "your avatar is crazy funny!" I showed that message to my girlfriend and said "see, it's funny!"
So, I got to thinking, how many people are like me and just want their avatar to be goofy, funny, crazy or whatever and how many people like their avatar to look like them and be realistic?
Here is what my avatar looks like right now. What you can't see is that I also have my plush carrot mascot that I play with too.