*"I wonder if people are more inclined to talk to you on the forums if your avatar is beautiful?" *

 Ah, so that's why people ignore me.

"If they have a girl avatar, I tend to think I'm talking to a girl."

I've learned not to assume, but yeah that's my first instinctive impression as well.

On the subject of breasts, I see that Kate Middleton was greeted by topless native women on her tour. Kind of shows how insane the whole nudity thing is. 

"Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance." - H. L. Mencken