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What is your desktop background and what does it say about you?

Asked by troubleinharlem (7991points) May 3rd, 2011
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Mine is this – I love this picture.

I guess that it says that I love cats… and I do, because I have three of them.

What about you? You can take a screenshot if you want, or you can find the picture again. If you don’t know how to take a screenshot on your computer, look here, for Mac OSX and upload it to a site like tinypic, or imageshack.

In Windows just follow those easy steps and then upload it!

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ANef_is_Enuf's avatar

That picture makes my heart want to stop. Yikes!

Mine is set to scroll through a folder of pics of the kids, so it changes to a different photo every minute. I’m not sure what that says about me, maybe that I love my stepsons. Maybe that I’m family oriented. I would add a screenshot, but since the picture is constantly changing that is a little bit senseless.

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ninwa's avatar

Oddly enough, I’m still using the default Windows 7 background on both of my machines. I don’t know what this says about me, as I’ve had different desktop backgrounds in the past, but if I had to hazard a guess I’d say I value function over form. It’s the engineer in me.

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OpryLeigh's avatar

Mine is a picture of Skye Terriers, they are my favourite breed of dog.

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Cruiser's avatar

I have a picture of my son standing next to my car as a tornado passes by behind him. It says I like crazy ass weather?? Plus there is file folder with a slew of Frank Zappa songs I suppose that means I am a Zappa fan.

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Vunessuh's avatar

This is mine right now. It just really intrigues me.

Before that one I had this.
The machine is strikingly different and gritty from the gorgeous sky. I love contrast in a photograph like that.

Vunessuh (16727points)“Great Answer” (1points)
ragingloli's avatar

this is my desktop. There are many like it, but this one is mine.

ragingloli (51979points)“Great Answer” (1points)
lucillelucillelucille's avatar

Dragonfly
It says that I like to paint bugs. :)

lucillelucillelucille (34325points)“Great Answer” (3points)
Vunessuh's avatar

@lucillelucillelucille I looooove it. :)

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lucillelucillelucille's avatar

@Vunessuh Thanks: )

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Rarebear's avatar

Mine is a picture of the Orion Nebula that I took from my front yard.

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Lightlyseared's avatar

It cycles through a number of HR Giger images. It says that I like HR Giger’s art.

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Kardamom's avatar

Mine is a series of nature photographs that I took. Makes it feel like I’m outdoors.

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wundayatta's avatar

Photo of my children and their aunt.

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Facade's avatar

It’s this.
I wish I was her.

Facade (22937points)“Great Answer” (1points)
yankeetooter's avatar

a picture of someone I like, so I won’t post it here, lest it be a breach of their privacy…

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Mamradpivo's avatar

At home, it’s a picture of my wife on the beach in Hawaii holding a coconut she found when we were there this winter. At work, it’s a picture I took of the trail I’m on snaking its way through a meadow with the snow-capped Rockies all around.

Wow, when I read that, I sound like a douche. I’m really not, I hope

I want it to say that I enjoy photography and like to travel. I’d rather have a picture I took myself of something interesting because it will keep me on the lookout for interesting sights.

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nailpolishfanatic's avatar

A picture of Tyler Blackburn from Pretty Little Liars.
My whole desktop is filled with his pictures…. ;)

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TexasDude's avatar

A much larger version of this.

It’s a photo I took of a light fixture in the art building at my school, and I just find it aesthetically pleasing.

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erichw1504's avatar

I have a picture of my beautiful wife. It means that I have a beautiful wife.

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etignotasanimum's avatar

I have it cycling through pictures that someone took on a bike ride in Japan. Before that, it was cycling through pictures relating to the Harry Potter movie. I guess those say that I like nature and books about wizardry?

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ragingloli's avatar

and this is my laptop’s background: http://i.imgur.com/S1vCW.jpg
my beautiful wife!

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ucme's avatar

My football teams club crest.
I guess it says I like football :¬)

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Kardamom's avatar

If I was being realistic about myself, I would probably have a picture of a big steaming plate of nachos with sliced jalapenos!

I keep my Nanny pictures to myself, thank you very much! LOL

Kardamom (33297points)“Great Answer” (1points)
tinyfaery's avatar

Big ol’ cat face. Hmm…

tinyfaery (44107points)“Great Answer” (1points)
jellyfish3232's avatar

Halo Reach.
I’ve played it at a friend’s house, and the obsession was sparked.
Now I just need an xbox.

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Brian1946's avatar

This is mine.

It’s a green swallowtail butterfly.

I guess it says that I love luminescent green, and that I appreciate the beauty that even insects can bring to this world.

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cookieman's avatar

Mine is a close-up photo of a piece of charcoal grey Canson paper (cold press).

I love traditional graphic design supplies because that’s how I learned the trade before computers.

cookieman (41628points)“Great Answer” (1points)
yankeetooter's avatar

Beautiful! @Brian1946 !

yankeetooter (9651points)“Great Answer” (1points)
aprilsimnel's avatar

It says I like Richard Avedon’s portraits of The Beatles, and that I don’t like a messy desktop, or the desktop toolbar, either.

aprilsimnel (30749points)“Great Answer” (1points)
Brian1946's avatar

@yankeetooter

Thanks!

Brian1946 (32282points)“Great Answer” (0points)
erichw1504's avatar

A nekked lady.

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t_p's avatar

mine is solid black and it says that I never even go to my desktop so don’t think there is any need in displaying a photo there..

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Schroedes13's avatar

It’s actually quite funny that I found this question when I did. I use www.interfacelift.com as a great place to find wallpapers. Right now, my wallpaper is a beautiful photograph of two jellyfish from the Baltimore Aquarium. Eerie…..

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