Some of the random avatars are pretty strange, but they are so much better than the resin baby we were all assigned when the avatars first started. However, I can't help but think that was the Webmaster's mental image of most of us members with all the fussing and fighting we've been seeing.
Changing one's avatar is an easy procedure; perhaps an annoying picture will spur people on to be creative and upload their own choice of avatar.