[xoxoxoBruce]

My understanding is that pictures and videos slow the loading and increase band width considerably.

Sticking in a picture or video occasionally can greatly enhance a thread, but loading a thread that is not specifically designated as a thread that will have a number of pictures/videos, doesn't allow people with slow connections a choice to skip them. It lures them into getting hung up in the loading process which ties them up and slows the Cellar down.

Of course self centered elitists wouldn't give a shit, but I do and will continue to do so unless UT says I'm misinformed about the ramifications of picture/video loading. That's always a possibility, me being a distinctly non-geek.