# Are we actually having socks pay for membership? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [November 12, 2005, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-actually-having-socks-pay-for-membership/330734 "2005-11-12T15:50:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2005, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-actually-having-socks-pay-for-membership/330734/1 "2005-11-12T15:50:58Z")
Recently a sock was banned (unnamed for obvious reasons, doesn’t matter anyway) who had “Member” under their name. I’m used the the occasional guest sock but was this someone who actually dropped 15 bucks in order to be a jackass? 😕 Is this a common thing? ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2005, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-actually-having-socks-pay-for-membership/330734/2 "2005-11-12T16:01:28Z")
Heheheh - no harm to us all if they stupid enough to do that, I suppose. 😃 I suppose socks would suffer from rather woolly thinking. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2005, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-actually-having-socks-pay-for-membership/330734/3 "2005-11-12T16:15:37Z")
Darn it! I wanted to say that! I’d think $15 is actually a rather small “tuition fee” for some people. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2005, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-actually-having-socks-pay-for-membership/330734/4 "2005-11-12T16:22:34Z")
Hey, if someone wants to pay to be a knit-wit, it’s their wallet. ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2005, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-actually-having-socks-pay-for-membership/330734/5 "2005-11-12T16:25:49Z")
Oh, I’m not complaining. Getting money off assholes is the best KIND of money making! I’m just a bit flabbergasted that someone would actually be willing to put up 15 dollars for a day or two of asshattery and was wondering if there was more to the story and also if it’s happened more than the once since PTP. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2005, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-actually-having-socks-pay-for-membership/330734/6 "2005-11-12T17:57:03Z")
Yeah, it’s happened. Someone gets kicked out for inability to play nice with others, and thinks that they were treated unfairly, the mods din’t unnerstan’ 'em, they were clamped on more harshly than anyone else, etc etc. So, they come back under a different name, convinced that it was US rather than THEM (rule #4: always push blame off to someone else) at fault. They are successful for a short time, so they pay up. And, of course, their nasty, aggressive, inability to play nice shines through, sooner or later, and that calls our attention to them and they get banned again. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2005, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-actually-having-socks-pay-for-membership/330734/7 "2005-11-12T18:02:41Z")
It’s a good thing, really. When a gzrbl comes back as a paid sock and gets rebanned, he’s a **support sock!** 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2005, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-actually-having-socks-pay-for-membership/330734/8 "2005-11-12T21:09:02Z")
Do you get a bunch of bannees demanding a refund? Oh, and **lorene** , the word is _nitwit_. As a knitter, _knit-wit_ is a compliment. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2005, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-actually-having-socks-pay-for-membership/330734/9 "2005-11-12T22:03:24Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > Oh, and **lorene** , the word is _nitwit_. As a knitter, _knit-wit_ is a compliment. 🙂 I know. I was trying a play on **gotpasswords** ’ “darn it.” I should leave the puns to others, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2005, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-actually-having-socks-pay-for-membership/330734/10 "2005-11-13T00:44:08Z")
The sign-on agreement is pretty clear about no refunds. And, generally, the evidence we’ve accumulated against a sock or banee (feminine: banshe) is usually compelling enough that they shut up pretty fast after they’ve asked for a refund. Also, please note, the cost of sign-up is pretty much trivial for most people… certainly, for the socks signing up and paying multiple times, they must think it’s petty change or they wouldn’t risk it. ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-actually-having-socks-pay-for-membership/330734/11 "2005-11-14T06:14:02Z")
> [@gotpasswords](#): > > Darn it! Darn it…socks…bwilliant…absolutely bwilliant! ---
**Author:** ![JillGat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-actually-having-socks-pay-for-membership/330734/12 "2005-11-14T07:02:45Z")
> [@lorene](#): > > Hey, if someone wants to pay to be a knit-wit, it’s their wallet. As long as they’re just telling yarns but aren’t stocking anybody, I wouldn’t worry about it. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-actually-having-socks-pay-for-membership/330734/13 "2005-11-14T18:11:34Z")
When a sock is discovered, he/she gets hosed very quickly ---
**Author:** ![FatBaldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@FatBaldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FatBaldGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-actually-having-socks-pay-for-membership/330734/14 "2005-11-14T18:15:45Z")
I tried to think of something clever to say here, but I’m afraid I’d just put my foot in it. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-actually-having-socks-pay-for-membership/330734/15 "2005-11-14T20:31:50Z")
OK, now I pull out my socks-shooter and make the ultimate sockrifice, as I put this thread in the sockades. (PS - check _SOCKO!_ (Every riddle your feet will ever need) by Stephen Manes.)