# Charter Members who haven't posted in years-how do they maintain their title? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 14, 2017, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-members-who-havent-posted-in-years-how-do-they-maintain-their-title/786561 "2017-05-14T00:22:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2017, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-members-who-havent-posted-in-years-how-do-they-maintain-their-title/786561/21 "2017-05-23T13:25:44Z")
> [@scabpicker](#): > > You know, I’m starting to believe there’s neither a goat or a mug, and I’ve been had. The Mug is real – we have pix: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=20117208#post20117208](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=20117208#post20117208) They’re Mods-only of course; us riffraff can only gaze in wonderment from afar. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2017, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-members-who-havent-posted-in-years-how-do-they-maintain-their-title/786561/22 "2017-05-23T13:35:25Z")
Please, that’s not a mug, it’s a topologically deformed donut. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2017, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-members-who-havent-posted-in-years-how-do-they-maintain-their-title/786561/23 "2017-05-23T13:36:24Z")
> [@scabpicker](#): > > You know, I’m starting to believe there’s neither a goat or a mug, and I’ve been had. There is a goat and mug but you _have_ indeed been had. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2017, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-members-who-havent-posted-in-years-how-do-they-maintain-their-title/786561/24 "2017-05-23T14:18:34Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > Yeah, figured that out. Just that it’s kinda like paying the annual dues to belong to a club-where you join in absolutely no activities (or stop doing so at some point). I don’t think you can search unless you are a member, and even if you’re not posting here, being able to search the accumulated knowledge is worth the price of admission (for me, anyway). > [@Pleonast](#): > > Please, that’s not a mug, it’s a topologically deformed donut. Anyone else thinking bagel penis? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2017, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-members-who-havent-posted-in-years-how-do-they-maintain-their-title/786561/25 "2017-05-23T15:11:05Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Anyone else thinking bagel penis? 🙂 :eek: You remember that? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2017, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-members-who-havent-posted-in-years-how-do-they-maintain-their-title/786561/26 "2017-05-23T15:14:54Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > :eek: > > You remember that? Who _doesn’t?_ Your description was a tad…_vivid._ ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2017, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-members-who-havent-posted-in-years-how-do-they-maintain-their-title/786561/27 "2017-05-23T15:20:07Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Who _doesn’t?_ > > Your description was a tad…_vivid._ The appearance was a tad . . . _vivid._ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2017, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-members-who-havent-posted-in-years-how-do-they-maintain-their-title/786561/28 "2017-05-23T15:28:08Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > :eek: > > You remember that? We ALL remember that. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2017, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-members-who-havent-posted-in-years-how-do-they-maintain-their-title/786561/29 "2017-05-23T15:36:43Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > I don’t think you can search unless you are a member, and even if you’re not posting here, being able to search the accumulated knowledge is worth the price of admission (for me, anyway). I just wish you would more than searching. Miss your posts, thoughts, and pix, **Cat**! ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2017, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-members-who-havent-posted-in-years-how-do-they-maintain-their-title/786561/30 "2017-05-23T15:37:44Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > We ALL remember that. Personally, I have been trying hard to forget! ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2017, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-members-who-havent-posted-in-years-how-do-they-maintain-their-title/786561/31 "2017-05-23T15:40:33Z")
I missed the deadline for renewing my charter membership one year so now I’m just a regular member. Still bums me out a bit. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2017, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-members-who-havent-posted-in-years-how-do-they-maintain-their-title/786561/32 "2017-05-23T16:02:27Z")
> [@suranyi](#): > > I missed the deadline for renewing my charter membership one year so now I’m just a regular member. Still bums me out a bit. Buy a sig – “The Poster Formerly Known As A Charter Member”? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2017, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-members-who-havent-posted-in-years-how-do-they-maintain-their-title/786561/33 "2017-05-23T18:01:00Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > Buy a sig – “The Poster Formerly Known As A Charter Member”? There might be a limit on the length, better go with a funny symbol. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2017, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-members-who-havent-posted-in-years-how-do-they-maintain-their-title/786561/34 "2017-05-23T18:58:43Z")
> [@Pleonast](#): > > Please, that’s not a mug, it’s a topologically deformed donut. Technically, so’s the goat. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2017, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-members-who-havent-posted-in-years-how-do-they-maintain-their-title/786561/35 "2017-05-23T20:38:13Z")
I prefer being a “Guest”, seeing as how I don’t get invited anywhere else. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2017, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-members-who-havent-posted-in-years-how-do-they-maintain-their-title/786561/36 "2017-05-23T21:29:40Z")
Actually, back in the old days, anyone at all was able to get a mug that was _almost_ identical to the one that mods get. It had the same Slug artwork and all; it was just missing the “STAFF” label. I don’t think they do merch anymore, though. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2017, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-members-who-havent-posted-in-years-how-do-they-maintain-their-title/786561/37 "2017-05-23T21:39:56Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Technically, so’s the goat. You totally win the thread. Awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2017, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-members-who-havent-posted-in-years-how-do-they-maintain-their-title/786561/38 "2017-05-26T16:15:34Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > :eek: > > You remember that? > [@running\_coach](#): > > Who _doesn’t?_ > > Your description was a tad…_vivid._ This. I didn’t even read the full description and I remember it. > [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > I just wish you would more than searching. Miss your posts, thoughts, and pix, **Cat**! Awww, shucks. :o ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-members-who-havent-posted-in-years-how-do-they-maintain-their-title/786561/39 "2017-05-29T05:33:23Z")
> [@MEBuckner](#): > > Ha! I have the Charter Member title _and_ I still have my mug! _Neener neener neener!_ They even gave you an extra one! ---
**Author:** ![Tabby\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tabby\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabby_Cat)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-members-who-havent-posted-in-years-how-do-they-maintain-their-title/786561/40 "2017-05-29T06:16:29Z")
Yeah, I barely post, but I’m still lurking and paid up until 2018. I just like having a fancy title OKAY? It’s not like I’m elitist or anything. \>.\> [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-members-who-havent-posted-in-years-how-do-they-maintain-their-title/786561.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-members-who-havent-posted-in-years-how-do-they-maintain-their-title/786561.md?page=3)