# Hey, I've been Membered! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 4, 2014, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-ive-been-membered/677899 "2014-01-04T19:52:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2014, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-ive-been-membered/677899/1 "2014-01-04T19:52:26Z")
Thanks to whoever anonymously paid for my Membership. I have no idea when you did it; I just noticed it! šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![SerafinaPekala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@SerafinaPekala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SerafinaPekala)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2014, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-ive-been-membered/677899/2 "2014-01-04T20:39:51Z")
congrats!! šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2014, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-ive-been-membered/677899/3 "2014-01-04T20:39:53Z")
Better membered than dismembered, I always say. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2014, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-ive-been-membered/677899/4 "2014-01-04T20:43:46Z")
Couldnā€™t have happened to a nicer person, present company excluded. šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2014, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-ive-been-membered/677899/5 "2014-01-04T20:47:05Z")
Maybe the anonymous donor said to themself, ā€œHmm, should **WhyNot** be a member? Why not?ā€ šŸ™‚ Congratulations! ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2014, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-ive-been-membered/677899/6 "2014-01-04T21:58:57Z")
Itā€™s only good for nine months, though. Try - just \*try \*to re-member this guy in September. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2014, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-ive-been-membered/677899/7 "2014-01-05T23:51:45Z")
Our blessings on your member. ---
**Author:** ![Arrogance\_Ex\_Machina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrogance_ex_machina/32/192_2.png) [@Arrogance\_Ex\_Machina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrogance_Ex_Machina)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-ive-been-membered/677899/8 "2014-01-06T00:54:03Z")
I noticed it in the ATMB thread ā€œHow do you rationalize not becoming a member of SDMB?ā€ - you were talking about not being a member with Member under your name and I found it amusing. So ā€¦ guess it happened a bit over 2 weeks ago, if that thread was the trigger for the anonymous benefactor. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-ive-been-membered/677899/9 "2014-01-06T02:23:23Z")
Ah-HA! So Iā€™m only half as clueless as I feared. I wasnā€™t on a computer at all last week; I was using my cellphone to read and post. So I didnā€™t miss ā€œMemberā€ last week - I couldnā€™t see it! I have no excuse if it was changed prior to Dec 27, though. Days before that, if it was there, I just didnā€™t see it. It was actually my Location being displayed that I noticed. It was from a long, long time ago in a galaxy far far away, when many of the boardā€™s Obama supporters made some play on ā€œObamaā€ in our Location tags as a sign of support and cliquish fun. So, um, updated that now! ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-ive-been-membered/677899/10 "2014-01-06T07:51:00Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Better membered than dismembered, I always say. Youā€™ve never said that in your life, **twickster**. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-ive-been-membered/677899/11 "2014-01-06T10:08:23Z")
Being membered sounds very patriarchal. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-ive-been-membered/677899/12 "2014-01-06T12:27:36Z")
One of these days Iā€™m going to pay for a Texas missionā€™s dues. So I can, you know, member the Alamo. mmm