# How does a guest become a member? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 26, 2013, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-guest-become-a-member/656764 "2013-04-26T15:22:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-guest-become-a-member/656764/1 "2013-04-26T15:22:58Z")
I’m new to this board, and just wondered. ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-guest-become-a-member/656764/2 "2013-04-26T15:31:00Z")
Just go into your User CP and click on Paid Subscriptions. To be a member you merely have to pay for your membership. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-guest-become-a-member/656764/3 "2013-04-26T15:41:26Z")
There are some advantages- you get to see the naked pics of the Mods. Maybe that is not an advantage. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-guest-become-a-member/656764/4 "2013-04-26T17:01:50Z")
Maybe not? Definitely not! ---
**Author:** ![moriah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-guest-become-a-member/656764/5 "2013-04-26T18:37:59Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > There are some advantages- you get to see the naked pics of the Mods. > Maybe that is not an advantage. [They reveal their inmost self to you.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peHEOgiQgnI#t=0m10s) ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-guest-become-a-member/656764/6 "2013-04-26T19:34:00Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Maybe not? Definitely not! DO not challenge my mental image of you as a stunning goddess like creature! ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-guest-become-a-member/656764/7 "2013-04-26T19:56:44Z")
> [@BubbaDog](#): > > DO not challenge my mental image of you as a stunning goddess like creature! Your eyes would burn if you beheld the countenance of a Moderator Goddess. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![CannyDan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cannydan/32/548_2.png) [@CannyDan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CannyDan)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-guest-become-a-member/656764/8 "2013-04-26T20:09:03Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Your eyes would burn if you beheld the countenance of a Moderator Goddess. > > 🙂 So is keeping your eyes shut something all you Charter Members do? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-guest-become-a-member/656764/9 "2013-04-26T20:20:12Z")
> [@CannyDan](#): > > So is keeping your eyes shut something all you Charter Members do? The ceremonies require…what ceremonies? ---
**Author:** ![CannyDan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cannydan/32/548_2.png) [@CannyDan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CannyDan)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-guest-become-a-member/656764/10 "2013-04-26T20:24:00Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > The ceremonies require…what ceremonies? Hold on, I’ll bring your cane… ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-guest-become-a-member/656764/11 "2013-04-26T20:34:20Z")
> [@CannyDan](#): > > Hold on, I’ll bring your cane… Don’t tell him about the Secret Ceremonies, you fool! Remember last year, when the FBI found out about the duck? ---
**Author:** ![CannyDan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cannydan/32/548_2.png) [@CannyDan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CannyDan)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-guest-become-a-member/656764/12 "2013-04-26T20:37:53Z")
Hold on there! You mean \*\*\*Charter \*\*\*Members get a _ **duck** _!!! We only ge… ahh, yeah, sorry, I don’t remember anything at all. And I can’t see anything either. Phwew! ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-guest-become-a-member/656764/13 "2013-04-26T20:45:52Z")
Why a duck? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-guest-become-a-member/656764/14 "2013-04-26T21:03:23Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > Why a duck? Look, suppose you come to a river and you want to ford it. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-guest-become-a-member/656764/15 "2013-04-26T21:19:37Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Look, suppose you come to a river and you want to ford it. Ain’t got the money to 'ford a duck-got any chickens? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-guest-become-a-member/656764/16 "2013-04-26T21:27:28Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Ain’t got the money to 'ford a duck-got any chickens? I’m new here, myself. Look, let’s buy some of this wonderful property before a hurricane blows it away. ---
**Author:** ![CannyDan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cannydan/32/548_2.png) [@CannyDan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CannyDan)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-guest-become-a-member/656764/17 "2013-04-26T21:36:48Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > I’m new here, myself. > Look, let’s buy some of this wonderful property before a hurricane blows it away. And the bridge too! Don’t forget the bridge! ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-guest-become-a-member/656764/18 "2013-04-26T22:45:14Z")
> [@CannyDan](#): > > And the bridge too! Don’t forget the bridge! That’s not how you walk into a speakeasy, that’s how you walk out. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2013, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-guest-become-a-member/656764/19 "2013-04-27T00:48:36Z")
> [@CannyDan](#): > > Hold on there! You mean \*\*\*Charter \*\*\*Members get a _ **duck** _!!! We only ge… ahh, yeah, sorry, I don’t remember anything at all. And I can’t see anything either. > > Phwew! Walk this way, son. Now bend over and grab your ankles with your hands. This won’t hurt a bit. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2013, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-guest-become-a-member/656764/20 "2013-04-27T00:52:54Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > I’m new to this board, and just wondered. Send me your bank-account info and I’ll fix it up for you. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-guest-become-a-member/656764.md?page=2)