# How long do you plan to keep posting on the SDMB? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 17, 2005, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-do-you-plan-to-keep-posting-on-the-sdmb/285149 "2005-01-17T03:31:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chairman\_Pow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Chairman\_Pow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chairman_Pow)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-do-you-plan-to-keep-posting-on-the-sdmb/285149/1 "2005-01-17T03:31:38Z")
So, it’s been about five years or so since the current incarnation went up and there are plenty of people who have been around since the beginning (or thereabouts). There are also newer members who have made great contributions and form a core group of posters. So, how long before this message board thing gets old and you decide that perhaps you have better (or at least different) things to do? Kids, a new job, whatever comes along and diverts your attention or you just get sick of it all. ---
**Author:** ![Risha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5fc32e/32.png) [@Risha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Risha)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-do-you-plan-to-keep-posting-on-the-sdmb/285149/2 "2005-01-17T03:35:36Z")
Well, I tend to post very irregularly, but I suspect that I’ll be around for quite a while. There’s one mailing list that I’ve been on _checks calendar_ for a full decade last October!?! So obviously if I like a place I tend to stick around. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-do-you-plan-to-keep-posting-on-the-sdmb/285149/3 "2005-01-17T03:42:26Z")
I suppose if I ever stop working in an office, my posting will probably drop off by quite a bit. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-do-you-plan-to-keep-posting-on-the-sdmb/285149/4 "2005-01-17T03:42:59Z")
I’ve wondered about this. I mean, it _has_ to end someday, but when? I hope the boards stay around, because it will be pretty damn funny for those of us that are here now to sit around and say, “Remember this thread from 15 years ago?” It will be weird to be 50 and look back and think, “Wow, I wrote that when I was 23.” That’s assuming the Reeder stays in business and the hamsters have _great_ memories. ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-do-you-plan-to-keep-posting-on-the-sdmb/285149/5 "2005-01-17T03:45:21Z")
I’ll stop posting when they pry my keyboard out of my cold, dead hand. Or until the next _Lost_ episode is on. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-do-you-plan-to-keep-posting-on-the-sdmb/285149/6 "2005-01-17T03:49:01Z")
Obviously, I can’t see into the future to tell you exactly how long I’ll be posting here, but I don’t see any reason I’d stop posting, unless the price of membership goes _way_ up. I come here to read about people’s opinions on current events, and to get and give advice, to hear people’s stories, whether they be mundane and pointless or life-changing. Those are things that the board will never run out of, and so I know I can continue coming here for years and always find something interesting. And yeah, a new baby or a big change in my life may have me posting less, but I’d probably be on here posting _about_ the new baby and adventures! ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-do-you-plan-to-keep-posting-on-the-sdmb/285149/7 "2005-01-17T03:52:44Z")
I probably will stick around long after my mind goes. 😕 [sup] **which might not be that long from now.** [/sup] ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-do-you-plan-to-keep-posting-on-the-sdmb/285149/8 "2005-01-17T04:05:20Z")
forevah, baby, forevah! ---
**Author:** ![Necro\_Romancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/50afbb/32.png) [@Necro\_Romancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Necro_Romancer)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-do-you-plan-to-keep-posting-on-the-sdmb/285149/9 "2005-01-17T04:06:47Z")
Maybe when my subscription runs out at the end of April. Studying or The Straight Dope, it’s a tough call. ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-do-you-plan-to-keep-posting-on-the-sdmb/285149/10 "2005-01-17T04:10:26Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > That’s assuming the **Reeder** stays in business and the hamsters have _great_ memories. I may stick around even if _he_ does go out of business. Seriously, though, somewhere around the five year mark I slowed down a lot. But, I still drop in. ---
**Author:** ![Gassy\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Gassy\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gassy_Man)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-do-you-plan-to-keep-posting-on-the-sdmb/285149/11 "2005-01-17T04:14:17Z")
Until January 20, when my guest membership is up. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-do-you-plan-to-keep-posting-on-the-sdmb/285149/12 "2005-01-17T04:18:29Z")
> [@Necro Romancer](#): > > Maybe when my subscription runs out at the end of April. Studying or The Straight Dope, it’s a tough call. Hmm, the brainwashing isn’t working, Dopers. Anyone have a pocketwatch we can use to re-hypnotize poor\*\* Necro Romancer\*\*? ---
**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:** [January 17, 2005, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-do-you-plan-to-keep-posting-on-the-sdmb/285149/13 "2005-01-17T04:25:40Z")
Until the 12th of Never… ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-do-you-plan-to-keep-posting-on-the-sdmb/285149/14 "2005-01-17T04:26:42Z")
Indefinitely. I don’t see myself going anywhere until the board goes belly up or I do, one. ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-do-you-plan-to-keep-posting-on-the-sdmb/285149/15 "2005-01-17T04:29:04Z")
…we alllll… will live long… FOREVER. As onnnnNNNNNNnnnnnnnnne!! Sorry. i have an Earth Wind and Fire reflex. ---
**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-do-you-plan-to-keep-posting-on-the-sdmb/285149/16 "2005-01-17T04:59:50Z")
I’ll probably be here until my membership comes up and I don’t have the money to renew or some totally new interest happens. I’ve come and gone over the past few years, I don’t see that changing all that much. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-do-you-plan-to-keep-posting-on-the-sdmb/285149/17 "2005-01-17T05:15:36Z")
I’ve been here literally since Day One. Why would I give up and go away? ---
**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:** [January 17, 2005, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-do-you-plan-to-keep-posting-on-the-sdmb/285149/18 "2005-01-17T05:20:52Z")
> [@kniz](#): > > I probably will stick around long after my mind goes. 😕 [sup] **which might not be that long from now.** [/sup] Don’t let that stop you. [sup] **it didn’t stop _me_** [/sup]. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ageless6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@ageless6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ageless6)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-do-you-plan-to-keep-posting-on-the-sdmb/285149/19 "2005-01-17T05:22:30Z")
Dying is easy. Not being able to read or post to the SDMB is hard! ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-do-you-plan-to-keep-posting-on-the-sdmb/285149/20 "2005-01-17T05:25:46Z")
I’ll stay as long as possible. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-do-you-plan-to-keep-posting-on-the-sdmb/285149.md?page=2)