# I must share that I am an idiot! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 19, 2005, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-must-share-that-i-am-an-idiot/313159 "2005-07-19T16:59:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Yesterdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/d07c76/32.png) [@Yesterdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yesterdog)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-must-share-that-i-am-an-idiot/313159/1 "2005-07-19T16:59:13Z")
Well, I definately screwed the pooch on this one. I thought I was good, but as it turns out, I didn’t pay up on my SDMB dues. Sigh, I am no longer a charter member. ☹ …even though I’ve been around since the begining in some form or another. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-must-share-that-i-am-an-idiot/313159/2 "2005-07-19T17:07:58Z")
From now on, I will consider your posts about 1/3 as worthy as a ‘Charter Member’ post. ---
**Author:** ![Yesterdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/d07c76/32.png) [@Yesterdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yesterdog)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-must-share-that-i-am-an-idiot/313159/3 "2005-07-19T17:14:17Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > From now on, I will consider your posts about 1/3 as worthy as a ‘Charter Member’ post. Very well. However, I must insist that you agree not to factor in the ratio of your posts to my posts as a percentage factor. The number would quickly drop from .333 to .002997, thus making my posts a mere _fart in the wind_. Although it probly doesn’t mean anything, a physics prof in college introduced me to the dope in September, 2001. So, technically… ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-must-share-that-i-am-an-idiot/313159/4 "2005-07-19T17:22:24Z")
I would never call attention to my post count, which is too much an indicator of how much I need to get a life. ---
**Author:** ![fubbleskag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fubbleskag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fubbleskag)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-must-share-that-i-am-an-idiot/313159/5 "2005-07-19T17:24:50Z")
we should start a support group, **Yesterdog** ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-must-share-that-i-am-an-idiot/313159/6 "2005-07-19T17:26:27Z")
Welcome, fellow idiot. There’s plenty of room here on the wall for one more. If you’re looking for full time work, there is a limited tenure position open in Texas, couple more years left on that contract before the incumbent returns but it pays the cookie bill. I did the same thing, forgot to re-up until the day after the deadline. I cried to the right people who promised to give me back my charter status. Tell the truth tho, I never checkd and will probably forget to when this post goes through. So it goes with idioting. ---
**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-must-share-that-i-am-an-idiot/313159/7 "2005-07-19T17:39:10Z")
Wait, what is the difference? I’ve been around since 2001, just recently subscribed, so what is a charter member? -foxy ---
**Author:** ![Yesterdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/d07c76/32.png) [@Yesterdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yesterdog)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-must-share-that-i-am-an-idiot/313159/8 "2005-07-19T22:13:01Z")
Essentially a **charter member** has the words _charter member_ under their name in the posts. If I remember correctly, they also get subscription rates 1/2 off. So, that being said, over a few years, with inflation, it begins to add up. But, I think the money is going to a good cause. I don’t mind. I’ve always loved the Dope since day 1, when I read a post about black holes. …and then I wandered over to the Pit. 😃