# If I paid you to not read/post to the board again, how much? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 5, 2000, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-paid-you-to-not-read-post-to-the-board-again-how-much/32095 "2000-09-05T15:49:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2000, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-paid-you-to-not-read-post-to-the-board-again-how-much/32095/1 "2000-09-05T15:49:18Z")
Yep. I know you all got your prices. No, I won’t actually pay you. duh. Let me get the ball rolling. Hmm, I’d have to go with say, $10,000. Pretty high, I know. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2000, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-paid-you-to-not-read-post-to-the-board-again-how-much/32095/2 "2000-09-05T16:13:04Z")
You can’t buy me that easily. To post is to live. Oh, all right. One _million_ dollars. Besides, I’d just re-register under another name anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Gunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gunslinger)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2000, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-paid-you-to-not-read-post-to-the-board-again-how-much/32095/3 "2000-09-05T16:34:54Z")
$100, cash, check, or PayPal. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2000, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-paid-you-to-not-read-post-to-the-board-again-how-much/32095/4 "2000-09-06T02:51:29Z")
$50 a month would keep me away. I’m cheap 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![drewbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drewbert/32/15890_2.png) [@drewbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewbert)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2000, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-paid-you-to-not-read-post-to-the-board-again-how-much/32095/5 "2000-09-06T04:37:22Z")
You’d only have to spend enough on me to keep my “expensive gadgetry fixation” constantly satisfied. Lessee now, currently that’s a 500 MHz G4 with all the trimmings including an 22" LCD display, peripherals, digital camcorder… oh, and throw in a Yamaha Clavinova keyboard… that should keep me off the SDMB for a month or two. If you’re lucky. ---
**Author:** ![Roman\_Caudle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3ab097/32.png) [@Roman\_Caudle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roman_Caudle)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2000, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-paid-you-to-not-read-post-to-the-board-again-how-much/32095/6 "2000-09-06T04:54:50Z")
Since I just got here, and am still searching for things to comment on, I guess I could go cheap. Say $1? Send it via [PayPal.com](http://PayPal.com) (the interface e-auctions use) ---
**Author:** ![MattTheCroc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/439d5e/32.png) [@MattTheCroc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MattTheCroc)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2000, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-paid-you-to-not-read-post-to-the-board-again-how-much/32095/7 "2000-09-06T10:39:23Z")
Seeing as I’ve been visiting for about 4 months and made 11 posts (give or take) I don’t think it’d take all that much… say $1000000? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Spider\_Woman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@Spider\_Woman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spider_Woman)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2000, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-paid-you-to-not-read-post-to-the-board-again-how-much/32095/8 "2000-09-06T10:57:21Z")
How much is it worth to you (that is, for me not to post again)? You don’t have enough to buy me off, just curious. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2000, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-paid-you-to-not-read-post-to-the-board-again-how-much/32095/9 "2000-09-06T11:46:20Z")
I’m a whore, but not a cheap one. A couple a’ grand would do it. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2000, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-paid-you-to-not-read-post-to-the-board-again-how-much/32095/10 "2000-09-06T11:57:33Z")
$1,000 a week for life. ---
**Author:** ![JimmyNipples](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb9ed0/32.png) [@JimmyNipples](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimmyNipples)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2000, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-paid-you-to-not-read-post-to-the-board-again-how-much/32095/11 "2000-09-06T13:29:12Z")
I’ll take your 10 grand…you’ll never see me again. You can’t see me now…gimme my money. With fairly clever investing, I’ll parlay that 10k into a fortune that rivals Bill Gates’. Then I’ll invent robot monkeys…oh ya baby… **ROBOT MONKEYS** Then you’ll be sorry…gimme my money. ---
**Author:** ![Tabithina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f04885/32.png) [@Tabithina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabithina)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2000, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-paid-you-to-not-read-post-to-the-board-again-how-much/32095/12 "2000-09-06T13:55:02Z")
Offering to pay me not to do something merely piques my interest in doing the thing you want to pay me not to do. I have a child just like me…my mother calls it “payback”!! Seriously, I haven’t been here long enough to set a price, so I’ll pull one out of my hat: how about a million dollars? I’d love to get a million dollars without ever having to speak to Regis Philban… –Tabithina ---
**Author:** ![MysterEcks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@MysterEcks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysterEcks)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2000, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-paid-you-to-not-read-post-to-the-board-again-how-much/32095/13 "2000-09-07T05:17:15Z")
Hey, I like this place, but I’m no fanatic. Gimme a grand, and I’ll stop posting. Gimme another grand, and I’ll go away completely. So $2,000 to get rid of me–a real bargain. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2000, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-paid-you-to-not-read-post-to-the-board-again-how-much/32095/14 "2000-09-07T05:51:09Z")
I didn’t post for a year, so I know I can do it. I’d go away for probably, oh, $400. Maybe less. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2000, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-paid-you-to-not-read-post-to-the-board-again-how-much/32095/15 "2000-09-07T05:52:23Z")
Oh, and besides, we could continue to post over at [Fathom](http://fff.fathom.org/cgi-bin/Ultimate.cgi?action=intro) anyway. ---
**Author:** ![JavaMaven1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@JavaMaven1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JavaMaven1)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2000, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-paid-you-to-not-read-post-to-the-board-again-how-much/32095/16 "2000-09-07T10:18:02Z")
Personally, I’d pass on the cash, if I could have one of **JimmyNipples’** robot monkeys… ---
**Author:** ![JimmyNipples](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb9ed0/32.png) [@JimmyNipples](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimmyNipples)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2000, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-paid-you-to-not-read-post-to-the-board-again-how-much/32095/17 "2000-09-07T12:52:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JavaMaven1 \* > \*\*Personally, I’d pass on the cash, if I could have one of **JimmyNipples’** robot monkeys… \*\* Sorry…can’t oblige. Something went terribly wrong with the monkey matrix. Suffice it to say…there was monkey poo everywhere. Those diry bastards. I think they heard me…gotta go ---
**Author:** ![Angkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@Angkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angkins)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2000, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-paid-you-to-not-read-post-to-the-board-again-how-much/32095/18 "2000-09-07T13:04:21Z")
You may as well ask me to give up sex!!! ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2000, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-paid-you-to-not-read-post-to-the-board-again-how-much/32095/19 "2000-09-07T13:16:30Z")
I’ll second Annie X-mas. $1000 a week sounds good. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2000, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-paid-you-to-not-read-post-to-the-board-again-how-much/32095/20 "2000-09-07T13:22:20Z")
Not to sound paranoid, but is Handy trying to get rid of some us??? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-paid-you-to-not-read-post-to-the-board-again-how-much/32095.md?page=2)