# I'm a slacka$$ who lost my "Charter Membership" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 5, 2005, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-slacka-who-lost-my-charter-membership/320178 "2005-09-05T06:39:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-slacka-who-lost-my-charter-membership/320178/21 "2005-09-06T21:57:28Z")
Well, I have a whole new group of [special friends](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=333626), so neener-neener-neener šŸ˜› ---
**Author:** ![Wolfgrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@Wolfgrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfgrrl)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-slacka-who-lost-my-charter-membership/320178/22 "2005-09-07T01:09:23Z")
I, too, was around a while back, but then never got around to subscribing when it became a paid service. (OK, I didnā€™t post all that often, but I was working two jobs and didnā€™t have timeā€¦ mostly I just read at lunch, and posted occasionally.) It became a paid subscription thing just about the time I was going through a whole lot of BS and ended up taking a job with such a crappy salary I couldnā€™t justify spending fifteen bucks on something I didnā€™t absolutely need. It just happened that right around the time the marrow donation thread hit Threadspotting, Iā€™m at a different crappy-paying job and my boss had been out a lot so Iā€™d been getting a lot of OT even though weā€™re pretty slow right now. I had a question I wanted to ask about the topic, so I finally ponied up. And now Iā€™m making sure I get my moneyā€™s worthā€¦ ---
**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:** [September 7, 2005, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-slacka-who-lost-my-charter-membership/320178/23 "2005-09-07T11:34:39Z")
> [@honeydewgrrl](#): > > When the boards became subscription-based, as a gesture of good faith toward the folks who had gotten addictā€¦I mean, the folks who had been been around for awhile already, The Reader offered a special title and a cheaper price point to those who subscribed by a certain date. Of course that meant that scrubs like me, who happened to discover the dope just before it wasnā€™t free anymore, enjoy the same perks (reserved parking places, ritual virgin sacrifices) as the truly old farts. šŸ˜‰ A personā€™s joining date is the only real way to know how long theyā€™ve been around. Tell me about the virgins again. Do I have to pay in US dollars? :o ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-slacka-who-lost-my-charter-membership/320178/24 "2005-09-07T11:50:15Z")
Yeah. More about that stuff. And, what if Iā€™m not at all into rituals but am heavily into virgins? Where do I fit in?? To be honest, I never stop myself from reading someoneā€™s post or OP because of either their Member status or join date. We 99ers, weā€™re a scrappy breed but accepting of those of a lesser station than ourselves. What?? šŸ˜ƒ Cartooniverse ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-slacka-who-lost-my-charter-membership/320178/25 "2005-09-07T12:03:21Z")
I am so addicted to this place [del]I would gladly pay any price[/del] I didnā€™t mind paying to hang on. Paying half price is still a deal plus I get my pick of all the virgin gay dopers. Unfortunately, so far, none of the new ones have been virgins. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-slacka-who-lost-my-charter-membership/320178/26 "2005-09-07T12:37:11Z")
:: sheepishly raises hand :: ā€¦blinks: There are so many of us!!! ā€¦couldnā€™t afford to get back in second time around, **Ice Wolf** sponsored me backā€¦thanks Icy! ( Actually, I couldnā€™t really get back in the first time around, so a whole buncha dopers offered to help me out then, too! Thanks all, and to my origiinal sponsor as well!) :: Reads post :: Iā€™m such a bludger, arenā€™t I? ā˜¹ ---
**Author:** ![xbuckeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9e8a1a/32.png) [@xbuckeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xbuckeye)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-slacka-who-lost-my-charter-membership/320178/27 "2005-09-07T13:07:14Z")
I ā€˜lostā€™ my charter 'cause I couldnā€™t stand this place around election time and took a mental recess. I ponied up later on when things seemed to get back to normal. Then a whole new wave of excrement entered the ventilation device and I wanted my money back, but then things came back 'round again. I donā€™t care what your status is, unless you are annoying, I donā€™t look. If you are annoying and are a ā€˜guestā€™ I then discount what you are saying. Member vs. Charter Member, who cares?! ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-slacka-who-lost-my-charter-membership/320178/28 "2005-09-07T14:18:16Z")
> [@xbuckeye](#): > > Member vs. Charter Member, who cares?! No one that Iā€™m aware of, just mundane pointless sharing. ---
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-slacka-who-lost-my-charter-membership/320178/29 "2005-09-07T14:39:18Z")
Us Charter Members deserve to be envied, for the sole reason that we paid less for our accounts than you did! ---
**Author:** ![Earthworm\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f07891/32.png) [@Earthworm\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earthworm_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-slacka-who-lost-my-charter-membership/320178/30 "2005-09-07T15:17:59Z")
Another Charter Member-turned-Slacker Member checking in. I guess I donā€™t really miss it. I meanā€¦itā€™s not like it really meant anything. Hold on, Iā€™ve got something in my eyeā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![xbuckeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9e8a1a/32.png) [@xbuckeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xbuckeye)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-slacka-who-lost-my-charter-membership/320178/31 "2005-09-07T15:49:49Z")
> [@honeydewgrrl](#): > > No one that Iā€™m aware of, just mundane pointless sharing. I think that the whole thing is how the mods try to keep us down. if we are busy fighting amongst ourselves, we will never unite and rise up and take control of the world! or something ---
**Author:** ![picker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/picker/32/13969_2.png) [@picker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picker)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-slacka-who-lost-my-charter-membership/320178/32 "2005-09-07T16:11:12Z")
You all should lobby the admin to create a special title for you guys - how 'bout ā€˜Lapsed Charter Memberā€™? or [del]Charter[/del] Member? ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-slacka-who-lost-my-charter-membership/320178/33 "2005-09-07T16:28:19Z")
\ Ha, Ha! \ points and laughs ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-slacka-who-lost-my-charter-membership/320178/34 "2005-09-07T16:30:04Z")
Anybody know where I cna get an add-on to my Firefox that only shows posts by Charter Members, I donā€™t want to be bothered with the riff-raff. ---
**Author:** ![Greywolf73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d9b06d/32.png) [@Greywolf73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greywolf73)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-slacka-who-lost-my-charter-membership/320178/35 "2005-09-07T17:54:07Z")
Well, whatdya know. I didnā€™t even notice the difference til I read this thread. So now I can proudly parade around my Charter Member status and pretend like I knew that all along. Weā€™re sooo much more specialer than you mere members! šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-slacka-who-lost-my-charter-membership/320178/36 "2005-09-07T17:57:23Z")
> [@PittChemist](#): > > I put it off, too, until it was too late. Then there was the amnesty period, which I also missed. Yes, sloth does not pay off (sometimes). You need a copy of one of my favorite [posters](http://despair.com/proc24x30pri.html). ---
**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:** [September 7, 2005, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-slacka-who-lost-my-charter-membership/320178/37 "2005-09-07T18:27:57Z")
I lost mine because I had to wait until payday, which was the day after the cutoff. I got my ā€œcharterā€ back though because I whined. Sneeches, anyone? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-slacka-who-lost-my-charter-membership/320178/38 "2005-09-07T18:39:04Z")
I ā€œpaid up within the initial 30-day registration period when pay-to-post was first implementedā€? Go me! Stupid '99ers. šŸ˜› ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-slacka-who-lost-my-charter-membership/320178/39 "2005-09-07T20:17:52Z")
> [@featherlou](#): > > Stupid '99ers. šŸ˜› Jealous Much dearie? ---
**Author:** ![rayh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@rayh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayh)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-slacka-who-lost-my-charter-membership/320178/40 "2005-09-07T20:27:19Z")
Elitist scum! I ignore all posts by charter members on the grounds that if they have been hanging round here for that long they canā€™t have a life and have no experience of the outside world. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-slacka-who-lost-my-charter-membership/320178.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-slacka-who-lost-my-charter-membership/320178.md?page=3)