# Membership Renewal

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/membership-renewal/400588>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [April 18, 2007, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/membership-renewal/400588 "2007-04-18T07:05:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Caridwen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c89c15/32.png) [@Caridwen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caridwen)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2007, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/membership-renewal/400588/21 "2007-04-22T00:09:12Z")

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[QUOTE=featherlou]  
There are no extra points for having been here longer or having a higher post count.  
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That’s true but I don’t know what that had to do with my post.

I don’t have any feelings about Quiddity Glomfuster and what she posts. Most times her posts are really interesting, other times they drive me a little crazy. I wouldn’t have mentioned anything if she hadn’t gone on and on for pages regarding people’s behavior in the Pit. I didn’t necessarily disagree with everything she said.

To me, jumping into a thread just to criticize the OP for no reason than I can see is far worse behavior than calling someone a name in the heat of a debate. If you want to lecture people on how to behave, take a look at this type of behavior.

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**Author:** ![rayh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@rayh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayh)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2007, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/membership-renewal/400588/22 "2007-04-22T00:09:29Z")

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[QUOTE=Quiddity Glomfuster]  
Apparently, I missed the memo sent to all newbies that outlines which posters all Dopers are required to loathe, and why. :rolleyes:  
[/QUOTE]

I got mine. But there again I wasn’t on the list. 😛

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**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:** [April 22, 2007, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/membership-renewal/400588/23 "2007-04-22T00:31:47Z")

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[QUOTE=Caridwen]  
That’s true but I don’t know what that had to do with my post.  
\<snip\>  
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I just meant that any member is free to post as they choose, within the bounds of the rules of the board. It doesn’t matter if you’ve been here since Day One or your the greenest of newbs.

And, of course, other members are free to criticize them, within the rules of the board. Which you did.

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**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2007, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/membership-renewal/400588/24 "2007-04-22T00:40:17Z")

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[QUOTE=Quiddity Glomfuster]  
Apparently, I missed the memo sent to all newbies that outlines which posters all Dopers are required to loathe, and why. :rolleyes:  
[/QUOTE]  
I got mine when I joined, but the updates stopped coming after a while. I’m not sure I like what that suggests. ☹

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**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2007, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/membership-renewal/400588/25 "2007-04-22T00:46:54Z")

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Loathing a member of a message board? Wow. Strange.

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**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2007, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/membership-renewal/400588/26 "2007-04-22T01:06:01Z")

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[QUOTE=Caridwen]  
That’s true but I don’t know what that had to do with my post.

I don’t have any feelings about Quiddity Glomfuster and what she posts. Most times her posts are really interesting, other times they drive me a little crazy. I wouldn’t have mentioned anything if she hadn’t gone on and on for pages regarding people’s behavior in the Pit. I didn’t necessarily disagree with everything she said.

To me, jumping into a thread just to criticize the OP for no reason than I can see is far worse behavior than calling someone a name in the heat of a debate. If you want to lecture people on how to behave, take a look at this type of behavior.  
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I dislike taking **QG** ’s side over yours, but reread the Op. \*\*Quasimodem \*\* appears to have leveled an attack against \*\*Otto \*\* for no reason that anyone can determine. I am not sure why the Op started a pit thread, insulted \*\*Otto \*\* and then apparently abandoned his pit thread. While **QG** , likes to say one thing while do another, her little piece of Snark was actually dead on this time.

Jim

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**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2007, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/membership-renewal/400588/27 "2007-04-22T01:27:12Z")

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[QUOTE=What Exit?]  
I I am not sure why the Op started a pit thread, insulted \*\*Otto \*\* and then apparently abandoned his pit thread.  
Jim  
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That’s because you’re a newby. 😉

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**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2007, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/membership-renewal/400588/28 "2007-04-22T01:33:59Z")

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[QUOTE=Qadgop the Mercotan]  
That’s because you’re a newby. 😉  
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Of course you just set yourself up for a 99’er to speak up now. 😉

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**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2007, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/membership-renewal/400588/29 "2007-04-22T01:45:05Z")

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[QUOTE=What Exit?]  
Of course you just set yourself up for a 99’er to speak up now. 😉  
[/QUOTE]

That’s okay. I was a non-registered lurker in '99.

😃

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**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2007, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/membership-renewal/400588/30 "2007-04-22T02:14:30Z")

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Never poke fun at a Lensman!

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**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2007, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/membership-renewal/400588/31 "2007-04-22T02:20:43Z")

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[QUOTE=NoClueBoy]  
Never poke fun at a Lensman!  
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But QtM is not a Lensman, in fact, if I recall correctly, Qadgop the Mercotan was a fictional character in a book written by a lensman.

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**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2007, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/membership-renewal/400588/32 "2007-04-22T02:23:31Z")

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Still pretty good advice, tho, wouldn’t you agree?

Chorizo, brains, potatos, and eggs is a great breakfast. Esp if you have menudo, too.

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**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2007, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/membership-renewal/400588/33 "2007-04-22T02:24:33Z")

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I could be a lensman if I _wanted_ to.

\<\<sniff\>\>

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**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2007, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/membership-renewal/400588/34 "2007-04-22T02:28:22Z")

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[QUOTE=NoClueBoy]  
Still pretty good advice, tho, wouldn’t you agree?

Chorizo, brains, potatos, and eggs is a great breakfast. Esp if you have menudo, too.  
[/QUOTE]

Excellent advise. I personally have never made fun of a Lensman.

[QUOTE=Qadgop the Mercotan]  
I could be a lensman if I _wanted_ to.

\<\<sniff\>\>  
[/QUOTE]

But I thought Qadgop was a classic BEM that for no discernible reason crazed nubile young earth women? Are you going to make me go back a find the reference? I have to finish something else first as you know.

Jim

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**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2007, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/membership-renewal/400588/35 "2007-04-22T02:32:03Z")

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Be

All that you can

Qadgop

The Mercotan

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**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2007, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/membership-renewal/400588/36 "2007-04-22T02:39:32Z")

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[QUOTE=What Exit?]  
But I thought Qadgop was a classic BEM that for no discernible reason crazed nubile young earth women? Jim  
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_My_ lens would be made of neutronium! Would you have a neutronium lens? I don’t think so!!

But that’s okay. Cynthia (Mrs. Mercotan) likes me as I am, especially the xmex-like snout. She’s calling me right now. Gotta run!

\<\<Qadgop the Mercotan slithered flatly around the after-bulge of the tranship. One claw dug into the meters-thick armor of pure neutronium, then another. Its terrible xmex-like snout locked on. Its zymolosely polydactyl tongue crunched out, crashed down, rasped across. Slurp! Slurp! At each abrasive stroke the groove in the tranship’s plating deepened and Qadgop leered more fiercely. Fools! Did they think that the airlessness of absolute space, the heatlessness of absolute zero, the yieldlessness of absolute neutronium could stop QADGOP THE MERCOTAN? And the stowaway, that human wench Cynthia, cowering in helpless terror just beyond this thin and fragile wall…\>\>

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**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2007, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/membership-renewal/400588/37 "2007-04-22T02:51:55Z")

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[QUOTE=Qadgop the Mercotan]  
That’s okay. I was a non-registered lurker in '99.

😃  
[/QUOTE]

I was reading the AOL board in '97\*. Who am I supposed to spank, now?

\*or was it '96? It was right after Dominic was born, so probably '96 now that I think about it…

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**Author:** ![Quiddity\_Glomfuster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/c4cdca/32.png) [@Quiddity\_Glomfuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quiddity_Glomfuster)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2007, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/membership-renewal/400588/38 "2007-04-22T03:10:37Z")

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[QUOTE=Qadgop the Mercotan]  
I could be a lensman if I _wanted_ to.

\<\<sniff\>\>  
[/QUOTE]

There, there. Of course you could.

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**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:** [April 22, 2007, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/membership-renewal/400588/39 "2007-04-22T04:40:49Z")

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Stupid 99’ers.  
(That’s a joke. And I do know the difference between “your” and “you’re.” I just…got distracted. Yeah, that’s it.)

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**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2007, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/membership-renewal/400588/40 "2007-04-22T04:58:21Z")

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_flaunt_

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