# Non American members - who's renewing? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 20, 2005, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-american-members-whos-renewing/295412 "2005-03-20T11:36:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![calm\_kiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@calm\_kiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/calm_kiwi)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-american-members-whos-renewing/295412/41 "2005-03-21T12:53:21Z")
Yes that’s what you Poms thought about Rugby…till you won the world cup. We “bints” are awfully impressed by you though :D. ---
**Author:** ![Jervoise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@Jervoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jervoise)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-american-members-whos-renewing/295412/42 "2005-03-21T13:02:01Z")
> [@owlstretchingtime](#): > > I’m supposed to give a monkey’s about a bint’s game? Does not compute. Well, it might serve as a consolation when you can’t get a win at the cricket or rugby: _oh well, British women are shite at sport too…_ ---
**Author:** ![calm\_kiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@calm\_kiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/calm_kiwi)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-american-members-whos-renewing/295412/43 "2005-03-21T13:09:05Z")
Well it’s hardly much of a consolation when they are shite. Well said Aussie ---
**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-american-members-whos-renewing/295412/44 "2005-03-21T13:30:45Z")
I’ll be coming back. I like it a hella lot here. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![gum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bbe5ce/32.png) [@gum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gum)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-american-members-whos-renewing/295412/45 "2005-03-21T14:07:06Z")
Good to see so many people staying. 🙂 [**Noone Special** did you see my post, some months ago, about me losing access to my yahoo mail? I have a different email address now. Just saying. :)] ---
**Author:** ![Scoundrel\_Swanswater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@Scoundrel\_Swanswater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scoundrel_Swanswater)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-american-members-whos-renewing/295412/46 "2005-03-21T14:12:07Z")
[Ahnold] I’ll be back!! [/Ahnold] ---
**Author:** ![gum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bbe5ce/32.png) [@gum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gum)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-american-members-whos-renewing/295412/47 "2005-03-21T14:29:46Z")
Hey, **vinryk** , is a ‘ding’ missing from your name? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-american-members-whos-renewing/295412/48 "2005-03-21T14:36:24Z")
Probably will, but not completely decided yet. ---
**Author:** ![Exgineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-american-members-whos-renewing/295412/49 "2005-03-21T14:37:54Z")
> [@roger thornhill](#): > > I will continue to fight the ignorance of my cousins in the New World until “handgun” is a word a kid hears and says to its Mom and Pop, “Hey, Mom, hey, Pop, ain’t that what folks used to use when things was really uncivilised?” Do you mind if I ask why? What possible difference could it make to you? I’d also like to know why you thought that “uncivilized” crack was necessary. ---
**Author:** ![owlstretchingtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/958977/32.png) [@owlstretchingtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/owlstretchingtime)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-american-members-whos-renewing/295412/50 "2005-03-21T14:53:57Z")
> [@calm kiwi](#): > > Yes that’s what you Poms thought about Rugby…till you won the world cup. > . We’ve gone off it again. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-american-members-whos-renewing/295412/51 "2005-03-21T14:59:02Z")
Nope, I won’t be renewing. The money isn’t the issue, in fact two years ago I would have paid significantly more to stay as a member. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-american-members-whos-renewing/295412/52 "2005-03-21T15:47:32Z")
I wish you would change your mind, **yojimbo**. I’ve usually enjoyed reading your posts, and wondering if **Boyo Jim** chose his name because you already used **yojimbo**. ---
**Author:** ![Scoundrel\_Swanswater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@Scoundrel\_Swanswater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scoundrel_Swanswater)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-american-members-whos-renewing/295412/53 "2005-03-21T16:04:02Z")
> [@gum](#): > > Hey, **vinryk** , is a ‘ding’ missing from your name? 😉 Actually it sort of is. It also has some relation to my real name. ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-american-members-whos-renewing/295412/54 "2005-03-21T16:07:10Z")
I’m going to renew. It’s not much money, and it’s worth it for me. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-american-members-whos-renewing/295412/55 "2005-03-21T18:51:56Z")
> [@gum](#): > > Good to see so many people staying. 🙂 > > [**Noone Special** did you see my post, some months ago, about me losing access to my yahoo mail? I have a different email address now. Just saying. :)] It’s good to see your staying, **Gum**. You bring an interesting perspective to some of the political threads here, and I like reading your posts. ---
**Author:** ![Coil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Coil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coil)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-american-members-whos-renewing/295412/56 "2005-03-21T19:05:52Z")
I just renewed it. ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-american-members-whos-renewing/295412/57 "2005-03-21T22:58:05Z")
I renewed a few days ago. I very nearly didn’t. The place is not what it was a year or two ago. There’s much more bile here now - some sections of the community seem to think that being intelligent and hard-nosed requires the ability to spew insults and hatred in all directions, otherwise you are accused of engaging in “lovefests” (if you are so much as vaguely friendly or polite to someone). There is a cowardly, vicarious, snitching element here that is relatively new. That said, there is no reason why that won’t cycle through and change, and I admit a lot of it is down to _me_ rather than the board. I know that I go through my own cycles of troughs and peaks with this place. At the moment I’m hitting the bottom of it, but I know that will change, so I pushed myself to renew. If I didn’t, I’d regret it six or twelve months down the track. This place has been good to me over time, and I think it’s worth the few bucks to keep my account alive. I do still like the SDMB. Also I run a (tiny) messageboard that is still (at least nominally) a spin-off board from this one, and it would be a bit odd if I was no longer a Doper. Not only that, but I quietly enjoy grabbing a few people who were hoping I would leave, and rubbing their noses in it. 😃 The American aspect of it doesn’t bother me either way. Sure I get annoyed sometimes when people post like there is nowhere else on the planet, but generally I’ve found that only knowing about America through television, this place is a fascinating insight into the way the US actually ticks. I’ve had quite a few preconceptions shattered. ---
**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-american-members-whos-renewing/295412/58 "2005-03-21T23:46:30Z")
I will. Though I too would like to see a more international crowd on this board (or an international board similar to this one) By the way I didn’t even know there was a portuguese poster on this board. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-american-members-whos-renewing/295412/59 "2005-03-21T23:49:51Z")
> [@Tabby\_Cat](#): > > And **HBT** , you just have to renew. Everytime I see your username, I think of **Giraffe** squirming. 😛 Oh yes, me too. Plus I just like you, **HBT**. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-american-members-whos-renewing/295412/60 "2005-03-21T23:51:50Z")
> [@clairobscur](#): > > I too would like to see a more international crowd on this board Get your friends to sign up! 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-american-members-whos-renewing/295412.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-american-members-whos-renewing/295412.md?page=4)