# Paid Subscriptions - What for? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 27, 2004, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paid-subscriptions-what-for/247367 "2004-05-27T16:39:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2004, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paid-subscriptions-what-for/247367/141 "2004-05-28T23:52:36Z")
Wow. A poster banned and a poster paid-up in the same thread. _o/’`The circle of liiiiife...o/`_ And good on **Colibri** for getting the reference. Johnny Eck is probably the finest legless actor I’ve ever seen. ---
**Author:** ![Darkhold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@Darkhold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darkhold)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paid-subscriptions-what-for/247367/142 "2004-05-29T00:03:07Z")
Anyone want to bet **PorkChop47** starts a thread saying “Why did you ban **01010000?** he was just speaking the truth about how stupid it is to pay money to go to one of many people’s favorite sites and post!” ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paid-subscriptions-what-for/247367/143 "2004-05-29T01:29:19Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Isn’t the long term poster **1010011010** , who is listed as a charter member? This guy is **01010000** , several digits shorter. > > However, I would think he might be banned just on the grounds of having a copycat name. Nope…I don’t think that **01010000** is **1010011010** , I checked his IP numbers, and they match another poster who has not subscribed, and who has frequently been quite critical of the moderation here. I shared my suspicion with another admin, who agreed with me. Lynn For the Straight Dope ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paid-subscriptions-what-for/247367/144 "2004-05-29T01:48:26Z")
> [@Lynn Bodoni](#): > > Nope…I don’t think that **01010000** is **1010011010** , I checked his IP numbers, and they match another poster who has not subscribed, and who has frequently been quite critical of the moderation here. I shared my suspicion with another admin, who agreed with me. > > Lynn > For the Straight Dope Thank you, thank you, thank you for not deleting his posts, which would have wreaked havoc with this thread. I really believe you (as in you admins/moderators) should rethink the mass delete thing anyway. It doesn’t reward them to leave the posts or the threads, they still have BANNED under their names, and the fact that a thread is interesting or not should be able to stand on its own without regard to the fact that it was a dipshit that started it. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paid-subscriptions-what-for/247367/145 "2004-05-29T01:48:38Z")
> [@Lynn Bodoni](#): > > Nope…I don’t think that **01010000** is **1010011010** , I checked his IP numbers, and they match another poster who has not subscribed, and who has frequently been quite critical of the moderation here. I shared my suspicion with another admin, who agreed with me. > > Lynn > For the Straight Dope My apologies. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paid-subscriptions-what-for/247367/146 "2004-05-29T03:34:20Z")
> [@P\_T\_](#): > > Woot! I’m a member, the deposit got there early… 🙂 GOOBA GABBA!! I’ve had my eye on you for a while now, as a likely lad. So welcome aboard, and (reaching over and plucking) I’ll just take that eye back now. (Flicking off lint and reinserting) ---
**Author:** ![Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9dc877/32.png) [@Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightwatch_Trailer)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paid-subscriptions-what-for/247367/147 "2004-05-29T03:52:03Z")
Just offhand, is “gooba gabba” an established SD thing? (I know it’s from that movie referenced earlier, but has it been used previously on the Board?) Or are we on the verge of instituting a NEW SDMB CATCHPHRASE? That’s so exciting. And where’s **PorkChop**? Has he left yet or is he still hanging about? There are still a couple dozen posts I want him to respond to… ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paid-subscriptions-what-for/247367/148 "2004-05-29T03:57:38Z")
Geeze Louise People! Here you all are having a pig roast and nobody started the charcoal! Don’t you realize that eating raw port is bad for you? Now allow me to get the Kingsford started … Oh, yeah. One more thing. You want fries with that? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paid-subscriptions-what-for/247367/149 "2004-05-29T04:16:47Z")
[quote edited per request of poster-Czarcasm] Oh, for fuck’s sake. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paid-subscriptions-what-for/247367/150 "2004-05-29T04:20:27Z")
ooh that was cool. Presto zappo! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9dc877/32.png) [@Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightwatch_Trailer)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paid-subscriptions-what-for/247367/151 "2004-05-29T04:22:01Z")
> [@01110000](#): > > I imagine this post will be deleted for the mere fact that it fights ignorance by providing information not favorable to the powers that be. What do you know? He was right. However, I think the real reason it was deleted was not because it - ahem - fought ignorance, but because you are deliberately trying to upset the order of the Board. Grow up, man. ---
**Author:** ![rolandgunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cdc98d/32.png) [@rolandgunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rolandgunslinger)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paid-subscriptions-what-for/247367/152 "2004-05-29T04:26:06Z")
> [@vanilla](#): > > ooh that was cool. > Presto zappo! 🙂 I agree! very COOL! See…Thats why I love this board. Lynn takes no shit from nobody. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paid-subscriptions-what-for/247367/153 "2004-05-29T04:32:58Z")
Lynn might wanna edit the quote out of my post… ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paid-subscriptions-what-for/247367/154 "2004-05-29T04:38:09Z")
Oh, wow. We have the birth of a new SDMB catch-phrase, the banning of a fuckwit, the advent of a cool new member (Hi, **P\_T\_!** ), a demonstration of the power of She Who Must Be Obeyed, pork chops grilling on the Weber… All in all, a wonderful way to kick off a three-day weekend! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![P\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a587f6/32.png) [@P\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P_T)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paid-subscriptions-what-for/247367/155 "2004-05-29T04:58:28Z")
\*sniff I’m just so happy I could be a part of it all, Really. \*sniff ---
**Author:** ![Darkhold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@Darkhold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darkhold)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paid-subscriptions-what-for/247367/156 "2004-05-29T05:01:24Z")
> [@P\_T\_](#): > > \*sniff > > I’m just so happy I could be a part of it all, Really. > > \*sniff Man if I was you I’d be feeling some serious pressure. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paid-subscriptions-what-for/247367/157 "2004-05-29T05:10:32Z")
> [@Nightwatch Trailer](#): > > Just offhand, is “gooba gabba” an established SD thing? (I know it’s from that movie referenced earlier, but has it been used previously on the Board?) > > Or are we on the verge of instituting a NEW SDMB CATCHPHRASE? That’s so exciting. It’s been used here before, but it’s hardly a catchphrase (yet). I just listened to the scene again in “Freaks” and it sounds like what they are actually saying is “gooble gobble”, which turns up in 8 threads here, all using it in the movie sense. “Gooba gabba” turns up in only one thread besides this one. Googling “gooble gobble” (a fun phrase to type) gets 470 hits, googling “gooba gabba” gets 46. Actually, I prefer “gooba gabba.” ---
**Author:** ![P\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a587f6/32.png) [@P\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P_T)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paid-subscriptions-what-for/247367/158 "2004-05-29T05:52:06Z")
> [@Darkhold](#): > > Man if I was you I’d be feeling some serious pressure. 😛 Pressure? Why is that? ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paid-subscriptions-what-for/247367/159 "2004-05-29T05:57:32Z")
> [@P\_T\_](#): > > Pressure? Why is that? After such a good start, it’s difficult to keep it up … most likely you’ll only go down from here:D [sub]It’s okay, really, I’ve been steadily going downhill since post 1. The hill is lubricated well and occasionally there’s some respite.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Sharky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@Sharky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sharky)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paid-subscriptions-what-for/247367/160 "2004-05-29T06:21:31Z")
> [@iampunha](#): > > After such a good start, it’s difficult to keep it up … most likely you’ll only go down from here:D > > [sub]It’s okay, really, I’ve been steadily going downhill since post 1. The hill is lubricated well and occasionally there’s some respite.[/sub] Nah, not P\_T\_ . . . Rock on, P\_T\_ ! 🆒 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paid-subscriptions-what-for/247367.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paid-subscriptions-what-for/247367.md?page=9)