# Post here if you have been lurking for the duration of the paid memberships **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 2, 2008, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753 "2008-09-02T21:37:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Dreamy\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@Dreamy\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dreamy_B)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/201 "2008-09-05T02:50:16Z")
Yup, checking in. I never figured the money was worth it for the once or twice a month I might post so I was happy to lurk. Of course now I may pony up just to get a status that separates me from the riff-raff ---
**Author:** ![BlueOhio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/439d5e/32.png) [@BlueOhio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlueOhio)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/202 "2008-09-05T03:00:50Z")
> [@Dreamy\_B](#): > > Yup, checking in. > I never figured the money was worth it for the once or twice a month I might post so I was happy to lurk. Of course now I may pony up just to get a status that separates me from the riff-raff riff-raff? C’mon, I’m _right here_, I can read what you’re writing. ---
**Author:** ![Brunhilda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cdc98d/32.png) [@Brunhilda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brunhilda)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/203 "2008-09-05T03:09:47Z")
I guested at one point, and I have lurked here for about four years. I keep coming back for stories such as Sampiro’s Woman behold thy daughter, Daughter Behold Thy Mother, now BOTH OF YOU LOSE MY NUMBER, as well as the Missing Cow-orker Thread. And Sauron’s postings as well. ---
**Author:** ![There\_Goes\_a\_Tenner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@There\_Goes\_a\_Tenner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/There_Goes_a_Tenner)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/204 "2008-09-05T03:22:55Z")
I’ve lurked here the entire time. I’m too intimidated by you guys to post, so it wasn’t worth the money for me to lurk when I already did for free. _goes back to lurking_ ---
**Author:** ![Heropsychodreamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Heropsychodreamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heropsychodreamer)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/205 "2008-09-05T04:14:23Z")
I’ve lurked for many, many years. I was here before it went to P2P and now that it is again, I figure I might as well make a couple of posts here and there. If I had to estimate, I would say I have been here since 2001. ---
**Author:** ![Razrak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/razrak/32/5888_2.png) [@Razrak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Razrak)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/206 "2008-09-05T04:44:34Z")
I have been a lurker for about 1 year. I plan on staying that way. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/207 "2008-09-05T04:46:58Z")
> [@Razrak](#): > > I have been a lurker for about 1 year. I plan on staying that way. Right now you’re not doing so hot. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/208 "2008-09-05T04:52:08Z")
> [@Razrak](#): > > I have been a lurker for about 1 year. I plan on staying that way. Will you let us know how it goes? ---
**Author:** ![Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dread_pirate_jimbo/32/3897_2.png) [@Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dread_Pirate_Jimbo)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/209 "2008-09-05T05:09:49Z")
I’ve been part-time lurking over the last four years, mostly through my wife **featherlou** , who often directs me to interesting discussions and such. In the meantime, I’ve been dropping IQ points at a staggering rate by hanging out at a poker forum which has been amusing, but gets very frustrating when you try to start a discussion on anything more sophisticated than “would you sleep with the poster above you?” type threads. Glad to be back. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Buckeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9f8e36/32.png) [@Buckeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buckeye)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/210 "2008-09-05T05:17:01Z")
Waving Hi to the room. Now back to lurking. ---
**Author:** ![Strider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Strider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strider)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/211 "2008-09-05T05:45:57Z")
I used to be active back when I joined in 2001 (I think). Forgot about this place for a while and then found it again a few years ago and to my horror I found that it was no longer free!! I have not been back until now and finally it is free again! I haven’t even looked at my old posts yet. I wonder if they are still in the db. Going through that stuff would be a trip own memory lane, for sure. see ya later -n ---
**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 5, 2008, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/212 "2008-09-05T06:12:01Z")
> [@Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](#): > > I’ve been part-time lurking over the last four years, mostly through my wife **featherlou** , who often directs me to interesting discussions and such. In the meantime, I’ve been dropping IQ points at a staggering rate by hanging out at a poker forum which has been amusing, but gets very frustrating when you try to start a discussion on anything more sophisticated than “would you sleep with the poster above you?” type threads. > > Glad to be back. 🙂 Hi baby! We’ll use small words until you get back up to speed. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Not\_Appearing\_on\_This\_Site](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7cd45c/32.png) [@Sir\_Not\_Appearing\_on\_This\_Site](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Not_Appearing_on_This_Site)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/213 "2008-09-05T06:32:05Z")
I have been lurking on and off for longer than my '06 join date would indicate. I discovered the dope in '01 or '02, and then college caught up with me, and then when I got a job and got bored, i rediscovered the dope. My user name is fairly accurate, as I will not be writing many posts. I am content to be a lurker, most of the time. ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/214 "2008-09-05T09:10:28Z")
Ahh, nice to be back, let me stretch my legs a little. Joined (under a different name back in 2001 or 2002, I think). Lurked since the pay-to-post system was installed. And now I’m back. Just like riding a bike (that someone else bought fo you)! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![MsAnneThrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3d9bf3/32.png) [@MsAnneThrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsAnneThrope)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/215 "2008-09-05T10:00:58Z")
Hi all! Been reading over your shoulders for about four years now. Periodically wanted to join but I’m not exactly rolling in assets, and am fiercely protective of my beer monies. Priorities, y’know. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/216 "2008-09-05T10:24:10Z")
> [@Isamu](#): > > Joined (under a different name back in 2001 or 2002, I think). If you previously posted under a different account, please contact **TubaDiva** about getting them merged. If you just mean you changed your username, nevermind. ---
**Author:** ![Essured](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Essured](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Essured)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/217 "2008-09-05T10:57:17Z")
I’m back too. I paid up for the first year, more as a thanks than anything I guess, but didn’t the second time around for tons of reasons. It’s odd to be posting again! I used to post under the username ‘Goo’ for a couple of years (but had it officially changed to this). I doubt many posters remember me under either username, apart from a couple of Aussie posters. ---
**Author:** ![Lucretia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@Lucretia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucretia)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/218 "2008-09-05T12:02:03Z")
> [@iampunha](#): > > I’ll take your hot and dusty and raise you … hot and dusty here in South Texas. > > (You know, you didn’t have to move halfway around the world to get your daughter away from my brother;)) Hah! Well, she’s only in California, so tell your brother not to get any ideas! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Rolken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df788c/32.png) [@Rolken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rolken)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/219 "2008-09-05T14:26:15Z")
Hello! I’ve been lurking awhile and never posted much even when it was free so I’m not sure I will now. But it’s nice to have the option again. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/220 "2008-09-05T15:17:15Z")
> [@featherlou](#): > > Hi baby! We’ll use small words until you get back up to speed. 😃 So, should we not tell him about the “What Doper would you like to have sex with?” threads? We have the same conversations, only most of the words are spelled correctly! 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753.md?page=12)