# 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:** 12
**Author:** ![EarhornJones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5f9b8f/32.png) [@EarhornJones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EarhornJones)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/221 "2008-09-05T15:38:29Z")
Another long-time lurker here, checking in. ---
**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, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/222 "2008-09-05T16:25:51Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > 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! 😃 And fewer (by far) LOL posts. 🙂 And now maybe there will be someone on the boards who actually DOES want to have sex with me. 😃 ETA: I mean definitely! Definitely wants to have sex with me! Maybe I’ll just shut up now. ---
**Author:** ![moi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@moi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moi)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/223 "2008-09-05T16:37:24Z")
> [@that\_darn\_cat](#): > > **Moi** should be along too. He knows me so well. ---
**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, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/224 "2008-09-05T16:59:23Z")
> [@Lucretia](#): > > Hah! Well, she’s only in California, so tell your brother not to get any ideas! 🆒 He’s on the East Coast and going to a reasonably expensive college. (I mention the expense only to note that he probably isn’t in any position to fly out anywhere. I learned more at the two cheaper places I went than at the, obviously, bigger-money place.) ::waves to **moi** before (the plan is, as of this second) going back to bed. Realizes that looks suspicious:: ---
**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, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/225 "2008-09-05T17:03:08Z")
> [@moi](#): > > He knows me so well. Welcome back. ---
**Author:** ![PoorWarblingOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4491bb/32.png) [@PoorWarblingOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoorWarblingOne)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/226 "2008-09-05T17:04:54Z")
_checks it’s safe to come out_ Another here: I guested, never paid subscription and have been lurking constantly: reading and enjoying but never posting. Until now… ---
**Author:** ![CCYMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/87869e/32.png) [@CCYMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CCYMan)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/227 "2008-09-05T17:08:15Z")
Another old member checking in. I used to post before the boards went to paid, then lurked ever since. Just found out today that I could post again, and that my old user name still works! Wow, this is neat. ---
**Author:** ![moi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@moi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moi)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/228 "2008-09-05T17:12:59Z")
Hi, **punha**! Looks, um, cozy over there. ::wagglewaggle:: (What are you doing in Texas?!) **ultrafilter**! I feel a group hug coming on. So good to see so many familiar, warmly remembered names. ---
**Author:** ![el\_nombre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9dc877/32.png) [@el\_nombre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/el_nombre)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/229 "2008-09-05T17:49:28Z")
I’ve also just now realized I’m able to post. Been lurking for about 3 years, every Monday through Friday. Was a paid member for 1 of those years but barely ever posted. I found the straight dope by looking over the shoulder of a co-worker about 7 years ago. (I wonder if he’s here) I never checked out the boards until 4 years later after i had read all of Cecil’s articles. I’ve been hooked ever since. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/230 "2008-09-05T18:36:04Z")
> [@Lola\_Granola](#): > > _Waves hand_ > > Have lurked since… let’s just say a very long time, yes? > > Ha Ha! I knew if I waited long enough I would once again be able to post! Muwhahaha! Now, to change my user name so my stalkers can’t find me, and then on to world domination! Lola! Howdy! ---
**Author:** ![Diz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/87869e/32.png) [@Diz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diz)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/231 "2008-09-05T20:00:45Z")
I lurked for a year or two before joining, made a handful of posts before P2P, and have been lurking ever since. With as much time as I’ve devoted to this place, I might as well try to contribute something now that I can post again… ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/232 "2008-09-05T20:18:53Z")
Damn. It’s like some Biblical story about the Chosen People returning to the Promised Land. > [@Bacon\_Salt](#): > > But how am I the first person to claim Bacon Salt as a username? Y’all are slacking. Good luck with the vanity searching, there, bucko. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Wygtya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f08c70/32.png) [@Wygtya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wygtya)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/233 "2008-09-05T21:28:45Z")
Ooh Oooh! Me too. I can lose entire days lurking here. I anticipate things getting much worse now. Hi **Memory Dump** methinks you are my unca. ---
**Author:** ![pojimba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bcef8e/32.png) [@pojimba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pojimba)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/234 "2008-09-05T21:42:27Z")
Lurker since '05 here. You guys crack me up. Continue. ---
**Author:** ![davidw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c4cdca/32.png) [@davidw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidw)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/235 "2008-09-05T21:47:39Z")
I used to post when it was free, lurked during the P2P times up until about 3 months ago, when I decided to pay. If only I’d been more patient. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/236 "2008-09-05T21:51:57Z")
I also posted back when it was free, bought the first year of paid membership and then failed to renew. I’m hoping I get to search again, that was the function I missed the most. ---
**Author:** ![Hombre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecb155/32.png) [@Hombre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hombre)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/237 "2008-09-05T22:34:20Z")
I’ve lurked almost everyday since my posting years ago. ---
**Author:** ![poker\_in\_the\_rear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/dc4da7/32.png) [@poker\_in\_the\_rear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/poker_in_the_rear)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/238 "2008-09-05T23:33:52Z")
lurking since '99 ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/239 "2008-09-05T23:38:14Z")
I paid for the first year of paid memberships, but didn’t renew when it expired. I wasn’t fundamentally opposed to paying, but I was beginning grad school and figured it was best to have one less distraction. I did continue to read the boards regularly, but just reading is less distracting than posting! There have only been a few threads over the years that I felt really suffered due to my lack of participation. 😉 I did e-mail posters a few times to offer either support or information, but this happened only about once a year. So even after I finished school and got a job (and then left that job and got a better one) I didn’t feel it was worth paying to regain my posting privileges. Now that it’s free again, I’ll just have to put a little extra effort into moderating my SDMB time. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/240 "2008-09-06T00:31:58Z")
> [@moi](#): > > Hi, **punha**! Looks, um, cozy over there. ::wagglewaggle:: (What are you doing in Texas?!) Wife and I moved here after I got a job … here. It’s spectacular. Really. (Can you tell I’m at work?) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753.md?page=13)