# 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:** 15
**Author:** ![Hot\_Buttered\_Toast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b38774/32.png) [@Hot\_Buttered\_Toast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hot_Buttered_Toast)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2008, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/281 "2008-09-09T15:19:19Z")
Okay, it’s been a really long time. Kind of forgot this place existed, actually. I don’t really see much need to post now, though. Back to obscurity. ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2008, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/282 "2008-09-09T15:43:26Z")
> [@Hot\_Buttered\_Toast](#): > > Okay, it’s been a really long time. Kind of forgot this place existed, actually. > > I don’t really see much need to post now, though. Back to obscurity. Obscurity? Heh. Y’remember that guy you smacked down like a wet mosquito for hitting on your 13-year-old self? I do, and so do a lot of people. That was hilarious. He’s a mod now. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2008, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/283 "2008-09-09T20:27:08Z")
> [@Brunhilda](#): > > 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. Hey **Brunhilda**!! I tried to reply to your message but the board wouldn’t let me. Either that or you’ve received about 6 messages saying the same thing… Anyway, could you drop me a line on my off-site email? ---
**Author:** ![Constant\_Reader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8edcca/32.png) [@Constant\_Reader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Constant_Reader)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2008, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/284 "2008-09-09T20:58:28Z")
_delurking_ Allo. I’ve been a lurker for years, joined in 2007. ---
**Author:** ![pohjonen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pohjonen/32/423_2.png) [@pohjonen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pohjonen)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2008, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/285 "2008-09-09T22:04:18Z")
Member before it was pay, paid the first year, lapsed, but lurked the whole time. ---
**Author:** ![PotLuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbce88/32.png) [@PotLuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PotLuck)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2008, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/286 "2008-09-09T22:18:19Z")
> [@wunderkammer](#): > > I’ve been lurking for at least three years (after running into the LotR mega-thread quoted somewhere else) and I think I know everyone here at least 5,721 times better than they know me. Creepy, huh? Me too, and it _is_ kinda creepy, isn’t it? After “eavesdropping” on the Dopers’ conversations for several years I’ll have to force myself not to be overly familiar when I finally jump in to a thread. “Didn’t you once say you used to live in Boston?” or whatever will sound strange coming from a lurker like me who can’t even remember when she joined! ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2008, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/287 "2008-09-13T16:06:14Z")
I’m glad to see that **Lamia** is back. She was the Western Woman to my [Charisma Man.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charisma_Man) ---
**Author:** ![Politzania](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3ab097/32.png) [@Politzania](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Politzania)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2008, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/288 "2008-09-13T20:45:22Z")
Another one who paid for the first year of pay-to-post & has lurked since then. ---
**Author:** ![hyperjes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df705f/32.png) [@hyperjes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hyperjes)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2008, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/289 "2008-09-13T20:54:05Z")
> [@Politzania](#): > > Another one who paid for the first year of pay-to-post & has lurked since then. This is me, except for the lurking. Honest to Og- Last night, on a whim, I got to thinking about the SDMB, so I popped in to see if I could log in. Lo and behold, it was possible. I haven’t even visited since 2006. It’s nice to see that a lot of the same posters are around. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Defenestrator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/13edae/32.png) [@The\_Defenestrator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Defenestrator)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2008, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/290 "2008-09-14T03:10:34Z")
I’ve been lurking for the past 3-4 years off and on. There’s been a few times I really wanted to post something, but I held off because what if later there was something more important that I wanted to post after my 30 days expired? And I was a college student those past years and didn’t really have the money for the fee. I will probably continue to lurk for the most part, because well, it’s weird how I’ve been reading what everyone’s said, but no one knows who I am. ---
**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2008, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/291 "2008-09-14T03:19:25Z")
> [@iampunha](#): > > Oh, heck, I’m sure my presence (even without running nekkid through the thread – gotta save something for later, natch) only pushed the squeeing potential from “not quite at threshhold, but still pretty stoked” to “Proceed to squeeing station.” > > I’m not **that** exciting. ::checks code to make sure this place still uses brackets:: Just ask my wife. She’s forever lamenting how boring I am. It’s good to see you back. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2008, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/292 "2008-09-14T03:43:58Z")
> [@sailor](#): > > It’s good to see you back. 🙂 Been a few, ain’t it? I remember seeing you around here in a place or two lo these many years. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2008, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/293 "2008-09-14T04:31:33Z")
> [@Jenaroph](#): > > [QUOTE=Hot Buttered Toast] > > Okay, it’s been a really long time. Kind of forgot this place existed, actually. > > I don’t really see much need to post now, though. Back to obscurity. Obscurity? Heh. Y’remember that guy you smacked down like a wet mosquito for hitting on your 13-year-old self? I do, and so do a lot of people. That was hilarious. He’s a mod now. [/QUOTE] Hey, yeah! Oh, wait a sec… _stalks **Hot Buttered Toast** ’s profile_ …nope, hang on… _counts on fingers_ You’re 18 now, aren’t you? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Hot\_Buttered\_Toast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b38774/32.png) [@Hot\_Buttered\_Toast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hot_Buttered_Toast)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2008, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/294 "2008-09-14T14:35:24Z")
That I am, yes. ---
**Author:** ![harmswai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/59ef9b/32.png) [@harmswai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmswai)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/295 "2008-09-16T13:22:51Z")
quiet lurker here, when i can. ---
**Author:** ![socpro69](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@socpro69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/socpro69)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/296 "2008-09-16T14:37:22Z")
I started reading the forums regularly after the “Wally tries cybersex” thread was linked on the main page. I signed up to post in a thread about children’s books but posted sporadically at best, mostly about hockey and punk rock. I have been enjoying following the US election chatter in Great Debates. I also got addicted to pimpwar after initially participating in a sdmb alliance some posters put together. ---
**Author:** ![Ramira](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ramira/32/344_2.png) [@Ramira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ramira)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/297 "2008-09-19T14:21:10Z")
Not really lurking, but visited again and now. And accidentally found out it was no longer paid. ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/298 "2008-09-19T15:07:54Z")
Already made myself known in the Pit, but might as well jump on this bandwagon. Joined in '99; paid up, melted down and bolted in 2004. Got busted for lurking and dumped the SDMB cold turkey, then got wind last spring from former Doper (and now second-time Doper widow) **Anniz** that it was going free again, changed my password even though I swore I was never coming back, then started lurking a week or so ago. ---
**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:** [September 20, 2008, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/299 "2008-09-20T02:39:29Z")
> [@iampunha](#): > > 🙂 Been a few, ain’t it? I remember seeing you around here in a place or two lo these many years. Yo, dude! You’re still the lead-off batter for my sig! ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2008, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753/300 "2008-09-20T18:05:15Z")
> [@Politzania](#): > > Another one who paid for the first year of pay-to-post & has lurked since then. Same here. Will probably lurk more then post even now that it’s free again. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-here-if-you-have-been-lurking-for-the-duration-of-the-paid-memberships/461753.md?page=16)