# Raise your hand if you're a dumb ass. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 28, 2005, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youre-a-dumb-ass/301589 "2005-04-28T19:20:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2005, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youre-a-dumb-ass/301589/21 "2005-04-28T20:18:03Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > We put notices up all over, including the Straight Dope front page (you do read the columns, I hope) . . . and all soon-to-be-expired members who had checked off in their profile that they wished to receive email from management got sent “hey, you!” notes reminding people to resubscribe. > > Since you are required to keep a valid email address in your profile, unless you specifically requested not to receive email from us, you should have received something. Please check your spam filter, too, though I’m sure now it’s not much use. > > your humble TubaDiva I must’ve thought it was a accidentally subscribed-to thread and deleted it or something. Don’t get me wrong, though, I’m not grousing about it. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2005, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youre-a-dumb-ass/301589/22 "2005-04-28T20:20:55Z")
Nope–I found it; usually Straight Dope email comes to my inbox, but the subscription reminder went to my spam folder. Well, shit! ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2005, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youre-a-dumb-ass/301589/23 "2005-04-28T20:23:25Z")
_raises hand_ ---
**Author:** ![jlzania](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/67e7ee/32.png) [@jlzania](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jlzania)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2005, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youre-a-dumb-ass/301589/24 "2005-04-28T20:31:23Z")
Hey-whadda ya know. I still have charter under my name-I was only kidding about not caring. Now I can continue to feel vastly superior to all those mere members. Of course, since I average .61 posts a day, it really should say charter lurker. ---
**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:** [April 28, 2005, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youre-a-dumb-ass/301589/25 "2005-04-28T20:47:14Z")
:: smug smirk :: I didn’t even have to remember – I’m already paid up till 2007. :: sheepish grin :: Of course, that’s coz twice, in the course of helping other Dopers get subscribed when the board went pay, I managed to pay for myself instead of them. :: wanders off :: ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2005, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youre-a-dumb-ass/301589/26 "2005-04-28T20:50:40Z")
> [@](#): > > Baltimoron Cecil would agree: [http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1\_165.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_165.html) [http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1\_195.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_195.html) [http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2\_131.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_131.html) ---
**Author:** ![susan\_foster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@susan\_foster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan_foster)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2005, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youre-a-dumb-ass/301589/27 "2005-04-28T20:53:13Z")
> [@mouthbreather](#): > > dipshit #16, checking in. :smack: C’mon - take a look at your username - ya gotta expect it! Susan ---
**Author:** ![mrklutz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ebca7d/32.png) [@mrklutz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrklutz)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2005, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youre-a-dumb-ass/301589/28 "2005-04-28T20:54:49Z")
Yeah, I didn’t re-up until an hour after the deadline. I find it rather annoying to not be re-activated as a Charter Member instead of just Member, but whaddaya do? ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2005, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youre-a-dumb-ass/301589/29 "2005-04-28T21:02:04Z")
> [@susan\_foster](#): > > C’mon - take a look at your username - ya gotta expect it! > > Susan Zing! I guess, anyway. /shrug ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2005, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youre-a-dumb-ass/301589/30 "2005-04-28T21:05:39Z")
Just _look_ at all you plain-bellied Sneetches. Hrumph! ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2005, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youre-a-dumb-ass/301589/31 "2005-04-28T21:23:35Z")
One of my first threads was my freely admitting to being an idiot. So…why is it the plain bellied sneeches never bought their own fucking hotdogs & volleyball gear and had their own beach parties? For 30 years I never gave this a thought until my own kid said, “Why didn’t they just do their own thing and not invite the snotty star bellies over?” ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2005, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youre-a-dumb-ass/301589/32 "2005-04-28T21:27:19Z")
> [@UrbanChic](#): > > Just _look_ at all you plain-bellied Sneetches. Hrumph! Yeah, but every year more and more people will lose their star belly. I’d wager by 2057 that we will be looking down on you charterbellies. THEN WHO WILL BE LAUGHING? :mad: ---
**Author:** ![BethCro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cdc98d/32.png) [@BethCro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BethCro)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2005, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youre-a-dumb-ass/301589/33 "2005-04-28T21:28:16Z")
Just checking … had trouble posting earlier … am I still here?? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2005, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youre-a-dumb-ass/301589/34 "2005-04-28T21:31:04Z")
Hey, you don’t want to lose your charter. Marshal O’Niel will get on your case! (obscure pop-culture trivia challenge) ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2005, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youre-a-dumb-ass/301589/35 "2005-04-28T21:32:38Z")
I wish I cared enough to research why it’s better to be a “charter” member. If anybody cares to enlighten me in 20 words or less then I’d be curious to know the answer. Otherwise, I’m paid up until the end of the year so you’re all stuck with me until at least then. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2005, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youre-a-dumb-ass/301589/36 "2005-04-28T21:44:51Z")
:: points and laughs :: ---
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2005, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youre-a-dumb-ass/301589/37 "2005-04-28T21:49:26Z")
“Charter Member” basically means “I’ve been here since before the board went pay.” Its bragging rights, basically. \<— 17 words ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2005, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youre-a-dumb-ass/301589/38 "2005-04-28T21:51:32Z")
> [@Ghanima](#): > > “Charter Member” basically means “I’ve been here since before the board went pay.” Its bragging rights, basically. \<— 17 words doesn’t registration date serve the same (pointless) purpose? ---
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2005, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youre-a-dumb-ass/301589/39 "2005-04-28T21:56:07Z")
Well, yes, but I guess it also adds the condition “and I renewed on time every year.” Pointless indeed, like a feather in your cap. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2005, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youre-a-dumb-ass/301589/40 "2005-04-28T21:57:10Z")
Seeing “charter member” prevents one from having to do all that hard arithmetic. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youre-a-dumb-ass/301589.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youre-a-dumb-ass/301589.md?page=3)