# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2005, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youre-a-dumb-ass/301589/41 "2005-04-28T22:02:25Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > I am inexplicably saddened by the loss of my “charter.” Ahhh, but you still have your “member”. ---
**Author:** ![FaerieBeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e95f7d/32.png) [@FaerieBeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FaerieBeth)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2005, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youre-a-dumb-ass/301589/42 "2005-04-28T22:04:28Z")
> [@UrbanChic](#): > > Just _look_ at all you plain-bellied Sneetches. Hrumph! Hey! I was just thinking that! Now, if would be cool if they could change the little online buttons next to the names of the charter members into a star shape. Then, the could offer to change the plain member’s buttons for a dollar, and then…well, you guys know the story. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2005, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youre-a-dumb-ass/301589/43 "2005-04-28T22:08:41Z")
> [@Bryan Ekers](#): > > Hey, you don’t want to lose your charter. Marshal O’Niel will get on your case! > (obscure pop-culture trivia challenge) Picks up gage, looks at it, hands it back to **Bryan Ekers**. I own that movie. “Hey, Sheppard. Guess what I just found in a meat locker.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Elenfair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cc9497/32.png) [@Elenfair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elenfair)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2005, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youre-a-dumb-ass/301589/44 "2005-04-28T22:09:12Z")
I would have been in the same boat, had lno not reminded me and actually gone ahead and done the renewal for me. I suck. Of course, watch this message fail to post right! Ha! ---
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2005, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youre-a-dumb-ass/301589/45 "2005-04-28T22:15:31Z")
> [@lno](#): > > You guys have columns? When did that start? Heh. I added the syndicated feed to my LJ friends list 'cause I keep forgetting to check the new columns. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2005, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youre-a-dumb-ass/301589/46 "2005-04-28T22:56:33Z")
Ok, you all need to line up over there, to get your signs… (you know, that hayseed comedian’s routine about stupid people should have to wear a sign.) So, here are your signs… … 🆒 runs away with hands over head to avoid the airborne missles… ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2005, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youre-a-dumb-ass/301589/47 "2005-04-28T23:00:06Z")
I am a jelly donut. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2005, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youre-a-dumb-ass/301589/48 "2005-04-28T23:44:38Z")
> [@brownie55](#): > > Baltimoron 😃 Aww, **I** wanted to be the one to call him that! ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2005, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youre-a-dumb-ass/301589/49 "2005-04-28T23:52:25Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > I got an email a week or so ago. I think I got one too. ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youre-a-dumb-ass/301589/50 "2005-04-29T00:19:30Z")
So this is the Dumbarses Anonymous thread? Glad I found it. I lost my Charter Member pseudo-status a while back because I hadn’t paid in time last year but I was really hoping to be able to take advantage of the discount. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youre-a-dumb-ass/301589/51 "2005-04-29T00:24:52Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > I am a jelly donut. Well, that explains a lot. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![MaddyStrut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dbc845/32.png) [@MaddyStrut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaddyStrut)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youre-a-dumb-ass/301589/52 "2005-04-29T00:46:46Z")
Dammit! Dammit! Dammit! I got an email on the 25th and went to reup only to be interrupted by the phone. It completely skipped my mind until tonight. Like others, the extra money I can live with, but I’m bumming about the loss of the word “charter.” Now I will forever be seen on the Dope as a woman who can’t remember to resubscribe on time. But I really do pay my other bills on time and my credit is good. _I promise!_ ---
**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:** [April 29, 2005, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youre-a-dumb-ass/301589/53 "2005-04-29T01:51:13Z")
I knew I would be a dumbass, so a year ago, when I subscribed the first time, I set an Outlook reminder for about a week ago. Then I hit Dismiss instead of Snooze. :smack: Still remembered, though. ---
**Author:** ![Blalron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youre-a-dumb-ass/301589/54 "2005-04-29T02:01:14Z")
I renewed my subscription just in the nick of time! woot, I’m still a charterbellied sneech! ---
**Author:** ![Mac\_Guffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2bfe46/32.png) [@Mac\_Guffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mac_Guffin)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youre-a-dumb-ass/301589/55 "2005-04-29T09:18:36Z")
Got the email. Went “Oh crap! Is it time already?”. Got on the fucking ball and sent it in. Whew. ---
**Author:** ![cckerberos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@cckerberos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cckerberos)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youre-a-dumb-ass/301589/56 "2005-04-29T09:54:20Z")
Well, I saw the notices to renew, but figured I’d just do it the next time I posted after expiring. Didn’t worry about having to send the Reader a little more of my money. Didn’t think that’d mean that I would lose my ‘Charter’ title. That’s kinda lame. Why don’t they just have an auto-renew option that could be chosen, anyway? ---
**Author:** ![sinical\_brit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/48db29/32.png) [@sinical\_brit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sinical_brit)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youre-a-dumb-ass/301589/57 "2005-04-29T10:10:33Z")
Yup - i forgot till i saw Razorsharp’s farewell thread. Suspect i am now a plain old member. Havnt figured out what i think about that. You still got me for another month tho… Sin ---
**Author:** ![calm\_kiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@calm\_kiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/calm_kiwi)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youre-a-dumb-ass/301589/58 "2005-04-29T10:49:54Z")
I had decided I had typed enough shit. I never would stop reading the dope but I thought I had spouted enough, I was going to make myself read-only. It seems I have been paid for. **Maleinblack** you tosser! (well I presume it was you) Thank you 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![mailman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8491ac/32.png) [@mailman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mailman)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youre-a-dumb-ass/301589/59 "2005-04-29T10:55:50Z")
Okay, even though I still have my “Charter Memeber” status, I still want to lobby for a new appellation. How about “Throbbing Member”? ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youre-a-dumb-ass/301589/60 "2005-04-29T11:05:37Z")
> [@calm kiwi](#): > > I had decided I had typed enough shit. I never would stop reading the dope but I thought I had spouted enough, I was going to make myself read-only. Don’t you ever dare leave, fellow Kiwi … few enough of us around here as it is. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youre-a-dumb-ass/301589.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raise-your-hand-if-youre-a-dumb-ass/301589.md?page=4)