# To renew or not to renew, that is the question **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 19, 2011, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-renew-or-not-to-renew-that-is-the-question/582476 "2011-05-19T17:36:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2011, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-renew-or-not-to-renew-that-is-the-question/582476/1 "2011-05-19T17:36:30Z")
It’s that time. My SDMB membership is up for renewal. I’m not sure that I get the bang for the buck from the Dope any more. I don’t spend anywhere near as much time in here as I used to. I get the joy of being listed as a Charter Member, but big whoop on that. Convince me that it’s worth coughing up the bucks for another year. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2011, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-renew-or-not-to-renew-that-is-the-question/582476/2 "2011-05-19T17:40:33Z")
Half-price. No ads. no risk of infection from the shady ad brokers/providers. Ever shrinking pool of exclusivity. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2011, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-renew-or-not-to-renew-that-is-the-question/582476/3 "2011-05-19T18:00:08Z")
Think of it this way: you’ll save a few bucks, and free up more time that you can spend on more important… wait, did you say talk you _into_ renewing? ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2011, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-renew-or-not-to-renew-that-is-the-question/582476/4 "2011-05-19T19:30:45Z")
Someone’s got to pay to keep this place going, and it ain’t going to be me. ---
**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:** [May 19, 2011, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-renew-or-not-to-renew-that-is-the-question/582476/5 "2011-05-19T19:41:47Z")
The membership for a year is about the cost of a meal at McDonalds. Surely you get more enjoyment than THAT out of this place! (Yeah, I know, don’t call you Shirley.) ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2011, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-renew-or-not-to-renew-that-is-the-question/582476/6 "2011-05-19T21:45:20Z")
It’s one of the best values I can think of. A year’s enjoyment for 2 gallons of gas. StG ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2011, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-renew-or-not-to-renew-that-is-the-question/582476/7 "2011-05-19T22:25:17Z")
Judgment Day is the 21st. What’s the point in renewing? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MoodIndigo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@MoodIndigo1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoodIndigo1)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2011, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-renew-or-not-to-renew-that-is-the-question/582476/8 "2011-05-19T22:28:13Z")
OMG, I just renewed because my subscription was ending on the 21st. If the world ends, I want my money back. Seriously, how can you find a better bunch of people with whom to whittle away the hours? ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2011, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-renew-or-not-to-renew-that-is-the-question/582476/9 "2011-05-19T22:31:19Z")
You’d get to stay in the exclusive club that has me in it! what, not enticing enough? Damn. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-renew-or-not-to-renew-that-is-the-question/582476/10 "2011-05-20T00:12:49Z")
Who ya gonna yell at for being liberal jerks if you leave the board? ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-renew-or-not-to-renew-that-is-the-question/582476/11 "2011-05-20T00:22:04Z")
1. I would miss you. I don’t know if that’s worth $7 or not, but thought I’d throw it out there for your consideration. 2. I’ve found that this place goes through cycles. Sometimes I’m posting a lot and reading a lot; other times, it’s just skimming. The up parts of the cycle are well worth the “meh” part of the cycle. 3. You get to hang out with Opal. 4. New election cycle coming up. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-renew-or-not-to-renew-that-is-the-question/582476/12 "2011-05-20T00:43:56Z")
Okay, guys, you talked me into it. Thanks for the responses. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-renew-or-not-to-renew-that-is-the-question/582476/13 "2011-05-20T17:48:54Z")
All right, Cecil, you got my seven clams and change for another year. Don’t waste it all on hookers and blow, buy some vitamins for the damn hamsters! ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-renew-or-not-to-renew-that-is-the-question/582476/14 "2011-05-20T18:36:39Z")
Thanks alot, 'Hump! Now I don’t get a chance to suck up to Cecil, begging you to pay up, already. Okay, fine! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-renew-or-not-to-renew-that-is-the-question/582476/15 "2011-05-20T19:04:07Z")
This year, thanks to the strength of the Canadian dollar, I actually paid _less_ than the advertised price! $7.33 was charged to my credit card! That was fun. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-renew-or-not-to-renew-that-is-the-question/582476/16 "2011-05-20T20:32:40Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > All right, Cecil, you got my seven clams and change for another year. Don’t waste it all on hookers and blow, buy some vitamins for the damn hamsters! Hey, you’ve been here a l-o-o-o-n-g time. You remember when those hamsters were starving. They’re on steroids now compared to the bad old days. You no longer have time to go bake a cake while waiting for your post to show up. Glad to have you back. ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-renew-or-not-to-renew-that-is-the-question/582476/17 "2011-05-20T20:58:01Z")
Down side: I now eat less cake. I like cake. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-renew-or-not-to-renew-that-is-the-question/582476/18 "2011-05-20T23:24:38Z")
> [@mnemosyne](#): > > Down side: I now eat less cake. I like cake. When come back, bring pie. Sorry, couldn’t let that one slip past! ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-renew-or-not-to-renew-that-is-the-question/582476/19 "2011-05-20T23:29:33Z")
Glad ya stayed with us! I debated it too but decided in the end this is the best entertainment for the dollar value I have ever received. Plus, cake and pie! ---
**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:** [May 21, 2011, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-renew-or-not-to-renew-that-is-the-question/582476/20 "2011-05-21T03:40:40Z")
> [@mnemosyne](#): > > This year, thanks to the strength of the Canadian dollar, I actually paid _less_ than the advertised price! $7.33 was charged to my credit card! That was fun. Oh, yeah, that’s right - I was going to brag about that, too, and I forgot! 😃 (I think mine was only $7.46 - picked the wrong day.) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-renew-or-not-to-renew-that-is-the-question/582476.md?page=2)