# Uh, when did I become a member? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 2, 2011, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-when-did-i-become-a-member/591142 "2011-08-02T03:30:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2011, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-when-did-i-become-a-member/591142/1 "2011-08-02T03:30:46Z")
I stopped paying a while ago. Was this a glitch, or did someone pay for me? I appreciate it, but you really didn’t have to. ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2011, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-when-did-i-become-a-member/591142/2 "2011-08-02T03:39:49Z")
Once you hit 40,000 posts, you get free membership. Fifty thousand and you get a mug. Get all the way up to 100,000 and they give you one of the server gerbils. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2011, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-when-did-i-become-a-member/591142/3 "2011-08-02T03:41:17Z")
> [@Revenant\_Threshold](#): > > Once you hit 40,000 posts, you get free membership. > > Fifty thousand and you get a mug. Get all the way up to 100,000 and they give you one of the server gerbils. No. Get all the way up to 100,000 and they _make_ you one of the server gerbils. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2011, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-when-did-i-become-a-member/591142/4 "2011-08-02T03:43:42Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > I stopped paying a while ago. Was this a glitch, or did someone pay for me? I appreciate it, but you really didn’t have to. Looks like you have a secret admirer. How cute is that? ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2011, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-when-did-i-become-a-member/591142/5 "2011-08-02T05:10:41Z")
… and it’s not even Valentine’s Day. ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2011, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-when-did-i-become-a-member/591142/6 "2011-08-02T05:15:24Z")
Yep, someone must have paid for you. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2011, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-when-did-i-become-a-member/591142/7 "2011-08-02T18:15:40Z")
I can confirm that you have been gifted with a membership from someone who wishes to remain anonymous. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2011, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-when-did-i-become-a-member/591142/8 "2011-08-02T19:35:58Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > I can confirm that you have been gifted with a membership from someone who wishes to remain anonymous. Well, thank them for me, although they really shouldn’t have. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2011, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-when-did-i-become-a-member/591142/9 "2011-08-02T19:50:22Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Well, thank them for me, although they really shouldn’t have. 😉 I shouldn’t? I’m sorry. You can mail me back the money. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2011, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-when-did-i-become-a-member/591142/10 "2011-08-02T20:48:55Z")
The “$200 to go away” pledge level has proven more difficult to meet. Welcome back! ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2011, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-when-did-i-become-a-member/591142/11 "2011-08-07T02:04:32Z")
If someone wants to secretly admire me, I will not complain. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2011, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-when-did-i-become-a-member/591142/12 "2011-08-07T02:14:27Z")
I’m already a member so if I have any secret admirers out there, just mail me the money directly. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Dord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@The\_Dord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Dord)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2011, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-when-did-i-become-a-member/591142/13 "2011-08-07T16:03:10Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > I can confirm that you have been gifted with a membership from someone who wishes to remain anonymous. That’s pretty awesome whomever did it 😃