# Very mundane and extremly pointless. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 9, 2008, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-mundane-and-extremly-pointless/462818 "2008-09-09T18:43:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Evnglion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f04885/32.png) [@Evnglion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evnglion)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2008, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-mundane-and-extremly-pointless/462818/1 "2008-09-09T18:43:50Z")
I used to love this website, particularly the message board. I would spend hours sifting through all the posts every day, I just couldn’t get enough of it. Then, my world was destroyed. I logged in one day to discover that it was now a subscription service, or something along those lines. I was devastated. Now, 4, maybe even 5 years later, I am delighted to discover that its back, and virtually nothing has changed. I am thrilled, and I just wanted to let all you other straight dopers know. Plus, I kinda wanted to see my join date number of posts… ---
**Author:** ![Interconnected\_Series\_of\_Tubes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/13edae/32.png) [@Interconnected\_Series\_of\_Tubes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Interconnected_Series_of_Tubes)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2008, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-mundane-and-extremly-pointless/462818/2 "2008-09-09T19:03:20Z")
You were aware you still had the ability to read posts while the paid subscriptions were in effect, right? I know I frittered away many unproductive hours thanks to these buncha geniuses. There’s a lot of us lurkers posting for the first time these days. In some aspects the board is very intimidating - it’s going to take a little work adjusting the quality the reliability of my posts from the Internet standard to what this place expects.