# Well hey, today's my Joinaversary!
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-hey-todays-my-joinaversary/1031061
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [June 20, 2026, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-hey-todays-my-joinaversary/1031061 "2026-06-20T21:16:59Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2026, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-hey-todays-my-joinaversary/1031061/1 "2026-06-20T21:16:59Z")
Just noticed the little cake icon next to my name and went searching. It appears that 19 years ago I decided to join. Can it really be that long ago? Damn I’m gettin’ old …
I know I’m not a huge contributor, but I’m damned glad for this place.
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### Author:  [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2026, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-hey-todays-my-joinaversary/1031061/2 "2026-06-20T21:19:07Z")
Congratulations! Nice to get cake when not expecting it (even if it’s only virtual)!
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### Author:  [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2026, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-hey-todays-my-joinaversary/1031061/3 "2026-06-21T12:01:56Z")
This made me go look mine up - apparently I joined June 28, so my joinaversary is coming up. I’ll hit 26 years on the Dope this year.
That’s…close to exactly half my life I’ve been a member.
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### Author:  [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2026, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-hey-todays-my-joinaversary/1031061/4 "2026-06-21T14:37:55Z")
I joined in 2003 and I’m 70, so I’ve been here for a tad less than 1/3 of my life. I just did the calculations, and I’ll have to keep posting here until I’m 96 in 2051 to have been a Doper for half my life.
My dad turned 97 earlier this month, and my mother made it to 95, so I may have a chance.
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### Author:  [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2026, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-hey-todays-my-joinaversary/1031061/5 "2026-06-21T16:14:55Z")
Post twice as much and double your years. 🤣
They do it in prisons, it’s called “good time”. That’s seems nice(not that I wanna be in prison, but you understand).
I just got a replacement for my debit card. Expires 2030.
Kinda gives me hope. They believe I might live that long. Maybe I can. 🤞
Happy Doperversary. Anywhoo.
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### Author:  [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2026, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-hey-todays-my-joinaversary/1031061/6 "2026-06-21T16:44:24Z")
Happy Joinaversary!
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### Author:  [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2026, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-hey-todays-my-joinaversary/1031061/7 "2026-06-21T16:51:19Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#):
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> I just got a replacement for my debit card. Expires 2030.
I weirdly recall many, many years ago when I renewed my New Yorker subscription for four years instead of the usual one year. I specifically remember seeing the expired date on the label, which read 1997. And I specifically remember thinking that that date seemed to be so, so far into the future. Like, flying cars far.
mmm