# Who's staying on the SDMB? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 18, 2004, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-staying-on-the-sdmb/235090 "2004-03-18T21:26:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2004, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-staying-on-the-sdmb/235090/201 "2004-03-21T04:06:46Z")
**RickQ** and I are both in. We considered sharing a membership for about 5 seconds, but then realized that a) we would lose our post counts and b) $10 is a paltry sum for what we get here. We **never** considered not staying. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2004, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-staying-on-the-sdmb/235090/202 "2004-03-21T05:16:42Z")
What a quandry- $5 doesn’t worry me unduly (someone said they spill more than that a month- I spill more than that a day!) but I hate paying for online things, given that a person pays to get online and be bombarded with stinking pop ups at every turn. That being said, I have lurked for a long time before joining and will end up coughing up the five bucks. I do find it a difficult situation for those of us overseas though- if you don’t wish to use a credit card, you end up paying something like $30 for a money order in US dollars. Somewhere, I am sure an American owes me a favour worth five bucks. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Denis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5e9695/32.png) [@Denis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Denis)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2004, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-staying-on-the-sdmb/235090/203 "2004-03-21T05:39:15Z")
I’m definitely staying. I haven’t found anyplace on the 'net as interesting and entertaining as the Dope. ---
**Author:** ![Club\_33](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@Club\_33](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Club_33)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2004, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-staying-on-the-sdmb/235090/204 "2004-03-21T08:32:56Z")
Well, it’s either this or get a life. I’ll cough up the fiver. ---
**Author:** ![chattywine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5daacb/32.png) [@chattywine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chattywine)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2004, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-staying-on-the-sdmb/235090/205 "2004-03-21T09:24:01Z")
Me too! Me too! Oh the many things that I have learned here the giggles I’ve gotten, couldn’t imagine leaving. Tis most definitely worth it. It gives me a glimpse, albeit a bit left of center, of what’s shaking back in the states. And EuroDopers…today it’s only 4.03 (can’t find Euro symbol on the keyboard), tis a deal! ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2004, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-staying-on-the-sdmb/235090/206 "2004-03-21T11:22:12Z")
Yeah, I’m staying. I was worried it was going to be expensive to subscribe, but I think I can manage less than 10 cents a week. ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2004, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-staying-on-the-sdmb/235090/207 "2004-03-21T12:35:25Z")
Yair. I’ll stay as long as this board survives in a recognisable form. **Ed Zotti** will have to kick me out at closing time. ---
**Author:** ![SkeptiJess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@SkeptiJess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkeptiJess)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2004, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-staying-on-the-sdmb/235090/208 "2004-03-21T14:24:27Z")
I’ll be in. ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2004, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-staying-on-the-sdmb/235090/209 "2004-03-21T15:54:59Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > given that a person pays to get online and be bombarded with stinking pop ups at every turn. Sounds like you need either the [Google toolbar](http://www.toolbar.google.com/) to block those popups or you need to run Spybot and Ad-Aware to catch some adware on your computer. ---
**Author:** ![dreamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@dreamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dreamer)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2004, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-staying-on-the-sdmb/235090/210 "2004-03-21T15:55:32Z")
I’m staying. ---
**Author:** ![sunfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/96bed5/32.png) [@sunfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunfish)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2004, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-staying-on-the-sdmb/235090/211 "2004-03-21T17:00:19Z")
Just another reminder that if you want to stay but have money constraints and/or no easy way to pay, there are plenty of people waiting to lend a hand here: [Make your “pay my subscription fee” request here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=245878) and [Anonymous Gift Subscriptions to the SDMB](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=245885) Feel free to add your name there too if you’d like to sponsor someone, or if you’re willing to handle someone else’s payment for them. ---
**Author:** ![Fred](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/db5fbb/32.png) [@Fred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fred)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2004, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-staying-on-the-sdmb/235090/212 "2004-03-21T17:07:14Z")
I’m leaving, or rather, not paying. Now I feel like a man who has been told he has a certain amount of time to live. How I spend these last days will reveal something about my character and maybe we’ll all learn a valuable lesson about… about… about… [Insert musical swell here] LIFE! AND LOVE! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Zamboni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@The\_Great\_Zamboni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Zamboni)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2004, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-staying-on-the-sdmb/235090/213 "2004-03-21T17:13:59Z")
I’m stickin’ around. I love this place. ---
**Author:** ![threeorange](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@threeorange](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threeorange)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2004, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-staying-on-the-sdmb/235090/214 "2004-03-21T20:21:36Z")
I’m staying. The best things in life may not necessarily be free, but it’s good to know that at least one of them is only $4.95. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2004, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-staying-on-the-sdmb/235090/215 "2004-03-22T00:02:50Z")
$5 a year? I’m not exactly rich or anything, but that’s damn cheap entertainment, especially considering that I’ll actually have internet access soon and will be able to post the way I used to, way back in the day. Plus, I’ve got an impressively high post count for someone who no one knows unless they’ve been here over a year and a half or so. ---
**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2004, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-staying-on-the-sdmb/235090/216 "2004-03-22T00:15:30Z")
So far, I think I’m staying. I’m going to wait around a while to see what I consider the 15-20 most interesting Dopers do, I’ve already got a positive read on about 5 of them and a negative on 2-3. But I don’t think I’ll subscribe if I have to sign up for PayPal. Especially not after reading some of the comments here. What’s so wrong with it? ---
**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:** [March 22, 2004, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-staying-on-the-sdmb/235090/217 "2004-03-22T00:54:03Z")
I’m still in. Haj ---
**Author:** ![Stage\_Manager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stage_manager/32/7267_2.png) [@Stage\_Manager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stage_Manager)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2004, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-staying-on-the-sdmb/235090/218 "2004-03-22T01:48:32Z")
I, too, will be staying. ---
**Author:** ![richardb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/96bed5/32.png) [@richardb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/richardb)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2004, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-staying-on-the-sdmb/235090/219 "2004-03-22T03:17:44Z")
I’m in. (Just in case anyone is really keeping track). I second **imthjckaz** ’s suggestion that there be an option to pay a set fee to become a permanent member. I would rather not have to worry about re-signing up every year, or of having whatever credit card I leave no longer be valid as the cards I use will shift from time to time. The extra expense up front might be worth no hassles in the future. ---
**Author:** ![Achren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@Achren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achren)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2004, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-staying-on-the-sdmb/235090/220 "2004-03-22T04:15:14Z")
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