# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-staying-on-the-sdmb/235090/81 "2004-03-19T02:24:41Z")
I’m in. But this - > [@Originally Posted by ZebraShaSha](#): > > Since I am not 18 (which means no credit card and no pay pal) I will have to convince my parents to use theirs. No, it is not the monetary value. I have 4 5s in my pocket now. It is just that I have no idea how I can explain to them just what I want to use it for. They are afraid to use google even. It took me a good month to convince them that amazon was not going to steal their identity. If I told them that I would like to use the credit card for the very reason why I am online constantly, that gives them more power than anyone should ever even fathom owning. > > So, it is all up in the air… > > Man, the horrible, innocent times one has as a teenage youth. Raises a good point. Could the folks with out a credit card, or pay pal mail it in? ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-staying-on-the-sdmb/235090/82 "2004-03-19T02:40:47Z")
Sigh, I guess I’m one of the few who wont be paying. I could pay but I just don’t want to. I’m pretty sure I’ll be lurking though. I do feel sad though. The end of an era. I wonder if this will cause my toonzone postcount to balloon? ---
**Author:** ![overlyverbose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-staying-on-the-sdmb/235090/83 "2004-03-19T02:44:08Z")
I’ll cough up the five bucks. I gotta have something to do all day. God forbid I actually work. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Shabadu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/46a35a/32.png) [@Shabadu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shabadu)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-staying-on-the-sdmb/235090/84 "2004-03-19T02:53:36Z")
I don’t post all that often, and I was among those who was a little scared to open a thread that stated that SDMB would be going to pay. However, $5 is nothing to be able to learn new things daily. I will definately be staying. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-staying-on-the-sdmb/235090/85 "2004-03-19T02:55:07Z")
For those who do not have plastic, you may be able to find prepaid Visa and Mastercard cards at Wal-Mart, K-Mart, or similar stores. You hand them cash; the clerk hands you a charge card with the money loaded up on the electronic strip. The card comes with a valid 16 digit ID number and can be used at a register or over the internet. ---
**Author:** ![geewhiz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f0a364/32.png) [@geewhiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/geewhiz)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-staying-on-the-sdmb/235090/86 "2004-03-19T02:57:11Z")
\*\*look!ninjas \*\* I’m with you. I am now being flirted with so I have to stay. So I will be paying the $5 too. Despite the fact that I am a poor student, I would be more than happy to pay for one other’s first year. Let me know. My IM is active if you wish. Please don’t bombard me. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-staying-on-the-sdmb/235090/87 "2004-03-19T02:57:43Z")
I will stay. I’m sure everyone is relieved to hear that. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![geewhiz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f0a364/32.png) [@geewhiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/geewhiz)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-staying-on-the-sdmb/235090/88 "2004-03-19T02:59:52Z")
**tomndebb** I just wanted to elaborate on your post. The IGen mastercard is sold at Rite Aid. \*\*Even the under 18 crowd can get one. \*\* You have to pay I think a $10 activation fee, then $4.95 for reload and $4.95 a month (yes I know it is expensive, but not as much as some out there) and it works like a debit card. Good idea I think. ---
**Author:** ![Meteorshower](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Meteorshower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meteorshower)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-staying-on-the-sdmb/235090/89 "2004-03-19T03:13:44Z")
I guess I’ll be leaving. I have plenty of money, but I’m one of those paranoid people that can’t buy anything over the internet. And I don’t own a credit card. I’ve also never, ever mailed a letter. Getting the correct number of stamps and converting Canadian money into U.S.A. money in one of those mail order things seems kind of complicated. I’d also have to find the post office. Paypal would have been nice but I keep reading the faq and getting all confused at the different rates international customers have. I’m not registered at any banks, just a “caisse populaire” so I don’t think I can get a subscription at paypal’s anyway. If there was a “straight dope message board” stand at the shopping center, I’d pay the full membership price, no problem. I don’t even need the discount. I’ll try lurking but it’ll be kind of sad without my beloved search function. If the search button remained activated, I’d have no problems. It’s not like I’ve posted very often. Still, I feel kind of sad. Maybe I’ll try again in a few years? ---
**Author:** ![Oregon\_sunshine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/50afbb/32.png) [@Oregon\_sunshine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oregon_sunshine)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-staying-on-the-sdmb/235090/90 "2004-03-19T03:22:47Z")
Me! Me! I love it!!! ---
**Author:** ![Phedre\_no\_Delaunay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/839c29/32.png) [@Phedre\_no\_Delaunay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phedre_no_Delaunay)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-staying-on-the-sdmb/235090/91 "2004-03-19T03:40:35Z")
Yeah, I’m going to pony up and stay. Not because anyone flirts with me (no one has, sadly), and not because anyone would really miss me if I didn’t stay. But I have some good reasons to stay. Reasons like [This](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=160851) [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=174503) [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=106449) [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=152737) [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=184553) [and this!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=156156) Just a tiny sampling of the reasons it’s worth a fiver from me! ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-staying-on-the-sdmb/235090/92 "2004-03-19T03:41:53Z")
> [@look!ninjas](#): > > People have just now started to flirt with me! Who? Oh, right. Well, the writing thing, you know. The writing! ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-staying-on-the-sdmb/235090/93 "2004-03-19T03:51:50Z")
I am… Though if this were a pay site when I came upon it I would’ve never joined, I would’ve never learned so much, and I would not have nearly as many great friends. I feel sorry for those who will skate past the opportunity to even sample the boards once they see they’ll have to pay at some time. ---
**Author:** ![cheddarsnax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@cheddarsnax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cheddarsnax)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-staying-on-the-sdmb/235090/94 "2004-03-19T03:55:52Z")
> [@Diogenes the Cynic](#): > > I will stay. I’m sure everyone is relieved to hear that. 😉 Of course we are. For those of you waiting to learn what my decision is (all zero of you): I’m stayin’. Spread the word! ---
**Author:** ![7\_up\_yours](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/7/919ad9/32.png) [@7\_up\_yours](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/7_up_yours)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-staying-on-the-sdmb/235090/95 "2004-03-19T04:01:57Z")
I also don’t have a credit card. I can most definately afford the $5US, but no credit card, no pay pal. Maybe someone can help me out eh? I mean, I’ve spend hundred of dollars to travel and see my favourite bands, I can certainly afford this, so if anyone wants to help out a fellow 'Doper, I also have a crisp (well, more like wrinkly) five waiting right here. I seriously **love** the SDMB. It’s the only message board that doesn’t make my brain rot. ---
**Author:** ![SlickRoenick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SlickRoenick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlickRoenick)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-staying-on-the-sdmb/235090/96 "2004-03-19T04:06:46Z")
Me, me, me, and me. Will subscription end the 10 character post minimum? ---
**Author:** ![Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speaker_for_the_Dead)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-staying-on-the-sdmb/235090/97 "2004-03-19T04:19:51Z")
Fare thee well. I’m afraid my time here is coming to an end. I don’t devote enough time here to pay. It’s been fun, and I only hope I find another message board with people as awesome as you guys… though I have a sneaking suspicious that isn’t happening. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-staying-on-the-sdmb/235090/98 "2004-03-19T04:22:29Z")
Do charter members receive a wallet membership card and a genuine _personally_ autographed photograph of Cecil to hang over their computer monitors? Do we get secret spy SDMB decoder rings? They would come in handy at SDMB parties. ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-staying-on-the-sdmb/235090/99 "2004-03-19T04:37:41Z")
Sure I’m staying; I spend most of my time on-line here and at one other site, and that one’s $4.95 per _month_, not per year, so sure I’ll pony up. (No, the other one’s not porn.) ---
**Author:** ![unclviny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e274bd/32.png) [@unclviny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/unclviny)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-staying-on-the-sdmb/235090/100 "2004-03-19T04:38:24Z")
I’m a-staying and I’m a-paying!, after all who else would have me? Unclviny (who enjoys his role as the gun toting, oilfield trash, token redneck on the SDMB) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-staying-on-the-sdmb/235090.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-staying-on-the-sdmb/235090.md?page=6)