Great Geezly Crow, what a bunch of cheap, miserly, whiny, entitlement-minded losers.
sarcasmo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Nov-13-11 09:48 PM
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How many here can afford an extra 42 bucks a year?
Edited on Sun Nov-13-11 09:55 PM by sarcasmo
What a terrible time to make a change to one of the greatest information resources on the internet. How many people here are out of work? How many people here can afford another 45 dollars a month. Why gouge the people who rely on this site for news, information and sometimes entertainment. I just needed to get my two cents in, go ahead and flame away.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x2301207uppityperson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Nov-13-11 09:49 PM
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1. Not me. The whole thing sucks. I am the 99%.
Edited on Sun Nov-13-11 09:51 PM by uppityperson
ps $42-60/yr, not month
You're 99% moron, and the other 1% is hanging by a thread.
bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Nov-13-11 09:49 PM
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2. Skinner's words
Edited on Sun Nov-13-11 09:50 PM by bigwillq
And as always, those who choose not to purchase a star will still be able to post and participate free of charge.
I don't like the idea that I can't do my minimum, get a star and not see the ads, but we will still be able to post, if we choose to, for free.
"Do my minimum". I'll bet you "do your minimum" in everything in life. That's why you're all screwed.
boston bean Donating Member (1000+ posts) Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Nov-13-11 09:50 PM
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7. 42/year, or 3.50/mo. Or if you are POOR $60/yr or $5/mo.
Oh FFS, take a couple of hours off from DU, rake your neighbor's yard, and you'll have 42 bucks plus probably enough for a couple of bags of Cheetos.
sarcasmo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Nov-13-11 09:52 PM
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16. Running this just like a bank, screwing the poor.
woo me with science Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Nov-13-11 09:56 PM
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34. Yes, and to add insult to injury,
this change now comes because DU is doing so well. 
TorchTheWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Nov-13-11 10:47 PM
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91. Indeed
That is what really got me. Essentially the presentation was that because DU is doing so well instead of a quarterly fund drive we're going to charge a piss-load more and make it nearly impossible for members to donate on behalf of those that are financially unable.
Epic fail, and I really resent the presentation that comes off as us being too stupid to figure out the math that adds up to an enormous increase in payment.
You
are stupid.
AngkorWot (739 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Nov-13-11 09:51 PM
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15. I'm not sure what's funnier.
The math error. The suggestion that it's some big expense. The idea of paying money for a few minor features on a website in 2011. Or calling this place a great source of information.
uppityperson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Nov-13-11 09:52 PM
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18. AH. Why are you here?
AngkorWot (739 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Nov-13-11 09:53 PM
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21. Well it's sure not for information.
I'm a democrat and I have a sense of humor.
BWAHAHAH
Melinda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Nov-13-11 10:43 PM
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88. You may be a democrat w/a sense of humor, but where's the empathy for the poor among us?
Oh the poor! The poor! With your computer and broadband connection and plenty of time on your hands to use it! Won't someone please think of the poor!
MADem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Nov-13-11 10:02 PM
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50. The less you can afford, the more you have to pay. It's the way of the world.
When I look at my expenses, and the people I'm caring for, I have to ask myself, who needs it more? I am a Family First type. The brother with the stroke beats amusement on the internet, every time.
It's fine, though--I can do without. It is what it is. Complaining might be good for the soul, but I don't think it's going to change the site owner's business model. They've made up their minds, I think.
Alas, alack!
$kimmer is a good capitalist. He's not going to give you idiots something for free that he knows you'll pay for. Besides, what part of YOU CAN STILL READ AND POST FOR FREE don't you understand?
boston bean Donating Member (1000+ posts) Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Nov-13-11 09:58 PM
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41. words from Skinner "On DU3 you will still be able to buy a star which will remove all of the ads
from the site and provide you with access to special functions and features".
Why make it so difficult to have all member of DU on an equal footing.
This new subscription model is going to make it less likely for people to be able to donate stars to others.
This is where your dreams of Communism run into the brick wall of what we like to call, "real life".
femmocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Nov-13-11 09:58 PM
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40. I can probably afford it, but not sure if i want to.
I don't see any reason for the change. Why "fix" it since it ain't broke? I may be a progressive, but I am anti-"progress" in this case!
bah humbug
"Whose site?" "OUR site!"
sarcasmo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Nov-13-11 09:58 PM
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42. GREED!
sharp_stick (1000+ posts) Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Nov-13-11 10:03 PM
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54. It's always greed when it's someone else
I don't think anyone is going to be holding you upside down to shake the change out so the CAPS may be a bit of an overkill.
femmocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Nov-13-11 10:04 PM
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56. Maybe, I'm not sure about that... but it offends my sense of justice that there are many who
simply cannot afford it.
How many posts have there been about members who are unemployed and are barely making it? I think this new membership fee is discriminatory. OK, OK, I know, you don't have to pay anything to participate .... but we are far more egalitarian under the current structure. I'm adopting a "wait-and-see" attitude about it right now.
Old and In the Way Donating Member (1000+ posts) Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Sun Nov-13-11 10:17 PM
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67. Me, too. I happily contribute $10/mo and I'm not rolling in the dough.
I guess some here feel that DU should be totally free and that Skinner should be happy pay the OH costs just to listen to all of us complain without expecting people to pay for the privilege.
Because everything else in life is free, why not DU? /sarcasm
You just described your fellow DUmmies to a "T".
stevenleser (1000+ posts) Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Nov-13-11 09:59 PM
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45. Skinner made it clear the site is still free to access and post. I dont see the issue...
Which one of us is missing something? (Hint: It isnt me)
Tx4obama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Nov-13-11 10:21 PM
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73. It has nothing to do with reading comprehension.
The new changes will be good only for the people that can afford $45/60 per year.
For the rest of us we can all 'eat cake' while having to look at all the ADS all over our DU pages.
There are some of us that have been able to buy a star at a reasonable price in order to not see the ads and to have full membership privileges, the reason folks are upset is because now the price is going WAY UP.
Oh you poor dear. You'll actually have your eyes skim across an AD once in a while. How will your tender little psyche ever survive such an affront?
SoDesuKa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Nov-13-11 10:40 PM
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85. Yuppifying DU
I don't blame Skinner for charging money; it's his site. And they just had a new baby, didn't they?
However . . . the $42/year charge will inevitably create classes within DU. Betcha the folks with stars are going to start denouncing freeloaders . . . . just sayin'.
And on it goes...
