Unless you collect rain water or go down to the local river with a bucket... water isn't free.. not the stuff the comes out of your tap anyway.

The other 99% of the boards on the internet aren't... cannabis.com. I'm not saying there's not other forums out there.. but this is .. how it is.. there's no reason why cafe member ship shouldn't be 25.. 50 or 100$ a year if the owner sees fit. Same goes for the features that are applied when a cafe membership is given... you want those features? you become a cafe member... it's not rocket science.. it's simply business...

This site doesn't run for free... and advertisments are only one part of the equation.

As for holding up your reputation on this site.. that's for you to worry about. There's been a lot of people and stories that have passed through here in the past.. and not just in the last 6 months.

I'm curious beancounter, why you don't post under the username that you've built your "reputation" with....

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