GUEST,The Beanster--I have been here about a month and I don't recall seeing anyone get hazed, maybe wrestled around and tickled under the chin a bit, in a nice matey sorta way. In fact if you introduce your un-GUESTED self in the thread called Welcome New Members, you get a free poem of welcome! Go see it, it's a couple of days old now.
Join!!! You get a personal page. If you don't like it, you can always unjoin!! The personal page keeps the addiction manageable.
I think most of us feel we have paid our dues long before landing ion this glad shore, and that life lets you keep paying them as you go, too. Be a newbie, do!