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I have mixed feelings about having been in the Cellar since April of 2006 without ever having started a thread. While my quest for a Guinness World Record as the longest continuously participating member of a virtual community to never have started a thread is exciting, I'm concerned that if I achieve such status it will turn my head and I will no longer be the humble dwellar I am today. It's been said that some of life's more valuable lessons are learned in the struggle to achieve, rather than the actual attainment of goals which bodes well for me staying the course not to mention that I'm a model of self control for attention whores who start a thread about every thought passing through their minds (especially if they have mixed feelings about it). OTOH, I could begin starting threads myself and not have to wait on others to initiate timely discussions in which I might contribute significant knowledge or experience that helps someone else in their daily lives. The opportunities to serve fresh food for thought would not be delayed by a reliance on others to create the appetite. Sure, there's always the possibility of segues into new topics via thread drift; but, spontaneity suffers. Then there's a concern that if I begin starting threads now at this late date, I might try to make up for lost time and flood the board with OPs; or worse, that I'll become OP addicted and get swallowed up in the underworld of ME ME ME. Medical science has not yet developed a DNA test for predisposition to attention whoring and I wonder if attention whoring, like yawning, could even be contagious! I suppose that I'm destined for either great fame with Guinness; or, falling into obscurity when anyone does a search for threads started by me. It's extreme dwelling, pushing the dwellar envelope, going out on the Cellar fringe and still being here to tell about it ... albeit with mixed feelings.
Naaaawwwwwwwwwww, I'm simply not inclined to compete with those who just like to hear themselves talk.
Well, maybe once in awhile.
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