I finally did it
14While camping this weekend I chose not to drive out of my way to find internet access so I could click on the meh button. Instead, I decided I can just let it go. I've broken free from my bonds, and you can do it too!
My streak was small but is no more either way:
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189 is not a small achievement. So sorry for your loss.
What would have been the tipping point? How long would your streak have to be for you to have driven to found internet, if any?
@Collin1000 I actually almost left camp, but decided to flip a coin instead. It makes the decision easier for me ☺
I am at 191, we started pretty close to each other. I think I want to make 200, maybe 365 before I give up.
@darkzrobe leave civilization for a few days and then the decision will be made for you!
@metageist That is getting harder and harder to do. Mostly because I will be in bumflip nowhere and then realize that I still have cell service...
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Congrats on you meh clicks detoxification retreat!
Congratulations on freeing yourself from your clicky prison of mehdom.
My last click was more than a year ago, so my streak's got to be nearly 400.
I'm at 319 clicked right now. I figured 365 would be a good place to stop worrying about it, then I realized next year is a leap year. Somehow I feel the need to keep on clicking or else stop and only click on February 29th.
@cinoclav I am starting to think we need a addicts group.
@darkzrobe It's pretty bad when it haunts you throughout the day as to whether you clicked it or not. Or those times when you bring up the home page, not realizing it logged you out and you see it's not clicked. You start to question yourself, swearing you clicked it, finally proving yourself right once you log back in.
Wtf, we need help.
@cinoclav I havnt got there yet, but then again the website normally just works for me. But maybe when I hit the 300 mark it will start to haunt me.
@darkzrobe Oh, the website works just fine. It's my brain that's fried. :)
@cinoclav After I click, I refresh the page to make sure the click stuck :) I've had 2 unregistered clicks so I'm only at 158
@cinoclav - Good luck stopping on day 366 ;-)
It is incredibly freeing.
Mine happened the first week of July and I didn't realize it until the following week. I was at 255.
@lisaviolet ooh I wish I had ended on a nice number like 255. But I flipped a coin and it told me to stay in camp and drink a beer by the fire. And you have to listen to it at that point.
Just curious, did T-Mobile contribute to this downfall?
@RedOak It did! T-Mobile just sucks everywhere that isn't a city. In a couple years when we semi-retire to an RV, we plan on getting a prepaid phone for Verizon or AT&T for extra coverage. That or Elon Musk will solve his space internet problem before then.
@metageist hah! Bummer.
We have some off-the-grid property that is not quite "out in the middle of nowhere" where we dry camp. I think we'd have to drive an hour to get TMO coverage up there.
But we do have 5-bar AT&T LTE at the property. Although I will admit this - LTE doesn't mean squat if the landline backhaul from the tower to the Internet is lame-slow. I guess we shouldn't complain - we have data when camping! And it does support streaming video.
@RedOak A couple years ago we took a two week roadtrip around the western US. I was super sad to confirm that TMO basically doesn't work anywhere outside the interstate. And part of the appeal of a roadtrip includes just driving random places off the main highways. Streaming video is a super luxury! I would have been excited just to check some email or pull up Google maps :)
@metageist We take have AT&T & we still take a verizon phone for emergencies when we go on off-the-grid roadtrips. I must confess that we don't admit to having any service, I enjoy taking a break from being accessible.
@glindagw yeah, I tend to tell people I'm out of contact even when I do have service. One nice thing about T-mobile is the free international coverage in case I feel like taking a call. Worked pretty great in Japan actually.