The following daylog is likely the textbook example of TMI.
Well since my last day log about the only thing I've done is count. A whole lot of counting, probably over 3000 counts in the past 48 hours. I imagine you might wonder WHY??? Why would someone count over 3000 times in 48 hours.
I asked myself the same question when I came upon a group of people who had been counting, day in and day out for weeks, months, years. The BBC once ranked it in the top 5 most bizarre communities on the entire internet. So I am not alone in wondering WHY??? At the time of that BBC article they'd counted less than 200,000 times, at this point they have counted over 1,333,333 times!!!
I wanted to add my one count because it's a historical count and then move on but I found myself trying to solve the mystery as to why they'd counted over 300,000 times. Finally I posted a thread there to try and find out. I wasn't getting any answers so I posted a number of theories.
Some of theories included:
THEORY 1:
Because ya'all are trying to redefine the meaning of INSANITY:
Old meaning: Doing the same thing again and again and again expecting DIFFERENT results.
New Meaning Doing the same thing again and again and again expecting the SAME results. Forever. And Ever?!?!?
THEORY 2:
OCD? Half of you can't handle leaving something at an ODD number, the other half of you can't stand EVEN numbers?
THEORY 3:
This is an inside joke, known only to the 7,456 subscribers - but me.
THEORY 4:
This is a STANDFORD UNI social experiment. Ya'all are doing this just to see how many people you can get to join in and mindlessly count for hours, days, years....
THEORY 5:
Everyone wants a legacy. To be a part of history. And though there are perhaps 936,639 easier, quicker ways to do so. Ya'all have settled on this one. And someday when this is in the Guiness Book of World Records. You can be proud to have been a part of it. If so - my one post - makes me a part of that history too. WoooHooo.
THEORY 6:
It's a "ZEN" thing. Relaxing to some. Like counting sheep? This is the best one I've come up with so far..
(I did not know at the time they in fact DID count sheep lol)
THEORY 7:
Ya'all are on a dare. When I've played Truth or Dare over the years, quite often one of the rules is you're can't tell anyone your on a dare. If this is the case this is a cruel dare!
THEORY 8:
This is the worlds BEST and most elaborate AntiJoke. Everyone's doing this as a joke - with NO punchline. If so, ya got me! This could go down in infamy
THEORY 9:
Ya'all are part of a new-fangled 12 step program & this is the 14th step.
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If you wonder why I didn't say 13th step, it's because the 13th step is known in the 12 step world as "sleeping with a fellow 12 stepper
THEORY 10:
Ya'all misread the same verse in the bible: pssssssssssssstttttttt GOD said "Go forth and multiply" not "Go forth and add"
I became a member of the community, acting as cheerleader, newbie mentor and historian. After about six months I gave in and decided to count 10 counts a day. Eventually I wanted to make it into the TOP 100 counters listed in their Hall of Counters. Then I got 'sucked in' - and counted enough to make it into the TOP 20 in under 20 days of active counting.
All told I've counted at least 35,000 times and I don't have an answer for you as to WHY???. I count for a number of reasons, not one in and of itself would be a reason to count, but combined there is a reason. :)
I intend to do a WU on that sub /r/counting and its crazy counters. I think some will find this odd group fascinating