Jump the gun and post IBTL too early and you're left with a hollow feeling several pages of discussion later.
If you delay and try to sneak in more responses, you might lose the chance and be left with that nagging thought that you should have announced to the world earlier that you saw the lock coming before it happened.
How about the bittersweet nearly perfect moment which includes not only a brilliant final response but also the final IBTL tag... but you miss the lock by mere seconds?
D'oh. That really burns.
Or, you get the final response, the IBTL announcement, you post beats the lock - truly the perfect IBTL storm - but the whole thread vanishes to some distant cyber-trashcan, far from the prying eyes of mere mortals.
Robbed of that smug feeling of public superiority, you spend the next several hours lamenting the loneliness of your hidden victory and hoping the MODS are secretly discussing your awesome accomplishment with admiration and mad respect (I suspect they are not.
)
Ask your doctor if IBTL may be right for you.
IBTL
If you delay and try to sneak in more responses, you might lose the chance and be left with that nagging thought that you should have announced to the world earlier that you saw the lock coming before it happened.
How about the bittersweet nearly perfect moment which includes not only a brilliant final response but also the final IBTL tag... but you miss the lock by mere seconds?
D'oh. That really burns.Or, you get the final response, the IBTL announcement, you post beats the lock - truly the perfect IBTL storm - but the whole thread vanishes to some distant cyber-trashcan, far from the prying eyes of mere mortals.
Robbed of that smug feeling of public superiority, you spend the next several hours lamenting the loneliness of your hidden victory and hoping the MODS are secretly discussing your awesome accomplishment with admiration and mad respect (I suspect they are not.
)Ask your doctor if IBTL may be right for you.
IBTL
IBTL!!!
