Smerits are obtained when a user merits you and you receive half of that merit as Smerit, which you can also send out. If that is how merit and Smerit function, what happens when everyone in the forum distributes all of their Smerits? Because, as a result of this process, the Smerits will one day be exhausted by everyone. But the merit distribution system continues to function; how is this possible?
While bitcoin is limited, merits and emerita are of the forum and can be generated at will by Theymos. This makes it almost in possible of exhaustion. On a monthly bases, new merits are pumped into the system by Theymos through merit sources to continue a diminishing circle as described in OP. You could tell, we don’t have a definite amount of merit in the forum for any two consecutive months.
Joining the forum in early March of this year was one of the most significant accomplishments I believe I've accomplished in my life. Prior to then, I knew very little about cryptocurrencies and couldn't tell the difference between bitcoin and cryptocurrency. I look for other coins online and on exchanges, and I register with them and purchase different coins in the hopes that my earnings would increase quickly.
If as little as joining the forum would count for a significant accomplishment, I think the word would seize to have a lot of meaning. I think the real accomplishment here is in what you’ve gained since you joined up, both in knowledge, coins and the many scams you must have accumulated over the time spent on the forum. On these, I can say your doing just fine.