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A Modest Proposal: The Thread Hijack Drinking Game [vanity]
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Posted on 07/31/2015 11:49:41 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows

The time has come to take action against thread hijackers.

Let me begin with an example of thread hijacking:

Like most Freepers, I am pro-life. Abortion and and euthanasia appall me, and marketing the results even more so. I support candidates who oppose the culture of death, and cheer when it is thwarted.

I also do not find it necessary to mention these facts on EVERY. FREAKING. THREAD.

There is a certain type of Freeper, though, who has no such restraint. For these zealots, any thread that deviates from the pro-life cause, no matter how trivially, is a heresy that must be immediately suppressed.

You are shocked by cruelty to animals? I guess that means you couldn't care less about the cruelty of THE MILLIONS OF CHILDREN ABORTED EVERY YEAR!!!!!

You lost a beloved pet? Why can't you mourn THE THOUSANDS OF ABORTED BABIES WHO DIED THE SAME DAY?!!!!

Your car shredded its transmission and you're looking at thousands of dollars in repairs? Why aren't you thinking about THE BABIES WHO WILL NEVER GROW UP TO BE AUTO MECHANICS BECAUSE THEY WERE ABORTED?!!!!

(OK, maybe I made that last one up.)

Arguing with these people is pointless. It's the same principle as wrestling with a pig - you just get muddy and the pig enjoys it. Similarly, trying to convince them that they are being rude is a waste of time - THE CAUSE is far more important little things like courtesy and respect.

So, what can we do about it?

We can get drunk.

I hereby propose The Thread Hijack Drinking Game. The rules are simple: When a poster tries to hijack an unrelated thread to his or her pet cause, you 1) reply to the hijack attempt by quoting the text in question, followed by the word "DRINK!", and 2) Take a drink (or any volume) of your favorite beverage (alcoholic or non-alcoholic). Moderation is suggested on animal cruelty threads to avoid alcohol poisoning.

This game will not, I admit, solve the thread hijacking problem. But after a certain number of attempts we will no longer care.

And if anyone is offended by my little proposal, I can only say...

DRINK!


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To: PROCON

Iknowhuh?

DRINK!


61 posted on 07/31/2015 12:32:38 PM PDT by Monkey Face (I hate spelling errors. You mix up two letters and your whole post is urined.)
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To: Monkey Face

Throw underwear at the ceiling fan...LMAO

Oh God, I might be a Zombie!


62 posted on 07/31/2015 12:32:38 PM PDT by rikkir (You can lead a horde to knowledge but you canÂ’t make them think. (TnkU ctdonath2))
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To: Riley
133,854,181 Hits

Wow.

63 posted on 07/31/2015 12:32:59 PM PDT by TexasCajun ( “A liberal is someone who thinks he knows more about your experience than you do.“)
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To: Boogieman

*snicker*


64 posted on 07/31/2015 12:33:00 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (My music: http://hopalongginsberg.com/ | Facebook: Hopalong Ginsberg | Instagram: hopalonginsberg)
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To: Boogieman

You forgot to say, “DRINK!”


65 posted on 07/31/2015 12:33:15 PM PDT by Monkey Face (I hate spelling errors. You mix up two letters and your whole post is urined.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

Slings...you forgot to say “DRINK!” It’s your thread, after all...

DRINK!


66 posted on 07/31/2015 12:34:28 PM PDT by Monkey Face (I hate spelling errors. You mix up two letters and your whole post is urined.)
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To: Monkey Face

67 posted on 07/31/2015 12:35:01 PM PDT by TexasCajun ( “A liberal is someone who thinks he knows more about your experience than you do.“)
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To: TexasCajun

I’ll DRINK to that, she says, raising a can of Modelo Especial!

DRINK!


68 posted on 07/31/2015 12:36:19 PM PDT by Monkey Face (I hate spelling errors. You mix up two letters and your whole post is urined.)
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To: thesharkboy

Drink!!!


69 posted on 07/31/2015 12:38:22 PM PDT by smoothsailing
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To: Slings and Arrows

Jack who?


70 posted on 07/31/2015 12:38:25 PM PDT by bigbob (The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. Abraham Lincoln)
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To: Monkey Face
Happy Friday !!

Primed the well at lunch w/ burger & beers.

My little ice-house is not air conditioned, I'm looking for some AC now.

...it's smoking hot on the Gulf Coast.

100 deg day

71 posted on 07/31/2015 12:40:21 PM PDT by TexasCajun ( “A liberal is someone who thinks he knows more about your experience than you do.“)
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To: Slings and Arrows


72 posted on 07/31/2015 12:41:58 PM PDT by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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To: Monkey Face; Boogieman
You forgot to say, “DRINK!”

You forgot to say DRINK after you reminded Boogieman that he forgot to say DRINK.

DRINK!

73 posted on 07/31/2015 12:43:56 PM PDT by PROCON (FReeping on CRUZ Control)
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To: Slings and Arrows

74 posted on 07/31/2015 12:46:06 PM PDT by WakeUpAndVote
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To: W.

Ah, memories of youth.


75 posted on 07/31/2015 12:47:32 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (My music: http://hopalongginsberg.com/ | Facebook: Hopalong Ginsberg | Instagram: hopalonginsberg)
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To: JoeProBono

Very interesting.


76 posted on 07/31/2015 12:48:14 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (My music: http://hopalongginsberg.com/ | Facebook: Hopalong Ginsberg | Instagram: hopalonginsberg)
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To: WakeUpAndVote

Speaking of drinking...


77 posted on 07/31/2015 12:48:42 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (My music: http://hopalongginsberg.com/ | Facebook: Hopalong Ginsberg | Instagram: hopalonginsberg)
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To: TexasCajun

103 here, and our humidity is up...13% and SW @ 3. Monsoons season, dontchaknow.

DRINK!


78 posted on 07/31/2015 12:49:09 PM PDT by Monkey Face (I hate spelling errors. You mix up two letters and your whole post is urined.)
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To: Monkey Face
Heat index 121. ..59% Humidity.

What was this thread about?

-Drink-

79 posted on 07/31/2015 12:52:44 PM PDT by TexasCajun ( “A liberal is someone who thinks he knows more about your experience than you do.“)
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To: Slings and Arrows

If you’re male and conservative, you want to kill big cats.

*DRINK*


80 posted on 07/31/2015 12:54:11 PM PDT by CatherineofAragon (("This is a Laztatorship. You don't like it, get a day's rations and get out of this office."))
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