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A Modest Proposal: The Thread Hijack Drinking Game [vanity]
Still me. | Today | Me

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!


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Humor
KEYWORDS: allin; drink; koalaoil; molassesmiasma; monkeyfacerules; napl; penguinhumor; undeadthread; undeadthreadhere
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To: Tax-chick; Monkey Face

NOAA says 88° the high here, but it’s only 83.5° right now.

That’s getting up there for this region, even in the middle of August.

The A/C is struggling to maintain 72° inside here.

It is a bit cloudy, but they’re big, white, and puffy.

We’re not holding out much hope for rain, and a lot of our lawn is
deceased, but we certainly hope that we will get some rain soon.
We don’t have sprinklers, and our lawn surrounding the house is
about one acre.


1,141 posted on 08/16/2015 9:41:03 AM PDT by TheOldLady (Pray for Obama. Psalm 109:8 - Look it up. I miss the Gipper. Wish we still had someone like him.)
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To: Covenantor

No thanks! I hung my clothes outside in VA one day at 0700 and by 1900, I brought them in, still wet. Ungh! That was when I told Igor my mother needed me in AZ!


1,142 posted on 08/16/2015 9:42:20 AM PDT by Monkey Face (I've finally lost my mind!If you find it don't bother to return it It wasn't working properly anyway)
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To: Gefn; redhead

When my sister lived in Alaska, the mama moose would bring the babies to sis’s back yard to teach them to eat leaves...on the saplings she planted...somewhere, I have a pic of some moose that “shared” lunch with her one day.


1,143 posted on 08/16/2015 9:44:43 AM PDT by Monkey Face (I've finally lost my mind!If you find it don't bother to return it It wasn't working properly anyway)
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To: TheOldLady

We’re lucky if the temps get down to 80 at night. This morning at 0545, it was 83 and 33%. These days, if nights cool off to 75, I need a light sweater!

I hope your landscape doesn’t suffer too much from lack of rain. The pics I have seen of it are really beautiful.


1,144 posted on 08/16/2015 9:53:36 AM PDT by Monkey Face (I've finally lost my mind!If you find it don't bother to return it It wasn't working properly anyway)
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To: null and void

Dear Lord, I’ve seen such roving masses of stupid.


1,145 posted on 08/16/2015 10:23:30 AM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: Darksheare

They’re all headed to Home Depot...


1,146 posted on 08/16/2015 10:27:02 AM PDT by null and void (Support Islamic Repatriation)
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To: null and void

And trying to pick up several bags of quickrete, plywood, and various bits of lumber that they will then strap to the roof to collapse the suspension with.
They will then creep down the highway on the center line, left blinker on, twenty to thirty below the speed limit.


1,147 posted on 08/16/2015 10:29:22 AM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: Darksheare
Let me rephrase that, they're all headed to where their GPSs say Home Depot is at!
1,148 posted on 08/16/2015 10:33:42 AM PDT by null and void (Support Islamic Repatriation)
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To: null and void

Yes.
Where they will derp about for thirty to forty minutes arguing with all and sundry that the robot it correct, reality and signage be damned.
They will threaten to report people to supervisors, call police, and cause damage all because they are special snowflakes and must be allowed entry or else!
I love special snowflakes.
Really, I do.

I have probably caused more irreparable harm to their psyches than anyone in history.


1,149 posted on 08/16/2015 10:55:13 AM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: Tax-chick

I decided to wash the last two loads of clothes tomorrow, and I have just barely enough detergent and bleach to do that. AND...just enough quarters.

And because I changed the sheets yesterday, and the towels, I now have enough clothes for one more load. *sigh* It just never seems to end.

It was good going to Busdaddy’s because I could lie down on the sofa between loads, and there was no rush to get it done. I will be taking two pain pills tomorrow, one when I get up and one when I start to hang the clothes. *sigh* I have no idea what I would do without the pills, now.

Three years has made a big difference in my spinal deterioration. When I see the doc on Tuesday, I will ask her if we can start work on my lower back. The neck is being helped. The back is getting worse.


1,150 posted on 08/16/2015 12:00:25 PM PDT by Monkey Face (I've finally lost my mind!If you find it don't bother to return it It wasn't working properly anyway)
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To: Darksheare

LOL!!!

“Special Snowfakes!” I love it! :o]


1,151 posted on 08/16/2015 12:01:19 PM PDT by Monkey Face (I've finally lost my mind!If you find it don't bother to return it It wasn't working properly anyway)
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To: Monkey Face

Good luck on the wash! I have a load in the dryer and half one in the basket for later.

Tom is calling some people about possible work tutoring kids for the SAT. Bill has decided the cats need to lose weight. He has a diet plan for them!


1,152 posted on 08/16/2015 12:11:12 PM PDT by Tax-chick ("All the time live the truth with love in your heart." ~Fr. Ho Lung)
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To: Monkey Face

I admit to stealing the term from others.


1,153 posted on 08/16/2015 12:14:44 PM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: Tax-chick

If Bill were more active, he would disappear if he turned sideways.

I don’t need luck with the wash...I need luck with my body while I’m washing clothes. It gets ugly this time of year. Monsoons tear me up in a good year, but this year, it’s been really miserable.


1,154 posted on 08/16/2015 12:42:06 PM PDT by Monkey Face (I've finally lost my mind!If you find it don't bother to return it It wasn't working properly anyway)
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To: Monkey Face

Shannon already hates the diet.


1,155 posted on 08/16/2015 2:56:01 PM PDT by Tax-chick ("All the time live the truth with love in your heart." ~Fr. Ho Lung)
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To: Tax-chick

Poor Shannon.


1,156 posted on 08/16/2015 4:21:13 PM PDT by Gefn (Our next President needs a First Cat in the White House.)
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To: Tax-chick; Monkey Face

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3325530/posts

Lost another poster to the “come on home” call from above.


1,157 posted on 08/16/2015 10:23:47 PM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: Tax-chick; fanfan; ColdOne; Cyber Liberty; null and void; Anoreth; Monkey Face; ...

1,158 posted on 08/17/2015 2:52:13 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("All the time live the truth with love in your heart." ~Fr. Ho Lung)
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To: Tax-chick; Monkey Face; Gefn
Good morning

If that marmalade is up there, are basement kitties?

1,159 posted on 08/17/2015 3:53:56 AM PDT by Covenantor ("Men are ruled-...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern." Chesterton)
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To: Monkey Face; Tax-chick; Gefn; moose07; Darksheare
Thought I'd catch you early for a heads up.

Contrary to interwebz postings, Red Bull in your gas tank will not improve the performance of your truck, no matter how much you add.

1,160 posted on 08/17/2015 4:24:37 AM PDT by Covenantor ("Men are ruled-...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern." Chesterton)
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