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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!


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Humor
KEYWORDS: allin; drink; koalaoil; molassesmiasma; monkeyfacerules; napl; penguinhumor; undeadthread; undeadthreadhere
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To: Slings and Arrows; martin_fierro
The rules don’t apply to kittens.

Dogs rule! Cats have hairballs (or is that hairy balls?)!

But...

Look! Squirrel! (pay no attention to the man behind the curtain TRUTH!)

DRINK!

101 posted on 07/31/2015 5:07:52 PM PDT by WVKayaker (On Scale of 1 to 5 Palins, How Likely Is Media Assault on Each GOP Candidate?)
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To: Slings and Arrows

You must be new.


102 posted on 07/31/2015 5:36:22 PM PDT by West Texas Chuck (May the fleas of a thousand Iranians infest Obamalamadingdong's pubic hairs.)
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To: Slings and Arrows
Damn, man.. what about the LION?! Who can drink while he's still dead?

REVIVIFY CECIL!

103 posted on 07/31/2015 6:01:44 PM PDT by humblegunner (NOW with even more AWESOMENESS)
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To: martin_fierro

That’s not thread, it’s twine! </pedant>


104 posted on 07/31/2015 6:04:12 PM PDT by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (Nothing is sometimes the right thing to do, and always a wise thing to say.)
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To: humblegunner

On one condition .. you have to get back all the murdered children first.


105 posted on 07/31/2015 6:04:13 PM PDT by CyberAnt ("The fields are white unto Harvest")
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To: tacticalogic

“Thread Hijacking For Great Justice!”

All your thread are belong to us!


106 posted on 07/31/2015 6:06:33 PM PDT by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (Nothing is sometimes the right thing to do, and always a wise thing to say.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

Epic.


107 posted on 07/31/2015 6:11:05 PM PDT by Salamander (We're ALL Dixie, now.)
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To: LucyT

> Are you saying people are making a choice about one issue to the exclusion of the other?

Yes, and they are demanding that we make the same choice. The polite word for this is “fanaticism.” I can think of several less polite words.


108 posted on 07/31/2015 6:38:57 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (My music: http://hopalongginsberg.com/ | Facebook: Hopalong Ginsberg | Instagram: hopalonginsberg)
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To: humblegunner

If there is a Zombie Lion Ping List, please add me to it.


109 posted on 07/31/2015 6:41:30 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (My music: http://hopalongginsberg.com/ | Facebook: Hopalong Ginsberg | Instagram: hopalonginsberg)
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To: Salamander

Thank you.


110 posted on 07/31/2015 6:42:25 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (My music: http://hopalongginsberg.com/ | Facebook: Hopalong Ginsberg | Instagram: hopalonginsberg)
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To: Slings and Arrows; al baby; Albion Wilde; Allegra; BufordP; EveningStar; Gefn; GunsareOK; ...

DANG!


111 posted on 07/31/2015 10:32:04 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Democrats and GOP-e: a difference of degree, not philosophy)
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To: Slings and Arrows

112 posted on 07/31/2015 10:36:27 PM PDT by Bobalu (If we live to see 2017 we will be kissing the ground)
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To: WakeUpAndVote; Slings and Arrows
What this thread has become:


113 posted on 07/31/2015 10:37:47 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Democrats and GOP-e: a difference of degree, not philosophy)
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To: Bobalu

“We can haz drinks?”


114 posted on 07/31/2015 11:04:53 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (My music: http://hopalongginsberg.com/ | Facebook: Hopalong Ginsberg | Instagram: hopalonginsberg)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

But an entertaining train wreck!


115 posted on 07/31/2015 11:06:17 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (My music: http://hopalongginsberg.com/ | Facebook: Hopalong Ginsberg | Instagram: hopalonginsberg)
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To: Slings and Arrows

That is such a cute image!.

I wish I had both of those little guys here to entertain and delight me :-)


116 posted on 07/31/2015 11:20:19 PM PDT by Bobalu (If we live to see 2017 we will be kissing the ground)
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To: Slings and Arrows

You betcha!

DRINK!


117 posted on 07/31/2015 11:44:10 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Democrats and GOP-e: a difference of degree, not philosophy)
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To: MNDude

Drink!


118 posted on 07/31/2015 11:49:44 PM PDT by Pelham (Deo Vindice)
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To: Slings and Arrows

119 posted on 08/01/2015 12:13:15 AM PDT by Daffynition ("We Are Not Descended From Fearful Men")
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To: Bobalu

They’d be great company, you betcha.


120 posted on 08/01/2015 1:17:54 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows (My music: http://hopalongginsberg.com/ | Facebook: Hopalong Ginsberg | Instagram: hopalonginsberg)
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