I'm hungry, Broke. The smaller pets are starting to look like food....
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!
WHERE IS EVERYBODY????
Nope. No one.
*sigh*
I’m all alone, she says, plaintively...
*sigh*
Naturally.
O hai. Some work was done here today.
None was done here. Maybe tomorrow when I get back from the pain clinic. Ha-ha. I need to buy water before I go, so I may dip into my laundry change. NOT making that trip without at least two quarts, and it may even require three. It will evaporate from my body before I even get there, let alone, get back.
That being said, I still love the desert! <3
I'm hungry, Broke. The smaller pets are starting to look like food....
The attitude of Jake on a diet ...
He was nibbling at my ankles this afternoon, in a purely friendly way, of course.
Good morning TC..
Two of the kittens have blue and brown eyes. Pretty!
I hope Jake and Shannon are off their diet. Garfield the cat said “Diet is die with a T in it.
On the internet, no one knows you’re a cat on a diet. But after a few messages, they figure it out.
Morning Face
I was off line for a while in the afternoon and night, trying desperately to sleep. The coolest I could get my apt was 82 degrees and that was running the AC. I was flipping miserable.
4th day now on 3 hours of sleep each night. I don’t know what to do. I went to the supermarket and bought some ice cream just to have something cool,,
I can’t stand the heat. I could live fine in Antarctica. .
I hate August. For me, it’s the cruelest month.
Do not eat your cats
Are you ok?
Day 3 of the kitteh diet. Jake hopped on the keyboard several times to complain. I feel like I should be supportive, since it’s so unusual for Bill to show initiative like this.
Our vet will impressed if Shannon loses weight.
It must be morning...the kittehs are here.
I’m tired and I haven’t done anything, yet.
Not looking forward to the drive in the heat. Only enough gelt for two small bottles. Ungh.
Ok, we're doing black and white today.
See your five and raise you...umm the whole pot.
Good one!
Good for Bill. I hope he’s successful in slimming down the katze! Then we can all be impressed. :o]
It’s already 89, and will be 110 again today. That means it will be about 100 when I head for Vegas. Ungh!
My place is always at 85 in the summer because my body temp is 96.5 on a good day. (CFIDS, don’tchaknow) In the winter, it’s at 68 in here and I’m always bundled up.
How many did you count? I thought I counted 14, but that can’t be right. Can it?
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