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!
Scientists have attempted to carry out experiments on the “dark brew”.
They are still waiting for the technological development of a containment field capable of holding it long enough to carry out a PH test.
Antimatter is safer.
Salad bar.
“Antimatter is safer.”
It’s not that bad, honest.
Congratulations on your success. I was having a lie-down with Jake. He’s even more friendly than usual now that he’s not being fed as often as he prefers.
I was discussing Elen with my mother recently, and said she’s extremely good at getting along with people, forming a team, and building consensus ... but poor at math. Mom said, “Calculators can do math! The other stuff is what’s really important in life!”
Calculators do math, but I found that I would go over and over my checkbook and each time, the balance would be different. I would begin to short-circuit before payday was even over.
It was only when AMEX came up with their brilliant checking plan that I was able to once again write checks instead of buy money orders.
The things some people can do so easily are real challenges to me, and often beyond my ability to comprehend.
I took a short nap, too, after losing my lunch. Now I want to go back to bed, but I have to figure out what to eat so I can take my pills. *sigh*
You have FReepmail.
Who was killed in the board game Clue? I can’t remember if we were ever told.
“Mr. Body.”
Couldn’t you convince the tire that it was really a 20” tire in a 16” tire’s body and then install it?
Let’s see if I can even remember the four basic mathimatical operations.
Ambition, Destraction, Oglification, and Dirision?
But Mr. Body actually self-identified as Ms. Body, which really threw off the investigation.
Was someone killed? I presumed that since it could be done with a wrench, a rope, and a candlestick that it was replacing a fuse in a high part of the basement behind some plumbing.
The name of the victim was withheld pending notification of family....
“Reeling and Writhing of course, to begin with,’ the Mock Turtle replied, ‘and the different branches of arithmetic-ambition, distraction, uglification, and derision.”
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Points for memory but your reeling and writhing needs a better spellcheck.
;>)
That was too long ago for me to recall, Thomas! And I didn’t play Clue that much.
LOL!
And the three types of rocks: Ingenious, Sedentary, and Metaphoric.
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