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!
Does 1818 have a special significance? The “dead man’s hand”?
I finished my mystery novel, which I had, in fact, read before, but the only thing I remembered was the secret identity of the mystery villain. I’d forgotten the whole rest of it.
Now I’m reading a Russian cop novel by the late Stewart M. Kaminsky. It’s not familiar so far.
See, Pal, I don’t think well under stress and this computer thing has had me pretty stressed, so at times like those, I probably need a message through the back channels... *sigh*
Q. In what month do pregnant women generally begin to “show”?
A. September.
I like 1890 better...;o]
I like Kaminsky’s works.
My arm is bruised from the blood test. As usual.
I just changed the bed...too late in the day for that...now I need another pain pill...too late in the day for that. :o|
There’s a message in that for sure! LOL!
Thanks! I needed that!
Tom was watching clips from “Family Feud,” and that was one of the items.
Q. Name an animal that’s a 3-letter word.
A. Frog!
A. Frog!
Living proof one can function in the adult world after failing "The Dick and Jane" series. Well, aside from Joe Biden
Half the population has below average intelligence.
If you’ve been reading the news lately you’ll know that you can function in America after failing reality.
Right, Bruce?
Actually, I think half the population is below the median. I’m not sure they’re all below average.
But I nearly flunked statistics so I could be dead wrong.
You meant...below median intelligence, didn’t you?
Unless you’re quoting the smug Garrison Kellor.
I meant below the median.
Isn’t that what they call that thing I’m living under?
LOL!
My poor stressed-out brane would have said, “Asp!” In a heartbeat!
I called out “Emu!”
“Cat” and “dog” were probably the top-rated answers.
And John Kerry, and Nancy Pelosi, and Hitlery Clinton, and...
Yes, the median.
More than half may be below the arithmetic mean.
Why am I not surprised by that? Those of us with brains and the gift to use them properly just don’t realize that most of the people we meet with on a daily basis are not playing with a full deck. No wonder there are so many anti-gun crazies...
I never cared for Garrison Kellor...he always seemed like he was on “something.”
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