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!
That would be grand, I think!!! Would you be so kind as to join my entourage?
AY, he knows your name.
He is a soothsayer of some repute.
He read from his book the story of the coming of the D’sheare.
At the end of the fable he had turned white with fear .
“ do you know he?” He uttered.
“No I don’t think so” I said.
“ not now, but ye will! “ he shrilled.
Ye will! He shrieked as he disappeared below the inky depths.
And so It came to pass.
Morning, Darks. :)
At your service Ma’am. :)
Morning!
I went to Walmart and got my prescription, and a few groceries. I even found a pair of pants on sale, thinking it would make me feel better. Not really...
The sound track is off on the channel I was listening to so I don’t have background noise.
I thought I wanted to go outside and sit, but it’s already 100. Not to mention there is a fairly new resident who likes to insult my intelligence by informing me of many services available for the disabled. If she says something today in her smarmy voice I’m going to tell her to stop because no one is impressed but her. GAH!
:shaking head:
I’m going to look for another place to live, I think, before all the nice low rent places are taken. My co-horts are rather panicky when it comes to being uprooted.
Kathleen has Gone. I got her some grape juice at Walmart, but it wasn’t needed. Now I need to make chili for supper before I take Sally uptown to the convention center and then take James and Pat to meet their ride to camp.
Kathleen gets to take a nap.
Sounds like a busy afternoon and evening. It wears me out just to read about it! LOL!
I’ve kinda been doing that ever since Obama took office.
Mars is looking pretty good.
Yah, it is.
The place I’m considering is about a mile from here, maybe 1.5, and is literally across the street from the grocery store and two blocks from the church in one direction and about the same distance to the main road in the other direction. I need to get the phone number and find out what I need for deposits, etc. Then decide when a good time would be...once I have the deposits, everything else will fall into place.
In other news, for some reason, since I installed the new router, I can’t get the printer to work. Any ideas what I can try?
A .22?
Seriously, Do you have a little printer box in your system tray? When you double-click it, does it open a window with all the documents that haven’t printed yet?
I found a question mark, but I have printed since I got Win10. Somehow, the printer wasn’t recognized since the router...
I’m waiting to see what will happen now...
Stay tuned.
It seems to be hung up. Dang I hate that!
It was hard to stay awake during the drive uptown. Fortunately I only have to take the boys to church. Sally may be able to catch a ride home.
That’s why I usually threaten mine with a 22.
Tomorrow, I will go find the number to the apartments I want to look at and find out what the costs will be.
This place is already telling us we are going to be relocated while they "upgrade," meaning we may or may not have a choice on where to move, but that all the buildings are going to be renovated. Most probably beginning after the first of the year.
All this started because of a class action lawsuit against Starkist tuna, and the fact that they sold the 5 oz cans with less tuna than they should have. I joined the claim online and went to print the final form and couldn’t print it out.
I copied and pasted it to OpenOffice, and still couldn’t print, so here I am, waiting for all this the settle...
HP says it can’t be resolved.
Great. I get news of impending relocation doom and my printer won’t work...
Can anything else go wrong? Egads! Don’t answer that! Too many evils waiting to descend!
You joined a Class Action Lawsuit?
You could get a whole $.25!!!!!
Happy days are here again...
One of the reasons I’ve decided I’ll go Mac before I buy another Windoze machine (after having been with PCs since the beginning) is the rumor I first heard here on the UT that Win-tin-tin will run some updates without asking or telling you.
You probably ran afoul of that fun behavior.
YO, WINTY!!!!!
$25 cash or $50 in tuna!!!
I be rolling in tall cotton!
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