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!
Minds thinking alike....mmmm,mm,m,m,. :)
(Blazing saddles)
Hope it’s a Hoot!
I love that country music style.
Drive careful .
Don’t get me started on Blazing Saddles! LOL!
That film needs to be done again.
Alas ,Sunday has just arrived...goodnight. :)
You may not remember, but in our facility on the moon, the view from my favorite chair out the "living room window" is graced by the presence, out in the airless void, of a nice carved depiction of Atlas, where he seems to have the weight of the whole world on his shoulders.
And the alignment is such, that the luminous Earth, brightest object in the heavens other than the Sun, does appear to be resting on Atlas' back!
It's a form of performance art.
You’ve uncovered a mother lode!
Upton Skanky Dance
Pig Dyke Molly etc
If only Michael Flatly had known about the bells and knee cymbals! Well, there would have been no stopping Riverdance. They would have been bigger than, than....than ABBA!
Ta, Moosie!
*weakly*
Finally checking in...*gasp*
“The end is nigh, summon the Bee Gees!”
have fun
bump
sounds like something that belongs in a sci-fi novel
You do realize, don’t you, that the accounts we make here, our conversations and speculations, and especially the ramblings about flying castles and animated dust-bunnies ... are all part of a science fiction storytelling?
The Undead Thread is our contribution to the science fiction division of Free Republic.
Or the NSA...
I was going to go to bed, but I see something is looming on the horizon...
What, Pray, Tell, can it be?
You so bad...
Shall I stick around?
Y?
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