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!
Jake is fine. He’s forgiven me for putting him in the Unacceptable Receptacle. Presently he’s hanging around the kitchen hoping we’ll have meat for lunch.
So. Jake has been cattin’ around, eh? Typical tom.
I bought a card of AAA batteries and I can NOT find them. I need them for the reading light for the Kindle, since it’s not backlit. It’s hard to see the print, now, even on high beam.
Ohwell. If I can just struggle through tonight, I’ll be OK and can get them tomorrow. I also ran out of dryer sheets, and THAT means static in the clothes. GAH! My brain. I couldn’t remember how to fold a fitted sheet... This is getting scary.
If Jake was a real male, the neighborhood would be overwhelmed with brown tabby kittens.
And that’s the TRUTH!!! LOL!
It’s beginning to cool off a little now, and for the next week, the nights will be in the upper 70’s. Sweater weather for me!!
You’d do what everyone else does. You’d serriptitiously gather information about your visitors and use it against them.
I was just telling Mrs. ArGee that I intended to use this laptop until it dies. She thinks I did something to make the screen go wonky.
That sounds kinda spooky. I hope it was fairies and not gremlins.
Instructions on folding a fitted sheet.
1) Take one corner.
2) Start smushing the rest of the sheet into this corner until it’s roughly the desired size.
3) Slam it under the top sheet and hope nobody will notice.
At least, that’s how I do it. Mrs. ArGee usually notices.
Today’s too beautiful a day for me to even think about mood swings. If something doesn’t improve soon I’m gonna kill some #@#!!@.
Take two kitties and call me in the morning.
I don’t know what’s going on but the last two days I’ve been very depressed, and my agoraphobia is back.
Kitties look like my girl who went to the Rainbow Bridge 12/31/2013.
I blame Obama and De Blasio.
But that’s pretty much a knee-jerk reaction.
I dunno. I seem to have lost my sense of joy. I hope it comes back soon. I hate Churchill’s black dog.
I figured the lamp would be much more useful right over the computer, instead of off to the left four feet, so it was an easy move. I like it! I should have done it much sooner. ;o]
You have to remember that when I first started making beds, there were no fitted sheets unless you had them specially made.
It was just confusing for me for about five minutes. That’s happening a lot, lately. The confusion, I mean. :o|
You just need a kitty fix. It sounds to me like you are more than ready for a kitty, so if this one that you have “adopted” online is available, soon, I think you should go for it. You are so unhappy without one.
I went to the meeting about renovations and moving, today, and it looks like there is a good chance that I won’t have to move for at least a year. However, if and when I move out of here, I’m not moving back.
They will pay for the costs of any move, including transfer fees for utilities, packing supplies, moving truck, etc., and they say it would be for about a year. Nope. I’m too old for that. Once more... and that’s just really stretching it.
At any rate, it seems I spent my morning at the community room, and now I feel like I’ve been rode hard and put away wet. *sheesh*
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