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!
Nahhh, my thyroid has gone over to the dark side and must be eliminated...
*tagline*
*BAD thyroid. BAD! BAD!*
Sorry to hear that. Wish I could be there to help you recover. <3
“Are you logged in?”
NO
I seem to have read something, somewhere, about all men being created equal.
I think you’re on to something.
Funny...neither am I, and I forgot my tinfoil hat.
Although, personally, I find the suggestion that I might be related to one or more leaders of the world mildly insulting.
Don’t worry about it.
Why do you need tin foil hats? is there a ZOT coming?
A ZOT can be unexpected.
In that case I’ll get prepared and get a lightning rod
Supposed to be a quick in and out, surgery, overnight stay, go home.
Unless they have to crack my sternum...
Would that be a case of TMI?
The pics of the Queen of Evil and her Tame Ogre arrived a few minutes ago. I love that big photo! Thanks!
I was going to show it to the ganag at the ramada, but I needed scissors to open it.
My carpet shampooer made it home today, so I went and got some more cleaning solution at the Dollar Tree, and picked up some Ibuprofen, though I hated paying $1 for 40 pills. I just didn’t have enough money to get the big bottle at Walmart.
The nausea is setting in again, and that stinks. I really didn’t want it today. I was feeling good, for a change. But when I feel good is usually when something happens to remind me that I have CFIDS and it isn’t going away any time soon.
I missed my nap this morning, not that it means anything.
Drink a nice cup of mint tea before you go to bed.
Ugh. Good luck with the surgery and life post-thyroid.
I take several herbal remedies before I go to bed, and they work quite well. Mint tea would be something I drank in the day time if I couldn’t get the nausea under control, but thanks very much for the suggestion.
(This is something I’ve lived with for 30 years, and it’s taken me a long time to figure out what works.)
The humidity is up today, and so are the “power surges.” Ma Nature pulled SUCH a dirty trick on me, back in May. :o[
The talk at the ramada revolved mostly around the impending moves, and there isn’t much of anything but speculation, because the “information” they gave us was less than informative. I could have done better with a crystal ball, I think.
The laundry is waiting for quarters, and I’m running out of diet drink to go with the Pink Stuff; I still have diet ginger ale, but I don’t think that would go well with the Cardbordeaux!
Drat! I forgot my noon pills! *sheesh* I went into the kitchen to take them and ended up making a ham and swiss on rye sandwich to take them with, but forgot the purpose of it. So much for short-term memory! LOL!
More like a six-pack...
You could make a list!
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