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!
Still writing books?
Yup.
So far those who spawned said tagline have yet to challenge it.
It was.
At least they didn’t have the local “Environmental Lawyer” decide to inhibit the reconstruction while he and his rabid friends tried to prove environmental negligence via finding fish and frog parts in the creek below the bridge.
(That was the bridge on Rutgers Creek on County route 22. Stopped bridge demolition for two or so months, putting everything behind schedule.)
They are COWARDS!
I wrote one last year called "Ethereal".
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It's Darksheare's fault.
“It’s eating Timmy again!”
And that was the line that started it off.
A bad Lassie joke, where Timmy seemed impervious to destruction, and Lassie was obviously leading him into danger then bragging about it to his oblivious parents.
Darks told you to write it? well, Can I find a copy of it on Amazon so I can buy it?
Lassie eating Timmy that’s disgusting! EWW!
Not so much as my goofery sparked it off.
LOL! Makes for some interesting reading, though.
Sheesh.
The publisher wants me to organize the chapter headings so that the reader edition is easier to navigate.
Picky, picky, picky.
I guess I should do that ...
So it’s not published. Pick publishers! always spoiling the fun!
Oops! That should have been picky publishers
No, more along the lines of Lassie leading Timmy into danger that would eat him.
I also imagined Lassie having the stereotypical German accent (in his/her own head) as they bragged to Timmy’s parents that their progeny was “Even now having his face wiped off his skull by a BEAR!”
(Imagine that said by the stereotypical German accent complete with monocle, and you get the mental image.)
There's a link on my about page to the originating short story, and the discussion that spawned it: Timmy
Oh!
You are both off the wall bonkers!
Your compliment about my creative nature is accepted.
Darks needs to whine less and write more.
LOL! And I’ll read Darks’ stories too!
I hope I didn’t offend either you or Darks
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