cripplecreek: See #3156 - possible raw material for your Ramadammit collection.
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!
I love you, man!!!
Speaking of Taglines, I always thought when you smiled in the face of hardship it meant you really had no idea what was going on.
Someone at Walmart was buying pumpkins.
Good, they can smash their own!!!
Actually, someone should photoshop the ads for “Bring Him Home” and put in a typical Walmartian and change the title to “Send Them Back.”
I don’t know about you, but it means I’m trying to cover up the bodies left in my wake....
I will see if Walmart has pumpkins tomorrow.
I see all these recipes for pumpkin stuff and then I think of my back and groan at the time it takes to stand and mix it all up.
I’ll let my daughter do the pumpkin stuff...
ArGee, that is good very good. Slings,
See 3156.
If I had kids I’d get a pumpkin, only to carve it or paint it.
I might get a pre painted little tiny pumpkin for my kitchen table, it would be decorative,
I often paint pumpkins with the Cub Scouts in October.
It was an unsuccessful endeavor.
I wonder what villainous plot they have.
It could be pie.
cripplecreek: See #3156 - possible raw material for your Ramadammit collection.
It could be pie....
Now Columbo would never have assumed something that obvious during his investigations.
This could be something exceptional unfurling ,here.
My EYES!!!
Two of them, right?
Yes. One red, one blue. But with that graphic, they have been crossed! Thanks, but NOT!
Somehow I've been picturing them as younger than that.
Hell!
I think I’ve been blinded by someone’s post, but then it all cleared up
so no extermination will take place as my vision is no longer impaired
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