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A Modest Proposal: The Thread Hijack Drinking Game [vanity]
Still me. | Today | Me

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!


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Humor
KEYWORDS: allin; drink; koalaoil; molassesmiasma; monkeyfacerules; napl; penguinhumor; undeadthread; undeadthreadhere
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To: ArGee

I love you, man!!!


3,161 posted on 09/14/2015 1:02:03 PM PDT by Monkey Face (If you smile in the face of hardship it means your soul is refusing to be a prisoner of sadness.)
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To: Monkey Face

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.


3,162 posted on 09/14/2015 1:04:24 PM PDT by ArGee (Unfortunately, when everything's insane, nothing is.)
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To: Gefn

Someone at Walmart was buying pumpkins.


3,163 posted on 09/14/2015 1:04:59 PM PDT by Tax-chick (I want to live my cat's life.)
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To: Tax-chick

Good, they can smash their own!!!


3,164 posted on 09/14/2015 1:06:37 PM PDT by ArGee (Unfortunately, when everything's insane, nothing is.)
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To: Tax-chick

Actually, someone should photoshop the ads for “Bring Him Home” and put in a typical Walmartian and change the title to “Send Them Back.”


3,165 posted on 09/14/2015 1:08:27 PM PDT by ArGee (Unfortunately, when everything's insane, nothing is.)
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To: ArGee

I don’t know about you, but it means I’m trying to cover up the bodies left in my wake....


3,166 posted on 09/14/2015 1:10:22 PM PDT by Monkey Face (If you smile in the face of hardship it means your soul is refusing to be a prisoner of sadness.)
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To: Tax-chick

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...


3,167 posted on 09/14/2015 1:12:01 PM PDT by Monkey Face (If you smile in the face of hardship it means your soul is refusing to be a prisoner of sadness.)
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To: ArGee; Slings and Arrows

ArGee, that is good very good. Slings,

See 3156.


3,168 posted on 09/14/2015 1:28:24 PM PDT by Gefn (Our next President needs a First Cat in the White House.)
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To: Tax-chick

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,


3,169 posted on 09/14/2015 1:30:01 PM PDT by Gefn (Our next President needs a First Cat in the White House.)
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To: Gefn

I often paint pumpkins with the Cub Scouts in October.


3,170 posted on 09/14/2015 1:50:07 PM PDT by Tax-chick (I want to live my cat's life.)
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To: NoCmpromiz

It was an unsuccessful endeavor.


3,171 posted on 09/14/2015 1:56:14 PM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: Tax-chick; Gefn

I wonder what villainous plot they have.


3,172 posted on 09/14/2015 1:58:59 PM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: Darksheare; Gefn

It could be pie.


3,173 posted on 09/14/2015 1:59:58 PM PDT by Tax-chick (I want to live my cat's life.)
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To: ArGee; cripplecreek; Gefn
Pilfered photo Pilfered-vi.gif

cripplecreek: See #3156 - possible raw material for your Ramadammit collection.

3,174 posted on 09/14/2015 2:14:41 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (My music: http://hopalongginsberg.com/ | Facebook: Hopalong Ginsberg | Instagram: hopalonginsberg)
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To: Tax-chick; Darksheare; Gefn

It could be pie....
Now Columbo would never have assumed something that obvious during his investigations.
This could be something exceptional unfurling ,here.


3,175 posted on 09/14/2015 2:18:53 PM PDT by moose07 (DMCS (Dit Me Cong San ) - Nah)
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To: Slings and Arrows

My EYES!!!


3,176 posted on 09/14/2015 2:22:36 PM PDT by Monkey Face (If you smile in the face of hardship it means your soul is refusing to be a prisoner of sadness.)
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To: Monkey Face

Two of them, right?


3,177 posted on 09/14/2015 2:26:46 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (My music: http://hopalongginsberg.com/ | Facebook: Hopalong Ginsberg | Instagram: hopalonginsberg)
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To: Slings and Arrows

Yes. One red, one blue. But with that graphic, they have been crossed! Thanks, but NOT!


3,178 posted on 09/14/2015 2:32:07 PM PDT by Monkey Face (If you smile in the face of hardship it means your soul is refusing to be a prisoner of sadness.)
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To: ArGee; moose07; Gefn; Pippin; Tax-chick; Darksheare; Monkey Face
“Well, he’s stopped picking fights with Clark, so that’s a relief. I think mostly they were instigated by that Joker character because he made so much money off the betting...”

At that point they got off the Subway and I didn’t hear any more.

Somehow I've been picturing them as younger than that.

3,179 posted on 09/14/2015 2:37:52 PM PDT by NicknamedBob ("Australia: Every animal is one of three types: Dangerous, Poisonous, or sheep." Rorschach's Blot)
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To: NicknamedBob; ArGee; moose07; Gefn; Pippin; Tax-chick; Darksheare; Monkey Face; ...

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


3,180 posted on 09/14/2015 2:55:31 PM PDT by Pippin (Time Lady of the Pings)
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