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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: Monkey Face

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3,201 posted on 09/15/2015 5:26:51 AM PDT by Monkey Face (Doctor: It's no wonder you feel a song coming on; you have a staph infection.)
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To: Monkey Face

All kittens have a little tiger in them ;-).

Very sorry about the flooding. Sometimes we forget that nature wants to kill us.

Sally is loudly performing scenes from “Frozen.” Maybe we’ll leave for Weight Watchers a little early.


3,202 posted on 09/15/2015 5:37:32 AM PDT by Tax-chick (I want to live my cat's life.)
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To: NicknamedBob; Tax-chick

“i will name him George, and I will hug him, and hold him, and pet him, and squeeze him.”

http://youtu.be/jPdHaNr0OAY

Thank you Mel Blanc and Steinbeck!


3,203 posted on 09/15/2015 6:01:51 AM PDT by Gefn (Our next President needs a First Cat in the White House.)
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To: Tax-chick

Second kitteh made my head explode.,


3,204 posted on 09/15/2015 6:02:26 AM PDT by Gefn (Our next President needs a First Cat in the White House.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

That’s just a “you had one job” meme picture. How did it generate this level of interest?

It cracks me up, but...


3,205 posted on 09/15/2015 6:07:35 AM PDT by ArGee (Unfortunately, when everything's insane, nothing is.)
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To: NicknamedBob

Well, yeah,in the biopics. But they were fully grown adults in the 1950s.


3,206 posted on 09/15/2015 6:09:14 AM PDT by ArGee (Unfortunately, when everything's insane, nothing is.)
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To: Pippin

Same thing around here.


3,207 posted on 09/15/2015 6:09:45 AM PDT by ArGee (Unfortunately, when everything's insane, nothing is.)
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To: Monkey Face

Fall down a well and get scared by a bunch of bats.


3,208 posted on 09/15/2015 6:10:16 AM PDT by ArGee (Unfortunately, when everything's insane, nothing is.)
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To: Tax-chick

I thought it was from a king, actually.


3,209 posted on 09/15/2015 6:11:16 AM PDT by ArGee (Unfortunately, when everything's insane, nothing is.)
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To: NicknamedBob

We must be cousins. I’m like the Sesame Street of stand-up philosophers.

C is for cookie, that’s good enough for me!!!


3,210 posted on 09/15/2015 6:12:21 AM PDT by ArGee (Unfortunately, when everything's insane, nothing is.)
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To: ArGee

Good morning ArGee!


3,211 posted on 09/15/2015 6:44:20 AM PDT by Gefn (Our next President needs a First Cat in the White House.)
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To: Tax-chick; Gefn; ArGee; NicknamedBob; Darksheare; All

Back from Walmart. As I was turning off our street onto Pacific, there was a line of six or seven cars and SUVs waiting for the light to turn green. And as I passed, I noticed they were all police vehicles. And turning left off Basic to Pacific were another four or five cars. All police vehicles.

Heading for the freeway, no doubt, driving under the radar with their cloaking debices up, on the way to a raid. I have seen this before, and the time of day is just about right...early morning, when the perps are asleep after a night of thievery and drug dealing.

Henderson police are SO awesome!

I got the stuff for cocktails, and decided for the next three days, I will eat nothing but them, yogurt, and a ham and cheese on rye, until I can get the pain under control and keep it there.

I just barely had enough money for everything, but that’s OK. I got the important stuff!

My new computer is supposed to be here today, and yesterday, I sent everything on this one to the 3T slave, so I don’t have to worry about losing stuff. I was absolutely tickled that I remembered how to do it! LOL!

After Kenyatta leaves on Thursday, I will take this computer back to Aaron’s. I don’t know how long it will take for them to reimburse me for the two weeks coming, but at least I won’t have to deal with them any more. GAH!


3,212 posted on 09/15/2015 6:49:31 AM PDT by Monkey Face (Doctor: It's no wonder you feel a song coming on; you have a staph infection.)
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To: ArGee

Hahaha!

That was particularly funny because the we grew up in had bats in the attic. I loved sitting on the bench outside at sundown and watching them come out to feed on the mosquitoes. And we had a lot, living so close to the lake.

The house is no longer there, and I still think it’s sad.


3,213 posted on 09/15/2015 6:52:30 AM PDT by Monkey Face (Doctor: It's no wonder you feel a song coming on; you have a staph infection.)
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To: Monkey Face

I lost 2.8 this week. Amazing what happens when you follow the plan ...


3,214 posted on 09/15/2015 7:36:38 AM PDT by Tax-chick (I want to live my cat's life.)
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To: Tax-chick

Good for you!

As long as my ulcers are acting up, I’m not going to worry about loss or gain. I eat to ease the pain and have to eat again in an hour or so to ease the pain, and so on. So I will spend the next three days diligently sticking to the cocktails.

The relief is immediate, so I won’t complain.


3,215 posted on 09/15/2015 7:43:19 AM PDT by Monkey Face (Doctor: It's no wonder you feel a song coming on; you have a staph infection.)
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To: Monkey Face

I could probably lose weight on ulcer cocktails ... just not on wine and pretzels and wine and chips and doughnuts and ice cream and crackers and cheese and wine ...


3,216 posted on 09/15/2015 7:46:04 AM PDT by Tax-chick (I want to live my cat's life.)
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To: Tax-chick

See? That would be me. But I have to take a sabbatical once in a while. Darnit.


3,217 posted on 09/15/2015 8:42:12 AM PDT by Monkey Face (Doctor: It's no wonder you feel a song coming on; you have a staph infection.)
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To: NicknamedBob

Please no Walmartians!


3,218 posted on 09/15/2015 8:55:03 AM PDT by Pippin (Time Lady of the Pings)
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To: Monkey Face; Tax-chick; Slings and Arrows; Darksheare; NicknamedBob; null and void; ArGee; All

Good Morning/Afternoon/Evening Everybody!

Phew! I believe that covers the whole day wherever or whenever you are.

It’s so hard to keep track when different time zones are involved.

Oh Well!

How is everyone doing?


3,219 posted on 09/15/2015 9:06:20 AM PDT by Pippin (It's not impossible, Just highly unlikely)
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To: Pippin

I go to Walmart at 0600 and the only Walmartians I see are the employees. Most of them at that hour are courteous, even though they are stocking and I often get in their ways. I hate going later because the customers are so stinking RUDE!


3,220 posted on 09/15/2015 9:07:34 AM PDT by Monkey Face (Doctor: It's no wonder you feel a song coming on; you have a staph infection.)
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