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!
Sounds like some dates I had once upon a time.
Well my brain was not on on the Grieg page when I read that. I thought you meant someone had done a dubstep version of this...
The original recording in 1969 used the Mellotron (actually two of them). Unless they disguised it well, I didn't see one in this video..
Sorry. Brems are shorting out today.
I heard that. Lots of us wish it were Saturday, though for different reasons! *hug*
Shoulda let a woman drive.
They are FAR too expensive, and right now (for the last year or so) they are pushing gel nails, with all the equipment and polish. $10 a bottle for polish.
So celebration of Saturday.
Elton John or Bay City Rollers?
Dang.
That one does come to mind, but I think the other one was composed long before there were any (magnetic read) tape decks to make Mellotrons with.
Genesis used a Mellotron upon occasion also, inspired by King Crimson using them, I think.
Yep. That’s why Sally Hansen. I think they are still under $3. But I need to check.
*tagline*
Quite a few bands used the Mellotron back in the day, but it was an inconvenient instrument to road because of the design.. Much better adapted to a studio setting. The Beatles, Asia, Genesis, Moody Blues, Tangerine Dream, Rolling Stones and quite a few others used a Mellotron on some of their albums.
Rick Wakeman (Yes) has said that he loved the sounds but hated the instrument because it wouldn't stay in tune and in one performance of the 18 minute long 'Close To The Edge' with the rest of the band playing in Ab, his Mellotron wandered down to F... The comment 'Tuning a Mellotron doesn't" is attributed to him (and to others.. ;-)
With today's technology and digital sampling and software synthesis about the only time you will see a Mellotron is in a museum or a retro show.
Yes, I do know that Mellotron is supposedly still making them..
..but for now, I'll stick with my Roland stuff..
*correction to tagline*
Look! My Employee Number at Signetics and my VFW Ladies Auxiliary Number! YAY!
Now, I can go to bed.
Later!
For instance, the comment is also attributed to Robert Fripp (King Crimson)..
My toe has a lump on it, and it’s a funny color, but I don’t think it’s anything serious, as long as I don’t drop anything else on it.
Rick Wakeman is still at it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mQpIH2Z_9E
Or if you prefer the music mostly from the master of keyboards himself (although the singing isn’t as good) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0iBTiQFpoA
He’s put on a bit of weight since Yes...
But then, he IS almost as old as I. And I am a bit above what I weighed in the early ‘70s myself.
lol. funny pic
R-Point
http://flscifi.blogspot.com/2015/08/short-story-r-point.html
Sort of a homage (loosley) to a Korean film set during the Vietnam war, mine is set in the distant future and the enemies are unnamed (aliens)...
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