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!
Obama balances the budget every day.
On the backs of our children’s children’s children.
..but on our side of the salty pond a good Louisville Slugger will be an excellent approximation..
And on another front, I now have a Longcat disassembling a chunk of antistatic foam that came with a piece of electronica..
Broadstripe and Comcast have determined that watching TV is bad for you, so they’re taking all the good* channels off the air and replacing them with reality channels and infomercials.
*There are no good TV shows, there are only better TV shows. Go cold turkey for at least a year and then just try to watch something you used to like. Every time I asked myself, “How could I have ever sat still through x minutes of this?”
I’m actually gonna guess Win-Tin-Tin.
The first tip is to move your mouse to the upper left corner and the thing should go away and NEVER COME BACK.
If that doesn’t do it, use Windows-S to get the Search box and ener “device manager” (not to be confused with device mangler which is what the OS is) and expand on the Human Interface Devices line. Double-click on the “HID-compliant touch screen” line and note that Win-Tin-Tin thinks everything’s peachy. Go to the Driver and click Disable and confirm when Win-Tin-Tin asks if you’re nuts.
You can always re-enable it later, but you probably won’t want to.
I haven’t tried any of this, just repeating what Mr. Google tole me.
Clever move that.
Give the packaging to your domesticated self propelled universal shredding operative.
Makes it easier to put in the bin.
I try not to vent any more as it clears the room.
Sometimes the paint on the walls starts peeling, too.
“Freedom’s just another word for ‘unlimited line of credit.’”
With apologies to Janis Joplin.
Yes, oft-times it is difficult to distinguish between good satire and political speech.
For instance, saying "Obama is a non American America hating muslime with anti-Israel and globalistic communist world view who delights in fomenting discord while implementing jihadist 'death to America' policies. Not to mention that he's either horrendously incompetent or treacherously treasonous." falls into the genre of satire.
On the other hand, saying "Obama is either horrendously incompetant or treacherously treasonous because he's a non American America hating muslime with anti-Israel and globalistic communist world view who delights in fomenting discord.." could be construed by the left as political speech.
Note the subtle difference. ;-)
By either perspective however, both statements are true...
OK.. now I need to go get some car parts..
Then we arrive at defamation of character .....
He doesn’t need any assistance on that front.
There is no discernible character to defame.
So my Skype just told me that bing rewards could allow me to win a Surface Pro 3.
Isn’t that a punishment?
All bases covered!
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Fire at will! :)
What did Will do?
Gave the keys to James.
On his nose every day :0)
January 2017
I think I’ll Do that.
I think he does a good job of that himself.
I’m gonna do it again!
Really!
3600!!!!!!
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