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!
Safe drive.
Wisdom teeth.....what wisdom in the whole wide universe thought that those things where a good idea !?
( They must have come as a side effect of the Apple)
It’s been theorized that, if we all ate right, our jaws would have enough space for the way-back molars.
I’ve got the space.....( insert joke here)
Two failed to emerge, one exploded two years ago, the third is sat there looking at me.
My wisdom teeth tried to come in every month or so when I was a teen, but they finally all came in when I was pregnant.
And all but one needed oral surgery to pull out because they all had hooked roots. *shudder*
I think I was 20 when they all came in and by the time I was 23, they had all been pulled.
What fun!
What an interesting kitteh this morning!
My clothes are all dry and I need to fold them, then take a shower and see if I feel better, but I have to wait until the morphine kicks in.
The pain always depresses me, so that’s how I wake up. I can’t remember when the last time was that I got out of bed feeling good and ready to face the day. Now, it takes up to an hour. *sigh*
W00t!
I had mine out when I was about Bill’s age.
They say time is a healer... But just the thought of that, AAAghhhhh!
(((Hugs)))
Bill was doing wash last night, so I’m a little behind. I should put a load on before we leave to take Tom to school.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Dqbv8a1Qtg
Have a Johnny Cash song.
I know it’s soon, but I couldn’t resist...
*tagline*
Once mine were out, my health improved because when the teeth came in, they were already decayed. Just plain ol’ bad wisdom teeth!
Thanks! <3
I checked MapQuest, and the place I need to go to tomorrow is clear over on Las Vegas Boulevard (the Strip) at the south end. I thought I could leave there and go north to get my new prescription, but I will have to get it on Thursday or Friday.
There is no way I will drive the Strip north to Charleston, where I have to go, or take I-15 at that time of morning. As it is, I will be taking Warm Springs Road to the appointment, so I don’t have to drive the I-215 during rush hour. I hate that freeway, anyway, and rush hour is a suicide drive.
So I will be pretty low on gas by the time payday comes.
Anyway, I will get it over with so I don’t have to stress about it.
That explains a lot.
I always thought they were saying time is a heel.
No. It’s “Time wounds all heels.”
Here, we’re entering fall: 79, 53% S @ 7mph, overcast.
What!
I saw that on FB this morning and I thought, “Yep. That’s what the kid did, alright.”
It debunks the ahmed kids claim to have “invented” or made a clock. The little plebe suicide bomber merely took the guts from an old Radio Shack clock and secured them, unmodified, in total to the pencil box.
I thought that it was a countdown clock, as some of the articles stated.
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