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!
!!
YOURS! W00t!
Just a coincidence ...
Kathleen wants to go to the park now. I guess we’ll find some shoes and go.
And without a bat, no less.
You’re welcome.
You know, given what you’re trying to train Kathleen to do, that last sentence was pretty - er - interesting.
Bats are optional.
I got a really nice card from a sometimes invisible boy. It made my day. ;o]
When I went out to check the mail Carlos was mowing the grass, and now I have to have a breathing treatment.
*sigh*
My BFF Jerry, at the Muffler Shop says it would cost about $50 to run a diagnostic on the truck.
I could try the place in Boulder City that broke my other truck, but I still owe them money, they say. So I don’t know what to do...
Well, that’s pretty annoying.
LOL!
REALLY annoying.
I have blisters on my left heel, and will have to go in the morning to get some antibiotic cream for it. I thought I had some, but I’m out. I even checked my truck first aid kit and all I found was one packet of antibiotic. *sigh* I’m also out of gauze pads and paper tape, so I need to replenish those, too. The only thing I have in abundance is anti-bacterial wash, cotton balls and cotton pads.
My feet are swollen for some unknown reason, and I can’t seem to get the swelling down... More salt, I think... But the swelling is why I have the blisters.
I really want to go to DMV Wednesday...I hope they give me a rebate for the year, rather than charge me, but I don’t know what to expect, never having done this before.
Life seems to be throwing me some curves, lately, and though they aren’t big ones, they are VERY, REALLY, HORRENDOUOSLY annoying.
Kewl!
Notice the other cats standing back. They’ve played this before.
Wise, those felines are... ;o]
PS: I wish I knew how to check for sure about the solenoid in my truck. Do you know how I can do that? I don’t like the idea of paying $50 for someone to tell me it needs a $30 part.
Now is the time I wish I had live-in mechanic... *sigh*
Ah, the old “death by a thousand really annoying curves” trick, eh?
*sigh*
When I was a young single mother, I was angered and upset by all the “I’ll be glad to help you if...” proposals. These days, they don’t even pretend.
It’s more like, “You’re too old to give me what I want, so go somewhere else.”
And I know of absolutely NO female mechanics.
Odd. I’m trying to remember this old vaudville song and I can’t find the lyrics on the Interthingie.
Why do they call them wild women?
Wild women, wild women?
Do they (something) or live in a cave?
I’ve never called on one that needed a shave!
Why do they call them wild women?
That’s been a puzzle to me?
Why do they call them wild women
When they’re just as tame as can be?
You’d think that’d be popular.
Well, if you had dentures...
Seriously, while men can be pretty awful, it’s also pretty expensive to run an auto shop. I would think the insurance alone would ratchet up the costs.
When I lived in NH I had a neighbor who ran a side business of fixing cars out of his detached garage. It went up in flames one night, probably due to the petroleum-based products he kept there.
Fortunately, his house was OK.
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