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!
The section that was roped off in Walmart today was the entire clothing and shoe area. I couldn’t have found anything to wear if my life depended on it! LOL!
I would love to by the DVDs of Downton Abbey a season at a time. I just don’t know if I could swing it. I haven’t checked PBS.org for the prices, as I’m afraid I would just be sad that I couldn’t get them.
Almost 80 degrees outside. Tomorrow will be 63. From the sublime to the ridiculous.
We’re watching on streaming from Amazon Prime, but the library has the DVDs. Try yours!
Dang!,
Stayed up to watch the game. Dang!
I’m sorry the Mets lost. Heck, it was a slaughter.
Hoping next year for a Subway series.
Orange FLOOF!
Hurray!
Or for all of us who remember - a baby Morris. still has his 9 Lives.
Orange baby makes Mets loss almost all better.
Awwww...marmalade floof! I needed that, and a lot more besides!
I love today’s babeh cat.
Good morning Face. :)
Today is the big anniversary party. I wish it was tomorrow so this whole thing will be over. So much to do.....
Morning, Gefn. I love marmalade cats. I always have. Today’s is just so stinking CUTE!!
He’s letting us know we should all be taking naps today!
Jake agrees.
I agree with Jake.,I like naps too.
It’s cold and overcast here. Mom said it drizzled on her wedding day too.
There was a sleet storm on my wedding day, February 4, 1989. It has traditionally been a day of bad weather, no matter where we live.
I hope your party goes well!
It’s pouring here. I’m having the kids clean up, and then we’ll start schoolwork. We can go to the gym this afternoon: maybe it will have stopped raining.
My day is just starting, and it’s laundry day. *sigh*
My stomach is still upset from yesterday.
Maybe I’ll take a nap later. Or not.
It’s always laundry day and night here! That reminds me, there’s at least one load of towels in the hall bathroom ...
Several of our offspring get a new towel from the closet each time they take a shower, and then they throw the towel on the floor instead of hanging it up. Someday karma will get them ...
Sad to say, I use towels for two weeks, showering every other day or so. If I got a new towel every time I showered, I would be washing three times a week. And I can’t afford that!
The laundry is all sorted and in the cart, so I guess I’m as ready as I will be. Now, all I have to do is wait for Robert to open the community room...
I need more thermal shirts, now. I couldn’t get into the clothing section at Walmart to check on the prices, but it’s OK because I wouldn’t have had the money.
All the payments have been made, according to my account, and I have so little left. That $200+ I have to put out for iherb.com really knocks a hole in my “play” money.
Tom will have to make a second try at cleaning the bathroom, once he’s done providing Shannon’s emotional nurturance. She’s deeply offended by the weather.
The weather liars got it wrong again. Today will be 80 and tomorrow will be 63. Today was supposed to be 63... *sheesh*
My apt has a dishwasher. I wish if had a washer and dryer. It would be heaven.
I hate schlepping to the laundrymat.
Of course, I can always go to moms and cheat.,
Saving 6300 for you.
If I ever get a place of my own, it will have a dishwasher AND washer and dryer! I’m SO sick of going to the laundry room. Although I go early, and not too many people are up this early.
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