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!
You don’t use your own stamps. You only do it if they are paying the postage.
I am uncertain whether it is a good idea or a bad one to leave your identification on the paperwork.
I am presuming that it will take a lo-o-ng time for a certain senior citizens group to realize that I am not old enough to join them yet. Give it another thirty years maybe.
Good morning. You can’t help your time zone!
I got up later than usual because we’d had a power flicker and my clock was blinking 12:00.
If you’re talking about the same one I’m thinking of, they like to snag folks the minute they are 50, and lump them in with “Seniors.” I figure a senior is 70 or older, depending on how well they function.
If they are 80 and function well, they aren’t Seniors.
I slept 11 hours. I guess I was just worn out from last week.
It’s 53, 40% and the wind is SE @12. Snow is expected on Mt. Charleston today, and that tells me that it’s going to be cold and wet this winter. Mt. Charleston had snow in September, and that’s never a good sign.
I got an email from the grandson who is on a mission, asking me for a tie. I don’t have money to buy him a tie. I don’t know how to tell him that. He has to wear a tie every day, so the more he has, be happier he will be. Now I feel really sad.
Well, I’m glad they got it all.
I suppose you’re going to blame Dark’s coffee.
Election day is a holiday in NYC.
I have no idea what’s on the ballot, but I’ll take the day off and fold my own clothes this laundry day and may be vote.
I won’t be around to annoy the UTers as much as usual, though.
I, for one, toss all the AARP envlopes in the trash unopened.
I’m not supporting a libby lobbying group no matter how much savings I can get.
I do the same with AARP and any “discounts” offered to people from other businesses.
Poke your head in once in a while, and enjoy the time off!
Nahhh, that takes over the brain, not the thyroid.
Done with a style and panache that can be matched by very few in this world.
He mentioned in passing that he’d done tens of thousands of thyroidectomies....
If they don't they are fake, and an inspection must be carried out by the man-from-the-ministry.
Ye Olde English Tea Shoppe.....tourists just can't get their collective heads around that. :) Neither can a lot of natives. sigh.
Hmmm....
The good thing is, that you’re fixed.
:)
Apparently he used to work on British cars, he installed a drain for the inevitable leak...
(Good to see the humour is still intact.)
Obviously he never worked on the electrics.
He didn’t try to reinstall smoke...
Oh, Moosie! You are so sweet! LOL! Thanks!
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