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!
47, WNW @ 12, 87%, Wind Chill, 41
*shudder*
I. Want. Summer!
Well, if it hadn’t been for Obummer ending global warming you might have it already.
That’s comforting...thanks. ;o]
45, 95%, W @ 11, Wind chill, 39.
It’s getting colder!!!
Br-r-r-r-r-r!
Specifically, the NBER study claims that for every day above 80 degrees Fahrenheit, there is a drop in the birth rate because it's too hot for sex.
Well, that makes sense, if you think about it. It explains why the overheated Southern hemisphere is losing population, while teeming hordes of Northern immigrants cross the Mediterranean to get to underpopulated Africa. People in places like Brazil and India don't have much of a sex life; it's too hot. It explains, too, why beautiful women are referred to as "cold," and why animals in the mood for sex are described as being "in cold." And why couples looking for a romantic rendezvous schedule trips to Lapland and Siberia rather than the Caribbean.
It cracke ME up.
Well, it did that for me, too! Talk about convoluted logic! None of it makes any sense at all. Which is why it’s so funny. It must have been written by a Libtard.
Chucle?
DARKS!!!
He was being sarcastic making fun of the libtards who were telling us that global warming would reduce the birth rate.
BTW: Isn’t the term ‘libtard’ insulting?
I mean, the mentally disabled deserve better than to be compared to liberals, don’t they?
I still make typsos when Darks lurks. If he is active in a thread, there is no problem. Otherwise, the typsos are overwhelming.
If they are mentally disabled voters, they are Libtard by definition.
Similarly, I typo like a monster if my sister is around.
She thinks it’s funny to watch my typing turn to crap.
I get it: Darkchylde is Velcro and your typsos are attracted by her, and you pass it on to me, and now, to ArGee. Thanks, Chylde!
</sarc
“Eventually, the typo commonality will reach critical mass!”
What happens when the typo commonality reaches critical morass?
Will Democrats start to make sense?
typos, auto correct and lexidysia or a powerful combination.
Too powerful
*tagline*
That’s a good one. I’d love to be one of those people who is asked if I think such-and-such is a sin. I’d answer, “It doesn’t matter what I think, it matters what God thinks. If you believe in God, check Scripture. If you don’t, why does it even matter?”
There was another almost as good, but I chose this one for today.
Discussion around the table today...I believe in Christ but I don’t go to church. That’s like saying “I believe in food but I don’t eat.” At least, that’s what it is to me...
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