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!
I’m losing ground so fast today, it isn’t even funny. I’m going to quit while I’m ahead.
Ah, yes. Powder it is. The anvil landed on a coyote over in the next county, and it was on.
If I waited until I was ahead to quit I would never stop.
What were we talking about again?
Whatever made you think you were ahead?
And the man in the back said everyone attack
And it turned into a ballroom blitz
And the girl in the corner said boy I want to warn you
It’ll turn into a ballroom blitz.
And the calliope crashed to the ground.
Well, she’s certainly not afoot!
Auuuuuuuugh! The light!
Sounds like quite an epic engagement. No wonder Pooh ran out of ammo.
Word is after they ran out of ammo, they grabbed an alligator and fire another round.
You would be correct...
WE had all of those.
Plus mimeograph fluid...
In my high school the chemistry lab was on the second floor. Above the math class room. With the plumbing for the lab tables penetrating the floor slab (or ceiling slab depending on the altitude from which you were viewing the situation) through neat seemingly core-drilled holes that left sufficient clearance to pass various items, e.g. latex hoses through to the far side (before Gary Larson)...
There in lies a tale..
What, is curmudgeon too difficult to spell?
Did you know that you can get SnickersTM in the twin pack with the word "curmudgeon" on the reverse? It's one of several descriptors available, including "feisty", "irritable", and "grouchy".
I seek these special packages out, because I believe in Truth in Advertising, and that "you are what you eat".
Nowadays, with some houses having "superinsulation", they've designed "heat-exchanging ventilation systems", so that cold, fresh outdoor air can be brought in and warmed up, while stale and stinky indoor air can be exhausted.
If you had known how they worked, you could have built your own. Heck, you still can, if you think it's worth the trouble.
Just get some big, flat panels of cardboard, preferably sized the same as standard furnace air filters, and make a sandwich of them with the furnace air filters. Put the cardboard sections with every other piece oriented to allow air to pass through one way, while the next allows it to go at right angles to the first.
Then you pull outside air through the lengthwise stack while pushing the indoor air out through the other orientation. It might take two box fans attached to the contraption, one going this way, and the other one that.
The theory is that as the air moves through, it surrenders or gains heat depending on the direction of flow, and the formerly cold but fresh air is warmed for recirculation in the interior, while the stale indoor air heats it as it flows out.
Considering it's all less than fifty bucks of stuff you have already or can easily scrounge, it's a good project to protect your health and secure your comfort.
Eventually you'll have to replace the cardboard, so scrounge some more of it for the rebuild at the end of the heating season.
I appreciate the info, but I don’t think it would have been practical. I’ll still swing a paint gun occasionally but now I use an HVLP, which cuts way down on the overspray. If you’ve never used one of the old siphon-feed guns you can’t really appreciate how much stuff we’re talking about getting thrown into the air.
Evening. We went to the gym. Now I’m in line for the shower.
That's why I go to work. It wouldn't be the least bit rewarding otherwise.
Kitteh looks warm and comfy in that fur. It’s 41 outside and 68 inside and I didn’t want to get up.
And then I moaned and groaned while I was dressing and taking my first pills of the day. It takes me so long to get moving in the mornings...I feel like an old lady.
Well, I’m here.
And now I need to do something.
(Nothing’s ever enough.)
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