Dosen't mean you should!
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!
That’s what the late Igor said about me, but added, “...everything that goes in gets mangled.”
I resembled that remark!
W00t!
Yes, YOU!
At a first approximation, the simplest thing to check is that all your fuses are good. Most automotive fuseboxes are labeled as to function, so try to identify the instrument panel fuse, or maybe even radio.
Make sure you, or someone with good close vision, checks ALL the fuses that are supposed to be operating. (There may be space in the panel for spares. It's good if they are usable, but not until they get plugged into something.)
Dosen't mean you should!
Brown and yellow are very practical colors for crocheted shorts, you must admit.
Yep; I definitely think you should check your fuses.
The next batch of History we’ll be doomed to repeat will be so old that it will seem like something Biblical.
The fuses were the first thing I checked when the radio went out. My own idea on that is that the vehicle came from a very wet climate to a very dry one, and the coating on the wires may have dried out to the point that they cracked.
I don’t know if that’s even feasible, but the first hot days we got after the truck was delivered, the alarm would sound for no reason, then stop. It works like it’s supposed to now, though. Still no response from the radio.
Like I said, no one is willing to trouble-shoot it for me unless I pay them. You and I both know THAT isn’t going to happen!
We have a car with a dead radio and good fuses. I won’t pay someone else to trouble-shoot a radio either.
Fortunately, that’s not the one I drive.
I miss the radio in the truck, and that’s the truth. I’d like to have it replaced, but I can’t gather up the $100 I need for it at the place that will do it.
I just saw an article titled “Liberal Logic.” I dropped my sandwich.
My brain just couldn’t handle the oxy in the moron.
I don’t think there IS such a thing as Liberal logic. It doesn’t exist.
Now we know.
Catz have no bones?
Oh..
Did it give an example?
You know, like this:
Afternoon, all. I sure wish it was bedtime!
Picked up Tom from school and took him over to our friend Mrs. Atkinson’s, where he fixed her toilets. I got a part from the hardware store and looked briefly at paint options for the girls’ room.
Now I need to find Tom and get him to fix our toilet!
Plumbing is actually one of the few places where I’m a little handy. I learned two key plumbing lessons when I was young from a plumber who came to our house and they’ve helped me ever since.
1) Water runs downhill.
2) Payday is Friday.
1) Hot on the left.
2) Cold on the right.
3)WaterStuff runs downhill.
4) Payday is Friday.
5) Keep your fingers out of your mouth.
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