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 more amorphous the problem and the more people who can be signed up for a government program to help with it the better the “progressives” like it.
I wonder if Flo’s insurance company has ever thought of changing its name.
I doubt it. I read something about it several years ago, and it seems to me it was started by a Libtard..
Yes, Flo’s company is named that for a reason..
They are.. (Using the new redefined definition of the word now used to replace the out-of-favor ‘commie’..)
And when I called for quotes when I first got the Toyota truck, they were the highest, followed very closely by GEICO. Neither company can expect to do any business with me this side of the grave.
One of these days, between medical appointments, I need to call my insurance carrier and get renter’s insurance. Hafta, hafta, hafta!
No clue on that...
Looks lethal — maybe a fly could get stuck there. *eh?*
Stand on it when you are departing, exit quickly when you have arrived.
Sheesh! You act like one of the locals, encountering a traffic circle for the first time, and thinking maybe it's a crop circle.
That part is intuitive. What is missing is a means of determining the 'where' of the destination. Unless of course, 'anywhere' or 'whatever' is the desired relocation point.
Which would work out on the left coast.
Especially on campuses, or campii, or the like.
thinking maybe it's a crop circle.
We don't have crop circles here. But we do have corn mazes..
And speaking of traffic circles, the local highway department braintrust in charge of making things better has exponentially improved the local economy by replacing an intersection that had few accidents when previously controlled by 4-way stop signs with a roundabout and yield signs.
With the expected results.
The local body shops and towing companies thank them.
You could ask Darks about his pleasant experience with GEICO..
They still owe me $2,972 that I will never see.
They had their insured falsify a police report, “attempting to introduce a coffee instrument into the official record”.
And they got away with it.
I think we have the same highway department.
Today's tiny Swedish kitten will paralyze you with cuteness.
I think that pic is from a Chinese Thanksgiving.
LOL!
I’ve never cared to have my dinner staring back at me.
Happy Thanksgiving fellow humans.....and any other life forms that frequent these hallowed halls.
Thank you, Moose! I hope you’re having a pleasant day, even though it isn’t a holiday in your time zone.
Twist and lift.
Or check the instruction manual.
Darks will know.
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