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!
OK. You said the magic word: insects. No deal, then.
For some reason, I seem to be in a rather foul mood this morning. Not directed at anyone specific, just a little naggy piece of irritation at the back of my brain. And I’m not sure I want to explore it.
I’m pretty sure that Fiji has humidity.
If someone defines a warm place as somewhere that people habitually leave their clothes off, then the only place I’ve discovered to fit that definition is my imagination.
It must be a very warm place.
That’s got to be the explanation for why I keep such a firm grip on the hand of my inner child.
I wouldn’t want him to go wandering off in such an environment.
Your inner child might wander off too far and find some Action he hadn’t bargained for. ;o]
Or he might find an especially venomous insect, plant, or reptile. Didn’t someone have a tagline regarding how everything in Australia wants to kill you? I think that can be generalized across the South Pacific.
I don’t like humid places with insects.
It gave me the creeps as a child when we would drive to Florida every year to visit my paternal grandfather and see cars with bug guards on their cars.
Yech.
Humidity makes my hair frizzy ... but I’m friendly with most local insects other than cockroaches.
Except for the sheep.
I may have posted this before, but it’s worth a second look on a Sunday afternoon!
http://www.onlyinyourstate.com/nevada/delightful-small-towns-nv/
I have that kinky Jewish hair that loves humidity,
Think of Elaine from Seinfeld in the first couple of seasons only dirty blonde.
My hair is like that, if it’s more than a couple of inches long. Probably not as bad now that it’s mostly gray, but I don’t let it get long enough to evaluate.
In the 1970s, my brother was the only white kid in school who could grow an Afro. For dating purposes, he passed for Jewish in high school.
Happy cyber Momday kitty!
Catnip on sale somewhere on the Internet.
Amber eyes. Good choice for a caution signal.
Stuning little floofy squee! What beautiful colors! <3
31 degrees, wind chill 28, S @ 3, 58%
It’s going to be cold waiting for that door to open so I can do laundry.
*tagline*
That’s a good one!
30 degrees, S @ 4, 60%, wind chill, 25
Brrrr! I want summer!
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