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A Modest Proposal: The Thread Hijack Drinking Game [vanity]
Still me. | Today | Me

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!


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Humor
KEYWORDS: allin; drink; koalaoil; molassesmiasma; monkeyfacerules; napl; penguinhumor; undeadthread; undeadthreadhere
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To: ArGee; Monkey Face

**In one of Rich Mullins’ songs he’s praying and he says to God, “I’d rather fight you for things that I don’t really want than take what you give that I need.”

Guilty as charged.**

...

Well if you’re going to say that, I’m going to say this:

“There never seems to be enough time to do the things that you want to do — once you find them.”

...

I was thinking about using it for a tagline, but I’m still stuck on the one I’m using.


7,521 posted on 11/30/2015 3:45:42 PM PST by NicknamedBob ("I have my books and my poetry to protect me" --- and if that doesn't work, I can always write more.)
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To: ArGee
"So, is it safe to vent about Jurassic World here?"

It is with me. I thought it was criminally stupidly stupid.

But maybe that's just me and the way I look at things. I liked the scenery, but the sensery was very off-putting.

7,522 posted on 11/30/2015 3:51:03 PM PST by NicknamedBob ("I have my books and my poetry to protect me" --- and if that doesn't work, I can always write more.)
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To: ArGee; sionnsar; LibreOuMort

The late, beloved Sionnsar used to write with invisible ink. I had no idea that could be done!

Not having seen the movie, I can only say, “I will wait for that to happen and then laugh!” Thanks!


7,523 posted on 11/30/2015 4:11:36 PM PST by Monkey Face (The world is a mess because things are being loved and people are being used. It should be reversed.)
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To: NicknamedBob

Well, now...three movies later...am I going to like the stupidity and/or the inanity? Or will I wish I had never bought the doggone DVD?


7,524 posted on 11/30/2015 4:15:26 PM PST by Monkey Face (The world is a mess because things are being loved and people are being used. It should be reversed.)
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To: Monkey Face; ArGee

It’s called making a dumb animal entirely too smart.

Hollywood does it all the time, ever since Jaws. You’re not supposed to notice.

But trying to appeal to scientists in the movie audience won’t pay their bills.


7,525 posted on 11/30/2015 4:55:36 PM PST by NicknamedBob ("I have my books and my poetry to protect me" --- and if that doesn't work, I can always write more.)
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To: ArGee
.. if it has been absolutely everyone's first day maybe.

What you said.

Plus it was a Monday.. ;-)

7,526 posted on 11/30/2015 4:57:54 PM PST by NoCmpromiz (John 14:6 is a non-pluralistic comment.)
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To: NoCmpromiz; ArGee

And tomorrow will be a second first day.


7,527 posted on 11/30/2015 5:03:57 PM PST by NicknamedBob ("I have my books and my poetry to protect me" --- and if that doesn't work, I can always write more.)
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To: NicknamedBob; ArGee

Who’s on first?


7,528 posted on 11/30/2015 5:07:13 PM PST by NoCmpromiz (John 14:6 is a non-pluralistic comment.)
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To: NicknamedBob; ArGee

Oh dang...and here I thought movie genetics had morphed into something awesome. OK...back to the Toy Story series and Finding Nemo...


7,529 posted on 11/30/2015 5:27:25 PM PST by Monkey Face (The world is a mess because things are being loved and people are being used. It should be reversed.)
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To: Monkey Face; ArGee
"... and here I thought movie genetics had morphed into something awesome."

Movie geneticists do things that Drs. Moreau and Frankenstein could only dream of doing.

For the most part, I find the science of their genetics equivalent to my suggestion that the gene for Luciferase, the lightning bug capability, be added to the Tobacco plant, so that cigarette products could be developed that would light themselves.

7,530 posted on 11/30/2015 5:46:41 PM PST by NicknamedBob ("I have my books and my poetry to protect me" --- and if that doesn't work, I can always write more.)
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To: ArGee

No, it doesn’t make any sense at all. If people did sensible things, most movie plots would be short and boring.


7,531 posted on 11/30/2015 6:42:19 PM PST by Tax-chick (Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.)
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To: Tax-chick; fanfan; ColdOne; Cyber Liberty; null and void; Anoreth; Monkey Face; ...

7,532 posted on 12/01/2015 3:07:31 AM PST by Tax-chick (Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.)
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To: Tax-chick; Monkey Face; Slings and Arrows; CatherineofAragon

It’s a crime to have a nose so pink and not be able to give it a boop.


7,533 posted on 12/01/2015 3:17:46 AM PST by Gefn (I want to visit night's Plutonian shore.)
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To: Tax-chick

Kitty is wrapped up like a purrito. I hope she’s not sick.


7,534 posted on 12/01/2015 3:19:21 AM PST by Gefn (I want to visit night's Plutonian shore.)
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To: Gefn

I don’t think he’s sick: just sleeping because he’s so little.


7,535 posted on 12/01/2015 4:04:36 AM PST by Tax-chick (Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.)
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To: Tax-chick; Gefn

Being small explains a lot.


7,536 posted on 12/01/2015 5:33:45 AM PST by NicknamedBob ("I have my books and my poetry to protect me" --- and if that doesn't work, I can always write more.)
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To: Tax-chick

32 degrees.

I have to go to Walmart. Or maybe I can wait until tomorrow...I don’t want to go out in the cold. I’m going to make some hot cider, instead.


7,537 posted on 12/01/2015 5:39:29 AM PST by Monkey Face (The world is a mess because things are being loved and people are being used. It should be reversed.)
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To: NicknamedBob

Maybe people will overlook your sleeping all day when you’re that small!


7,538 posted on 12/01/2015 5:43:15 AM PST by Tax-chick (Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.)
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To: Monkey Face

We went to Walmart before supper yesterday but are short of some things again. Already. Always.

James has a dentist appointment today. Maybe I can avoid Walmart by picking up a few things at Harris Teeter. They cost a little more, but we get an employee discount on the house brands.


7,539 posted on 12/01/2015 5:44:20 AM PST by Tax-chick (Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.)
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To: NoCmpromiz

BTW: Since they made a new super-scary dinosaur and it’s a female they should have named it Hillary.

Just sayin’.

Or even scarier - Hillary 2016.


7,540 posted on 12/01/2015 5:44:54 AM PST by ArGee (War can be quick or (relatively) painless, but not both.)
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