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!
Had it not been for the fact that I had to get a new prescription for morphine, I would have rescheduled whatever it was I had to go into Vegas for. Just because I didn’t want to go. Period. It was rescheduled from last month because the doctor who sees me for the neck was out of town, so I couldn’t let it go. It was already four months.
Now, of course, I would like some Pink Drink, but there is none to be had. And I want my mommie.
Thanks, though. I appreciate the condolences. *hug*
I have to go to the Stewardship Committee meeting tonight (because I’m vice-chairwoman and secretary ...), but I’d rather go to bed. At least I don’t have to drive Tom to school: Bill came home early with the car.
Oh, T-c! Please, try not to volunteer to be elected to those things! Your family needs you more!
The Wednesday train is coming through, and oddly enough, it is somewhat of a comfort for me.
And my hair needs a trim! Badly! It needs to be evened out and made to look like someone cares about it. (The three things I’ve always been vain about are my hair, my legs and my nails. My bad!)
I’m not volunteering for anything else, honest! The meeting isn’t until 7:00, and I can get the dishes done and have Kathleen washed before I go. Bill can feed the cats.
Nope. I already took care of everything we need.
You'll notice that we never have these traffic problems on the Habitats. That's because all the transportation is in enclosed tubes, like elevators. If you want to get bitten by a closing elevator door, that isn't my problem, and it isn't my problem to fix.
All the hovering my transportation systems do is inside the tube.
Now, if you want to get some personal hovering time in, go up to the Thrust Ring and run counter to the rotation. As soon as you get up to a matching speed, you can just lift off and hover while the Ring rotates around you.
Way to go Bob!
EZ breeze!
That sounds so restful, like floating in the pool only better.
Well, the Thrust Ring is only about lunar gravity.
I forgot to mention that we do have a zero gravity facility. It’s at the center of our captured asteroid, Plymouth.
We’ve been mining it for a long time, and some of it has been hollowed out. It’s still a work in progress, but there’s always something to do.
What a squee little face!!!
And the little pink nu-nu is priceless!
Yes, he looks like a little sweetie.
No dentist appointments today. Looks like we’ll go to the library and the Walmart. Sally has taken a notion to make pizza from scratch.
When my kids were growing up (a little younger than Sally) Chef Boy-ar-dee made a “do it yourself” pizza kit, complete with flour and toppings. I made a lot of those. They were pretty good, for the price, but these days, pizza is so cheap, it probably doesn’t pay to “DIY” for money.
Pizza sounds good. I will check my pennies and see if I can get a couple of those $1 pizzas that are now $1.79. ;o]
I just went to Walgreen’s to get my prescription filled. Br-r-r-r-r!!! Next on the agenda is a shower, but not quite yet.
I need to call Walmart today for a print-out of my meds so I can take it to Walgreen’s. Waiting for 0900 to get a bottle of pills or a box of vials is ridiculous. That’s my lunch-time, fercryinoutloud.
And I also need a breathing treatment.
Good luck with all that. After looking at our schedule, I told Sally to aim for having it ready about 3:00, when the brothers want a snack. It would be much more trouble than it’s worth to make enough for all us to have a meal.
Note to self. Put on glasses before reading UT. I thought you said you were vain about the hair on your legs.
Don’t try it!!!!
It’s one of NNB’s favorite practicle jokes.
And guess whose job it is to chase down the blobs of - er - human effuvia. Yep. Yours truly.
But Bob will be Bob.
Did you ever get the pressure dome fitted out for flying a’la “The Menace from Earth” (Heinlein)?
*effluvia
I can’t blame autowrecker. It has no idea what that word is.
At the time those DIY kits came out, we were four people and one was fairly short.
One pizza was enough to feed us. Now? I can get several meals from one pizza, but I have to share with other people because I get tired of the taste after the second straight meal of the same thing.
Well, since it’s mostly been non-existent all of my life, the hair on my legs has never been an issue. ;o]
We have Sunbeam for the cats!
Good morning, ArGee.
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