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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
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To: Gefn

Good morning! Things are moving very slowly here.


7,921 posted on 12/07/2015 4:37:55 AM PST by Tax-chick (Maximizing my cultural appropriation.)
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To: moose07; All

Any Anglophiles here or fans of Britcoms?

The last remaining cast member from Are You Being Served is now in Grace Brothers, Heaven branch.

https://mobile.twitter.com/BBCNewsEnts/status/673840925349707776

RIP

Hint it’s not Mrs. Slocumbe’s kitty Tiddles.


7,922 posted on 12/07/2015 4:45:42 AM PST by Gefn (I want to visit night's Plutonian shore.)
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To: Tax-chick

People were on very late chatting about the speech. I turned it off after five minutes and went to the Food network


7,923 posted on 12/07/2015 4:49:58 AM PST by Gefn (I want to visit night's Plutonian shore.)
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To: Gefn

We played games until the little kids went to bed, then watched an episode of “Midsomer Murders” and we all retired before 10:00, except for Bill and Tom.


7,924 posted on 12/07/2015 4:52:46 AM PST by Tax-chick (Maximizing my cultural appropriation.)
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To: Tax-chick; Monkey Face; Gefn; Darksheare; moose07; null and void
good morning....maybe.. waiting...waiting....drip already!


7,925 posted on 12/07/2015 4:57:27 AM PST by Covenantor ("Men are ruled-...by liars who passing refuse the. news, and by fools who cannot govern." Chesterton)
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To: Covenantor

LOL!


7,926 posted on 12/07/2015 5:11:21 AM PST by Tax-chick (Maximizing my cultural appropriation.)
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To: Tax-chick; Monkey Face; Gefn; Darksheare; moose07; null and void

morning yoga position known as Tuna Can

7,927 posted on 12/07/2015 5:14:25 AM PST by Covenantor ("Men are ruled-...by liars who passing refuse the. news, and by fools who cannot govern." Chesterton)
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To: Covenantor; Tax-chick; Monkey Face; Darksheare; moose07; null and void

If I tried that yoga position it would be called tuna can’t.


7,928 posted on 12/07/2015 5:20:12 AM PST by Gefn (I want to visit night's Plutonian shore.)
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To: Tax-chick; Monkey Face; Gefn; Darksheare; moose07; null and void
Waiter, waiter...I was here first...

how come they got coffee before me?

7,929 posted on 12/07/2015 5:20:58 AM PST by Covenantor ("Men are ruled-...by liars who passing refuse the. news, and by fools who cannot govern." Chesterton)
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To: Covenantor

I’m signing off to make my coffee.,back in a bit.

Poor kitty. No thumbs to lift the latch to put the k cup in.


7,930 posted on 12/07/2015 5:21:42 AM PST by Gefn (I want to visit night's Plutonian shore.)
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To: Covenantor; Slings and Arrows

Cats on a hamster wheel?

Mean! And funny.

I have coffee for all the kittenz. And cream.


7,931 posted on 12/07/2015 5:35:20 AM PST by Gefn (I want to visit night's Plutonian shore.)
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To: NoCmpromiz

That’s interesting that #27 paper is 300 to a ream. Fancy that, she sez, wonderingly.

And I love looking for the Big Ursa...hard to find here, now, with all the sky glow from the Valley.

I don’t know about the Staples where you live, but the ones here are so much higher-priced than the other office supply stores that I don’t go in there at all. I’ve been in there twice and both times, I had to stagger and reel towards the doors and outside to keep from dying of sticker shock.


7,932 posted on 12/07/2015 5:41:57 AM PST by Monkey Face (The body is 90% water, so we're basically just cucumbers with anxiety.)
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To: Gefn

It wasn’t the most comforting speech. You want to know your President knows what’s going on. If he does know, his feigned ignorance is even more discomforting.


7,933 posted on 12/07/2015 5:42:53 AM PST by ArGee (War can be quick or (relatively) painless, but not both.)
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To: Tax-chick

Da indbisible kitteh is very good at camouflage!

I’m here. The laundry is sorted and I’m not looking forward to two hours in the laundry room, but I do what has to be done. Dang it.


7,934 posted on 12/07/2015 5:45:31 AM PST by Monkey Face (The body is 90% water, so we're basically just cucumbers with anxiety.)
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To: Gefn

I used to just love that show! That one and Keeping Up Appearances. I would love to have both series on DVDs.

All of them are gone now? Just darn.


7,935 posted on 12/07/2015 5:48:01 AM PST by Monkey Face (The body is 90% water, so we're basically just cucumbers with anxiety.)
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To: Covenantor

What a pensive look on that cat’s face!!! But yes, waiting for the drip is what it’s all about. I need some. Now. Thanks, Covenantor. I was fine until I saw that! LOL!


7,936 posted on 12/07/2015 5:50:20 AM PST by Monkey Face (The body is 90% water, so we're basically just cucumbers with anxiety.)
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To: Gefn

Did you say your sister had given you a Keureg coffee maker? If so, how do you like it?


7,937 posted on 12/07/2015 5:52:05 AM PST by Monkey Face (The body is 90% water, so we're basically just cucumbers with anxiety.)
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To: Covenantor

LOL!

How much fun can two cats have?


7,938 posted on 12/07/2015 5:52:54 AM PST by Monkey Face (The body is 90% water, so we're basically just cucumbers with anxiety.)
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To: Tax-chick; Monkey Face; Gefn; Darksheare; moose07; null and void
Quantum physics, strange attractors.

Lesson 101.05.01 Lab work

Demonstrate feline-cardboard relationship.

Conclusion: Attactive force of cardboard box remains constant despite size of box.

7,939 posted on 12/07/2015 5:57:05 AM PST by Covenantor ("Men are ruled-...by liars who passing refuse the. news, and by fools who cannot govern." Chesterton)
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To: Monkey Face

Try icoffee instead. We have had both a Keureg and icoffee. The icoffee is much better. Bed Bath and beyond has them.

https://icoffee.com/


7,940 posted on 12/07/2015 5:59:06 AM PST by texhenry
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