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!
I must be the only one in here...*echo-echo-echo*
Was conducting quantum physics experiment.... now I have to start all over. Where’s that darn cat?
;>)
need more coffee
No she wanted to give me a Keurig. I wanted a coffee maker like Mr. Coffee. It’s actually cheaper for me.
Wow. There are only four places in the Valley that have them and I can’t afford any of them. Even the air is too expensive for me to breathe!
But it looks like a good thing to have. I will look for them.
So what did you get?? Or are you still doing instant coffee?
Still, coffee is coffee, and it’s good for us! Like chocolate! YAY!
Drinking instant. Supposedly it will be delivered on Saturday when the whole family gets together for dinner.
Instant isn’t so bad really.
I like Maru in boxes more than Schrodinger’s cat.
The classic Italian espresso machines are impressive looking with all the froo-froo but the basic function is pretty simple. So many ways to brew good coffee to personal taste.
This machine is the Idi Amin of coffee makers in full dress uniform, big fat and shiny, capable of spouting steam and foaming at the mouth. Love that gold imperial eagle.
Gotcha???!!!
You got me I thought it was some type of steam punk machine.
It’s purty.
Morning ArGee.
There’s got to be a Red Dwarf joke in there. I’ll think of it.
More coffee please.
Mean! And funny.
Funnier with a frickin' laser...
Clever concept.
The dispenser hums and produces a pair of gumboots.
LISTER: Your vocabulary unit's not working either.
DISPENSING MACHINE: Yeth, I know. Thith altho hath been reported to the Thkutterth. Thorry for the inconvenienthe.
LISTER: Can you just try and give me a black coffee?
DISPENSING MACHINE: I'll thertainly try. (Produces a bucket.)
LISTER: That's a bucket.
DISPENSING MACHINE: Thorry.
I love Lister.
When I’m blue I think to myself it’s not that bad, I could have been born as AJ Rimmer.
That thought has gotten me through many existential 3 am dark nights of the soul.
It’s one of my all time favorite tv shows in the universe,
Been to the gym, then took a shower.
Blond update: This morning Bill said, “Are you planning to go to the store today?”
“No,” I said, “not especially. Why?”
“I was thinking you could get me a cough suppressant.”
“I’m doing other things this morning, but you have a car sitting there in the driveway. Nothing is stopping you from driving to a drugstore and buying whatever you need.”
*stuned look*
“Oh, well, maybe ...”
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