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!
No one deserves that....not even Rimmer. :)
T-c, you have my deepest sympathy. I hope he’s not a permanent fixture in your household.
I’m done with the laundry and there was just enough detergent for the two loads.
Now I’m starved. I took my pills and had some rice pudding, but the void is still yammering for something more.
I called the agency on Friday and told them that Jerrica is good, but won’t be any help when I have the neck surgery. The whole time she was here, she never once swept and mopped the bathroom floor. I have rugs down, but when you lift the rugs to shake them, the debris falls on the floor. *sigh* No wonder she was done in such a hurry.
They said they would find me someone more mature. This is getting to be ridiculous, and I’m thinking after the surgery, I’m not going to have an aide any more. It just seems to be more stress than it’s worth.
Friday is the bone density test. I looked at the gas gauge on my way home from the blood draw yesterday and thought it was almost like “the old days,” when I was going to Busdaddy’s several times a month. After the bone density test, I have nothing scheduled until January.
It’s good because I’m already worn out.
LOL! Got your 50, eh? Kewl!
I’m off grid when I go to bed.
I predict that he will do without the cough medicine rather than paying for it himself.
Be careful what you ask for. You may get someone advanced in years who spends the whole day complaining how her kids never call and wot-not.
That stinks. Not only is he blond but he’s a miser, too!
That’s not helping things. Does he contribute to the groceries and other things involved in running a house?
My kids did a third...their share, when they had jobs, before they left home.
He buys his own clothes and sometimes fills the gas tank on the car.
As you get ready to go get the koff medicine reach into the fredigitator and grab some of something he espeically likes. Then tell him that’s how you pay for his koff medicine.
Maybe if you grab all the rest of what he likes it will start to induce a change of behavior.
And Relax.....
C:_
The Corrugated constant theory.
“Idi Amin of coffee makers “
LOL , Well played. :)
Diesel, £1.11 per litre.
I’m sure you where itching to know that..... :)
Ah, but in a parallel universe he’s Ace Rimmer who gets the girl and is a wonderful pilot.
Smoke me a kipper. I’ll be back for breakfast.
“Fawlty Towers’ hotel in Torquay to be demolished”
RATS!
I bought them all as a set 4 years ago, so they can’t hide from me!
Now that opens up a whole can of worms with regard to the presence of egits in our own dimension.
Think of the most incompetent dork in the country.......somewhere he has a clue what he’s doing. There’s a thought. :)
He’s not that fond of most of what’s offered here for meals.
Sometimes I feel like a regiment has been quartered on us by a hostile military power.
$1.98/gallon for unleaded at the QT nearest me, but I paid $1.94 last Monday at a station in an area with less traffic.
I duck across the state line into NJ where regular petrol is $1.83 per gal(us).
Diesel is $2.11 per 3.785 liters.. ;-)
In that case he needs to spit-shine his shoes.
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