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!
Nah...we have about 15 or 20 of them here, crossing the roads, trying to get people to stop before the turkeys get to the other side...Every year, this happens.
Well, there are over 500 turkeys in DC and they really gum up the works.
But do they all try to cross the streets inside of a crosswalk? It’s the only way they can get to the other side, here.
;o]
Well, now I’m miffed. I was going to watch a movie and the batteries in the remote died. I was going to cannibalize another remote but they all take AA’s but this one, and it’s AAA’s. I just went to the drawer, and I’m out of BOTH types, as well as the C’s which I use in the portable radio.
I hope the smoke alarm battery doesn’t die, because I don’t have any 9-volts, either. *bah. humbug.* What a revoltin’ development this is.
(Thanks to Quest labs, I can’t get any one of the types.)
Some of ‘em claim they can cross the aisle but I don’t think they ever really do.
Put your batteries in the fridge for a couple of hours. That will get a little more life out of ‘em.
Until then you’ll have to get out of your chair, I guess.
I’ll get out of my chair long enough to shut the TV off, and go to bed, at which time, I will use the Nook to play Solitaire for 30 minutes or so, and then read a paperback until my eyelids are about ready to slam shut.
I don’t need batteries to watch the dreams! ;o]
A CSR from Copper Top, or Ray-O-Vac, or Fuji, when I was working in a camera shop, told me that putting batteries in the fridge did absolutely nothing for them. But I will try it and see...it certainly can’t hurt them.
Different kinds I suppose. I have seen the results first-hand. But the Web calls me a liar so ...
If they’re already dead you’re safe it’s worth a try.
Aha!
I always kept my batteries in the fridge until the CSR told me that, and now, I’m questioning my own wisdom. I think they did last longer in the fridge.
And the Web can call me anything it wants to, because my mom always knew my name, and she never added “liar” to it!
Well...that’s what I always wanted: A tricorder. Actually, I want the Star Trek Technical Manual, but even on Amazon, I can’t afford it.
We’re always having battery crises. I hate the fact the nothing has controls on it anymore.
That’s my problem. Actually, it’s worse, because I need reading glasses to see something on the set(s) and then I need a flood light to read which way to twist-turn-flip it. It’s extremely frustrating because I don’t have anyone with younger eyes who can read the things for me.
At least when there were knobs to turn, I could tell which way to go.
I can’t even turn things off. It drives me nuts!
Same here.
And now, another gripe! I bought six frozen dinners in the last two paydays, and I’ve had to throw three of them out. One had freezer burn, one was so watery I couldn’t eat it without a spoon, and the last one was just plain nasty. The other ones are pot pies, and one of them is cooking now.
I hope it a) tastes good (relatively) and b) is of good consistency, and c) doesn’t fight me for control of the spoon.
Send ravenous bigkitty to the White Hut. I note that there is a pampered pussy there... ;-)
Lt. Colonel Peters says so. And got canned for it.
Will Iceland tip over from the wind pressure?
You know, like Guam will from the weight of more troops...
Will it be more stable than Windows 2.0?
Good luck. Maybe you can get more of the same kind next time.
I exchanged phone messages three times today with the scheduler for the gastroenterology practice that was supposed to do my colonoscopy last month but has just gotten around to me. Not that I’m in a rush or anything, but I’d like to have it on the calendar.
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