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 don’t often buy the pot pies because they are full of vegetables and light on meat, which is what I need...protein to keep the sugar shakes away. After eating some of the cookies I made today, protein was what I needed, and I didn’t get much of it.
I can’t afford the really GOOD pot pies by Marie Callender, so I buy the Banquet for $1. Not too often, though. I prefer the frozen dinners with real meat in them, but I didn’t get any this time. I opted instead for entrees, just to see how they were. I won’t buy them again.
Not happy with myself right now. *sigh*
I’m going to take my ugly self to bed, and forget the “Beef Pot Pie” that had three little cubes of meat in it. Tomorrow is another day. I’ll wake up happy. :o|
Umm..
That wasn't beef. It was Advanced Beef Substitute. But it is a fine product coming as it did from the Nutramatic Dispenser. It is mostly harmless, so share and enjoy.. ;-)
Could have been worse. Could have been Soylent Green.
It should be. It will also be more windows than Stable 2.0.
Whatever that means.
That means it would be redolent of horse byproducts.
I finally found a candidate for the cats.,
https://www.facebook.com/GrumpyCat4President/
Grumpy Cat for president.
(And as an added bonus, she would be our first female president)
She has such pretty blue eyes.,
I always wished for a tree. Always. I feel like I’ve missed out on something. Not to mention deprived my kitties of a super duper toy
You can’t have a tree? Small artificial ones are sold at Walmart and hardware stores.
Our faux tree is 6 feet, I think. We’ll put it up the last weekend before Christmas, to minimize the window for the cats or Kathleen to ravage it.
No, I was brought up that Jews don’t have trees.
If I put one in my apartment my mom would think I converted.
We got the avalanche call but....
I understand, but it’s too bad you couldn’t just tell her you wanted something colorful and cheerful.
Looking for rabbits, are they?
Awesome!
Bill: Oh, you have to turn the dial on the iron to make it heat up?
And then threaten to put some of these up.
Has to be one or the other.
Teach him that and prepare for the worst.
Bill? Why does your shirt smell of Eau de Cheddar?
We learned to make sandwiches with an iron in Girl Scouts. I think they were wrapped in aluminum foil.
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