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!
LOL!
Good morning.
Indeed. The jeweled world of everything!
Not here.
It’s probably my fault. I tend to look at the world through my magical Moody Eye. It puts fake colors on everything.
I don’t even wear sunglasses.
We have Beams!
Good morning kitties.
I like today’s kitty. Beautiful color.
I coughed half the night, and when I woke up this morning, I realized I’m coming down with something. I’ve been coughing since I woke up, too, and no cough drops, no throat spray and no Vick’s...because I just don’t get colds.
And what’s worse, I can’t think of where this one came from, as no one I know has had a cold. I don’t shake hands with people, either, so this is perplexing.
It took the computer 45 minutes to load this morning, partly due to an update of AdAware, but that is only 25 minutes longer than normal. It’s certainly an exercise in patience.
At first I read that you coughed UP half the night, and I was going to suggest it wasn’t a good thing to try to swollow.
I hope it clears up soon. But until it does, don’t try to swollow any MSM news reports. Those irritate a digestive system like nobody’s business.
Just sitting there for the taking.
OK...I’ll take the bait. In your honor, of course!
*pounce*
Good mornings
Face, I wish you lived near me . I’d bring over cold supplies and chicken soup., a couple of good beach reads and a few rentals from Redbox.
I’m really blue and I don’t know why.
Good morning! I’m very sorry you’re not well!
Got the latest by Christopher Buckley on Audible yesterday. Been waiting a while for it.
It’s not satire, which kind of bums me out. It’s historical fiction about Albrecht Durer and the Shroud of Turin.
While the history part is interesting, like the history of papal indulgences, it’s not one of his best. I miss his satire.
Thanks, Gefn! That means a lot, just for you to say it! And I’m sure it would be a lot of fun to commiserate with you on our mutual depression.
I have chicken soup, but nothing else, so I’m really feeling ugly.
Thanks! I’m sorry, too, because I so seldom get colds or the flu.
I took some Ibuprofen earlier, so my body doesn’t ache so much, but I have nothing else. As a result, every time I cough or sneeze, I wet my pants. How embarrassing is that?
And I forgot to fill the ice cube trays yesterday, so I have nothing cold to put on my sore throat.
*whine-whine-whine*
I’m such a baby. I figure that comes from living alone though and I should try and recognize those types of things and try to eliminate them.
I finally got the whole family working on something useful. It takes them half the morning just to eat breakfast and get dressed, and before you know it, it’s lunchtime, and then the whole day has passed in which they’ve accomplished nothing.
*whine*
Well, I could post my recent news item about the head of ISIS giving up and going home because Climate Conference.
With family having the Terminal Slows, I used to get really frustrated. Believe me, I know what you’re going through and it’s OK to whine!
That would be *ahem* interesting, I think. NOT!!
Tomorrow at this time, I will be getting the bone density test, and then nothing until January. YAY!
Then the MRI and that will be the end of the testing for the cervical surgery. Not looking forward to that, right now.
While I was in Walmart, my aide called and wanted to come over “just now,” and I told her she needed to call the office because she is no longer my aide. They are having a hard time finding someone because of the early start hour and the neck surgery.
I saw on FB where Kirk Douglass is 99 yesterday!!! What a guy. He LOOKS horrible, but his mind is as sharp as ever.
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