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!
My 1983 RX-7 has an access to the taillights from inside the hatch compartment.
He’d only counter my offer with a weapon of similar caliber...
Was joking.
Causing an inappropriately timed orderly exit from a theatre would be frowned upon in most civilised countries.
:)
You have a “CONNOR?” My oldest grandson is a Connor! YAY!!! His birth surname was Duncan, but it isn’t now. His mother cheated him is SO many ways. (But don’t get me started!)
Yay, Connor!
Of course I knew you were kidding.
Actually, here in the States it’s getting to the point where telling people there’s money out in the parking lot won’t even turn heads. They get free money coming in the mail stampd “US Treasury.”
Now, telling them Taylor Swift is having a brawl with Katy Perry is a different story.
See? Time to act. Your children deserve your undivided attention.
Well, I didn’t say to show it while there was time to react, did I?
But do you think Sir David will live long enough? (He IS a Sir, isn’t he...?)
Was it “Men in Black” when Edgar said, “You can have my gun when you pry it from my cold, dead fingers!” and the bug said, “Your conditions are acceptable?
Ah. That you did not. *e-vil grin*
And I still need #4 of Pirates of the Caribbean.
We’re up to our necks in school-y stuff, this year.
#2 son and (with any luck) #1 daughter are getting Middle Ages and Renaissance and Human Biology at the community college, this year; we’ve two wanting to take on the “One Year Adventure Novel” curriculum, I’m diving into the “Further Up and Further In” unit study with the 15y/o (yes, it’s built around The Chronicles of Narnia), and we just began our study of American History last evening with a leap back to the 14th Century and the life of John Wycliffe. The arc tracing from Tyndale to James Madison that yielded our Bill of Rights was forged in a fire he began stoking in earnest in 1378. We’ve also scheduled extended tours of architecture and electronics this year, and may dip into oceanography if diligence permits. [Must keep a carrot or two in reserve.]
When did FR go so absolutely crazy? I’m not talking about the norma stuff where you have serious dialog interspersed with drooling nincompoops. I’m talking about an entire thread that thinks Trump didn’t mean to accuse Megyn Kelly of being hormonal.
He said “wherever” for brevity and to move on instead of saying “nose?” Really? I can’t even imagine the Obama administration posing such a losing argument. (OK, actually I can, but that’s not much of a bar.)
And the idea that Democrats are supporting Trump because they support him and not to give Hillary a better shot. Are these people all from Colorado or something?
Sorry - I had to vent somewhere. I almost posted in the Trump thread but I value my sanity. Here, at least, if you disagree with me we can discuss it and I can admit if I’m proven wrong.
Not a bad idea; my wife’s something of a farm girl, and won’t flinch at slaughtering a chicken. And, too, I’ve got some boneless, skinless chicken breast I can pull out of the garage freezer...
I understand perfectly. DON’T post on a Trump thread unless you just feel like a pissing match for fun.
“The Battle of the Five Armies” was a long slog, even for a guy who normally likes car chases and exploding things. Evangeline Lilly didn’t even make up for it.
Hopefully Peter Jackson has fully funded his retirement account and can stop trying to stretch simple tales into 9 hour sagas.
Evangeline Lilly...
You’re right. I can have a little fun without taking it seriously, can’t I?
Maybe I’ll go tweak some noses.
See? Now you know why I stay here. If I had had any penchant for posting on other threads with any regularity, I would have been WAY banned a long time ago.
Welcome to the Undead Thread and it’s Haven of Sanity...that’s found in the Library on the Mezzanine...ask one of the Zombie guides for directions. Or maybe not...
*hug*
Welcome home.
Unable to find what you are looking for, but this may come in handy sometime.
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Well, I figure the whole thing was about the Dwarves, and the finding of the Ring was a vehicle to move the story on to the longer saga. I see it as I think Tolkein meant it to be: A history of a People of Middle Earth, just like The Silmarillion was.
And though I’ve heard mostly not-good reviews of the first two Hobbit movies, while I found them dark, they were interesting from the standpoint of, say, an archeologist? So I want the third movie so I can finish up the entire set.
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