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!
Too large! It makes me dizzy!
If there were mountains at the back of the beach.....
Where do you think the beach stones came from....queen Vic objected to the mountains, they spoilt the view. :)
It is a hard walk along that beach, the stones are size graded along the length.
Yepper. I know how that works. I can remember trying to find small stones. I had to dig. It was cold, wet work!
Well, I suppose it might be taken as insulting to Donald Trump, but that wasn’t my intention.
99 degrees, 34%, SSE @ 1, dew point 60.
More T-storms for this afternoon. I’m going to set the thermostat down a degree and go take a shower.
Tomorrow morning, I need to be at the laundry room at 0630 and I don’t want to miss that date! It will be 0800 or later before I get out because it will be all sheets and towels.
And I noticed when I was getting the laundry together that I am running out of detergent. I’m hoping I have enough to do these two loads and the two loads of clothes that are to follow on Monday. *sigh* This is so stinky.
LOL! Silly kitteh!
They’re open at 06:30h !? Wow.
1000 is approaching .....just saying... :)
No, actually, the community room opens at 0700, but I asked the guy with the key if he would please let me in at 0630 so I don’t have to be there when all the “inmates” show up. Some are OK, but others are just plain bat-s$!t crazy, and those are the ones I want to avoid.
The idea, of course, is not to tell anyone else.
Well, golly, Moosie, I was almost all set to go take a shower, but I’ll give it a few more minutes, just in case I’m lucky enough to snag the first Triple Ought on a new thread...
:o]
It’s time to wash some of this humidity off of me. *gack*
I found an attorney (slightly famous) who will check over my Will and tell me if it’s legal. (It was 30 years ago...) He will also help me with the Living Trust, but it will be “affordable” advice, according to the email.
So I need to call his office on Monday or Tuesday and set up an appointment.
I need to get this done.
(The minute I leave, someone will swoop in and snatch up the 000!)
There is a good chance of that....
See? I KNEW I shouldn’t leave! LOL!
So, Moosie, my dear, are YOU waiting for it? Or just guiding me through it?
If I dood it, I gonna get a wippin’.
I gonna dood it.
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