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!
It would be a more fun book if the cats arrived.
Yes. It would. And I believe Steinbeck liked cats too, but I think he was a dog person.
I liked Hemingway and Fitzgerald better. Steinbeck made me feel drunk reading his work. Except East of Eden. That s a masterpiece.
I like Fitzgerald but never could get into Hemingway.
Time to take the babies to the park before the swimming lesson. Last day - maybe Frank will pass this time.
LOL!
Have a great day TC. And chickadees. (And Jake and Shannon)
It must be morning. I figured out why I was crying yesterday, and it wasn’t reassuring, though it explained a lot.
Today, I’m better but have that residual depression that always comes with this kind of thing.
*sigh*
85, 46%, calm winds —
Feels like monsoon season...
Hemingway seemed to be writing a diary. Maybe he was writing a diary.
I wonder what people will assess my diaries as? Good reading? Soap opera? Edge of the seat? All three with popcorn?
What are you, Bob? On vacation?
Yes. I’m in Pennsylvania. I should be doing something productive, but it ain’t happening.
Beautiful weather, though.
It’s good to see your comments at this hour of the day. Usually, I’m WAY too late to catch any recent pithy comments from you!
It’s very pretty in PA. I liked it, the few times I drove there. Lucky you. Family property?
I have a document in my “old hard drive” file that says “MHTML Document,” and I can’t open it without IE trying to interfere. However, IE is no longer functioning which means I can’t open the document.
Which, under normal circumstances, wouldn’t be TOO bad, but this is the CFIDS Symptoms document, and I need access to it. I don’t know how it got changed to MHTML, but I need to get that undone. Period.
What can I do? *help*
When are you going to pick up your room? You call that a meal? You need to eat better. You need to quit spending so much time on that infernal computer. Did you remember to brush your teeth? Don't make me come in there and scrub behind your ears. Don't look at me in that tone of voice!
Does that help?
When are you going to pick up your room? You call that a meal? You need to eat better. You need to quit spending so much time on that infernal computer. Did you remember to brush your teeth? Don't make me come in there and scrub behind your ears. Don't look at me in that tone of voice!
Does that help?
Well, sometimes knowing what’s going on is half the battle.
Othertimes knowing what’s going on is the beginning of the screaming-meemies. That’s especially true of government.
In your case, I’m glad the little gray cells are firing again.
Try right clicking document name and select open with Word processing program, Word Pad use to work.
Quick and dirty way is to open it as text file which will have html tag clutter....if you need it NOW, you can have it NOW.
Don't bother. If Obama ever found out he'd sic the IRS or the DOJ or some other alphabet group on you.
pkanet obviously was meant to read as planet. Damn Kzin jamming the interwebz again.
If you think it was set to the wrong type (It's what IE saves but you might not have had any rich content in it) you have to set your file viewing options (usually under View or Settings in your file explorer) to show you file extensions. Then right-click and rename. Change MHTML to HTML.
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