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!
Yes. Yes it does. Thenk yew.
Why are my posts sometimes double-posting now?
Thank you. When I first was calling “Lambchop”, the kids across the hill from us started hollering, “LAMBCHOP!! What kind of a name is LAMBCHOP?!” - Of course, Brutus wouldn’t answer to Lambchop. When she did finally come home, it was as if she said, “See!? You’re getting me ridiculed!!” - So, I decided, OK, I’ll give you the toughest name I can think of. She loved the name, so it has been “Brutus” ever since. Cats can be characters! - It puzzled me that the kids across the hill didn’t remember Shari Lewis & Lambchop; then I happened to think - Shari had been deceased 15 yrs. at that time. They didn’t know who Lambchop was!
Thanks. It helps to know someone is paying attention, even though my behavior is often not worthy of that. <3
K. Thanks. Now if I can just remember what you said...
Anyway, stay tuned.
Just don’t ask me to dress in drag. The effect isn’t at ALL what Dustin Hoffman got in Tootsie and it really confuses the pets.
Nope. Nothing works.
I will have to delete it and see if I can find a hard copy of it. *sigh* How discouraging.
Why do you always ask us the hard questions?
DO NOT DELETE IT!
It can be recovered and read.
You’re not thinking clearly right now.
At worst copy it to a USB drive and take it to a kinkos to print out.
I’m glad I read that before I deleted it.
And you’re right, I’m not thinking clearly. Thanks for noticing. A lot of that goes without notice! LOL!
*hug*
Um er. I figured out some time ago that if I ever had to get divorced, I'd have to have a house to give my soon-to-be-ex-wife.
This is that place.
Ah. Good thin’in,’ Baba!
And that’s why my neighbor won’t give up his apartment, even though he is staying with his girlfriend while he recovers from heart surgery and dialysis “surgery” (for the shunt in his vein.)
I’m glad you figured it out.
It was just a matter of waiting it out. Sometimes I have to do that.
I’m not pleased with the answer, but at least there was an answer. However, I still could have used a Pink Drink or nine, with ice and pretzels!
If the answer is something you can do something about, that’s good.
It isn’t. I just have to accept it until it changes itself. I know that’s cryptic, but my life is like that.
Well, unnngh. I have to go to church (with some Staff) later to put flyers for the Scouts into the bulletins. Maybe I’ll stop at Harris Teeter for Pink Drink that’s only $2.97.
What is this “thinking clearly” I keep reading so much about?
Beats me. Must be some affliction that bothers people who don't read enough science fiction.
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