I was glad that the turtle was admired and released.
Posted on 05/09/2006 9:52:39 AM PDT by kevkrom
Single-issue people.
They're out there... on every thread. No matter what the topic, they try to link it to their pet issue in some way, shape, or form.
They are... The Thread Hijackers™.
While little can be done to stop them, and it is probably best to ignore them, I find it much, much more fun to mock them. Sure, being passionate about an issue you care about is a good thing, but thread hijacking is annoying and, to be honest, turns off people who might otherwise agree with you.
So, on to the mocking.
I'd like to coin the term "H-score" to indicate the number of posts on a thread before someone tries to hijack it with the issue du jour. For example, if the attempt occurs on response #5, the thread has an "H-score" of 5.
What I propose is that when hijacking offenses occur, that they be documented here in the following form:
Thread: Thread title and link
H-Score: Post # on thread containing the offense (first per thread only)
Offender: Screen name of offending poster
Severity: Scale of 1 (low) to 5 (high) on how off-topic the comment is
My Comments: Optional, use to justify severity or just general mockery of offender
Perioidcally, I will go through the nominees and post finalists (for subjective awards) and winners (for non-subjective awards) in the following categories (subject to change at any time):
The issue du jour changes over time. At one time, it was Terri Schiavo. As of the time of this posting, it is illegal immigration. Note that ridicule on this thread is not to be taken as argument over any poster's position, but rather their methods and bloody single-mindedness.
So, for now, nominations will be taken for threads hijacked by "illegal immigration/border control" single-issue folks. Watch this space for any changes.
Well, no. Not with the head start we have on everyone ;-)
Okay, I'm officially making this a War Between The States thread.
we need new math books? dangitall. We have all the math we need for the next 6 years, I hope.
WE don't need them. Elementary math hasn't changed in millenia. Texas publik skrewl teechurs think they need them.
Well, now you know the Wlat brigade will show up and show their arses!
There ya go!
And why is it you park on a driveway and drive on a parkway?
Why is baloney round and bread square?
Great taste!
And you can get coddled in Mali and be hanging in Chad. Aren't threads like this great, where there are a hundred different conversations going on and yet it feels like a private e-mail? Maybe this can be the all-time longest thread in FR history, it's like a dance marathon.
You can go on a carriage ride in Surrey. You can have twins in Dublin.
What was this thread about again?
There you go asking the tough questions. And everything was going so smoothly. And while we're at it, can you put up tomatoes in Cannes?
And how about the great question of our times...how much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
OK I never saw that. Thank you for the best laugh I've had in months.
Here's some Freeper trivia for you. The first response to the peanut butter hair (post 2) was by the same guy who started the stuned beeber thread.
There is the equally perplexing inquiry, "Do you have Prince Albert in a can?" Life is never easy.
By the way, is your fridge running?
Impeach Clinton!
(what, I'm going retro today...)
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