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!
Oh, *groan,* ArGee...
That hit rather close to home! LOL!
No it was the one from Saturday morning cartoons. I’m just a bill, Conjunction Junction, - oh it was called School House Rock.
Angelphile = gee I’m a tree. :)
Yay for the power cord!
I will check in when I get up and then I will begin to swap out the old and refine the new. It will take me a day or two to get it all configured and get the correct programs installed, but I think, once I have the Dell the way I want it, it will be the computer of choice until I die.
And again, I thank you, Gfen, for your offer of helping me if you won the lottery. It was very sweet and I will always remember it! <3
*groan*
Good luck!
I like Bananas, Bananas are good :o)
Never thought of that one.
I get it!
It will take a while, but I hope to have the bulk of it done by noon.
It will be a few days before I get all the URLs copied.
Why do I always get to log in here after everybody has left?
I don’t know about you, but for me it’s because I go to work during the day.
I’m still here for a little bit. It is getting close to m “bedtime,” since I have CFIDS, and my stamina is less than “normal.”
Logging in after everyone else is pretty normal for me.
And for me, it’s because CFIDS rules my life.
I wish I could change it, but...
It’s okay, just letting out some frustration, I know like me most folks have lives outside FR, :o)
Not me. Without FR, I would have no friends and no life-line. FR has been an absolute life-saver from the day my sister told me about it. Since then, I have posted almost every day, except when I was on the road, in the process of moving, or sick.
Otherwise, this is my home.
And with that, I’m off for the night.
Ta, all!
Got a question
If an ancestor was born in a Southern state, like Tennessee during the Civil War, should I put down that he/she was born in the United States or, since, Tennessee was one of the States that seceded from the Union at that time, Should I put down, Confederate States of America?
oh, dear, 3500?
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