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!
Friday’s cat is the definition of floofy.
I wanna pet it. I wanna snorgle. I wanna take it home and spoil it rotten.
You can tell he’s very impressed with himself.
I’m off to the gym.
It’s because of the floof.
Have a good time at the gym. I’m making breakfast. Dreaming of floofy kitties.
Was up too late watching Trump and Cruz being interviewed on TV last night.
It’s the United States. They want the country. It is the united states now, and Confederate States of America is not accepted in genealogical circles because it isn’t a separate country.
Good Floofy morning Face and Pippin.
What a pretty kitteh!!
It’s 70 degrees out. I’m waiting for the morphine to kick in, and then I will begin to swap out the laptops. YAY!!!!
Good morning, Gefn!
I just realized my mother’s birthday is next Thursday. I need to go to the mall and get her something. I was thinking of maybe a sweater.
I really hate the mall and shopping for clothing. Maybe I’ll just get her a gift certificate.
I’ve been to Glen Burnie, but only to the mall. I used to attend a conference every year at the Maritime Academy.
No, but if you put ‘em in socks you can get your clock cleaned.
You can’t go wrong with a gift certificate, and that’s the truth. The person can pick what they want and you don’t have to worry about taking it back to exchange it.
You’re good, this morning. Very alert and with it, and I just want to go back to bed.
However, I have to transfer the rest of this hard drive onto the slave and then swap computers.
Ungh.
I usually start the day well. Now if I can just hold it until zzzzzzzzzzzzz
*yawn* ‘morning *blink* *blink*
Throat cutting will not be happening Monday. Postponed until after my (not yet acquired) new insurance kicks in.
I hope you can get it done soon!
Arrrrrr! I’ll be alerting the White House to stand down, then, Matey. Arrrrrr!
Well. All that stress for nothing. *sheesh*
Done with the initial transfer. I installed my Dragon program before I agreed to install Win 10, hoping that it will just let me upgrade it. I tried installing it after Win 10 and it didn’t finish on the HP. Bah. Humbug.
So, in about 30 minutes, I will take the other computer to Aaron’s and make sure they are going to reimburse me for the remaining 12 days of this month.
Yesterday, I found out that unless I move into the place housing wants to put me, they will not pay for my move. I kinda figured there was a catch to it. That’s OK. The worst of the move will be the deposit on the apartment. But I’m not going to let them move me into a place with drug dealers in my front yard...
When I get back from Vegas, I will start installing programs for good. Right now, I just have Dragon and the 3T slave. What fun. :o|
I like the look and feel of the keyboard on this, as the letters and numbers are large enough for me to see. YAY!
I take it that means you won't be running for President?
Good luck with all that.
I have half a dozen things to do before I get to church at 2:00 to start setup for the retreat. If you all don’t hear from me until Saturday night, it’s because I was busy.
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