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!
Haha! I had that happen, once, and to this day, there is a contract out on me because I narced, big time. Any place in Las Vegas is out. Period. It has to be Henderson, or I will choose my own...which seems to be more appealing as time passes. At least if I pick my own, I can make sure there are washer hook-ups. Laundry is killing me.
I’ll be heading in to Vegas in a few minutes. I need to stop and get some water, I think. Or maybe I’ll get it for the drive home, since I will be facing the sun all the way.
So far, I am impressed with the Dell. Not as difficult to navigate and not such a contrary system.
Last instalment just delivered.
Hope you’ ve enjoyed them. :)
Good Fluffy morning to you and Happy TGIF!
I’ll continue to put down United States then.
I found out that most older folks like mothers (mine in particular) would rather have gift certificates. especially to their favorite restaurants or stores.
Howdy!
I have drug dealers in my building!
As I understand the rules they do this under, it has to be the current country name, not a past one, such as Indo-China, for Vietnam.
If you have any other questions, feel free to ask.
It will take me a while to get to them, as I just swapped out computers, and don’t have all my URLs installed.
I’m looking forward to seeing them, though, as I have been so entranced with the ones you’ve sent so far!
It will take me a while to get to them, as I just swapped out computers, and don’t have all my URLs installed.
I’m looking forward to seeing them, though, as I have been so entranced with the ones you’ve sent so far!
It will take me a while to get to them, as I just swapped out computers, and don’t have all my URLs installed.
I’m looking forward to seeing them, though, as I have been so entranced with the ones you’ve sent so far!
Okay, Thanks.
We have one in the building just to the west, but he is an old man and deals strictly in pot. Quite a few people who live here visit him on a regular basis. He’s pretty paranoid!
WHAT????
Talking to yourself Face? ;0)
I thought that was Obama's job?
LOL!
I wondered when someone would say that! I mean I’ll write down that a person (ancestor) was born in the United States. I’ll leave putting down the USA to Obamanation!
I feel a rant coming on, well, more of a question really as well as an observation.
My observation being that (and this is just my opinion of what I’ve seen and heard) Whenever I find someone, be they a politician, actor/actress or just about anyone else, that I admire and think highly of, it seems I am in the minority in my opinion of that person. I speak of Former President George W. Bush. now, I may be somewhat naïve about a lot of things, but I really had and still have good vibes about him and think he was, while not the greatest president we ever had, but he wasn’t the worst one either. he did his best, no better or worst than anyone else who’ve occupied the White House. Yet he’s looked upon as being the vilest and most evil thing since Satan! I don’t get it? I mean, here is an American citizen who did his duty fro eight years, for better or worst, for his country and when faced with bullies, thugs and terrorists and the like, he didn’t back down, yet I get folks still saying he did nothing after 9/11/2001.
I don’t get it. I think he was fantastic, I had this naïve notion that he was more popular than I find he really is. Reality really sucks!
I get the notion also that this little rant is going to be so flamed, LOL! well, I needed to vent my frustration about this and this tagline I have now will stay up longer than the others did. I may be an anglophile, and Part Canadian but I know what I think and it’s never stupid.
Well, I guess I put my foot in my mouth ONCE AGANI!!!
A lot of people go with what’s popular and don’t think beyond the moment. I’m not a fan of Bush’s “compassionate conservatism” or his profligate spending. But I don’t understand ANY attacks on his invasion of Afghanistan or Iraq. If anyone remembers, when his father stopped at the Iraqi border during the Gulf War the Democrats screamed at him for not finishing the job. The Democrats were screeming for Saddam Hussein to be removed because he was such a monster. He had violated sanctions, UN restrictions, a no-fly zone, and several other nasty things.
But the minute people from the U.S. started getting hurt Bush was the bad guy. It’s as if we thought we could just waltz in and tell them to behave and waltz out again. We lost fewer people in the entire Iraq war than we did in some training missions during WWII. But we tired of it too quickly and we didn’t like wounded warriors coming home.
I agree with you 100% about Bush’s soul and motives. I think he was doing what he thought was best for the country and the world at the time. And I think if he read your rant he’d say, “That’s OK, Pippin. The people need a scape goat and I’m available. They’re not hurting anyone but themselves. Save your upset for things that really matter.”
But I’ve never met him. It’s just my opinion.
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