[VANITY] The Thread Of Hijacked Threads

N/A | 10 May 2006 | kevkrom

[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):

• Fastest hijack, time (non-subjective)
• Fastest hijack, number of posts (non-subjective)
• "Spammer" award for most hijacks (non-subjective)
• Most egregious hijack (subjective)
• Worst offender (subjective)

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.

[jazusamo]

(for some reason, illegal immigration just popped into my head...har

I could be wrong but I'll bet you read it somewhere

:-)

[No Blue States]

Here is the land I recently bought and my youngest daughter swinging from a cedar..I made the swing seat by knocking off the top of an old bar stool and drilling a hole in the middle. Being as I didnt want to climb the tree to get the rope over the branch..I used my fishing pole, tied a rock to the end of the line, and finally got it over the right branch. After tying the rope to the fishing line I pulled it up and over the branch and stuck the other end through the loop I had made...pulled it tight and presto...tree swing. :D

[McGruff]

Bush decries border project.

[rlmorel]

LOL! BTTT!

[xsmommy]

oh Terri Schiavo was white hot on the hijack scale, but i am partial to the olden days of FR ; )

[reagan_fanatic]

Dammit, that looks good. Now you've got my mouth watering.

Oh yeah - what was this thread about again?

[eXe]

[Chena]

I tree'd a porcupine once.

[hispanarepublicana]

Tough call. I'd say yes, but with low severity scores. :)

Low severity scores? OUR puns deserve high severity, unless they are fish puns, which rank low on the scales. Heh heh.

[Lando Lincoln]

This is false science!!!! The earth is only 6,000 years old!!!

[NW Mike]

Now you know the rules -- you must post a picture of Ann...

[HighWheeler]

Microsoft is far superior to any Mac ever built. Mac is just crap and it's runs by a bunch of socialist liberals. Microsoft should run this country, and use the proceeds to balance the budget.

[Chena]

Low severity scores? OUR puns deserve high severity, unless they are fish puns, which rank low on the scales. Heh heh.

Now that there's punny, I don't care who ya are.

[pgyanke]

This is the best thread EVER!

I have tears running down my cheeks...!

[pgyanke]

Thread hijacked? It's Bush's fault...

[Chena]

Weight a minute, did someone say "scales"?

[dirtboy]

Can you define what Tread Hijacking IS?

"I know it when I see it" - Potter Stewart.

[Tweak]

"What about Bots who brook no criticism of Bush or the GOP and come to any thread and take over."

Just helping to make the scales fall from the eyes of the unenlightened. The only person more right than Rush is GWB, and anyone who disagrees is WRONG and must be shown the way back to the one true path!

[Chena]

I have tears running down my cheeks...

Did they get your pants wet? ;)

[cll]

Bump...just for the heck of it.