# what is wrong with hijacking a thread? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 25, 2005, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-hijacking-a-thread/327825 "2005-10-25T15:57:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-hijacking-a-thread/327825/21 "2005-10-25T19:33:06Z")
> [@This Year's Model](#): > > _washes hands_ Are germicidal/antibacterial soaps really better for daily hand washing? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-hijacking-a-thread/327825/22 "2005-10-25T19:34:59Z")
> [@This Year's Model](#): > > This thead has gone silly. No it hasn’t! ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-hijacking-a-thread/327825/23 "2005-10-25T21:11:15Z")
> [@vetbridge](#): > > Are germicidal/antibacterial soaps really better for daily hand washing? No, they are no more effective at killing microorganisms than regular soap (unless you are talking about alcohol based had sanitizer). And they have negative environmental consequences. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-hijacking-a-thread/327825/24 "2005-10-25T21:50:01Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > No it hasn’t! Yes it has, and it was inevitable that a thread about hijacking be itself hijacked. The trouble with hijacking is that it can lead to: (1) Silliness (2) Religious or political warfare (about Clinton vs Bush, Mircosoft vs Macintosh, or baseball vs cricket) (3) Any combination of the above. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-hijacking-a-thread/327825/25 "2005-10-25T22:01:17Z")
The OP was nicely answered early on, before the ministry of silly hijacks got here, so let’s just sully up MPSIMS with what’s left of this one. **samclem** GQ moderator ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-hijacking-a-thread/327825/26 "2005-10-25T22:06:17Z")
> [@Bippy the Beardless](#): > > Hockey should only be played on grass by girls. Nude hockey should only be played on grass by girls. You don’t even need a goal. Or a puck. Or a stick. Well, maybe one stick … ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-hijacking-a-thread/327825/27 "2005-10-25T22:08:09Z")
> [@](#): > > (2) Religious or political warfare (about Clinton vs Bush, Mircosoft vs Macintosh, or baseball vs cricket) Batman, if he was prepared. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-hijacking-a-thread/327825/28 "2005-10-25T22:09:20Z")
> [@pocelene](#): > > Most of my questions have never been answered because people start to chase each other’s questions and forget about the original one. > Thus negating the reason for asking at all. I didn’t know they had female footrounder-playing rug-bee cricket wallabyes in New Zealand? Learn something new everyday. The main problem with hijacking is that often the hijacker has no idea of the fuel capacity or optimum speed of the thread before they do their do. Tragically short-term threads are hijacked for long-distances and they ultimately just run out of fuel and crash in the Andes or near some deep-sea trench and have to chill them crackers out. Dog get burning by 1920’s Style Deaf Rays, people end up getting their heads lobbed off, Hi Opal!, Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition! ::Inigo is gently wrapped in a white denim cocoon with leather highlights and given a free ride to a nice, warm, safe place:: ---
**Author:** ![mrrealtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@mrrealtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrrealtime)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-hijacking-a-thread/327825/29 "2005-10-25T23:15:22Z")
Definitely my favorite thread yet… ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-hijacking-a-thread/327825/30 "2005-10-25T23:19:47Z")
Not to harsh anybody’s mellow here, but I have something to contribute to the original question. It is considered bad manners to hijack a thread early on while it is still basically on topic or to hijack it loudly and rudely with a big fight at any point. Conversations do ebb and flow and turn to other subjects naturally, but a thread hijack would be the conversational equivalent of some people discussing the price of tea in China, and you interrupt their conversation and start talking to them about something completely unrelated, or you and your buddy start brawling in the middle of a friendly party. It’s just uncool, you know? Okay, you may now return to sullying up MPSIMS. ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-hijacking-a-thread/327825/31 "2005-10-25T23:45:29Z")
MPSIMS is really called Golf and should be played with girls in the sand (bunk-her). ---
**Author:** ![marque\_elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@marque\_elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marque_elf)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-hijacking-a-thread/327825/32 "2005-10-25T23:50:43Z")
But won’t somebody please think about the poor\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (fill in the blank)? ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-hijacking-a-thread/327825/33 "2005-10-26T02:17:46Z")
A horse walked into a bar. ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-hijacking-a-thread/327825/34 "2005-10-26T14:50:00Z")
If everyone in China jumped off a chair at the same time, would there be enough chairs? ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-hijacking-a-thread/327825/35 "2005-10-26T15:38:51Z")
Hal likes sheep. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-hijacking-a-thread/327825/36 "2005-10-26T15:58:54Z")
**Sunspace** likes the squck. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-hijacking-a-thread/327825/37 "2005-10-26T16:54:33Z")
> [@mr bus guy](#): > > If everyone in China jumped off a chair at the same time, would there be enough chairs? According [to Cecil, no.](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_155.html) ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-hijacking-a-thread/327825/38 "2005-10-26T17:22:01Z")
> [@This Year's Model](#): > > _washes hands_ Welease Bwian! ---
**Author:** ![Wintermute](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@Wintermute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wintermute)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-hijacking-a-thread/327825/39 "2005-10-26T17:35:21Z")
_Jumps up and brandishes 1920’s-style death ray._ All right, everybody down! I’m taking this thread to Cuba! ---
**Author:** ![Corner\_Case](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/corner_case/32/234_2.png) [@Corner\_Case](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corner_Case)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-hijacking-a-thread/327825/40 "2005-10-26T17:43:51Z")
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