The concept of waiting until the
populous majority is talking about a specific topic to throw in your
two cents in an effort to recruit people to a similar rationale that runs partly intersectional but largely contrary to the original sentiment.
Etymologically stemming from carnival ring-tosses recognized by a tight gathering of bottles where the player throws a plastic ring that is likely to hit a bunch of bottles and ping around (see: negative response) before possibly securing itself around the neck of a single bottle (see: a fellow asshole/dickhead) in
the gallery.
"did you see that 14 people died in a
suicide bombing this weekend?"
"did you know that 300 people died of the flu over the weekend?"
"is that relevant?"
"do YOU NOT THINK we should do something to STOP INFLUENZA?"
"do YOU THINK you might be
ringtossing a little?"
"well my basketball team DOES need new uniforms."
"
FOH!"