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For me, it depends on the context of the OP and the threadjack. In most (many?) cases, "threadjacks" are entertaining asides that are then put aside. For the others that derail a perfectly good thread, I find them to be a nuisance. Sometimes the derailment is a good thing if a decent conversation about the OP arises....a worthy offshoot, I suppose.
I feel the worst kind of threadjack results from an unwillingness or inability to engage in the thread despite having some interest in the OP or the subject it addresses. You sometimes have to be in the right mood for critical thinking or insight.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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