# Can we make this not become a board meme? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 21, 2013, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-make-this-not-become-a-board-meme/653576 "2013-03-21T22:12:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2013, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-make-this-not-become-a-board-meme/653576/1 "2013-03-21T22:12:55Z")
From [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=685845) : > [@](#): > > 1. You must have personally seen it, not just heard about it. > 2. It must have been a actual series, not a pilot or movie. Minimum of 5 episodes. > 3. Miss you, Opal. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2013, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-make-this-not-become-a-board-meme/653576/2 "2013-03-21T22:15:38Z")
If you’re indifferent about **Opal** , you don’t have to use the meme, but don’t rain on everyone else’s parade. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2013, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-make-this-not-become-a-board-meme/653576/3 "2013-03-21T22:17:37Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > don’t rain on everyone else’s parade. Don’t worry, I’m not going to. This is the only thread in which I’ll comment on the matter. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2013, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-make-this-not-become-a-board-meme/653576/4 "2013-03-21T22:24:50Z")
If there’s going to be a new meme, I liked 3. Bye Opal. Makes more sense that way, or just leave it as Hi Opal. Either way, calling attention to is the exact wrong way to try to make it not a meme. And if the mods didn’t tell Snowboarder to knock it off with the quarry stuff, they’re certainly not going to tell people to not say 3. Miss you Opal. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2013, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-make-this-not-become-a-board-meme/653576/5 "2013-03-21T22:34:19Z")
I don’t think this was addressed to the mods, but rather to the board membership in general. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2013, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-make-this-not-become-a-board-meme/653576/6 "2013-03-21T22:41:08Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I don’t think this was addressed to the mods, but rather to the board membership in general. Correct. I also realize that whatever will happen, will happen, regardless of my opinion. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2013, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-make-this-not-become-a-board-meme/653576/7 "2013-03-21T22:51:00Z")
Yeah, like a rebelious teenager, this board will do the opposite of whatever you nag about. For the record though, it does strike me as corny. I think the “3. Hi, Opal” is much more touching. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2013, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-make-this-not-become-a-board-meme/653576/8 "2013-03-21T22:52:05Z")
Complaining about it is likely to make it happen more frequently, not less. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2013, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-make-this-not-become-a-board-meme/653576/9 "2013-03-21T23:16:06Z")
do your bit and come up with a four item list. ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2013, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-make-this-not-become-a-board-meme/653576/10 "2013-03-21T23:23:40Z")
1. Complain about new board meme. 2. ??? 3. Bye, Opal. 4. PROFIT! ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2013, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-make-this-not-become-a-board-meme/653576/11 "2013-03-21T23:25:20Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Complaining about it is likely to make it happen more frequently, not less. In many things board maybe, but not so with memes. Nothing kills a potential SDMB meme like talking about it. At least that’s how it seems to me. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2013, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-make-this-not-become-a-board-meme/653576/12 "2013-03-21T23:32:56Z")
Would should make it a meme to not use the term “meme”. And yeah, that’s way meta, too! Odd thing about the OP’s meme, though, is that I’ve been on this board since 2002 and I don’t ever recall interacting with Opal. The only way I know anything about her (I assume she was a her) is that meme. For someone so talked about and celebrated, I missed the whole thing. ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2013, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-make-this-not-become-a-board-meme/653576/13 "2013-03-21T23:33:33Z")
1. Take it down to the quarry 2. God bless you and a country singer:):)🙂 3. Bye Opal All those shall pass in time. Best to ignore them if they bug you. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2013, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-make-this-not-become-a-board-meme/653576/14 "2013-03-21T23:49:26Z")
> [@stpauler](#): > > All those shall pass in time. I keep wanting to post 1920s-style “death ray” references, but that one seems to have died out. ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2013, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-make-this-not-become-a-board-meme/653576/15 "2013-03-21T23:59:21Z")
> [@PlainJain](#): > > In many things board maybe, but not so with memes. Nothing kills a potential SDMB meme like talking about it. At least that’s how it seems to me. So, the first rule of “Meme Club” is… ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-make-this-not-become-a-board-meme/653576/16 "2013-03-22T00:08:13Z")
> [@gagundathar](#): > > so, the first rule of “meme club” is… gotcha ya! ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-make-this-not-become-a-board-meme/653576/17 "2013-03-22T00:31:01Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Complaining about it is likely to make it happen more frequently, not less. Absolute truth. But long term I don’t think this will become a huge thing. ---
**Author:** ![moejoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@moejoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moejoe)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-make-this-not-become-a-board-meme/653576/18 "2013-03-22T01:16:50Z")
I was making a list in my head today and it went: 1. Thing one 2. Thing two 3. Too soon? It’s nice to know the answer to #3 is no. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-make-this-not-become-a-board-meme/653576/19 "2013-03-22T01:55:15Z")
It should be pointed out that OpalCat herself HATED the “3. Hi, Opal!” thing. She herself wanted the meme to end about 10 years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-make-this-not-become-a-board-meme/653576/20 "2013-03-22T02:35:06Z")
That’s also true, yes. Dopers can run a joke into the ground like nobody else. 😉 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-make-this-not-become-a-board-meme/653576.md?page=2)