# Hey Monty, what's the deal about Opal stabbing people in the back IRL? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 2, 2015, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-monty-whats-the-deal-about-opal-stabbing-people-in-the-back-irl/714034 "2015-03-02T19:14:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 19
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2015, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-monty-whats-the-deal-about-opal-stabbing-people-in-the-back-irl/714034/361 "2015-03-09T02:23:45Z")
OMG, they dug up the dead horse and are still beating the festering remains. Thanks internet. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2015, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-monty-whats-the-deal-about-opal-stabbing-people-in-the-back-irl/714034/362 "2015-03-09T02:33:43Z")
> [@FXMastermind](#): > > OMG, they dug up the dead horse and are still beating the festering remains. Just fighting ignorance. If I happen to walk by a dug-up dead horse, and there is someone standing next to the grave saying “Here is some delicious caviar!” I might say “that’s not caviar, that’s rotting horse flesh.” ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2015, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-monty-whats-the-deal-about-opal-stabbing-people-in-the-back-irl/714034/363 "2015-03-09T02:50:12Z")
This thread needs a lockin ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2015, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-monty-whats-the-deal-about-opal-stabbing-people-in-the-back-irl/714034/364 "2015-03-09T02:56:52Z")
> [@FXMastermind](#): > > This thread needs a lockin OMG, I can’t believe I just read that. Really? However I can think of one thread that does need to be locked. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2015, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-monty-whats-the-deal-about-opal-stabbing-people-in-the-back-irl/714034/365 "2015-03-09T03:00:25Z")
Duplicate post… ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2015, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-monty-whats-the-deal-about-opal-stabbing-people-in-the-back-irl/714034/366 "2015-03-09T03:00:29Z")
> [@The\_Second\_Stone](#): > > :eek: > > How about you speculate from zero evidence and don’t know jackshit? Nobody here wants to know your beef with the deceased. Your insinuation that her death was suicide, overdose or caused by her boyfriend is none of your fucking business, nor anyone else’s who is posting around here. How about all of you just shut the fuck up so that you are not constantly reminding people what classless, despicable and disgusting assholes you are? How many monocles would you say you get through in an average day? Just curious. ---
**Author:** ![Stringbean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Stringbean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stringbean)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2015, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-monty-whats-the-deal-about-opal-stabbing-people-in-the-back-irl/714034/367 "2015-03-09T03:56:52Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > How many monocles would you say you get through in an average day? > > Just curious. Couldn’t find the version with audio but [it’s still a classic](http://s15.photobucket.com/user/metalsnake200/media/GIFs/monocle.gif.html). ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2015, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-monty-whats-the-deal-about-opal-stabbing-people-in-the-back-irl/714034/368 "2015-03-09T04:38:50Z")
> [@Green\_Cymbeline](#): > > {…} It’s this kind of unsubstantiated stuff that starts these vicious rumors. > [@Green\_Cymbeline](#): > > {…}I seem to be the only one around who knows the person in question, knows the truth about her, and the truth needs no defense. So, you _could_ end the vicious rumors by just presenting the “truth” but you don’t? That does tend to lead one to the conclusion that the “truth” is actually _worse_ than the rumors. You might have known her, but you sure ain’t behaving like you were much of a friend. CMC fnord! ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2015, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-monty-whats-the-deal-about-opal-stabbing-people-in-the-back-irl/714034/369 "2015-03-09T04:52:06Z")
> [@The\_Second\_Stone](#): > > Well, the people picking on Opal in this thread are certainly, without exception, assholes. Not that you need to pick on Opal’s memory to be an asshole. I’m a asshole and I haven’t said anything unkind about Opal. I like to think of myself as a higher grade of asshole than the Opal haters, who appear to all be spreaders of false gossip. Buncha assholes. All I said was she wasn’t universally beloved. If that makes me a low grade asshole, well, so be it. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2015, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-monty-whats-the-deal-about-opal-stabbing-people-in-the-back-irl/714034/370 "2015-03-09T05:28:38Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > So, you _could_ end the vicious rumors by just presenting the “truth” but you don’t? > > That does tend to lead one to the conclusion that the “truth” is actually _worse_ than the rumors. > > You might have known her, but you sure ain’t behaving like you were much of a friend. > > CMC fnord! It’s private. It’s pretty clear there are plenty of people here who will crap on her memory and lie about it just to smear her memory for kicks. If I outlive any of you, I’ll find out where you are buried, go crap on your graves and send photos of said defiled graves to your loved ones with copies of your posts in this thread so they know why I did it. I’m always up for a road trip. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2015, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-monty-whats-the-deal-about-opal-stabbing-people-in-the-back-irl/714034/371 "2015-03-09T06:25:54Z")
> [@The\_Second\_Stone](#): > > It’s private. It’s pretty clear there are plenty of people here who will crap on her memory and lie about it just to smear her memory for kicks. If I outlive any of you, I’ll find out where you are buried, go crap on your graves and send photos of said defiled graves to your loved ones with copies of your posts in this thread so they know why I did it. I’m always up for a road trip. Overreact much? ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2015, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-monty-whats-the-deal-about-opal-stabbing-people-in-the-back-irl/714034/372 "2015-03-09T06:37:03Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Overreact much? HEY! :mad: Everybody needs a hobby. We should thank The Second Stone for sharing . . . the really bizarre (and probably criminal) things that rattle around in his(?) brain. 😉 CMC fnord! Jokes on him, I’m getting cremated . . . but I might reconsider just for the LOLs. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2015, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-monty-whats-the-deal-about-opal-stabbing-people-in-the-back-irl/714034/373 "2015-03-09T06:41:31Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Overreact much? Aw Guin - let him go on! In just this thread alone I learned all about global warming, WMD’s, George Bush, how to look like a stark raving spittle spewing lunatic on a message board, and that a bunch of dead guys are still dead! Now that’s making good use of my time! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2015, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-monty-whats-the-deal-about-opal-stabbing-people-in-the-back-irl/714034/374 "2015-03-09T07:18:18Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > 😉 > CMC fnord! > Jokes on him, I’m getting cremated . . . but I might reconsider just for the LOLs. Why would you get cremated before you are dead? You do know that after you are dead, you can’t reconsider anything? Or LOL. Anyway, if your remains are cremated, I can arrange to have cat poop rolled in them, wrap them in gold foil and put them in an Almond Roca tin to send to your buddies. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2015, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-monty-whats-the-deal-about-opal-stabbing-people-in-the-back-irl/714034/375 "2015-03-09T10:01:53Z")
> [@Green\_Cymbeline](#): > > My “defense?” I don’t need to defend anything. I seem to be the only one around who knows the person in question, knows the truth about her, and the truth needs no defense. Do you honestly believe that you repeatedly claiming you know The True Story but won’t share it is going to end speculation on the cause of your friend’s death? Or is it, as I suspect, that you are just enjoying being the center of attention? ---
**Author:** ![bucketybuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@bucketybuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bucketybuck)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2015, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-monty-whats-the-deal-about-opal-stabbing-people-in-the-back-irl/714034/376 "2015-03-09T10:13:08Z")
> [@Green\_Cymbeline](#): > > My “defense?” I don’t need to defend anything. I seem to be the only one around who knows the person in question, knows the truth about her, and the truth needs no defense. If I have learned anything from this thread, it’s that you can’t just imply something and then claim that you don’t have to explain your remarks. Monty was a bad person for trying that, and even received a BigT smackdown because of it. So put up or shut up. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2015, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-monty-whats-the-deal-about-opal-stabbing-people-in-the-back-irl/714034/377 "2015-03-09T11:36:40Z")
> [@The\_Second\_Stone](#): > > Besmirching the reputation of the deceased is enough to justify calling someone out for being an asshole in every civilized society in the world. 1. Besmirching…what? I literally LOLed. 2. Whatever. She would be thrilled that people on the internet are still talking about her two years later. 3. Buckeye. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2015, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-monty-whats-the-deal-about-opal-stabbing-people-in-the-back-irl/714034/378 "2015-03-09T12:28:21Z")
> [@FXMastermind](#): > > OMG, they dug up the dead horse and are still beating the festering remains. > > Thanks internet. I’m sick of this Opal harming! ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2015, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-monty-whats-the-deal-about-opal-stabbing-people-in-the-back-irl/714034/379 "2015-03-09T12:57:15Z")
and … thread! ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2015, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-monty-whats-the-deal-about-opal-stabbing-people-in-the-back-irl/714034/380 "2015-03-09T13:49:53Z")
> [@The\_Second\_Stone](#): > > Why would you get cremated before you are dead? You do know that after you are dead, you can’t reconsider anything? Or LOL. > > Anyway, if your remains are cremated, I can arrange to have cat poop rolled in them, wrap them in gold foil and put them in an Almond Roca tin to send to your buddies. This from a guy who’s still trying to figure out how to hot wire a bicycle. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-monty-whats-the-deal-about-opal-stabbing-people-in-the-back-irl/714034.md?page=18) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-monty-whats-the-deal-about-opal-stabbing-people-in-the-back-irl/714034.md?page=20)