# I pit OpalCat - but my heart's not really in it. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 12, 2011, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-opalcat-but-my-hearts-not-really-in-it/605872 "2011-12-12T03:17:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2011, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-opalcat-but-my-hearts-not-really-in-it/605872/21 "2011-12-12T04:47:54Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > Eh, she thought the chart was something different then it was and asked for a summary. Its like the worlds most minor misunderstanding, I’m not really sure of the need to spend 10+ posts rubbing her face in it. and then got fucking snippy about it when someone said “it’s one page,” pulling in her patented “I have TRAUMA and you can’t EXPECT ME to read when my mommy made me do that and waa.” And you’re missing the fact that she does shit like this all. the. time. She constantly demands that people do her intellectual work for her. The wolf thing and the [cracked.com](http://cracked.com) thing are only a couple of examples of MANY. > [@Simplicio](#): > > The alternative appears to be 10+ posts trying to psychoanalyze Opal before someone finally moved it to the Pit. I’m not sure thats really an awesome improvement over just posting to clarify things (or if you don’t want to do that, ignore her). Opal is the one who constantly demands that the board psychoanalyzes her. Almost every time she posts something, whether it’s a thread she starts or a response in someone else’s thread, she throws in yet another tale of Woe and Trauma. She rarely comes right out and says “therefore, board, therapize me” but the legions of sycophants are always happy to provide her with the attention and huggles that she craves. Ignore her? Have you paid attention lately? She’s maniacally (and manically) posting about every thought that drifts through the transom of her mind. Putting her on ignore would leave huge chunks of missing space in almost every forum on this board. She regularly manages to manipulate threads so that they become focused on her. It’s like trying to ignore a yapping chihuahua with an implanted voicebox amplifier. > [@Simplicio](#): > > But I guess if you really feel its necessary, I wish you’d move it to the pit faster so those of us that aren’t as fascinated with her as you guys are could go back to the original thread without having to wade through all the blah blah. I didn’t start this Pit thread. Sorry if you feel that for whatever reason, the person who did didn’t meet your personal needs. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2011, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-opalcat-but-my-hearts-not-really-in-it/605872/22 "2011-12-12T04:50:39Z")
and with post #20 we have a touching pitting! Poor Opal. ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2011, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-opalcat-but-my-hearts-not-really-in-it/605872/23 "2011-12-12T04:51:34Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > I too like Opal but this pitting is hilarious so far. In the meantime, can somebody PLEASE explain the Hi Opal! meme thing to me? I have tried to research it, but to no avail. A PM would be really nice. Thanks! INTELLECTUAL LAZINESS! [Straight Dope FAQ](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=320298) ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2011, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-opalcat-but-my-hearts-not-really-in-it/605872/24 "2011-12-12T05:04:36Z")
> [@voguevixen](#): > > INTELLECTUAL LAZINESS! > > [Straight Dope FAQ](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=320298) lol wow I feel dumb. ---
**Author:** ![Capitaine\_Zombie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@Capitaine\_Zombie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capitaine_Zombie)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2011, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-opalcat-but-my-hearts-not-really-in-it/605872/25 "2011-12-12T05:10:51Z")
> [@A Monkey With a Gun](#): > > **OpalCat** , I actually kinda like you, but your intellectually laziness makes me bang my head against the wall so much when we exchange posts that I now have a knot on my forehead and blood stains on my drywall. > > This pit stems from this thread: [News on a much-debated topic: Do wolves kill people?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=634054) > > The question in the OP mildly interested me, so I did a quick google search and posted “Wikipedia, for what it’s worth, says ..” and put in a link to the wikipedia table for “List of Fatal Wolf Attacks”. Remember that. It took me maybe five minutes to find it. In response from **OpalCat** I get this: > That’s her response to viewing a table titled “fatal wolf attacks” OK, that’s just fucking stupid. The title of the damn table answers that question. I got a touch snarky and posted “Really, Opal? Would it kill you to actually read the link? It’s a wikipedia article, fer Christ sakes.” I was a bit frustrated because, c’mon. It’s the title of the damn table. I’m really not trying hard at this point - it’s two one line posts on my part and wikipedia link. Then she posts a six paragraph thing telling me she’s been up all day, it would take her 45 minutes to read a one page wikipedia article, she can’t be bothered to read a table and apparently, I’m her mom. > > I’m not sure her mom’s teachings took. The above is just a small part of what she posted. She spent more time defending herself for not reading the link than it would of taken her to actually read the link. That’s frustrating. She was called on her intellectual laziness due to her refusal to look around after the link and says: > Jesus Fucking Christ. I think next time anybody tries to give **OpalCat** a factoid they are going to make airplane sounds because she doesn’t seem to tolerate normal spoon feeding. Is there a shorter version of your post? ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2011, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-opalcat-but-my-hearts-not-really-in-it/605872/26 "2011-12-12T05:29:15Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > People, just answer the damn question. Is that so hard? > It’s Hungry Like the Wolf, by Duran Duran. > > Sheesh! No, dare I say it? It’s lupus. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2011, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-opalcat-but-my-hearts-not-really-in-it/605872/27 "2011-12-12T05:35:42Z")
> [@Isamu](#): > > No, dare I say it? It’s lupus. Will you just read the [link](http://blog.joerenken.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/House-Its-not-lupus-Its-never-lupus.jpg) fer Christ’s sake. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2011, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-opalcat-but-my-hearts-not-really-in-it/605872/28 "2011-12-12T07:50:16Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > Huh, I had assumed this Pit thread was going to be about her recent [del]amphetamine[/del] inane posting binge. Anyone who has been on this board for a while quickly learns the futility of trying to help Opal. It becomes sort of fun, actually, watching clueless newbies earnestly offer up advice and assistance, only to be puzzled when it’s all rejected or ignored for not being exactly quite what she was looking for. (I’m pretty sure Opal thinks this board is the computer from Star Trek, where you just tell it what you want and it goes off and figures everything out for you.) > > But the new avalanche of blah blah is something new and unpleasant. My personal theory is that it has something to do with the recent threads on taking her son’s ADD meds, trying to get prescription drugs from Canada, and having a really high tolerance for pain medication all of a sudden, but that could just be a series of coincidences. Yeah, I know you weren’t smart enough to read about masturbation as a kid, but you’re doing it wrong. I know your own message board where you have multiple threads dedicated to bashing this woman is just not enough for you, but taking it here isn’t going to help your sexual frustration. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2011, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-opalcat-but-my-hearts-not-really-in-it/605872/29 "2011-12-12T08:03:07Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Yeah, I know you weren’t smart enough to read about masturbation as a kid, but you’re doing it wrong. I know your own message board where you have multiple threads dedicated to bashing this woman is just not enough for you, but taking it here isn’t going to help your sexual frustration. Fucking hell, **BigT** I am NOT going to allow off board topics in my pit of **OpalCat**. I don’t give a shit about who said what on another board. Maybe I should narrow this down. I am pitting **OpalCat** for being lazy and using her time to complain rather than learn. I do not want it to expand beyond that. Do not go there. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2011, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-opalcat-but-my-hearts-not-really-in-it/605872/30 "2011-12-12T08:08:01Z")
I suppose that goes for you too, **Giraffe**. ---
**Author:** ![Otara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a88e4f/32.png) [@Otara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otara)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2011, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-opalcat-but-my-hearts-not-really-in-it/605872/31 "2011-12-12T08:49:54Z")
Wouldnt have killed her to read the link, wouldnt have killed you to cite more clearly, attacks does not normally automatically = deaths. Otara ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2011, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-opalcat-but-my-hearts-not-really-in-it/605872/32 "2011-12-12T09:02:55Z")
> [@Otara](#): > > attacks does not normally automatically = deaths. They kinda do when labeled “fatal attacks”. But, well, I admit a bit of sloppiness for not putting the word “fatal” in my post about how it was twelve worldwide and two in North America. But fucking A, she even said she couldn’t be bothered to read the link. I am not letting her off the hook because I didn’t spoon feed her _enough_, The title of the fucking table did say “fatal”. ---
**Author:** ![Otara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a88e4f/32.png) [@Otara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otara)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2011, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-opalcat-but-my-hearts-not-really-in-it/605872/33 "2011-12-12T09:24:28Z")
The link goes straight to ‘2010’, to see the title with ‘fatal’ in it you have to scroll up and its only titled ‘attacks’ in the link as well. So I agree there was some laziness involved but it was fairly easy to misread it with how you presented it. Just bad luck on your part rather than laziness on reflection though, as you quite reasonably assumed the table title would be at the start of the link I suspect. So on review I blame Opal and Wikipedia. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2011, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-opalcat-but-my-hearts-not-really-in-it/605872/34 "2011-12-12T10:51:15Z")
> [@A Monkey With a Gun](#): > > Fucking hell, **BigT** I am NOT going to allow off board topics in my pit of **OpalCat**. I don’t give a shit about who said what on another board. [Moderating] What he said. [/Moderating] ---
**Author:** ![LorieSmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a587f6/32.png) [@LorieSmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LorieSmurf)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2011, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-opalcat-but-my-hearts-not-really-in-it/605872/35 "2011-12-12T11:28:14Z")
> [@A Monkey With a Gun](#): > > I suppose that goes for you too, **Giraffe**. I don’t see where Giraffe mentioned another board. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2011, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-opalcat-but-my-hearts-not-really-in-it/605872/36 "2011-12-12T11:44:41Z")
Yeah, let’s keep talking about something after everyone’s been told to drop it. If you don’t care for Opal’s posts, there’s an easy fix for that. If you find it frustrating to answer her questions then don’t answer her questions. There are hordes of people here whose behavior annoys me. I take it into my own hands to make my board experience pleasurable, I don’t demand others accede to my views on how they should behave. ---
**Author:** ![Ca3799](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9f8e36/32.png) [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2011, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-opalcat-but-my-hearts-not-really-in-it/605872/37 "2011-12-12T11:44:54Z")
Wah- why be so hard on OpalCat? She’s different now. [Didn’t you read her thread all about it?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=630519&highlight=opalcat) ---
**Author:** ![minlokwat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minlokwat/32/2844_2.png) [@minlokwat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minlokwat)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2011, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-opalcat-but-my-hearts-not-really-in-it/605872/38 "2011-12-12T12:06:47Z")
Criminy, not another Opal pile-on. I genuinely don’t get why she is the target of such hostility. She was blasted good some time back in the buckeye thread (not posting link) where it seemed the main problem people had with her was her very presence. Opal is an SDMB mainstay and has been here longer than most of us. She provides the board with one of its most distinct voices. For every perceived annoyance she’s accused of, she’s supplied as much good counsel and meaningful feedback several times over. Everyone knows about the ignore button but it seems there’s a desire to drive her away from the board. I don’t know what it is about her contribution that rankles some members so. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2011, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-opalcat-but-my-hearts-not-really-in-it/605872/39 "2011-12-12T12:48:54Z")
> [@minlokwat](#): > > Criminy, not another Opal pile-on. Yeah, it’s like Opal’s being chased by a pack of some kind of animal. ---
**Author:** ![Capitaine\_Zombie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@Capitaine\_Zombie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capitaine_Zombie)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2011, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-opalcat-but-my-hearts-not-really-in-it/605872/40 "2011-12-12T13:17:55Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Yeah, it’s like Opal’s being chased by a pack of some kind of animal. Vertebrates. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-opalcat-but-my-hearts-not-really-in-it/605872.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-opalcat-but-my-hearts-not-really-in-it/605872.md?page=3)