# Opal, what the fuck is your problem? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 16, 2008, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opal-what-the-fuck-is-your-problem/477368 "2008-12-16T06:10:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 33
**Author:** ![Achren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@Achren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achren)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opal-what-the-fuck-is-your-problem/477368/641 "2008-12-18T06:36:39Z")
> [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > Well, you know what they say: practice makes perfect. How can you ever hope to become one of this motley crew if you don’t join in? 😃 Thanks for the encouragement! ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opal-what-the-fuck-is-your-problem/477368/642 "2008-12-18T06:42:56Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > … > For example: Building on the Perfect Being concept, let’s talk about God’s penis. Clearly, a God who is hung like a squirrel is highly imperfect. Therefore, God must have a giant cock. > > … If you don’t think squirrels are hung well, you probably haven’t seen many squirrel’s nuts. Those things are huge in proportion to their body. Now if you meant a God with nads the same size as a squirrel’s that would be different. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opal-what-the-fuck-is-your-problem/477368/643 "2008-12-18T06:43:12Z")
Yeah, I think the vegetarian thing is absolutely nothing but an attention grab. She started that book thread just to announce what a wonderful, “ethical” person she is for being opposed to leather. Then she compared holocaust victims to cattle (before running away to hide behind her self-serving Livejournal page and her ignore list). I bet she scarfs bacon double cheeseburgers by the half dozen if nobody’s watching. ---
**Author:** ![bucketybuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@bucketybuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bucketybuck)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opal-what-the-fuck-is-your-problem/477368/644 "2008-12-18T06:49:25Z")
> [@Baal\_Houtham](#): > > So apparently horse chestnuts help beat the Nazis. > . Now THATS how you Godwinize… ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opal-what-the-fuck-is-your-problem/477368/645 "2008-12-18T06:51:20Z")
> [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](#): > > And don’t worry, **faithfool** , your intentions were noble and still serves to demonstrate that she’s has her positive moments. Thanks. I do try. I often fail, but man do I never give up aiming for kicking that damn football. 😛 > [@Achren](#): > > Aw man! Here I was hoping I could be almost clever. I fail at being a good SDMB poster. > _returns to lurking in this very silly thread_ Ah **Achren** , that’s okay, we can share. At least _you_ brought the picture! And thanks **Nzinga** , sometimes I think I’m invisible around here and then one of my favorite posters noticed something I said… :eek: 😃 I is honored. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opal-what-the-fuck-is-your-problem/477368/646 "2008-12-18T07:06:08Z")
> [@MagicEyes](#): > > …She gets upset because she doesn’t have total control over the discussion, but that’s the way message boards are and if she thinks that’s ever going to change, she’s in for a life of frustration. Are you suggesting that she is a control freak of a buckeye? Holy shit, you people have me buckeye-ing like a motherfucker over here. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opal-what-the-fuck-is-your-problem/477368/647 "2008-12-18T07:22:06Z")
Well…to be absolutely fair, I just noticed she was perfectly pleasant to me in this [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=494390) in Cafe Society, which just popped back up on the front page. But I won’t argue that in some of these other threads she sometimes comes off as overly abrupt, rude or at the very least a little lacking in tact. ---
**Author:** ![Algorithm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/algorithm/32/12204_2.png) [@Algorithm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algorithm)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opal-what-the-fuck-is-your-problem/477368/648 "2008-12-18T07:29:29Z")
> [@even\_sven](#): > > No, she has plenty of imagination. But that wouldn’t give her the chance to say “Mememe I’m vegetarian look look look me!!!” Also, [she’s an artist](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=10171161&postcount=13). In case you forgot. ---
**Author:** ![straight\_man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/straight_man/32/3027_2.png) [@straight\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/straight_man)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opal-what-the-fuck-is-your-problem/477368/649 "2008-12-18T08:46:54Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > What, vegetarians aren’t theovorous either ? Shit man, on what grounds ? It’s not like we breed gods in cruel conditions, if anything THEY breed US in sadistic conditions 🙂 I know I’m, like, five pages behind, but I just need to say, I think there are more than ethical grounds not to eat God’s Eyes. Like, how they’re made out of wood and string. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opal-what-the-fuck-is-your-problem/477368/650 "2008-12-18T10:43:09Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > Dude, you took care of that in your own OP. The OP was so yesterday. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opal-what-the-fuck-is-your-problem/477368/651 "2008-12-18T12:08:17Z")
> [@diogenes the cynic](#): > > i bet she scarfs bacon double cheeseburgers by the half dozen if nobody’s watching. Don’t Judge My Lifestyle!!! ---
**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:** [December 18, 2008, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opal-what-the-fuck-is-your-problem/477368/652 "2008-12-18T12:17:26Z")
> [@Koxinga](#): > > Carol, would you [happen to know anybody](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=466084)? My goodness, apparently I do! She worked it out, though. I’ve been wondering whether I should post a follow-up thread to tell the end of the story, but I wasn’t sure anybody would really care. Anyhow, she got herself under control and is back to normal. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opal-what-the-fuck-is-your-problem/477368/653 "2008-12-18T12:21:31Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > My goodness, apparently I do! > > She worked it out, though. I’ve been wondering whether I should post a follow-up thread to tell the end of the story, but I wasn’t sure anybody would really care. Anyhow, she got herself under control and is back to normal. See, you can’t leave a soap opera like that unresolved . . . ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opal-what-the-fuck-is-your-problem/477368/654 "2008-12-18T12:30:32Z")
> [@even\_sven](#): > > Just because I’m kind of a bad person in my heart. See, that’s why we love you. Even though you do wonderful things like go live in places where zits have actual living worms in them just so that you can help people, you’re still just a jerk like the rest of us! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![catsix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@catsix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catsix)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opal-what-the-fuck-is-your-problem/477368/655 "2008-12-18T12:56:16Z")
> [@](#): > > **Green Bean** said: > > ETA: People have been mentioning something about begging for money on the internet to get plastic surgery. I must have missed something. Would someone kindly enlighten me? I’m not sure that she specifically said she wanted money for plastic surgery, but she did use Fathom to raise a bunch of money and then went to South America to get her gastric bypass surgery done. Since one of her refrains is about being economically disadvantaged, the whole intercontinental cosmetic surgery just seemed odd to me. > [@](#): > > **Ed Zotti** said: > So let’s have a kind regard, and not lay it on too thick. I realize she’s one of the anointed around this place, but honestly, I don’t see the problem here. I spake truth. > [@](#): > > **Diogenes the Cynic** said: > I bet she scarfs bacon double cheeseburgers by the half dozen if nobody’s watching. So much for the weight loss surgery. ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opal-what-the-fuck-is-your-problem/477368/656 "2008-12-18T13:02:09Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > [The thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=113522) and the resulting [Pit thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=113958). :: bows before your mighty search skillz :: How did you find it? I tried like 8 times. ---
**Author:** ![pantheon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6bbea6/32.png) [@pantheon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pantheon)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opal-what-the-fuck-is-your-problem/477368/657 "2008-12-18T13:39:06Z")
The plastic surgery funding has been mentioned several times. I’m pretty sure I’ve read every post in this hilarious thread, including at least one other person asking for a link to such, but I haven’t seen a response. Link? I want to point and laugh at the crazy too, ya’ know. Oh, and since Evil Captor isn’t allowed to- and in the interest of making sure this thread has _everything_- I’d just like to say I think it’s HOT the way she wants to put her ring in BONDAGE! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opal-what-the-fuck-is-your-problem/477368/658 "2008-12-18T14:05:28Z")
Han fired first. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opal-what-the-fuck-is-your-problem/477368/659 "2008-12-18T14:48:17Z")
> [@catsix](#): > > I’m not sure that she specifically said she wanted money for plastic surgery, but she did use Fathom to raise a bunch of money and then went to South America to get her gastric bypass surgery done. Since one of her refrains is about being economically disadvantaged, the whole intercontinental cosmetic surgery just seemed odd to me. Id like to know her fundraising technique. My message board gets a lot more traffic than Fathom, but my fundraising efforts last year earned enough for … well, it could have bought me a nice plasma television, but I needed the money to keep the site running while I was laid off. Were people giving her hundreds of dollars? If only the SDMB had that kind of support … ---
**Author:** ![catsix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@catsix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catsix)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opal-what-the-fuck-is-your-problem/477368/660 "2008-12-18T15:03:18Z")
> [@](#): > > **elmwood** said: > Id like to know her fundraising technique. My message board gets a lot more traffic than Fathom, but my fundraising efforts last year earned enough for … well, it could have bought me a nice plasma television, but I needed the money to keep the site running while I was laid off. Were people giving her hundreds of dollars? If only the SDMB had that kind of support … I think she sells stuff related to her website, and there are possibly donations and that as well. I am fuzzy on all the details because it was a while ago, but I remember the discussion entirely because of the trip to South America for the weight loss surgery. Though, if you are looking for ways to generate more cash from your site, perhaps **Opal** is the person to ask. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opal-what-the-fuck-is-your-problem/477368.md?page=32) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opal-what-the-fuck-is-your-problem/477368.md?page=34)