# What is Hi Opal?

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 20, 2002, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-hi-opal/109880 "2002-05-20T01:11:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2002, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-hi-opal/109880/26 "2002-05-21T04:19:22Z")

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I pretty much feel that it has its own life. Half the people who use it don’t even know who I _am_ so it isn’t really “about me” it’s more just “about itself”. It doesn’t bother me that people do it, but if they all stopped tomorrow I wouldn’t miss it.

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