# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=113 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 114 --- ## [Peak R 'n R moments](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peak-r-n-r-moments/1006771)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2024, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peak-r-n-r-moments/1006771 "2024-09-06T23:31:44Z")
. what’s your personal fav. peak RnR moment? --- ## [DVDs, Blu Rays, 4k, 8k etc. What is your experience](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvds-blu-rays-4k-8k-etc-what-is-your-experience/1006526)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2024, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvds-blu-rays-4k-8k-etc-what-is-your-experience/1006526 "2024-09-06T23:21:16Z")
My TV is 4k. It has 4096 × 2160 pixels and I use a mix of blu rays, DVDs and streaming services. I have a roku, but I don’t know if it can handle 4k or not. I’ve had it for a few years so it may be out of date. In my e… --- ## [I just found out that Barack Obama was the lead singer of Looking Glass](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-found-out-that-barack-obama-was-the-lead-singer-of-looking-glass/1006715)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2024, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-found-out-that-barack-obama-was-the-lead-singer-of-looking-glass/1006715 "2024-09-06T20:52:42Z")
There’s nothing you can tell me I’m wrong! --- ## [RIP James Darren](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-james-darren/1006660)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2024, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-james-darren/1006660 "2024-09-06T00:47:35Z")
He’s another one I didn’t know was still alive. Still, 88 isn’t that terribly old nowadays. Of course, he played ‘Vic Fontaine’ on ST:DS9, so I should have realised. (Incidentally, I just found out today that Danger… --- ## [Dark on Netflix](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-on-netflix/999289)
**Author:** [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2024, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-on-netflix/999289 "2024-09-05T16:20:44Z")
Just finished watching the first of three seasons. I like it a lot even though it’s dubbed, and I usually hate anything dubbed. I found it difficult to keep track of all the characters. Part of the conceit of the show i… --- ## [Question about "The Intern"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-intern/1006744)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2024, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-intern/1006744 "2024-09-04T21:35:08Z")
I just re-watched this movie. (It’s the 2015 movie with Robert De Niro and Anne Hathaway). Hathaway plays Jules Ostin, the founder of what has become a sizeable internet fashion company. And one of the main plot points … --- ## [Tolkien and the Art of the Manuscript: My visit to view JRRT's original notes and drawings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tolkien-and-the-art-of-the-manuscript-my-visit-to-view-jrrts-original-notes-and-drawings/975616)
**Author:** [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2024, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tolkien-and-the-art-of-the-manuscript-my-visit-to-view-jrrts-original-notes-and-drawings/975616 "2024-09-04T15:50:38Z")
I spent two hours yesterday wandering around the JRRT display at Marquette U’s Haggerty Museum in Milwaukee. There, I enjoyed examining the original pages of manuscripts from the hand of the good professor himself. The… --- ## [Mashed peas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mashed-peas/1006696)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2024, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mashed-peas/1006696 "2024-09-04T00:24:08Z")
A very easy, tasty, inexpensive, and healthy recipe we’ve been doing a lot lately. Works as a side dish or a light vegetarian entree. 1 bag frozen peas (about a lb) 2 tbs butter (or more) Seasoning (we use Knorr chick… --- ## [Identify and discuss heavily annotated works of historical fiction](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-and-discuss-heavily-annotated-works-of-historical-fiction/1006576)
**Author:** [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2024, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-and-discuss-heavily-annotated-works-of-historical-fiction/1006576 "2024-09-03T17:29:48Z")
List and discuss works of historical fiction that are sufficiently annotated so that the reader can compare the fictional part to existing historical consensus. The only example of this approach that I know of is Red Pl… --- ## [VO artists sue over “stolen” voices {VO=Voice Over}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vo-artists-sue-over-stolen-voices-vo-voice-over/1006565)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2024, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vo-artists-sue-over-stolen-voices-vo-voice-over/1006565 "2024-09-03T14:14:54Z")
I know this type of story isn’t new, but it’s always disconcerting. If you’re of a paranoid bent, how would you know if anything is real? I hope these two are able to get some answers from the company and laws put in pla… --- ## [Heinz canned spaghetti carbonara: genius or ghastly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heinz-canned-spaghetti-carbonara-genius-or-ghastly/1006445)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2024, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heinz-canned-spaghetti-carbonara-genius-or-ghastly/1006445 "2024-09-03T12:29:12Z")
Italians are said to be confused or upset by this latest incarnation of canned pasta made from pancetta and some non-traditional ingredients. Would you buy it? --- ## [What's the best Sriracha?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-sriracha/987432)
**Author:** [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2024, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-sriracha/987432 "2024-09-03T11:54:25Z")
Huy Fong brand Sriracha has gotten very expensive and hard to find because the company’s chile supplier had a crop failure. I’m looking for an alternative. What are the best brands of Sriracha available now? Thanks. --- ## [Once-popular songs that are no longer socially acceptable](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-popular-songs-that-are-no-longer-socially-acceptable/1005956)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 275\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2024, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-popular-songs-that-are-no-longer-socially-acceptable/1005956 "2024-09-03T02:39:55Z")
Years ago, I had a question about the lyrics of Superman by The Brothers Four. It was sung in a stereotypical Mexican accent, is about a boy with a Spanish name, on the Mexican border, and who sold towels to \[people cro… --- ## [My recipe experiment tonight](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-recipe-experiment-tonight/1006116)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2024, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-recipe-experiment-tonight/1006116 "2024-09-02T23:34:15Z")
Banana Fosters Bread Pudding Inspired by this recipe, I thought how wonderful a bread pudding based on banana fosters would be IF it came out. So I modified the recipe to this 1 loaf challah bread that has been in my … --- ## [What if the terminators had won?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-terminators-had-won/1006598)
**Author:** [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2024, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-terminators-had-won/1006598 "2024-09-02T20:52:20Z")
DW and I just started watching The Terminator again (Gotta love that 80’s hair). It occurred to me to wonder what the future would have been like if the terminators had succeeded in exterminating humanity. The mechanic… --- ## [Tell me why Showgirls is a great film](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-why-showgirls-is-a-great-film/1002940)
**Author:** [@GailForce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GailForce)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2024, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-why-showgirls-is-a-great-film/1002940 "2024-09-02T01:42:13Z")
This is more of a memory thing. A few years ago, I was watching Showgirls and in a flash, an interpretation came to me that, instead of being a cliche-ridden, poorly acted soft-core porno gigglefest, it was actually a b… --- ## [Does this apples and pork chops recipe work for you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-apples-and-pork-chops-recipe-work-for-you/1006425)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2024, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-apples-and-pork-chops-recipe-work-for-you/1006425 "2024-09-02T01:33:48Z")
I told my son what I’m making for dinner tonight and he thinks I’m crazy. LOL Real simple. In a casserole dish. A layer of apple pie filling and then the pork chops on top and throw in the oven. Going to top it off wit… --- ## [Luke Skywalker, badass?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luke-skywalker-badass/983576)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2024, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luke-skywalker-badass/983576 "2024-09-01T23:21:51Z")
Fitting for Star Wars Day, a pretty cool analysis of just how Badass Luke is in Return of the Jedi. Especially good timing since I just saw it again on the big screen last week. --- ## [Is it me or is Adam Driver's whole career based on "look at it from the asshole's point of view!"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or-is-adam-drivers-whole-career-based-on-look-at-it-from-the-assholes-point-of-view/1006150)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2024, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or-is-adam-drivers-whole-career-based-on-look-at-it-from-the-assholes-point-of-view/1006150 "2024-09-01T22:44:00Z")
This is the stuff I’ve seen him in so far (off the top of my head)– Girls: Sure Hannah is the biggest asshole of the whole series, but Adam is the worst asshole boyfriend ever. This Is Where I Leave You: Had to look up… --- ## [Worst cinematographer gigs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-cinematographer-gigs/1006469)
**Author:** [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2024, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-cinematographer-gigs/1006469 "2024-09-01T10:25:21Z")
Thinking about what the camera crews go through in filming movies or TV shows, and wondering what’s the worst of those jobs? The “Dirty Jobs” camera crew had to deal with some awful places, smells, and so forth. The fo… --- ## [Help me identify this movie (or possibly TV show)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-movie-or-possibly-tv-show/1006523)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2024, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-movie-or-possibly-tv-show/1006523 "2024-08-31T22:29:31Z")
This was a roughly 3 minute clip I came across on social media recently. I believe the three actors were Trey Parker (from South Park), Brie Larson, and Anthony Michael Hall. If not them, then look-alikes. Brie Larson… --- ## ["Homicide: Life on the Street" drops on Peacock today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homicide-life-on-the-street-drops-on-peacock-today/1005905)
**Author:** [@carlb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlb)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2024, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homicide-life-on-the-street-drops-on-peacock-today/1005905 "2024-08-31T20:55:53Z")
Gift article from New York Times Looks like they managed to clear the music rights. I caught some of it when it first aired, but was never able to watch it consistently. This might be the thing that pushes me over the e… --- ## [Here’s a Weird Little Kitchen Mystery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-s-a-weird-little-kitchen-mystery/1006522)
**Author:** [@GailForce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GailForce)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2024, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-s-a-weird-little-kitchen-mystery/1006522 "2024-08-31T20:31:01Z")
Probably unsolvable on the basis of the data available: I’m trying to make my recipe for homemade ricotta cheese (irrelevant spoiler: I used too much vinegar so it tasted vinegary) and step one, I’m heating some milk in… --- ## [Monthly Photo Competition #21 – August, 2024 – “Flight” {poll added}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-21-august-2024-flight-poll-added/1005302)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2024, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-21-august-2024-flight-poll-added/1005302 "2024-08-31T20:19:09Z")
This is the monthly thread for August , 2024. The topic this month is “Flight”, chosen by Spiderman. The Man of Spiders specifies that the topic is “manned/man-made aviation related”. NEW: Please post only your photo an… --- ## [Crediting the right Beatle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crediting-the-right-beatle/956557)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2024, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crediting-the-right-beatle/956557 "2024-08-31T01:20:01Z")
I thought of an amusing (to me) parallel. There was a story of Frank Sinatra, for years, in his concerts saying Something was his favorite Lennon-McCartney song. He eventually corrected it. Reminded me of accounts of Len… --- ## [Greatest episodes of television ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-episodes-of-television-ever/835764)
**Author:** [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Replies:** 198\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2024, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-episodes-of-television-ever/835764 "2024-08-31T01:15:52Z")
What are your favorite episodes of television ever? Use your own definition for greatness. I will say that generally speaking, for me it’s the episodes that are unlike any other episodes in a series that tend to stand ou… --- ## [Jar Jar Binks - do the Jedi just hope he gets killed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jar-jar-binks-do-the-jedi-just-hope-he-gets-killed/1006408)
**Author:** [@SpicyDuckBillyHunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpicyDuckBillyHunt)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2024, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jar-jar-binks-do-the-jedi-just-hope-he-gets-killed/1006408 "2024-08-30T22:49:49Z")
At the start of the Phantom Menace the Jedi don’t try to save him or help him. Multiple times he almost gets killed. Do they just quietly hope something will kill him? --- ## [Interpreting works of art](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interpreting-works-of-art/1006253)
**Author:** [@f.coli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/f.coli)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2024, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interpreting-works-of-art/1006253 "2024-08-30T22:30:17Z")
I read a short story once in which the main character was living with a poet. He asked her at one point if his interpretation of one of her poems was correct. She replied that if that was what he thought the poem meant… --- ## [Khadaji’s Whatcha Reading Thread - August 2024 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-august-2024-edition/1004964)
**Author:** [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2024, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-august-2024-edition/1004964 "2024-08-30T21:50:54Z")
Okay I’m back, home today with a tiny case of I-over-did-it-this-weekend, but nothing a little water and a good book can’t cure! And honestly, who wants to go outside, it’s been 100+Farenheit or 37+Celsius outside, there… --- ## [Amateur free movies on youtube](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amateur-free-movies-on-youtube/1006007)
**Author:** [@Iori\_Yagami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iori_Yagami)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2024, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amateur-free-movies-on-youtube/1006007 "2024-08-30T19:20:04Z")
That’s for discussing the quality of amateur free youtube movies or rather the lack of quality and their suckage? Or maybe some hidden genius which I somehow don’t see. In my arrogant opinion, those comments under most … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=112) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=114)