# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=114 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 115 --- ## [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 … --- ## [The NSA Podcast: No Such Podcast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nsa-podcast-no-such-podcast/1006475)
**Author:** [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2024, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nsa-podcast-no-such-podcast/1006475 "2024-08-30T18:21:13Z")
I’m not sure if this is the most appropriate forum for this but, apparently, the NSA has decided to create a podcast: YouTube Trailer Not clear yet when it intends to go live and whether it will be audio or video. I’ll… --- ## [The original May 1977 Siskel and Ebert Star Wars review](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-original-may-1977-siskel-and-ebert-star-wars-review/1006346)
**Author:** [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2024, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-original-may-1977-siskel-and-ebert-star-wars-review/1006346 "2024-08-30T16:45:59Z")
Amazingly I can’t find it. I don’t think it’s available. Which is shocking. It was only 1977 Now I’m not talking the December rereview. That’s everywhere. And apparently there’s a myth floating around that they gave it … --- ## [Would you accept leftover food from diners at the next table?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-accept-leftover-food-from-diners-at-the-next-table/1006106)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2024, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-accept-leftover-food-from-diners-at-the-next-table/1006106 "2024-08-30T13:26:06Z")
My sister described this situation. She and her husband stopped in at a moderately upscale sit down restaurant (botanical garden cafe). They ordered and as they were waiting for their food, the couple at the next table… --- ## [Low carb/keto diet. {This thread is intended to share low-carb recipes, not for a debate over the benefits and detriments of such a diet.}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-carb-keto-diet-this-thread-is-intended-to-share-low-carb-recipes-not-for-a-debate-over-the-benefits-and-detriments-of-such-a-diet/1006400)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2024, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-carb-keto-diet-this-thread-is-intended-to-share-low-carb-recipes-not-for-a-debate-over-the-benefits-and-detriments-of-such-a-diet/1006400 "2024-08-30T03:00:52Z")
I cut carbs about seven years ago. I lost 70 to 80 pounds (with walking and yard work for exercise), and have kept it off. I still want to lost another 10 to 15 pounds, but it’s hard. Fortunately, I don’t have much of… --- ## [Adam Strange and Space Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adam-strange-and-space-ranger/1005788)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2024, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adam-strange-and-space-ranger/1005788 "2024-08-30T01:19:00Z")
I attended the NASFIC science fiction convention in Buffalo last month, and one of the panels I was on discussed Science Fiction in 1960s DC Comics. A couple of the topics were the superheroes Adam Strange and Space Rang… --- ## [Is the "high five" really as new as Wikipedia says?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-high-five-really-as-new-as-wikipedia-says/815123)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2024, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-high-five-really-as-new-as-wikipedia-says/815123 "2024-08-29T22:50:02Z")
I was born in 1982. My entire life, the act of stretching out your palm and slapping another person’s similarly outstretched palm has been something I’ve understood as a mutual show of respect or appreciation. You high-f… --- ## [Mitzi McCall obituary](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitzi-mccall-obituary/1006386)
**Author:** [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2024, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitzi-mccall-obituary/1006386 "2024-08-29T19:49:49Z")
Mitzi McCall died about three weeks ago. Probably you’ve never heard of her but in the 1960s, she and her husband Charlie Brill had a sketch comedy act, performing in small clubs around the country. They were very excite… --- ## [Does multi grain bread have any advantages?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-multi-grain-bread-have-any-advantages/1006204)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2024, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-multi-grain-bread-have-any-advantages/1006204 "2024-08-29T14:40:35Z")
They taste good and have a crunchy texture but is there any nutritional gain over whole wheat or cracked wheat bread? I have Pepperidge Farm 15 grain version on hand. Does eating a few amaranth, splet and flaxseed grains… --- ## ["With my luck I'll get the half that talks."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-my-luck-ill-get-the-half-that-talks/1006170)
**Author:** [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2024, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-my-luck-ill-get-the-half-that-talks/1006170 "2024-08-28T20:12:43Z")
Does anyone remember an old black and white movie (or maybe all I had at the time was a black and white television) where two men were pretending to be magicians and were about to do the saw the lady in half trick. One … --- ## [Any realistic fiction books about white collar professionals?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-realistic-fiction-books-about-white-collar-professionals/1006347)
**Author:** [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2024, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-realistic-fiction-books-about-white-collar-professionals/1006347 "2024-08-28T19:44:08Z")
I was watching Industry on HBO, which is about a group of graduates working for an investment bank. It reminded me about the pressures of working as an attorney when I first started at my law firm. Every graduate in the … --- ## [Guest starring in your own TV show?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest-starring-in-your-own-tv-show/1006195)
**Author:** [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2024, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest-starring-in-your-own-tv-show/1006195 "2024-08-28T18:31:30Z")
Recently we were watching an episode of Dr. Kildare from 1965. In the opening, the usual credits roll with freeze frames at the regular points. Title, “Starring Richard Chamberlin”, "and Raymond Massey’. Then the next f… --- ## [I never knew they were \*that\* good - artists with under reported skills](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-never-knew-they-were-that-good-artists-with-under-reported-skills/968663)
**Author:** [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2024, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-never-knew-they-were-that-good-artists-with-under-reported-skills/968663 "2024-08-28T17:44:11Z")
I stumbled down a Youtube rabbit hole and started watching some Roy Clark videos. I knew he played guitar and banjo, both pretty well, but knew him mainly from his good ol’ boy Hee Haw persona. Clearly Roy Clark was an a… --- ## [Billy Joel's Piano Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billy-joels-piano-man/7084)
**Author:** [@DougC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DougC)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2024, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billy-joels-piano-man/7084 "2024-08-28T09:10:29Z")
"- Now Paul is a real estate novelist, " -who never had time for a wife, ," What the hell did Paul do for a living, and why didn’t he have time for a wife? - MC --- ## [What’s puzzling you is the nature of my game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-puzzling-you-is-the-nature-of-my-game/1006229)
**Author:** [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2024, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-puzzling-you-is-the-nature-of-my-game/1006229 "2024-08-28T02:31:27Z")
Andrew Hickey’s song #167 is “Sympathy for the Devil” and of course that worm has drilled deep into my aural orifice. What’s puzzling me is… Is the devil’s game about puzzling you? or Are you puzzled about the nature … --- ## [Cover versions that changed time signature?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cover-versions-that-changed-time-signature/1006082)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2024, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cover-versions-that-changed-time-signature/1006082 "2024-08-28T00:10:21Z")
Continuing the discussion from Billy Joel's Piano Man: copying a relevant sentence as context for this thread here: joe cocker’s “with a little help from my friends”, also comes to mind \[being 3/4 time signature\], as … --- ## [Cooking apples. Oh so many cooking apples](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cooking-apples-oh-so-many-cooking-apples/1005375)
**Author:** [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2024, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cooking-apples-oh-so-many-cooking-apples/1005375 "2024-08-27T17:09:27Z")
I moved house earlier this year, and have acquired as a result a number of mature fruit trees. Which is obviously lovely. But one has produced a bumper crop of Bramley cooking apples - ie apples you can’t eat raw as they… --- ## [Best Post-Beatles Career, who made the music you liked the best?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-post-beatles-career-who-made-the-music-you-liked-the-best/1006045)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2024, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-post-beatles-career-who-made-the-music-you-liked-the-best/1006045 "2024-08-27T16:21:17Z")
This should include albums and singles. Solo works and works with bands not the Beatles. So Wings and Travelling Wilburys count as does the Plastic Ono Band and Ringo’s All Star Band. poll Note you have to assign 1-4 o… --- ## [Iconic self-identifications](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446)
**Author:** [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Replies:** 284\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2024, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-self-identifications/997446 "2024-08-27T09:47:01Z")
You know what I’m talking about. Those moments in movies, TV shows or books where a character identifies his or herself so distinctively and iconically that it becomes a meme or gets YouTubed, etc. A couple of examples… --- ## [Movies you've seen recently (Part 1)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906)
**Author:** [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Replies:** 9999\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2024, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906 "2024-08-27T05:10:11Z")
I’d like this thread to contain peoples’ opinions about films they’ve seen recently - either because they liked them and wish to recommend them to others or because they didn’t like them and wish to warn others to avoid … --- ## [Can someone explain the Joe Rogan Experience to me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-the-joe-rogan-experience-to-me/1004322)
**Author:** [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2024, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-the-joe-rogan-experience-to-me/1004322 "2024-08-26T22:30:08Z")
As I understand it, the Joe Rogan Experience has been the world’s biggest podcast and discussion youTube channel for some time. Now, I am well aware that YouTube et al are not meritocracies. The most popular videos are … --- ## [Jabba No Badda (Or Streaming Services apparently use foreign prints)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jabba-no-badda-or-streaming-services-apparently-use-foreign-prints/1006276)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2024, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jabba-no-badda-or-streaming-services-apparently-use-foreign-prints/1006276 "2024-08-26T22:21:59Z")
I was watching Return of the Jedi on Disney Plus recently and I noticed something weird. In the version of the movie I am used to much of Jabba’s dialogue was subtitled on screen. This time the subtitles were not on scre… --- ## ['Murder, He Says' (1945) music and NPR's 'All Things Considered' theme music](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murder-he-says-1945-music-and-nprs-all-things-considered-theme-music/1006227)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2024, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murder-he-says-1945-music-and-nprs-all-things-considered-theme-music/1006227 "2024-08-26T20:26:42Z")
Murder, He Wrote (1945) is on TCM right now. A piece of music plays into the plot. It’s the same music NPR uses to introduce All Things Considered. What is it? Who composed it? When was it composed? --- ## [Favorite Film Critics?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-film-critics/1006061)
**Author:** [@GailForce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GailForce)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2024, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-film-critics/1006061 "2024-08-26T18:37:15Z")
Lately, I’ve been re-reading John Simon’s film criticism, as collected in his book Reverse Angle, and finding that I enjoy it more than I’d remembered and, far more horrifying, that I agree with most of it, especially hi… --- ## [What's your special lunch treat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-special-lunch-treat/1006152)
**Author:** [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2024, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-special-lunch-treat/1006152 "2024-08-26T13:35:45Z")
Sweet potato fries with garlic aioli dipping sauce! I don’t often indulge in them but happened to be by the restaurant where I get them on another errand today, so why not! One to-go side order is enough for two lunche… --- ## [Ice Cream Trucks And Carts in 2024](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-cream-trucks-and-carts-in-2024/1003735)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2024, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-cream-trucks-and-carts-in-2024/1003735 "2024-08-26T01:20:00Z")
Summertime! Part of my childhood was the rare visit from the ice cream truck. More common were bicycle-carts with a small attached freezer. Prices were reasonable, and I never understood how they could make much money… --- ## [Rib meat? Pork Belly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rib-meat-pork-belly/1006092)
**Author:** [@Jebbilene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jebbilene)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2024, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rib-meat-pork-belly/1006092 "2024-08-26T00:42:35Z")
I got some porks ribs from Costco, and they are cut in a rectangular slab. At one end, the long ribs run the width of the slab, but as the ribs get shorter, there is more and more boneless meat at the bottom of them. If … --- ## [What happened to Rob Reiner as a director?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-rob-reiner-as-a-director/1006209)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2024, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-rob-reiner-as-a-director/1006209 "2024-08-25T21:10:56Z")
I heard quite a bit about how M. Night Shyamalan experienced a dramatic decline in his movie-making skills and it actually is quite true. However, he has managed to occasionally direct and write some better movies, inclu… --- ## [Now help me find this comic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-help-me-find-this-comic/1006184)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2024, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-help-me-find-this-comic/1006184 "2024-08-25T14:18:00Z")
You were of no help in the past, let’s see what we can do here. Beers on me to the winner. I remember seeing this in a book of old one panel cartoons in the library when I was a kid. So this one might go back to the 50’… --- ## [Music to Chill by for the End of the Week](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-to-chill-by-for-the-end-of-the-week/1006122)
**Author:** [@cieskokid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cieskokid)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2024, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-to-chill-by-for-the-end-of-the-week/1006122 "2024-08-25T03:14:55Z")
I’m sure there are fellow 'dopers here who, like me, enjoy ending their work days and/or week with some choice music, what I refer to as my Sound\*Therapy. This is an excellent way to decompress and cleanse myself of the… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=113) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=115)