# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=115 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 116 --- ## [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… --- ## [I like or don't like that, but not like them!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-or-dont-like-that-but-not-like-them/1003050)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2024, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-or-dont-like-that-but-not-like-them/1003050 "2024-08-25T01:21:38Z")
I was thinking about the fact that I am not really enjoying The Acolyte. I find it kind of boring and the dialogue sounds too Earth 21st century in places which annoys me but the Dude Bros on line hate it because they ha… --- ## [Chain reaction of doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chain-reaction-of-doom/1006159)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2024, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chain-reaction-of-doom/1006159 "2024-08-25T01:02:16Z")
I just saw this story from Venus #16 (October 1951) Which immediately reminded me of Ice 9 from Cat’s Cradle (published 196… --- ## [Saturday Night Live's depiction of Joe Biden and tripping over dates](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-night-lives-depiction-of-joe-biden-and-tripping-over-dates/1006148)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2024, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-night-lives-depiction-of-joe-biden-and-tripping-over-dates/1006148 "2024-08-24T16:34:35Z")
SNL leans into a particular quirk of Joe Biden when they have an actor imitate him – specifically, as seen here, the-actor-as-Joe will tell a long story, likely that will end with him making an ill-advised statement abou… --- ## [Help me rationalize my knife collection](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-rationalize-my-knife-collection/1005455)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2024, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-rationalize-my-knife-collection/1005455 "2024-08-24T08:07:11Z")
So, for uninteresting reasons related to having to do with having had multiple households/storage across the world that has FINALLY coalesced into one home, I have a ridiculous number of knives. Notice I did not say “qua… --- ## [West Wing fans- Do you have a single favorite moment from the show?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/west-wing-fans-do-you-have-a-single-favorite-moment-from-the-show/736344)
**Author:** [@Beelzebubba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beelzebubba)\ **Replies:** 174\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2024, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/west-wing-fans-do-you-have-a-single-favorite-moment-from-the-show/736344 "2024-08-24T05:34:50Z")
I’m among the hardcore West Wing (excuse me, “The West Wing”, as someone on another site corrected me recently…I’m currently plotting his/her death) fans on this site. I’ve noticed over the years that we tend to be some… --- ## [Len Deighton's "SS-GB" (open spoilers!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/len-deightons-ss-gb-open-spoilers/318280)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2024, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/len-deightons-ss-gb-open-spoilers/318280 "2024-08-24T03:08:24Z")
Just re-read this favorite alternate-history novel, a police procedural set in Nazi-occupied Britain in late 1941. Operation Sea Lion succeeded (we’re never quite told how), Churchill’s been shot by a German firing squa… --- ## [Will the TV series Evil have a good ending? Open spoilers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-tv-series-evil-have-a-good-ending-open-spoilers/1003648)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2024, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-tv-series-evil-have-a-good-ending-open-spoilers/1003648 "2024-08-24T02:38:24Z")
I’ve been watching the show Evil for the past few months. I think it’s quite good, but with only eight episodes left, I’m starting to worry it’s going to end up the way it’s predecessor, X-files, did, with no resolution… --- ## [First TV show to consistently feature a character being magical](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-tv-show-to-consistently-feature-a-character-being-magical/1006112)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2024, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-tv-show-to-consistently-feature-a-character-being-magical/1006112 "2024-08-24T00:09:00Z")
I’m thinking Bewitched type magic, and I Dream of Jeannie. I think “My Favorite Martian” predates these two by a year or so…but is that the first one of this genre? --- ## [What’s the oldest example of a Digital Assistant misunderstanding something?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-the-oldest-example-of-a-digital-assistant-misunderstanding-something/968565)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2024, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-the-oldest-example-of-a-digital-assistant-misunderstanding-something/968565 "2024-08-23T21:38:37Z")
This question popped into my head last night. I vote for TOS: The Paradise Syndrome. Kirk says “Kirk to Enterprise” and that activates the door. Of course, the actual phrase might have been “Kirk to Enterprise,” but th… --- ## [Help me plan 4 nights in Chicago](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-plan-4-nights-in-chicago/976193)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 328\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2024, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-plan-4-nights-in-chicago/976193 "2024-08-23T21:29:46Z")
After wanting to do it for 20 years and not being in a financial position to do it, I’ve finally bitten the bullet and booked a long-distance Amtrak trip with a sleeper. I’ll be hopping on the Empire Builder in Seattle f… --- ## [If you signed up for Disney Plus Disney says you can't sue them for any reason](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-signed-up-for-disney-plus-disney-says-you-cant-sue-them-for-any-reason/1005733)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2024, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-signed-up-for-disney-plus-disney-says-you-cant-sue-them-for-any-reason/1005733 "2024-08-23T17:52:00Z")
A man and his wife were assured her food at a Disney park restaurant were free of allergens. It wasn’t and she died and Disney says he can’t sue because a Disney Plus account he has signed up for has an arbitration claus… --- ## [Ricardo Montalban miscast in ST2:TWOK](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ricardo-montalban-miscast-in-st2-twok/1005911)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2024, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ricardo-montalban-miscast-in-st2-twok/1005911 "2024-08-23T05:24:34Z")
I remember reading a review of Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan, where the critic said that Ricardo Montalban had been miscast in the movie. Apparently the critic had never seen Space Seed. My Google Fu is not mighty to… --- ## [Why don't movies have Intermissions anymore?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-movies-have-intermissions-anymore/1005546)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2024, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-movies-have-intermissions-anymore/1005546 "2024-08-22T20:25:52Z")
Seems like now that theaters are desperate for anything, bringing back intermissions would help. There’s been so many times I’d go get a refill of soda or popcorn but I can’t because the movie is still in an important sc… --- ## [Dr. Ruth has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-ruth-has-died/1004152)
**Author:** [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2024, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-ruth-has-died/1004152 "2024-08-22T06:54:58Z")
I have great affection for Dr. Ruth. As I became a teenager I somehow found her radio show and listened to it covertly on a walkman at night. Her forthright manner, openness and acceptance was important for me to hear … --- ## [RIP Peter Marshall (host of The Hollywood Squares)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-peter-marshall-host-of-the-hollywood-squares/1005760)
**Author:** [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2024, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-peter-marshall-host-of-the-hollywood-squares/1005760 "2024-08-21T19:36:27Z")
Peter Marshall, the original host of the television game show The Hollywood Squares, passed away today, at age 98, from kidney failure. He had survived a bout of COVID-19 in 2021, which was bad enough that he was in hos… --- ## [Peach Cobbler-- imbedded or topped?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peach-cobbler-imbedded-or-topped/1005791)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2024, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peach-cobbler-imbedded-or-topped/1005791 "2024-08-21T18:19:28Z")
Hubby came home with a bag of free peaches yesterday and asked if I could make cobbler. Looked up some recipes (I’ve neve made it before) and there seems to be two kinds-- the peaches imbedded in a biscuit-y dough or top… --- ## [What if arenak was for real?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-arenak-was-for-real/28064)
**Author:** [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2024, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-arenak-was-for-real/28064 "2024-08-21T17:45:12Z")
In E. E. “Doc” Smith’s epic Space Opera novel The Skylark of Space (1928), he describes a substance called arenak. It’s a transparent metal 500 times stronger and harder than the strongest and hardest steel. However, it’… --- ## [Changing a movie's title for a foreign audience?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-a-movies-title-for-a-foreign-audience/1003122)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 158\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2024, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-a-movies-title-for-a-foreign-audience/1003122 "2024-08-21T15:25:56Z")
On a recent flight, I watched a movie that was listed as “Arab Blues”: When the title screen of the movie appeared, I saw that it was originally titled as “Un divan à Tunis”, which just means “A couch in Tunis”. Why … --- ## [Is this a fake movie? Tomie beginning on youtube](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-fake-movie-tomie-beginning-on-youtube/1005996)
**Author:** [@Iori\_Yagami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iori_Yagami)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2024, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-fake-movie-tomie-beginning-on-youtube/1005996 "2024-08-21T15:18:16Z")
I found a J-horror (adaptation from Junji Ito horror manga) movie called Tomie Beginning or Tomie The Beginning (yeah, as a non-native English speaker articles are somewhat optional for me) on youtube and it seems very v… --- ## [Subtle, PG-13 references in Weird Al's canon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtle-pg-13-references-in-weird-als-canon/1005881)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2024, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtle-pg-13-references-in-weird-als-canon/1005881 "2024-08-21T03:07:27Z")
Weird Al has been reliably clean throughout his career, but he’s not above sneaking in the slightest of slight risque jokes. The two that come to mind are: The lyrics to Word Crimes: At 2:18 he says “you should hire som… --- ## [Old Nazis on old tv programs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-nazis-on-old-tv-programs/1005486)
**Author:** [@Tzigone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tzigone)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2024, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-nazis-on-old-tv-programs/1005486 "2024-08-20T21:18:59Z")
Not all that long ago, I watched the late 1960s British television program The Champions. Our heroes are agents for an international agency related to the United Nations. The two recurring types of villains are the PRC… --- ## [Just asking: What is, to you, the strangest fake website you've ever encountered?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-asking-what-is-to-you-the-strangest-fake-website-youve-ever-encountered/1005894)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2024, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-asking-what-is-to-you-the-strangest-fake-website-youve-ever-encountered/1005894 "2024-08-20T18:58:50Z")
By “strangest”, it’s not just the most bizarre, but perhaps one that had the largest number of views and people STILL didn’t pick up on it being fake? We all (well, most of us) know that The Onion and Babylon Bee are fa… --- ## [Art/food you had been avoiding, that you find is "not that bad."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-food-you-had-been-avoiding-that-you-find-is-not-that-bad/1005266)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2024, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-food-you-had-been-avoiding-that-you-find-is-not-that-bad/1005266 "2024-08-20T06:32:30Z")
Last night we watched the 1990 movie Ghost, w/ Demi Moore/Patrick Swayze/Whoopi Goldberg. I’m not sure why I had always avoided it. Likely because we had young kids at the time, and weren’t watching a lot of adult movi… --- ## [RIP Phil Donahue](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-phil-donahue/1005908)
**Author:** [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2024, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-phil-donahue/1005908 "2024-08-20T00:35:03Z")
RIP. June 13, 1990 - Indecency and Obscenity --- ## [Can you still enjoy Michael Jackson’s music?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-still-enjoy-michael-jackson-s-music/1003638)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2024, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-still-enjoy-michael-jackson-s-music/1003638 "2024-08-20T00:28:31Z")
If you’re among the people who have decided that the accusations are false, I’m not asking you. This is for the people, like myself, who 100% believe the accusations made against him, especially by Wade Robson and James… --- ## [Tell me about Shen Yun](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-shen-yun/841222)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2024, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-shen-yun/841222 "2024-08-19T20:40:30Z")
Every year about now, it’s Shen Yun time: Chinese dance troupe (as far as I can tell), that blankets the local media with non-stop promotions, months in advance. Commercials and billboards, of course; but also people s… --- ## [Steamed mussels](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steamed-mussels/1005877)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2024, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steamed-mussels/1005877 "2024-08-19T13:36:06Z")
First, the recipe. INGREDIENTS 4 lbs live mussels 6 tablespoons butter, cut into pieces 4 large shallots, finely chopped 4 garlic cloves, finely chopped 1⁄2teaspoon salt 2 cups dry white wine 1⁄3cup mixed fresh herbs … --- ## [Hopper's New York Movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoppers-new-york-movie/1005874)
**Author:** [@banjo\_scruggs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/banjo_scruggs)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2024, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoppers-new-york-movie/1005874 "2024-08-19T10:47:04Z")
I proudly have a decent copy of this on one of my walls. Sometimes I look at the woman’s face and imagine she is contemplating the pathetic uselessness of existence. At other times, I wonder if she is just trying to de… --- ## [What is this arm pumping motion by a performative drunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-arm-pumping-motion-by-a-performative-drunk/1005897)
**Author:** [@Chelonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chelonaut)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2024, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-arm-pumping-motion-by-a-performative-drunk/1005897 "2024-08-19T08:39:15Z")
Example here in clip from Star Trek: First Contact at 0:45. I’ve seen it elsewhere in tv or movies, never in real life that I recall. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=114) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=116)