# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=122 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 123 --- ## [Thinking of dropping Everand (i.e., Scribd) and going back to Audible. How is Audible's free-to-subscribers content?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-of-dropping-everand-i-e-scribd-and-going-back-to-audible-how-is-audibles-free-to-subscribers-content/1003801)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2024, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-of-dropping-everand-i-e-scribd-and-going-back-to-audible-how-is-audibles-free-to-subscribers-content/1003801 "2024-07-09T19:52:22Z")
I used to have an Audible subscription which I dropped awhile back, and then I signed up with Everand and I’ve had that for about a year. Everand has been great; a subscription doesn’t give you an audiobook to own ever… --- ## [Tell me about your carbonation device(s)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-carbonation-device-s/1002987)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2024, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-carbonation-device-s/1002987 "2024-07-09T14:50:26Z")
My family loves various types of fizzy water, including those we mix with various types of syrup. But I really hate buying those plastic bottles, as they empty quickly and are incredibly wasteful, regardless of how recyc… --- ## [Simon In The Land Of Chalk Drawings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simon-in-the-land-of-chalk-drawings/1003534)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2024, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simon-in-the-land-of-chalk-drawings/1003534 "2024-07-08T19:10:07Z")
Watching England struggle against Slovakia reminded me of an old cartoon where a soccer team played a group of numbers, and lost because they didn’t realize the ball was a zero. Hadn’t thought of this in decades. Does … --- ## [Fallout Episode 8: The Beginning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-episode-8-the-beginning/1000143)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 192\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2024, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-episode-8-the-beginning/1000143 "2024-07-08T18:29:57Z")
Spoiler policy: Anything in this episode and any previous episodes are open spoilers. Please do not discuss what happens in later episodes in this thread. Rather, go to the thread for that episode and discuss it there. A… --- ## [Neuromancer Was Published Thirty Years Ago](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neuromancer-was-published-thirty-years-ago/687698)
**Author:** [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2024, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neuromancer-was-published-thirty-years-ago/687698 "2024-07-08T18:14:28Z")
William Gibson’s Neuromancer was published in 1984, 30 years ago. That means that we stand at almost exactly the same historical distance from it as it did to Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, which was published in 1953. --- ## [Help me find this cartoon/comic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-this-cartoon-comic/1003855)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2024, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-this-cartoon-comic/1003855 "2024-07-08T14:07:46Z")
A guy I used to work with had a full page, single panel cartoon taped up on the inside of his locker door. It was a birdseye view of a mens restroom. A man was in a booth, sitting on the toilet reading a newspaper and s… --- ## [House of the Dragon 2.03 "The Burning Mill" 6/30/24 OPEN SPOILERS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-of-the-dragon-2-03-the-burning-mill-6-30-24-open-spoilers/1003603)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2024, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-of-the-dragon-2-03-the-burning-mill-6-30-24-open-spoilers/1003603 "2024-07-08T02:52:08Z")
Sorry for the late thread, slipped my mind. Everything shown on screen is valid for discussion without spoiler boxes. If you’re going to reveal future events based on any other material please spoiler box it. 2.01: A S… --- ## [Mike Flanagan takes on The Fall of the House of Usher](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-flanagan-takes-on-the-fall-of-the-house-of-usher/991416)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2024, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-flanagan-takes-on-the-fall-of-the-house-of-usher/991416 "2024-07-07T20:32:06Z")
You might know Flanagan from such works as The Haunting of Hill House, Dr. Sleep, Ouija: Origin of Evil, or half a dozen other things I’m not going to list out here because I’m on my iPad. Now on Netflix he’s taking on … --- ## [House of the Dragon 2.01 "Son for a son" 6/16/24 OPEN SPOILERS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-of-the-dragon-2-01-son-for-a-son-6-16-24-open-spoilers/1002965)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2024, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-of-the-dragon-2-01-son-for-a-son-6-16-24-open-spoilers/1002965 "2024-07-07T19:39:55Z")
Open spoilers for anything that has been on the show. If you want to bring in information about (probable) future events based on written material please spoiler box it. Last year we had one big thread but I think we ha… --- ## [Weirdest movie/TV/etc tie-in cookbook](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-movie-tv-etc-tie-in-cookbook/1003766)
**Author:** [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2024, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-movie-tv-etc-tie-in-cookbook/1003766 "2024-07-07T16:55:24Z")
If you’ve ever browsed the cookbook section at a sufficiently large bookstore, you’ve seen examples of this phenomenon: there’s some cultural object with a culinary component, so an associated cookbook is written and rel… --- ## [Jeopardy Masters tournament tonight (originally aired 5-6-2024) Final question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-masters-tournament-tonight-originally-aired-5-6-2024-final-question/1003797)
**Author:** [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2024, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-masters-tournament-tonight-originally-aired-5-6-2024-final-question/1003797 "2024-07-07T01:43:42Z")
Does anyone know what the final question was? Don’t give the answer…yet. Thank you --- ## [I'm looking for a movie with an absurd fight sequence (villain licks his knife at one point)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-looking-for-a-movie-with-an-absurd-fight-sequence-villain-licks-his-knife-at-one-point/1003727)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2024, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-looking-for-a-movie-with-an-absurd-fight-sequence-villain-licks-his-knife-at-one-point/1003727 "2024-07-06T19:48:13Z")
I’ve seen clips here and there, over the years, of some 1980s B-movie with a memorably absurd fight sequence. I don’t know the specifics, but there’s a point at which the villain menacingly licks his knife while the came… --- ## [Are you a good mulch or a bad mulch? (Gardening, not the Wizard of Oz)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-good-mulch-or-a-bad-mulch-gardening-not-the-wizard-of-oz/1003738)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2024, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-good-mulch-or-a-bad-mulch-gardening-not-the-wizard-of-oz/1003738 "2024-07-06T04:48:01Z")
We have converted part of our front yard to an English country garden with the help of an environmentally friendly landscape designer. She has planted a bunch of native, non-invasive, pollinator-friendly perennials. Now … --- ## [Yet another pjd classical music recognition request](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-pjd-classical-music-recognition-request/1003736)
**Author:** [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2024, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-pjd-classical-music-recognition-request/1003736 "2024-07-06T00:11:30Z")
Hi classic fans, can someone remind me what this tune is from. TIA folks. --- ## [Were there any references to Vulcans having green blood after Star Trek: TOS?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-there-any-references-to-vulcans-having-green-blood-after-star-trek-tos/984293)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2024, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-there-any-references-to-vulcans-having-green-blood-after-star-trek-tos/984293 "2024-07-06T00:03:10Z")
I’ve been watching a lot of Star Trek lately. While the green blood jokes were common on TOS between McCoy and Spock, were there any other references to this in the subsequent TV series or the films? I can’t remember any… --- ## ["Problematic" or potentially harmful Film/Television Shows](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problematic-or-potentially-harmful-film-television-shows/1001076)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 187\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2024, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problematic-or-potentially-harmful-film-television-shows/1001076 "2024-07-05T23:26:10Z")
I’m pretty lame. I like watching “reaction videos” on YouTube. I’m guess I’m curious to see how other people respond to TV and movies that I found particularly interesting or shocking. It’s not about watching what I enjo… --- ## [American characters in (early) James Bond films](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-characters-in-early-james-bond-films/1002950)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2024, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-characters-in-early-james-bond-films/1002950 "2024-07-05T21:05:35Z")
The only James Bond films I’ve watched are Dr. No, and then three Craig films – Skyfall, Quantum of Solace, and Casino Royale. However, I also watch a bunch of reaction videos on YouTube, and I’m currently watching a you… --- ## [Protégés or wards in old TV](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proteges-or-wards-in-old-tv/1003607)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2024, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proteges-or-wards-in-old-tv/1003607 "2024-07-05T20:41:15Z")
Mrs. Jackson and I were discussing wards, as in Dick Greyson or Spinner, noting how wards used to be much more popular than they are now. I tried to google some more, but the name Ward is so much more popular than the u… --- ## [Celebs that you are surprised are still alive](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebs-that-you-are-surprised-are-still-alive/818342)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2024, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebs-that-you-are-surprised-are-still-alive/818342 "2024-07-05T17:54:10Z")
I just stumbled across the fact that Paul Williams is still alive: Really? Where the heck has he been? --- ## [Boilermaker recipe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boilermaker-recipe/1003712)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2024, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boilermaker-recipe/1003712 "2024-07-05T15:22:32Z")
Yeah, I know it is a beer and a whiskey. Which beer? Which whiskey? :grin: --- ## [If you had to pick a single decade of music to listen to from now on](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-pick-a-single-decade-of-music-to-listen-to-from-now-on/1003663)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2024, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-pick-a-single-decade-of-music-to-listen-to-from-now-on/1003663 "2024-07-05T06:19:36Z")
And by “decade” I mean ten continuous years- It could be 1940 to 1950, 1312 to 1322, 1066 to 1076 etc., and by “single” I mean just that. No picking one decade for the jazz, another for the rock, and another for the neo… --- ## [If you ever wanted a little supernatural mixed in with your Yellowstone, I've got the show for you! -- Outer Range](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-ever-wanted-a-little-supernatural-mixed-in-with-your-yellowstone-ive-got-the-show-for-you-outer-range/963677)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2024, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-ever-wanted-a-little-supernatural-mixed-in-with-your-yellowstone-ive-got-the-show-for-you-outer-range/963677 "2024-07-05T05:22:46Z")
Anybody else watching? I’ve been enjoying it. I’m a little annoyed it’s a weekly release though. “Outer Range centers on Royal Abbott (Josh Brolin), a rancher fighting for his land and family, who discovers an unfathoma… --- ## [Obscure children's poet 1910s/1920s: Annette Wynne 'Indian Children'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-childrens-poet-1910s-1920s-annette-wynne-indian-children/1003747)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2024, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-childrens-poet-1910s-1920s-annette-wynne-indian-children/1003747 "2024-07-05T02:13:39Z")
This poem was in my third grade state history class in the late 1960s. If you’re interested, here’s a rather scathing review of it. Well, it was a different time, what can we say? She did write a fair number of other … --- ## [ID this (nonfiction?) crime/psychology essay I read as a child](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-nonfiction-crime-psychology-essay-i-read-as-a-child/1003745)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2024, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-nonfiction-crime-psychology-essay-i-read-as-a-child/1003745 "2024-07-05T01:27:32Z")
When I was 7-8-9 years old, in the early '90s, I was a voracious reader and already reading at a high school level, and my parents gave me just about anything to read that they thought I’d find interesting, including stu… --- ## [Star Trek Prodigy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-prodigy/959136)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2024, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-prodigy/959136 "2024-07-05T00:38:06Z")
I waited until the season was over to binge it. It clearly has elements aimed at kids, and some of the Hologram Janeway stuff was pretty rough around the edges, but overall I liked it. It was good enough to place it in t… --- ## [Resolved: Bruce Lee's Extraordinary Genius Was Utterly Wasted in His 1970s Movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-bruce-lees-extraordinary-genius-was-utterly-wasted-in-his-1970s-movies/977843)
**Author:** [@Caribbean\_cruiser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caribbean_cruiser)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2024, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-bruce-lees-extraordinary-genius-was-utterly-wasted-in-his-1970s-movies/977843 "2024-07-04T18:11:54Z")
As a former TKD student and teacher, I revered martial arts superstar Bruce Lee in my early years, yet today have feel that four of his five martial arts films (The Big Boss, Fist of Fury, Way/Return of the Dragon, and G… --- ## [This always bothers me about Deep Impact (1998)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-always-bothers-me-about-deep-impact-1998/1003700)
**Author:** [@Marine\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marine_One)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2024, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-always-bothers-me-about-deep-impact-1998/1003700 "2024-07-03T21:49:07Z")
So, in the movie, Leo Biederman sends Dr. Marcus Wolf a picture of the comet. Marcus Wolf speeds down the road and dies in a car crash. The comet is named Wolf–Biederman because everyone thought Leo Biederman was in th… --- ## [Khadaji’s Whatcha Reading Thread - June 2024 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-june-2024-edition/1002292)
**Author:** [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2024, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-june-2024-edition/1002292 "2024-07-03T01:40:37Z")
Summer is busting out all over the place in the Rocky Mountains… except for the day it snowed two weeks ago. Anyway, everything is green, the flowers are blooming and kids are out for summer. So summer time, winter for … --- ## [New Rock Music That's Good!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rock-music-thats-good/1002000)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2024, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rock-music-thats-good/1002000 "2024-07-02T07:14:16Z")
I have been through some stuff recently and shifted a lot of life gears and I have done so musically too, away from a lot of heavier music. The last time I was really digging a rock act was 2018-ish when I was really int… --- ## [Turn On (1969 comedy series that totally flopped)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-on-1969-comedy-series-that-totally-flopped/1003377)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2024, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-on-1969-comedy-series-that-totally-flopped/1003377 "2024-07-02T07:09:02Z")
I had long heard of this competitor to “Laugh-In” that only lasted one episode (for the stations whose directors didn’t stage-hook it before it ended) and that TPTB would always ensure that none of the episodes would eve… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=121) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=123)