# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=135 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 136 --- ## [What are your favorite songs that begin with the letter T and were released on or after January 1, 2000? See rules in OP \[Final Poll added\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-t-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/1000227)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2024, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-t-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/1000227 "2024-04-19T20:37:45Z")
RULES: Submissions must begin with the letter T . Exclude articles such as “a”, “an”, “the”, etc. that begin the title. Example: “The Hokey Pokey” belongs in the H poll, not the T poll. Songs must have been first relea… --- ## [Stars that chose to leave their show and it was a good move?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stars-that-chose-to-leave-their-show-and-it-was-a-good-move/1000462)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2024, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stars-that-chose-to-leave-their-show-and-it-was-a-good-move/1000462 "2024-04-19T19:18:08Z")
Inspired by “stars fired from their own show” thread, sometimes actors choose to leave a hit show they are on, thinking that they can make it bigger on their own. It seems that more often than not, they are wrong. Exampl… --- ## [I hate Florence and the Machine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-florence-and-the-machine/579734)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2024, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-florence-and-the-machine/579734 "2024-04-19T17:52:56Z")
I have heard the goddamn song “Dog Days Are Over” about 90,000 times now and I can’t stand it. The voice is obnoxious and breathy - this is the female John Mayer. The lyrics suck. “Run fast for your mother, fast for your… --- ## [Are there Commentary tracks on Netflix or other streaming services?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-commentary-tracks-on-netflix-or-other-streaming-services/1000499)
**Author:** [@Loggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loggins)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2024, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-commentary-tracks-on-netflix-or-other-streaming-services/1000499 "2024-04-19T15:22:50Z")
I like the commentary tracks on DVDs and Blu-Rays. Is there something similar on streaming services? I know you can choose language “tracks” on most services, I was just wondering if any of them was a choice to listen to… --- ## [Joe Flaherty has died at the age of 82](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-flaherty-has-died-at-the-age-of-82/999741)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2024, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-flaherty-has-died-at-the-age-of-82/999741 "2024-04-19T03:24:57Z")
R.I.P., Guy Caballero. --- ## [kwyjibo?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kwyjibo/252091)
**Author:** [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2024, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kwyjibo/252091 "2024-04-19T02:04:23Z")
KWYJIBO Is this a Friends reference, maybe? Possibly playing scrabble? Help? (no, I’m not talking about the poster, KWYJIBO) --- ## [Fallout Episode 4: The Ghouls](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-episode-4-the-ghouls/1000139)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2024, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-episode-4-the-ghouls/1000139 "2024-04-18T20:29:56Z")
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… --- ## [Recommend me some post-apocalyptic horror novels](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-post-apocalyptic-horror-novels/985385)
**Author:** [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2024, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-post-apocalyptic-horror-novels/985385 "2024-04-18T19:38:54Z")
I’ve started re-reading Robert R. Mcammon’s “Swan Song” and decided to just make a whole themed reading playlist. I already have Brian Hodge’s “Dark Advent” and Skip/Specter’s “The Bridge” queued up. I also recently read… --- ## [Something attacking my spring blooms](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-attacking-my-spring-blooms/1000435)
**Author:** [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2024, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-attacking-my-spring-blooms/1000435 "2024-04-18T19:37:33Z")
I planted around 40 bulbs last fall, and yesterday I was admiring the first of the tulips to open, a pink Mystic Van Eijk and two red and gold Banja Luka. Today, around 10 more of them are open, but 3 of them have been b… --- ## [ID this flag in the opening credits of The Monkees?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-flag-in-the-opening-credits-of-the-monkees/1000442)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2024, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-flag-in-the-opening-credits-of-the-monkees/1000442 "2024-04-18T15:36:43Z")
Obviously, this is one of the most important issues facing the world today. I was watching the opening credits to The Monkees and there’s a brief clip of them wheeling a bed across a street (at the seven second mark). T… --- ## [Steve Rogers list for 21st Century music?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-rogers-list-for-21st-century-music/1000273)
**Author:** [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2024, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-rogers-list-for-21st-century-music/1000273 "2024-04-18T13:26:57Z")
Help me make a Steve Rogers list for 21st Century music. I like listening to music on long drives. My all day drives to and from the eclipse reminded me that I haven’t gotten any new music since Apple stopped the iTunes… --- ## [How did Kurt Cobain's daughter end up meeting- and recently marrying- Tony Hawk's son?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-kurt-cobains-daughter-end-up-meeting-and-recently-marrying-tony-hawks-son/1000425)
**Author:** [@TJEckleburg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJEckleburg)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2024, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-kurt-cobains-daughter-end-up-meeting-and-recently-marrying-tony-hawks-son/1000425 "2024-04-18T12:16:31Z")
Kurt Cobain’s only child (whom he had with Courtney Love)- Frances Bean Cobain- married Tony Hawk’s son, Riley Hawk, late last year. While I was typing that last sentence, the sidebar suggestions showed me that someone d… --- ## [Does anyone have an opinion on Millie Gibson being axed from "Doctor Who"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-an-opinion-on-millie-gibson-being-axed-from-doctor-who/996395)
**Author:** [@philipdalton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/philipdalton)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2024, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-an-opinion-on-millie-gibson-being-axed-from-doctor-who/996395 "2024-04-18T10:04:45Z")
According to one Facebook group she was actually axed from the science fiction show for being “too difficult” to work with. Whether there’s actually any truth in that I wouldn’t like to say as I’m not an expert on these… --- ## [Why cold butter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cold-butter/1000377)
**Author:** [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2024, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cold-butter/1000377 "2024-04-18T03:34:14Z")
It’s always irritated me when restaurants presented literally frozen butter–it’s useless! By the time the pats soften enough to spread (without tearing up the bread/rolls), the meal is over. I can understand storing butt… --- ## [SD Book Club: Red Rising](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-book-club-red-rising/1000415)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2024, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-book-club-red-rising/1000415 "2024-04-17T17:38:05Z")
Spoilers bound to happen and I limited my reading to the first three books (so far) The Red Rising Trilogy. Just a few random thoughts to start. I found it to be an excellent series and although a few “surprises” were … --- ## [Fallout Episode 5: The Past](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-episode-5-the-past/1000140)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2024, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-episode-5-the-past/1000140 "2024-04-17T17:49:14Z")
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… --- ## [Hard boiled egg time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hard-boiled-egg-time/999964)
**Author:** [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2024, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hard-boiled-egg-time/999964 "2024-04-17T15:34:50Z")
They are the only kind of egg I enjoy. I’ve not had a problem before. I usually boil them 20 min, then let them sit 10 minutes in the water before rinsing and fridgeing. This time I shortened the boil time and the whit… --- ## [Trina Robbins has died at age 85](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trina-robbins-has-died-at-age-85/1000402)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2024, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trina-robbins-has-died-at-age-85/1000402 "2024-04-17T13:00:07Z")
If you’re saying “Who?” you should know that I feel pretty much the same way. I never heard of her until this morning, when I read about her in Keefknight’s The K Chronicles This is somebody I ought to have known more… --- ## [Need help determining best Q song (mmm song poll related)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-determining-best-q-song-mmm-song-poll-related/1000228)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2024, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-determining-best-q-song-mmm-song-poll-related/1000228 "2024-04-17T12:23:08Z")
Just trying to clean things up a bit here. For the song polls I grouped the letters QVYZ together. I want to separate them for the ultimate poll, but I find that we have a five-way tie for the letter Q. So, please, sel… --- ## [What are your favorite songs that begin with the letter S and were released on or after January 1, 2000? See rules in OP {FINAL POLL ADDED}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-s-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/1000028)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2024, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-s-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/1000028 "2024-04-17T05:34:43Z")
RULES: Submissions must begin with the letter S . Exclude articles such as “a”, “an”, “the”, etc. that begin the title. Example: “The Hokey Pokey” belongs in the H poll, not the T poll. Songs must have been first relea… --- ## [It's a surprise birthday party for you! What cake would you be happiest and least happy to find waiting on the table?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-surprise-birthday-party-for-you-what-cake-would-you-be-happiest-and-least-happy-to-find-waiting-on-the-table/1000320)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2024, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-surprise-birthday-party-for-you-what-cake-would-you-be-happiest-and-least-happy-to-find-waiting-on-the-table/1000320 "2024-04-17T04:03:51Z")
Yes, it has to be a true cake – no ice cream ‘cakes’, no twinkies with a candle, and definitely no pie. The cake will be excellently baked and frosted (if that’s what you wish) nothing burned or rotten ingredients or po… --- ## [Tom Selleck's hands](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-sellecks-hands/1000365)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2024, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-sellecks-hands/1000365 "2024-04-17T01:06:48Z")
I finally got some time to catch up with the Blue Bloods episodes I haven’t had the time to watch until now. Over the last coule of seasons, something was bugging me about Tom Selleck and I couldn’t put my finger on it u… --- ## [When An Actor Is Nominated For An Emmy, Is It For A Singular Performance Or The Whole Show?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-an-actor-is-nominated-for-an-emmy-is-it-for-a-singular-performance-or-the-whole-show/1000249)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2024, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-an-actor-is-nominated-for-an-emmy-is-it-for-a-singular-performance-or-the-whole-show/1000249 "2024-04-16T21:43:07Z")
An actor on a comedy I watch turned in a performance for the ages.\* Could he get an Emmy nomination based on that bit alone, or does the Television Academy (or whatever it’s called) consider the actors’ performances acro… --- ## [Is the late 1940s ignored in American pop-culture history?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-late-1940s-ignored-in-american-pop-culture-history/992283)
**Author:** [@Tzigone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tzigone)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2024, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-late-1940s-ignored-in-american-pop-culture-history/992283 "2024-04-16T19:57:19Z")
I mean, we’ve all discussed how we have our idea of the 1950s, 1960s, etc. The “cultural '60s” might not begin until 1963 or later and not end until 1972 or 1973 (it all depends on what cultural or political markers we u… --- ## [Anyone here a fan of yerba mate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-a-fan-of-yerba-mate/1000367)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2024, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-a-fan-of-yerba-mate/1000367 "2024-04-16T19:31:01Z")
\[Earlier thread from 2006.\] I’ve certainly heard of it and seen the packages in the tea section of the grocery store. I was always under the impression that it was strong, high in caffeine, and would put hair on your ch… --- ## [Chicken & Egg situation vis a vis rock FM and "Classic Rock" and guitar-based rock is dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-egg-situation-vis-a-vis-rock-fm-and-classic-rock-and-guitar-based-rock-is-dead/1000236)
**Author:** [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2024, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-egg-situation-vis-a-vis-rock-fm-and-classic-rock-and-guitar-based-rock-is-dead/1000236 "2024-04-16T17:51:34Z")
This is something that has bugged me for some time. Until the very early 2000s I could hear on FM rock radio stations new releases of current rock. Then, to me anyway, it’s like someone passed some global edict that FM r… --- ## ['Good Times' Racist reboot on Netflix](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-times-racist-reboot-on-netflix/999790)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2024, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-times-racist-reboot-on-netflix/999790 "2024-04-16T04:52:40Z")
I’ve only watched the original a handful of times, but this doesn’t look anywhere close to the source material. Norman Lear (the original’s producer), Stephen Curry(The basketball guy??), and Seth MacFarlan… --- ## [Do all countries make patriotic action movies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-all-countries-make-patriotic-action-movies/1000203)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2024, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-all-countries-make-patriotic-action-movies/1000203 "2024-04-16T02:14:04Z")
I’m only familiar with American cinema, like Glory, Clear & Present Danger, and Patriot, just to name a few. Do other nations create these kinds of jingoistic action films? I think I’ve heard of some Chinese ones that we… --- ## [Post your April 8, 2024, eclipse pictures (April 8, 2024)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-april-8-2024-eclipse-pictures-april-8-2024/998491)
**Author:** [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2024, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-april-8-2024-eclipse-pictures-april-8-2024/998491 "2024-04-16T01:16:53Z")
On April 8, 2024, another total solar eclipse will pass over parts of the US. Fortunately for me, this one will go right over where I live. A fellow photographer friend who lives out in the country not far from me is … --- ## [Last season of Curb your Enthusiasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-season-of-curb-your-enthusiasm/1000334)
**Author:** [@Midtown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Midtown)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2024, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-season-of-curb-your-enthusiasm/1000334 "2024-04-16T01:11:56Z")
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