# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=136 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 137 --- ## [Tomahawk Steak - overrated fad, sez I](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomahawk-steak-overrated-fad-sez-i/807134)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2024, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomahawk-steak-overrated-fad-sez-i/807134 "2024-04-15T23:26:45Z")
Everyone has been buzzing about tomahawk steaks for a year or so now, and I am baffled. I bow to no one in my love of a good ribeye steak, but people are paying premium prices for an extra-long bone that creates a steak … --- ## [Dune Part 2 Question (Spoilers…I guess)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dune-part-2-question-spoilers-i-guess/998360)
**Author:** [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2024, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dune-part-2-question-spoilers-i-guess/998360 "2024-04-15T20:50:58Z")
Does everything in Part 2 take place in less than 9 months? --- ## [What are your favorite songs that begin with the letter R and were released on or after January 1, 2000? See rules in OP \[Final poll\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-r-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-poll/999924)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2024, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-r-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-poll/999924 "2024-04-15T19:42:47Z")
RULES: Submissions must begin with the letter R . 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… --- ## [What didn’t he like? (Paul Simon, Sound of Silence)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-didn-t-he-like-paul-simon-sound-of-silence/999598)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2024, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-didn-t-he-like-paul-simon-sound-of-silence/999598 "2024-04-15T18:54:46Z")
I’m a fan of S&G’s music but I read somewhere, or saw somewhere, that there was a line in the song and Paul Simon didn’t like it. Apparently he loathed it so much that he hated to sing the entire song, just because of th… --- ## [Trying To Remember This Series of SNL Sketches (Commercials for Bizarro Music/Art Fests With Random Band Names, etc.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-remember-this-series-of-snl-sketches-commercials-for-bizarro-music-art-fests-with-random-band-names-etc/1000288)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2024, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-remember-this-series-of-snl-sketches-commercials-for-bizarro-music-art-fests-with-random-band-names-etc/1000288 "2024-04-15T07:38:17Z")
SNL did a handful of these sketches from c. 1998 - c. 2007. Horation Sanz was in at least one, Jason Sudeikis in at least one, and Amy Poehler in at least one WITH Jason Sudeikis. The premise was that it was a commercial… --- ## [Really odd food](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-odd-food/1000261)
**Author:** [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2024, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-odd-food/1000261 "2024-04-14T18:56:03Z")
I am related to the noted onmnivore and zoöphagist Frank Buckland. From Wikipedia: I am an extraordinarily consumer of weird food. Roast whole fieldmice? Check. Crayfish eggs? Check. Rock Hyrax? Check. That was a slig… --- ## [Soup and \[what?\] - also, what is soup to you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soup-and-what-also-what-is-soup-to-you/998845)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2024, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soup-and-what-also-what-is-soup-to-you/998845 "2024-04-14T16:50:00Z")
Just curious to know what various expectations might exist in different places for something commonly offered with soup This might be either just a conventional default pairing - soup and a bread roll would I think be t… --- ## [What is your favourite funny novel?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favourite-funny-novel/998832)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 200\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2024, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favourite-funny-novel/998832 "2024-04-14T16:36:56Z")
This NYT free article had me questioning what my favourite funny novel is. They give their 22 opinions. I’ve only read six of them, and have never even seen or heard of many of their recommendations. --- ## [Peak "Americana"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peak-americana/1000241)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2024, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peak-americana/1000241 "2024-04-14T14:36:05Z")
When, where and by whom did Americana peak? my peronal take: 2nd half of the 70ies, Bob Seeger IMHO it doesn’t get more americana than Seeger … Bruce is a distant 2nd … --- ## [Mini-post. The Six Million Dollar Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-post-the-six-million-dollar-man/996529)
**Author:** [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2024, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-post-the-six-million-dollar-man/996529 "2024-04-14T03:42:34Z")
Now appearing on Peacock It looks great. Better than my dvds. They must have pulled them from the Blu-Rays I could watch for Colonel Austin’s wardrobe alone --- ## [Worst overdubs that made it into the final cut](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-overdubs-that-made-it-into-the-final-cut/998010)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2024, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-overdubs-that-made-it-into-the-final-cut/998010 "2024-04-14T00:51:58Z")
Examples: Sigourney Weaver in Galaxy Quest “Well fuck screw that!”: The pimp in Crocodile Dundee “Are you gonna talk all night my man or you gonna fuck screw one of 'em?”: Others? --- ## [SNL controversial hosts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-controversial-hosts/1000160)
**Author:** [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2024, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-controversial-hosts/1000160 "2024-04-13T15:53:43Z")
This was posted in the O.J. thread, and there were a lot of hosts! My first thought was Richard Pryor. Controversial, yes, also a great host. My second thought was Dice Clay. --- ## [Single Malt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-malt/999652)
**Author:** [@ManiacMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ManiacMan)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2024, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-malt/999652 "2024-04-13T12:22:00Z")
Hello… Would any advice be available for someone who would like to take his first drink of Scotch? What would be recommended for someone who rarely drinks, but wants to know why people “cry” when they break a bottle of … --- ## [True Detective s4 question (answer may contain spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-detective-s4-question-answer-may-contain-spoilers/996575)
**Author:** [@whc.03grady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whc.03grady)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2024, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-detective-s4-question-answer-may-contain-spoilers/996575 "2024-04-12T23:53:44Z")
I’m just over one episode in and before I go any further: in this season, is the supernatural real? --- ## [The Positivity Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-positivity-thread/999885)
**Author:** [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2024, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-positivity-thread/999885 "2024-04-12T21:29:50Z")
I’m growing so tired of negativity I thought I’d see how a thread about things you like would go. I’m posting it in CS, because I’m mostly thinking about movies, books, music, cuisine etc, but an occasional non CS topic … --- ## [Why do all episodes of Perry Mason have a murder?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-all-episodes-of-perry-mason-have-a-murder/1000008)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2024, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-all-episodes-of-perry-mason-have-a-murder/1000008 "2024-04-12T18:52:44Z")
It’s not called the “Perry Mason Murder Hour”; some of the crimes involved are much more interesting than murder. I get tired of the bad people not receiving justice through the system instead of gettin’ murderized. Tha… --- ## [What are your favorite parody songs NOT written by Weird Al Yankovic?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-parody-songs-not-written-by-weird-al-yankovic/999360)
**Author:** [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2024, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-parody-songs-not-written-by-weird-al-yankovic/999360 "2024-04-12T05:29:37Z")
I love Weird Al and could list a dozen of his songs off the top of my head that are funny and brilliant. But are there songs by other artists that you like? The only parody artist I know of that comes close is Bob Rivers… --- ## [German Speakers: I'm looking for a harsh descriptive word for someone who is an outcast or reject](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-speakers-im-looking-for-a-harsh-descriptive-word-for-someone-who-is-an-outcast-or-reject/999907)
**Author:** [@Caribbean\_cruiser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caribbean_cruiser)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2024, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-speakers-im-looking-for-a-harsh-descriptive-word-for-someone-who-is-an-outcast-or-reject/999907 "2024-04-12T05:16:36Z")
The protagonist in my novel is an outcast in his German town: despised, unwelcome, rejected by his neighbors. I need a pejorative German term for him. Not like “loser,” but something that captures his being ostracized by… --- ## [King Kong and Godzilla (2024) Seen it thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-kong-and-godzilla-2024-seen-it-thread/999655)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2024, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-kong-and-godzilla-2024-seen-it-thread/999655 "2024-04-11T22:32:26Z")
Don’t remember the subtitle so I put the year. It was not bad. The polar opposite in tone from Godzilla Minus One (which is fine) and it reminded me of when I watched Godzilla movies as a kid in that the People stuff wa… --- ## [AV Club and related sites](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/av-club-and-related-sites/1000169)
**Author:** [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2024, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/av-club-and-related-sites/1000169 "2024-04-11T20:32:04Z")
The AV Club website seems to have changed recently. Previously the top of the page included links to sister sites like Gizmodo, Jalopnik, the Onion, the Root and the Takeout. I would start out reading the AV Club and the… --- ## [Explain the ending of Dirk Gently's Detective Agency](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-ending-of-dirk-gentlys-detective-agency/220361)
**Author:** [@Yumblie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yumblie)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2024, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-ending-of-dirk-gentlys-detective-agency/220361 "2024-04-11T15:04:57Z")
I’m not well read on Coleridge poetry, so I’m not sure exactly what happened at the end. From what I gather, Dirk interrupts Coleridge and prevents him from finishing the poem that inspired Michael to be possessed by th… --- ## [Without Photoshop, can I eliminate lines in a photo I took?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-photoshop-can-i-eliminate-lines-in-a-photo-i-took/1000058)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2024, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-photoshop-can-i-eliminate-lines-in-a-photo-i-took/1000058 "2024-04-11T14:19:59Z")
Amateur model builder. Built a WW II airplane model, suspended it from some very thin monofilament and took some cool pictures of it against the sky. But, of course, the mono showed up. If I could find a way to erase … --- ## [Kurt Cobain died 30 years ago today. Do you remember when you heard the news?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kurt-cobain-died-30-years-ago-today-do-you-remember-when-you-heard-the-news/999899)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2024, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kurt-cobain-died-30-years-ago-today-do-you-remember-when-you-heard-the-news/999899 "2024-04-11T08:32:41Z")
It was a big thing for me, maybe the rock death that hit me hardest (after John Lennon, but then I was only twelve years old). I heard the news on the radio while shopping in a jeans store with my girlfriend. I wasn’t su… --- ## [Foods you prefer cooked "wrong"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-prefer-cooked-wrong/998787)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 314\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2024, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-prefer-cooked-wrong/998787 "2024-04-11T08:10:21Z")
I just put some pasta water on to boil, and started musing about the “right” way to prepare pasta vs the way I like it, and other foods and other people’s opinions on that sort of thing. I completely understand pasta co… --- ## [The two Three-Body Problems problem](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-two-three-body-problems-problem/997443)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2024, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-two-three-body-problems-problem/997443 "2024-04-11T02:47:16Z")
I hated the book Three Body Problem enough that I skipped the rest of the books in the series and I haven’t decided yet if I’ll watch either series, but this is an interesting issue. There are going to be simultaneous du… --- ## [What fictional worlds present what you think is closest to a utopia?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-worlds-present-what-you-think-is-closest-to-a-utopia/1000060)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2024, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-worlds-present-what-you-think-is-closest-to-a-utopia/1000060 "2024-04-10T15:43:56Z")
Which fictional worlds do you all think present a society that is as close to what you think of as a utopia? I’ll leave the definition of utopia up to each individual poster, as that’s part of what this thread is about.… --- ## [“The 25 Best Restaurants in Chicago” 2024](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-25-best-restaurants-in-chicago-2024/1000053)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2024, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-25-best-restaurants-in-chicago-2024/1000053 "2024-04-10T03:54:42Z")
Wondering what local Chicagoans (or area malcontents) think of this recent NYT list, gift linked below? --- ## [I don’t understand the craze for vinyl](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-don-t-understand-the-craze-for-vinyl/952923)
**Author:** [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Replies:** 252\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2024, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-don-t-understand-the-craze-for-vinyl/952923 "2024-04-10T03:13:24Z")
This NYT article is only the latest to talk about the craze for vinyl recordings and how it is displacing what little market is left for CDs. (That article might be paywalled but I tried to make a gift link that is free… --- ## [Late 60s/Early 70s Spaghetti Commercial](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-60s-early-70s-spaghetti-commercial/1000034)
**Author:** [@ZomZom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZomZom)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2024, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-60s-early-70s-spaghetti-commercial/1000034 "2024-04-09T22:02:44Z")
I remember a commercial from my youth in the late 60s/early 70s where a boy with dark hair is running through the streets of his village to ring a church bell and announce lunch. I think it was Chef Boyardee or something… --- ## [Monthly Photo Competition #16 – March 2024 – “Patterns” {Poll added}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-16-march-2024-patterns-poll-added/998719)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2024, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-16-march-2024-patterns-poll-added/998719 "2024-04-09T21:56:54Z")
This is the monthly thread for March, 2024. The topic this month is “Patterns”, chosen by Mean\_Mr.Mustard Please note: The general rules for the competition are here. One entry per person per month . To make the photo… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=135) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=137)