# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=143 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 144 --- ## [Mangaka/designer/writer Akira Toriyama dead at 68](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mangaka-designer-writer-akira-toriyama-dead-at-68/998595)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2024, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mangaka-designer-writer-akira-toriyama-dead-at-68/998595 "2024-03-08T04:52:04Z")
Apparently of a head injury. Though most folks probably know him for the Dragonball franchise, my personal introduction was the Dragon Quest series of video games. I was and am a huge fan of that franchise, and I’m sa… --- ## [Gabriel Garcia Marquez reported dead at 87](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gabriel-garcia-marquez-reported-dead-at-87/686366)
**Author:** [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2024, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gabriel-garcia-marquez-reported-dead-at-87/686366 "2024-03-08T01:44:50Z")
Rumor has it that Gabriel Garcia Marquez has died. Chalk it up as another “he was still alive?” death. Still, a truly great writer and an early inspiration for me. --- ## [Post an impressive individual music performance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-an-impressive-individual-music-performance/965931)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 142\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2024, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-an-impressive-individual-music-performance/965931 "2024-03-07T19:11:07Z")
Give a short explanation of what it is and what we should be looking/listening for. This is Smashing Pumpkins, “Geek USA” from Siamese Dream, played live in Germany. This is from their video EP “Vieuphoria.” They play i… --- ## [Comic book phraseology in the MSM](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-book-phraseology-in-the-msm/998574)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2024, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-book-phraseology-in-the-msm/998574 "2024-03-07T17:10:34Z")
The talking heads have always used “superpowers” and “kryptonite”. Lately I’ve heard “origin story” and “spidey-sense” come up. Spidey-sense, a kind of precognition that spiders possess ( :roll\_eyes:), is odd because I’m… --- ## [Extraordinary](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extraordinary/998539)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2024, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extraordinary/998539 "2024-03-07T15:52:04Z")
Anyone else know this one? Some number of years back and for unknown reasons, people started gaining one (and only one) superpower each after they turn 18. This became the new normal, and the occasional person who doesn’… --- ## [Do frozen potatoes in soup turn to mush?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-frozen-potatoes-in-soup-turn-to-mush/998510)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2024, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-frozen-potatoes-in-soup-turn-to-mush/998510 "2024-03-07T14:21:20Z")
I’m craving some “loaded potato soup”. But I’m also feeling lazy. Instead of cutting up a bunch of potatoes I was thinking about just getting a bag of frozen (cubed) hash browns. Has anyone ever tried this? Thanks. --- ## [What are your favorite songs that begin with the letter B 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-b-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/998061)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2024, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-b-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/998061 "2024-03-07T10:16:23Z")
RULES: Submissions must begin with the letter B. 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 releas… --- ## [Sell me on your preferred (premium) music streaming service](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sell-me-on-your-preferred-premium-music-streaming-service/997481)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2024, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sell-me-on-your-preferred-premium-music-streaming-service/997481 "2024-03-07T03:25:30Z")
I’ve been using Amazon premium music since the pandemic (global pandemics are how they getcha, it’s econ 101) but after a year in a job where I can listen to music 8 hours a day I’m getting tired of it. Not enough variet… --- ## [Anybody watched American Conspiracy? (Netflix)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-watched-american-conspiracy-netflix/998562)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2024, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-watched-american-conspiracy-netflix/998562 "2024-03-07T02:03:26Z")
I’m not sure what to think. CTs are not my things but his one raises some interesting questions. There are actual murders (and what was ruled a suicide) that took place. --- ## [Movie Franchises that came to dominate a field or genre](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-franchises-that-came-to-dominate-a-field-or-genre/998537)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2024, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-franchises-that-came-to-dominate-a-field-or-genre/998537 "2024-03-06T21:31:52Z")
This idea is a little difficult to communicate, but it’s something that bugs me. i grew up on science fiction – first in the movies and TV shows and comic books of the forties, fifties, and sixties, then later reading t… --- ## [Dune (Film) Post-release thread (open spoilers from film)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dune-film-post-release-thread-open-spoilers-from-film/952991)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 615\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2024, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dune-film-post-release-thread-open-spoilers-from-film/952991 "2024-03-06T20:10:02Z")
We had a long running thread speculating about the movie for a year and a half, but for people who saw the movie but didn’t participate in that thread, they’d have to scroll through 330 posts before they got to a post di… --- ## [What kind of people would Dune's gom jabbbar test select for IRL?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-people-would-dunes-gom-jabbbar-test-select-for-irl/998411)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2024, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-people-would-dunes-gom-jabbbar-test-select-for-irl/998411 "2024-03-06T19:16:31Z")
So rewatching Dune again I had the random thought about the gom jabbbar test. In the Dune universe it’s used by the Bene Geserrit to select their elite from the “animals” that make up the rest of humanity. But would th… --- ## [David Sedaris - Anyone a fan? Have any of you seen him live?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-sedaris-anyone-a-fan-have-any-of-you-seen-him-live/788351)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2024, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-sedaris-anyone-a-fan-have-any-of-you-seen-him-live/788351 "2024-03-06T16:39:18Z")
I only know him from a handful of This American Life podcasts I’ve heard him on, and I’ve greatly enjoyed each one. I have a couple of his books on my Kindle. I started one, then lost interest about ten minutes in and h… --- ## [Frosting or icing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frosting-or-icing/998366)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2024, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frosting-or-icing/998366 "2024-03-06T14:58:30Z")
Cakes or cookies, it was always frosting in my family. I winder if it is one if those regional things? --- ## [Worst sequel title?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sequel-title/998504)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2024, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sequel-title/998504 "2024-03-06T07:43:22Z")
With Final Destination: Bloodlines now filming, I saw it posed, “Has a good sequel ever been made with the title Bloodlines in it?” I don’t know the answer to the above question, but it got me wondering what sequels hav… --- ## [What is an alternative to iTunes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-an-alternative-to-itunes/998045)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2024, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-an-alternative-to-itunes/998045 "2024-03-06T03:52:00Z")
There are other threads on this topic, but the most recent is ten years old. I thought there might be some more recent developments. My wife and I both have Apple iPhones and are very happy with these devices. We have… --- ## [Breaking news: Photography is an expensive hobby](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-photography-is-an-expensive-hobby/998440)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2024, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-photography-is-an-expensive-hobby/998440 "2024-03-06T00:31:33Z")
I’ve already had a very significant amount of money invested in cameras, lenses, and accessories when the mirrorless bug bit me. So I bought myself a nice new mirrorless camera body. But wait, now I need a $250 adapter … --- ## [Brewing coffee: why cold water?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brewing-coffee-why-cold-water/998391)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2024, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brewing-coffee-why-cold-water/998391 "2024-03-06T00:11:27Z")
I’ve been brewing coffee in percolators and drip coffee makers for nearly sixty years. Ever since I was a wee tyke of eleven, I have always started by filling the percolator or the water tank of the coffee maker with COL… --- ## [The comedy Airplane! was released 30 years ago! Surely you can't be serious!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-comedy-airplane-was-released-30-years-ago-surely-you-cant-be-serious/546249)
**Author:** [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Replies:** 400\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2024, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-comedy-airplane-was-released-30-years-ago-surely-you-cant-be-serious/546249 "2024-03-05T20:06:44Z")
I am serious… and don’t call me Shirley. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/27/movies/27airplane.html --- ## [Decaffeinate Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decaffeinate-me/998468)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2024, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decaffeinate-me/998468 "2024-03-05T16:33:55Z")
I got a message this morning that my mother was in the hospital. She woke up very dizzy, with a blood pressure over 200. She was just getting over meningitus, so my sister took her in to the ER. Turned out to be Flu B … --- ## [What are your favorite songs that begin with the letter D and were released on or after January 1, 2000? See rules in OP \[final polls added\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-d-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-polls-added/998300)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2024, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-d-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-polls-added/998300 "2024-03-05T11:28:10Z")
RULES: Submissions must begin with the letter D. 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 releas… --- ## [Samuel Adams has jumped the shark!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samuel-adams-has-jumped-the-shark/994131)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2024, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samuel-adams-has-jumped-the-shark/994131 "2024-03-05T05:23:40Z")
The Boston Beer Company has decided to “remaster” Samuel Adams Boston Lager in an attempt to make it a “brighter” more “approachable” beer. What they ended up with, IMHO, is an inferior product compared to the original. … --- ## [Q for bakers: Is there a real difference between chocolate and devil's food cakes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-for-bakers-is-there-a-real-difference-between-chocolate-and-devils-food-cakes/998402)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2024, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-for-bakers-is-there-a-real-difference-between-chocolate-and-devils-food-cakes/998402 "2024-03-04T19:02:00Z")
I mean, do the ingredients differ in some way, other than maybe how much cocoa powder you put in? Yesterday I was looking for a caramel cake mix – I swear there used to be some, but none to be found – while all the maj… --- ## [Dining out a la carte - yea or nay?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dining-out-a-la-carte-yea-or-nay/998279)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2024, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dining-out-a-la-carte-yea-or-nay/998279 "2024-03-04T17:20:45Z")
A few times over the years, I’ve noticed restaurants changing to all a la carte as opposed to entree-with-sides. Most recently, a local cafe where we used to have breakfast started charging if you wanted toast or potatoe… --- ## [Richard Lewis dies at 76 (2/28/2024)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/richard-lewis-dies-at-76-2-28-2024/998251)
**Author:** [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2024, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/richard-lewis-dies-at-76-2-28-2024/998251 "2024-03-04T17:16:48Z")
--- ## [Songs about outdated tech or fads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-outdated-tech-or-fads/998388)
**Author:** [@Danger\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danger_Man)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2024, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-outdated-tech-or-fads/998388 "2024-03-04T13:50:48Z")
I can think of three, but there are probably more. The song has to be about the tech itself and not some throwaway line. Daze - Together Forever (Tamagotchi) Barcode Brothers - SMS Bruckner & Garcia - PacMan Fever --- ## [What are your favorite songs that begin with the letter C 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-c-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/998168)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2024, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-c-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/998168 "2024-03-04T12:11:18Z")
RULES: Submissions must begin with the letter C. 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 releas… --- ## [Mmm's song poll - special playoff edition for the letter C](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmms-song-poll-special-playoff-edition-for-the-letter-c/998437)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2024, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmms-song-poll-special-playoff-edition-for-the-letter-c/998437 "2024-03-04T12:10:18Z")
We have a tie. We need to break the tie. So we need a tie-breaker vote. Please break this tie. What is you favorite 2000s C song? poll --- ## [Re: Otto Preminger's Skidoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-otto-premingers-skidoo/998381)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2024, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-otto-premingers-skidoo/998381 "2024-03-03T23:46:06Z")
During one of the scenes with the character “Angie” he shows other characters a diagram of “The Tree”-the organization that actually runs everything. The names on that chart are a little too blurry to read, and I was wo… --- ## [It's time for some bourbon/whiskey recommendations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-some-bourbon-whiskey-recommendations/927677)
**Author:** [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2024, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-for-some-bourbon-whiskey-recommendations/927677 "2024-03-03T19:04:39Z")
My office is having a remote Christmas party. Boss is picking up and delivering drink orders, and delivering them to our doorsteps so we can have a fun happy hour next week. The limit is $60. And luckily, there’s a websi… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=142) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=144)