# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=146 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 147 --- ## [What's the most complicated meal you've ever prepared?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-complicated-meal-youve-ever-prepared/980588)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2024, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-complicated-meal-youve-ever-prepared/980588 "2024-02-19T20:20:01Z")
I was thinking about this since last Saturday when I was making a grocery run, and asked Mrs. solost what she felt tlike for dinner that night, so I could pick up any ingredients we’d need. She said “you haven’t made Pae… --- ## [The Greatest Night in Pop](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-night-in-pop/997522)
**Author:** [@sunacres](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunacres)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2024, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-night-in-pop/997522 "2024-02-19T20:02:45Z")
Watched this documentary last night on Netflix. Most Dopers seem to be old enough to remember “We Are The World,” a nearly-impromptu recording that brought together 40-odd superstars of the day with an all-volunteer reco… --- ## [Casting for The Fantastic Four has been announced](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casting-for-the-fantastic-four-has-been-announced/997559)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2024, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casting-for-the-fantastic-four-has-been-announced/997559 "2024-02-19T16:43:46Z")
Pedro Pascal (Mr. Fantastic), Vanessa Kirby (Invisible Woman) , Joseph Quinn (Johnny Storm) and Ebon Moss-Bachrach (da ever-lovin’ blue-eyed Thing). Pascal is usually good, I liked Ebon in Andor, and Kirby was pretty dec… --- ## [Northern Exposure finally available for streaming on Amazon Prime](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-exposure-finally-available-for-streaming-on-amazon-prime/997530)
**Author:** [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2024, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-exposure-finally-available-for-streaming-on-amazon-prime/997530 "2024-02-19T09:14:13Z")
The loveable and quirky early-90’s TV show Northern Exposure has just be released on Amazon Prime streaming – the first time the show has ever been available to stream. ‘Northern Exposure’ Streaming On Prime Video (dead… --- ## [What does "System of a Down" mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-system-of-a-down-mean/97114)
**Author:** [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2024, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-system-of-a-down-mean/97114 "2024-02-18T20:23:15Z")
This has been bugging me for awhile–usually I’m pretty good at figuring out what band names mean (or if I can’t I can find the answer on one of the fansites). This one, however, has eluded me. Can someone please enlighte… --- ## [Dilbert dropped from 70 papers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dilbert-dropped-from-70-papers/972183)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2024, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dilbert-dropped-from-70-papers/972183 "2024-02-18T18:26:23Z")
https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/dilbert-comic-stripped-from-nearly-80-newspapers/?amp=1 Dilbert has been dropped by Lee Enterprises newspapers. They describe it as a business decision and have also dropped ot… --- ## [Brian Wilson has dementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brian-wilson-has-dementia/997685)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2024, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brian-wilson-has-dementia/997685 "2024-02-18T18:17:41Z")
His family is seeking to have him placed under a conservatorship. A sad end for a brilliant musician who had a host of psychological problems during his lifetime. He’s 81. --- ## ["Not So Awesome" - the Channel Awesome tell-all](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-so-awesome-the-channel-awesome-tell-all/811865)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2024, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-so-awesome-the-channel-awesome-tell-all/811865 "2024-02-18T05:18:51Z")
So, over the last month or so, a number of major contributors to Channel Awesome (formerly That Guy With the Glasses), including Linkara and Todd in the Shadows, have publicly quit the site. This follows on the heels of … --- ## [Songs Inspired by movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-inspired-by-movies/923487)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2024, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-inspired-by-movies/923487 "2024-02-17T22:50:45Z")
There seems to be a class of songs inspired by, but not officially connect to, movies. When the sonfs first came out, I thought there was some sort of connection, because the movies were often still playing. But it seems… --- ## [Am I weird for taking my beefsteak with a side of rice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-weird-for-taking-my-beefsteak-with-a-side-of-rice/997616)
**Author:** [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2024, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-weird-for-taking-my-beefsteak-with-a-side-of-rice/997616 "2024-02-17T20:36:54Z")
I can have steak with various sides, and while I don’t mind having it with potatos, I tend to prefer having at least one other option, e.g. green salad, asparagus, theoretically lobster tail (I say that as I’ve never had… --- ## [Tannhäuser Gate question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tannhauser-gate-question/996422)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2024, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tannhauser-gate-question/996422 "2024-02-17T18:37:50Z")
I can hardly credit that I didn’t wonder about this before, but: If Roy Batty was a soldier replicant who had seen hard battle in space, who or what was he and others fighting against? Aliens? Another faction of humans? … --- ## [Firehouse Five and the Cinderella Surprise: Lost Jazz Recordings by Disney Employees](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firehouse-five-and-the-cinderella-surprise-lost-jazz-recordings-by-disney-employees/997689)
**Author:** [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2024, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firehouse-five-and-the-cinderella-surprise-lost-jazz-recordings-by-disney-employees/997689 "2024-02-17T04:26:43Z")
Someone named Cabel Sasser discovered a lot of recordings by Disney employees from the late 1940s, had them digitized, and put them online: My goal was to preserve some never-before-heard recordings of an incredible Di… --- ## [Songs recorded with alternate lyrics to the original but not for humor or satire](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-recorded-with-alternate-lyrics-to-the-original-but-not-for-humor-or-satire/973199)
**Author:** [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Replies:** 142\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2024, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-recorded-with-alternate-lyrics-to-the-original-but-not-for-humor-or-satire/973199 "2024-02-16T22:45:25Z")
I know satirical versions of songs are a dime a dozen ala Weird Al but are there a lot of songs recorded, either by the original artist or someone else, that changed the lyrics into a different song but not done for humo… --- ## [Any one remember Don Murray](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-one-remember-don-murray/839828)
**Author:** [@bionic\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bionic_man)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2024, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-one-remember-don-murray/839828 "2024-02-16T18:44:49Z")
I like him as governor Break in conquest of the planet of apes. --- ## [Coffee Quest: Drinking the worlds best coffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-quest-drinking-the-worlds-best-coffee/995344)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2024, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-quest-drinking-the-worlds-best-coffee/995344 "2024-02-16T17:58:04Z")
I mentioned in a few threads that I was going to do this but I have started to drink the worlds best coffee. My technique as kifed from James Hoffman: Fill a pyrex bowl with water. place my Hario 60 upside down in it … --- ## [Have some 79 Year Old Soup. LINK](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-some-79-year-old-soup-link/997663)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2024, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-some-79-year-old-soup-link/997663 "2024-02-16T17:48:30Z")
You go first. Allegedly, it’s safe. EAT THE SOUP. I DARE YOU. {LINK} Btw–this counts as cuisine. --- ## [Latest TV Show “Opening Credits”?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-tv-show-opening-credits/997524)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2024, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-tv-show-opening-credits/997524 "2024-02-16T07:23:49Z")
I’ve started watching Better Call Saul, a great show. I love its brief, slapdash and interrupted introduction (opening credits). The “intro”, with title and brief credits of the biggest names, occasionally appears at t… --- ## [Restaurants with limited menus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-with-limited-menus/995738)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 209\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2024, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-with-limited-menus/995738 "2024-02-16T04:08:25Z")
I was doing a thought experiment in my head, and I ran up against this. What would, or could, you do? You have made a reservation for you and your SO for his birthday, at a high-end restaurant, which neither of you has … --- ## [Cooking for dementia patients - any special tips?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cooking-for-dementia-patients-any-special-tips/997592)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2024, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cooking-for-dementia-patients-any-special-tips/997592 "2024-02-16T03:28:35Z")
I cook regularly for a family that includes a father with dementia; he is still “with it” sometimes but it is getting worse. Today his daughter mentioned that “he doesn’t care very much what he eats,” but she has also re… --- ## [Stories about pop culture inspiration - do you buy them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stories-about-pop-culture-inspiration-do-you-buy-them/997094)
**Author:** [@veryfrank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/veryfrank)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2024, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stories-about-pop-culture-inspiration-do-you-buy-them/997094 "2024-02-16T01:35:58Z")
Being a huge fan of the Alien franchise, I’ve often heard the story about how the chestburster scene in the movie was a surprise to the cast, which is how Ridley Scott got such great horrified performances out of them. N… --- ## [Apparently cheese gets you mildly high?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-cheese-gets-you-mildly-high/995291)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2024, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-cheese-gets-you-mildly-high/995291 "2024-02-16T00:44:29Z")
found this today … lots of things i didnt know…explains why i eat a lot of it lol --- ## [Memorable end credits](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-end-credits/997557)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2024, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-end-credits/997557 "2024-02-15T21:21:12Z")
For example, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. They knew it would be the last time the original cast would all work together on a ST project and the end credits begin with them all “signing” the screen. Any other … --- ## [Why have fast-food restaurants gone all minimalist in the 21st century?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-have-fast-food-restaurants-gone-all-minimalist-in-the-21st-century/995720)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2024, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-have-fast-food-restaurants-gone-all-minimalist-in-the-21st-century/995720 "2024-02-15T19:58:53Z")
McDonald’s used to have bright, cheerful colors, as well as Ronald McDonald and the Fry Gang. Burger King had popcorn and the BK Kids Club. Pizza Hut had arcade machines and jukeboxes, and the iconic red slanted roof. … --- ## [The Carpenters: A (Re) Appreciation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-carpenters-a-re-appreciation/950281)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2024, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-carpenters-a-re-appreciation/950281 "2024-02-15T15:24:00Z")
Dedicated to Karen, the first woman to make me cry ”Love of beauty is taste. Creation of beauty is art.”, Ralph Waldo Emerson Yesterday Once More IT ALL started… the melancholy mus… --- ## [NSFW: Looking for an old sex cartoon that was on HBO](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsfw-looking-for-an-old-sex-cartoon-that-was-on-hbo/997379)
**Author:** [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2024, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsfw-looking-for-an-old-sex-cartoon-that-was-on-hbo/997379 "2024-02-15T04:39:41Z")
Hi all, warning, this is graphic- So this was on HBO, in like the mid to late 90s. It was a weekly show, I think, possibly the series, Shock Video. Anyway there was like maybe a one minute scene, a cartoon, of a guy t… --- ## [Discussion of superbowl ads/halftime?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-of-superbowl-ads-halftime/997473)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2024, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-of-superbowl-ads-halftime/997473 "2024-02-15T04:15:59Z")
There was some mention of ads and TS sightings in the “Game Room” watch along thread, but I didn’t see any overall discussion of the “non-football” aspects of the broadcast. Anyone else interested? My wife and I watche… --- ## [Short story based on Lady and the Tramp in Cosmopolitan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-story-based-on-lady-and-the-tramp-in-cosmopolitan/747829)
**Author:** [@Wizard101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wizard101)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2024, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-story-based-on-lady-and-the-tramp-in-cosmopolitan/747829 "2024-02-15T03:17:57Z")
Can someone help me figure out what issue of Cosmopolitan the short story that Lady and the Tramp is based on was published in? The story is titled “happy Dan, the whistling dog” or “Happy Dan, the cynical dog” and it wa… --- ## [Do you look things up while reading?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-look-things-up-while-reading/996070)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2024, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-look-things-up-while-reading/996070 "2024-02-15T01:26:21Z")
I do. Whether I’m reading fic or non, I often pick up my laptop to check out something referenced in my book. Maybe a photo of a person mentioned. Or maybe if they refer to a food, plant, historical event, or just a w… --- ## [And the winner of the best late night host/show (in your opinion) is:](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-winner-of-the-best-late-night-host-show-in-your-opinion-is/980327)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2024, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-winner-of-the-best-late-night-host-show-in-your-opinion-is/980327 "2024-02-15T01:12:19Z")
Jimmy Kimmel is the best late night host and has the best show. And he has the best sidekick. I just love Guillermo Rodriguez. I started recording Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel and Seth Meyers a few months ago and I’ve… --- ## [Uproar over "Sexualised Jesus" picture](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uproar-over-sexualised-jesus-picture/997185)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2024, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uproar-over-sexualised-jesus-picture/997185 "2024-02-14T23:42:45Z")
I wasn’t sure where to put this, but it’s art, so… I guess they think that Jesus shouldn’t look like a “pretty boy”? I don’t think if he existed, he looked much like this, anyway. But clearly, people are afraid this pic… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=145) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=147)