# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=153 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 154 --- ## [David Soul-Dead at 80](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-soul-dead-at-80/995665)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2024, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-soul-dead-at-80/995665 "2024-01-08T05:44:53Z")
Already noted in the 2024 Death Pool thread. --- ## [Annoying song that is just "BUZZZZZ" for the last 2-3 minutes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-song-that-is-just-buzzzzz-for-the-last-2-3-minutes/995670)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2024, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-song-that-is-just-buzzzzz-for-the-last-2-3-minutes/995670 "2024-01-08T03:25:54Z")
I’m at the gym and there is some annoying song that must be popular or was recently. The last few minutes just seems to be a constant one note buzz. There is a light drum track in the background and an occasional vocal… --- ## [What is this Japanese horror movie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-japanese-horror-movie/995747)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2024, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-japanese-horror-movie/995747 "2024-01-08T01:52:54Z")
I just finished watching this on the Roku channel American Horrors. It is a Japanese period piece with drawings of one-eyed, one-legged, long tongued tree shaped creatures that come to life and hop around, and a gang o… --- ## [TV veterinarian shows -- when things get really real](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-veterinarian-shows-when-things-get-really-real/995661)
**Author:** [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2024, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-veterinarian-shows-when-things-get-really-real/995661 "2024-01-07T21:51:00Z")
There are a lot of vet shows out there, on broadcast and cable TV, from the classic All Creatures Great and Small through Dr. Jeff, Dr. Dee, Dr. Oakley, Critter Fixers, The Vet Life – to name just a few. I’ve noticed th… --- ## [Who remembers this ad from the nineties?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-remembers-this-ad-from-the-nineties/995740)
**Author:** [@philipdalton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/philipdalton)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2024, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-remembers-this-ad-from-the-nineties/995740 "2024-01-07T18:41:46Z")
It was basically expressing a young girl’s discontent with hair care routines. “I tried everything, but still I wanted more” was what the narrator said. Then, in the end it was established that the hair care product be… --- ## [YouTube recommendations for when you need cheering up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-recommendations-for-when-you-need-cheering-up/960760)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2024, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-recommendations-for-when-you-need-cheering-up/960760 "2024-01-07T17:51:55Z")
What are some YouTube genres or content creators that you watch when you need cheering up? Genres: Animal reunions with humans or other animals. Family reunions with humans. First time "blank"ing. Where blank is “hea… --- ## [Contrabass/ double bass instrument question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contrabass-double-bass-instrument-question/995681)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2024, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contrabass-double-bass-instrument-question/995681 "2024-01-07T14:32:03Z")
I’ve sampled a lot of YouTube videos featuring these, but the actual low notes the instruments are capable of are rarely used. The double bass for example is shown playing scores that could easily be played on a cello. S… --- ## [Aporia (Movie on Hulu)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aporia-movie-on-hulu/995725)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2024, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aporia-movie-on-hulu/995725 "2024-01-07T03:15:00Z")
I remember seeing a trailer and thinking it looked interesting. Noticed it was on Hulu and just watched it. It was pretty good. It’s a very low key sci-fi movie about the ethics of changing the past. You have to hand w… --- ## [Chicken and Beef Combined, Share Your Recipes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-and-beef-combined-share-your-recipes/995679)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2024, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-and-beef-combined-share-your-recipes/995679 "2024-01-06T20:23:51Z")
Had fried chicken for dinner tonight and had a breast and a wing left over. When I put them in the fridge next to the left over bit of steak it got me thinking that the two meats might do well in a stew of some sort tog… --- ## ["Nobody loves me..."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobody-loves-me/995565)
**Author:** [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2024, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobody-loves-me/995565 "2024-01-06T17:47:11Z")
“…Everybody hates me. I’m going to eat some worms!” This is something is used to hear my older sister say when I was a very young kid. Has anyone else heard it? Does come from a book? Movie? TV show? Or was it just some… --- ## [Parents: Regularly watch anything on YouTube with your tweens?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-regularly-watch-anything-on-youtube-with-your-tweens/995602)
**Author:** [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2024, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-regularly-watch-anything-on-youtube-with-your-tweens/995602 "2024-01-06T17:23:06Z")
I have a couple of tweens (boy and girl) and they like YouTube. I can only handle so many cute cat videos and people falling into pools before I have to leave for the next room. Or alternatively I’ll pick something I l… --- ## [Bottle Caps candy now suck](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bottle-caps-candy-now-suck/995680)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2024, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bottle-caps-candy-now-suck/995680 "2024-01-06T13:36:45Z")
I got a dozen tubes of bottle caps candies and they SUCK! I don’t like the cherry flavor and all of the tube were, no exaggeration, 50% cherry. Remember how they were almost all cola and root beer with a few fruit ones… --- ## [Dave Barry's Year in Review for 2023](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dave-barrys-year-in-review-for-2023/995634)
**Author:** [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2024, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dave-barrys-year-in-review-for-2023/995634 "2024-01-06T03:51:32Z")
I’m a big fan of Dave Barry. I’ve read all his books (in some cases, multiple times) and every new year I look forward to his humorous “Year in Review” column. Here it is for 2023, as a public service for those who may… --- ## [Chimp Empire: A Fascinating Look at Our Primate Cousins. What Nature Shows Do You Love?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chimp-empire-a-fascinating-look-at-our-primate-cousins-what-nature-shows-do-you-love/995538)
**Author:** [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2024, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chimp-empire-a-fascinating-look-at-our-primate-cousins-what-nature-shows-do-you-love/995538 "2024-01-06T01:59:48Z")
I have always loved science documentaries, especially those that explore the natural world. I grew up watching Jacques Cousteau and Wild Kingdom in the 60s, and I was fascinated by the National Geographic books and artic… --- ## [Your Top Ten books of 2023](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-ten-books-of-2023/995319)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2024, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-ten-books-of-2023/995319 "2024-01-05T22:10:51Z")
Last year’s thread: https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-ten-books-of-2022/ As ever, doesn’t matter when they were published, but you read 'em and loved 'em this year. And please also tell us, in a sentence or two… --- ## [Maggie Gyllenhaal - attractive, or am I missing something?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maggie-gyllenhaal-attractive-or-am-i-missing-something/543800)
**Author:** [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2024, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maggie-gyllenhaal-attractive-or-am-i-missing-something/543800 "2024-01-05T14:19:49Z")
I’ve never personally found Maggie Gyllenhaal attractive, but that’s ok… there are many women I do find attractive that others don’t. However, I happened to catch the latest Batman with Christian Bale and Heath Ledger a… --- ## [Another list to drive clicks: Rolling Stone's top 150 Scifi movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-list-to-drive-clicks-rolling-stones-top-150-scifi-movies/995542)
**Author:** [@echoreply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/echoreply)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2024, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-list-to-drive-clicks-rolling-stones-top-150-scifi-movies/995542 "2024-01-05T01:43:13Z")
I think I’d like to try watching through this list in 2024. There are lots on here I’ve always meant to see, some I have seen, and a few I dread rewatching. Below are the top 11, because this list finally recognizes Sta… --- ## [PSA: Library bars exist. Also general library fan thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psa-library-bars-exist-also-general-library-fan-thread/995615)
**Author:** [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2024, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psa-library-bars-exist-also-general-library-fan-thread/995615 "2024-01-05T01:34:04Z")
London has 16 - yes 16 - library bars. I want to go to all of them. Library cafes are also a thing (so is Barnes and Noble) which is all manner of awesome. Post your library pics here and have a library directory on t… --- ## [Ferrari - The Movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ferrari-the-movie/995425)
**Author:** [@19USMC69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/19USMC69)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2024, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ferrari-the-movie/995425 "2024-01-04T23:37:36Z")
Great/interesting film. Ferrari’s wife, as part of their financial arrangement, insisted his biological son never use the Ferrari surname. The film didn’t specifically say he agreed or disagreed. However, during the film… --- ## [Somebody forgot to tell me a new "Amazing Race" has started!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-forgot-to-tell-me-a-new-amazing-race-has-started/992134)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2024, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-forgot-to-tell-me-a-new-amazing-race-has-started/992134 "2024-01-04T19:15:53Z")
While watching football on Sunday, I saw a brief promo for a new “Amazing Race”. I told my wife “Hey, a new Amazing Race starts this week!” Then I pulled up the DVR to make sure it was set to record, and I discovered it … --- ## [How many of these 20 best Sight and Sound films have you seen? How many have you heard of?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-these-20-best-sight-and-sound-films-have-you-seen-how-many-have-you-heard-of/995524)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2024, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-these-20-best-sight-and-sound-films-have-you-seen-how-many-have-you-heard-of/995524 "2024-01-04T17:50:51Z")
Sight and sound is a magazine published by the British Film Institute. Starting in 1952, and continuing once every 10 years, they poll and publish their list of the Greatest Films of All Time based on critics and film pr… --- ## [Answering machines in US TV shows](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answering-machines-in-us-tv-shows/995556)
**Author:** [@colinfred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colinfred)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2024, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answering-machines-in-us-tv-shows/995556 "2024-01-04T16:30:12Z")
A staple of US TV shows is a scene where person B is calling person A’s home phone. Either person A is blowing B off so deliberatley leaves the phone unanswered, (until B says something interesting, at which A pretends t… --- ## [What If...? (Disney+ Series) \[Open Spoilers After First Post\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-disney-series-open-spoilers-after-first-post/948478)
**Author:** [@gdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gdave)\ **Replies:** 371\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2024, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-disney-series-open-spoilers-after-first-post/948478 "2024-01-04T14:32:58Z")
What If…? is a new animated series on Disney+. Based on the Marvel comic of the same name, each episode is going to examine what if some key even in the Marvel Cinematic Universe occurred differently. The first episode p… --- ## [Ryan O'Neal R.I.P](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ryan-oneal-r-i-p/994316)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2024, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ryan-oneal-r-i-p/994316 "2024-01-04T07:10:39Z")
Ryan O’Neal dead at 82. Great likable actor. Less likable in real life, from what I’ve heard. I did enjoy his performances though. --- ## [The FINAL mmm-song poll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-mmm-song-poll/995308)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2024, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-mmm-song-poll/995308 "2024-01-03T21:23:44Z")
There have been 3,609 songs submitted over multiple polls to determine the SDMB favorite. These are our six finalists. You may select just one. poll --- ## [Right, wrong or a bigot?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-wrong-or-a-bigot/995359)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2024, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-wrong-or-a-bigot/995359 "2024-01-03T20:43:26Z")
This dude picks out the top ten worst films of 2023. I see his point a few times, but then his comments about women, “woke” etc start to sound more and more bigoted to me. What do you think? When Hollywood movies are … --- ## [Help identify this song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-song/995554)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2024, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-song/995554 "2024-01-03T16:47:04Z")
I can’t believe I can’t find this song with the information I have. I was at this place and part of this song looped over the PA. I’m pretty positive these lyrics are Correct: It was a cabaret, down in the islands ??? … --- ## [Ted Nugent and Robin Hood](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-nugent-and-robin-hood/995506)
**Author:** [@excavating\_for\_a\_mind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/excavating_for_a_mind)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2024, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-nugent-and-robin-hood/995506 "2024-01-03T15:48:36Z")
In an attempt to prevent a hijack in a pit thread (is that even a thing?), I’m putting this here to try and find out something. In the pit thread, Jack\_Batty posted: OK. I need some help, here. I’ve seen this refere… --- ## [Measuring cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/measuring-cups/995459)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2024, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/measuring-cups/995459 "2024-01-03T14:28:50Z")
Just thinking about measuring cups. I have seven. Two are 2-cup glass ones (one Pyrex, and the other some other brand), one is a 1-cup Pyrex one, and four are steel ones that came in a set. My wife uses one of the 2-c… --- ## [Walter Isaacson, non-fiction author](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walter-isaacson-non-fiction-author/995449)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2024, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walter-isaacson-non-fiction-author/995449 "2024-01-03T14:17:42Z")
What’s your opinion of author Walter Isaacson? I’ve got both his Steve Jobs and Elon Musk books on hold at the library, but it’s gonna be a long wait, especially for the Musk work. I come into this a hater of Elon and n… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=152) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=154)