# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=170 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 171 --- ## [Dom Famularo has passed away](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dom-famularo-has-passed-away/990869)
**Author:** [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2023, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dom-famularo-has-passed-away/990869 "2023-10-13T14:45:14Z")
I just learned today that Dom Famularo - drummer, music educator, interviewer, inspiration - passed away on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023 at the age of 70. Even if you have never encountered him before, please do yourself a… --- ## [Secret Invasion (Nick Fury tv series) There be spoilers in here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-invasion-nick-fury-tv-series-there-be-spoilers-in-here/985922)
**Author:** [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Replies:** 178\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2023, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-invasion-nick-fury-tv-series-there-be-spoilers-in-here/985922 "2023-10-13T11:59:31Z")
The new Nick Fury series on Disney Plus is out. They’re releasing one episode per week, with six episodes expected. After watching the first episode, it looks like they’re going for the spy-thriller genre. So far, so go… --- ## [Do you have an opinion on crinkle cut fries?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-an-opinion-on-crinkle-cut-fries/990599)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2023, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-an-opinion-on-crinkle-cut-fries/990599 "2023-10-13T07:55:33Z")
A spin off of https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-restaurant-puts-the-wrong-style-fries-in-the-menu-image-is-that-false-advertising I actually do have a negative opinion of crinkle cut fries and I actively avoid them… --- ## [Fiction, Trauma, and Children](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiction-trauma-and-children/991130)
**Author:** [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2023, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiction-trauma-and-children/991130 "2023-10-13T05:52:30Z")
You may have seen in the news that Disney is remaking Bambi into a live action movie. Even if you’ve never seen the original, I think just about everyone knows that Bambi’s mother is killed by a hunter. My apologies if… --- ## [Looking for children's picture book from 1960's. Boy's artwork of altered animals that comes to life, like an 8-leg mammal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-childrens-picture-book-from-1960s-boys-artwork-of-altered-animals-that-comes-to-life-like-an-8-leg-mammal/927942)
**Author:** [@The\_Squire\_Of\_Gothos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Squire_Of_Gothos)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2023, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-childrens-picture-book-from-1960s-boys-artwork-of-altered-animals-that-comes-to-life-like-an-8-leg-mammal/927942 "2023-10-13T00:06:37Z")
Looking for vintage children’s picture book, likely from the early-to-mid sixties, I borrowed from our school library in California in 1969. The plot centred around a boy, who I seem to remember was homebound possibly d… --- ## [Harpo's](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harpos/204375)
**Author:** [@blasphmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blasphmer)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2023, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harpos/204375 "2023-10-12T15:55:13Z")
In one of the Tom Green shows he nearly got his ASCII Table kicked all over the floor at some redneck bar. It was called Harpo’s. Does anyone know what state this bar was in? --- ## [Castlevania: Nocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/castlevania-nocturne/991455)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2023, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/castlevania-nocturne/991455 "2023-10-12T11:50:24Z")
The first show was pretty good. Warren Ellis, for all of his many faults and issues, is a good writer, and the voice acting was excellent. This one…is not as good, and feels much more loosely connected to the games. I di… --- ## [A little twinge in the feels: on being reminded that Terry Pratchett is gone.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-twinge-in-the-feels-on-being-reminded-that-terry-pratchett-is-gone/840293)
**Author:** [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2023, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-twinge-in-the-feels-on-being-reminded-that-terry-pratchett-is-gone/840293 "2023-10-12T00:37:26Z")
A couple of weeks ago, I checked out an audiobook of The Shepherd’s Crown, Terry Pratchett’s last book before his death in 2015. Fourteen or so CDs, and at the end of each CD, a pleasant female voice said “The disk is fi… --- ## [Crap foods you love](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-foods-you-love/966097)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 231\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2023, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crap-foods-you-love/966097 "2023-10-11T17:50:08Z")
What cheap, unhealthy, highly processed, or otherwise crap foods do you love? For me, it’s Tina’s frozen Red Hot Beef burritos. When on sale, they can be as cheap as 2 to the dollar, and I find them comforting and deli… --- ## [Identify this movie for me, please?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-movie-for-me-please/991387)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2023, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-movie-for-me-please/991387 "2023-10-11T15:01:48Z")
Filmed in the late '40s I think. Kind of a noir-type movie. A naive “spinster” schoolteacher from San Diego (I think) is on holiday in Mexico where she meets a suave and debonair (European?) gentleman who sweeps her of… --- ## [What movie? Lovers in crime drama will never see each other again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-lovers-in-crime-drama-will-never-see-each-other-again/991399)
**Author:** [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2023, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-lovers-in-crime-drama-will-never-see-each-other-again/991399 "2023-10-11T13:14:07Z")
A crime (heist? political crime? or just murder?) drama I think from the 1980s, but possibly late 70s or early 90s. There are two lovers. In a poignant scene, the woman is in an apartment, at a second or third floor win… --- ## [What movie was this? Massive action scene in football stadium with rocket launchers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-was-this-massive-action-scene-in-football-stadium-with-rocket-launchers/991303)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2023, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-was-this-massive-action-scene-in-football-stadium-with-rocket-launchers/991303 "2023-10-10T22:07:35Z")
Film from the 90’s, basically the climax is at an open air football stadium, a very big one. Main character agrees to meet with the bad guys for some reason, obviously bad guys set up a trap for him with heavily armed du… --- ## [What kind of party was The Wolf at? (Pulp Fiction)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-party-was-the-wolf-at-pulp-fiction/991305)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2023, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-party-was-the-wolf-at-pulp-fiction/991305 "2023-10-09T22:51:40Z")
When he got the call The Wolf was apparently at some kind of party or gathering at what appears to be a private residence. People are drinking and some form of gambling. But it’s 8:30 in the morning. Was there some kin… --- ## [Recipe ideas for prepared (BBQ'd) steak](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recipe-ideas-for-prepared-bbqd-steak/991291)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2023, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recipe-ideas-for-prepared-bbqd-steak/991291 "2023-10-09T21:35:21Z")
Hi there, I have about 1 - 1.5kg of grilled/BBQ’d steak. Any favourite “leftover” ideas for it - with steak as an ingredient? (i’d rather not re-use the steak as “steak-proper”, as it is right on the point of done-nes… --- ## [A few questions about the West Wing (Spoilers!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-questions-about-the-west-wing-spoilers/470767)
**Author:** [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2023, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-questions-about-the-west-wing-spoilers/470767 "2023-10-09T19:05:46Z")
So I just finished watching the last season of the West Wing for the first time, since I for some unexcusable hadn’t seen it before. It’s one of my absolute favourite series, which makes it even weirder. And since I made… --- ## [Multiple levels of acting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-levels-of-acting/991171)
**Author:** [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2023, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-levels-of-acting/991171 "2023-10-08T16:10:48Z")
In Shakespeare’s As You Like It, Orlando is in love with Rosalind. For reasons, Rosalind is forced to flee her home, disguised as a man, Ganymede. Orlando meets Ganymede but does not recognize him as Rosalind. Orlando ta… --- ## [Do you feel guilty about using a library?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-feel-guilty-about-using-a-library/991144)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2023, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-feel-guilty-about-using-a-library/991144 "2023-10-08T09:00:53Z")
I was recently discussing books with some friends, and one guy said he sorta feels guilty about taking books out from the library, because he feels he should put more money in the author’s pocket by buying a copy. I hav… --- ## [Recommend some foreign movies and TV series - with caveats](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-foreign-movies-and-tv-series-with-caveats/985035)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2023, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-foreign-movies-and-tv-series-with-caveats/985035 "2023-10-08T05:55:11Z")
I’m interested in watching movies and TV from other cultures, and would like some recommendations. Here’s the two guidelines. Anything goes as far as genre. Drama, comedy, mystery, horror, action, it’s all up for c… --- ## [Indiana Jones and \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-jones-and/989348)
**Author:** [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2023, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-jones-and/989348 "2023-10-08T04:34:03Z")
You get to pick the topic for the next Indiana Jones movie and since we have flawless CGI and a NASA budget we get to make it in any era the character makes sense. For starters, Wiki’s plot summary of Indiana Jones and … --- ## [Tolkien Fan Entmoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tolkien-fan-entmoot/437328)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 284\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2023, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tolkien-fan-entmoot/437328 "2023-10-08T03:14:04Z")
I tend to notice many of the frequent posters to Tolkien threads or those with Tolkien related names. This is the short list I have: \*\*artemis athelas bbs2k Captain Carrot Cyn eleanorigby Elendil’s Heir Eonwe E… --- ## [Chucky (TV series) - Anyone else watch this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chucky-tv-series-anyone-else-watch-this/991207)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2023, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chucky-tv-series-anyone-else-watch-this/991207 "2023-10-08T00:49:51Z")
I have a guilty pleasure and it is the TV show Chucky that serves as a continuation of the Child’s Play movies, probably the most fun horror-comedy series of the 1980’s and 1990’s. And 2000’s, to be honest. In a rarity,… --- ## [How "woke" are movies really?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-woke-are-movies-really/965849)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2023, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-woke-are-movies-really/965849 "2023-10-07T20:53:51Z")
People on the internet have been yelling about Hollywood being too woke for what seems like forever. Some even celebrate the Top Gun sequel because of its white maleness. That got me wondering, so I looked up the top 25… --- ## [Recommend a crime-of-the-week type show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-crime-of-the-week-type-show/986480)
**Author:** [@SurrenderDorothy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SurrenderDorothy)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2023, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-crime-of-the-week-type-show/986480 "2023-10-07T17:19:28Z")
Here’s what I’m looking for: Something kind of along the lines of Monk, Bones, CSI, Sherlock, the various Law & Orders, etc. where there’s a different crime each episode. Or even like the first few series of Shetland, w… --- ## [Isn't ALEXA with Amazon Prime Supposed to Be Ad-Free and Have a Huge Song Library?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-alexa-with-amazon-prime-supposed-to-be-ad-free-and-have-a-huge-song-library/991238)
**Author:** [@Caribbean\_cruiser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caribbean_cruiser)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2023, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-alexa-with-amazon-prime-supposed-to-be-ad-free-and-have-a-huge-song-library/991238 "2023-10-07T16:01:42Z")
If memory serves, when I got Amazon Prime about 5 years ago, the songs I listened to through my Alexa’s were ad-free and I could request and play a TON of songs. Now, Alexa sprinkles in ads every 2-3 songs and when I mak… --- ## [Your top-10 science fiction films of this century (2000-2023)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-10-science-fiction-films-of-this-century-2000-2023/990918)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2023, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-10-science-fiction-films-of-this-century-2000-2023/990918 "2023-10-07T06:24:22Z")
Listening to the latest The Big Picture podcast and the hosts (Sean Fennessey and Chris Ryan) are doing their top-10 lists of sci-fi films released this century, an exercise perfectly suited for this audience, so let’s h… --- ## [Why can't I buy pork broth at the grocery store?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-buy-pork-broth-at-the-grocery-store/991027)
**Author:** [@El\_DeLuxo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_DeLuxo)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2023, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-buy-pork-broth-at-the-grocery-store/991027 "2023-10-06T22:59:36Z")
I can’t find it, and I’ve looked. Neither canned pork stock broth nor pork boullion cubes are anywhere in sight. This is unfortunate, as substituting chicken broth will not do for the recipes I want to try it in. Don’t f… --- ## [Roy Wood Jr. is leaving The Daily Show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roy-wood-jr-is-leaving-the-daily-show/991148)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2023, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roy-wood-jr-is-leaving-the-daily-show/991148 "2023-10-05T18:27:11Z")
He’d love the top job, but there have been no indications that he has it or even who their choice of host will be from Comedy Central. Apparently, Hasan Minaj was a leading candidate, but they’ve cooled on him. I alwa… --- ## [My fourth novel (political satire), CULTURAL PRACTICES OF THE HEARTLAND](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-fourth-novel-political-satire-cultural-practices-of-the-heartland/986190)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2023, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-fourth-novel-political-satire-cultural-practices-of-the-heartland/986190 "2023-10-05T14:41:34Z")
I’m excited to tell Dopers about my latest novel, the political satire CULTURAL PRACTICES OF THE HEARTLAND! You can get it in ebook starting tomorrow (28 June 2023), or as a paperback/hardback already. Presuming Cafe S… --- ## [The Order of the Stick turns 20](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-order-of-the-stick-turns-20/990908)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2023, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-order-of-the-stick-turns-20/990908 "2023-10-05T01:50:52Z")
Yesterday was the 20th anniversary of the launch of the ongoing webcomic The Order of the Stick. 1,288 strips into the comic, we’re at what appears to be the last dungeon. We’ve had memorable changes to every character… --- ## [Very Short Treks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-treks/990785)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2023, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-short-treks/990785 "2023-10-04T18:54:58Z")
Inspired, I’m sure, by the recent viral videos done in the style of Star Trek TAS, you now have Very Short Treks. This is the most recent and probably the lowest on the “Did I just watch that?” scale of absurdity of the… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=169) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=171)