# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=174 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 175 --- ## [The Bud Lite boycott-what's the most recent news-(Sept)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bud-lite-boycott-whats-the-most-recent-news-sept/990056)
**Author:** [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2023, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bud-lite-boycott-whats-the-most-recent-news-sept/990056 "2023-09-16T04:02:00Z")
A quick google turned up lots of older articles, from a month or more ago. The decline in sales was clear over the 4th of July. I assume that the Labor Day holiday is also a time of increased sales for all brands of bee… --- ## [Saying "thank you" in the movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saying-thank-you-in-the-movies/989997)
**Author:** [@Quondam\_Mechanic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quondam_Mechanic)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2023, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saying-thank-you-in-the-movies/989997 "2023-09-15T23:07:59Z")
OK, maybe I’m completely wrong here – but it seems to me that in the past, oh, twenty or thirty years, characters in movies rarely say “thank you” to one another. (Or “thanks” or similar – I’m not obsessing over the phra… --- ## [Star Trek: Shouldn't Vulcans' First Contact have been in 1986?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-shouldnt-vulcans-first-contact-have-been-in-1986/989036)
**Author:** [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2023, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-shouldnt-vulcans-first-contact-have-been-in-1986/989036 "2023-09-15T15:14:17Z")
So, SIGO and I are watching all on the Original Series’ motion pictures in order, recently wrapping up ST4: The One with The Whales not my favorite, but what the hey . . When I noticed a possible disjoint in some timel… --- ## [Frasier Reboot; Threat or Menace?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frasier-reboot-threat-or-menace/933722)
**Author:** [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2023, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frasier-reboot-threat-or-menace/933722 "2023-09-15T13:18:32Z")
News reports say there will be a Frazer reboot on something called Paramount+. Seriously, are screenwriters just out of ideas? --- ## [Does anyone else resent movie music?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-resent-movie-music/989968)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2023, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-resent-movie-music/989968 "2023-09-15T00:17:59Z")
I was watching Hitchcock’s Vertigo this evening, and I realized the score did nothing for me. It was just a gross cue, like big red superimposed letters saying “TENSE MOMENT HERE!!!” or “BRIEF LULL IN THE ACTION” or "LEI… --- ## [Weird flavor interactions - what happened to my tea?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-flavor-interactions-what-happened-to-my-tea/990110)
**Author:** [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-flavor-interactions-what-happened-to-my-tea/990110 "2023-09-14T23:57:24Z")
So, I had a bunch of teas I had purchased to try. Mostly flavored black teas, but high end loose leaf, with actual bits of dried fruit in them. The ones I liked were gone and I was left with a group that didn’t really … --- ## [What cities would be good for web-swinging?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-would-be-good-for-web-swinging/989836)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-would-be-good-for-web-swinging/989836 "2023-09-14T05:38:52Z")
Obviously New York , but do most major cities have enough tall buildings to let a Friendly Neighborhood hero get around? --- ## [Question re: “I Am a Strange Loop”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-re-i-am-a-strange-loop/990044)
**Author:** [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-re-i-am-a-strange-loop/990044 "2023-09-14T01:33:30Z")
In one chapter of I Am a Strange Loop, Douglas R. Hofstadter illustrates Gödel’s incompleteness theorem via an elaborate metaphor involving two fictional stage plays: “Prince Hyppia: Math Dramatica” and “The Posh Shop Pi… --- ## [Black Mirror Season 6. June 15](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-mirror-season-6-june-15/985522)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2023, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-mirror-season-6-june-15/985522 "2023-09-13T21:08:56Z")
--- ## [Wings-"1985"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wings-1985/955958)
**Author:** [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2023, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wings-1985/955958 "2023-09-13T20:11:59Z")
What is Paul doing with his voice here? Sounds like he’s imitating someone or…SOME…kind of affected style. Or am I wrong? And thats his normal singing voice? --- ## [How many guitars have their own Wikipedia page?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-guitars-have-their-own-wikipedia-page/989550)
**Author:** [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2023, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-guitars-have-their-own-wikipedia-page/989550 "2023-09-13T18:40:43Z")
I’m not talking about guitar makes (of course Gibson Les Paul, for example, has a page), I’m talking about individual guitars. Blackie (Clapton’s favorite) has a page, and Trigger. Any others? I have to admit that my ey… --- ## [Let's talk about chili crisp (condiment with chili flakes, garlic, etc. in oil)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-chili-crisp-condiment-with-chili-flakes-garlic-etc-in-oil/970341)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2023, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-chili-crisp-condiment-with-chili-flakes-garlic-etc-in-oil/970341 "2023-09-13T14:00:04Z")
I read this article in Huff Post yesterday and it made me realize I’ve been missing out on a food-related experience. I don’t like it when that happens. Do you chili crisp? I’ve seen it in the store (sort of) but don’… --- ## [How Many People did Kwai Chang Caine kill in Kung Fu?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-did-kwai-chang-caine-kill-in-kung-fu/989905)
**Author:** [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2023, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-did-kwai-chang-caine-kill-in-kung-fu/989905 "2023-09-13T00:13:56Z")
In the 1972 to 1975 television series Kung Fu, how many people did Kwai Chang Caine kill? Of course there was the emperor’s nephew. Were there any others? --- ## [Side dish for Korean-style short ribs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/side-dish-for-korean-style-short-ribs/989959)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2023, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/side-dish-for-korean-style-short-ribs/989959 "2023-09-13T00:11:31Z")
No rice! If I eat rice, I gain two pounds overnight. Really. So I have some Korean-style short ribs. What should we have with them? I have an idea of something with bok choy, but I don’t know what. I’m thinking a n… --- ## [New thing - TV commercial "hiccups"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thing-tv-commercial-hiccups/962275)
**Author:** [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2023, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-thing-tv-commercial-hiccups/962275 "2023-09-12T14:23:53Z")
I’ve noticed lately that commercials I’ve noticed lately that commercials on some channels play for a few seconds, then restart. It looks like a programming glitch, a technical error, but it seems to happen far too ofte… --- ## [A stolen Van Gogh has been recovered](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stolen-van-gogh-has-been-recovered/989979)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2023, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stolen-van-gogh-has-been-recovered/989979 "2023-09-12T12:42:53Z")
It was turned over to Dutch art detective Arthur Brand (who sounds fictional) in a bloodstained pillowcase, by someone acting under a confidentiality agreement apparently because it was too much of a pain to keep. The pa… --- ## [Hurray for suffocation!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurray-for-suffocation/474953)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2023, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurray-for-suffocation/474953 "2023-09-12T07:30:38Z")
Did anyone else sing this little ditty (to the tune of Alouette) when they were a kid? Suffocation! Hurray for suffocation! Suffocation! It’s so fun to play First you take a garden hose Then you stick it up your no… --- ## [Hypnotic (2023)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypnotic-2023/984808)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2023, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypnotic-2023/984808 "2023-09-12T04:40:06Z")
Anyone else see this piece of dung? Back story: My friend needs to take his dad to dialysis. I went along as he needs help getting him out of the car. After dad is all set up we realize we have over 3 hours to burn. At … --- ## [I'm going to start the X-Files (a show I've never seen before). Ongoing thread about my opinions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-start-the-x-files-a-show-ive-never-seen-before-ongoing-thread-about-my-opinions/681740)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2023, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-start-the-x-files-a-show-ive-never-seen-before-ongoing-thread-about-my-opinions/681740 "2023-09-12T03:32:05Z")
So I know the X-Files is an extremely popular show. I’ve never actually seen it before (not one episode, not even a bit of any episodes) and figured it’s time to give it a try. I know almost nothing about the show, othe… --- ## [Medical question about "The Good Doctor"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-question-about-the-good-doctor/989849)
**Author:** [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2023, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-question-about-the-good-doctor/989849 "2023-09-12T02:55:02Z")
I thought about asking this in GQ, but I’m not sure the actual procedure is accurate since it was on a TV show. I’m doing a rewatch of all seven seasons of “The Good Doctor.” In episode 2 of the first season, a woman ha… --- ## [When did the "retiring cop dies on his final day" trope begin?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-the-retiring-cop-dies-on-his-final-day-trope-begin/988791)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2023, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-the-retiring-cop-dies-on-his-final-day-trope-begin/988791 "2023-09-12T02:16:52Z")
It’s been a terrible cliche for as long as I can remember, the cop with a few days left on the job getting killed investigating his last case, but at some point it must have been a fresh idea, no? I ask because I just r… --- ## [If The Writers' Strike Ended Today, How Long Before Late-Night/Daytime TV Came Back? Scripted TV?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-writers-strike-ended-today-how-long-before-late-night-daytime-tv-came-back-scripted-tv/989875)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2023, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-writers-strike-ended-today-how-long-before-late-night-daytime-tv-came-back-scripted-tv/989875 "2023-09-12T01:56:14Z")
Assume, for the moment, that the actors weren’t also on strike. If the two sides hashed out their differences tomorrow, would The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon be back with new episodes the following night? How long… --- ## [Is Sinfest getting better?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sinfest-getting-better/840474)
**Author:** [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2023, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sinfest-getting-better/840474 "2023-09-12T00:20:03Z")
Quit reading Sinfest, the web comic, several months ago, due to its increasing stupidity. Just checked today’s…which has Amber confronting Fuschia. Is the Criminy romance situation coming back? Should I start reading … --- ## [Poll - What emotion do you see on this face? (detail from famous painting)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-emotion-do-you-see-on-this-face-detail-from-famous-painting/989748)
**Author:** [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2023, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-emotion-do-you-see-on-this-face-detail-from-famous-painting/989748 "2023-09-11T23:36:04Z")
poll This picture is a detail from a famous painting. I’m interested to know, what emotion(s) do you read in this expression? I’ll give my own thoughts after a few other people have answered. Anyone who recognizes the… --- ## [2 Nights in Yakima - any recommendations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-nights-in-yakima-any-recommendations/989909)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2023, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-nights-in-yakima-any-recommendations/989909 "2023-09-11T22:21:30Z")
As I mentioned a few months ago in my thread about TSA screenings at small airports, I’m flying to Yakima, WA next month for a pretty big indy wrestling show at the Sundome. I’ll be arriving on a Thursday afternoon, chec… --- ## [When did newspaper comics get explicit (let alone iits luann)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-newspaper-comics-get-explicit-let-alone-iits-luann/989766)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2023, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-newspaper-comics-get-explicit-let-alone-iits-luann/989766 "2023-09-11T22:16:30Z")
ok one of the recent stories here is what passes for a typical story in the infamous Luann Tiffany, the resident mean girl inherited a mansion that she stays at occasionally Well one of her college frenemes talked her … --- ## [Michael Nesmith - Joanne. What went wrong?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-nesmith-joanne-what-went-wrong/792391)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2023, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-nesmith-joanne-what-went-wrong/792391 "2023-09-11T21:46:07Z")
It’s clear from the lyrics that he’s not happy and the relationship went wrong somehow. My SO says it’s clearly suicide but I’m not so sure. Link: - YouTube --- ## [The dispute between Charter Communications and Disney](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dispute-between-charter-communications-and-disney/989675)
**Author:** [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2023, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dispute-between-charter-communications-and-disney/989675 "2023-09-11T21:40:08Z")
You may have heard that cable television customers of Charter Communications lost access to Disney networks like ESPN and ABC over the weekend, because they’re trying to work out how much Charter should pay Disney for th… --- ## [Is having the inciting incident of a novel in the second or third chapter too late?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-having-the-inciting-incident-of-a-novel-in-the-second-or-third-chapter-too-late/989870)
**Author:** [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2023, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-having-the-inciting-incident-of-a-novel-in-the-second-or-third-chapter-too-late/989870 "2023-09-11T21:15:41Z")
Three or four weeks ago, I finally completed the editing of and research for my novel, which I have discussed here before. I sent it to one publisher and am awaiting their answer. I’m in no hurry to submit to others, as … --- ## [ID this SF movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-sf-movie/989891)
**Author:** [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2023, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-sf-movie/989891 "2023-09-11T19:30:40Z")
The aliens kind of looked like giant oil derricks and made a really creepy noise. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=173) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=175)