# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=179 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 180 --- ## [Putting the 'devil fish' on the menu](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/putting-the-devil-fish-on-the-menu/988410)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2023, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/putting-the-devil-fish-on-the-menu/988410 "2023-08-12T12:20:51Z")
Pez diablo: “devil fish.” That’s what locals in the Mexican state of Tabasco call the armored catfish that has invaded their waters. Also known as suckermouths, the species is popular with aquarium owners because the… --- ## [Happy National Film Score Day!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-national-film-score-day/982074)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2023, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-national-film-score-day/982074 "2023-04-04T17:40:15Z")
Just heard it announced on Buffalo’s NPR station. They launched their celebration with the theme from Jurassic Park. --- ## [Do you think Citizen Kane is a good story?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-citizen-kane-is-a-good-story/987564)
**Author:** [@Jay\_Z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jay_Z)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2023, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-citizen-kane-is-a-good-story/987564 "2023-07-25T19:11:39Z")
Citizen Kane. Best movie ever to some, boring to others. Let’s set aside the movie itself, any technical advancements on screen are not up for discussion here. Also set aside any talk of it being based on William Rand… --- ## [Idiocracy - your thoughts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiocracy-your-thoughts/988283)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2023, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiocracy-your-thoughts/988283 "2023-08-12T00:31:20Z")
In Idiocracy, do you believe there exists, somewhere, reasonably-intelligent people in large numbers that still make society happen? Like, my first thought is there must be because Airplanes, TVs, and monster trucks don… --- ## [Art You Love, But Can't Recommend](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-you-love-but-cant-recommend/988302)
**Author:** [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2023, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-you-love-but-cant-recommend/988302 "2023-08-11T22:02:22Z")
What art do you love but can’t recommend to anyone else, because you don’t think anyone else around you would enjoy it? Maybe your affection for it is founded in something that nobody else will experience, like my love f… --- ## [Things about actors that make you say, 'Wow.'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-about-actors-that-make-you-say-wow/988086)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2023, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-about-actors-that-make-you-say-wow/988086 "2023-08-11T19:55:25Z")
Every so often, I come upon a factoid that makes me say, ‘Wow.’ The latest concerns child actor Donald Haynes. We’re watching Skippy (1931) and I mentioned to my wife that he was in The Little Rascals. I looked up up … --- ## [Eldest living person referenced in a song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eldest-living-person-referenced-in-a-song/988331)
**Author:** [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2023, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eldest-living-person-referenced-in-a-song/988331 "2023-08-11T19:39:34Z")
(did my bestest to search for related threads) Just before I was heading out for a run today, I saw some headline that had the words “tribute to Willie Mays” and for a sec I was “oh no!” but it was just about naming som… --- ## [Hijack - Idris Elba - AppleTV](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hijack-idris-elba-appletv/988014)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2023, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hijack-idris-elba-appletv/988014 "2023-08-11T16:57:36Z")
Hijack on AppleTV just dropped the final episode of the series. I thought it was well acted and entertaining. Basically a 7 hour flight from Dubai to London is hijacked and one of the passengers is deal negotiator Sam … --- ## [Biff Rose expires](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biff-rose-expires/987828)
**Author:** [@Hatchie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hatchie)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2023, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biff-rose-expires/987828 "2023-08-11T15:47:06Z")
Who is Biff Rose? Oh, he’s the guy who wrote that song that David Bowie and Tiny Tim covered, right? Well, more than that. An up-and-coming songwriter, a damn good piano player, a singer with a voice you couldn’t take s… --- ## [Marvel vs DC. You can only choose one](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvel-vs-dc-you-can-only-choose-one/988125)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2023, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvel-vs-dc-you-can-only-choose-one/988125 "2023-08-11T11:34:28Z")
The aliens have landed and are making us poor earthlings decide which franchise will disappear forever. You must vote as to which one you want to keep. The other will never be seen again. Which are you voting to keep? p… --- ## [Mick Jagger and Keith Richards statues unveiled in Dartford, their hometown](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mick-jagger-and-keith-richards-statues-unveiled-in-dartford-their-hometown/988367)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2023, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mick-jagger-and-keith-richards-statues-unveiled-in-dartford-their-hometown/988367 "2023-08-11T10:53:44Z")
Story and pics here: I really like them, the artist captured both in absolutely iconic poses we know them well for. Much better than the Jimi Hendrix statue in Seattle, and as good as the Beatles in Liverpool (though … --- ## [Mary Richards - did she really make it after all?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mary-richards-did-she-really-make-it-after-all/988319)
**Author:** [@Jay\_Z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jay_Z)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2023, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mary-richards-did-she-really-make-it-after-all/988319 "2023-08-11T00:24:03Z")
It’s in the theme song, that she’s gonna make it after all. But she gets fired in the final episode! From the TV station that is easily the worst in her market! Do you think she can get another job in TV? Her boss ca… --- ## [MIT Press Has Released 297 Free eBooks, Most Published Very Recently](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mit-press-has-released-297-free-ebooks-most-published-very-recently/988216)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2023, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mit-press-has-released-297-free-ebooks-most-published-very-recently/988216 "2023-08-10T23:59:49Z")
A little bit of everything. https://archive.org/details/mit\_press\_open\_access?tab=collection A sample of titles: The Stuff Games Are Made Of Gradient Expectations: Structure, Origins, and Synthesis of Predictive Neur… --- ## [About how many songs can the average karaoke singer credibly perform?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-how-many-songs-can-the-average-karaoke-singer-credibly-perform/988339)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2023, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-how-many-songs-can-the-average-karaoke-singer-credibly-perform/988339 "2023-08-10T21:53:49Z")
Taking into account musical memory of the notes and lyrics (though the lyrics are often on the screen), and physical ability to perform the song, about how many songs can the average karaoke singer credibly perform and m… --- ## [Books you wanted to like](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-you-wanted-to-like/988211)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2023, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-you-wanted-to-like/988211 "2023-08-10T20:49:52Z")
I picked off Throne of Glass on a recommendation and started it this morning. I’m four chapters in and don’t want to keep going. A lot of the book feels like padding, and the main character is just too mercurial. It’s di… --- ## [RIP Rodriguez](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rodriguez/988333)
**Author:** [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2023, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rodriguez/988333 "2023-08-10T11:53:12Z")
Probably best known elsewhere for the documentary Searching For Sugar Man rather than his music, but he was a legend here. --- ## [Why exactly are there so many celebrity "mental health" podcasts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-exactly-are-there-so-many-celebrity-mental-health-podcasts/988352)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2023, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-exactly-are-there-so-many-celebrity-mental-health-podcasts/988352 "2023-08-10T10:47:28Z")
It seems like when a celebrity has a podcast there’s two default options, an interview podcast where they interview their celebrity friends, or a “mental health” podcast, former Royals Harry and Meghan had a mental healt… --- ## [Tales for a hot, hot summer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tales-for-a-hot-hot-summer/988289)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2023, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tales-for-a-hot-hot-summer/988289 "2023-08-09T15:19:16Z")
After well over a month of triple-digit temperatures, I was reminded of Alfred Bester’s Fondly Fahrenheit. I found it scanned online, for anyone who hasn’t read it, or wants to re-read it: (Annoyingly, it’s scanned si… --- ## [Country Music and Grunge-Alternative Angst](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/country-music-and-grunge-alternative-angst/988261)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2023, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/country-music-and-grunge-alternative-angst/988261 "2023-08-09T14:20:58Z")
Given the success and popularity of Jason Aldean, and the unlikely (and beautiful) country remake of Fast Car, wonder what folks thought about these hits or the increasing popularity of country music in general. I large… --- ## [Simon & Schuster Bought by Private Equity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simon-schuster-bought-by-private-equity/988242)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2023, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simon-schuster-bought-by-private-equity/988242 "2023-08-09T12:11:15Z")
After the merger with Penguin was rejected (rightly), a private equity firm has bought them. It will be sad to see such a long time company that brought me lots of joy in reading get looted into oblivion by vultures. --- ## [Deaths that sort of define a person](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deaths-that-sort-of-define-a-person/986999)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 277\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2023, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deaths-that-sort-of-define-a-person/986999 "2023-08-09T09:30:48Z")
Sometimes famous people die, and sometimes those deaths become larger than their lives (almost). These are deaths that immediately pop into one’s mind when you hear this person’s name, see their picture or see/hear some … --- ## [What book or series do you feel is worthy of an expensive leather bound set?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-book-or-series-do-you-feel-is-worthy-of-an-expensive-leather-bound-set/988056)
**Author:** [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2023, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-book-or-series-do-you-feel-is-worthy-of-an-expensive-leather-bound-set/988056 "2023-08-08T17:21:33Z")
So what set of books would you spend hundreds (or thousands) for? For me it has always been the Horatio Hornblower series. The other day I spotted a hard-to-find set of 11 leather-bound volumes of C.S. Forester’s works… --- ## [Feds bust Josh Duggar](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feds-bust-josh-duggar/941076)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2023, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feds-bust-josh-duggar/941076 "2023-08-08T13:27:47Z")
Link No word yet as to why, but with the Feds involved it won’t be minor. Looks like 2021 isn’t going to be kind to asshole white boys. --- ## [Tell me your favorite camping recipes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-your-favorite-camping-recipes/984058)
**Author:** [@echoreply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/echoreply)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2023, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-your-favorite-camping-recipes/984058 "2023-08-08T04:20:32Z")
What are your favorite camping recipes for breakfast and dinner? I don’t mean rehydrated backpacking food, but proper cooked food; made from scratch from the finest canned (or fresh) ingredients. It will be car camping… --- ## [RIP Paul Reubens {July 30,2023}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-paul-reubens-july-30-2023/987880)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 146\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2023, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-paul-reubens-july-30-2023/987880 "2023-08-08T04:15:39Z")
Oh, no. Dead at 70yo from cancer. I still feel like he’s a kid. :frowning: Paul Reubens Dead: Pee-wee Herman Actor Was 70 - Variety --- ## [Movie, “Devotion” — any warbirds fans here?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-devotion-any-warbirds-fans-here/968973)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2023, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-devotion-any-warbirds-fans-here/968973 "2023-08-08T00:49:30Z")
This looks very interesting. Any warbirds fans here? I know we have a few… Here is the movie trailer — --- ## [Concerts you have been to (esp since March 2020) and/or plan to attend](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerts-you-have-been-to-esp-since-march-2020-and-or-plan-to-attend/964159)
**Author:** [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2023, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerts-you-have-been-to-esp-since-march-2020-and-or-plan-to-attend/964159 "2023-08-07T23:46:16Z")
Early March 2020 - when Covid was a thing but masks and stocking up on toilet paper (/rolls) was not yet a thing, I bought tickets to see Genesis at the O2 in London in October that year. That show was twice re-schedule… --- ## [I've got some squid ink pasta](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-some-squid-ink-pasta/988128)
**Author:** [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2023, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-some-squid-ink-pasta/988128 "2023-08-07T20:47:25Z")
And I can’t make up my mind about what sauce I want to pair with it. Tell me what you would make, and why. --- ## [What cut of beef is your favorite, and how would you like that cooked?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cut-of-beef-is-your-favorite-and-how-would-you-like-that-cooked/988024)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2023, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cut-of-beef-is-your-favorite-and-how-would-you-like-that-cooked/988024 "2023-08-07T18:16:56Z")
For my part, I love a good T-Bone steak. I want it medium rare, with a splash of A-1 steak sauce. You’d think I’d like it bloody rare, because I also love steak tartare, but oddly, no. I’d like a baked potato with but… --- ## [Querying Author's Wish List](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/querying-authors-wish-list/988167)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2023, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/querying-authors-wish-list/988167 "2023-08-07T13:48:54Z")
Querying Author’s Wish List Lit agents and publishers often release (or make posts to) a Manuscript Wish List. I figure turnabout is fair play, don’t you? Let’s start with the notion that we, as authors, are supposed … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=178) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=180)