# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=196 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 197 --- ## [Are the Gabor sisters known in Hungary?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-gabor-sisters-known-in-hungary/983477)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2023, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-gabor-sisters-known-in-hungary/983477 "2023-05-02T20:37:07Z")
The Gabor sisters (Zsa Zsa and Eva in particular) are probably the most famous Hungarians in the United States. They’re basically the archetypal glamorous European socialites. Are they know at hall in their homeland? --- ## [TV shows you like, I which you dislike one character/actor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-you-like-i-which-you-dislike-one-character-actor/956951)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 158\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2023, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-you-like-i-which-you-dislike-one-character-actor/956951 "2023-05-02T16:04:39Z")
Right now, my wife and I are binging Bosch. Pretty good show, and pretty consistently decent acting - except for Bosch’s daughter - Maddie. Not sure if it is how the character is written, or the actor’s performance, bu… --- ## [Pepperoni Hug Spot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepperoni-hug-spot/983384)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2023, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepperoni-hug-spot/983384 "2023-05-02T05:54:36Z")
Anyone else seen this? A.I.-created advertisement. I know little to nothing about its origins. Simultaneously hilarious and terrifying. Pepperoni Hug Spot “Like family, but with more cheese” is brilliant. I may have to… --- ## [Anybody watching "Almost Royal" on PBS?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-watching-almost-royal-on-pbs/983434)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2023, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-watching-almost-royal-on-pbs/983434 "2023-05-01T20:46:32Z")
I stumbled on this the other night at three in the morning. It’s hilarious! It’s Borat with a couple of upper class twits. “Eating Sugar Pops makes your wee smell funny.” Episodes are also on YouTube. --- ## [When you don’t mind suspending disbelief](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-don-t-mind-suspending-disbelief/983151)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2023, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-don-t-mind-suspending-disbelief/983151 "2023-05-01T17:09:07Z")
There have been threads about unrealistic plot points and tropes in Hollywood. What are some common unrealistic tropes that don’t bother you so much? I’ll give two off the top of my head. Doctors performing tests on pat… --- ## [Movies Where Protagonist is Regretful after the Revolution](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-protagonist-is-regretful-after-the-revolution/983370)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2023, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-protagonist-is-regretful-after-the-revolution/983370 "2023-05-01T16:28:49Z")
There’s many movies about revolutions, from practically any country… I’m looking for a movie where the protagonist (who supported the revolution, maybe even fought) is regretful after the revolution, for whatever reason.… --- ## [Concerts where the frontperson is wasted. How did you feel, and what did you do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerts-where-the-frontperson-is-wasted-how-did-you-feel-and-what-did-you-do/976345)
**Author:** [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2023, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerts-where-the-frontperson-is-wasted-how-did-you-feel-and-what-did-you-do/976345 "2023-05-01T11:25:05Z")
Ms. A and I went to see the Lemonheads at the Metro in Chicago last night. One of our favorite 90s bands playing one of our favorite venues. What could go wrong? Here’s what: Evan Dando was wasted. He walked onstage wi… --- ## [Will you watch the new D&D film?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-watch-the-new-d-d-film/981373)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2023, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-watch-the-new-d-d-film/981373 "2023-04-30T21:22:52Z")
This looks to be a Cafe Society thread, but in actuality it is mostly based upon the “political” issue about WotC and the “draft” OGL that was walked back/cornfielded/ never existed/ etc. Dozens of poster on FB insiste… --- ## [Khadaji’s Whatcha Reading Thread - April 2023 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-april-2023-edition/981855)
**Author:** [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2023, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-april-2023-edition/981855 "2023-04-30T20:51:45Z")
April is upon us, theoretically it’s supposed to be warming up. However, the Rocky Mountain States have chosen Ragnarok instead. Utha broke the record for snow pack this year exceeding the previous record of 26 inches/66… --- ## [Is this statue too provocative?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-statue-too-provocative/983337)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2023, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-statue-too-provocative/983337 "2023-04-30T14:46:20Z")
After the ridiculous David affair, I must say I kind of like this Italian statue. Some disagree. --- ## [Harry Belafonte dead at 96 (4/25/2023)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-belafonte-dead-at-96-4-25-2023/983169)
**Author:** [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2023, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-belafonte-dead-at-96-4-25-2023/983169 "2023-04-30T01:41:15Z")
No, Discourse. NOT Harry Morgan. DAY-O! --- ## [The often-covered old traditional Blues and Folk songs thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-often-covered-old-traditional-blues-and-folk-songs-thread/983274)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2023, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-often-covered-old-traditional-blues-and-folk-songs-thread/983274 "2023-04-29T20:48:51Z")
I got to thinking when I heard a reference to the song “She Moved through the Fair” the other day that I’ve long enjoyed old Blues and Folk standards that have a long history of being covered by various musicians and are… --- ## [What actors should try something new?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-actors-should-try-something-new/983267)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2023, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-actors-should-try-something-new/983267 "2023-04-29T19:07:21Z")
I often read something like “People forget that so-and-so is funny” or “such-and-such is a good comedic actor but also has dramatic chops.” Who do you feel should spread their wings more often and try something new? --- ## [A little let down with cooking in our oven-style air fryer -- are we using it correctly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-let-down-with-cooking-in-our-oven-style-air-fryer-are-we-using-it-correctly/983314)
**Author:** [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2023, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-let-down-with-cooking-in-our-oven-style-air-fryer-are-we-using-it-correctly/983314 "2023-04-29T17:53:28Z")
Right off the bat: What we have is an Instant Vortex Pro 10-quart. It’s like a “mini-oven” that sits on the counter. It is not a ‘basket with a handle’ type air fryer, which seems to be what comes to mind first, second, … --- ## [Caesar, the Canadian cocktail](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caesar-the-canadian-cocktail/983333)
**Author:** [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2023, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caesar-the-canadian-cocktail/983333 "2023-04-29T11:59:18Z")
Spoken like a gentleman of distinction and good taste! :slight\_smile: Just a very small nitpicky point of information: although Montreal Steak Spice does come in a semi-liquid form (basically a thick paste) it is cla… --- ## [BBC will not broadcast Attenborough episode on destruction of wildlife over fear of rightwing backlash](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbc-will-not-broadcast-attenborough-episode-on-destruction-of-wildlife-over-fear-of-rightwing-backlash/980978)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2023, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbc-will-not-broadcast-attenborough-episode-on-destruction-of-wildlife-over-fear-of-rightwing-backlash/980978 "2023-04-29T10:24:21Z")
The BBC has really gone downhill, hasn’t it? I remember not that long ago that the BBC censored a documentary about the Indian leader Modi. --- ## [Black Mirror coming back in June](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-mirror-coming-back-in-june/983240)
**Author:** [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2023, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-mirror-coming-back-in-june/983240 "2023-04-29T09:41:32Z")
Some big names in the teaser. --- ## [What's the oldest piece of media you engage with?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-oldest-piece-of-media-you-engage-with/983224)
**Author:** [@NinthAcolyte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinthAcolyte)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2023, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-oldest-piece-of-media-you-engage-with/983224 "2023-04-28T18:49:02Z")
What’s the oldest piece of art, writing, film, music etc. that you actually view/read/listen to and enjoy on at least a semi-regular basis? Not just the oldest thing you’ve seen or read, but the oldest that’s a real part… --- ## [Oohgha Chaka, oohgha oohgha...(song filler in thingys)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2023, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohgha-chaka-oohgha-oohgha-song-filler-in-thingys/981685 "2023-04-28T15:38:49Z")
‘Hooked on a Feeling’ by the Blue Swede. I had never heard this. I walked in the store with Ivy and it was on the radio they were playing. I thought I was gonna have a seizure. I have laughed so much over this, Ivy t… --- ## [How are movie armorers allowed to convert semi-auto guns to full auto without running afoul of the ATF?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-movie-armorers-allowed-to-convert-semi-auto-guns-to-full-auto-without-running-afoul-of-the-atf/983235)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2023, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-movie-armorers-allowed-to-convert-semi-auto-guns-to-full-auto-without-running-afoul-of-the-atf/983235 "2023-04-28T12:24:44Z")
Is it literally because they’re blank firing they can “legally” convert a semi-auto gun to full auto for filming purposes? Mainly because I’m reading about how most MP5s you see in movies were civilian sold MP5s with ex… --- ## [Is alcohol taxonomy finite? (or, explain alcohol to me)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-alcohol-taxonomy-finite-or-explain-alcohol-to-me/983172)
**Author:** [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2023, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-alcohol-taxonomy-finite-or-explain-alcohol-to-me/983172 "2023-04-28T01:49:45Z")
Normally I don’t give two thoughts about alcohol (not a drinker) but I was watching a show about the history of Smirnoff & Maker’s Mark in America, and I had this thought. There are all sorts of types of alcohol and fro… --- ## [Don't let the gates of hell open into your home!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-let-the-gates-of-hell-open-into-your-home/972777)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2023, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-let-the-gates-of-hell-open-into-your-home/972777 "2023-04-28T00:38:22Z")
Disney is coming for your children, says Jamie Gooch. “Do not watch this film,” she warned, “Everybody thinks it’s fake and innocent, but they could be casting any type of spell that they want to, anything could be comi… --- ## [Alfred Hitchcock The Birds question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alfred-hitchcock-the-birds-question/982976)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2023, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alfred-hitchcock-the-birds-question/982976 "2023-04-27T22:42:52Z")
I’ll admit right off the bat that I’m not a huge Hitchcock fan. I don’t dislike his films, they just seem clunky and over-rated. I just I just don’t understand his film-making style. Anyway, my question is about his fil… --- ## [Jerry Springer dead at 79](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-springer-dead-at-79/983275)
**Author:** [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2023, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-springer-dead-at-79/983275 "2023-04-27T22:23:01Z")
The former mayor of Cincinnati and schlock talk show host is gone. --- ## [Snippets of books you remember reading, but don't remember the name of the book](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snippets-of-books-you-remember-reading-but-dont-remember-the-name-of-the-book/982246)
**Author:** [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2023, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snippets-of-books-you-remember-reading-but-dont-remember-the-name-of-the-book/982246 "2023-04-27T20:14:04Z")
This isn’t really intended to be a “Identify this book” thread, although it could be. It’s more of an exercise in futility, that we’ve read so many books, we don’t always drop anchor on any one of the in particular. They… --- ## [Favorite cookbooks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-cookbooks/983219)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2023, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-cookbooks/983219 "2023-04-27T19:31:57Z")
Before I moved I had two or three shelves of cookbooks. I thinned them out when I moved and still have a lot. But some I could not do without, If you like cookbooks, and could only have, say, ten, which would they be?… --- ## [Star Trek Picard Season 3 discussion (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-picard-season-3-discussion-open-spoilers/979922)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 260\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2023, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-picard-season-3-discussion-open-spoilers/979922 "2023-04-27T16:46:31Z")
Thread for the previous 2 seasons Final season, 10 episodes, begins streaming today on Paramount+ --- ## [Homemade chocolate milk](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homemade-chocolate-milk/981050)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2023, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homemade-chocolate-milk/981050 "2023-04-27T15:26:27Z")
Occasionally I get a hankering for chocolate milk. For health reasons, we don’t stock it, nor do we keep chocolate syrup in the house. But we do have cocoa and sugar. With a bit of googling and experimentation, I’ve perf… --- ## [Jeremy Renner seriously injured](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeremy-renner-seriously-injured/977528)
**Author:** [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2023, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeremy-renner-seriously-injured/977528 "2023-04-26T23:25:48Z")
Seems like it was snow-related. --- ## [Albums which define the 1980s](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-which-define-the-1980s/983184)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2023, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-which-define-the-1980s/983184 "2023-04-26T20:38:32Z")
What albums do you think ‘define’ the 1980s? As in, you listen to it today and you just think, ‘That’s the 80s? I’ll start with No Jacket Required by Phil Collins. A bunch of hits in heavy radio and MTV rotation and mor… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=195) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=197)