# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=205 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 206 --- ## [What is your personal "bible"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-personal-bible/980849)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2023, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-personal-bible/980849 "2023-03-09T23:45:16Z")
Well, one could say my personal bible is the Holy Bible, as I’ve read that thing cover to cover three times, some books even a few times more and having deteriorated my first copy of it, I had to get me a new one a few … --- ## [The Weird Disclaimer on 'Mythbusters': Why 'We're what you call experts'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weird-disclaimer-on-mythbusters-why-were-what-you-call-experts/980884)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2023, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weird-disclaimer-on-mythbusters-why-were-what-you-call-experts/980884 "2023-03-09T17:40:48Z")
Been rewatching old episodes of Mythbusters, and I’m confused as to why they disclaim their own disclaimer. “Don’t try anything you see at home. We’re what you call experts.” Um, they are experts. Is there a reason for t… --- ## [Restaurant Prices - why so high lately?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-prices-why-so-high-lately/980411)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2023, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-prices-why-so-high-lately/980411 "2023-03-09T16:33:52Z")
Now that we’re squarely in the post-Pandemic era, my family and I have started eating out again in the last 9 months or so, and the prices are sky high- about twice what they used to be. I mean, places that would cost $… --- ## [What running gags, schtick, do you detest?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-running-gags-schtick-do-you-detest/961131)
**Author:** [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2023, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-running-gags-schtick-do-you-detest/961131 "2023-03-09T14:45:51Z")
For me, it’s Seth Meyers’s by-play with his cue card guy Wally, or anything really to do with his staff. Half of his “Closer Look” time is taken up with in-jokes that probably amuse his writing team, or maybe his mom, bu… --- ## [The Magicians, rewatching](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-magicians-rewatching/977901)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2023, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-magicians-rewatching/977901 "2023-03-09T13:30:00Z")
I forgot how really good and compelling this show was. I described it once long ago as Narnia meets Harry Potter goes to Graduate school. Thing is, its better than either. Of course I love all the references. Star Trek… --- ## [70's movie shown in junior high science class](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-movie-shown-in-junior-high-science-class/620242)
**Author:** [@Scifiguy3k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scifiguy3k)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2023, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-movie-shown-in-junior-high-science-class/620242 "2023-03-09T07:24:37Z")
Does anyone remember movies shown in junior high back in the 70’s. The movie I’m having trouble remembering starts out with a man in a white hazmat suit walking through a deserted city. He then enters a museum and seem… --- ## [Hitchcock version of a Josephine Tey mystery\* -- "Young and Innocent"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitchcock-version-of-a-josephine-tey-mystery-young-and-innocent/980802)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2023, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hitchcock-version-of-a-josephine-tey-mystery-young-and-innocent/980802 "2023-03-08T20:03:20Z")
This just popped up in my YouTube feed, and it’s a lot of fun. Familiar situation: young innocent man suspected of murder and on the run, unwillingly aided by a pretty blonde (Hitchcock’s early favorite, Nova Pilbeam, wh… --- ## [Why do they still do "Woman vs. Woman" fights in movies and TV?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-they-still-do-woman-vs-woman-fights-in-movies-and-tv/979884)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2023, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-they-still-do-woman-vs-woman-fights-in-movies-and-tv/979884 "2023-03-08T02:31:05Z")
By which I mean the (usually singular) females on the good/bad side square off at once. It doesn’t always happen, and it doesn’t happen as much as it used to (at least from what I’ve seen) but this pattern still pops up.… --- ## [Is this the golden era of the horror-comedy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-golden-era-of-the-horror-comedy/980789)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2023, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-golden-era-of-the-horror-comedy/980789 "2023-03-08T02:02:33Z")
It seems like there’s been a proliferation of horror-comedy lately, a genre that seems difficult to pull off because it’s tricky to find a balance where you scare / unsettle people AND get them to laugh. (though I did … --- ## [Anyone else here eat skate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-eat-skate/980768)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2023, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-eat-skate/980768 "2023-03-07T21:24:14Z")
Mrs Cad hates skate but I love it. Absolutely nailed it tonight. A little Old Bay. Sauteed one side in real olive oil for about 4 minutes then a 400 degree oven for 8 minutes. Served with roasted cauliflower. That s… --- ## [Star Trek TNG “Measure of a Man” — two out of three?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tng-measure-of-a-man-two-out-of-three/980081)
**Author:** [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2023, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tng-measure-of-a-man-two-out-of-three/980081 "2023-03-07T18:49:53Z")
In the Star Trek episode where Data is (a) on trial, and (b) to be disassembled, Picard asks the expert on the other side if Data is sentient and thus entitled to various rights; the reply is that, no, Data is not sentie… --- ## [Is something going on with cabbages currently?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-something-going-on-with-cabbages-currently/980813)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2023, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-something-going-on-with-cabbages-currently/980813 "2023-03-07T13:52:03Z")
Two weeks ago I tried to buy coleslaw in the deli department of my usual grocery store. They had none on the shelves. (They stopped doing the ‘dish it out’ from a big tub thing for all sorts of stuff at some point in th… --- ## [Mercury Blues: David Lindley has passed at 78](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mercury-blues-david-lindley-has-passed-at-78/980691)
**Author:** [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2023, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mercury-blues-david-lindley-has-passed-at-78/980691 "2023-03-07T04:00:00Z")
I’ve been a big fan for over 40 years. I saw El Rayo X open for the Grateful Dead in ‘87 and saw him solo many times over the years since most recently maybe five years ago. He was a crazy character and a master of any s… --- ## [Last original Lynyrd Skynyrd bandmember, Gary Rossington, has passed away](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-original-lynyrd-skynyrd-bandmember-gary-rossington-has-passed-away/980784)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2023, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-original-lynyrd-skynyrd-bandmember-gary-rossington-has-passed-away/980784 "2023-03-06T23:58:35Z")
I was really hoping someone else would start this thread. because I want to remain respectful and not make a tasteless joke about the longest Final Destination movie ever. Yet here I am. RIP, Gary. --- ## [Jay Leno injured again {2023-01-27}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jay-leno-injured-again-2023-01-27/978914)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2023, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jay-leno-injured-again-2023-01-27/978914 "2023-03-06T22:38:14Z")
Motorcycle accident this time. Broken bones. --- ## [Issue with Youtube app for android](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/issue-with-youtube-app-for-android/974837)
**Author:** [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2023, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/issue-with-youtube-app-for-android/974837 "2023-03-06T20:30:47Z")
Within the last couple days or so, Youtube pushed a new version of their android app to my phone that seems to have a bug in it. The bug manifests when I’m using my account that has a large number of my own created play… --- ## ["Jackson" (Cash/Carter) lyrics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackson-cash-carter-lyrics/306331)
**Author:** [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2023, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackson-cash-carter-lyrics/306331 "2023-03-06T19:26:14Z")
In the song “Jackson” as sung by Johnny Cash and June Carter, there’s a line I’m trying to pin down. It’s sung by June, and is usually rendered as “I’ll be waiting (there) in Jackson, behind my Japan fan \[pronounced JAY-… --- ## [Babylon (2022) by Damien Chazelle (no spoilers in OP)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/babylon-2022-by-damien-chazelle-no-spoilers-in-op/977100)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2023, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/babylon-2022-by-damien-chazelle-no-spoilers-in-op/977100 "2023-03-06T13:40:19Z")
I spent my a Christmas afternoon at the movies alone and boy howdy did I get a wild ride. I didn’t know much about Babylon except that it was about old Hollywood and had Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie. That was enough for m… --- ## [Wayne Shorter has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wayne-shorter-has-died/980616)
**Author:** [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2023, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wayne-shorter-has-died/980616 "2023-03-06T13:23:00Z")
Damn damn damn. Wayne Shorter, saxophonist possibly best known for playing in Weather Report has died aged 89. Seen here with Herbie Hancock, Stanley Clarke & Omar Hakim :- --- ## [Anyone like me and take the gender race swap phenomena on a case by case basis?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-like-me-and-take-the-gender-race-swap-phenomena-on-a-case-by-case-basis/980743)
**Author:** [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2023, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-like-me-and-take-the-gender-race-swap-phenomena-on-a-case-by-case-basis/980743 "2023-03-06T10:43:34Z")
If I feel the producers are trolling…go to hell. I don’t need the extra toxicity. If i feel you’re fucking with an essential part of the lore and you don’t get it?? GO TO HELL. Example: Black Tinkerbell?? Who gives a r… --- ## [Low sodium hot sauce?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-sodium-hot-sauce/979988)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2023, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-sodium-hot-sauce/979988 "2023-03-06T06:47:14Z")
I love dumping lots of hot sauce onto certain things. But it usually means consuming much more salt than I should. I did a Google search to try and find a low sodium hot sauce, but didn’t find one. Know of any? One alte… --- ## [Haiduk - Diabolica \[black metal\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiduk-diabolica-black-metal/965951)
**Author:** [@Deamris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deamris)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2023, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiduk-diabolica-black-metal/965951 "2023-03-06T00:54:07Z")
Diabolica is the 4th album by Canadian black metal project Haiduk. Released in Sept 2021. Track 9 - Morph - --- ## [Surprisingly dark moments in comedies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprisingly-dark-moments-in-comedies/979639)
**Author:** [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2023, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprisingly-dark-moments-in-comedies/979639 "2023-03-06T00:13:12Z")
The other night @Dendarii\_Dame and I were watching “Big Brown Eyes” a Cary Grant comedy featuring fast talk and snappy dialogue - but at the end of the first act or so, the villains have a gunfight in a city park, and ki… --- ## [I thought of (what I think) is a great idea for a Sci-Fi story](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-of-what-i-think-is-a-great-idea-for-a-sci-fi-story/979858)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2023, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-of-what-i-think-is-a-great-idea-for-a-sci-fi-story/979858 "2023-03-05T21:42:31Z")
Although I fully expect to be informed, here, that it’s been done before. Anywho, I recently learned about the ‘Wait Calculation’. That’s the premise that that we should not do interstellar travel if we can’t get to our… --- ## [Reprint of Plastic Man #10?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reprint-of-plastic-man-10/980677)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2023, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reprint-of-plastic-man-10/980677 "2023-03-05T19:12:57Z")
I am looking for a reprint of Plastic Man #10, from the Jack Cole era. Is there one? --- ## [Is this too simple for Thai green curry?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-too-simple-for-thai-green-curry/980506)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2023, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-too-simple-for-thai-green-curry/980506 "2023-03-05T17:13:48Z")
I just want something relatively simple and healthy for lunch. I had my first TGC in Vegas and loved it so I have some Mae Ploy paste in my pantry. I was thinking of just doing this Fry off the paste Add chicken broth… --- ## ["You must pay the rent!" "But I can't pay the rent!"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-pay-the-rent-but-i-cant-pay-the-rent/4869)
**Author:** [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2023, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-must-pay-the-rent-but-i-cant-pay-the-rent/4869 "2023-03-05T14:42:56Z")
Villain (with moustache): You must pay the rent! Damsel in distress (with bow in her hair): But I can’t pay the rent! Villain: You must pay the rent! Damsel: But I can’t pay the rent! Hero (wearing bow tie): I’ll pay… --- ## [James Patterson is killing my childhood](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-patterson-is-killing-my-childhood/980635)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2023, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-patterson-is-killing-my-childhood/980635 "2023-03-05T03:47:07Z")
I am a big fan of old pulp heroes, like The Saint, Doc Savage, The Shadow etc. I have read just about every tale of those and many others, and when a new author takes to pen to create new adventures featuring my old fr… --- ## [Name for music style in which a player also sings what they're playing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-for-music-style-in-which-a-player-also-sings-what-theyre-playing/980632)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2023, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-for-music-style-in-which-a-player-also-sings-what-theyre-playing/980632 "2023-03-04T23:17:23Z")
Every now and then I come across a piece of music in which someone is playing an instrument while simultaneously vocalizing the exact same part. Is there a name for this style of performance? Here are a couple of examp… --- ## [Who’s your favorite anti-hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-s-your-favorite-anti-hero/980253)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2023, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-s-your-favorite-anti-hero/980253 "2023-03-04T18:22:14Z")
Over in the avatar thread, I mentioned that I liked movies with an anti-hero. My Avatar - Lucas Jackson (Cool Hand Luke), Travis Bickle (Taxi Driver), Eddie Felton (The Hustler), like that. So I decided to make a thread … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=204) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=206)