# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=217 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 218 --- ## [Public Domain Day 2023](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-domain-day-2023/977474)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2023, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-domain-day-2023/977474 "2023-01-03T14:44:31Z")
On January 1st works from 1927 officially enter the public domain. A few highlights: Sherlock Holmes The movie Metropolis The “We all scream for Ice Cream” song. More info and examples here: I think Metropolis in… --- ## ['Best Albums of 2022' lists...who are these people?!? Man, I'm old](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-albums-of-2022-lists-who-are-these-people-man-im-old/976586)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2023, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-albums-of-2022-lists-who-are-these-people-man-im-old/976586 "2023-01-03T00:57:23Z")
There was a time when I said to myself, I’m not going to get so old and out of touch that I haven’t even heard of most current popular music acts. I might not like the music, but I will be aware of it. Then 30+ years ha… --- ## [Ancient Apocalypse....really? A "new" Netflix "documentary"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ancient-apocalypse-really-a-new-netflix-documentary/976510)
**Author:** [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2023, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ancient-apocalypse-really-a-new-netflix-documentary/976510 "2023-01-02T22:05:15Z")
This came up on my Netflix suggestions and I confess I was surprised to see that they’d paid out good money to Graham Hancock of all people who seems to have been peddling the same nonsense “theories” for nigh-on 30 year… --- ## [It's a Wonderful Life: "He's making violent love to me, mother!"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-wonderful-life-hes-making-violent-love-to-me-mother/977355)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2023, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-wonderful-life-hes-making-violent-love-to-me-mother/977355 "2023-01-02T21:06:18Z")
Recently had my annual screening of “It’s a Wonderful Life” in my living room, and one of my favorite scenes in the movie is when a grumpy George stops by Mary’s house. She’s chipper, hoping to recapture some of the magi… --- ## [Sardines vs. Mackerel (tinned/canned) Do we have thoughts on the difference?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sardines-vs-mackerel-tinned-canned-do-we-have-thoughts-on-the-difference/977405)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2023, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sardines-vs-mackerel-tinned-canned-do-we-have-thoughts-on-the-difference/977405 "2023-01-02T20:29:14Z")
I bought a tin of each, same brand, each packed in olive oil. Both are labeled “skinless & boneless.” Do my esteemed Dopers have opinions on each? Which tastes better? … or is better used in certain applications? Matter… --- ## [The Witcher: Blood Origin (Netflix limited series)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-witcher-blood-origin-netflix-limited-series/977300)
**Author:** [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2023, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-witcher-blood-origin-netflix-limited-series/977300 "2023-01-02T18:19:25Z")
I just finished watching the 4-part series The Witcher: Blood Origin (a prequel to the Witcher TV series). It was OK, but kind of corny and full of predictable moments. Maybe I’m too picky nowadays, but it felt kind of… --- ## [What (Welsh?) letter is this that appears in this YouTube video?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-welsh-letter-is-this-that-appears-in-this-youtube-video/977494)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2023, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-welsh-letter-is-this-that-appears-in-this-youtube-video/977494 "2023-01-02T17:51:27Z")
So, I know that Old and Middle English had several letters that we no longer use–æsc/ash (Ææ), ðæt/eð/edh/eth (Ðð) þorn/thorn (Þþ), ȝogh/yogh (Ȝȝ), œthel/ethel (Œœ) and ƿynn/wynn (Ƿƿ). But I just came across a YouTube v… --- ## [I committed stringed-instrument heresy this morning!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-committed-stringed-instrument-heresy-this-morning/977230)
**Author:** [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2023, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-committed-stringed-instrument-heresy-this-morning/977230 "2023-01-02T17:41:45Z")
Several years ago I bought an old beat-up 1/4 upright bass, just for fun. It sits in the corner of our living room looking spectacular, and once in a while I play some jazz on it. Here’s me, probably getting ready to pl… --- ## [Do you read comics online? What do you recommend in terms of technology/devices?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-read-comics-online-what-do-you-recommend-in-terms-of-technology-devices/977483)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2023, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-read-comics-online-what-do-you-recommend-in-terms-of-technology-devices/977483 "2023-01-02T04:59:53Z")
I read a lot of comics on Kindle and on the DC universe infinite platform. I access them in three ways: iPhone - Kindle for iPhone app and Safari for DC universe MacBook - Kindle for MacOS app and Chrome for DC un… --- ## [The Short Stories of Ted Chiang](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-short-stories-of-ted-chiang/976039)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2023, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-short-stories-of-ted-chiang/976039 "2023-01-02T00:19:28Z")
Have we talked about this guy before? Ted Chiang is a science fiction author who’s largely famous for writing “Story of Your Life,” the novella that the movie “Arrival” is based on. I read the compilation that story wa… --- ## [Do You Miss DVD Extras?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-miss-dvd-extras/976467)
**Author:** [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2023, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-miss-dvd-extras/976467 "2023-01-02T00:17:44Z")
I got my first DVD player way back in 1998, and the first two movies I purchased were Highlander and Aliens. One of the best things about a DVD verses a VHS were all the extras they started adding to the disc. You didn… --- ## [Unusual foods you've recently tried for the first time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-foods-youve-recently-tried-for-the-first-time/973477)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2023, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-foods-youve-recently-tried-for-the-first-time/973477 "2023-01-01T21:52:01Z")
What unusual foods have you just tried for the first time, and what did you think of them? Here are three reports from me: Last week our local supermarket started selling kiwanos. This is a bizarre-looking fruit, abo… --- ## [NY Eve dinner: Steak Oscar or Steak Au Poivre?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-eve-dinner-steak-oscar-or-steak-au-poivre/977351)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2023, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-eve-dinner-steak-oscar-or-steak-au-poivre/977351 "2023-01-01T18:37:28Z")
poll Mrs. solost and I rarely go out for New Year’s Eve anymore. Our NYE tradition, such as it is, is me making a fancy dinner, maybe we watch a movie before the NYE live shows begin, and try to stay awake until midnight… --- ## [When has Flanderization made a character/series unejoyable to you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-has-flanderization-made-a-character-series-unejoyable-to-you/977312)
**Author:** [@Tzigone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tzigone)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2023, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-has-flanderization-made-a-character-series-unejoyable-to-you/977312 "2023-01-01T18:27:55Z")
This is often done for the funny, but it’s been done for “morally ambiguous” and the like. So what are some times that it’s gone too far and ruined a show/character for you? Monk is a good example. I’m watching Colum… --- ## [Is reading "better" than watching TV?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-reading-better-than-watching-tv/977467)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2023, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-reading-better-than-watching-tv/977467 "2023-01-01T17:26:38Z")
By better, I mean a higher quality experience, more worthwhile… Yes, I acknowledge there is good and bad TV and reading material. And responses will necessarily be largely subjective. For some reason I am having diffi… --- ## [Who has made croutons from cornbread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-made-croutons-from-cornbread/977415)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2023, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-made-croutons-from-cornbread/977415 "2023-01-01T15:53:34Z")
I’m supposed to bring a salad to a NYE thing tonight, and I realized that the only bread I have in the house is some cornbread. I could make croutons from it, and if it was just for me I know I’d enjoy the weirdness (I l… --- ## [Khadaji’s Whatcha Reading Thread - December 2022 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-december-2022-edition/975798)
**Author:** [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2023, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-december-2022-edition/975798 "2023-01-01T15:37:07Z")
I thought it would be later that I’d get this up, but the siren AKA Ninja kitty woke me up early. So while I wait for the sun to come up I’ll get cracking on the new thread. Whatcha all readin? Anything Christmasy? Any… --- ## [Tell me more about English beer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-more-about-english-beer/928763)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2022, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-more-about-english-beer/928763 "2022-12-31T18:06:32Z")
I love beer, but my experience is somewhat limited beyond what’s universally available in the US – a handful of local and regional craft brewers (Great Lakes Brewing is one of my favorites) and some German and Belgian im… --- ## [Barbara Walters dies at 93](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barbara-walters-dies-at-93/977371)
**Author:** [@Paxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paxx)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2022, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barbara-walters-dies-at-93/977371 "2022-12-31T17:41:45Z")
--- ## [Beavis and Butt-Head Do America. Mandela effect question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beavis-and-butt-head-do-america-mandela-effect-question/977418)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2022, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beavis-and-butt-head-do-america-mandela-effect-question/977418 "2022-12-31T16:30:14Z")
I recently re-watched Beavis and Butt-Head Do America. There’s a part I remember from when I watched it back in the 90s that wasn’t there this time, and I’m wondering if it’s the Mandela effect or if the scene was chang… --- ## [Spotify Group Sessions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotify-group-sessions/977387)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2022, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotify-group-sessions/977387 "2022-12-31T05:13:02Z")
Anyone tried this? I have a couple of times with a friend, and it works for about 20 minutes. Then we get out of sync, he is hearing music 30 seconds or a minute before I do. This could be one of the best things ever… --- ## [Microsoft Photo importing all pix from SD card, not just the new ones](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-photo-importing-all-pix-from-sd-card-not-just-the-new-ones/977360)
**Author:** [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2022, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-photo-importing-all-pix-from-sd-card-not-just-the-new-ones/977360 "2022-12-31T04:56:41Z")
How to import only the NEW photos from an SD card to M/S Photos system on my W10 laptop? Today there are 612 pix on the card and only a few (10-12) are new since my last import from the card. When trying to import, the s… --- ## [Why all the hate against Amber Heard?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-all-the-hate-against-amber-heard/963545)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 458\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2022, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-all-the-hate-against-amber-heard/963545 "2022-12-31T04:24:54Z")
I know only peripherally that Amber Heard and Johnny Depp are fighting it out in the courtroom. I know very few of the details, but it seems as thought the public’s perception is that Heard is 100% evil and that Depp is … --- ## [Ian Tyson of Ian & Sylvia has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ian-tyson-of-ian-sylvia-has-died/977368)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2022, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ian-tyson-of-ian-sylvia-has-died/977368 "2022-12-31T03:18:33Z")
Ian Tyson was a big part of the folk movement of the 60s. He and his partner, Sylvia Fricker, had a few hits and wrote some very good songs, such as Four Strong Winds, which was covered by Neil Young and others. He grew … --- ## [The Midnight Club on Netflix](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-midnight-club-on-netflix/973668)
**Author:** [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2022, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-midnight-club-on-netflix/973668 "2022-12-31T02:22:32Z")
Anybody else watching this show? I am four episodes in and completely hooked. It’s looks like a horror show on the surface, but I think it is more of a show about friendship and the power of storytelling. And it is also … --- ## [Why have 80's sitcoms aged so poorly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-have-80s-sitcoms-aged-so-poorly/976759)
**Author:** [@Quintas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quintas)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2022, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-have-80s-sitcoms-aged-so-poorly/976759 "2022-12-30T23:30:58Z")
Actually 80’s television in general. But sitcoms are what prompted the question. Born in '73 so grew up watching 80’s stuff. The most popular sitcoms from pretty much every other decade I can sit through for 30 minute… --- ## [Stephen King's Dark Tower ending. Open spoilers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-kings-dark-tower-ending-open-spoilers/977179)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2022, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-kings-dark-tower-ending-open-spoilers/977179 "2022-12-30T19:35:02Z")
I’m going through Sai King’s Dark Tower series for the second time, this time on Audible. Even though I’m just on the Drawing of the Three, I can’t help but think about the ending. Not Roland’s ending, but the ending f… --- ## [You have any unconventional meatloaf recipes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-any-unconventional-meatloaf-recipes/963881)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2022, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-any-unconventional-meatloaf-recipes/963881 "2022-12-30T18:40:47Z")
I’m in the mood for a meatloaf tonight. Except, I don’t want the traditional meatloaf mom used to make. I’m more interested in something off the beaten path. Thanks for all suggestions. --- ## [Racial Surprises on old TV shows](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racial-surprises-on-old-tv-shows/977222)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2022, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racial-surprises-on-old-tv-shows/977222 "2022-12-30T15:26:56Z")
So, I was watching Dragnet (the TV series) on Amazon Prime. In Season 2, Episode 10 (The Missing Realtor) which aired in 1967 there were some surprises for the era. Detectives Friday and Gannon go to a real estate offi… --- ## [Is the furnace in Home Alone based on a real furnace model?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-furnace-in-home-alone-based-on-a-real-furnace-model/977329)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2022, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-furnace-in-home-alone-based-on-a-real-furnace-model/977329 "2022-12-30T15:06:52Z")
In Home Alone, a minor plot point involves Kevin overcoming his phobia of a fearsome-looking furnace in the basement of McCallister family home: The furnace resembles an old-style coal-fired gravity furnac… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=216) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=218)