# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=227 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 228 --- ## [Teach me to appreciate Metal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teach-me-to-appreciate-metal/819076)
**Author:** [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Replies:** 312\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2022, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teach-me-to-appreciate-metal/819076 "2022-11-10T20:36:15Z")
I have recently come to realize that I know next to nothing about Metal. This strikes me as a pretty large hole in my understanding of modern popular music and I would like to fix it. I’m really bored with the music I h… --- ## [Cool cool cool...'Community: The Movie' appears to officially be in the works!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-cool-cool-community-the-movie-appears-to-officially-be-in-the-works/972515)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2022, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-cool-cool-community-the-movie-appears-to-officially-be-in-the-works/972515 "2022-11-10T19:25:59Z")
It’s going to be a joint Sony / Universal / Peacock project, so Peacock will have streaming rights, with all of the original cast except for Donald Glover and Yvette Nicole Brown, who may or may not appear, and of course… --- ## [Quick removal of excess fat from broth](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-removal-of-excess-fat-from-broth/974657)
**Author:** [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2022, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-removal-of-excess-fat-from-broth/974657 "2022-11-10T17:44:36Z")
My Instant Pot is currently brewing a chicken destined to be soup. One big problem is no matter how finicky I get about trimming off excess fat pre-cooking, I always wind up with broth that needs to sit in the fridge for… --- ## [What was the last movie you saw that made you say "WTF?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-movie-you-saw-that-made-you-say-wtf/971516)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 149\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2022, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-movie-you-saw-that-made-you-say-wtf/971516 "2022-11-09T22:16:30Z")
Not looking for internet lists or a long list of movies you’ve seen through your lifetime-just the last one that made your jaw drop and/or made you say WTF? I just finished watching “Anyab” (1981) on Other Worlds Televi… --- ## [Book id. (Fire dept. WW2 New York and Tokyo)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-id-fire-dept-ww2-new-york-and-tokyo/974595)
**Author:** [@TheZenPaperboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheZenPaperboy)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2022, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-id-fire-dept-ww2-new-york-and-tokyo/974595 "2022-11-09T18:20:32Z")
I read a book last year i believe was about New York City in WW2. There was a section that compared the fire departments of New York City and Tokyo. It showed how the New York City department was better organized. I know… --- ## [Who is Watching...The Watcher? \[Open spoilers after post 24\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-watching-the-watcher-open-spoilers-after-post-24/973238)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2022, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-watching-the-watcher-open-spoilers-after-post-24/973238 "2022-11-09T16:41:23Z")
…by that I mean “The Watcher”, a 7 episode series on Netflix. Mrs. solost and I watched the first episode last night. So only spoiler-blurred spoilers for those who have watched further, please. Some interesting names--… --- ## [Dahmer Netflix Miniseries](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dahmer-netflix-miniseries/972282)
**Author:** [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2022, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dahmer-netflix-miniseries/972282 "2022-11-09T16:35:41Z")
I started watching the miniseries Dahmer - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story on Netflix last night. I watched the first two episodes and am eagerly looking forward to watching the remaining eight. Although the show is … --- ## [Was the '22 SNL season opener as awful as it appeared?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-22-snl-season-opener-as-awful-as-it-appeared/972590)
**Author:** [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\ **Replies:** 144\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2022, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-22-snl-season-opener-as-awful-as-it-appeared/972590 "2022-11-09T15:23:43Z")
I don’t watch Saturday Night Live anymore (can’t stay up that late) but generally watch the selected clips that (for some reason) the New York Times always runs online on Sunday. Oh, my… last night was painfully bad. --- ## [What's the best and worst thing you ever ate on a plane?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-and-worst-thing-you-ever-ate-on-a-plane/974362)
**Author:** [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2022, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-and-worst-thing-you-ever-ate-on-a-plane/974362 "2022-11-09T13:58:05Z")
Airline food has been the butt of jokes for as long as I can remember, but I have actually had a couple of pretty good meals on planes. The best overall: Last spring I ended up sitting in first class on a Delta domesti… --- ## [Future '38](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/future-38/974602)
**Author:** [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2022, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/future-38/974602 "2022-11-09T02:17:31Z")
Has anyone else seen this movie? It presents itself as a recently-rediscovered film from 1938, complete with an introduction by Neil deGrasse Tyson, about someone time travelling to the far-off future of 2018. It’s not… --- ## [French Rap](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-rap/974411)
**Author:** [@Moonrise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonrise)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2022, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-rap/974411 "2022-11-08T19:09:08Z")
From What’s your favorite song in a language you don’t understand? I hated French rap as soon as it became a thing in the early 90s (derivative beats and lame lyrics) but it has now grown into the most innovative and u… --- ## [HBO's Avenue 5 - Hugh Laurie, Josh Gad. {Season 2 starts Oct 10, 2022}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbos-avenue-5-hugh-laurie-josh-gad-season-2-starts-oct-10-2022/846766)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2022, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbos-avenue-5-hugh-laurie-josh-gad-season-2-starts-oct-10-2022/846766 "2022-11-08T17:00:35Z")
First epi was this past Sunday 1/19/20. Gad plays Herman Judd, an Elon Musk type billionaire, but less bright, that has established a space tourism group where hundreds of people ride on a space cruise ship around Jupit… --- ## [RIP Mimi Parker of Low](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-mimi-parker-of-low/974466)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2022, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-mimi-parker-of-low/974466 "2022-11-08T14:54:34Z")
I’m so very sad about this. She and her husband Alan have been transparent about her long struggle with cancer, but you always have hope. Hard to know what song to share. Maybe “In Metal”, about their first son, but … --- ## [Mom/son wedding dance song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mom-son-wedding-dance-song/971947)
**Author:** [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2022, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mom-son-wedding-dance-song/971947 "2022-11-08T14:46:11Z")
Our son is getting married in November, and he wants to know what song his mother wants for the mother/son dance. She is thinking she wants something with a kind of Motown feel and probably faster (I have no idea if the… --- ## [Your favourite instrumental rock/jazz/pop/hiphop tune](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-instrumental-rock-jazz-pop-hiphop-tune/971031)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2022, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-instrumental-rock-jazz-pop-hiphop-tune/971031 "2022-11-08T03:55:13Z")
Listening again recently to King Crimson’s “Lark’s Tongues in Aspic Pt. II” made me realise that this has to be my favourite instrumental number, and figured why not fire up a quickie thread on this. And that’s - just o… --- ## [Outlander Season 3 discussion thread (spoilers as it airs)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlander-season-3-discussion-thread-spoilers-as-it-airs/795439)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 136\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2022, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlander-season-3-discussion-thread-spoilers-as-it-airs/795439 "2022-11-08T01:24:44Z")
Outlander is the most underrated show on TV. Even George R.R. Martin has felt like not enough attention goes to this show. I like it so much that I sought out the third book in the series to read ahead of the third seas… --- ## [Hannibal (2001): What was the deal with the tape recording? \[unboxed spoilers\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hannibal-2001-what-was-the-deal-with-the-tape-recording-unboxed-spoilers/974538)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2022, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hannibal-2001-what-was-the-deal-with-the-tape-recording-unboxed-spoilers/974538 "2022-11-08T00:02:18Z")
When Verger calls his head henchman to ask how things are going with the dry run on the murder-by-boars plan, he plays a recording of screaming sounds as the porkers are attacking a Lecter-in-effigy. --- ## [Jean-Luc Godard, giant of the French New Wave, dies at 91](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jean-luc-godard-giant-of-the-french-new-wave-dies-at-91/971500)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2022, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jean-luc-godard-giant-of-the-french-new-wave-dies-at-91/971500 "2022-11-07T22:59:59Z")
Were his later movies any good, or did he peak with his movies in the 1960s such as Breathless? --- ## [Outlander on Starz Season 2 Discussion Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlander-on-starz-season-2-discussion-thread/751427)
**Author:** [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2022, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlander-on-starz-season-2-discussion-thread/751427 "2022-11-07T21:10:55Z")
The season 2 premier isn’t until Saturday, but if you are a Starz subscriber you can stream it beginning 12:01am on 4/7, which is what I will be doing tonight. The reviews for this season have been positive, with much c… --- ## ["Six", a must-see rock opera](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-a-must-see-rock-opera/974480)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2022, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-a-must-see-rock-opera/974480 "2022-11-07T18:11:37Z")
We just got back from a performance of Six, a musical about the wives of Henry VIII. Very raucous, great choreography and songs, and very funny. If it comes to a venue near you, I highly recommend it. --- ## [Anybody know the Star Trek parody of CW McCall's "Convoy"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-the-star-trek-parody-of-cw-mccalls-convoy/974462)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2022, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-the-star-trek-parody-of-cw-mccalls-convoy/974462 "2022-11-07T17:14:52Z")
I learned it back in the '70s, but think I’ve forgotten some parts. I can’t find it on the Internet either. :frowning\_face: --- ## [Calling all canners! Pressure can my turkey soup this year?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-canners-pressure-can-my-turkey-soup-this-year/974372)
**Author:** [@echoreply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/echoreply)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2022, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-canners-pressure-can-my-turkey-soup-this-year/974372 "2022-11-07T06:22:26Z")
Every year I make about 5 gallons of turkey soup after Thanksgiving. Usually I then dose it out into 1 quart containers and freeze it. That many containers does take up lots of room in the freezer, though I suppose the t… --- ## [Peeling potatoes in the army](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeling-potatoes-in-the-army/974155)
**Author:** [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2022, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeling-potatoes-in-the-army/974155 "2022-11-07T02:41:10Z")
I am watching a new Netflix movie based on the wonderful novel “All Quiet on the Western Front” by Erich Maria Remarque. At one point the recruits are talking shit, peeling potatoes. It struck me this is something of a… --- ## [Making changes to a cookie recipe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-changes-to-a-cookie-recipe/974422)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2022, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-changes-to-a-cookie-recipe/974422 "2022-11-07T02:29:16Z")
A friend gave me a recipe for cranberry flavored cookies that taste good, but they aren’t of a ‘texture’ I like. As in, the cookies are softish little lumps after they’re cooked, tender and crumbly, somewhat like you’ve … --- ## [Star Trek inaccuracies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-inaccuracies/971862)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 261\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2022, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-inaccuracies/971862 "2022-11-06T23:31:01Z")
Because… Why not? Star Trek: The Next Generation ‘The Royale’ just started. Geordi says the planed it -291ºC. That’s impossible because absolute zero is -273ºC. (I’ve also noticed that he’ll say ‘degrees Kelvin’ or ‘… --- ## [Can you help me find the recipe for Olive Chicken a la Awesome? (Comic strip)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-help-me-find-the-recipe-for-olive-chicken-a-la-awesome-comic-strip/974474)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2022, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-help-me-find-the-recipe-for-olive-chicken-a-la-awesome-comic-strip/974474 "2022-11-06T19:47:54Z")
There was a comic strip I found a few years ago, involving cats, that in one strip, they tied up their babysitter and shared a recipe for something called Olive Chicken a la Awesome. It was a terrific recipe, and I made… --- ## [What was that song?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-that-song/974472)
**Author:** [@XOldiesJock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XOldiesJock)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2022, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-that-song/974472 "2022-11-06T19:59:13Z")
I’m trying to remember the name of a song and the songwriter, but I can’t quite get it. Perhaps one of you might remember the story behind it. I’ve googled the situation to no avail. The song was a popular ballad in p… --- ## [Help me find a scene from Star Trek TNG (?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-scene-from-star-trek-tng/974460)
**Author:** [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2022, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-scene-from-star-trek-tng/974460 "2022-11-06T15:37:23Z")
My google skills are failing me. I distinctly remember the following: a young boy is brought to the Enterprise, and (I think by Counselor Troi) given a device that he points at a block of material, which then glows and i… --- ## [Marvelous Mrs. Maisel scene identification](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvelous-mrs-maisel-scene-identification/974448)
**Author:** [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2022, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvelous-mrs-maisel-scene-identification/974448 "2022-11-06T01:33:58Z")
I was trying to describe a really funny scene from MMM today to my wife, but couldn’t find it online. The scene is set at a children’s birthday party, where the parents have hired a well-known(?) magician. He clearly isn… --- ## [Star Wars : Tales of the Jedi (spoilers will likely come)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-tales-of-the-jedi-spoilers-will-likely-come/973854)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2022, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-tales-of-the-jedi-spoilers-will-likely-come/973854 "2022-11-05T19:50:04Z")
A series of six shorts released yesterday, three of them about Ahsoka Tano and three about Count Dooku. They range form okay to pretty good. Worth checking out, I believe. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=226) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=228)