# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=231 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 232 --- ## [Podcast recommendations please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/podcast-recommendations-please/946144)
**Author:** [@half-elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/half-elf)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2022, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/podcast-recommendations-please/946144 "2022-10-23T00:44:25Z")
There don’t seem to be any recent similar threads, so I am starting one. I am mainly interested in podcasts about (lay) science, history, current events (including politics), society. psychology - or practically anythin… --- ## [When did the internet become your main source of video entertainment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-the-internet-become-your-main-source-of-video-entertainment/973574)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2022, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-the-internet-become-your-main-source-of-video-entertainment/973574 "2022-10-23T00:41:34Z")
For me it was probably around 2010 or so. Before that I was mostly using DVDs and satellite TV. I think it was around 2010 when streaming services became advanced enough to become my main source of television. But back … --- ## [Back To The Future glasses](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-future-glasses/973620)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2022, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-future-glasses/973620 "2022-10-22T02:34:05Z")
These are not real. Obviously, they’re metal and you can’t see through them. But I could swear I had a Back To The Future style sunglasses like Doc Brown wore, back in the '80s. I recall they were thin plastic, mirr… --- ## [Will B. Able, actor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-b-able-actor/3865)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2022, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-b-able-actor/3865 "2022-10-21T22:49:26Z")
There were a couple of “filmed plays” that I used to see as a kid (on TV). One was “Jack and the Beanstalk,” and the other was “Aladdin.” Both were musicals, both starred an actor named Will B. Able as “the Giant” and … --- ## [If LotR Had Been Written By Someone Else!?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-lotr-had-been-written-by-someone-else/131679)
**Author:** [@Fingolfin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fingolfin)\ **Replies:** 2045\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2022, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-lotr-had-been-written-by-someone-else/131679 "2022-10-21T22:49:25Z")
…What would it look like? Ernest Hemingway \*It was very late and everyone had left the hall except an old man who sat in the shadows the leaves of the old Mallorn made against the moonlight. The two elves inside the ha… --- ## [The Care and Treatment of Acute Ear Worms](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-care-and-treatment-of-acute-ear-worms/972690)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2022, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-care-and-treatment-of-acute-ear-worms/972690 "2022-10-21T20:45:56Z")
Perhaps it’s the song Baby Shark, or maybe it’s a Beatles tune. The source doesn’t matter, but at some point many of us suffer from ear worms. You know, those times when you get a (usually) catchy tune stuck in your head… --- ## [Quote from film Pixels](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-from-film-pixels/973531)
**Author:** [@Smstan2019](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smstan2019)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2022, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-from-film-pixels/973531 "2022-10-21T19:55:07Z")
“Hi.Ludlow Lamonsoff. We’d actually met before but you will not remember because it was in the back of Brenner’s van and I was watching through the window. sniff You smell so nice like the book of Genesis.” What does sm… --- ## [Phil Plait's new site?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phil-plaits-new-site/973533)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2022, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phil-plaits-new-site/973533 "2022-10-21T10:23:21Z")
Phil Plait, the Bad Astronomer, has written his last blog for Syfy Wire. He said he was going to continue, but didn’t say where. Does anyone know what his new site is? --- ## [Trailer for The Peripheral (TV adaptation of the William Gibson book)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trailer-for-the-peripheral-tv-adaptation-of-the-william-gibson-book/971245)
**Author:** [@Hoops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoops)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2022, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trailer-for-the-peripheral-tv-adaptation-of-the-william-gibson-book/971245 "2022-10-21T03:30:26Z")
William Gibson’s 2014 novel The Peripheral has been made into a TV series for Amazon Prime. The executive producers are Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan, the showrunners of Westworld, and it definitely seems to have that vibe… --- ## [Meta-songs: Songs about being a musician](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meta-songs-songs-about-being-a-musician/971057)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2022, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meta-songs-songs-about-being-a-musician/971057 "2022-10-21T01:16:16Z")
I used the expression “once bitten, twice shy” the other day, which led me to start singing the song to myself under my breath, which turned into a bit of an earworm, which got me to thinking, there have to be a million … --- ## [My rice got buggy!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-rice-got-buggy/973515)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2022, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-rice-got-buggy/973515 "2022-10-20T23:05:44Z")
I bought a cloth bag of rice at a local Asian grocery, because it’s cheaper that way, and did transfer some of it into Blue Bunny ice cream containers, which seal tightly. However, tonight I poured some from the zippere… --- ## [Obscure Newsweek "Whistler's Mother" joke from the 1990s that I never understood](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-newsweek-whistlers-mother-joke-from-the-1990s-that-i-never-understood/973027)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2022, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-newsweek-whistlers-mother-joke-from-the-1990s-that-i-never-understood/973027 "2022-10-20T20:33:45Z")
So there was this Newsweek cartoon from the late 1990s that I’ve never understood and has sort of bugged my mind. I can’t find the original cartoon. But it was the painting Whistler’s Mother, except that on the small pi… --- ## [Twenty Years ago this week, the greatest thread in SDMB history was started](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twenty-years-ago-this-week-the-greatest-thread-in-sdmb-history-was-started/973148)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2022, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twenty-years-ago-this-week-the-greatest-thread-in-sdmb-history-was-started/973148 "2022-10-20T17:59:49Z")
There may have been other discussions which made the internet rounds as well… Scylla’s Blimp story is one… but for all you “new” people, those who haven’t been around all 20 years, just enjoy the living hell out of --- ## [A Watchmen HBO TV Series... \[Open spoilers\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-watchmen-hbo-tv-series-open-spoilers/789546)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 391\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2022, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-watchmen-hbo-tv-series-open-spoilers/789546 "2022-10-20T12:48:48Z")
…may be happening. Some details here. This could be great if it happens. --- ## [Lime returns to Skittles!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lime-returns-to-skittles/973083)
**Author:** [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2022, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lime-returns-to-skittles/973083 "2022-10-20T05:26:10Z")
They got rid of that sour apple abomination. Now I can go back to eating 80% of my skittles! --- ## [Where did the "to survive the curse you must pass it on" horror trope start?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-the-to-survive-the-curse-you-must-pass-it-on-horror-trope-start/973443)
**Author:** [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2022, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-the-to-survive-the-curse-you-must-pass-it-on-horror-trope-start/973443 "2022-10-20T05:15:33Z")
I read a synopsis for the recent horror movie and it seems to follow the same trope as movies like The Ring, Drag Me to Hell, It Follows, etc. of “The protagonist is cursed and will die within a short period of time. Th… --- ## [Guitarists, how difficult is it to play a 12 string guitar?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitarists-how-difficult-is-it-to-play-a-12-string-guitar/931384)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2022, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitarists-how-difficult-is-it-to-play-a-12-string-guitar/931384 "2022-10-20T03:41:36Z")
First of all, thanks for all the great answers to my capo question. I’ve been watching a lot of performances live from the Cavern Club which feature mostly solo musicians with an acoustic guitar. Is it difficult for som… --- ## [Can somebody explain Hellraiser 2022 to me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-somebody-explain-hellraiser-2022-to-me/973437)
**Author:** [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2022, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-somebody-explain-hellraiser-2022-to-me/973437 "2022-10-19T20:14:05Z")
Anybody? Yes I know it’s fantasy. But I can’t discern any consistent internal logic. Yes I know it’s a magical object. But so is the One Ring. Which is grokkable Can anyone draw me a map? "Yes I’ve seen the original,… --- ## [Online food menus using your smart phone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-food-menus-using-your-smart-phone/973150)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2022, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-food-menus-using-your-smart-phone/973150 "2022-10-19T17:17:17Z")
When we are traveling I use Google Maps to see what restaurants are around. Naturally I need to see the menu. There is very seldom an actual printed menu you can call up on the smart phone. Instead what they do is lay th… --- ## [Help me make my Spotify classical playlists?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-make-my-spotify-classical-playlists/972984)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2022, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-make-my-spotify-classical-playlists/972984 "2022-10-19T16:59:54Z")
Heya, classical music enthusiasts! I’m looking to set up several classical music playlists and I was looking for some input on them. I’m looking for say 50 to 100 or so “tracks” (I know, I know) in each one, with a good… --- ## [Rock songs with non-English lyrics?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-with-non-english-lyrics/151804)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2022, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-songs-with-non-english-lyrics/151804 "2022-10-19T16:41:19Z")
How many rock songs (~1958 - present) can you think of which have some lyrics of a foreign language? Billy Joel has several with French lyrics. Chicago has at least one with Italian. I’d lump in Ricky Martin is living… --- ## [Scholars disagreeing with authors about their works(?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scholars-disagreeing-with-authors-about-their-works/972656)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2022, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scholars-disagreeing-with-authors-about-their-works/972656 "2022-10-19T15:35:25Z")
So my boys and I recently got done reading the Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis, and we read them in the order they were in the box set- i.e. the chronological order in Narnian time. So Magician’s Nephew, then "The Li… --- ## [What do I have here? Refrigerated, month-old whipping cream solidified in bottle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-have-here-refrigerated-month-old-whipping-cream-solidified-in-bottle/973421)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2022, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-have-here-refrigerated-month-old-whipping-cream-solidified-in-bottle/973421 "2022-10-19T04:05:05Z")
I have a bottle of this in my fridge–great in coffee. Bought new, the sell-by date is 9/19/22 (a month ago tomorrow). It’s non-homogenized and low-temp pasteurized. I hadn’t used it in a week or so-- been off coffee f… --- ## [Robbie Coltrane (Hagrid) - Dead at 72](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robbie-coltrane-hagrid-dead-at-72/973262)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2022, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robbie-coltrane-hagrid-dead-at-72/973262 "2022-10-19T01:38:10Z")
Breaking story. No cause of death yet. --- ## [Blast from the Past - Home Decor, 70s edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blast-from-the-past-home-decor-70s-edition/973391)
**Author:** [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2022, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blast-from-the-past-home-decor-70s-edition/973391 "2022-10-18T21:34:16Z")
So over on Buzzfeed, someone’s idea of ‘boho’ decor is a blast from the 60s and 70s. Macrame hangings, plant holders and the ilk. Wall art - those groupings of items \[like a set of mirror moons, or framed canvas wall a… --- ## [Judy Tenuta has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judy-tenuta-has-died/972857)
**Author:** [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2022, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judy-tenuta-has-died/972857 "2022-10-18T17:01:18Z")
She was only 65. In case you’ve forgotten her: --- ## [What is the name of this movie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-of-this-movie/973424)
**Author:** [@Mislav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mislav)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2022, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-of-this-movie/973424 "2022-10-18T16:06:21Z")
American movie, horror or psychological drama, from the 90s. Two little girls raised by a schizophrenic (or “just” bipolar?) mother in some backwater town, the older girl hallucinates about angels and demons, and there i… --- ## ["Luckiest Girl Alive"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luckiest-girl-alive/973425)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2022, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luckiest-girl-alive/973425 "2022-10-18T13:48:40Z")
In my opinion, Mila Kunis plays her finest and most mature role is this movie about a high school girl who was gang raped at a party and, subsequently, how that experience affected her emotionally and shaped the adult wo… --- ## [Peter Robinson (Author of Banks crime stories) has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-robinson-author-of-banks-crime-stories-has-died/973330)
**Author:** [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2022, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-robinson-author-of-banks-crime-stories-has-died/973330 "2022-10-18T01:55:34Z")
I see that several people have watched and/or recommended the British TV series based on the DCI Banks novels of Peter Robinson… It doesn’t appear to be widely reported, but he died last week. I think i’ve read all th… --- ## [Spanish lyrics to](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spanish-lyrics-to/18302)
**Author:** [@troutmask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/troutmask)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2022, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spanish-lyrics-to/18302 "2022-10-18T01:39:36Z")
In the last part of “Suite: Judy Blue Eyes”, Stephen Stills sings some lyrics that sound like Spanish, but I can’t quite make them out. This has bothered me for many years, and I can’t take it any more! Please, someone, … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=230) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=232)