# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=240 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 241 --- ## [Khadaji’s Whatcha Reading Thread - August 2022 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-august-2022-edition/968873)
**Author:** [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2022, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-august-2022-edition/968873 "2022-09-01T02:25:31Z")
Show of hands who’s ready for cool autumn evenings, chilly mornings and comfy hoodies? I’m absolutely done with this year’s Helliconia Summer… What I am reading: Off-Duty by Gregory Ashe. This is his first collection o… --- ## [Van Helsing - my favorite disaster of a show (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/van-helsing-my-favorite-disaster-of-a-show-open-spoilers/846333)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2022, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/van-helsing-my-favorite-disaster-of-a-show-open-spoilers/846333 "2022-09-01T00:20:28Z")
Van Helsing - my favorite disaster of a show OK, so this includes spoilers for the show, but honestly, do you really care? I mean, it’s that Van Helsing show on Syfy. Van Helsing will always have a special place in my … --- ## [How to Select a Drum Set](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-select-a-drum-set/970635)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2022, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-select-a-drum-set/970635 "2022-08-31T23:18:58Z")
Admin: If you feel this should be in under “Cafe Society”, please feel free to move. My son (16) has been drumming for many years in school band. We have a used, electronic drum set at home that is showing its age, plus… --- ## [Choose one \[of these TV shows\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-one-of-these-tv-shows/970525)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2022, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-one-of-these-tv-shows/970525 "2022-08-31T19:32:48Z")
poll --- ## [Who is the more iconic SciFi character?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-more-iconic-scifi-character/970356)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2022, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-more-iconic-scifi-character/970356 "2022-08-31T15:40:33Z")
poll --- ## [Taylor Swift sued by 3LW songwriters for allegedly stealing lyrics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taylor-swift-sued-by-3lw-songwriters-for-allegedly-stealing-lyrics/969507)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2022, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taylor-swift-sued-by-3lw-songwriters-for-allegedly-stealing-lyrics/969507 "2022-08-31T06:26:10Z")
Taylor Swift is being sued by the band 3LW for allegedly stealing the lyrics of her song “Shake It Off” from the latter’s 2001 song “Playas Gon’ Play”. (I guess we’re copyrighting the words “Playas gonna play and haters… --- ## [Get a $3 movie ticket for almost any movie theater, almost any movie, in the US on September 3 for National Cinema Day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-a-3-movie-ticket-for-almost-any-movie-theater-almost-any-movie-in-the-us-on-september-3-for-national-cinema-day/970500)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2022, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-a-3-movie-ticket-for-almost-any-movie-theater-almost-any-movie-in-the-us-on-september-3-for-national-cinema-day/970500 "2022-08-30T19:41:54Z")
National Cinema Day is Saturday, September 3, and most major cinemas and most major picture studios are collaborating to provide $3 movie tickets for any show. At least at Regal Cinemas, possibly among others, you can u… --- ## [Books you haven't read but still feel qualified to talk about](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-you-havent-read-but-still-feel-qualified-to-talk-about/970527)
**Author:** [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2022, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-you-havent-read-but-still-feel-qualified-to-talk-about/970527 "2022-08-30T16:55:22Z")
Two books are at the top of my list, both semi-political in nature, are 1984 and Uncle Tom’s Cabin, the first of which I hadn’t read until I was about 50 years old but had spent the previous 30 years speaking knowledgeab… --- ## [Stupid SodaStream Tricks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-sodastream-tricks/970481)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2022, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-sodastream-tricks/970481 "2022-08-30T15:00:24Z")
My K-Cup machine sits next to my SodaStream machine, so guess what I did? That’s right-I made a large cup of blonde roast coffee, let it chill, poured it into my SodaStream bottle and carbon-dioxied the shit out of it. … --- ## [Question about "Big John, Little John" opening credit cast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-big-john-little-john-opening-credit-cast/970103)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2022, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-big-john-little-john-opening-credit-cast/970103 "2022-08-30T02:45:12Z")
Here is a link to the opening credits: Big John Little John - Opening Titles - YouTube Is there any way to find out who played the transitional faces between Herb Edelman and Robbie Rist? One of them looks a lot like … --- ## [What kind of apples did I eat in Ireland?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-apples-did-i-eat-in-ireland/970544)
**Author:** [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2022, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-apples-did-i-eat-in-ireland/970544 "2022-08-30T01:20:43Z")
A hotel in Dublin where I was staying earlier this month packed picnic breakfasts for us: yogurt, a Danish, a banana, an apple. The apples had thick green skin, looked like small Granny Smiths but I don’t think they were… --- ## [Silicon Valley, Pied Piper changes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silicon-valley-pied-piper-changes/970290)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2022, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silicon-valley-pied-piper-changes/970290 "2022-08-29T20:53:46Z")
Has anyone ever seen a really tight, clear, written for a 10 year old breakdown of all the various changes that Pied Piper goes through throughout the series? All the deals and ownership changes technical pivots and valu… --- ## [The Grim, evil being/force, movie ID](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-grim-evil-being-force-movie-id/970542)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2022, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-grim-evil-being-force-movie-id/970542 "2022-08-29T17:43:03Z")
For whatever reason, an evil entity or force called The Grim came into my head. I can’t remember what movie it was in. I thought Neverending Story, but I didn’t see a reference to it in the Wikipedia article. --- ## ["Just discovered" this very strange tune](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-discovered-this-very-strange-tune/970058)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2022, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-discovered-this-very-strange-tune/970058 "2022-08-29T04:49:08Z")
I’m one of those totally arrogant “yeah I’ve heard just about everything I wanna hear and everything else is just extraneous lalalalalala”, but recently a friend played the following number that slipped my radar. Still t… --- ## [Abominations of Science](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abominations-of-science/970490)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2022, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abominations-of-science/970490 "2022-08-28T22:42:24Z")
“Everyone had heard about Abominations of Science but, like unicorns, they didn’t actually believe they existed. Thus everyone was rather grateful when the third Madrid Conference of Scientific Inquiry and Philosophical… --- ## [Do you make a point of seeing movies of books you have read?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-make-a-point-of-seeing-movies-of-books-you-have-read/970395)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2022, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-make-a-point-of-seeing-movies-of-books-you-have-read/970395 "2022-08-28T22:36:25Z")
And if so, are you typically disappointed? --- ## [What makes a book a "cozy mystery"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-a-book-a-cozy-mystery/967742)
**Author:** [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2022, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-a-book-a-cozy-mystery/967742 "2022-08-28T12:02:23Z")
A series I was reading kept talking about how it was a cozy mystery, but it really didn’t match my perception of what the genre was about. Before I tell you what I thought a cozy mystery was, I want to hear your opinion… --- ## [Memorizing poems, songs, essays, etc](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorizing-poems-songs-essays-etc/970418)
**Author:** [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2022, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorizing-poems-songs-essays-etc/970418 "2022-08-28T00:19:58Z")
For a variety of reasons, I haven’t been sleeping well. At a certain point, I get sick of meditating. Usually I work on memorizing something to pass the time. This is my current earworm, so I thought I might as well lear… --- ## [What the hell happened to my muffins](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-happened-to-my-muffins/970405)
**Author:** [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2022, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-happened-to-my-muffins/970405 "2022-08-27T23:30:25Z")
I make this recipe for muffins all the time but the last batch something went wrong - they have a nasty bitter taste. Not all muffins in the batch, but some… more on one side than the other. I’m thinking something went … --- ## [Is there anything I can do with a toaster oven that I can't with an air fryer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-i-can-do-with-a-toaster-oven-that-i-cant-with-an-air-fryer/970140)
**Author:** [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2022, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-i-can-do-with-a-toaster-oven-that-i-cant-with-an-air-fryer/970140 "2022-08-27T22:31:27Z")
Thinking of replacing my toaster oven with an air fryer. I usually use it to toast bread and other breadlike food, and cook frozen fish fillets. I’ve used it in the past to make cinnamon rolls. Is there anyway that you… --- ## [Umbrella Academy Season 3 \[Open spoilers after July 1st\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umbrella-academy-season-3-open-spoilers-after-july-1st/964712)
**Author:** [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2022, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umbrella-academy-season-3-open-spoilers-after-july-1st/964712 "2022-08-27T21:36:46Z")
Trailer just dropped (this was posted in the Elliot Page topic but figured it would be good to start a separate topic): --- ## [Mambo ornamental peppers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mambo-ornamental-peppers/970361)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2022, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mambo-ornamental-peppers/970361 "2022-08-27T20:31:55Z")
The Spousal Unit bought two mambo ornamental pepper plants; one purple-orange, and one purple-red. I understand they are edible, but incredibly hot. Sounds like a challenge. --- ## [Lightyear: Didn't they already make this movie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lightyear-didnt-they-already-make-this-movie/953988)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2022, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lightyear-didnt-they-already-make-this-movie/953988 "2022-08-27T20:04:47Z")
The trailer for the upcoming Disney/Pixar movie Lightyear is up. While the trailer doesn’t actually say very much about the movie, my understanding from other sources is that this is supposed to a movie in the Toy Story … --- ## [Ron Howard 13 Lives Prime](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-howard-13-lives-prime/969281)
**Author:** [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2022, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-howard-13-lives-prime/969281 "2022-08-27T18:20:37Z")
Anyone watch this? I just wondered how they filmed it! Love Virgo though. --- ## [Are all gyros the same?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-all-gyros-the-same/938794)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2022, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-all-gyros-the-same/938794 "2022-08-27T16:50:28Z")
I think every gyro I have ever had was just like all the rest. Doesn’t matter if it comes from Arby’s or a specialized gyro house. I went to one small gyro restaurant after hearing stories of how delicious they were. Ind… --- ## ["M" 1931. Peter Lorre. D: Fritz Lang](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-1931-peter-lorre-d-fritz-lang/3360)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2022, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/m-1931-peter-lorre-d-fritz-lang/3360 "2022-08-27T04:44:16Z")
The classic movie about a child murderer. Having seen it, I was left with the impression that the murderer was not just a murderer, but a pedophile, too. There’s nothing obvious in the movie to indicate this, but such t… --- ## [Randall Munroe is fucking creepy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/randall-munroe-is-fucking-creepy/683713)
**Author:** [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2022, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/randall-munroe-is-fucking-creepy/683713 "2022-08-27T02:43:13Z")
Randall Munroe, author of the xkcd comic, has many strips that are just off the rails in creepiness. I get the not-so-subtle feeling that ‘cueball’ is a self-insert, and the obsession with ‘Megan’ is Randall being obsess… --- ## [Cooking broccoli...leaves?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cooking-broccoli-leaves/970362)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2022, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cooking-broccoli-leaves/970362 "2022-08-27T00:33:22Z")
OK, so I’ve gotten hooked on a farm video blog #theveggieboys and I just watched them harvest broccoli. Slice the stem, strip away the leaves and you have grocery store broccoli. But those leaves look very tasty. Maybe p… --- ## [Who is your favorite cast member from The Dick Van Dyke Show? {POLL added 2022-08-26}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-cast-member-from-the-dick-van-dyke-show-poll-added-2022-08-26/591882)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2022, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-cast-member-from-the-dick-van-dyke-show-poll-added-2022-08-26/591882 "2022-08-26T20:34:41Z")
This is the first in a series of favorite character polls I’ll be posting. mmm poll Poll added by What Exit? As per mmm. --- ## [Gardening season has begun (2022 edition)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gardening-season-has-begun-2022-edition/961798)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2022, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gardening-season-has-begun-2022-edition/961798 "2022-08-26T13:55:31Z")
I always start with optimism in the spring, and move on to disappointment as the critters eat everything I’ve tried to grow. So, here’s my spring optimism. :slight\_smile: Speaking of trialing varieties, I decided to pl… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=239) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=241)