# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=269 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 270 --- ## [Guitar chord help](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-chord-help/961718)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2022, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-chord-help/961718 "2022-03-29T02:26:36Z")
What is the fingering on the chord that is up on about the 3rd fret (at about 0:12, for example). I might be over complicating this and maybe its just a barre chord but it doesn’t look like it to my eyes. Any help would… --- ## [Why do they aim spotlights into the audience at pop concerts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-they-aim-spotlights-into-the-audience-at-pop-concerts/961819)
**Author:** [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2022, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-they-aim-spotlights-into-the-audience-at-pop-concerts/961819 "2022-03-29T02:15:31Z")
Almost every time I go to a pop concert, there’s a thing where they aim spotlights into the audience. I really hate this. Bright lights shining into my eyes annoy me. Why do they do this? --- ## [Taylor Hawkins Dead at 50](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taylor-hawkins-dead-at-50/961737)
**Author:** [@SwissMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwissMan)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2022, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taylor-hawkins-dead-at-50/961737 "2022-03-28T18:43:05Z")
The Foo Fighters have confirmed in the last half hour that their drummer, Taylor Hawkins, died today. This is an immensely huge loss to music. No cause of death that I can find; Taylor had been open about past struggles … --- ## [From relative prosperity to total humiliation in films](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-relative-prosperity-to-total-humiliation-in-films/961726)
**Author:** [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2022, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-relative-prosperity-to-total-humiliation-in-films/961726 "2022-03-28T15:17:30Z")
Which films in our joint recollection begin with the main protagonist as a successful individual and end with his/her self-inflicted and total humiliation. For example: The Blue Angel When this sorry tale begins, Imma… --- ## [Obvious spoiler question about the end of West Side Story](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obvious-spoiler-question-about-the-end-of-west-side-story/961799)
**Author:** [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2022, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obvious-spoiler-question-about-the-end-of-west-side-story/961799 "2022-03-28T14:32:34Z")
--- ## [Is that that famous singer singing background?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-that-that-famous-singer-singing-background/960844)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2022, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-that-that-famous-singer-singing-background/960844 "2022-03-28T14:12:48Z")
Listening to Steve Windwood’s Higher Love-- is that Chaka Khan singing backup? Google says yes! Always thought that was Mick Jagger singing back up on Carly Simon’s You’re So Vain but since it’s reported to be about him,… --- ## [Wow Nordic public tv is way different thatn PBS ......(nudity in clip)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-nordic-public-tv-is-way-different-thatn-pbs-nudity-in-clip/961233)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2022, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-nordic-public-tv-is-way-different-thatn-pbs-nudity-in-clip/961233 "2022-03-28T08:20:13Z")
A friend whos doing a report on breast cancer was looking up videos on youtube and came across this clip it’s about 5 minutes long and mainly for teens and pre-teens its nothing any adult knows but could you imagine thi… --- ## [Keeping Peanut Butter At Room Temperature](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keeping-peanut-butter-at-room-temperature/961654)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2022, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keeping-peanut-butter-at-room-temperature/961654 "2022-03-28T06:31:26Z")
I really love this new Jiff TO GO Peanut Butter. In case you don’t know, they portion it off into single servings. You see, I have a problem with refrigerated peanut butter. It’s as hard as a rock. And I practically bre… --- ## [Re-edit a well-known song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-edit-a-well-known-song/838186)
**Author:** [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2022, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-edit-a-well-known-song/838186 "2022-03-28T03:26:18Z")
Imagine yourself behind the producer’s console. You can “fix” a musical element of one well-known song recorded in the modern era. Will you cut back on the "woo woo"s in the Rolling Stones’ “Sympathy for the Devil”? Fi… --- ## [Was this Trojan Condom commercial a controversial ad when it first came out?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-this-trojan-condom-commercial-a-controversial-ad-when-it-first-came-out/961802)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2022, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-this-trojan-condom-commercial-a-controversial-ad-when-it-first-came-out/961802 "2022-03-28T00:58:54Z")
Continuing the discussion from YouTube Cleaning Porn: According to the caption for this video, it was the first time condoms were advertised on television, in 1975. It uses a well-known Bible passage from… --- ## [What was the first "person decapitated by wire" usage in movies/TV?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-person-decapitated-by-wire-usage-in-movies-tv/961690)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2022, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-person-decapitated-by-wire-usage-in-movies-tv/961690 "2022-03-27T19:33:47Z")
Jumping off of this thread, what was the first usage of this method of death? (deathod?) --- ## [Then and Now](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/then-and-now/961732)
**Author:** [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2022, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/then-and-now/961732 "2022-03-26T23:11:42Z")
It doesn’t have to be musical groups, but where are they now? --- ## [Your favorite fast food salads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-fast-food-salads/961727)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2022, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-fast-food-salads/961727 "2022-03-26T20:45:03Z")
Being a frequent fast food eater, I recently decided to try the Wendy’s Southwest Chicken Acocado Bacon salad. It’s pretty good, but since I’m not looking for an extended trial-and-error period, I’m looking for suggesti… --- ## [Seabiscuit: What did Red want the $20 for?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seabiscuit-what-did-red-want-the-20-for/221705)
**Author:** [@skeptic\_ev](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skeptic_ev)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2022, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seabiscuit-what-did-red-want-the-20-for/221705 "2022-03-26T18:50:25Z")
Okay, I just rented Seabiscuit. Good movie. Anyway, sometime after all the principal players came together, Red Pollard (the jockey) asked Charles Howard (the owner) to borrow ten dollars. He began to explain that he had… --- ## [Smoking Wolf toy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smoking-wolf-toy/957601)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2022, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smoking-wolf-toy/957601 "2022-03-26T15:34:17Z")
(I didn’t really where to put this so…) When I was a wee lad, my grandfather had a small toy wolf that smoked cigarettes. As I remember the wolf was realistic(ish) and stood about 2" tall. The cigarettes were long and t… --- ## [Strong colorings in commercial food products](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strong-colorings-in-commercial-food-products/961657)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2022, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strong-colorings-in-commercial-food-products/961657 "2022-03-26T08:20:20Z")
I was looking at an online video about failed fast food items. One was a burger that Burger King had for Halloween, in which the bun was colored black with A-1. I’d give long odds there was “black” food coloring in it … --- ## [ID a movie: motorcyclist decapitated by plate glass](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-a-movie-motorcyclist-decapitated-by-plate-glass/961010)
**Author:** [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2022, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-a-movie-motorcyclist-decapitated-by-plate-glass/961010 "2022-03-26T06:38:28Z")
No, it’s not The Omen. As a 10-year-old, I saw The Omen on broadcast television. Last night I found it as a TCM on-demand title and decided to watch it again. This time I’d get to see in all its R-rated glory the infamo… --- ## [Bacon, butter and salt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacon-butter-and-salt/961644)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2022, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacon-butter-and-salt/961644 "2022-03-26T01:24:54Z")
I picked up some cabbage and onions from the Pierogi Palace in Cleveland. Their pierogis are amazing. They make eastern European (Ukrainian) style which are much larger then the Polish style and have a hand braided edge. … --- ## [Kiss Kiss Bang Bang -- Whatinaheck is Warner doing to this thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-kiss-bang-bang-whatinaheck-is-warner-doing-to-this-thing/330507)
**Author:** [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2022, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-kiss-bang-bang-whatinaheck-is-warner-doing-to-this-thing/330507 "2022-03-26T01:17:56Z")
I caught the new film Kiss Kiss Bang Bang the other night. This is screenwriter Shane Black’s (Lethal Weapon, The Last Boy Scout, The Long Kiss Goodnight) directorial debut and the first film produced from his script in… --- ## [When the kid dies in a movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-kid-dies-in-a-movie/961127)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2022, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-kid-dies-in-a-movie/961127 "2022-03-25T20:06:55Z")
Recently I was watching again a movie on TCM title Westward the Women. For it’s time it was fairly gritty. It’s a drama about a wagon train of women traveling to California to marry. Before they start the guy who orga… --- ## [Why is Carrot Cake considered a cake and Bananna Bread considered a bread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-carrot-cake-considered-a-cake-and-bananna-bread-considered-a-bread/961149)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2022, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-carrot-cake-considered-a-cake-and-bananna-bread-considered-a-bread/961149 "2022-03-25T06:57:02Z")
They both contain essentially the same ingredients (eggs, sugar, baking soda, etc.). And “because it’s tradition” is not an acceptable answer. --- ## [Bill and Teds Bogus Journey had one of the best endings in film](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-and-teds-bogus-journey-had-one-of-the-best-endings-in-film/961674)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2022, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-and-teds-bogus-journey-had-one-of-the-best-endings-in-film/961674 "2022-03-25T05:25:08Z")
They achieved their goals and made the world a better place with their music. Its too bad the third movie screwed it all up. --- ## [What's the deal with Dr. Strange? (some MCU spoilers I guess)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-dr-strange-some-mcu-spoilers-i-guess/961569)
**Author:** [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2022, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-dr-strange-some-mcu-spoilers-i-guess/961569 "2022-03-25T00:56:07Z")
I’m more of a Star Wars nerd so my frame of reference for my question is the nebulous amount of training required for The Force. In the OT, Luke gets what basically amounts to a crash course from Yoda even though he’s “t… --- ## [Name of this comic strip?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-this-comic-strip/961629)
**Author:** [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2022, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-this-comic-strip/961629 "2022-03-24T22:30:30Z")
I don’t think it’s published any more, but is not an obscure strip. Central character is a smart blond kid with glasses and pursed lips, he has an older teenage brother who wears a cap and I think dates a blind girl… I… --- ## [Volcano eater?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/volcano-eater/837372)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2022, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/volcano-eater/837372 "2022-03-24T19:59:22Z")
Today an old comic crossed my mind–there is an erupting volcano, and something is convinced to eat the volcano, saving the people around it and having a mildly spicy snack. Any clues? --- ## [YouTube Variety](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-variety/961641)
**Author:** [@tofor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tofor)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2022, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-variety/961641 "2022-03-24T18:58:22Z")
I am often frustrated by YouTube’s recommendation algorithm. It suggests the same videos I’m not really interested in again and again, and rarely shows me anything different from what I’ve watched before. Very occasiona… --- ## [What do you like on Discovery +?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-like-on-discovery/961541)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2022, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-like-on-discovery/961541 "2022-03-24T16:35:01Z")
Just signed up for my free six months of Discovery + with Verizon. What do you like on the service? I was skeptical about signing up, but I figured six months free was a good reason. As far as suggesting shows to me, o… --- ## [Any way to get these images full resolution from the British Museum?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-get-these-images-full-resolution-from-the-british-museum/961594)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2022, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-get-these-images-full-resolution-from-the-british-museum/961594 "2022-03-24T14:13:50Z")
There are two scans that I want for my personal, non-commercial use. https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A\_1881-1210-0-1858 https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A\_1881-1210-0-1871 Apparently the… --- ## [Do Radio Shock Jocks Still Exist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-radio-shock-jocks-still-exist/961461)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2022, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-radio-shock-jocks-still-exist/961461 "2022-03-24T13:04:22Z")
It seems like they were the bane of the radio waves for most of the 90’s until the mid-00’s, then rapidly they all went to Satellite Radio after either getting bought out or kicked out of regular radio, and now even thos… --- ## [Better Coffee From Pods? Folgers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-coffee-from-pods-folgers/951392)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2022, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-coffee-from-pods-folgers/951392 "2022-03-20T17:45:23Z")
I remember being intrigued travelling to hotels in Europe years ago and seeing Nespresso coffee machines. The pods made a delicious cup of coffee. It took a long time to see Nespresso machines in Canada, but the pods s… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=268) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=270)