# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=28 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 29 --- ## [Who is the target audience for gratuitous “T and A”; include beefcake here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-target-audience-for-gratuitous-t-and-a-include-beefcake-here/1028377)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2026, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-target-audience-for-gratuitous-t-and-a-include-beefcake-here/1028377 "2026-04-06T15:32:53Z")
Continuing the discussion from Series you’ve recently watched, are now watching or have given up on: Comment made about a show I don’t watch but broadly. poll I am suspicious that women are more the target demographic … --- ## [What is Hot Pot, exactly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-hot-pot-exactly/1029039)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2026, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-hot-pot-exactly/1029039 "2026-04-06T12:42:07Z")
I know what it is in general terms— a big pot of hot broth at a communal table where the diners add various ingredients to cook in the broth, and share the results. My son, who at a young age is already more well-travel… --- ## [The Great TV Sitcom Battle, Male Characters, Round 2. Choose your favorites](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-tv-sitcom-battle-male-characters-round-2-choose-your-favorites/1029013)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2026, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-tv-sitcom-battle-male-characters-round-2-choose-your-favorites/1029013 "2026-04-06T11:39:22Z")
This is Round Two of the Great TV Sitcom Battle, Male Characters edition. Rankings are based on input gathered in another thread. Vote for your favorite character in each of the following 16 head-to-head battles. Polls w… --- ## [Literary quotes as book titles: a trivia quiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/literary-quotes-as-book-titles-a-trivia-quiz/1028673)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2026, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/literary-quotes-as-book-titles-a-trivia-quiz/1028673 "2026-04-06T11:28:09Z")
It seems that it was commonplace in 20th century literature to use as the title of your work, a quote from classic literature. Perhaps to draw parallels; perhaps just to borrow some gravitas. Here are all the examples … --- ## [A shout out to Easter marshmallows](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-shout-out-to-easter-marshmallows/1029031)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2026, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-shout-out-to-easter-marshmallows/1029031 "2026-04-06T05:59:15Z")
Just want to celebrate Easter by giving a shout out to my Peeps! But does anyone much like these cute little candies? “Better than Circus Peanuts” is not the best slogan. Still, the Washington Post diorama contest (gi… --- ## [Warhammer (TV show being produced for Amazon)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warhammer-tv-show-being-produced-for-amazon/1027539)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 209\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2026, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warhammer-tv-show-being-produced-for-amazon/1027539 "2026-04-06T05:16:50Z")
The actor Henry Cavill (perhaps best known in his roles playing Superman in the movies) is a super-nerd and happy to admit it. He was a driving force in getting the Netflix series “The Witcher” made where he played the … --- ## [Plot point in Louise Penny's first Three Pines book](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plot-point-in-louise-pennys-first-three-pines-book/1029042)
**Author:** [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2026, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plot-point-in-louise-pennys-first-three-pines-book/1029042 "2026-04-06T03:46:50Z")
A key point is that the murder is done by a longbow, but the arrow passes completely through the victim, lodges in a tree, and is not detected until much later. This strikes me as implausible. Can a longbow arrow reall… --- ## [Trying to remember a short story](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-remember-a-short-story/1014948)
**Author:** [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2026, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-remember-a-short-story/1014948 "2026-04-06T01:58:01Z")
I’m driving myself up the wall trying to recall a short story I read some time ago, with the main characters a husband and wife who have just put their kids to bed on the last day of the world. They know it’s coming, but… --- ## [What does fantasy do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-fantasy-do/1027648)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 174\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2026, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-fantasy-do/1027648 "2026-04-05T16:50:43Z")
For the purposes of this thread, I’m acknowledging that science fiction is a type of fantasy, but that’s not the fantasy I’m talking about. I’m talking about the form of speculative fiction that often involves magic and … --- ## [When Did Food Prepared by White People Become Synonymous With Bland?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-food-prepared-by-white-people-become-synonymous-with-bland/1028828)
**Author:** [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Replies:** 185\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2026, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-food-prepared-by-white-people-become-synonymous-with-bland/1028828 "2026-04-05T03:53:35Z")
I was watching a short video by Gangsta Chef, a.k.a. Thug Peach, who refers to ingredients with humerous phrases. Garlic is referred to as “vampire bullets”, vanilla is “Taylor Swift’s dance moves,” and mayonnaise is “C… --- ## [Hawkeye Pierce or Sam Malone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hawkeye-pierce-or-sam-malone/1029000)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2026, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hawkeye-pierce-or-sam-malone/1029000 "2026-04-05T00:30:28Z")
I need a tiebreaker for my Best Male Sitcom Characters bracket. I’ll give this poll just 24 hours to make the call. poll --- ## [Nacho, nacho man, I want to be a nacho man](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nacho-nacho-man-i-want-to-be-a-nacho-man/1028988)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2026, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nacho-nacho-man-i-want-to-be-a-nacho-man/1028988 "2026-04-04T21:47:56Z")
Remember the classic Simpsons episode where Homer and Flanders become best friends and go to a football game together, and Ned gets Homer a “nacho hat” - a sombrero made of tortilla chip with nacho cheese poured into the… --- ## [Help me find a specific sad song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-specific-sad-song/1028729)
**Author:** [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2026, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-specific-sad-song/1028729 "2026-04-04T17:40:42Z")
They play it on The Current, our local indie radio station. It’s a bit older, very sad and is similar in message to Harry Chapin’s “Cat’s in the Cradle”, but more about how we all don’t acknowledge each others feelings. … --- ## [Bilinguals. Do TV producers do a good job of translating?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bilinguals-do-tv-producers-do-a-good-job-of-translating/1028983)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2026, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bilinguals-do-tv-producers-do-a-good-job-of-translating/1028983 "2026-04-04T16:26:57Z")
Bc I’m watching a show that is mostly in English. But in parts of it they speak some kind of Asian. The subtitles from the movie were not the same as a subtitles from my TV. The overall jist was the same but the words… --- ## [The Great TV Sitcom Battle, Male Characters, Round 1. Choose your favorites](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-tv-sitcom-battle-male-characters-round-1-choose-your-favorites/1028924)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2026, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-tv-sitcom-battle-male-characters-round-1-choose-your-favorites/1028924 "2026-04-04T01:16:18Z")
This is Round One of the Great TV Sitcom Battle, Male Characters edition. Rankings are based on input gathered in another thread. Vote for your favorite character in each of the following 25 head-to-head battles. Polls w… --- ## [Calico Beans, anyone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calico-beans-anyone/1028944)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2026, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calico-beans-anyone/1028944 "2026-04-03T22:23:39Z")
In my long continuing efforts at decluttering, last week I tackled a couple of boxes of ‘stuff’ I inherited after my mother died. Lots of things to donate/dispose of (much easier given the passage of a couple of decad… --- ## [Over hyped books/media that should've never been?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-hyped-books-media-that-shouldve-never-been/1028936)
**Author:** [@Hajis\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hajis_Kitchen)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2026, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-hyped-books-media-that-shouldve-never-been/1028936 "2026-04-03T18:33:57Z")
Toooo many times books or characters have been blown into the limelight because of a quote or how cool a paragraph or scene is, what’s yalls best takes on this in media? honestly even though i have no mouth and i must s… --- ## [A Fistful Of Food...handler's cards](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fistful-of-food-handlers-cards/1028915)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2026, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fistful-of-food-handlers-cards/1028915 "2026-04-02T16:26:48Z")
Who here has, or had, a food hander’s card and why? I had an Oregon card for many years to work in Hospitality at various Oregon science diction conventions, and I just got a Washington card a half-hour ago to work in H… --- ## [American Idol - Delayed eliminations!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-delayed-eliminations/1028913)
**Author:** [@DaveRaver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveRaver)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2026, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-delayed-eliminations/1028913 "2026-04-01T23:23:40Z")
Last night, the Top 14 contestants on American Idol competed in a live show, with a live vote. The plan was for 2 contestants to be eliminated at the end of the show, but because the votes could not be accurately tabula… --- ## [Special Favorite Male Sitcom Characters poll - Details in OP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-favorite-male-sitcom-characters-poll-details-in-op/1028865)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2026, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-favorite-male-sitcom-characters-poll-details-in-op/1028865 "2026-04-01T20:32:05Z")
In preparation for the upcoming Best Male Sitcom Character polls, I need to pare down the number of nominees in order to fit the 50-option restriction for polling. All of the characters who have received just a single v… --- ## [Monthly Photo Competition #40 – March, 2026 – “Delicious!” - Poll Added](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-40-march-2026-delicious-poll-added/1028124)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2026, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-40-march-2026-delicious-poll-added/1028124 "2026-04-01T15:50:37Z")
This is the monthly photo competition thread for March, 2026. The topic this month is “Delicious!” chosen by @Fear\_Itself. It is recommended that you not use Imgur to host your photos, as some members may not be able to… --- ## [Who is our "Opposite Sean Bean", someone who has a lot of film appearances and never dies? (spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-our-opposite-sean-bean-someone-who-has-a-lot-of-film-appearances-and-never-dies-spoilers/1028855)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2026, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-our-opposite-sean-bean-someone-who-has-a-lot-of-film-appearances-and-never-dies-spoilers/1028855 "2026-04-01T11:28:34Z")
Sean Bean is pretty famous for dying in a ton of movies, including many very interesting deaths, like his satellite death in James Bond and his Boromir death in Lord of the Rings. What actor has a lot of appearances, bu… --- ## [Most expensive guitars ever sold](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-expensive-guitars-ever-sold/1028435)
**Author:** [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2026, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-expensive-guitars-ever-sold/1028435 "2026-04-01T01:04:15Z")
Yesterday a part of the late Jim Irsay’s music memorabilia collection was auctioned off, bringing in a total of over $84 million. Sold as part of that collection were several of the most expensive guitars ever sold: Da… --- ## [Who are your 10 favorite male TV sitcom characters of all time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-your-10-favorite-male-tv-sitcom-characters-of-all-time/1028821)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2026, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-your-10-favorite-male-tv-sitcom-characters-of-all-time/1028821 "2026-04-01T01:00:36Z")
Please limit your input to just 6 male TV sitcom characters. Also include the names of the shows. Live action only, no animated characters (sorry, Homer). Polls and brackets will appear once sufficient nominees have b… --- ## [Why does the director get all the credit for a movie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-director-get-all-the-credit-for-a-movie/146806)
**Author:** [@Arcite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arcite)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2026, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-director-get-all-the-credit-for-a-movie/146806 "2026-03-31T13:44:12Z")
You know what I’m talking about–the ads say “A film by Rob Reiner” or “A film by Ridley Scott” even when the only role the individual in question had was that of director, not producer, screenwriter, actor, or anything e… --- ## [What do these lyrics mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-these-lyrics-mean/444354)
**Author:** [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2026, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-these-lyrics-mean/444354 "2026-03-31T00:35:39Z")
Snipped from Rod Stewart’s Reason to Believe: "Knowing that you lied straight-faced while I cried Still I look to find a reason to believe Someone like you makes it hard to live without somebody else Someone like yo… --- ## [Khadaji’s Whatcha Reading Thread - March 2026 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-march-2026-edition/1028125)
**Author:** [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2026, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-march-2026-edition/1028125 "2026-03-30T23:37:05Z")
March… and we are 1/5 of the way throught this dumpster fire of a year. Can you say exhausted? On the up side I am gettting a fair bit of reading done. And it seems so are some of you! So Whatcha all reading? Print: N… --- ## [Why is canned Parmesan cheese so different that blocks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-canned-parmesan-cheese-so-different-that-blocks/1028180)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2026, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-canned-parmesan-cheese-so-different-that-blocks/1028180 "2026-03-30T20:00:20Z")
I like Parmesan cheese when it comes in a wedge and I grate it myself but the stuff Kraft makes in the big green cans or the stuff they put on tables in Italian restaurants literally tastes like vomit to me. Why is there… --- ## [Damn, Xander's dead. (Nicholas Brendon)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-xanders-dead-nicholas-brendon/1028640)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2026, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-xanders-dead-nicholas-brendon/1028640 "2026-03-30T17:43:20Z")
--- ## [I would like too see the return of audio drama](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-would-like-too-see-the-return-of-audio-drama/957856)
**Author:** [@umbrella\_man32](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umbrella_man32)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2026, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-would-like-too-see-the-return-of-audio-drama/957856 "2026-03-30T16:03:21Z")
Forget Netflix and streaming i have been listening to vintage radio dram ex. george gracie allen, dragnet i rather see a return of this format then what"s playing nowadays [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=27) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=29)