# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=280 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 281 --- ## ["All the President's Men" -- 50 years after the events -- oh the nostalgia!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-the-presidents-men-50-years-after-the-events-oh-the-nostalgia/958974)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2022, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-the-presidents-men-50-years-after-the-events-oh-the-nostalgia/958974 "2022-02-07T00:15:54Z")
I’m rewatching the movie, and the contrast with where we are in 2022 is more heartbreaking than I have experienced in my 15 or so previous viewings. Per the summary below, it’s almost quaint: breaking into the Democrati… --- ## [Is a Mary Sue Character (Author Insertion) Necessarily a Bad Idea?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-mary-sue-character-author-insertion-necessarily-a-bad-idea/958855)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2022, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-mary-sue-character-author-insertion-necessarily-a-bad-idea/958855 "2022-02-06T13:17:10Z")
I’m not really writing much anymore, but I would like to get back to it. The thing is that I don’t enjoy writing unless I’m writing about a character that’s standing in for myself in a story. In all my stories, the mai… --- ## [Police + Invisible Son meaning of song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-invisible-son-meaning-of-song/958981)
**Author:** [@Imogen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Imogen)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2022, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-invisible-son-meaning-of-song/958981 "2022-02-06T11:06:04Z")
The video makes it clear this is about England in the 1990 era. But I only heard the lyrics and to me this was a song about the disappeared in Argentina and in Pinochet’s Chile - “I don’t want to be an invisible son”, “a… --- ## [Are there acting styles other than “method”?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-acting-styles-other-than-method/958964)
**Author:** [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2022, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-acting-styles-other-than-method/958964 "2022-02-06T03:20:14Z")
I’ve heard of “method acting”, which I understand to mean that an actor embodies a character throughout the production (and not just when performing scenes), with the goal of actually experiencing the emotions of the cha… --- ## [What should I do with my flat round glass bottle?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-do-with-my-flat-round-glass-bottle/958928)
**Author:** [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2022, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-do-with-my-flat-round-glass-bottle/958928 "2022-02-05T13:24:03Z")
You know, this sort of thing … Any ideas for a crafty project welcome … (It’s about 7" across if that helps !) --- ## [Best and simplest way to watch Taiwanese TV in US](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-and-simplest-way-to-watch-taiwanese-tv-in-us/958729)
**Author:** [@audiobottle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/audiobottle)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2022, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-and-simplest-way-to-watch-taiwanese-tv-in-us/958729 "2022-02-05T05:08:49Z")
I suppose any country outside Taiwan could be addressed as well, but I’m looking for the best way to watch Taiwanese TV in the US. Ideally the format for picking between channels would be the same as navigating through t… --- ## [Looking for a historical novel set during the American Revolution on a par with "The Revenant"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-historical-novel-set-during-the-american-revolution-on-a-par-with-the-revenant/958897)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2022, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-historical-novel-set-during-the-american-revolution-on-a-par-with-the-revenant/958897 "2022-02-04T23:46:18Z")
I’m looking for a well-researched historical novel similar in style, depth and compelling interest as "The Revenant’ by Michael Punke. If it takes place on land and sea, even better. I’m looking for a novel that captures… --- ## [ID this sci-fi book or series](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-sci-fi-book-or-series/958935)
**Author:** [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2022, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-sci-fi-book-or-series/958935 "2022-02-04T23:18:32Z")
I probably read this in the 80’s or 90’s. We’ve mastered space travel and have found artifacts of a long missing race. One style of artifact is functionally identical to Japanese folding fans, but initially no one coul… --- ## [Cured egg yolks gone wrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cured-egg-yolks-gone-wrong/958898)
**Author:** [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2022, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cured-egg-yolks-gone-wrong/958898 "2022-02-04T21:28:44Z")
I cured some egg yolks in a 2:1 mixture of salt and sugar. After a week, they have a gooey gumdrop consistency, but they don’t taste like much of anything except salt. The texture looks very appealing but it’s too go… --- ## [Joel Coen's "The Tragedy of Macbeth"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joel-coens-the-tragedy-of-macbeth/955946)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2022, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joel-coens-the-tragedy-of-macbeth/955946 "2022-02-04T20:57:11Z")
This’ll be a limited release in theaters December 25, and on Apple TV+ on January 14, 2022. I love this play, and the trailer for the film looks terrific. They had me at Frances McDormand as Lady Macbeth. Denzel Washi… --- ## ["King Richard"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-richard/958902)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2022, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-richard/958902 "2022-02-04T16:14:39Z")
Well, it’s the Academy Awards screening season once again and, since my SiL is a voter, I get to see a lot of movies that she has to screen for voting purposes. Last night, we viewed, “King Richard” . I think Will Smi… --- ## [Sink the Bismarck Song an Oddity?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sink-the-bismarck-song-an-oddity/958765)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2022, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sink-the-bismarck-song-an-oddity/958765 "2022-02-04T10:31:02Z")
Here’s the Johnny Horton song, Sink the Bismarck. It’s an American country-western song, but it’s extolling a British victory in WWII. Are there other songs that praise another country’s military wins, or another count… --- ## [What food preference differences are there between you and your significant other?would be](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-food-preference-differences-are-there-between-you-and-your-significant-other-would-be/958703)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2022, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-food-preference-differences-are-there-between-you-and-your-significant-other-would-be/958703 "2022-02-03T18:32:13Z")
I consider myself a pretty adventurous eater, and I feel lucky that my wife is as well. Well, not really lucky, it’s probably one of the many reasons I married her. When I was single I actually had more than one first da… --- ## [Do Russians like "The Great"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-russians-like-the-great/958770)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2022, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-russians-like-the-great/958770 "2022-02-03T06:01:47Z")
We’re happily in the middle of the second season of The Great, a show I idly started watching as something to do while folding laundry and have become completely enchanted by. For those unfamiliar, it’s a blood-and-sex-s… --- ## [Celebrity Big Brother 3 - Giddy Up!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-big-brother-3-giddy-up/958748)
**Author:** [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2022, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-big-brother-3-giddy-up/958748 "2022-02-02T22:21:33Z")
Ok, I’m not really that excited. It’s more that I just set up my over-the-air antennae and get CBS again after a few years and this is the first non-football show that caught my eye. I used to watch BB years ago and alwa… --- ## [Alternative Beatles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternative-beatles/957216)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2022, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternative-beatles/957216 "2022-02-02T15:24:18Z")
It’s 1956, and John wants to start a skiffle band. He gets a guitar, and Julia teaches him a few banjo chords. One day his guitar is stolen, so as a lark he grabs a banjo. The crowd loves it, and he never went back to gu… --- ## [Great ballads/anthems](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-ballads-anthems/958606)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2022, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-ballads-anthems/958606 "2022-02-02T03:21:26Z")
I don;'t know if this counts, byt ‘ballads/anthems’ is the first descriptor that came to my mind. Any way, I love this song. --- ## [John Lennon's son sells virtual memorabilia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-lennons-son-sells-virtual-memorabilia/958707)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2022, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-lennons-son-sells-virtual-memorabilia/958707 "2022-02-02T02:07:22Z")
As outlined here: He is selling tokens that represent actual memorabilia that he just can’t bear to part with. How touching. Or as vlogger Nash Bozard rephrased it, "“John Lennon’s Son Scamming Gullible Rubes By Auct… --- ## [What's the worst theatrical production you ever attended](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-theatrical-production-you-ever-attended/958599)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2022, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-theatrical-production-you-ever-attended/958599 "2022-02-01T18:47:25Z")
…including amateur and professional plays and musicals? My top two candidates are things my parents dragged me to as a child growing up in NYC. In Circles was a 1967 off-Broadway musical in which the words of Gertrude … --- ## [Older Dopers: What new musical artists do you listen to?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/older-dopers-what-new-musical-artists-do-you-listen-to/929632)
**Author:** [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Replies:** 171\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2022, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/older-dopers-what-new-musical-artists-do-you-listen-to/929632 "2022-02-01T15:37:25Z")
This one is for Dopers of a certain age… We’re often accused of being stuck in the '60s, '70s, and/or '80s in terms of our musical tastes… but it doesn’t mean we can’t appreciate the new stuff, right? So what new music… --- ## [As Slow As Possible](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-slow-as-possible/958660)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2022, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-slow-as-possible/958660 "2022-02-01T03:58:49Z")
Inspired by this thread about the writer who spent his whole life completing one sentence. I give you the performance of, “As Slow As Possible”, a musical piece that will run for 639 years. Continuously, not one note … --- ## [Khadaji’s Whatcha Reading Thread - January 2022 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-january-2022-edition/956869)
**Author:** [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2022, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-january-2022-edition/956869 "2022-02-01T03:44:46Z")
Peers around the doorframe Is it safe to hope for 2022 yet? I mean 2021 wasn’t the worst year I’ve ever had, but it was … yeah. Anyway, at the moment I am reading: A Redbird Christmas by Fannie Flagg. It’s the last o… --- ## [Possible locations for quarantine story?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-locations-for-quarantine-story/958670)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2022, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-locations-for-quarantine-story/958670 "2022-02-01T03:36:31Z")
As a setting for a fictional outbreak of some highly communicable plague, what location in the continental United States would be the best fit for an “Escape From New York”-style quarantine zone meeting the following par… --- ## [Have you heard of the fictional writer who spent his whole life crafting one sentence?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-of-the-fictional-writer-who-spent-his-whole-life-crafting-one-sentence/958658)
**Author:** [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2022, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-of-the-fictional-writer-who-spent-his-whole-life-crafting-one-sentence/958658 "2022-02-01T02:50:25Z")
I once heard a passing reference to a fictional writer who was such a perfectionist that he spent an entire lifetime writing and rewriting a single sentence. Does anyone know by chance what novel or story this comes fro… --- ## [Porn searches on Google (SFW)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-searches-on-google-sfw/958257)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2022, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porn-searches-on-google-sfw/958257 "2022-02-01T02:41:24Z")
Search for a random porn-y phrase on Google, and the results inevitably come back with links to video sites. Tens of thousands or more links to video sites. If you weren’t looking for something on a video site, tough. If… --- ## [Questions re: MacGruber and Peacock](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-re-macgruber-and-peacock/958697)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2022, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-re-macgruber-and-peacock/958697 "2022-01-31T20:36:18Z")
I just saw an ad for MacGruber on this very board, which got me wondering: I’m pretty sure Peacock has a free version with ads, doesn’t it? And does that free version (if indeed it exists) include MacGruber or only the o… --- ## [Don’t look up. Netflix film](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-t-look-up-netflix-film/956737)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 155\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2022, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-t-look-up-netflix-film/956737 "2022-01-31T20:18:20Z")
On Netflix right now with an ensemble cast…and fuck me they have hit more than a few raw nerves. I can totally imagine people thinking an asteroid as fake news. Streep is fantastic as the gender swapped Trump. Mark Ryla… --- ## [Cardiacs (band) and other discoveries](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cardiacs-band-and-other-discoveries/957493)
**Author:** [@Pseudonym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pseudonym)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2022, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cardiacs-band-and-other-discoveries/957493 "2022-01-31T17:02:19Z")
I recently discovered the band Cardiacs. They are nothing like my current tastes, but hit a spot in a major way. Kind of took me back to the nineties. I knew of some then active bands that seemed a little similar, but wa… --- ## [Reading a book, seeing a film - and suddenly you think of it in terms of the pandemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reading-a-book-seeing-a-film-and-suddenly-you-think-of-it-in-terms-of-the-pandemic/958628)
**Author:** [@Bonum\_Legatum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bonum_Legatum)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2022, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reading-a-book-seeing-a-film-and-suddenly-you-think-of-it-in-terms-of-the-pandemic/958628 "2022-01-31T12:06:53Z")
I was rereading “World War Z” and ran across something that was eerily prescient. In the book, the explanation for ‘quislings’, people who pretend to be zombies, is that (to paraphrase): Some people can’t handle fight o… --- ## [What \_does\_ that voice in "Silent Lucidity" say?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-_does_-that-voice-in-silent-lucidity-say/188280)
**Author:** [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2021, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-_does_-that-voice-in-silent-lucidity-say/188280 "2021-08-25T08:14:02Z")
Queensryche…last third of the song…deep voice spoken word: “Visualize \…\ pattern to form. If you persist in your efforts, you will achieve dream control.” I’ve always wanted to know what the gibb… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=279) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=281)