# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=287 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 288 --- ## [It's January 1st - what streaming licenses have expired?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-january-1st-what-streaming-licenses-have-expired/957042)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2022, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-january-1st-what-streaming-licenses-have-expired/957042 "2022-01-01T21:37:32Z")
Any TV shows or movies that you wanted to watch or hadn’t finished watching, and now you can’t, because the streaming license expired at midnight? Every other Friday night, my wife and I have our two youngest grandkids … --- ## [Music that gets you in the feels just](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-gets-you-in-the-feels-just/956629)
**Author:** [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2022, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-gets-you-in-the-feels-just/956629 "2022-01-01T11:15:38Z")
… from the first few notes?? Parsifal: Band of Brothers theme: --- ## [What did a small-town professional artist do in the fifties?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-a-small-town-professional-artist-do-in-the-fifties/956969)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2022, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-a-small-town-professional-artist-do-in-the-fifties/956969 "2022-01-01T03:50:41Z")
I was watching an old episode of The Twilight Zone (the first episode; “Where is Everybody?” - the 4:35 mark if you’re watching along). The story is about a man who finds himself stranded all alone in a typical small Ame… --- ## [Khadaji’s Whatcha Reading Thread - December 2021 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-december-2021-edition/955243)
**Author:** [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2022, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-december-2021-edition/955243 "2022-01-01T00:16:43Z")
Can you believe it’s already December. I have a “I must have blinked and missed summer” feeling even though it was record heat here. On the up side, due to concerns about supply chains and availability of goods, most of … --- ## [Only ONE protein for the rest of your days](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-one-protein-for-the-rest-of-your-days/956939)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2021, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-one-protein-for-the-rest-of-your-days/956939 "2021-12-31T23:32:00Z")
Which do you choose? For whichever you choose, you can have all forms of your choice. So if you choose beef, that means you can have beef bologna, beef pepperoni, all the classic cuts of steaks etc… poll --- ## [Why do Germans at Oktoberfest sing John Denver's 'Take Me Home, Country Roads'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-germans-at-oktoberfest-sing-john-denvers-take-me-home-country-roads/638341)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2021, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-germans-at-oktoberfest-sing-john-denvers-take-me-home-country-roads/638341 "2021-12-31T19:54:46Z")
I am assured by my girlfriend that this song is always, always sung at Oktoberfest and that everyone stops and links arms and sways and belts it out (at least the chorus) so that it’s not only a popular song at Oktoberfe… --- ## [Most blatantly manipulative media you’ve ever seen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-blatantly-manipulative-media-you-ve-ever-seen/956824)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2021, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-blatantly-manipulative-media-you-ve-ever-seen/956824 "2021-12-31T19:10:08Z")
Both of mine are songs, but I think it’d be better to expand to any media. The first is one I complained about in the long past: “Welcome to My Life” by Simple Plan: This has always struck me as a rather … --- ## [The Mystery of Abu Hassan's Fart](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mystery-of-abu-hassans-fart/925380)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2021, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mystery-of-abu-hassans-fart/925380 "2021-12-31T19:07:06Z")
One of my prized possessions is a complete set of Richard Burton’s The Arabian Nights with Supplemental Nights. It’s an unexpurgated translation of the original 1001 nights, published at the height of the Victorian age. … --- ## [Books I Read in 2021](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-i-read-in-2021/955710)
**Author:** [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2021, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-i-read-in-2021/955710 "2021-12-31T18:46:58Z")
Reading the New York Times every day and The Economist every week sort of slows down the book-reading. Nonetheless, here it is: 1 The Writing of the Gods: The Race to Decode the Rosetta Stone An easy read on a very int… --- ## [Bibliosmia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bibliosmia/956996)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2021, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bibliosmia/956996 "2021-12-31T18:14:40Z")
TIL this word on PBS Newshour…(well, ok, maybe two nights ago) Hello, my name is And I’m a… I’m a… I’m… oh goddamnit I’m a Everyone in the family, back in the day, around the Christmas tree, we’d be, like: “Ok, … --- ## [Clerihews, you make some.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerihews-you-make-some/501684)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2021, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerihews-you-make-some/501684 "2021-12-31T17:15:29Z")
Salt, A World History is not as boring a book as it may sound. It’s full of salty little tidbits, like this passage: Edmund Clerihew Bentley, a British author of crime novels who lived from 1875 to 1956, wrote these … --- ## [Chef JJ Johnson on Today Show- simmer seafood in gumbo for an hour?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chef-jj-johnson-on-today-show-simmer-seafood-in-gumbo-for-an-hour/956983)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2021, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chef-jj-johnson-on-today-show-simmer-seafood-in-gumbo-for-an-hour/956983 "2021-12-31T15:53:20Z")
So I’m relaxing on my NYE day off with the Today Show in the background, and there’s a segment in which chef JJ Johnson shares his traditional family New Year’s Eve seafood gumbo recipe. Being a big fan of both making an… --- ## [Rereading older Harry Potter book threads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rereading-older-harry-potter-book-threads/956876)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2021, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rereading-older-harry-potter-book-threads/956876 "2021-12-31T13:36:19Z")
With the Harry Potter special coming up on Jan 1, I had some fun scrolling through the old Dope threads that emerged when the books were published. I was less interested in reliving any excitement, more interested in rea… --- ## [Characters who are almost absent from a work named after them](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-who-are-almost-absent-from-a-work-named-after-them/954806)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 134\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2021, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-who-are-almost-absent-from-a-work-named-after-them/954806 "2021-12-31T07:41:51Z")
I’m more than halfway through Melville’s Moby Dick, and quipped to my wife that “…and he hasn’t even shown up yet!” It made me think about all the other characters who barely appear, or even don’t appear, in a work name… --- ## [Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chitty-chitty-bang-bang-q/956666)
**Author:** [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2021, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chitty-chitty-bang-bang-q/956666 "2021-12-31T07:31:45Z")
Does the name “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang”–the eponymous car in Ian Fleming’s final novel, and AFAIK his only children’s novel–have any connection to James Bond’s Japanese nickname, “Kiss Kiss Bang Bang”? Is “chitty” a Japa… --- ## [TCM Remembers - In Memoriam 2021](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tcm-remembers-in-memoriam-2021/956890)
**Author:** [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2021, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tcm-remembers-in-memoriam-2021/956890 "2021-12-31T06:48:58Z")
It’s the end of the year and Turner Classic Movies has put together their In Memoriam clips. Here it is. Anyone missing? (bear in mind, TCM is dedicated to classic film, so not every celebrity who died in 2021 is in th… --- ## [Tim Hortons in Texas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-hortons-in-texas/956816)
**Author:** [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2021, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-hortons-in-texas/956816 "2021-12-31T04:50:04Z")
As the title says, apparently we’re getting several Tim Hortons in Texas next year, with the first to open in the Houston area and skipping over 1000 miles of the American heartland to the nearest one somewhere in Ohio o… --- ## [What would be the best equipment for a lethal teleporter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-the-best-equipment-for-a-lethal-teleporter/956153)
**Author:** [@Cmyers1980](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cmyers1980)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2021, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-the-best-equipment-for-a-lethal-teleporter/956153 "2021-12-31T02:51:19Z")
What would be the best equipment for a lethal superhuman teleporter that can teleport handheld objects by touch anywhere within their line of site? For example they could grab a baseball and teleport it inside someone’s… --- ## [Why do cruciferous vegetables taste so good charred?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-cruciferous-vegetables-taste-so-good-charred/956827)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2021, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-cruciferous-vegetables-taste-so-good-charred/956827 "2021-12-31T00:40:48Z")
I know about browning and the Maillard reaction. This is not about that. There seems to be a certain class of vegetable, the cruciferous vegetables (broccoli, cauliflower, Brussel sprouts, bok choi, etc.), that taste e… --- ## [Films that changed your perspective on life](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-that-changed-your-perspective-on-life/956501)
**Author:** [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2021, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-that-changed-your-perspective-on-life/956501 "2021-12-30T20:21:03Z")
What (fiction) films have had the biggest impact on how you look at life? --- ## [Way too much cheese: what to do with it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-too-much-cheese-what-to-do-with-it/956805)
**Author:** [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2021, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-too-much-cheese-what-to-do-with-it/956805 "2021-12-30T04:02:46Z")
For Christmas my parents sent me some cheese from a small local dairy (they are from Wisconsin after all). Except when I was talking to them on Christmas morning, we discovered that the dairy had sent me the wrong order… --- ## [Let's have salmon!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-have-salmon/955954)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2021, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-have-salmon/955954 "2021-12-30T01:35:30Z")
In the Pacific Northwest, salmon is ubiquitous. (Actually, I find the lack of variety of seafood in supermarkets up here disappointing.) So I cook a lot of salmon. This thread is for sharing your salmon recipes. I’ll… --- ## [Please help with this Woody Woodpecker (I think) quote](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-with-this-woody-woodpecker-i-think-quote/956755)
**Author:** [@hunterdust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hunterdust)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2021, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-with-this-woody-woodpecker-i-think-quote/956755 "2021-12-30T01:33:08Z")
I am looking for the episode of (I think) Woody Woodpecker where a character, probably Wally Walrus says “Yumpin’ Yiminy…I take a good fall!” Or perhaps “I have a good fall.” It would be when the character is about to fa… --- ## [Possible 1930s pop culture references: Can you id?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-1930s-pop-culture-references-can-you-id/956798)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2021, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-1930s-pop-culture-references-can-you-id/956798 "2021-12-29T19:20:20Z")
A follow-up question to this post based on having seen an old cartoon. Gifts from the Air (1937) based on a Hans Christian Anderson story shows the story of a poor boy who rescues a broken toy soldier. The toy soldier… --- ## [If Superman got infected by a facehugger from Alien, would it be able to burst from his chest?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-superman-got-infected-by-a-facehugger-from-alien-would-it-be-able-to-burst-from-his-chest/956831)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2021, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-superman-got-infected-by-a-facehugger-from-alien-would-it-be-able-to-burst-from-his-chest/956831 "2021-12-29T16:27:03Z")
So basically Superman goes to LV-426 and for whatever reason passes out. A facehugger crawls out of nearby egg and facehugs him while he’s passed out with his mouth open. Once the chestburster is inside, can it escape? … --- ## ["6th Avenue Heartache", what the hell does it mean {Wallflowers Song}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6th-avenue-heartache-what-the-hell-does-it-mean-wallflowers-song/347773)
**Author:** [@BabaBooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BabaBooey)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2021, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6th-avenue-heartache-what-the-hell-does-it-mean-wallflowers-song/347773 "2021-12-29T15:27:55Z")
I throroughly enjoy the song, but I have no idea what, if anything, it’s trying to say. Help please. --- ## [Daredevil as MCU material....(some DD and Hawkeye spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daredevil-as-mcu-material-some-dd-and-hawkeye-spoilers/956826)
**Author:** [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2021, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daredevil-as-mcu-material-some-dd-and-hawkeye-spoilers/956826 "2021-12-29T13:00:08Z")
…So I’ve watched the first few Netflix eps before, but don’t remember anything, so I’ve started over. Holy Shit, the tone is Verrrrrrrry un-MCU-like! The sheer amount of brutal violence in just the first ten minutes? Di… --- ## [ID a recent non-US superpower movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-a-recent-non-us-superpower-movie/956833)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2021, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-a-recent-non-us-superpower-movie/956833 "2021-12-29T09:00:12Z")
As I consider watching Minnal Murali, I remember seeing mention of another recent movie (possibly TV series) from a non-English speaking country where someone gains superpowers. I’m thinking it was an x-ray technician or… --- ## [Guilty Pleasures: Movies you like but are/were widely panned as a bad movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guilty-pleasures-movies-you-like-but-are-were-widely-panned-as-a-bad-movie/955884)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 203\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2021, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guilty-pleasures-movies-you-like-but-are-were-widely-panned-as-a-bad-movie/955884 "2021-12-29T00:46:21Z")
I just watched Sucker Punch and liked it. I get it was not popular but…I liked it. What other movies are “bad” (note the quotes) but you enjoy? --- ## [The Best Movies of 2021 - my list and an open discussion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movies-of-2021-my-list-and-an-open-discussion/956680)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2021, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movies-of-2021-my-list-and-an-open-discussion/956680 "2021-12-28T21:33:37Z")
First, my list, which is alphabetical: \[Album\] 10 Best 2021 Movies(that I saw) - alphabetical list … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=286) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=288)