# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=303 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 304 --- ## [The aliens in CE3K had sucky technology](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-aliens-in-ce3k-had-sucky-technology/952315)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2021, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-aliens-in-ce3k-had-sucky-technology/952315 "2021-10-12T16:25:24Z")
I’ve been rewatching Close Encounters for the first time in a few years, and I am thinking about how terrible their flight technology is. Not only does it disrupt electronics/electrical systems and local gravity, but it … --- ## [Will Superman (or Clark Kent) ever have gay sex?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-superman-or-clark-kent-ever-have-gay-sex/394030)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2021, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-superman-or-clark-kent-ever-have-gay-sex/394030 "2021-10-12T16:12:58Z")
Probably not anytime soon; it would be too artificial and gratuitious. But considering that several DC female characters are hinted to have had bisexual relationships, something that would have been unprintable years ago… --- ## [So a Marine intentionally shoots another Marine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-a-marine-intentionally-shoots-another-marine/952277)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2021, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-a-marine-intentionally-shoots-another-marine/952277 "2021-10-12T16:11:10Z")
I was recently re-watching HBO’s The Pacific. It is an excellent mini-series. If you liked Band of Brothers, you will likely like The Pacific. It isn’t quite as good as BoB, but it is very good. Anyway, in one scene,… --- ## [Moonlight Bay](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moonlight-bay/952283)
**Author:** [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2021, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moonlight-bay/952283 "2021-10-12T15:40:31Z")
OK, this is driving me nuts. Who did the version of Moonlight Bay with the “answer” lyrics, (in parentheses).: We were sailing along (sailing along) On Moonlight Bay (not the river but the bay) etc., etc. I can’t fi… --- ## [Best online discussions of movies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-online-discussions-of-movies/952270)
**Author:** [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2021, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-online-discussions-of-movies/952270 "2021-10-12T14:45:19Z")
I was imagining that there might be a place on line where intelligent people discuss movies in some depth and with some discernment, but I’ve been unable to find such sites. Do they exist? IMDB used to have a “comments” … --- ## [Great duets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-duets/952176)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2021, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-duets/952176 "2021-10-12T12:50:09Z")
What are some of your favorite duets? I’ll start off with Judy and Barbra: (90) Judy Garland & Barbra Streisand - Horray for Love - YouTube --- ## [Favorite cameos from famous people as "themselves"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-cameos-from-famous-people-as-themselves/827905)
**Author:** [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Replies:** 188\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2021, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-cameos-from-famous-people-as-themselves/827905 "2021-10-12T00:03:42Z")
What are your favorite examples from movies/tv where a famous person shows up as themself? I think there are two broad categories of such cameos: (1) The famous person is playing it straight, more or less literally who… --- ## [Songs/poems that recite lists (e.g. Tom Lehrer's "The Elements"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-poems-that-recite-lists-e-g-tom-lehrers-the-elements/952203)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2021, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-poems-that-recite-lists-e-g-tom-lehrers-the-elements/952203 "2021-10-11T19:23:25Z")
Most of us are familiar with Tom Lehrer’s “The Elements”, in which he sings the name of all 100+ chemical elements - with a reasonable rhyming scheme. I found a similar one on Youtube, in which al 270 London Underground… --- ## [Tell us your top 1- 3 erotic scenes in tv or film](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-your-top-1-3-erotic-scenes-in-tv-or-film/952144)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2021, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-your-top-1-3-erotic-scenes-in-tv-or-film/952144 "2021-10-10T17:42:10Z")
The scenes that go straight to your fun bits in the most intense, no-fail way. Mine: Unfaithful. All of them, really, between Lane & Martinez. Floors me. The sequence of Lane on the train, reliving her first encounte… --- ## [“I want Jake from Sixteen Candles…” What romantic scenes do you wish you were in?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-jake-from-sixteen-candles-what-romantic-scenes-do-you-wish-you-were-in/951475)
**Author:** [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2021, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-jake-from-sixteen-candles-what-romantic-scenes-do-you-wish-you-were-in/951475 "2021-10-10T02:57:51Z")
I want to dance in my nightgown with Roberto Benigni to an old blues song, like in Down By Law. I want Naveen Andrews to hoist me up on a rope so I can look at old murals in a bombed-out church, like in The English Patie… --- ## [Stars Who Had No Friends?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stars-who-had-no-friends/951947)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2021, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stars-who-had-no-friends/951947 "2021-10-09T14:51:35Z")
Movies, comedy, music, but someone who’s a star, well known. I used “had” because someone living can still change, and make friends. If you can only think of living people, try to pick the oldest, since chances are someo… --- ## [Tommy Kirk has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tommy-kirk-has-died/952080)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2021, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tommy-kirk-has-died/952080 "2021-10-09T14:30:22Z")
The child star of Old Yeller has passed. --- ## [High Noon: Harrison Ford emulating Cooper, seminal theme song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-noon-harrison-ford-emulating-cooper-seminal-theme-song/952130)
**Author:** [@alovem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alovem)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2021, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-noon-harrison-ford-emulating-cooper-seminal-theme-song/952130 "2021-10-09T12:15:05Z")
I’ve noticed a couple of things about the 1952 film High Noon and am wondering what all of you have to say about this: Some of Harrison Ford’s onscreen facial gestures are very similar to those of Gary Cooper. There’s a… --- ## [Actors/Musicians/Luminaries ya just plain can't look at](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-musicians-luminaries-ya-just-plain-cant-look-at/951157)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2021, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-musicians-luminaries-ya-just-plain-cant-look-at/951157 "2021-10-09T11:58:33Z")
Here’s to where you cop to your ridiculously unfair biases against the OP subjects simply because of the way they look, especially irrespective of the truckloads of talent said target(s) may possess. Because of the obvi… --- ## [Actors/Musicians/Luminaries you (perhaps surprisingly) don’t mind looking at](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-musicians-luminaries-you-perhaps-surprisingly-don-t-mind-looking-at/951858)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2021, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-musicians-luminaries-you-perhaps-surprisingly-don-t-mind-looking-at/951858 "2021-10-09T10:10:53Z")
I’m not talking about yer Brad Pitts or yer Jennifer Anistons. I’m talking about celebrities who are not generally known for their appearance but something about them clicks for you. I’ll start it off with Sarah Silverm… --- ## [Vampires and Islam](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vampires-and-islam/952077)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2021, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vampires-and-islam/952077 "2021-10-09T01:48:37Z")
My question is how would a Muslim react to a (evil) vampire? The standard Christian response is to hold up a cross, of course, and I suppose the Star of David would work for a Jewish person. I may well be asking this in … --- ## [Do-it-yourself meat question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-it-yourself-meat-question/853803)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2021, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-it-yourself-meat-question/853803 "2021-10-09T00:09:50Z")
Approximately how much would it cost to buy a steer from a rancher, deliver it to a butcher, and have her cut it up and package it for you? --- ## [Comedy brilliance in a Twitter thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-brilliance-in-a-twitter-thread/952151)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2021, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-brilliance-in-a-twitter-thread/952151 "2021-10-08T16:56:16Z")
Blaine Capatch, who is a comedian I never heard of before yesterday, put together his Rolling Stone’s 500 Worst Albums list in a HUGE twitter thread, starting here (some NSFW language): Happily, someone put together t… --- ## [The Boys S2 (Open Spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boys-s2-open-spoilers/844446)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 235\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2021, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boys-s2-open-spoilers/844446 "2021-10-08T16:30:31Z")
The Boys S1 thread here. 90 second trailer for S2 here. (Some blood & gore.) Not much story reveal, which is great. The footage looks interesting; I can’t wait to see some real fighting going on. I think I read somew… --- ## [Jazz Jokes (Hopefully w/ Attribution)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-jokes-hopefully-w-attribution/951862)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2021, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-jokes-hopefully-w-attribution/951862 "2021-10-08T03:41:19Z")
There’s so many great ones full of wit/truth and it would be nice for all of us to have a laugh. I know many of these jazz jokes are often repeated, changed around, mis-attributed at times, but try the best you can. Eve… --- ## [Did E.T. levitate objects, besides the bikes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-e-t-levitate-objects-besides-the-bikes/952002)
**Author:** [@Paxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paxx)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2021, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-e-t-levitate-objects-besides-the-bikes/952002 "2021-10-07T23:02:47Z")
In E.T. the Extraterrestrial did E.T. levitate any objects besides lifting the boys and their bikes? --- ## ["Level 16"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/level-16/951924)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2021, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/level-16/951924 "2021-10-07T12:12:03Z")
Though this movie was released almost 4 years ago, I just got to see it last night. No spoilers, please, because it’s all about not knowing what is going on even when you think you do! I highly recommend it! “Level 16… --- ## [Lucifer Season 6 (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lucifer-season-6-open-spoilers/950368)
**Author:** [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2021, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lucifer-season-6-open-spoilers/950368 "2021-10-07T01:32:01Z")
Starts September 10 (yikes that is quick) I propose that we do open spoilers. though announcing which episode we are talking about would be appreciated (so I can stop reading when folks get ahead of me) Read online tha… --- ## [Movies/Miniseries where update FX would be really effective](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-miniseries-where-update-fx-would-be-really-effective/951205)
**Author:** [@Smid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smid)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2021, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-miniseries-where-update-fx-would-be-really-effective/951205 "2021-10-06T19:20:07Z")
I always remember watching the The Langoliers and even then the CGI effects weren’t that great in 1995, given the budget. However, the story was actually very solid and the acting good, and rather than reboot it, I wond… --- ## [Art in Ancient Egypt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-in-ancient-egypt/951325)
**Author:** [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2021, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-in-ancient-egypt/951325 "2021-10-06T19:27:17Z")
Why in the world did Egyptians paint like that? In any American high school there are a few talented people who can do a very credible job of drawing a human figure or face. Surely lots of Egyptians could also doodle a f… --- ## [Write a rejection letter to a famous writer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-rejection-letter-to-a-famous-writer/951780)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2021, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-rejection-letter-to-a-famous-writer/951780 "2021-10-06T17:49:20Z")
This thread allows you to pick a famous author or work and write a rejection letter to him/her/it. Example: Dear Mr. Shakespeare, We are returning your manuscripts for As You Like It and Much Ado About Nothing. We di… --- ## [Question about IMDb credits](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-imdb-credits/951923)
**Author:** [@alovem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alovem)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2021, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-imdb-credits/951923 "2021-10-06T12:34:03Z")
For those unfamiliar with the acronym, IMDb is Internet Movie Database. Why does this site often credit actors twice, once with the character’s name and again with the actor’s name in parentheses? For example, the IMDb… --- ## [Who likes chili mac / Skyline-style chili? Recipes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-likes-chili-mac-skyline-style-chili-recipes/941842)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2021, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-likes-chili-mac-skyline-style-chili-recipes/941842 "2021-10-05T13:12:24Z")
So I make dinner most nights, and I have a finicky 15 year old who I try to get to eat somewhat healthy. If left to his own devices, he’d make noodles every day without a hint of a vegetable. He can’t stand cruciferous s… --- ## [Squid Game - #1 TV show in 90 countries?!?!?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squid-game-1-tv-show-in-90-countries/951834)
**Author:** [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2021, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squid-game-1-tv-show-in-90-countries/951834 "2021-10-04T21:43:10Z")
I just finished watching this series on Netflix. It starts out seeming a bit like the Hunger Games but with more commentary about current society/economics (albeit in Korea), but then goes in a number of interesting dire… --- ## [Okay. So I didn't like "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-so-i-didnt-like-the-immortal-life-of-henrietta-lacks/588338)
**Author:** [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2021, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-so-i-didnt-like-the-immortal-life-of-henrietta-lacks/588338 "2021-10-04T20:57:47Z")
There. I said it. This was one of the books to read last year, and received what appears to be universal acclaim from both critics and fans. The back cover describes it as a “story of the collision between ethics, race … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=302) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=304)