# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=314 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 315 --- ## [The Watch hate-watch (all spoilers all the time.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-watch-hate-watch-all-spoilers-all-the-time/929662)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2021, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-watch-hate-watch-all-spoilers-all-the-time/929662 "2021-08-13T18:43:26Z")
I guess I can’t keep myself from hate-watching this, so here’s a thread. Spoilers after this post because of the mouseover thingy. --- ## [Six Million Dollar Man,,,specifically early episodes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-million-dollar-man-specifically-early-episodes/932031)
**Author:** [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2021, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-million-dollar-man-specifically-early-episodes/932031 "2021-08-13T18:27:03Z")
My Box set arrived! I was tired of streaming poor quality edited episodes. Watched the second ep. That was a lot of fun! Its always fun watching for familiar faces and this had Character Actor Heavy William Smith…JoAnn … --- ## [What does F-19 mean (Men At Work song)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-f-19-mean-men-at-work-song/948547)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2021, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-f-19-mean-men-at-work-song/948547 "2021-08-13T15:22:05Z")
There’s a song on Men At Work’s Business As Usual album called ‘F-19’. What does the title mean? The album was recorded in 1981. The first F-117, erroneously called F-19 by people making assumptions about this Top Secr… --- ## [Heart Throbs/Sex Symbols in their prime](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heart-throbs-sex-symbols-in-their-prime/948410)
**Author:** [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2021, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heart-throbs-sex-symbols-in-their-prime/948410 "2021-08-13T02:02:37Z")
As an alternative to slugging it out with logic etc., post links to hotties from those halcyon days. I’ll start. Linda Ronstadt, back in the day: Mrs. L. totally had a thing for this fellow: … --- ## [Name for word (rather than letter) "palindromes"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-for-word-rather-than-letter-palindromes/948551)
**Author:** [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2021, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-for-word-rather-than-letter-palindromes/948551 "2021-08-13T01:03:00Z")
Some among you must know. What’s the name for a phrase where the words repeat like a palindrome (but the words themselves aren’t palindromic)? For example, the species and subspecies “sapiens sapiens,” but with more word… --- ## ["Death" Comes For You - But Which One?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-comes-for-you-but-which-one/948529)
**Author:** [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2021, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-comes-for-you-but-which-one/948529 "2021-08-12T23:25:30Z")
Congratulations! You’re dead. Maybe you lived a rich, full life and died in bed surrounded by your family. Maybe you lived fast, died young and left a beautiful corpse. Maybe your last words were “Hold my beer” and now y… --- ## [Fresh fruit temperature](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-fruit-temperature/948343)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2021, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-fruit-temperature/948343 "2021-08-12T14:38:11Z")
How do you prefer your fresh fruit? poll --- ## [What was the first show you watched entirely via streaming?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-show-you-watched-entirely-via-streaming/948389)
**Author:** [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2021, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-show-you-watched-entirely-via-streaming/948389 "2021-08-12T13:09:46Z")
I’m pretty sure for me it was Eureka. It was circa 2010. I’d just gotten a new smart TV, and my family came to visit for Christmas. My sister logged into her Netflix account on my TV, and never logged out\*. This was … --- ## [Why is the Coast Guard underrepresented in fiction?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-coast-guard-underrepresented-in-fiction/641469)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2021, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-coast-guard-underrepresented-in-fiction/641469 "2021-08-12T12:33:28Z")
The other four branches, Army Navy, Air Force, and Marines seem to get a lot of love from the cinema, TV, and literature. Why is that? Lack of advertising funds? Lack of recognition from the public? Or are they (as unli… --- ## [Does anyone remember this basic cable show from thirty years ago that is definitely not MST3K?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-this-basic-cable-show-from-thirty-years-ago-that-is-definitely-not-mst3k/948467)
**Author:** [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2021, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-this-basic-cable-show-from-thirty-years-ago-that-is-definitely-not-mst3k/948467 "2021-08-12T10:07:18Z")
I saw one episode of this show, back in the early 90s. Pretty sure it was on Ha!, one of the networks that would later be merged into Comedy Central, although maybe it was post-merger. The basic premise was people taki… --- ## [Favorite actor/musician/author etc who died young?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-actor-musician-author-etc-who-died-young/948113)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2021, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-actor-musician-author-etc-who-died-young/948113 "2021-08-12T09:13:56Z")
I would cut it off as died before age 40. My tops are: Eva Cassidy John Belushi Keith Moon Andy Kaufman Sam Kinison --- ## [Hey, that's my home town!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-thats-my-home-town/942212)
**Author:** [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2021, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-thats-my-home-town/942212 "2021-08-12T04:39:47Z")
I guess big city folk can play along, but - In the movie “The Falcon Takes Over”, the wanna be reporter announces she is from Morgan, MN. I grew up there (and mom still lives there) - it is a small farming community sou… --- ## [Let's discuss golden milk recipes and experiences](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-discuss-golden-milk-recipes-and-experiences/948378)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2021, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-discuss-golden-milk-recipes-and-experiences/948378 "2021-08-11T16:03:06Z")
I’ve recently discovered and have made a few attempts at preparing golden milk. This is a beverage that originated in India, originally using cow’s milk, turmeric - which provides the golden color, ginger, and black pep… --- ## [Have you ever tried Schaefer Beer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-tried-schaefer-beer/948218)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2021, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-tried-schaefer-beer/948218 "2021-08-11T16:00:10Z")
I’ve been watching a lot of old commercials on YouTube today. Schaefer, the beer to have when you’re having more than one, definitely did some serious advertising back in the day. Was the ‘more than one’ slogan a hint … --- ## [Trailer for new Dexter season , starts Nov 7th](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trailer-for-new-dexter-season-starts-nov-7th/947426)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2021, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trailer-for-new-dexter-season-starts-nov-7th/947426 "2021-08-11T13:43:13Z")
and yes I know most people did not like the ending of the last season --- ## [Fountain pen lovers' color wheel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fountain-pen-lovers-color-wheel/945094)
**Author:** [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2021, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fountain-pen-lovers-color-wheel/945094 "2021-08-11T06:25:40Z")
from here Which of these inks do you recognize? My favorite on the list is Iroshizuku Ku-jaku, a beautiful peacock blue… --- ## [Why is \[children's\] Christian media so cheesy most of the time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-childrens-christian-media-so-cheesy-most-of-the-time/931720)
**Author:** [@CorpusNeptune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CorpusNeptune)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2021, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-childrens-christian-media-so-cheesy-most-of-the-time/931720 "2021-08-11T01:34:21Z")
Though I have converted to atheism relatively recently, I used to be Christian, so there’s a ton of Christian media that I’ve watched/seen over the years. Looking back on it, though, I’ve come to realize that a ton of th… --- ## [Good Night (Court), Markie Post. (R.I.P.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-night-court-markie-post-r-i-p/948236)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2021, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-night-court-markie-post-r-i-p/948236 "2021-08-10T19:12:12Z")
‘Markie passed on Saturday after battling cancer for nearly 4 years.’ --- ## [TV Show Lucifer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-lucifer/940383)
**Author:** [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2021, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-lucifer/940383 "2021-08-10T17:13:45Z")
So the hubs and I have started watching Lucifer again, we watched it back when it was just 2 seasons. So … if Lucifer has a demon face he can flash, does Maze also have a demon appearance she can turn on and off and do … --- ## [Anyone watch The Deuce on HBO?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watch-the-deuce-on-hbo/846687)
**Author:** [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2021, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watch-the-deuce-on-hbo/846687 "2021-08-10T16:41:13Z")
The Deuce Story about the pimps, prostitutes, gay bath house scene and pornographers of 1970s Times Square and how they were pushed out by developers and availability of easily available porn on then new VHS. Goes into … --- ## [A Long Time Ago](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-long-time-ago/945057)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2021, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-long-time-ago/945057 "2021-08-10T11:39:33Z")
The Phantom Menace is now older than Star Wars was when The Phantom Menace came out. --- ## [Toilet "creature" from Paranormal Caught on Camera S04E11 - it's just a friggin' snake, right? (video link included)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toilet-creature-from-paranormal-caught-on-camera-s04e11-its-just-a-friggin-snake-right-video-link-included/948342)
**Author:** [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2021, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toilet-creature-from-paranormal-caught-on-camera-s04e11-its-just-a-friggin-snake-right-video-link-included/948342 "2021-08-10T03:17:50Z")
I love my Mom more than anything or anyone on Earth, but she’s pretty credulous. I was talking to her and she was talking about what a strange creature they showed on “Paranormal Caught on Camera”. So I found it and… w… --- ## [Nitpick Car chase scenes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nitpick-car-chase-scenes/948203)
**Author:** [@Somethingwitty1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Somethingwitty1)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2021, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nitpick-car-chase-scenes/948203 "2021-08-09T22:01:56Z")
This one of my favorites. Some might say it is the first modern car chase. But that Charger would have smoked the Mustang. The stunt drivers have said they had to hold back on the Charger to make the sce… --- ## [Outside of the US, what music is associated with Olympics programs on TV?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outside-of-the-us-what-music-is-associated-with-olympics-programs-on-tv/948306)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2021, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outside-of-the-us-what-music-is-associated-with-olympics-programs-on-tv/948306 "2021-08-09T17:35:22Z")
If you watched any Olympic coverage in the US in the past 35 years or so, at some point you heard either Arnaud’s “Bugler’s Dream” or Williams’ “Olympic Fanfare and Theme.” What songs would I expect to hear if I were wa… --- ## [This week's Luann: watch out for those brownies!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-weeks-luann-watch-out-for-those-brownies/730410)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 177\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2021, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-weeks-luann-watch-out-for-those-brownies/730410 "2021-08-09T17:26:47Z")
This may not end well… --- ## [How does Mrs. Doubtfire hold up to modern scrutiny?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-mrs-doubtfire-hold-up-to-modern-scrutiny/947882)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2021, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-mrs-doubtfire-hold-up-to-modern-scrutiny/947882 "2021-08-09T16:57:18Z")
Mrs. Doubtfire came out when I was 11, and it was, I believe, my first experience seeing Robin Williams in a live-action film. And I thought it was hilarious. But a lot of the humor, naturally, came from the fact that a… --- ## [Small musical coincidences](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-musical-coincidences/944786)
**Author:** [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2021, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-musical-coincidences/944786 "2021-08-09T15:34:52Z")
Have you ever had an experience where by pure coincidence, the music you’re listening to just happens to be the prefect soundtrack for what’s happening at that moment? Years ago, actually over a decade ago now, I had to… --- ## [A formidible Azerbaijani chopping tool!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-formidible-azerbaijani-chopping-tool/947284)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2021, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-formidible-azerbaijani-chopping-tool/947284 "2021-08-09T15:04:34Z")
I’ve been watching this YouTube video set in a very rural, traditional kitchen in Azerbaijan. The woman is making some homey dishes and chopping stuff with this mind-blowing cleaver. One side is smooth for chopping onio… --- ## [Dimly remembered shows on network launches](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dimly-remembered-shows-on-network-launches/938313)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2021, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dimly-remembered-shows-on-network-launches/938313 "2021-08-09T11:07:15Z")
OK, this is gonna take a while to get to the point but stay with me: There is a YouTube video of the most paused Star Trek moments and the thumbnail is Beverly Crusher and Deanna Troi in leotards doing yoga stretches. Hu… --- ## [Kindly identify this movie - animated over live action](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kindly-identify-this-movie-animated-over-live-action/948208)
**Author:** [@D18](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D18)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2021, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kindly-identify-this-movie-animated-over-live-action/948208 "2021-08-08T01:52:57Z")
A movie released in the 1990s/early 2000s (I think) was created by shooting live action, and then animating over every frame. My google-fu is weak and I can’t find the title of it. In case it would be helpful to have s… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=313) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=315)