# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=324 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 325 --- ## [Worst Reality Show of All Time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-reality-show-of-all-time/933316)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2021, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-reality-show-of-all-time/933316 "2021-06-27T05:17:48Z")
So I’m going through some entertaining videos made by Jenny Nicholson, and she brings up a reality show titled Opposite Worlds(2014), involving two teams of players that compete against each other, one team given all the… --- ## [Movies and TV you had a low opinion of going in, but were pleasantly surprised by](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-and-tv-you-had-a-low-opinion-of-going-in-but-were-pleasantly-surprised-by/943329)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2021, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-and-tv-you-had-a-low-opinion-of-going-in-but-were-pleasantly-surprised-by/943329 "2021-06-26T23:48:34Z")
Having taken one look at the Kuzco plushies for The Emperor’s New Groove, I decided beyond a shadow of a doubt that I didn’t want to see it. My sister Ellie saw it, loved it, and told me I’d love it, too, if I gave it a… --- ## [Late To The Party-Things you've finally seen/read/etc](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-to-the-party-things-youve-finally-seen-read-etc/943757)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2021, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-to-the-party-things-youve-finally-seen-read-etc/943757 "2021-06-26T22:11:32Z")
So years after I first heard about it, the TV series: What We Do In The Shadows was popped into my DVD player. It was hilarious and damned funny and I had only myself to blame. Why had I waited? And what have you finally … --- ## [Finding a New Yorker cartoon from the early 90s](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-a-new-yorker-cartoon-from-the-early-90s/944922)
**Author:** [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2021, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-a-new-yorker-cartoon-from-the-early-90s/944922 "2021-06-26T18:56:57Z")
I cut out this cartoon and had it on my bulletin board years ago and wish that I could find it. I’ve googled, and looked in https://cartoonbank.com/, but all that comes up are written descriptions: "one recent New Yorke… --- ## [Favorite ground espresso?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-ground-espresso/945005)
**Author:** [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2021, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-ground-espresso/945005 "2021-06-26T16:27:22Z")
We just bought a serious espresso maker after our old Breville died -it wasn’t even that old, and I thought it was ridiculous that nobody would repair a $200 machine when all it needed was a new gasket! So we decided to … --- ## [The Home Depot plant warranty](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-home-depot-plant-warranty/945039)
**Author:** [@dummygladhands71](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dummygladhands71)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2021, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-home-depot-plant-warranty/945039 "2021-06-26T15:04:34Z")
Never used it before, but this last week, we had vicious horrible heat and hot blasting wind, the kind of hot wind where you can watch your plants shrivel and die as tho’ someone was using a torch on them. So, since I ha… --- ## [Cocktails to go - what's the problem?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cocktails-to-go-whats-the-problem/944999)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2021, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cocktails-to-go-whats-the-problem/944999 "2021-06-26T12:08:27Z")
Many places allowed drinks to go that hadn’t previously. Now that covid seems to be in decline, these permissions are being revoked. What’s the issue? Apparently, the public really likes the idea. Is it public drunkennes… --- ## [TV Shows where the theme song doesn't really fit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-where-the-theme-song-doesnt-really-fit/944040)
**Author:** [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2021, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-where-the-theme-song-doesnt-really-fit/944040 "2021-06-26T07:47:40Z")
One that springs to mind is the theme song to Quantum Leap. I mean, yeah it’s a mostly light hearted show, but I just don’t think a breezy 80’s light jazz piece fits with this genre. I mean, yeah I know that Mike Post … --- ## [One hit wonder groups that had some other decent songs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hit-wonder-groups-that-had-some-other-decent-songs/944633)
**Author:** [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2021, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hit-wonder-groups-that-had-some-other-decent-songs/944633 "2021-06-26T05:28:41Z")
Do you have any groups who are “one-hit wonders” but you really enjoy other things they did? There are a lot out there who are rightly famous for their body of work, despite only one big hit, such as Jimi Hendrix, Warre… --- ## [Your favorite nutrient legume paste](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-nutrient-legume-paste/944906)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2021, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-nutrient-legume-paste/944906 "2021-06-25T16:49:47Z")
Peanut butter, hummus, black bean dip–these are among my favorite foods. They just about never blow me away with their exquisite subtlety of flavor, but they’re reasonably healthy, reasonably tasty, and super convenient.… --- ## [Southern Cooking - Hard-to-find Ingredients](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/southern-cooking-hard-to-find-ingredients/944978)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2021, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/southern-cooking-hard-to-find-ingredients/944978 "2021-06-25T16:05:06Z")
Southern cooks seem to love certain brands rarely seen in Canada. The two mentioned in recipes I’ve seen are White Lily flour (for biscuits) and Texas Pete hot sauce. Are these products replaceable? Are they all that … --- ## [What are your experiences using Paramount+ streaming? Is it pretty good?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-experiences-using-paramount-streaming-is-it-pretty-good/944897)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2021, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-experiences-using-paramount-streaming-is-it-pretty-good/944897 "2021-06-25T15:51:35Z")
I’ve resisted signing up for any streaming service. My DirecTV bill is already painful enough. But, I’d really like to watch the CBS crime dramas, NCIS and NCIS New Orleans, FBI, and Bull. There’s probably others that I… --- ## [I binge watch a TV show, then remember pretty much nothing about it. Is that common](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-binge-watch-a-tv-show-then-remember-pretty-much-nothing-about-it-is-that-common/944872)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2021, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-binge-watch-a-tv-show-then-remember-pretty-much-nothing-about-it-is-that-common/944872 "2021-06-24T22:28:52Z")
I haven’t binge watched a new series recently, but several years ago I’d binge watch a TV show by doing about 3-4 episodes a day, until I finished the series in a month or so. Then I’d pretty much forget everything I ju… --- ## [Guilty Pleasures - Coronavirus Edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guilty-pleasures-coronavirus-edition/851321)
**Author:** [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2021, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guilty-pleasures-coronavirus-edition/851321 "2021-06-24T20:18:58Z")
I’m sure all of us are busy watching Ken Burns documentaries,\* Star Trek: Picard\*, and Best Picture nominees. But there are 24 hours in a day, and sooner or later we all regress to the mean. Which is to say, at some poi… --- ## [Wine clubs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wine-clubs/931027)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2021, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wine-clubs/931027 "2021-06-24T15:51:36Z")
We watch a lot of TCM, so of course we see commercials for the TCM Wine Club. I’m sure they don’t do this, but I keep imagining they buy a bunch of Charles Shaw (Two-Buck Chuck back home, Three-Buck Chuck up here) and p… --- ## [Rembrandt's The Night Watch -- The Director's Cut](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rembrandts-the-night-watch-the-directors-cut/944951)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2021, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rembrandts-the-night-watch-the-directors-cut/944951 "2021-06-24T15:20:52Z")
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/rembrandt-night-watch-ai-restoration/index.html --- ## [Has anyone here tried SCRIMSHAW pilsner beer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-tried-scrimshaw-pilsner-beer/833141)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2021, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-tried-scrimshaw-pilsner-beer/833141 "2021-06-24T15:09:00Z")
From North Coast Brewing. They claim it’s only 100 calories per bottle with only 2g of carbs, yet 4.7% alcohol and 22 IBU. That’s impressive. I’m curious as to how they get such a low amount of calories and carbs with t… --- ## [Unnecessary words used in science fiction](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unnecessary-words-used-in-science-fiction/944599)
**Author:** [@Bootb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootb)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2021, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unnecessary-words-used-in-science-fiction/944599 "2021-06-24T10:12:37Z")
One thing I’ve noticed in classic science fiction (i.e., Clarke, Heinlein, and/or a lot of things written in the 1940s-1960s) is a strong and rather astonishing tendency to use words that are utterly unnecessary. For ex… --- ## [Can you still get canned dark meat chicken?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-still-get-canned-dark-meat-chicken/944861)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2021, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-still-get-canned-dark-meat-chicken/944861 "2021-06-24T02:08:55Z")
I used to rather like the dark, but chunk white chicken breast seems to have completely taken over the canned chicken market. Even the dollar stores’ bottom-tier generic canned chicken is chunk white chicken breast. --- ## [WKRP question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wkrp-question/611260)
**Author:** [@Kansas\_Beekeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kansas_Beekeeper)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2021, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wkrp-question/611260 "2021-06-24T00:58:23Z")
Any WKRP fans? The episode is “Nothing to Fear” (either episode 66 or episode 20 of season 3) in which everyone is scared after the station is robbed. There is a one time bit-part character, “Stella, the coatcheck girl… --- ## [Stunted chili and kale plants?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stunted-chili-and-kale-plants/944834)
**Author:** [@Orville\_mogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orville_mogul)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2021, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stunted-chili-and-kale-plants/944834 "2021-06-23T18:36:00Z")
A couple of years ago we bought a young chili pepper plant and really loved the flavor and heat of the chilies it produced. So at the end of the season I saved some of the seeds and planted them the next spring, starting… --- ## [Trying to identify a fantasy painting/poster](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-identify-a-fantasy-painting-poster/944733)
**Author:** [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2021, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-identify-a-fantasy-painting-poster/944733 "2021-06-23T16:30:18Z")
I first remember seeing this image as an original painting in a gallery at Caesars Palace, probably in the late '70s. I later found it as a poster, probably around 1982 because I remember taking it to college with me and… --- ## [20 Mile Limit -- IMPOSSIBLE!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-mile-limit-impossible/540587)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2021, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-mile-limit-impossible/540587 "2021-06-23T13:36:44Z")
I’ve just received an email about a thread I posted in in 2003, asking if I’d found out anything about a short film called 20 Mile Limit. The Chao Goes Mu started a thread on it. Here is my post from a different thread… --- ## [Greek Mythology: Apollo v. Helios](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greek-mythology-apollo-v-helios/944865)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2021, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greek-mythology-apollo-v-helios/944865 "2021-06-23T13:04:45Z")
Helios was a Titan (a second-generation Titan actually, the son of Hyperion and Theia) who was the personification of the Sun. But then after the Olympians displace the Titans, the sun is said to be Apollo’s chariot that… --- ## [UK - "Ready Steady Go"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-ready-steady-go/944032)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2021, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-ready-steady-go/944032 "2021-06-23T11:01:35Z")
Our local PBS station recently had a fund-raiser - one of the shows being a compilation of clips from the British show “Ready Steady Go” (roughly equivalent to “American Bandstand”). The clips seemed to be mostly from th… --- ## [Movies that you enjoyed, right up until the very end](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-you-enjoyed-right-up-until-the-very-end/941293)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 169\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2021, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-you-enjoyed-right-up-until-the-very-end/941293 "2021-06-23T09:20:49Z")
Last night on Netflix I watched the movie “Chef” with Jon Favreau and an all-star cast. And I really really enjoyed it, right up until the end where it seemed like someone decided “Hey, we’ve got about five minutes to wr… --- ## [The Daily Show (Trevor says bye for now)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-show-trevor-says-bye-for-now/944801)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2021, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-show-trevor-says-bye-for-now/944801 "2021-06-22T18:29:35Z")
Just caught up on The Daily show last night. Trevor gave a “Bye for now” speech. He claims he’s coming back (I’m not completely confident he will. I hope he does though) but he doesn’t want to come back to the same ol’ s… --- ## [Does anyone else have a problem enjoying modern books?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-have-a-problem-enjoying-modern-books/943812)
**Author:** [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2021, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-have-a-problem-enjoying-modern-books/943812 "2021-06-22T17:21:06Z")
All the books I like tend to be written more than a few decades ago. Am I not reading enough current books or is this an issue that other people also have? --- ## [FARGO: significance (if any) of Mike Yanagita](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fargo-significance-if-any-of-mike-yanagita/131493)
**Author:** [@Kyomara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyomara)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2021, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fargo-significance-if-any-of-mike-yanagita/131493 "2021-06-22T17:02:11Z")
In the movie Fargo, when Chief Marge goes down to Mineapolis to work on her homicide case, she meets up with an old acquaintance from high school, Mike Yanagita. I watched this movie again recently and wondered if there… --- ## [Encouraging asparagus plants to multiply](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/encouraging-asparagus-plants-to-multiply/718596)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2021, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/encouraging-asparagus-plants-to-multiply/718596 "2021-06-22T16:54:15Z")
I have an asparagus patch in my back yard, and I want to encourage the plants to multiply in the coming years. Now that the spears are coming up, should I harvest them, leaving a few to grow into ferns, or would it be b… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=323) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=325)