# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=325 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 326 --- ## [What are subtle/unintentional forms of prejudice to avoid when writing fiction?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-subtle-unintentional-forms-of-prejudice-to-avoid-when-writing-fiction/944268)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2021, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-subtle-unintentional-forms-of-prejudice-to-avoid-when-writing-fiction/944268 "2021-06-22T16:09:44Z")
Been writing a novel for a while, and I’m well aware that authors can unintentionally convey sexism, racism, or various forms of bias/stereotype without meaning to. I’m pretty sure my novel contains nothing overt (I’ve g… --- ## [Songs that mention specific models of airplane](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-mention-specific-models-of-airplane/944769)
**Author:** [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2021, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-mention-specific-models-of-airplane/944769 "2021-06-22T15:55:09Z")
I happened to catch “Jet Airliner” by the Steven Miller Band on a classic rock station. Nothing deep, but a really nice song. One line is “as I get on the 707”, a reference to the Boeing 707, and wondered if there are o… --- ## [Favorite Directors?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-directors/842053)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2021, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-directors/842053 "2021-06-22T15:40:49Z")
In order (if you can) Vittorio De Sica, Robert Bresson, Frank Capra, Luchino Visconti, Ken Loach, Mike Leigh, John Cassavetes, Ingmar Bergman, John Huston, Akira Kurosawa, Elia Kazan, Robert Altman, Billy Wilder, Aki Ka… --- ## [What does al dente really mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-al-dente-really-mean/944840)
**Author:** [@jebert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jebert)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2021, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-al-dente-really-mean/944840 "2021-06-22T15:21:33Z")
I see the term “al dente” all the time in pasta recipes, and yes, I know it translates literally to “to the tooth”, but what does that really mean? How do I tell when it’s done al dente? --- ## [Wholesale Food Price Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wholesale-food-price-questions/944789)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2021, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wholesale-food-price-questions/944789 "2021-06-22T15:05:11Z")
I’ve been doing a detailed thought experiment which involves purchasing large quantities of food items. Food is one of those weird things where prices in most places becomes cheaper when purchasing a large quantity - to… --- ## [Banksy loses trademark claims on 4 of his works](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banksy-loses-trademark-claims-on-4-of-his-works/944732)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2021, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banksy-loses-trademark-claims-on-4-of-his-works/944732 "2021-06-22T12:54:25Z")
Flower Thrower Laugh Now Girl With an Umbrella Radar Rat Banksy is trying to protect his work from commercial use by using trademarks. He’s lost cases on 4 works. He has other works in dispute. I’m conflicted becaus… --- ## [Funniest jokes in 10 words or less](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-jokes-in-10-words-or-less/941946)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2021, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-jokes-in-10-words-or-less/941946 "2021-06-22T04:18:11Z")
There are lots of old joke threads here but this one has a limitation - the jokes can be no longer than ten words total. Here’s mine… What do you call a girl who can’t draw? Tracy. --- ## [Would Alex P. Keaton be a Trumpist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-alex-p-keaton-be-a-trumpist/944617)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2021, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-alex-p-keaton-be-a-trumpist/944617 "2021-06-22T01:49:22Z")
When we met Alex P. Keaton in 1982, he was a Reagan Republican teen being raised by two former Flower Children. I think Alex even had a poster of Alan Greenspan in his room. Alex was very much a believer in Reagan’s su… --- ## [Ad I.D.: Is Lewis Black narrating?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ad-i-d-is-lewis-black-narrating/944798)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2021, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ad-i-d-is-lewis-black-narrating/944798 "2021-06-21T23:10:42Z")
eensy bit before his time? --- ## [Half-remembered show from MTV](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-remembered-show-from-mtv/944765)
**Author:** [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2021, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-remembered-show-from-mtv/944765 "2021-06-21T15:19:31Z")
This would have been on MTV mid- to late-1980s (it’s dimly possible it was VH-1). It was a talk/interview show, and I’m reasonably sure it was a regular series. In the episode I’m trying to remember, they were talking t… --- ## [Groundhog Day - Phil Connors has 5 more years to go](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groundhog-day-phil-connors-has-5-more-years-to-go/944421)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2021, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groundhog-day-phil-connors-has-5-more-years-to-go/944421 "2021-06-21T04:52:59Z")
I meant to post this in February. By some estimates Phil Connor spent 33 years living the same day over and over. So picture yourself back in 1993 and doing the same ever since. And not getting out of the loop until 2026… --- ## [Cartoon Network release Rick and Morty season five first look](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-network-release-rick-and-morty-season-five-first-look/916340)
**Author:** [@Santos\_L\_Halper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santos_L_Halper)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2021, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-network-release-rick-and-morty-season-five-first-look/916340 "2021-06-21T04:12:26Z")
Cartoon Network’s posted a very rough animation clip from Rick and Morty season five: And it’s been less than two months since season four ended. --- ## [Frank Bonner, 'Herb Tarlek' on WKRP has died at 79](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frank-bonner-herb-tarlek-on-wkrp-has-died-at-79/944475)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2021, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frank-bonner-herb-tarlek-on-wkrp-has-died-at-79/944475 "2021-06-21T02:16:03Z")
The article says he died of complications of Lewy body dementia. --- ## [Another song ID thread - "touch and go"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-song-id-thread-touch-and-go/944688)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2021, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-song-id-thread-touch-and-go/944688 "2021-06-20T21:52:23Z")
This popped into my head the other day, and it’s driving me crazy. All I can remember of the song is the phrase “touch and go”. And no, it’s not the Cars song. What I remember of the song is that “touch and go” was spok… --- ## [1st Thing You Think Of w/ These Decades For Movies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1st-thing-you-think-of-w-these-decades-for-movies/944656)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2021, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1st-thing-you-think-of-w-these-decades-for-movies/944656 "2021-06-20T21:28:25Z")
With these decades for movies? Could be one word, a sentence, etc… 1930s - populism 1940s - heroism 1950s - rebellion 1960s - independence 1970s - gritty, natural, and a combination of previous decades --- ## [Can you id this early eighties movie? (Disney maybe?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-id-this-early-eighties-movie-disney-maybe/944564)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2021, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-id-this-early-eighties-movie-disney-maybe/944564 "2021-06-20T15:55:45Z")
I remember very little about this movie. It was a family type movie: Two guys go up in the space shuttle. Somehow they get hurled back in time to medieval England. Through the course of the movie, the two guys meet and… --- ## [Mare of Easttown - Thought AFTER finale (SPOILERS)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mare-of-easttown-thought-after-finale-spoilers/943356)
**Author:** [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2021, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mare-of-easttown-thought-after-finale-spoilers/943356 "2021-06-20T11:35:22Z")
I have to say, I was a bit disapointed. I think they should have made the killer and end it that. Having it ackshully be was just a jump-the-shark moment and totally ruined it for me. It’s funny, I watched the “behi… --- ## [What is Anton Chigurh's back-story? Make one up! (Possible spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-anton-chigurhs-back-story-make-one-up-possible-spoilers/440502)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2021, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-anton-chigurhs-back-story-make-one-up-possible-spoilers/440502 "2021-06-20T05:42:05Z")
After we saw No Country for Old Men, my girlfriend and I argued about Anton Chigurh’s background. “He’s Russian!” I said. “He’s Mexican,” she insisted. “Come on, his accent is obviously Eastern European, I said.” “No, it… --- ## [Did you Think "Happy Days" Jumped The Shark?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-think-happy-days-jumped-the-shark/733230)
**Author:** [@Daniel\_Boone\_Fanatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daniel_Boone_Fanatic)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2021, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-think-happy-days-jumped-the-shark/733230 "2021-06-19T21:07:36Z")
I’m probably in the minority, but I think it didn’t. That jumped the shark episode was like a transition into something new. I thought when" Happy Days" really jumped the shark, was when Ron Howard & Donny Most left. Th… --- ## [Question on Sharpe's Eagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-sharpes-eagle/944645)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2021, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-sharpes-eagle/944645 "2021-06-19T20:33:25Z")
I am binge watching the Sharpe’s series and had a question on the second installment Sharpe’s Eagle. I did a quick look on wiki and imdb but didn’t find the answer. And if you haven’t seen it, spoiler ahead. When Maj.… --- ## [John Paragon, 'Jambi the Genie' on The Pee-wee's Playhouse has died at 66](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-paragon-jambi-the-genie-on-the-pee-wees-playhouse-has-died-at-66/944576)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2021, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-paragon-jambi-the-genie-on-the-pee-wees-playhouse-has-died-at-66/944576 "2021-06-19T19:39:05Z")
Actor John Paragon, Known for Role on Pee-wee 's Playhouse , Dies at 66 (yahoo.com) Per the article, ‘His cause of death is not clear at this time.’ Meka Leka Hi Meka Hiney Ho - Jambi - YouTube --- ## [What is the best fusion cuisine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-fusion-cuisine/943231)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2021, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-fusion-cuisine/943231 "2021-06-19T13:34:01Z")
I’m reading a cookbook which mixes Jamaican and Chinese influences. Not made the recipes but they look amazing. Chinese means five spice, soy sauce, ginger. Jamaican means scotch bonnets and jerk, citrus and rum. Wha… --- ## [Longest lived cast of a TV show? I've got my answer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-lived-cast-of-a-tv-show-ive-got-my-answer/932090)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2021, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-lived-cast-of-a-tv-show-ive-got-my-answer/932090 "2021-06-19T12:59:03Z")
Different from oldest TV show with still living cast, this is the TV show with the most oldest living cast members. Or cast members that lived the longest. Or that have the longest average lifespans. I think that makes t… --- ## [Disney/Pixar's Luca film on Disney+ (open spoilers after first post)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-pixars-luca-film-on-disney-open-spoilers-after-first-post/944590)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2021, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-pixars-luca-film-on-disney-open-spoilers-after-first-post/944590 "2021-06-19T08:13:22Z")
So, I watched the new animated film from Disney/Pixar, Luca, when it dropped today to all subscribers on Disney+. I really enjoyed it! Cute coming of age story. What did everyone else think? --- ## [How did you feel when Alex Trebek shaved off his mustache?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-feel-when-alex-trebek-shaved-off-his-mustache/944456)
**Author:** [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2021, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-feel-when-alex-trebek-shaved-off-his-mustache/944456 "2021-06-19T05:21:02Z")
This trivial little reminiscence is just for fun, but what kind of reaction did you have when the late, great Alex Trebek shaved off his iconic mustache back in 2001? Did it propel you into an existential crisis? Or did … --- ## [ABY switch for guitars and battery drainage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aby-switch-for-guitars-and-battery-drainage/944597)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2021, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aby-switch-for-guitars-and-battery-drainage/944597 "2021-06-19T02:33:30Z")
I put this is Cafe, maybe it goes in general questions I found this 3- way ABY switch, my guy at my guitar store said he had never heard of one with more than 2, anyway I can plug 3 guitars into my amp. I got it last w… --- ## [Moldy Crystal Lite](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moldy-crystal-lite/448692)
**Author:** [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2021, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moldy-crystal-lite/448692 "2021-06-18T19:13:24Z")
Why does Crystal Lite get moldy? I’ve only noticed it with the peach tea. If it’s left out for just a couple hours, I can smell the mold. If a bit is left in the bottom of a glass over night, it’s black. I don’t want to… --- ## [Colbert's back in the theater](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colberts-back-in-the-theater/944434)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2021, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colberts-back-in-the-theater/944434 "2021-06-18T15:50:13Z")
…and I liked his pared down quarantine show more. At least he’s happier. --- ## [Funky/complex/weird cheeses](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funky-complex-weird-cheeses/944478)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2021, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funky-complex-weird-cheeses/944478 "2021-06-18T02:24:19Z")
Just had a terrific Camembert – soft and runny with a very complex flavor; a bit of bitterness, a bit of sour, and a whole lot of umami. What other cheeses have really complex or otherwise unusual flavors? --- ## [Godzilla (or other Kaiju critters) eating people?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/godzilla-or-other-kaiju-critters-eating-people/944470)
**Author:** [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2021, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/godzilla-or-other-kaiju-critters-eating-people/944470 "2021-06-18T00:38:12Z")
Are there any instances in Japanese movies of kaiju critters like Godzilla and his ilk actually consuming people as food? The beasties are usually portrayed as so large that they are menacing to actual cities, killing pe… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=324) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=326)