# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=332 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 333 --- ## [RIP Norman LLoyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-norman-lloyd/941964)
**Author:** [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2021, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-norman-lloyd/941964 "2021-05-17T01:19:45Z")
One of the longest working actors around. He did make it to 106. --- ## [What if Thanos had used an Infinity Stone to de-Serum Steve Rogers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-thanos-had-used-an-infinity-stone-to-de-serum-steve-rogers/942132)
**Author:** [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2021, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-thanos-had-used-an-infinity-stone-to-de-serum-steve-rogers/942132 "2021-05-16T23:54:07Z")
Inspired by this Reddit thread. For those that don’t care to click on the link, it’s a shot of Thanos saying “You know what? Screw you” \* UNCAPTAINS YOUR AMERICA \* …and the next panel showing the pre-serum Steve Roge… --- ## [Identify Short Story?: Starvation, Couple, Thwarted Scenario Engineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-short-story-starvation-couple-thwarted-scenario-engineer/929337)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2021, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-short-story-starvation-couple-thwarted-scenario-engineer/929337 "2021-05-16T22:57:54Z")
I forget some of the backstory but somehow a wealthy and/or powerful guy gets a couple to consent to play his game. And he deprives them of everything. And they’re reduced to fighting over the tiny scraps of food. And… --- ## [Wrath of Man - plot hole questions - spoilers after first](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrath-of-man-plot-hole-questions-spoilers-after-first/942237)
**Author:** [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2021, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrath-of-man-plot-hole-questions-spoilers-after-first/942237 "2021-05-16T22:30:16Z")
Saw this last night. Standard Strahan movie, with I guess a bit of Guy Ritchie trying to be arty (maybe he is know for that, I don’t follow movies much). Fine for what it is, glad I saw it, won’t watch it again. Saw “Sc… --- ## [Nancy Drew, the CW series (full frontal spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nancy-drew-the-cw-series-full-frontal-spoilers/942055)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2021, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nancy-drew-the-cw-series-full-frontal-spoilers/942055 "2021-05-16T20:40:00Z")
(This has been touched on in this thread, but after the latest episode I finally decided to start a seperate thread.) Okay, the series started off with a seemingly supernatural mystery. I wondered if it would resolve wi… --- ## [Rhythm of Steve Winwood’s “Valerie”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhythm-of-steve-winwood-s-valerie/942063)
**Author:** [@alovem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alovem)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2021, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhythm-of-steve-winwood-s-valerie/942063 "2021-05-16T19:53:05Z")
Is there a name for this kind of rhythm? It sounds to me like an eighth note and two sixteenths, as in dum-digga, dum-digga, etc. I think I’ve heard it in a Madness recording, maybe toward the end when they speed up a bi… --- ## [Can anyone find anything about this old play/musical?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-find-anything-about-this-old-play-musical/942236)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2021, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-find-anything-about-this-old-play-musical/942236 "2021-05-16T19:48:56Z")
Flyer posted in a local history Facebook group. From 1935. No title given, unless the title is All Star Cast. I’ve had no luck with googling some of the character names and descriptions (like “Modernistic Misses.”) … --- ## [Which do you eat first: the burger or the fries?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-do-you-eat-first-the-burger-or-the-fries/941042)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2021, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-do-you-eat-first-the-burger-or-the-fries/941042 "2021-05-16T13:56:52Z")
You have your favorite burger and fries in front of you, fresh and hot, made just like you like 'em. Which do you eat first? poll --- ## [The Creation of Iconic Images for the Movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-creation-of-iconic-images-for-the-movies/939443)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2021, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-creation-of-iconic-images-for-the-movies/939443 "2021-05-16T13:12:06Z")
It sometimes happens that an image representing a character or idea is used in a movie that was not inherent in the original idea or source material, but which gets picked up by practically everyone because it has become… --- ## [Is the premise of "Younger" possible?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-premise-of-younger-possible/942115)
**Author:** [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2021, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-premise-of-younger-possible/942115 "2021-05-16T02:53:32Z")
My wife and I just started watching the show “Younger”. If you don’t know, it’s about a 40-year-old woman, recently divorced, who is mistaken for being in her 20s. She decides to play on that and restart her life and c… --- ## [The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers on Disney+: Who's watching?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mighty-ducks-game-changers-on-disney-whos-watching/942203)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2021, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mighty-ducks-game-changers-on-disney-whos-watching/942203 "2021-05-16T02:33:45Z")
I’ve been following The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers on Disney+, and I’m truly enjoying it. The characters are really coming together, and the writing is solid, and it’s good seeing Emilio Estevez. Who else has been wat… --- ## [Peanuts in the shell - yea or nay?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanuts-in-the-shell-yea-or-nay/939739)
**Author:** [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2021, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanuts-in-the-shell-yea-or-nay/939739 "2021-05-16T02:11:21Z")
As a kid in Norway I almost never saw peanuts roasted in the shell. It was an exotic oddity in the grocery store from time to time, and I can’t remember ever buying any. I’ve had them as an adult though and recently, no… --- ## [Do you have a bucket list of comments or questions for celebs? / MST3K related](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-bucket-list-of-comments-or-questions-for-celebs-mst3k-related/942041)
**Author:** [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2021, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-bucket-list-of-comments-or-questions-for-celebs-mst3k-related/942041 "2021-05-15T16:07:08Z")
Joel mentioned in a thread that as great as Mitchell is for a send-off episode, it was randomly selected. I had always thought that they put extra effort into the riffs for that episode as they did the movie…but when i a… --- ## [Ellen show ending in 2022](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ellen-show-ending-in-2022/942071)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2021, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ellen-show-ending-in-2022/942071 "2021-05-15T15:51:12Z")
She says all the latest stuff about toxic place are not a factor. --- ## [Dead Places language question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-places-language-question/942106)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2021, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-places-language-question/942106 "2021-05-15T13:43:28Z")
I have been watching the Netflix series Dead Places. Filmed and set in South Africa, it has been almost entirely in English, and what I would describe as “American English”, pretty much no non-American terms or diffic… --- ## [What De Niro movie had De Niro running a gang in prison or a mental hospital?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-de-niro-movie-had-de-niro-running-a-gang-in-prison-or-a-mental-hospital/942129)
**Author:** [@Something](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Something)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2021, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-de-niro-movie-had-de-niro-running-a-gang-in-prison-or-a-mental-hospital/942129 "2021-05-15T05:39:06Z")
I saw parts of a movie on cable like 25 years ago, it had De Niro running a gang while incarcerated in a prison or mental hospital I think?, and at one part we see Scorcese in a room editing a film? Obscure, but answera… --- ## [Suggest a space opera for a person who doesn't read science fiction](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-space-opera-for-a-person-who-doesnt-read-science-fiction/937902)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2021, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-space-opera-for-a-person-who-doesnt-read-science-fiction/937902 "2021-05-15T05:07:38Z")
Was texting today with a lady about space operas, a genre she never heard of: She enjoys action films (we were mocking the latest Godzilla flick), and liked my description of the gen… --- ## [When does Schitt's Creek get good?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-does-schitts-creek-get-good/941716)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2021, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-does-schitts-creek-get-good/941716 "2021-05-14T23:25:57Z")
A while ago some friends of ours recommended Schitt’s Creek, so my wife and I watched the first episode and hated all of the characters. So we shrugged and said de gustibus and decided not to watch any more. Then sever… --- ## [Crosby,Stills,N&Y:"Teach your children"--why does it say "they pickS"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crosby-stills-n-y-teach-your-children-why-does-it-say-they-picks/409675)
**Author:** [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2021, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crosby-stills-n-y-teach-your-children-why-does-it-say-they-picks/409675 "2021-05-14T19:47:02Z")
it’s a classic anthem of a generation–“Teach your children well” by Crosby Stills Nash and Young. A song that mixes some hippie angst with some hope for the future. So it’s a pretty good song… But ruined by TERRIBLE gr… --- ## [Solar Opposites, a new show from Justin Roiland,](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solar-opposites-a-new-show-from-justin-roiland/850285)
**Author:** [@CastletonSnob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2020, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solar-opposites-a-new-show-from-justin-roiland/850285 "2020-03-25T23:06:48Z")
Synopsis, from Collider: I hope this doesn’t end up being a Rick and Morty clone. --- ## [The Crown; season 4](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crown-season-4/925643)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2021, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crown-season-4/925643 "2021-05-14T14:52:14Z")
Season 4 came out today and I’ve been binge-watching all day. I can see why Prince William loathes this show. Charles comes off as a spoiled asshole (in contrast to last season) and Diana is a basket case surrounded by… --- ## [Murder Durdur - Mare of Easttown](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murder-durdur-mare-of-easttown/942030)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2021, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murder-durdur-mare-of-easttown/942030 "2021-05-14T14:11:38Z")
If you’ve seen Mare of Easttown you’ll get a hoot out of this. Especially if you’re from Pennsylvania and caught all the bits they make fun of in the SNL skit. And especially if you lived right next to the … --- ## [The 7.5 deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle. Please spoil this one specific question, but not anything else](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-7-5-deaths-of-evelyn-hardcastle-please-spoil-this-one-specific-question-but-not-anything-else/942049)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2021, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-7-5-deaths-of-evelyn-hardcastle-please-spoil-this-one-specific-question-but-not-anything-else/942049 "2021-05-14T07:31:54Z")
I’ve just finished Day 1 of the book and am starting Day 2. The twist wasn’t quite what I was expecting, but was actually even more interesting than what I was anticipating. The specific question, which I don’t think d… --- ## ["Who Is John Galt?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-john-galt/7848)
**Author:** [@Phouchg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phouchg)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2021, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-john-galt/7848 "2021-05-13T19:38:51Z")
ok - i’m still relatively new here. Why is this question used so much? Why is this funny? (seriously) Who IS John Galt? Phouchg --- ## [What if the brisket is split in two? (Cooking time)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-brisket-is-split-in-two-cooking-time/942028)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2021, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-brisket-is-split-in-two-cooking-time/942028 "2021-05-13T19:06:24Z")
So the general rule of thumb is 60 minutes per pound at 275 in the oven. The thing is, I have two four pound briskets. Does the math still work out the same? Or should I calculate for four pounds? --- ## [Comic interview montages](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-interview-montages/941955)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2021, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-interview-montages/941955 "2021-05-13T14:07:39Z")
I have been binge-reading comic back-issues lately and noticed three similar job interview montages. The first is from Wolverine and the X-men volume 1 issue 19 (December 2012), the second from West Coast Avengers volum… --- ## [Anyone ever make chili using liver?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-make-chili-using-liver/941812)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2021, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-make-chili-using-liver/941812 "2021-05-13T10:09:25Z")
So, Vaderling threw out a challenge, inadvertently I’m sure, that I couldn’t get him to eat liver. I found a several recipes for various dishes featuring liver on thediabetescouncil.com. The recipe that really caught m… --- ## [A Corny Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-corny-question/941610)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2021, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-corny-question/941610 "2021-05-13T03:11:02Z")
Why no corn bread, in stores. We got White Bread, Rye, Wheat, High Fiber, Low Carb, a jillion kinds of rolls, both in stores & in bakeries. We got Cornbread Mix. My Deli has little mini Cornbreads, in cellophane. So,… --- ## [Songs that became big hits by mistake](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-became-big-hits-by-mistake/940848)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2021, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-became-big-hits-by-mistake/940848 "2021-05-12T23:55:24Z")
According to Wikipedia’s article on Frank Mills, it was only through an error on the part of his record company that his song “Music Box Dancer” became a big hit: Mills released an album in 1974 that featured “Music Bo… --- ## [Unclear, overly wordy scientific writing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unclear-overly-wordy-scientific-writing/749205)
**Author:** [@Latimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Latimera)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2021, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unclear-overly-wordy-scientific-writing/749205 "2021-05-12T20:48:58Z")
I’m in the middle of reviewing a paper for a scientific journal. The paper is a good one—it offers valuable insight into the taxonomy of a particular group of animals, and I have no hesitation in recommending it for publ… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=331) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=333)