# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=340 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 341 --- ## [Play MST For Me (3000, that is)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/play-mst-for-me-3000-that-is/939596)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2021, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/play-mst-for-me-3000-that-is/939596 "2021-04-08T18:46:24Z")
Some guy named “Joel” has started up another Kickstarter campaign to bring back Mystery Science Theater 3000(not gonna link to it-real fans will find it on their own). First goal is $2 million, and the plan is to skip n… --- ## [Tin Star series on Prime \[spoilers\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tin-star-series-on-prime-spoilers/939453)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2021, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tin-star-series-on-prime-spoilers/939453 "2021-04-08T15:37:17Z")
Just watched both seasons and while the first half season was excellent, I think it got dangerously close to jumping the shark by episode 7/8 in season 1. Particularly when Anna and Whitey became an item even though he … --- ## [Jack Hanna zookeeper and wildlife conservationist retiring from public life (illness)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-hanna-zookeeper-and-wildlife-conservationist-retiring-from-public-life-illness/939587)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2021, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-hanna-zookeeper-and-wildlife-conservationist-retiring-from-public-life-illness/939587 "2021-04-08T14:40:56Z")
Jack Hanna appeared on many talk shows. He always brought interesting animals to show. I remember his appearances on Johnny Carson Tonight Show and David Letterman. Jack had several shows, Jack Hanna’s Animal Adventures… --- ## [RIP, George Segal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-george-segal/938578)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2021, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-george-segal/938578 "2021-04-08T00:33:56Z")
The actor George Segal has died at 87. Didn’t know he was that old. I of course remember him from Virginia Woolf, but also for lots of other things. --- ## [Questions about self-publishing with Amazon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-self-publishing-with-amazon/939339)
**Author:** [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2021, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-self-publishing-with-amazon/939339 "2021-04-07T23:55:37Z")
I’m looking at publishing a book using Amazon. I can’t find a basic piece of information: Can I use a manuscript in the same format to publish a Kindle version and a Print-on-Demand version, or must I set up two manuscri… --- ## [Methods for two people to communicate without being noticed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/methods-for-two-people-to-communicate-without-being-noticed/939489)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2021, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/methods-for-two-people-to-communicate-without-being-noticed/939489 "2021-04-07T21:01:24Z")
For fiction’s sake: What are suitable methods for two people, in close proximity, to communicate with each other without those around them noticing? (the consequences are dire if found out) The one that came to mind w… --- ## [The "Just Offscreen" issue in Movies (BTTF as an example)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-just-offscreen-issue-in-movies-bttf-as-an-example/939384)
**Author:** [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2021, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-just-offscreen-issue-in-movies-bttf-as-an-example/939384 "2021-04-07T20:18:09Z")
If the audience can’t see something, we tend to assume that it’s not there - or that the characters can’t see it either, and once you start noticing this, it makes a lot of movies inadvertently funny, as characters get s… --- ## [How do I found out if a book or author is really a best-seller?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-found-out-if-a-book-or-author-is-really-a-best-seller/939436)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2021, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-found-out-if-a-book-or-author-is-really-a-best-seller/939436 "2021-04-07T19:09:10Z")
Question is in the thread title. --- ## [RIP Frank Jacobs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-frank-jacobs/939553)
**Author:** [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2021, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-frank-jacobs/939553 "2021-04-07T18:33:55Z")
Frank Jacobs, longtime writer for Mad magazine, has passed away at 92. He was the one who wrote most of the song and poem parodies. --- ## [Carrot cake for Easter - why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrot-cake-for-easter-why/939344)
**Author:** [@KCB615](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KCB615)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2021, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrot-cake-for-easter-why/939344 "2021-04-07T12:20:38Z")
Why is carrot cake an Easter dessert of choice? Don’t get me wrong, it’s one of my favorite baked goods, and I make it year round. I’m happy to have an occasion where it’s a focus food. Why, though, is it associated with… --- ## [Did Mrs. Fairfax know about Bertha Mason Rochester?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-mrs-fairfax-know-about-bertha-mason-rochester/584921)
**Author:** [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2021, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-mrs-fairfax-know-about-bertha-mason-rochester/584921 "2021-04-07T08:23:31Z")
The title says it all. Mrs. Fairfax doesn’t say anything to Jane before the wedding, but what housekeeper doesn’t know everything that goes on in the house she manages? StG --- ## [When did titles stop being yellow?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-titles-stop-being-yellow/939469)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2021, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-titles-stop-being-yellow/939469 "2021-04-06T19:52:15Z")
For the longest time credits and titles on TV and movies were usually in yellow text. Around when did this finally die out? --- ## [What's the deal with Red Baron pizza? Why is a German who killed people the mascot of a pizza company?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-red-baron-pizza-why-is-a-german-who-killed-people-the-mascot-of-a-pizza-company/933789)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2021, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-red-baron-pizza-why-is-a-german-who-killed-people-the-mascot-of-a-pizza-company/933789 "2021-04-06T19:30:02Z")
His 80 victories including the deaths of over 40 Brits, 7 Canadians and 1 American! And how come we don’t have an Erich Hartmann Pizza?! But more seriously, why did they land on the Red Baron to promote a reheatable piz… --- ## [Do movie trailer narrators still exist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-movie-trailer-narrators-still-exist/939473)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2021, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-movie-trailer-narrators-still-exist/939473 "2021-04-06T15:25:50Z")
I was just watching something recent that was making fun of “Movie trailer voice guy” and the whole IN A WORLD ONE MAN STEPS UP TO THE CHALLENGE cliche speech but it made me realize, isn’t that pretty much a dead concept… --- ## [Libertarian knock knock joke](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libertarian-knock-knock-joke/939369)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2021, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libertarian-knock-knock-joke/939369 "2021-04-06T03:43:42Z")
Knock knock. Get a warrant. From here: Libertarian Dad Jokes - YouTube I’m not Libertarian but this video is funny, IMO. --- ## [Beverly Cleary, children's author, dies at 104](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beverly-cleary-childrens-author-dies-at-104/938800)
**Author:** [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2021, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beverly-cleary-childrens-author-dies-at-104/938800 "2021-04-05T21:33:24Z")
Beverly Cleary, who wrote a lot of beloved children’s books, including the Henry Huggins and Ramona Quimby stories, passed away today at the age of 104. She was my very first “favorite author,” and I remember, as a grad… --- ## [Add "Stargate" to the list of shows actively trying to make a comeback](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-stargate-to-the-list-of-shows-actively-trying-to-make-a-comeback/938504)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2021, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-stargate-to-the-list-of-shows-actively-trying-to-make-a-comeback/938504 "2021-04-05T20:14:56Z")
In his podcast The Companion, Brad Wright stated that he’s been writing lines for Daniel Jackson. --- ## [MASH: the hemostat test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mash-the-hemostat-test/939454)
**Author:** [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2021, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mash-the-hemostat-test/939454 "2021-04-05T19:49:13Z")
I remember a scene from MASH in the swamp in which one of the doctors attached a hemostat to the edge of his hand and tightened it in order to assess the sufficiency of his inebriation. Was this from the movie or the TV … --- ## [Kinako -- Japanese toasted soybean flour](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinako-japanese-toasted-soybean-flour/939330)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2021, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinako-japanese-toasted-soybean-flour/939330 "2021-04-05T01:21:55Z")
I came across this ingredient in a YouTube video today. Anyone familiar with it or know how to use it? What is Kinako? Kinako is one of many Japanese ingredients made from soybeans. It is dried, milled and roasted soyb… --- ## [Do you dislike the flavour of fresh cucumbers? Why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-dislike-the-flavour-of-fresh-cucumbers-why/925744)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2021, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-dislike-the-flavour-of-fresh-cucumbers-why/925744 "2021-04-04T23:26:16Z")
I am interested to know the views of people who dislike cucumbers specifically on account of their flavour. There is method to my madness, as I will explain below, but in short - if you don’t like the taste of cucumbers… --- ## [Movies where there are no good guys](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-there-are-no-good-guys/939349)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2021, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-there-are-no-good-guys/939349 "2021-04-04T21:14:25Z")
I’m watching “I Care A Lot” on Netflix and it’s about people that take advantage of the elderly versus the Russian mafia. What other movies have no good guys? --- ## [Nostalgic American Beverages?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nostalgic-american-beverages/938350)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 191\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2021, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nostalgic-american-beverages/938350 "2021-04-04T21:08:02Z")
I have a copy of an American food guide from 1979 which gives macronutrient and calorie counts for many foods from that time. I occasionally use it to find how much protein or carbs are in something, since it is more ac… --- ## [Good Movies w/ Protagonist Narrating Throughout The Entire Movie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-movies-w-protagonist-narrating-throughout-the-entire-movie/939333)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2021, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-movies-w-protagonist-narrating-throughout-the-entire-movie/939333 "2021-04-04T19:24:33Z")
I’ve noticed these kinds of movies get real deep into a character. But they also display the external disparity between what’s said verbally to other characters, and what truths the protagonist tells the audience through… --- ## [Name of plastic roll ground meat package](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-plastic-roll-ground-meat-package/939094)
**Author:** [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2021, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-plastic-roll-ground-meat-package/939094 "2021-04-04T18:49:12Z")
Some ground meats, typically breakfast sausage and ground beef, are often sold in cylindrical one-pound (or larger) plastic roll packages tied off with a metal clamp at each end. What is the name of that type of package? … --- ## [Village of the Darned . . . socks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/village-of-the-darned-socks/939192)
**Author:** [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2021, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/village-of-the-darned-socks/939192 "2021-04-04T03:59:07Z")
I make a lot of my own socks, so no way I’m tossing them when they ascend to holeyness. I also have a pair rated for 30° below which I paid a chunk for. So my reaction to heels and toes poking through is not dammit, but d… --- ## [Most prestigious classical-music competition?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-prestigious-classical-music-competition/939361)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2021, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-prestigious-classical-music-competition/939361 "2021-04-04T01:32:40Z")
The Van Cliburn seems to be considered the Olympics of classical music, but the Chopin Piano Competition would give it a run for its money. Is there any higher-regarded classical-music contest than the Cliburn? --- ## [Anyone Have A SodaStream Or Similar Product?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-a-sodastream-or-similar-product/939249)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2021, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-a-sodastream-or-similar-product/939249 "2021-04-03T22:55:30Z")
I’m thinking about buying one, but the reviews I’ve read have been … mixed (to put it mildly). Also, I’ve heard tell of users buying real syrups from soda manufacturers (viz, actual Diet Coke syrup, not the SodaStream-s… --- ## [Mac & cheese from scratch using a veloute sauce instead of bechamel? (Need answer kinda fast)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-cheese-from-scratch-using-a-veloute-sauce-instead-of-bechamel-need-answer-kinda-fast/939335)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2021, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-cheese-from-scratch-using-a-veloute-sauce-instead-of-bechamel-need-answer-kinda-fast/939335 "2021-04-03T22:39:13Z")
I posted this question in a long post in the “Mac and cheese hacks” thread and haven’t got a answer there yet with Saturday dinner mere hours away, so I thought I’d make my own question post. Basically I’m making some c… --- ## [Strangest non-porn videos you've watched](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-non-porn-videos-youve-watched/938886)
**Author:** [@Didi44](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Didi44)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2021, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-non-porn-videos-youve-watched/938886 "2021-04-03T21:47:03Z")
I was just half watching / listening to this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POOtW3vqcwE from game collector MetalJesusRocks. I thought it was going to be about things he found and bought on Craigslist, but nope…i… --- ## [Okay, I don't get this XKCD](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-dont-get-this-xkcd/939336)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2021, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-dont-get-this-xkcd/939336 "2021-04-03T19:00:22Z")
I’m not sure I’m even “doing” it right, much less what the meaning is. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=339) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=341)