# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=343 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 344 --- ## [I have no junk food, and I must snack](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-no-junk-food-and-i-must-snack/938553)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2021, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-no-junk-food-and-i-must-snack/938553 "2021-03-25T11:24:41Z")
(Bonus points to readers if you get the literary reference.) Nutritionists and weight-loss gurus often advise people to make grocery shopping lists and don’t shop while you are hungry. I manage to follow the former advi… --- ## [Has any group ever recreated The Banzai Strut?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-any-group-ever-recreated-the-banzai-strut/938627)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2021, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-any-group-ever-recreated-the-banzai-strut/938627 "2021-03-25T08:10:46Z")
As shown in the end credits of \* The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension\*: Buckaroo Banzai End Credits - video Dailymotion --- ## [Why do so many big budget movies end up full of rookie filmaking/writing mistakes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-so-many-big-budget-movies-end-up-full-of-rookie-filmaking-writing-mistakes/938520)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2021, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-so-many-big-budget-movies-end-up-full-of-rookie-filmaking-writing-mistakes/938520 "2021-03-25T02:51:45Z")
So I’ve been watching a lot of cinema nerd youtubes of late (e.g. this one about Suicide Squad ) and one thing that strikes me about the analysis of famously bad recent movies is how rookie the mistakes seem to be. I re… --- ## [Banksy's gift to a UK hospital](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banksys-gift-to-a-uk-hospital/853302)
**Author:** [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2021, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banksys-gift-to-a-uk-hospital/853302 "2021-03-25T01:04:09Z")
Perhaps I’m just feeling very emotional at the moment but it’s been many years since a piece of art made me shed a tear. I’m not sure if Banksy’s done much framed art before but he hand delivered a painting to Southampt… --- ## [South Park Vaccination Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-vaccination-special/937832)
**Author:** [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2021, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-park-vaccination-special/937832 "2021-03-24T23:47:11Z")
Did anyone else watch? I only caught the last half of it, but I was laughing my ass off at the visual of the giant, limp dick and balls that the chief conspiracy theorist had been turned into at the end. In fact, I was … --- ## [Help me ascertain this phrase or quote regarding a poor man's morality](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-ascertain-this-phrase-or-quote-regarding-a-poor-mans-morality/938462)
**Author:** [@Dr.Colossus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Colossus)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2021, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-ascertain-this-phrase-or-quote-regarding-a-poor-mans-morality/938462 "2021-03-24T16:05:19Z")
I very recently read a phrase someplace, online, in an articles–who knows–but the gist of the point was something along the lines of this: “A poor man cannot adequately test his morals unless he can afford his vices.” O… --- ## [Things of which you prefer the generally-accepted lesser quality version](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-of-which-you-prefer-the-generally-accepted-lesser-quality-version/932699)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2021, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-of-which-you-prefer-the-generally-accepted-lesser-quality-version/932699 "2021-03-24T11:03:51Z")
My wife bought a giant jar of Kalamata black olives the other day, which I think are considered the ‘Cadillac’ of black olives, and I like black olives a lot. But not so much the Kalamata-- I prefer the ordinary canned b… --- ## [Why do insurance companies advertise so much?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-insurance-companies-advertise-so-much/938442)
**Author:** [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2021, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-insurance-companies-advertise-so-much/938442 "2021-03-24T00:41:42Z")
I first noticed this when one company had mulitple campaigns, one of them being the caveman, which was a big deal, yet they had another one totally unrelated at the same time. A few companies have had this going on now … --- ## [Tolkien and the Rings of Power](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tolkien-and-the-rings-of-power/938385)
**Author:** [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2021, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tolkien-and-the-rings-of-power/938385 "2021-03-24T00:05:19Z")
I’m in a Tolkien book club and we’re discussing the Rings of Power. I know that when Tolkien wrote the Hobbit, Bilbo’s ring was just a magical trinket that made him invisible. Then when he wrote LotR, he created the whol… --- ## [Swap coconut oil for lard in tamales?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swap-coconut-oil-for-lard-in-tamales/938514)
**Author:** [@justmeetee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justmeetee)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2021, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swap-coconut-oil-for-lard-in-tamales/938514 "2021-03-23T21:12:35Z")
I have switched to coconut oil for some of my cooking, baking and gummie making. Thinking of making some tamales this week and wondering if I could use coconut oil in place of lard. It has a lower melting point so a bit … --- ## [Did June Whitfield ("Mother" in AbFab) ever play Miss Marple?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-june-whitfield-mother-in-abfab-ever-play-miss-marple/938503)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2021, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-june-whitfield-mother-in-abfab-ever-play-miss-marple/938503 "2021-03-23T17:58:43Z")
Maybe in an audio book series? I keep seeing comments on YouTube about various audio book versions of Miss Marple (short stories and full length novels) on the order of “Oh, disappointed, I was hoping this would be June … --- ## [Neil Young's "lost" Homegrown album finally released](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-youngs-lost-homegrown-album-finally-released/914418)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2021, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-youngs-lost-homegrown-album-finally-released/914418 "2021-03-23T04:02:23Z")
To summarize - The album consists of material recorded between June 1974 and January 1975. The album was recorded after the release of On the Beach and before the sessions for Zuma. The album was compiled and prepare… --- ## [Please recommend a show like Great British Baking Show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-show-like-great-british-baking-show/922972)
**Author:** [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2021, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-show-like-great-british-baking-show/922972 "2021-03-22T20:40:57Z")
In this house we became really devoted to GBBS because it’s anodyne and gentle, and (speaking as a crass American) the funny-talking British people are very entertaining. British dramas are great, but it’s the lightness … --- ## [A decade of The Walking Dead...why is the world still so shitty?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-decade-of-the-walking-dead-why-is-the-world-still-so-shitty/938142)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2021, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-decade-of-the-walking-dead-why-is-the-world-still-so-shitty/938142 "2021-03-22T18:21:52Z")
In the world of The Walking Dead, basically a decade has passed since the start of the Zombie Apocalypse. Roughly the same amount of time IRL, although the vagaries of the show mean that it’s not necessarily “real time”… --- ## [A copyright question (I have to add meaningless words because this thread title has been used)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-copyright-question-i-have-to-add-meaningless-words-because-this-thread-title-has-been-used/938276)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2021, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-copyright-question-i-have-to-add-meaningless-words-because-this-thread-title-has-been-used/938276 "2021-03-22T17:04:42Z")
I know; I’ve asked a few of these. I watch react videos on YouTube and I’ve noticed a pattern I don’t understand. I’ll watch a react video where the person is reacting to a popular song and they will play the entire so… --- ## [Aired pilots that were greatly different from the eventually aired show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aired-pilots-that-were-greatly-different-from-the-eventually-aired-show/937868)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2021, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aired-pilots-that-were-greatly-different-from-the-eventually-aired-show/937868 "2021-03-22T14:51:05Z")
My friends were discussing Forever Knight, and I told them that I had seen the pilot movie that had all of the same main characters played by different actors, including Rick Springfield as the title character “Nick Knig… --- ## [Noooooooo...Kim's Convenience is canceled after Season 5!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noooooooo-kims-convenience-is-canceled-after-season-5/938325)
**Author:** [@Didi44](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Didi44)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2021, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noooooooo-kims-convenience-is-canceled-after-season-5/938325 "2021-03-22T04:58:58Z")
\[https://www.queensjournal.ca/story/2021-03-18/pop-culture/ok-see-you-kims-convenience-comes-to-an-abrupt-end-after-five-seasons/\](https://www.queensjournal.ca/story/2021-03-18/pop-culture/ok-see-you-kims-convenience-com… --- ## [Let's Discuss John Ford's movie, The Searchers and Red River with John Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-discuss-john-fords-movie-the-searchers-and-red-river-with-john-wayne/938205)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2021, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-discuss-john-fords-movie-the-searchers-and-red-river-with-john-wayne/938205 "2021-03-22T04:47:07Z")
Have you seen The Searchers or Red River? Did you like it? Is it a movie you’d watch several times? I saw The Searchers in late 2020. It was riveting and the cast was very good. John Wayne plays Ethan Edwards, a harda… --- ## [R.I.P. Met Opera's James Levine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-met-operas-james-levine/938162)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2021, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-met-operas-james-levine/938162 "2021-03-22T02:38:01Z")
James Levine, Met Opera Maestro for over 40 years, has died, at the age of 77. “No artist in the 137-year history of the Met had as profound an impact as James Levine,” Peter Gelb, the company’s general manager, said in… --- ## [Final Space](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-space/809128)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2021, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-space/809128 "2021-03-21T22:50:57Z")
First two episodes available now. I enjoyed them, look forward to more (though the six-eyed alien is already getting really old.) The style of humor makes me think of a bit of a cross between Futurama and Star vs. the Fo… --- ## [How did Luddites like McCoy and Phlox get such high-profile postings?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-luddites-like-mccoy-and-phlox-get-such-high-profile-postings/937715)
**Author:** [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Replies:** 156\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2021, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-luddites-like-mccoy-and-phlox-get-such-high-profile-postings/937715 "2021-03-21T21:05:36Z")
Not only is McCoy tech-averse, his latent racism would come to light in any futuristic psych-evaluations. And while Phlox’s approach is interesting, I’d think that everyone needs to be on the same page as far as medicin… --- ## [Fendor Tone app for Fender amps](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fendor-tone-app-for-fender-amps/938341)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2021, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fendor-tone-app-for-fender-amps/938341 "2021-03-21T15:59:32Z")
Disappointed in the options. As a fairly new electric guitar player, was happy that the Fender Mustang amp came with 31 presets. But I don’t need that many, 10 is more than enough. Then I heard about the Tone app, comes… --- ## [Get Shorty Series on Prime](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-shorty-series-on-prime/938318)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2021, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-shorty-series-on-prime/938318 "2021-03-21T13:49:00Z")
Just watched all 3 seasons and really enjoyed the show. One question, what is the reason the writers decided to give Miles’s daughter, Emma, the nickname “Shorty”? I mean, the plot of the show has nothing to do with ‘g… --- ## [Underripe oranges](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underripe-oranges/938128)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2021, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underripe-oranges/938128 "2021-03-21T12:36:59Z")
Long story short, I ended up with a bunch of oranges. They were free, and I usually have an orange or apple with my lunch, so I took them. Well, most of the oranges have tinges of green on them. And they’re no very ju… --- ## [What is this old (folk?) song?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-old-folk-song/938340)
**Author:** [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2021, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-old-folk-song/938340 "2021-03-21T04:57:24Z")
Okay, a few months ago, I woke up with a scrap of a melody in my head—without any lyrics that I could remember, or even knowing for sure if I’d actually heard it before, or if I made it up in my sleep. Luckily, though, … --- ## [Most realistic depiction of dictatorship in sci-fi?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-realistic-depiction-of-dictatorship-in-sci-fi/937893)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2021, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-realistic-depiction-of-dictatorship-in-sci-fi/937893 "2021-03-21T03:21:47Z")
So dictatorship (or some other form of autocracy) is a very common subject in sci-fi (in fact I’d say it might be the most common form government in sci-fi universes.). But while I’ve never lived in a dictatorship most s… --- ## [For the love of malt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-malt/938210)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2021, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-malt/938210 "2021-03-20T05:53:50Z")
I’m a big fan of malt. In shakes. Vinegar. Breads and dough and beer batters. In whiskey and chocolates. But as I was making a milkshake and adding some malted powder, it struck me that I couldn’t really buy a malte… --- ## [Tim Conway breaks up David Janssen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-conway-breaks-up-david-janssen/938198)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2021, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-conway-breaks-up-david-janssen/938198 "2021-03-20T00:33:21Z")
It appears no-one could keep a straight face when dealing with Tim Conway: --- ## [The cool-drone-footage thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cool-drone-footage-thread/938266)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2021, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cool-drone-footage-thread/938266 "2021-03-19T23:19:52Z")
This is pretty trick! --- ## [Metallica - did they just lose their talent like an aging sports star?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/metallica-did-they-just-lose-their-talent-like-an-aging-sports-star/937647)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2021, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/metallica-did-they-just-lose-their-talent-like-an-aging-sports-star/937647 "2021-03-19T20:01:05Z")
I decided to listen to everything Metallica has released. Well, I mean that I decided to listen to all their studio albums in order. Here is how I would break them down and honestly, it’s striking how sudden the decline … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=342) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=344)