# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=377 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 378 --- ## [Muslim Self-Help Book for Anxiety or Trauma?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muslim-self-help-book-for-anxiety-or-trauma/924231)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2020, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muslim-self-help-book-for-anxiety-or-trauma/924231 "2020-10-29T21:31:26Z")
I know this is a shot in the dark, but I’ve seen CS solve harder problems. I’m looking for a book from a Muslim faith - based perspective that deals with anxiety or trauma. Alternatively, I’m looking for non-religious … --- ## [Rock-y (Horror) the Vote](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-y-horror-the-vote/924176)
**Author:** [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2020, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-y-horror-the-vote/924176 "2020-10-29T21:30:48Z")
Not sure where this belongs, but it does feature a well-known song from a popular old movie, so the Cafe seemed the best bet. Mods, if it needs moving into P&E or elsewhere, please do so. It seems Jack Black (and a num… --- ## [Stumptown](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stumptown/840933)
**Author:** [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2020, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stumptown/840933 "2020-10-29T18:50:48Z")
Anybody catch the premeire of Stumptown on ABC? Cobie Smulders (late of How I Met You Mother) plays an unemployed Army veteran with PTSD who helps find a missing teenager. This will apparently lead to her becoming a li… --- ## [Most Memorable Turkey Moments on TV](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-turkey-moments-on-tv/923860)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2020, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-turkey-moments-on-tv/923860 "2020-10-29T17:14:41Z")
Entertainment Weekly had a article on this, where Ruth Kinane listed her four Most Memorable Turkey Moments . What do you think was listed, SDMBers? And what 1000 pound mutant feral gorilla did she somehow skip? --- ## [Fashions you never got](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fashions-you-never-got/461378)
**Author:** [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Replies:** 192\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2020, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fashions-you-never-got/461378 "2020-08-04T23:31:54Z")
Leg warmers. My, what an attractive look. NOT. Curtains that drag on the floor. Sorry, that’s not stylish. That’s the mark of a dysfunctional tape measure. Dickies. Were they ever in style? Aptly named, however. Point… --- ## [Rock n Roll theology](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-n-roll-theology/922759)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2020, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-n-roll-theology/922759 "2020-10-29T01:44:51Z")
“All good children go to heaven.” -The Beatles, You Never Give Me Your Money “God is a concept by which we measure our pain.” -John Lennon, God “She’s gone to heaven so I got to be good, so I can see my baby when I lea… --- ## [Mamet's The Spanish Prisoner movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mamets-the-spanish-prisoner-movie/917851)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2020, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mamets-the-spanish-prisoner-movie/917851 "2020-10-28T22:58:28Z")
Saw it when it first came out, liked it and then forgot about it. I just got, through Prime, a free week to Showtime, primarily so I could watch Boogie Nights again\*. Great flick. Saw that The Spanish Prisoner was avai… --- ## [Big Bang Theory -- Conclusion Airs Tonight, May 16, 2019!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-conclusion-airs-tonight-may-16-2019/834053)
**Author:** [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Replies:** 207\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2020, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-conclusion-airs-tonight-may-16-2019/834053 "2020-10-28T17:26:56Z")
The Big Bang Theory, Season 12, Episode 23 (May 16, 2019) – “The Change Constant” The Big Bang Theory, Season 12, Episode 24 (May 16, 2019) – “The Stockholm Syndrome” I am starting this thread in anticipation of tonigh… --- ## [Joe Pesci Oscar win](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-pesci-oscar-win/924110)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2020, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-pesci-oscar-win/924110 "2020-10-28T16:17:47Z")
He won for Goodfellas but they showed a clip from home alone Did the studio not allow them to show a Goodfellas clip? --- ## [Japanese breweries making gin out of unsold beer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-breweries-making-gin-out-of-unsold-beer/923681)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2020, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-breweries-making-gin-out-of-unsold-beer/923681 "2020-10-28T15:26:11Z")
Way to make lemonade out of lemons. I would totally try this. Quote from the article: …the beer base makes the gin bitter, but in addition to juniper berries, Kiuchi uses sansho peppers, lemons and mikan (Japanese oran… --- ## [Ruin a recent(ish) movie with current technology](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruin-a-recent-ish-movie-with-current-technology/922283)
**Author:** [@johnspartan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnspartan)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2020, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruin-a-recent-ish-movie-with-current-technology/922283 "2020-10-28T13:13:12Z")
“Kid, I just Googled Abe Froman. You don’t look anything like him. Why don’t you just request our food from Uber Eats or something?” “Mr. Foley, unless I get an email from the homeowners, we’re not stopping any work on … --- ## [Cops in real life are attractive too](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-in-real-life-are-attractive-too/924094)
**Author:** [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2020, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-in-real-life-are-attractive-too/924094 "2020-10-28T12:07:15Z")
Maybe I’m wrong, but there seems to be a widespread impression that police officers in the movies or TV shows look unrealistically attractive, especially in the case of female cops. It’s been my opinion too for some time… --- ## [Hormel reaper & ghost chili sold out](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hormel-reaper-ghost-chili-sold-out/923836)
**Author:** [@MrMrmrmr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrMrmrmr)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2020, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hormel-reaper-ghost-chili-sold-out/923836 "2020-10-27T22:12:31Z")
Tried to order it from Target 38 minutes after it went on sale and were sold out. $5.29 for a two pack, one regular and one with a list of warnings. Someone already has it on Ebay for $42.00 --- ## [Should works stand on their own?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-works-stand-on-their-own/923849)
**Author:** [@Pantastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pantastic)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2020, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-works-stand-on-their-own/923849 "2020-10-27T21:20:31Z")
In the most recent thread about Star Wars, there was a discussion about some plot weaknesses, one poster said “You should read the EU \[the books set in the SW universe\]” and another responded “Maybe the EU is fun, but if… --- ## [NECCO Wafers are back on the shelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/necco-wafers-are-back-on-the-shelf/918225)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2020, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/necco-wafers-are-back-on-the-shelf/918225 "2020-10-27T21:17:26Z")
Just spotted a large display of them and grabbed a handful of rolls. Mmmmmm. No more new England Confection Co, they are produced for Spangler Candy of Bryan, Ohio after a few tumultuous years of closures, buyouts and au… --- ## [What to do with a bunch of habaneros and Carolina reaper peppers-- make hot sauce?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-bunch-of-habaneros-and-carolina-reaper-peppers-make-hot-sauce/923677)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2020, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-bunch-of-habaneros-and-carolina-reaper-peppers-make-hot-sauce/923677 "2020-10-27T19:42:08Z")
My brother-in-law, knowing I like hot peppers, gave me a brown paper lunch sack full of them from his garden. But there’s no way I’m going to make enough jerk chicken or ridiculously hot salsa to make a dent in them befo… --- ## [The 2020 "Value Menu" discussion thread!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2020-value-menu-discussion-thread/922504)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2020, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2020-value-menu-discussion-thread/922504 "2020-10-27T14:36:11Z")
This year has seen many restaurants prune & restrict their menus, dropping countless beloved items … not to mention how the year has seen many people lose their jobs & livelihoods, dropping countless beloved luxuries. B… --- ## [Mrs. Wilson](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-wilson/923941)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2020, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-wilson/923941 "2020-10-27T13:51:29Z")
Has anyone watched Masterpiece’s mini-series, Mrs. Wilson? I just finished it (on Amazon). It’s based on a true story. The lead actress, Ruth Wilson plays her real-life grandmother Alison Wilson in the story of her grand… --- ## [Jerry Jeff Walker - Dead at 78](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-jeff-walker-dead-at-78/923841)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2020, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-jeff-walker-dead-at-78/923841 "2020-10-27T13:01:03Z")
FUCK 2020! Link. “Mr. Bojangles” aside, the man was one of the most influential country artists ever, from “Outlaw” country to introducing Jimmy Buffett to the bars of Key West. --- ## [Do you remember those city address books](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-those-city-address-books/923968)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2020, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-those-city-address-books/923968 "2020-10-27T06:45:40Z")
They were kind of small and were black with (I think) red foil lettering. Basically just blank address books with the name of the city you were buying them in. I loved those things. No need now I guess with the advent of… --- ## [Movies best foot chases](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-best-foot-chases/923902)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2020, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-best-foot-chases/923902 "2020-10-27T04:51:21Z")
I’ve always felt that Bullitt had the best car chase scene; but recognize Ronin is a favorite. I just watched The Firm and see it had the best foot chase scene that I’ve ever watched. What are some of the top foot chas… --- ## [Anyone tried the ghost pepper donut from Dunkin'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-tried-the-ghost-pepper-donut-from-dunkin/923156)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2020, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-tried-the-ghost-pepper-donut-from-dunkin/923156 "2020-10-27T04:21:56Z")
I like a nice healthy splattering of Frank’s Red Hot Sauce on my tacos and pizza. I order my hotwings “hot.” I get my Thai takeout “spicy” (maybe not “Thai spicy,” but “spicy” nonetheless). I enjoy a bit of horseradish o… --- ## [What to do with 3 fresh okra pods?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-3-fresh-okra-pods/923650)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2020, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-3-fresh-okra-pods/923650 "2020-10-26T22:48:44Z")
I started a garden at my new place recently, and it is just now starting to yield a few things. Hopefully I’ll have a bigger crop later, but right now I have three fresh okra pods. The only thing I can think of to do wi… --- ## [Help me identify another movie (or the novel it was based on)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-another-movie-or-the-novel-it-was-based-on/923882)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2020, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-another-movie-or-the-novel-it-was-based-on/923882 "2020-10-26T21:59:12Z")
I saw this one on Russian TV in the late '80s. It was a Soviet production, but it was set in the USA (New York City, IIRC). I’m pretty sure it was either (a) a remake of an American movie or (b) based on a novel by an … --- ## [What Do You Like That You're Not Supposed To?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-like-that-youre-not-supposed-to/855649)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 252\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2020, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-like-that-youre-not-supposed-to/855649 "2020-10-26T21:06:12Z")
I love fake maple syrups like Log Cabin and Mrs. Butterworth and dislike the real stuff. I love Subway, especially the steak and cheese sub and with double meat and extra cheese. I swear it was created with me in mind. … --- ## [Walt Disney's "SONG OF THE SOUTH"-Forbidden to be Shown?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walt-disneys-song-of-the-south-forbidden-to-be-shown/149796)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2020, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walt-disneys-song-of-the-south-forbidden-to-be-shown/149796 "2020-10-26T18:41:18Z")
I recall seeing this old Disney film,many years ago. Somebody told me that due to the film’s portrayal of black people, Disney had decided to avoid releasing the film to video. Is this true? I remember that one of the m… --- ## [Borat 2--how were the prank scenes filmed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/borat-2-how-were-the-prank-scenes-filmed/923837)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2020, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/borat-2-how-were-the-prank-scenes-filmed/923837 "2020-10-26T02:10:05Z")
(There is another general thread about this movie but I have a specific question.) Many scenes appear to be pranks. But the filming is not through some hidden pen camera in some guy’s pocket–it is generally high quality… --- ## [Help me identify this movie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-movie/923873)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2020, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-movie/923873 "2020-10-25T22:32:31Z")
I only saw the tail end, so I don’t know if it was theatrical or made for TV. This was maybe 20 years ago, and it was contemporary, not vintage. It was set in the USA. Scenario: An older mobster has been shot in the g… --- ## [Does the fact a performer's in your age range affect the kind of attention you pay to him or her?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-fact-a-performers-in-your-age-range-affect-the-kind-of-attention-you-pay-to-him-or-her/923727)
**Author:** [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2020, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-fact-a-performers-in-your-age-range-affect-the-kind-of-attention-you-pay-to-him-or-her/923727 "2020-10-25T18:19:49Z")
I know it’s ultimately of little significance to me but when I’m watching an actor or actress who I know to be around my age and whose career I’ve been following for awhile, I can’t avoid taking notice of the types of ro… --- ## [Cauliflower Rice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cauliflower-rice/923604)
**Author:** [@Nature\_s\_Call](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nature_s_Call)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2020, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cauliflower-rice/923604 "2020-10-25T15:41:25Z")
I’ve always liked cauliflower - raw, roasted, steamed… yum!. So it was unsurprising I enjoyed it when I first tried cauliflower rice (or is it better called riced cauliflower?) My first experience was with a friend who… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=376) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=378)