# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=392 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 393 --- ## [Hollywood - SPOILERS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollywood-spoilers/853122)
**Author:** [@Long\_Time\_First\_Time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Long_Time_First_Time)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2020, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollywood-spoilers/853122 "2020-08-24T13:49:35Z")
Just finished Ryan Murphy’s 7 hour Netflix miniseries, Hollywood. It’s historical fiction imagining what would have happened if bigotry against persons of color and LBGT had been addressed and overcome in the 1940’s. … --- ## [SF sub-genres-Definitive stories and newer examples](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-sub-genres-definitive-stories-and-newer-examples/918443)
**Author:** [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2020, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-sub-genres-definitive-stories-and-newer-examples/918443 "2020-08-24T00:15:43Z")
Just like this. Alien invasion: “War of the Worlds”-H.G. Wells. “Footfall”-Niven and Pournelle --- ## [SMBC -- alien demand/invitation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smbc-alien-demand-invitation/918838)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2020, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smbc-alien-demand-invitation/918838 "2020-08-23T20:57:53Z")
Title-text: It turns out the truly weird people are the ones who want to stay behind on Earth. Fetish site not needed this year. --- ## [recommend a non-stick frying pan for me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-non-stick-frying-pan-for-me/853355)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2020, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-non-stick-frying-pan-for-me/853355 "2020-08-23T18:17:27Z")
I’m looking for a 12" pan with gently sloping sides to make pancakes, mostly. Want non-stick. Want a pan I can keep for years. We are still using a 30 year old teflon-coated pan for this purpose (which I finally have pe… --- ## [Today I learned that Rick James and Neil Young were in a band together](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-learned-that-rick-james-and-neil-young-were-in-a-band-together/918806)
**Author:** [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2020, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-learned-that-rick-james-and-neil-young-were-in-a-band-together/918806 "2020-08-23T17:19:38Z")
The Mynah Birds, which also included Bruce Palmer (who would go on to be in Buffalo Springfield with Young) and Goldy McJohn and Nick St Nicholas, who would later go on to form Steppenwolf. I’m honestly unsure from that… --- ## [I Am Not Okay With This (TV show)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-okay-with-this-tv-show/848595)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2020, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-not-okay-with-this-tv-show/848595 "2020-08-23T05:49:53Z")
Has anyone else checked out this brand new Netflix show? It just premiered today. I have already watched two episodes (they are only 20 minutes each, which is kind of cool) and I am completely hooked. I love the mai… --- ## [How to cook a heart](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-cook-a-heart/842537)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2020, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-cook-a-heart/842537 "2020-08-23T03:12:26Z")
I don’t need an answer fast. It will be at least several weeks before I act on this. But yeah, seriously. I bought a whole beef heart, because I thought it might be interesting and hey, it was there when I was picking u… --- ## [Shortwave radio: Is it still a thing? Is there anything worth listening to on it? Or is everything online?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shortwave-radio-is-it-still-a-thing-is-there-anything-worth-listening-to-on-it-or-is-everything-online/918501)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2020, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shortwave-radio-is-it-still-a-thing-is-there-anything-worth-listening-to-on-it-or-is-everything-online/918501 "2020-08-22T20:29:13Z")
Back when I was a kid and a news nerd, I got a subscription to the Christian Science Monitor, which was a newspaper owned by the Christian Science church, but had a reputation for high-quality international news. The ch… --- ## [Wonder Woman 1984](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-woman-1984/844569)
**Author:** [@borschevsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/borschevsky)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2020, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-woman-1984/844569 "2020-08-22T19:20:36Z")
The trailer came out today. Looks pretty good, and I quite liked the first movie, so I’m looking forward to this one. --- ## [Ice Cruiser Norlandia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-cruiser-norlandia/918507)
**Author:** [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2020, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-cruiser-norlandia/918507 "2020-08-22T17:58:35Z")
This is my latest sci-fi model. I finished it a month or two ago, but we had a series of home-related repairs that distracted me from sharing it here. The little sci-fi model club I belong to is having a challenge: “B… --- ## [I have wine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-wine/918638)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2020, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-wine/918638 "2020-08-22T17:33:16Z")
Given to me as a tip from a customer. 3 bottles of it🥳 One bottle, a Presto label, is a prosecco brut. Searching for how this wine should be consumed, I find that cheese and crackers are acceptable, but prosecco is usu… --- ## [Good recent science books?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-recent-science-books/917428)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2020, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-recent-science-books/917428 "2020-08-22T13:40:57Z")
From around 2010 to now. Any kind of science is good for me. Here is my recommendation. The End of Everything — KATIE MACK, ASTROPHYSICIST Author is a professor who studies cosmology. Just came out this week. … --- ## [Grolsch beer varieties worth drinking or bottled cat piss?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grolsch-beer-varieties-worth-drinking-or-bottled-cat-piss/918631)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2020, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grolsch-beer-varieties-worth-drinking-or-bottled-cat-piss/918631 "2020-08-22T06:47:03Z")
we have some of the old Grolsch bottles with the metal flip top and porcelain caps that’s worth 5-8 bucks a piece …but realized no ones ever tried any and it seems they make different types of beer and some of it is very… --- ## [On salsa: ambrosia itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-salsa-ambrosia-itself/915970)
**Author:** [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2020, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-salsa-ambrosia-itself/915970 "2020-08-22T05:29:11Z")
I have fallen deeply in love with homemade salsa – in my mind the quintessential summer food – and am on a quest to try new recipes. I started my career as an educator at a local community college in southern Oregon. My… --- ## [Michael Keaton to appear in Flash movie as Batman](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-keaton-to-appear-in-flash-movie-as-batman/913478)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2020, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-keaton-to-appear-in-flash-movie-as-batman/913478 "2020-08-22T02:17:37Z")
Michael Keaton, star of 1989’s Batman and its sequel Batman Returns, is set to reprise his role as the Caped Crusader in the upcoming Flash movie starring Ezra Miller. He is confirmed to be playing Bruce Wayne/Batman and… --- ## [Once Upon a Time (TV series). Lol WTF?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-upon-a-time-tv-series-lol-wtf/918597)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2020, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-upon-a-time-tv-series-lol-wtf/918597 "2020-08-21T13:31:19Z")
Being stuck at home, I decided to binge OUAT. For the most part, it was an okay show. Personally, I found the villains to be WAY more interesting than the heroes. Also loved to hate watch Charming and Snow. The two most… --- ## [Hello everyone. My name is Lisa and I am new to the Café Society Board](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-everyone-my-name-is-lisa-and-i-am-new-to-the-cafe-society-board/918636)
**Author:** [@Hilary\_Algar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilary_Algar)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2020, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-everyone-my-name-is-lisa-and-i-am-new-to-the-cafe-society-board/918636 "2020-08-21T11:03:51Z")
Hi there. I’m Lisa and I am new to Café Society. I usually hang out in MPSIMS. I goofed today and started a new thread in MPSIMS that was musical in nature and so far this thread in MPSIMS has 51 views and exactly ze… --- ## [Agents of SHIELD - Season 7](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agents-of-shield-season-7/855097)
**Author:** [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Replies:** 140\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2020, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agents-of-shield-season-7/855097 "2020-08-21T03:08:42Z")
Didn’t see a thread here. Correct me if I missed it. Spoilers ahead… I love this show greatly, and was really excited by the season premiere. Seemed a big step up from season 6, which was kind of hit or miss. But t… --- ## [Obscure references in shows](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-references-in-shows/918402)
**Author:** [@CastletonSnob1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob1)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2020, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-references-in-shows/918402 "2020-08-20T23:42:10Z")
Sometimes, shows will make a joke or a reference to something only people knowledgeable in a certain field will get. TV Tropes calls this, “Genius Bonus”. What are such instances in shows? --- ## [I will now reveal the most triumphant anime of all time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-will-now-reveal-the-most-triumphant-anime-of-all-time/788248)
**Author:** [@Salvor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salvor)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2020, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-will-now-reveal-the-most-triumphant-anime-of-all-time/788248 "2020-08-20T20:00:29Z")
It is on right now, and I feel compelled to let all the stodgy older people who have never watched anime in their lives know about it. My Hero Academia. Seek this out, it looks cheesy as hell at first, but you will bec… --- ## [This photo and description may be the saddest thing I have ever seen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-photo-and-description-may-be-the-saddest-thing-i-have-ever-seen/918174)
**Author:** [@Lantern2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lantern2)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2020, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-photo-and-description-may-be-the-saddest-thing-i-have-ever-seen/918174 "2020-08-20T07:22:41Z")
It was taken at Nagasaki after WW2 by Joe O’Donnell for the US military. His description: “I saw a boy about ten years old walking by. He was carrying a baby on his back. In those days in Japan, we often saw children… --- ## [How to watch Adam Neely, Rick Beato, etc](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-watch-adam-neely-rick-beato-etc/918361)
**Author:** [@Nature\_s\_Call](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nature_s_Call)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2020, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-watch-adam-neely-rick-beato-etc/918361 "2020-08-20T02:17:06Z")
I love watching videos by these two musicians. They are so passionate and so well informed. At least they appear to be well informed. My Dunning-Kruger gets in the way of fully enjoying these videos - I have no idea … --- ## [Radioactive - film about Marie Curie on Amazon Prime](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/radioactive-film-about-marie-curie-on-amazon-prime/918284)
**Author:** [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2020, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/radioactive-film-about-marie-curie-on-amazon-prime/918284 "2020-08-19T17:36:03Z")
Just watched film Radioactive on Amazon Prime last night. Promoted as a biographical film of Mari Curie. While it has some redeeming moments I was left with a feeling of “meh” at the end. Which by the following mornin… --- ## [Were the Waltons Supposed to be Poor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-the-waltons-supposed-to-be-poor/918271)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2020, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-the-waltons-supposed-to-be-poor/918271 "2020-08-19T14:41:31Z")
Working from home during the lockdown, I have discovered The Waltons on MeTV. I never watched it in its original run. The best way to describe it is Little House on the Prairie without the constant disasters. It’s a p… --- ## [Yet another use for zucchini!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-use-for-zucchini/918238)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2020, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-use-for-zucchini/918238 "2020-08-19T12:39:50Z")
Yes, you guessed it, Emmymadeinjapan strikes again. --- ## [R.I.P. Julian Bream](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-julian-bream/918212)
**Author:** [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2020, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-julian-bream/918212 "2020-08-19T07:42:33Z")
Classical guitarist and lutenist Julian Bream has died at the age of 87: I grew up listening to classical guitar (my dad loved it), and Julian Bream was one of my favorites. His playing was always dynamic and sensitiv… --- ## [Is Coke Zero or Pepsi Zero Sugar available where you live right now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-coke-zero-or-pepsi-zero-sugar-available-where-you-live-right-now/916221)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2020, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-coke-zero-or-pepsi-zero-sugar-available-where-you-live-right-now/916221 "2020-08-18T23:51:49Z")
I mean Coca-Cola Zero Sugar, of course. If I had to make a list of vices, Pepsi Zero Sugar would be high on the list. I absolutely love it. Coke Zero sugar is also really great. Here is the thing. My understanding, at … --- ## [McCabe And Mrs. Miller will be on TCM in a few hours](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccabe-and-mrs-miller-will-be-on-tcm-in-a-few-hours/918442)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2020, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccabe-and-mrs-miller-will-be-on-tcm-in-a-few-hours/918442 "2020-08-18T23:46:26Z")
I wasn’t sure if I should have put this under “Mundane”, but anyway 2am ET Turner Classic Movies One of the best movies ever… If you didn’t like it the first time, give it another chance. I liked it initially, but LOV… --- ## [It was 60 years ago today (the Beatles' first gig in Hamburg)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-60-years-ago-today-the-beatles-first-gig-in-hamburg/918342)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2020, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-60-years-ago-today-the-beatles-first-gig-in-hamburg/918342 "2020-08-18T20:09:45Z")
Maybe not an internationally remembered event, but covered by every news outlet in Germany today: The Beatles played their first gig at the Indra Club at the infamous Reeperbahn in St. Pauli, Hamburg, 60 years ago. We Ge… --- ## [Did David Letterman and Jerry Garcia play Scrabble?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-david-letterman-and-jerry-garcia-play-scrabble/244435)
**Author:** [@hlanelee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hlanelee)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2020, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-david-letterman-and-jerry-garcia-play-scrabble/244435 "2020-08-18T18:57:27Z")
I recall seeing Late Night with David Letterman start one time with him playing Scrabble with Jerry Garcia. I remember an argument started when Dave argued that “truckin” was not actually a word and could not be used. … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=391) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=393)