# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=395 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 396 --- ## [Synchronic (of our time) elements in modern movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/synchronic-of-our-time-elements-in-modern-movies/917638)
**Author:** [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2020, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/synchronic-of-our-time-elements-in-modern-movies/917638 "2020-08-09T09:28:30Z")
We’ve often mentioned the things that just don’t work any more from old movies and TV shows: waiting for the telephone to ring, finding a phone booth etc. But I’ve just been enjoying “Yesterday” – which features lovely … --- ## [Just Thinking](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-thinking/917623)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2020, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-thinking/917623 "2020-08-09T09:07:20Z")
I keep trying to develop a Sisyphus blowjob joke, but it’s just not coming. --- ## [Cable cutters: How do you stay up to date on new shows coming out?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cable-cutters-how-do-you-stay-up-to-date-on-new-shows-coming-out/916871)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2020, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cable-cutters-how-do-you-stay-up-to-date-on-new-shows-coming-out/916871 "2020-08-09T04:46:55Z")
Earlier today I was Googling trying to find out what the fall line up is going to look like this year. While doing so, I discovered TWO sci-fi shows that had previously been left off my radar (good. because I was runnin… --- ## [Extreme Jell-O Recipes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extreme-jell-o-recipes/914234)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2020, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extreme-jell-o-recipes/914234 "2020-08-09T02:17:08Z")
I am most dangerous in the kitchen when I am bored. :upside\_down\_face: I started out with carbonated Jell-O, where you use a soda(instead of cold water) that you think might go with whatever flavor you have on hand. Th… --- ## [JD Crowe and the New South bluegrass (country?) album](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jd-crowe-and-the-new-south-bluegrass-country-album/917572)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2020, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jd-crowe-and-the-new-south-bluegrass-country-album/917572 "2020-08-09T01:57:29Z")
I usually listent to rock and blues, but often I get into a country/bluegrass mood and I always come back to this album. Just curious, I looked it up on Wiki, all it said was it was a bluegrass album by banjo player JD… --- ## [Red Chile Poutine Recipe Needed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-chile-poutine-recipe-needed/917543)
**Author:** [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2020, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-chile-poutine-recipe-needed/917543 "2020-08-09T01:48:44Z")
I went to the store yesterday and they had green chile cheese curds on sale. So I bought some. I have never eaten a cheese curd and I didn’t even know they made green chile cheese curds. What do you make with cheese c… --- ## [Most Suspenseful Opening Scenes in Movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-suspenseful-opening-scenes-in-movies/915954)
**Author:** [@TitsMcGee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TitsMcGee)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2020, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-suspenseful-opening-scenes-in-movies/915954 "2020-08-08T23:46:45Z")
I was tooling around on Twitter this morning and found a reference to Inglourious Basterds’ opening scene. It had been a while since I had re-watched it so I just jumped on You Tube and found it. Even after having seen t… --- ## [Non-autotuned singers that really could have used it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-autotuned-singers-that-really-could-have-used-it/913274)
**Author:** [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2020, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-autotuned-singers-that-really-could-have-used-it/913274 "2020-08-08T20:41:37Z")
This really isn’t about whether autotune is good or bad, just kind of a fun thread about singers singing a bit off key, maybe in just in specific parts in specific songs. I’ll go. Eddie Money in just about anything. Ta… --- ## [Who was Milton from Office Space Based On?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-milton-from-office-space-based-on/917456)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2020, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-milton-from-office-space-based-on/917456 "2020-08-08T14:29:45Z")
Years ago, I had rented a DVD set from the local library of some 50s variety show (could have been 40s or early 60s, I guess). One of the characters in the show was exactly like Milton from Office Space – mumbly voice, … --- ## [Who is this guy from Cheers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-guy-from-cheers/917383)
**Author:** [@CanTak3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanTak3)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2020, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-guy-from-cheers/917383 "2020-08-07T23:22:54Z")
Due to Covid that I’ve binge watched most of Cheers. In the grainy photo here I’ve put a yellow dot over a guy with a handlebar mustache. He’s in nearly every episode as an extra somewhere around the bar. He has sat on a… --- ## [What Actor or Actress Has Had The Most Action Figures/Dolls of Themselves?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-actor-or-actress-has-had-the-most-action-figures-dolls-of-themselves/917198)
**Author:** [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2020, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-actor-or-actress-has-had-the-most-action-figures-dolls-of-themselves/917198 "2020-08-07T08:53:03Z")
Ironically enough this thread started when I was watching a video online that referenced the live action Beauty and the Beast movie. I remember working at Target and seeing the dolls that came out around it and I thought… --- ## [Star Trek's Federation: Dystopian?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-treks-federation-dystopian/916924)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2020, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-treks-federation-dystopian/916924 "2020-08-07T06:33:38Z")
I’ve come to the conclusion, the Federation is a dystopian empire: So Data is granted personhood in “The Measure of Man”. The fact that a decorated officer would have to fight for personhood in the first place is fucked… --- ## [Not so fast, Sparky!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-so-fast-sparky/916745)
**Author:** [@flitcraft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flitcraft)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2020, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-so-fast-sparky/916745 "2020-08-07T03:18:54Z")
Where did the expression “Not so fast, Sparky!” (or “Not so fast there, Sparky!”) originate? --- ## [Dirty Harry - I gots to know](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dirty-harry-i-gots-to-know/917346)
**Author:** [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2020, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dirty-harry-i-gots-to-know/917346 "2020-08-07T01:46:11Z")
In the beginning of the movie Dirty Harry, Inspector Callahan asks the not yet completely disarmed bank robber whether or not he has fired five shots or six. Notice that the hammer on Callahan’s revolver is pulled back.… --- ## [Sara by Bob Dylan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sara-by-bob-dylan/917124)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2020, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sara-by-bob-dylan/917124 "2020-08-06T23:17:18Z")
I had a Sara, though her name was Susan. She died. The greatest love song ever written. Number 2, I nominate, “She’s So Beautiful” by Joe Cocker. The first song is complex, the second utter simplicity. … --- ## [I need a course in music theory as it relates to pop music](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-course-in-music-theory-as-it-relates-to-pop-music/322964)
**Author:** [@TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2020, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-course-in-music-theory-as-it-relates-to-pop-music/322964 "2020-08-06T21:38:33Z")
I played in the orchestra in high school and took several music theory courses in college, so I’m not looking for a basic course in music theory - please no “This is teh treble clef!!!1” or Music Theory for imbeciles-sty… --- ## [Let's discuss under-the-radar streaming channel movies we've watched recently](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-discuss-under-the-radar-streaming-channel-movies-weve-watched-recently/914943)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2020, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-discuss-under-the-radar-streaming-channel-movies-weve-watched-recently/914943 "2020-08-06T03:04:43Z")
So my wife and I have run out of series to binge for the moment, and have been finding some slightly offbeat, under-the-radar movies on the streaming channels, some of which have been pleasant surprises. I’ll give a litt… --- ## [Air Fryers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/air-fryers/916613)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2020, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/air-fryers/916613 "2020-08-05T16:10:18Z")
I know there have been many discussions on air fryers here. I just want to put my 2 cents in (maybe this should be in IMHO). I had been pining for an air fryer since I first witnessed one being used on QVC. I told my hu… --- ## [Do you send your steak back?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-send-your-steak-back/916999)
**Author:** [@Bacon\_Cheeseburger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bacon_Cheeseburger)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2020, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-send-your-steak-back/916999 "2020-08-05T16:06:57Z")
I like my steaks in medium rare to medium range. If i order it medium and comes out medium rare i don’t care. But i don’t have high expectations when i go to Chili’s/Sizzler/TGIfridays type places that they are gonna c… --- ## [How cost effective is the Soda Stream system over the long run?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cost-effective-is-the-soda-stream-system-over-the-long-run/914305)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2020, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-cost-effective-is-the-soda-stream-system-over-the-long-run/914305 "2020-08-05T03:37:42Z")
My Beloved and I are thinking about getting a Soda Stream machine, but we would like to know how cost effective it really is over the long run, whether the use of it diminishes over time, how good it tastes etc. “You sh… --- ## [Wilford Brimley dies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wilford-brimley-dies/917061)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2020, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wilford-brimley-dies/917061 "2020-08-05T00:11:49Z")
But his moustache shall live forever. --- ## [Anyone have a recipe for fudgy, dense, restaurant-style chocolate chip cookies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-a-recipe-for-fudgy-dense-restaurant-style-chocolate-chip-cookies/916879)
**Author:** [@Arcite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arcite)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2020, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-a-recipe-for-fudgy-dense-restaurant-style-chocolate-chip-cookies/916879 "2020-08-04T19:40:23Z")
You know how restaurants and bakeries serve chocolate chip cookies that are not only soft, but really dense and fudgy? Even more so than good old-fashioned Toll House straight out of the oven. Does anyone know if it’s … --- ## [Was Regis Philbin a Legend?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-regis-philbin-a-legend/917142)
**Author:** [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2020, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-regis-philbin-a-legend/917142 "2020-08-04T18:57:48Z")
The current cover of People has a picture of Regis Philbin and the caption “Goodbye to a Legend.” I don’t mean any disrespect to the man, but do you think he qualifies for “legend” status? I guess I don’t, but maybe I a… --- ## [New(ish) TV show like "The Fugitive" or "Quantum Leap"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ish-tv-show-like-the-fugitive-or-quantum-leap/917019)
**Author:** [@thwartme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thwartme)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2020, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ish-tv-show-like-the-fugitive-or-quantum-leap/917019 "2020-08-04T18:50:05Z")
Hey gang, Wondering if anyone can recommend a fairly new TV show for me to binge. I know it’s an odd request, but I was wondering if anyone is currently using the old “Fugitive” or “Quantum Leap” format. Main characte… --- ## [My favorite comic strip is ending, sigh](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-comic-strip-is-ending-sigh/916383)
**Author:** [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2020, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-comic-strip-is-ending-sigh/916383 "2020-08-04T16:20:26Z")
Totally mundane problem here - One of my favorite comics put out the last strip today :frowning: I have a few I read every morning, and Stone Soup has long been a favorite. A year or so ago the author went to Sundays o… --- ## [Silicone mats for cooking: Are they useful or a gimmick?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silicone-mats-for-cooking-are-they-useful-or-a-gimmick/917133)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2020, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silicone-mats-for-cooking-are-they-useful-or-a-gimmick/917133 "2020-08-04T15:20:25Z")
Someone gave me silicone mat for use in baking stuff. It seems a good idea but, on the strength one use, I’m not seeing it. Of course, one use is hardly a good sample. It did what it is advertised on the tin so no com… --- ## [Need a crossword puzzle generator with a specific feature](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-crossword-puzzle-generator-with-a-specific-feature/917257)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2020, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-crossword-puzzle-generator-with-a-specific-feature/917257 "2020-08-04T14:57:20Z")
I’m putting this here because this is where our crossword junkies hang out. I don’t mind if it gets moved. There are lots of very decent crossword puzzle generators on the internet. I need one that has the ability to ge… --- ## [Your favorite spoken-word segment in a song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-spoken-word-segment-in-a-song/915218)
**Author:** [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2020, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-spoken-word-segment-in-a-song/915218 "2020-08-03T23:13:58Z")
What song can you think of that is mostly sung but also includes a really memorable spoken part? It can come at any part of the song. By way of example: “You know, someone said that the world’s a stage…” Elvis - Are Y… --- ## [Recommendations for film reviewers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-film-reviewers/917177)
**Author:** [@Powers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Powers)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2020, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-film-reviewers/917177 "2020-08-03T23:11:05Z")
I’m having trouble locating reliable and entertaining film reviews. I used to read Roger Ebert (online), not because I usually agreed with his assessments (I often didn’t) but because a) his writing was always top-notch… --- ## [Norsemen, aka Darkest Sitcom Ever Filmed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norsemen-aka-darkest-sitcom-ever-filmed/823341)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2020, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norsemen-aka-darkest-sitcom-ever-filmed/823341 "2020-08-03T20:57:14Z")
My wife and I just started watching Norsemen, a Norwegian comedy (sort of a sitcom) set in the age of Vikings. Season 2 just came out on Netflix. Holy shit. So far, big laffs have been wrought from: -Old people throwi… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=394) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=396)