# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=404 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 405 --- ## [The Westworld score competition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-westworld-score-competition/913444)
**Author:** [@Hoops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoops)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2020, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-westworld-score-competition/913444 "2020-06-28T20:51:06Z")
So HBO, in conjunction with Spitfire Audio, recently held a competition inviting composers to submit a score for a provided clip from Westworld season 3 (It’s from the fifth episode of the season, and is a scene involvin… --- ## [What's the "ratio" for a good beef stew?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-ratio-for-a-good-beef-stew/913213)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2020, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-ratio-for-a-good-beef-stew/913213 "2020-06-28T19:49:58Z")
So I’m looking at what’s left of this pot of stew I made a couple of days ago. It’s like 90% beef and few veggies left. This is obviously easy enough to remedy (Although, I don’t think I can be bothered to cut up and bo… --- ## [Watching: The Spy, on Netflix](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-the-spy-on-netflix/913481)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2020, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-the-spy-on-netflix/913481 "2020-06-28T13:23:35Z")
Sacha Baron Cohen stars in a drama about an Israeli spy who infiltrated Syria in the early 60’s. Based on true events. SBC is excellent as a serious actor and the story is quite good. About 2/3 of the way through. An… --- ## [Earliest Movies About Drug Addiction?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-movies-about-drug-addiction/850829)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2020, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-movies-about-drug-addiction/850829 "2020-06-28T12:38:15Z")
Or taboo in general… The earlier, the better, as they seem to handle the subject matter better, especially with quality writing, instead of being crass… Nothing after the 1970s. From any country. For some reason, they j… --- ## [Successful Movie Responses To PC BS?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/successful-movie-responses-to-pc-bs/913462)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2020, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/successful-movie-responses-to-pc-bs/913462 "2020-06-28T12:29:24Z")
Has there been a time when someone went against the latest trendy orthodoxy and was very successful? If so, please list the person and the work they did. I’m wondering if there’s someone with talent and a good heart who … --- ## ["Community" or "Parks and Recreation"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-or-parks-and-recreation/851340)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2020, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-or-parks-and-recreation/851340 "2020-06-28T12:28:57Z")
Which is the better show? Seeking responses only from those who are familiar with both. mmm (no, I didn’t forget to include an “other” or “neither” option) --- ## [Seinfeld's Bedroom](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seinfelds-bedroom/473898)
**Author:** [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2020, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seinfelds-bedroom/473898 "2020-06-28T06:46:59Z")
The other night, I was watching the Seinfeld (“The Stakeout”)were Jerry and Elaine go to a bar for Elaine’s friend’s birthday and Jerry starts flirting with lawyer (played by Mia Sara.) He and George hang out in the lob… --- ## [I Just Tried Mead for the First Time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-tried-mead-for-the-first-time/913270)
**Author:** [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2020, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-tried-mead-for-the-first-time/913270 "2020-06-28T05:30:39Z")
Pretty much what it says on the tin: I picked up a bottle of Oliver Winery’s Camelot Mead. Poured myself a glass and had a sip. Yep, that is definitely fermented honey. It’s… OK. A bit sweeter than I like my drinks … --- ## [7500 -- Movie on Amazon Prime](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7500-movie-on-amazon-prime/913463)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2020, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7500-movie-on-amazon-prime/913463 "2020-06-28T03:54:35Z")
The movie 7500, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, isn’t too bad. It’s not Earth-shattering, change-your-life great, but a decent use of around 90 minutes. Gordon-Levitt plays the First Officer on a German airliner going f… --- ## [OMG, what happened on TPIR today? Friday, June 26, 2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-what-happened-on-tpir-today-friday-june-26-2020/913224)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2020, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-what-happened-on-tpir-today-friday-june-26-2020/913224 "2020-06-27T21:07:47Z")
This is life or death! :laughing: After the 2 contestants bid on the showcase there was a commercial break. I left the room briefly and when I came back I found that someone had turned the channel so I couldn’t go back … --- ## [Elton John praises school kids cover of I'm Still Standing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elton-john-praises-school-kids-cover-of-im-still-standing/855863)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2020, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elton-john-praises-school-kids-cover-of-im-still-standing/855863 "2020-06-27T20:15:59Z")
There’s no higher accolade than praise from the Rocket Man himself. :wink: I’ve watched the Video cover and agree the kids did a good job. The guitarist & percussionist were grooving in the pocket. The vocals were quite… --- ## [Amazon's 'the Boys' season 2 release date announced](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazons-the-boys-season-2-release-date-announced/913351)
**Author:** [@Santos\_L\_Halper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santos_L_Halper)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2020, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazons-the-boys-season-2-release-date-announced/913351 "2020-06-27T18:41:55Z")
Amazon Prime Video announced on Friday that The Boys season two will premiere its first three episodes on Sept. 4, with new episodes airing every Friday until the season finale on Oct. 9. There are eight episodes in tota… --- ## [How many MST3K type shows are there?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-mst3k-type-shows-are-there/912669)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2020, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-mst3k-type-shows-are-there/912669 "2020-06-27T17:04:13Z")
In the beginning there was Mystery Science Theater 3000. Now there is Rifftrax and Cinematic Titanic that I’ve seen so far. Are there any more “Talk back at the screen” type shows? Which one\[s\] do you prefer? --- ## [Why exactly is this voice acting bad? Is there a term for this type of bad voice acting?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-exactly-is-this-voice-acting-bad-is-there-a-term-for-this-type-of-bad-voice-acting/913273)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2020, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-exactly-is-this-voice-acting-bad-is-there-a-term-for-this-type-of-bad-voice-acting/913273 "2020-06-27T06:18:47Z")
This is a pretty infamous video of some bad video game voice acting. A character called Shizuku comes in and starts talking like she’s stifling a laugh the entire time. I hear this ALL THE TIME in podcasts and curious wh… --- ## [TNT's alienist was popular enough to get a sequel?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tnts-alienist-was-popular-enough-to-get-a-sequel/913032)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2020, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tnts-alienist-was-popular-enough-to-get-a-sequel/913032 "2020-06-27T05:54:03Z")
I watched some of it and couldn’t get past the character changes and the thread about it here only had 4 replies but just today I find this listed under " returning and new shows for the summer ": Series: “The Alienist: … --- ## [Older Artists Pet Shop Boys Brilliant Concert Visuals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/older-artists-pet-shop-boys-brilliant-concert-visuals/912874)
**Author:** [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2020, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/older-artists-pet-shop-boys-brilliant-concert-visuals/912874 "2020-06-27T01:16:59Z")
I love the Pet Shop Boys. I also love that they recognize that they are charisma free and they employ dancers/lasers etc to enhance their concerts. Even if you do not like their music can you appreciate th… --- ## [I'm making boba tea at home!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-making-boba-tea-at-home/913282)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2020, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-making-boba-tea-at-home/913282 "2020-06-26T22:03:49Z")
I bought some boba pearls online, and have been making black milk tea with boba for a couple of days now. The best recipe: Assam black tea with milk, and add some boba which you’ve stewed in brown sugar syrup, taking c… --- ## [Paul Stookey song 'Sebastian:' What do you think it's about?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-stookey-song-sebastian-what-do-you-think-its-about/913193)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2020, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-stookey-song-sebastian-what-do-you-think-its-about/913193 "2020-06-26T20:06:36Z")
If your only source was the lyrics. I found a link to what Stookey says it’s about, but what would you guess? Link, if you’re not familiar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNU2KS2emsM\]. --- ## [Oddest artist interviews](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddest-artist-interviews/854402)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2020, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddest-artist-interviews/854402 "2020-06-26T17:44:51Z")
While digging around YouTube, I found this bizarre press conference by Lou Reed with the Australian press in 1974. I don’t know the context of this event, but both the artist and the press seem eager to get each other’s… --- ## [Salted In the Shell Peanuts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salted-in-the-shell-peanuts/913205)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2020, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salted-in-the-shell-peanuts/913205 "2020-06-26T16:40:38Z")
I’m posting this in Cafe because it’s regarding food, but it could also be in IMHO and probably more suited for the MPSIMS because it is pretty mundane! How do eat salted in the shell peanuts? Are you like me and first … --- ## ["In Death" series by JD Robb](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-death-series-by-jd-robb/913012)
**Author:** [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2020, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-death-series-by-jd-robb/913012 "2020-06-26T14:11:22Z")
One of my secret pleasures, the “In Death” books by JD Robb, who is really Nora Roberts. Murder mysteries are one of the genres I enjoy, and I glommed on to these years ago. Nora Roberts has an obsession with green eye… --- ## [What sample is used in this Primus song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sample-is-used-in-this-primus-song/913112)
**Author:** [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2020, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sample-is-used-in-this-primus-song/913112 "2020-06-26T05:34:52Z")
On the album Tales from the Punchbowl, the opening track, Professor Nutbutter’s House of Treats, there is a horn section playing that sounds like a sample from a movie, it’s a familiar song I used to fool around when I w… --- ## [Bread dough got sticky](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bread-dough-got-sticky/912222)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2020, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bread-dough-got-sticky/912222 "2020-06-26T03:56:03Z")
Making some homemade bread. I used 500g of 100% whole wheat flour with 80% hydration and autolysed it in the refrigerator overnight. This morning I kneaded in the active dried yeast (a whole packet which may have been … --- ## [Globetrekker Episodes Free OnLine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/globetrekker-episodes-free-online/913108)
**Author:** [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2020, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/globetrekker-episodes-free-online/913108 "2020-06-26T01:53:10Z")
I love GlobeTrekker. Its a travel show with episodes from around the world. Enter your email and all the episodes are available to watch, --- ## [It is crock pot weather!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-crock-pot-weather/912846)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2020, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-crock-pot-weather/912846 "2020-06-25T23:46:57Z")
Last night we ate dinner at 10 pm because I refuse to cook before the sun goes down if it is in the mid 80s or better. I need to cook without actually cooking, if you know what I mean. So I need recipes. Summer recipes. … --- ## [TV Shows where someone gets killed in the opening credits](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-where-someone-gets-killed-in-the-opening-credits/912824)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2020, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-where-someone-gets-killed-in-the-opening-credits/912824 "2020-06-25T19:33:37Z")
In this 2004 SDMB thread Master\_Wang-Ka said, …there is the matter of the fact that Speed Racer remains the only cartoon of which I am aware which features people getting killed in the opening credits. So assuming th… --- ## [A 2 minute sketch from John Cleese, Marty Feldman, Graham Chapman etal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-2-minute-sketch-from-john-cleese-marty-feldman-graham-chapman-etal/913019)
**Author:** [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2020, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-2-minute-sketch-from-john-cleese-marty-feldman-graham-chapman-etal/913019 "2020-06-25T18:42:20Z")
A short sketch from British Comedy Hall of Famers. Some of you might enjoy this. --- ## [RIP Margarita Pracatan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-margarita-pracatan/913000)
**Author:** [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2020, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-margarita-pracatan/913000 "2020-06-25T15:27:39Z")
Alas, the flamboyant Cuban will no longer be delighting (?) us… https://youtu.be/adU0q7BDb2o --- ## [Movie Title is a Standalone Punchline to a Joke](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-title-is-a-standalone-punchline-to-a-joke/911248)
**Author:** [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2020, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-title-is-a-standalone-punchline-to-a-joke/911248 "2020-06-25T14:36:33Z")
We have a popular thread raging about punchlines to jokes, minus the setup. What movie titles are punchlines to well-known jokes? I can think of two–Stick with Burt Reynolds and What’s Up, Doc? with Barbra Streisand and … --- ## [Brilliant! The Cabin Pressure appreciation thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brilliant-the-cabin-pressure-appreciation-thread/823784)
**Author:** [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2020, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brilliant-the-cabin-pressure-appreciation-thread/823784 "2020-06-25T14:03:40Z")
If you don’t know Cabin Pressure, welcome. If you do know Cabin Pressure, bienvenue à bord. Je suis ton capitaine Knead du Know. The lemon is in play. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=403) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=405)