# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=442 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 443 --- ## [Cameo - a website for celebrity rating, time wasting, and train wreck watching](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cameo-a-website-for-celebrity-rating-time-wasting-and-train-wreck-watching/847881)
**Author:** [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2020, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cameo-a-website-for-celebrity-rating-time-wasting-and-train-wreck-watching/847881 "2020-02-13T21:57:39Z")
Not putting a link in here because I have no vested interest in this site, but it is the first word of the thread title followed by dot com. This site is not new, but I only recently became obsessed with it. The actual… --- ## [RIP Reinhold Aman (editor of Maledicta)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-reinhold-aman-editor-of-maledicta/847284)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2020, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-reinhold-aman-editor-of-maledicta/847284 "2020-02-13T19:04:34Z")
Better late than never to announce here that Reinhold Aman, a prolific writer and scholar on the subjects of swearing and bad language, died last year at the age of 82. I have The Straight Dope to thank for introducing … --- ## [The Good Place season 4](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-place-season-4/840903)
**Author:** [@Calavera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Calavera)\ **Replies:** 294\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2020, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-place-season-4/840903 "2020-02-13T16:03:58Z")
Link to previous thread https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=805272 Episode 1: A Girl from Arizona part 1 Not bad. The scenes with Simone were the stand-out best parts of the episode, but the increasi… --- ## [Looking for new teas to try](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-new-teas-to-try/847670)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2020, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-new-teas-to-try/847670 "2020-02-13T11:16:33Z")
Are there any uncommon teas that are good? Other than Earl Grey, black, orange, apple, lemon, etc. Something that is easy to buy as well, either locally or online. --- ## ["Network" on TCM @ Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/network-on-tcm-midnight/847749)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2020, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/network-on-tcm-midnight/847749 "2020-02-12T23:08:44Z")
It’s one of the greatest movies ever… Watch it. It has probably more relevance today with the influence of media (and you can factor in the internet simultaneously). I’ll stop there so its not a spoiler, but maybe after… --- ## [I hate, hate, hate They Might Be Giants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-hate-hate-they-might-be-giants/846947)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2020, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-hate-hate-they-might-be-giants/846947 "2020-02-12T17:41:37Z")
I’m hanging out with my brother, he has told me about a dream he had that had a song lyric from that group about Istanbul, which in his dream morphed into this song. I returned as a bag of groceries Taken off the shelf… --- ## [Food amnesty hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-amnesty-hypothetical/847779)
**Author:** [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2020, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-amnesty-hypothetical/847779 "2020-02-12T14:26:48Z")
(not sure if this belongs in CS \[food\] or IMHO \[opinion poll\], mods please move it if I guessed wrong) A genie with nothing better to do gives you the ability to eat one food without any negative health affects. It won’… --- ## [ST: Where No Man Has Gone Before - why was Dehner so wrong?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-where-no-man-has-gone-before-why-was-dehner-so-wrong/847736)
**Author:** [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2020, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-where-no-man-has-gone-before-why-was-dehner-so-wrong/847736 "2020-02-12T13:51:33Z")
I rewatched this one last night. As Gary Mitchell is changing, Dr. Dehner deliberately misreports, distorts and comes this close to outright lying to Kirk about what is happening to Mitchell. KIRK: You mentioned that t… --- ## [Shazam - spoilers after first](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shazam-spoilers-after-first/832108)
**Author:** [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2020, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shazam-spoilers-after-first/832108 "2020-02-12T10:44:05Z")
Has anyone else seen this? I thought it was decent. --- ## [great codas in rock and roll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-codas-in-rock-and-roll/847662)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2020, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-codas-in-rock-and-roll/847662 "2020-02-12T05:20:46Z")
I love a great coda, listening to the latter The obvious Layla, and then Teemage Fanclub’s The Concept. --- ## [Science/speculative fiction short story anthology recommendations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/science-speculative-fiction-short-story-anthology-recommendations/847763)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2020, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/science-speculative-fiction-short-story-anthology-recommendations/847763 "2020-02-12T02:18:47Z")
I don’t read much fiction, and when I do my schedule isn’t really conducive to reading long novels. (The last novel I read took me over five years. Seriously.) But I recently discovered that I can get through short st… --- ## [Trying to make sense of this Rebecca Black thing...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-make-sense-of-this-rebecca-black-thing/594151)
**Author:** [@DKW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DKW)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2020, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-make-sense-of-this-rebecca-black-thing/594151 "2020-02-12T01:11:34Z")
…and not having a whole lot of success. Still, whenever I run into a truly baffling mystery, I can be very persistent in my attempts to unravel it (see also: Mike Tyson and Tiger Woods; how much fracking debt do they go… --- ## [Not great, but pleasant current sitcoms you watch](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-great-but-pleasant-current-sitcoms-you-watch/845697)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2020, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-great-but-pleasant-current-sitcoms-you-watch/845697 "2020-02-12T00:57:06Z")
I’ve been watching Superstore for as long as it’s been on. Not hilarious, but funny enough and, you know, pleasant. A new one I like is Perfect Harmony. The plots are cliched Southern small town with twists. I’ve alw… --- ## [Mahi-Mahi at the Cneesecake Factory](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mahi-mahi-at-the-cneesecake-factory/847794)
**Author:** [@ntcrawler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ntcrawler)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2020, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mahi-mahi-at-the-cneesecake-factory/847794 "2020-02-11T21:38:40Z")
I have been going to the Cheesecake Factory for years. And Never once had the special seafood ever been something other than the Mahi-Mahi. Anyone else? --- ## [The 2019 Road to the Oscars thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2019-road-to-the-oscars-thread/844630)
**Author:** [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2020, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2019-road-to-the-oscars-thread/844630 "2020-02-11T21:38:38Z")
So 'tis the season where once again, Academy campaigns are in full swing and films with award aspirations start fanning out theatrically in what many consider the strategic sweet spot of Oct-Dec. Of course, the success … --- ## ["Pompatus", "Shamone", etc.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pompatus-shamone-etc/745124)
**Author:** [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2020, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pompatus-shamone-etc/745124 "2020-02-11T21:23:48Z")
There’s a line in the Foo Fighters’ “Big Me” that made me recently search for the lyrics… When I talk about it Aries or treasons All renew Although the rest of the song is practically undecipherable as well, at least… --- ## [Altered Carbon S2](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/altered-carbon-s2/847786)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2020, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/altered-carbon-s2/847786 "2020-02-11T19:50:44Z")
Trailer here. It looks like they’ve skipped Broken Angels and moved right to Woken Furies for source material. Prolly a smart move. BA is a fantastic book, but it does little to explore Takeshi Kovacs. Also, the sett… --- ## [LOTR: Was Ungoliant more powerful than Melkor? How could she?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lotr-was-ungoliant-more-powerful-than-melkor-how-could-she/847579)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2020, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lotr-was-ungoliant-more-powerful-than-melkor-how-could-she/847579 "2020-02-11T15:41:42Z")
I was re-reading the Silmarillion and was going past the part where Ungoliant and Melkor kill the two trees of Valinor and Melkor steals the Silmarils (I am compressing things a bit but basically that’s the upshot). Ung… --- ## [October Faction on Netflix](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/october-faction-on-netflix/847254)
**Author:** [@Greathouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greathouse)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2020, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/october-faction-on-netflix/847254 "2020-02-11T07:08:37Z")
I spent my yesterday watching October Faction on Netflix and found it pretty enjoyable. A family who works for a shadow service called Presidio that hunt monsters. Kids don’t know what the parents do for a living (they … --- ## [Eat Pray Love (the movie): is Elizabeth Gilbert a \[expletive\] or is it just me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-pray-love-the-movie-is-elizabeth-gilbert-a-expletive-or-is-it-just-me/562510)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 233\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2020, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-pray-love-the-movie-is-elizabeth-gilbert-a-expletive-or-is-it-just-me/562510 "2020-02-11T03:08:30Z")
Watched the movie Eat Pray Love tonight. I did not read the book, nor will I read it even at gun point! So any references to the differences of the book/movie will be ignored. Heres the gist of what I got from the movie… --- ## [A Brief Tribute to Law & Order](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-brief-tribute-to-law-order/846355)
**Author:** [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Replies:** 136\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2020, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-brief-tribute-to-law-order/846355 "2020-02-11T00:58:31Z")
I have been feeling somewhat dismayed recently because no matter how many TV shows I have tried to watch, I keep finding it increasingly difficult to find hardly any really good shows. For the past few days, I have been… --- ## [Food you won't order in a restaurant because your version is better](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-you-wont-order-in-a-restaurant-because-your-version-is-better/847393)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2020, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-you-wont-order-in-a-restaurant-because-your-version-is-better/847393 "2020-02-10T23:59:26Z")
When I go out to eat - think nice meal here, not something you just grab and go - there are certain items I won’t even consider. It’s not that I think I’m a great cook, but I don’t see the sense in ordering something I c… --- ## [RIP Robert Conrad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-robert-conrad/847655)
**Author:** [@txjim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/txjim)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2020, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-robert-conrad/847655 "2020-02-10T22:48:17Z")
Dead at the age of 84. The Wild Wild West was a do-not-miss for me, regardless of how many heel lifts Conrad had to wear to see Artemus Gordon eye-to-eye. --- ## [RIP Orson Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-orson-bean/847629)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2020, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-orson-bean/847629 "2020-02-10T17:29:49Z")
Actor/comedian Orson Bean was struck and killed by multiple cars in Los Angeles. He was 91. Bean has been the subject of much humor in the thread game “Made-Up, False and Flat-out Wrong Trivia Dominoes”. So much so, that… --- ## [R.I.P. Mirella Freni](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-mirella-freni/847720)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2020, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-mirella-freni/847720 "2020-02-10T15:48:04Z")
The great operatic soprano Mirella Freni passed away Sunday. Most of you probably have never heard of her, and many of you couldn’t care less. But she was one of the truly great ones, and her loss will be felt worldwide… --- ## [Eavesdropping in film/tv](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eavesdropping-in-film-tv/847277)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2020, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eavesdropping-in-film-tv/847277 "2020-02-10T12:05:09Z")
Eavesdropping like when a mechanic, working on the back of the RV in Race With the Devil, eavesdrops in on the two couples plotting their escape plans, or when the home invasion victim in Clockwork Orange listens in on A… --- ## [Blu-ray players - more or less common](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blu-ray-players-more-or-less-common/847680)
**Author:** [@Fir\_na\_tine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fir_na_tine)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2020, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blu-ray-players-more-or-less-common/847680 "2020-02-10T12:02:13Z")
Just idle curiosity - are blu-ray players and DVD’s becoming more common or is it a fading trend? Our current player is plain vanilla DVD’s only and I’m wondering if it’s worth upgrading. Thanks! --- ## [Some comments regarding HD OTA TV](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-comments-regarding-hd-ota-tv/847651)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2020, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-comments-regarding-hd-ota-tv/847651 "2020-02-10T06:25:31Z")
Circumstances force me to only view over the air digital channels. The available channels are aimed more toward the old and demented or the Spanish, Polish, Korean, or Mandarin speakers in the market than they are to me… --- ## ["The Wall" pharmacology](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wall-pharmacology/847575)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2020, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wall-pharmacology/847575 "2020-02-10T03:26:33Z")
So the band doctor is summoned. Usually his biggest worries are making sure the shit the band members are doing is clean, helping them come down after a jag, and maybe prescribing penicillin. But this time it’s really ba… --- ## [Why Brad Pitt and Leo Di Caprio never win an Oscar](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-brad-pitt-and-leo-di-caprio-never-win-an-oscar/683688)
**Author:** [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2020, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-brad-pitt-and-leo-di-caprio-never-win-an-oscar/683688 "2020-02-10T02:48:02Z")
Because they’re mediocre actors in my opinion. They’re good at acting, as in they do the lines well and give a good performance but they’re nowhere on level with the types of Daniel Day Lewis or Cate Blanchett, who rathe… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=441) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=443)