# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=455 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 456 --- ## [schlockmercenary.com/2019-12-24](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schlockmercenary-com-2019-12-24/845384)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2019, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schlockmercenary-com-2019-12-24/845384 "2019-12-26T23:30:47Z")
Dammit, now I want to watch “MurderFinder & Meat-Puppet”! --- ## [First use of the Wall of String?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-use-of-the-wall-of-string/845420)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2019, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-use-of-the-wall-of-string/845420 "2019-12-26T23:25:01Z")
It is used everywhere now, either seriously in dramas or mockingly in comedies, but what was the first use? --- ## [Ram Dass dies at age 88](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ram-dass-dies-at-age-88/845290)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2019, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ram-dass-dies-at-age-88/845290 "2019-12-26T22:11:15Z")
I thought about reading Be Here Now , maybe I will now --- ## [Frank Underwood: Kill them with kindness.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frank-underwood-kill-them-with-kindness/845411)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2019, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frank-underwood-kill-them-with-kindness/845411 "2019-12-26T21:53:53Z")
Kevin Spacey posts another cryptic video in character as Frank Underwood. Not sure if it’s pit worthy so I’ll just leave it here for anybody who wants to speculate about where he’s going with this. --- ## [Johnny Cash: Man in Black, Hard core Social justice warrior.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-cash-man-in-black-hard-core-social-justice-warrior/845380)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2019, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-cash-man-in-black-hard-core-social-justice-warrior/845380 "2019-12-26T21:06:19Z")
I hate Christmas, been drinking a long time, and I’ve had a long time to go deep into the forgotten songs I have. And I had forgotten forgotten totally about the dong, (which I know was written after the nickname) But… --- ## [Favorite Christmas movies.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-christmas-movies/845402)
**Author:** [@CastletonSnob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2019, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-christmas-movies/845402 "2019-12-26T19:47:39Z")
What movies do you watch to get into the holiday spirit? --- ## [Baking question - Need answer fast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baking-question-need-answer-fast/845347)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2019, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baking-question-need-answer-fast/845347 "2019-12-26T19:39:47Z")
I just baked a coffee cake that has a cream cheese layer. It is just out of the oven. We won’t be eating it until this evening, 8 hours later. Is it ok to leave it at room temperature until then? Or should I put it in … --- ## [Exceptional carol recordings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exceptional-carol-recordings/845339)
**Author:** [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2019, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exceptional-carol-recordings/845339 "2019-12-25T17:26:36Z")
Amazing recordings with incredible sound quality, and just too good not to share! Uploaded to YouTube today by the Choir of King’s College, Cambridge: Mariä Wiegenlied There is no rose (John Joubert) In Dulci Jubilo … --- ## [Dr Sleep: Much Better Than I thought It Would Be](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-sleep-much-better-than-i-thought-it-would-be/843334)
**Author:** [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2019, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-sleep-much-better-than-i-thought-it-would-be/843334 "2019-12-25T04:56:36Z")
I really enjoyed this film. Unlike the It series, it is well-made, had identifiable characters and a discernible plot, and it technologically brilliant. Please dont let the disappointment that was It keep you from this… --- ## [Tell me about your experiences with convection ovens](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-experiences-with-convection-ovens/845304)
**Author:** [@Anny\_Middon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anny_Middon)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2019, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-experiences-with-convection-ovens/845304 "2019-12-24T21:49:22Z")
I had to get a new range, since the oven on the old one died and it would cost $400+ to fix. The new one has a convection oven. I can use it as a conventional oven or as convection. I’ve only used it as a conventional… --- ## ['Tis the season to discover some overlooked Christmas movies.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tis-the-season-to-discover-some-overlooked-christmas-movies/334241)
**Author:** [@Interrobang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Interrobang)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2019, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tis-the-season-to-discover-some-overlooked-christmas-movies/334241 "2019-12-24T21:01:24Z")
Once upon a time, A Christmas Story was a little-seen cult classic. Now, as noted in this thread, it’s part of a Christmas tradition, shown for 24 hours in a row on TBS every year. It’s a Wonderful Life? It’s a wonderfu… --- ## [Roger Ebert STILL Giving Reviews?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-ebert-still-giving-reviews/845256)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2019, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-ebert-still-giving-reviews/845256 "2019-12-24T20:31:48Z")
Years after, they’re still using his name to distort and mislead… How can he rate a movie he’s never seen? This world is one big fraud… https://i.imgur.com/Kjqw8qV.png --- ## [Are shrimp cocktail and crab claws still commonly served as appetizers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-shrimp-cocktail-and-crab-claws-still-commonly-served-as-appetizers/845196)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2019, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-shrimp-cocktail-and-crab-claws-still-commonly-served-as-appetizers/845196 "2019-12-24T19:42:53Z")
Perhaps it’s the ever increasing price of seafood but I almost never see shrimp cocktail or crab claws offered as appetizers in nicer restaurants these days. They used to be ubiquitous. I realize Chicago isn’t known for… --- ## ["Big Little Lies" on HBO; starts Sunday, 2/19](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-little-lies-on-hbo-starts-sunday-2-19/780193)
**Author:** [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2019, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-little-lies-on-hbo-starts-sunday-2-19/780193 "2019-12-24T18:34:49Z")
For those of you who enjoyed The Night Of, there is another mini-series type show starting on HBO this Sunday: Big Little Lies. It’s just 7 episodes, has some serious star power, and is getting some good reviews. It a… --- ## [New Concepts in Horror](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-concepts-in-horror/845271)
**Author:** [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2019, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-concepts-in-horror/845271 "2019-12-24T18:34:41Z")
Vaguely inspired by this Metafilter thread about how Lovecraft’s works are too familiar to be truly horrifying these days, I had an idea for a thread here: Can we come up with a few new ideas for horror? My idea is a bi… --- ## [Hey! Your favourite yeah!'s / oh yeah!'s](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-your-favourite-yeah-s-oh-yeah-s/845265)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2019, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-your-favourite-yeah-s-oh-yeah-s/845265 "2019-12-24T15:47:44Z")
Too many to choose from - I’ll start with Sweet’s freewheelin’ OH yeeee-eeeah! Lennon’s yeah-out in Glass Onion --- ## [What song(s) defines a part of your life?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-s-defines-a-part-of-your-life/845191)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2019, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-s-defines-a-part-of-your-life/845191 "2019-12-24T14:43:58Z")
Had the radio in the car on America’s Top 40 reruns today and “Papa Was A Rolling Stone” (Temptations) came on. It occurred to me that it was very much spot on as to the (non)relationship to my own father, who deserted u… --- ## [Tell me how to make hot and sour soup!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-how-to-make-hot-and-sour-soup/845167)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2019, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-how-to-make-hot-and-sour-soup/845167 "2019-12-24T13:30:59Z")
Anybody got any good hot and sour soup recipes? I tried to make it once years ago – a woman I worked with at the time who was from Malaysia shared her recipe and gave me some of her dried mushrooms, but it turned out ter… --- ## [Why is cola only popular in carbonated form?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-cola-only-popular-in-carbonated-form/845117)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2019, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-cola-only-popular-in-carbonated-form/845117 "2019-12-24T08:15:14Z")
I don’t know that there is no non-carbonated product consumed anywhere, but if there is one, it’s obscure enough that I’ve never heard of it. And among carbonated drinks, cola is likely the most popular flavor in the wor… --- ## [Hoe are BBQ joints typically set up in your neck of the woods?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoe-are-bbq-joints-typically-set-up-in-your-neck-of-the-woods/845177)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2019, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoe-are-bbq-joints-typically-set-up-in-your-neck-of-the-woods/845177 "2019-12-24T06:44:33Z")
Here in Dallas, I’d say 90% of them are set up buffet style (which I hate). You go up to the counter. the guy slices and plates the meats for you, and then hands you the plate so you can continue to move down the line an… --- ## [What's the deal with these online recipe sites?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-these-online-recipe-sites/845113)
**Author:** [@Rough\_Draft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rough_Draft)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2019, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-these-online-recipe-sites/845113 "2019-12-24T04:54:49Z")
I’m sure this happens with other subjects, but I have noticed it when searching for recipes. It always goes like this: I’m on Google Image or Pinterest, and I search for, let’s say, sausage and pasta casseroles. I will g… --- ## [Non-US Dopers, Have You Seen The Movie 'A Christmas Story'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-us-dopers-have-you-seen-the-movie-a-christmas-story/844857)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2019, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-us-dopers-have-you-seen-the-movie-a-christmas-story/844857 "2019-12-23T23:07:26Z")
Here in the States, the movie A Christmas Story gets pretty heavy rotation this time of year, whether on cable (TBS plays it for 24 hours on Christmas Day or thereabouts), or in family movie collections, or what have you… --- ## [Great Artists No One Tried To Emulate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-artists-no-one-tried-to-emulate/844819)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2019, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-artists-no-one-tried-to-emulate/844819 "2019-12-23T22:40:31Z")
Many artists living/dead have been influential, and some that came after had/have no problem admitting they were heavily influenced by singing and/or lyrical style, dance moves, etc… But I’m sure there are some artists n… --- ## [PSA For Cord Cutters: Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol is on Vimeo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psa-for-cord-cutters-mr-magoos-christmas-carol-is-on-vimeo/845302)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2019, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psa-for-cord-cutters-mr-magoos-christmas-carol-is-on-vimeo/845302 "2019-12-23T22:10:11Z")
If you don’t have cable and like this special like I do, you can download the Vimeo app and it is available on there. Even better it is unedited and includes the Broadway play stuff usually edited out. --- ## [greatest rock and roll concert you ever saw](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-rock-and-roll-concert-you-ever-saw/844880)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2019, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-rock-and-roll-concert-you-ever-saw/844880 "2019-12-23T22:02:49Z")
No folk singers, no blues artists, no country rock. Will leave it up to the posters to define it. Do the Eagles count? Well I guess so. Neil Young and Crazy Horse. 1991 with Sonic Youth and Social Distortion. --- ## [The exact psychology behind people being angered by others' food choices?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exact-psychology-behind-people-being-angered-by-others-food-choices/844986)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2019, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exact-psychology-behind-people-being-angered-by-others-food-choices/844986 "2019-12-23T20:06:45Z")
I’m sure we’ve had threads on this before, but I don’t see them, so apologies in advance: What exactly is the reasoning behind people being angered by how someone else eats their food? Examples including, but not limit… --- ## [Favorite unusual guitar riff or part?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-unusual-guitar-riff-or-part/845254)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2019, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-unusual-guitar-riff-or-part/845254 "2019-12-23T18:49:48Z")
Here is mine , Going Mobile by the Who. The riff starts at 1:57 It's a guitar through a wah pedal and a synthesizer. --- ## [I am glad I have (re)discovered Port, what more can I discover, about it.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-glad-i-have-re-discovered-port-what-more-can-i-discover-about-it/844164)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2019, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-glad-i-have-re-discovered-port-what-more-can-i-discover-about-it/844164 "2019-12-23T18:19:10Z")
Dear Bon Appetit, Always been a beer guy. And being 'Murican, thought of Fortified wines in terms of jokes about Thunderbird and Irish Rose, or great Aunt Edna’s sherry for “cooking”. But a chance encounter with a reci… --- ## [Name of the 80's(?) grrl punk movie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-the-80s-grrl-punk-movie/307328)
**Author:** [@RM\_Mentock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RM_Mentock)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2019, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-the-80s-grrl-punk-movie/307328 "2019-12-23T18:03:10Z")
I’m looking for the name of a movie, from ten, twenty years ago. It was about a girl who rose to fame in music, and had all sorts of girl followers who dressed identically to her, and (I think) called themselves by her … --- ## [I think it's time for "A Charlie Brown Christmas"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-its-time-for-a-charlie-brown-christmas/845208)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2019, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-its-time-for-a-charlie-brown-christmas/845208 "2019-12-23T15:07:21Z")
Goin’ back to Ole Virginny for Christmas. I want to watch “A Charlie Brown Christmas” now. Or should I save it and watch with Mom and Dad and my brothers and niece and nephew? I think both. There are ads, but isn’t that… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=454) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=456)