# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=503 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 504 --- ## [Black Mirror 5.03 "Striking Vipers"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-mirror-5-03-striking-vipers/835053)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2019, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-mirror-5-03-striking-vipers/835053 "2019-07-02T20:30:50Z")
Season 5 of black mirror drops on Netflix tomorrow. Since it’s only three episodes, and because some people like to space them out while others binge all three at once and it becomes a pain in one thread talking about th… --- ## [Another Amazon oddity (Reviews)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-amazon-oddity-reviews/836303)
**Author:** [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2019, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-amazon-oddity-reviews/836303 "2019-07-02T19:13:09Z")
I am looking for a new can opener. This one gets nothing but 5 star reviews. Which is unusual in itself. Funny thing is, not one of the reviews is for this product. Or the same product, as far as I can tell. Reviews. H… --- ## [A complete kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-complete-kitchen/834897)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2019, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-complete-kitchen/834897 "2019-07-02T18:55:46Z")
Does anyone have one like this? I’m just cooking for myself usually and don’t want to spend much money And BTW, do I really need a Ducth oven? Is is really any better than a big pot? I’m really getting into having a … --- ## [What makes a “good” minority character?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-a-good-minority-character/836306)
**Author:** [@Machinaforce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machinaforce)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2019, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-a-good-minority-character/836306 "2019-07-02T14:55:48Z")
I’ve seen a lot of buzz about this with movies like Star Wars (the new ones) and etc, and I’m just wondering what makes a good character that is in a minority group. Is it the fact that they just happen to be X and ther… --- ## [could jeff hunter made star trek a success?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-jeff-hunter-made-star-trek-a-success/836331)
**Author:** [@bionic\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bionic_man)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2019, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-jeff-hunter-made-star-trek-a-success/836331 "2019-07-02T14:53:02Z")
When they made the first star trek piolet Jeff hunter was the skippr if eh stayed would pike. mcody .spock worked as well as kirk spock .mcoy. would shatner with out trek continued in movies with a bigger or smalle… --- ## [Mmmmmm, blueberry season.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmmmm-blueberry-season/836302)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2019, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmmmm-blueberry-season/836302 "2019-07-02T13:41:38Z")
Not even the really good local ones yet, that will take some time still, but I picked up some from Georgia at the store and they are pretty damn good. So far just eaten with yogurt, and well appreciated. But I will have … --- ## [Flapper Pie, in the fridge!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flapper-pie-in-the-fridge/836284)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2019, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flapper-pie-in-the-fridge/836284 "2019-07-02T13:18:02Z")
I got a nice cookbook awhile ago of traditional Canadian prairie desserts. Decided to start out with the classic from a century ago: Flapper Pie! It’s cooling in the fridge as I type. Yes, I know that down south it’s … --- ## [Most expensive punchline?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-expensive-punchline/827686)
**Author:** [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2019, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-expensive-punchline/827686 "2019-01-16T23:35:36Z")
In one of the rare occasions where I wasn’t daydreaming during a commercial, an ad for insurance which was part of a series of “hey we cover weird disasters!” had some sort of wet concrete delivery pipe accidentally pour… --- ## [Starhyke](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starhyke/836282)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2019, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starhyke/836282 "2019-07-01T19:36:12Z")
So I’m searching through TUBI(my source for the B-Side of entertainment) and came across a British science fiction series from 2004 called Starhyke, starring Claudia Christian. It is like a cross between RedDwarf and an … --- ## [Sci Fi story identification](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sci-fi-story-identification/836353)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Ecks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ecks)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2019, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sci-fi-story-identification/836353 "2019-07-01T19:24:23Z")
A door leads to a video rental place in an alternative universe. The guy who discovers it has problems taking advantage because the vcr technology is incompatible with ours, and Only nickels are identical in both univer… --- ## [Is he an action star?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-he-an-action-star/836206)
**Author:** [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2019, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-he-an-action-star/836206 "2019-07-01T18:01:01Z")
Poll incoming… To help our debate of who is or isn’t an action star in the world of women, it seems like it makes sense to get a feel for who is or isn’t an action star in the world of men. --- ## [Vegan dog food?!?!?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegan-dog-food/836286)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2019, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegan-dog-food/836286 "2019-07-01T17:09:49Z")
I saw an ad for this earlier today. I’ve heard of people feeding their pets a “cruelty free” homemade diet, but no, this was packaged by a major manufacturer! Has anyone else heard of such a thing? Cats are definitely… --- ## [How much do you worry about eating raw egg?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-worry-about-eating-raw-egg/836263)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2019, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-worry-about-eating-raw-egg/836263 "2019-07-01T13:13:44Z")
Personally, not one bit. I love raw cookie dough, I lick off the spatula after mixing up a cake, I eat dip in eggs, I like my scrambled eggs on the really moist almost runny side. I’m well into my sixties, and have nev… --- ## [Anyone else catch the premiere of Los Espookys? (I'm not spoiling anything in the first post)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-catch-the-premiere-of-los-espookys-im-not-spoiling-anything-in-the-first-post/835541)
**Author:** [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2019, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-catch-the-premiere-of-los-espookys-im-not-spoiling-anything-in-the-first-post/835541 "2019-07-01T12:46:09Z")
I caught it tonight, and loved it. I’m not familiar with the primary writers of the series (other than Fred Armisen as the co-writer of the premiere). But, I’m inclined to see what I can find from Julio Torres and/or Ana… --- ## [What I learned from watching random music videos on Youtube today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-learned-from-watching-random-music-videos-on-youtube-today/836265)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2019, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-learned-from-watching-random-music-videos-on-youtube-today/836265 "2019-07-01T12:14:10Z")
Today I learned that the person singing the vocals to this song is a woman. I also learned that the rap part of this song is done by a white guy. Here’s the rap. --- ## [RIP ALF's Willie Tanner, actor Max Wright](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-alfs-willie-tanner-actor-max-wright/836298)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2019, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-alfs-willie-tanner-actor-max-wright/836298 "2019-07-01T04:03:02Z")
ALF actor Max Wright has died at 75 after a battle with lymphoma. --- ## [Khadaji's Whatcha Reading Thread--June 2019 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-reading-thread-june-2019-edition/834931)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2019, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-reading-thread-june-2019-edition/834931 "2019-07-01T03:56:52Z")
Here is the June thread. I’m a little hesitant to start it myself since I don’t want to make it a habit, as I am rather busy here, am off the Board for days at a time and cannot guarantee I’ll be available when a new mon… --- ## [Khadaji's Whatcha Reading Thread--July 2019 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-reading-thread-july-2019-edition/836313)
**Author:** [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2019, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-reading-thread-july-2019-edition/836313 "2019-07-01T00:10:52Z")
July! Fireworks for the US… books for the rest of us. :smiley: Currently I am reading: Competence by Gail Carriger, the best so far of the Custard books, but stil not even visually up to the quality of the Parasol book… --- ## [Megadeth's Dave Mustaine has throat cancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/megadeths-dave-mustaine-has-throat-cancer/835653)
**Author:** [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2019, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/megadeths-dave-mustaine-has-throat-cancer/835653 "2019-06-30T22:04:33Z")
His doctors say the planned treatment has a 90% success rate. --- ## [Mary Tyler Moore and Lou's birthday party.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mary-tyler-moore-and-lous-birthday-party/836285)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2019, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mary-tyler-moore-and-lous-birthday-party/836285 "2019-06-30T19:12:08Z")
Over the past week, I’ve been getting bits and pieces of an old TV show popping up in my memory, starting with the punchline. Drove me crazy at first, trying to identify it, but the more I think about it, the more I thin… --- ## [Apollo 11 (new documentary): Seen it! SEE IT BY MARCH 7!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apollo-11-new-documentary-seen-it-see-it-by-march-7/830455)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2019, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apollo-11-new-documentary-seen-it-see-it-by-march-7/830455 "2019-06-30T16:57:18Z")
It’s exclusively in IMAX this week, and I highly recommend it. Largely made from newly discovered and restored 70mm footage shot at the time, no narration, all original contemporary footage and audio. Die hard space junk… --- ## [Female Action Star Mount Rushmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-action-star-mount-rushmore/835855)
**Author:** [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Replies:** 146\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2019, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-action-star-mount-rushmore/835855 "2019-06-30T07:41:12Z")
Mrs. Cups is playing a game with her co-workers where they’re making a female action star Mount Rushmore. The most interesting suggestion was Angelina Jolie because of the Tomb Raider movies. I piped in “That shouldn’t c… --- ## [Does any musical artist take credit for using Whoo! in songs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-any-musical-artist-take-credit-for-using-whoo-in-songs/836000)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2019, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-any-musical-artist-take-credit-for-using-whoo-in-songs/836000 "2019-06-30T06:49:06Z")
Paul McCartney uses Whoo! in Beatles songs like I Saw Her Standing There. I assume he copied it from Little Richard. He uses a falsetto Whoo! a lot in songs and interviews. Does any musical artist take credit for using… --- ## [Cherry-scented shampoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cherry-scented-shampoo/836245)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2019, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cherry-scented-shampoo/836245 "2019-06-30T04:29:38Z")
Mrs. L.A. said that in the late-'70s, all the way through flight school (late-'80s), she used a shampoo that smelled like cherries. She said she thought it was called ‘Salon’ or something. Any idea what it was? --- ## ["Can't Stop The Bleeding", feat Morello and Gary Clark Jr...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-stop-the-bleeding-feat-morello-and-gary-clark-jr/836280)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2019, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-stop-the-bleeding-feat-morello-and-gary-clark-jr/836280 "2019-06-30T02:54:47Z")
Dude! This song is pretty amazing. Anything with Gary Clark is awesome to me. Whomever this Gramatik cat is he tears the song in half. The production is stellar, and so is the playing and singing. I heard this on Sirius… --- ## [Doctor Who: Shada](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-shada/836270)
**Author:** [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2019, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-shada/836270 "2019-06-30T01:08:05Z")
In case you don’t know Shada was a “Lost” episode of Doctor Who. I’m guessing that some of the film was lost since about 1/4 of the movie was animated. So here’s the question: In the animated segments I swear that’s no… --- ## [Songs that sound exactly like their name](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-sound-exactly-like-their-name/836187)
**Author:** [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2019, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-sound-exactly-like-their-name/836187 "2019-06-29T23:52:52Z")
Rather than go in one of the two existing threads about bands I thought I’d put my entry for songs here. The emo-pop song Chica Chica by Park sounds like it was Onomatopoetically named after the fast guitar crunches in … --- ## [Songs of a Specific Age](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-of-a-specific-age/836129)
**Author:** [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2019, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-of-a-specific-age/836129 "2019-06-29T22:59:17Z")
Far too long ago, I remember using a bit of Pretender’s “Middle of the Road” as my sig on another forum: …I’m not the cat I used to be I got a kid; I’m thirty-three, baby… Today, I realized that at my next birthday I … --- ## [Olive Garden, when you’re here.... (botnik AI commercial script)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olive-garden-when-you-re-here-botnik-ai-commercial-script/836275)
**Author:** [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2019, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olive-garden-when-you-re-here-botnik-ai-commercial-script/836275 "2019-06-29T22:32:09Z")
Olive Garden, when you’re here… Written by Botnik AI The Infinite Stick sounds delicious! --- ## [Black Mirror- “ Bandersnatch “](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-mirror-bandersnatch/836161)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2019, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-mirror-bandersnatch/836161 "2019-06-29T16:15:01Z")
\*\*\* Spoiler Alert \*\*\* No way to write this or discuss this episode without tons of spoilers. So, fair warning !! Bandersnatch. I’m far enough in on my first viewing that I’m seeing “Netflix” as a choice. Amusing. ( No… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=502) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=504)