# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=506 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 507 --- ## [Freddie Mercury song just released](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freddie-mercury-song-just-released/835794)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2019, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freddie-mercury-song-just-released/835794 "2019-06-22T05:51:32Z")
It is called “Time Waits For No One”. Nice solo by Mercury. --- ## [Actors who clearly wanted and put their hearts into the role.... but it just didn't work](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-clearly-wanted-and-put-their-hearts-into-the-role-but-it-just-didnt-work/835157)
**Author:** [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2019, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-clearly-wanted-and-put-their-hearts-into-the-role-but-it-just-didnt-work/835157 "2019-06-22T04:32:47Z")
Watching “Hoffa” starring Jack Nicholson. Now this might not be the greatest example because the writing and direction is already poor, but surely JackNicholson as Jimmy Hoffa is a home run, no? Er, no. Despite an earne… --- ## [Dry your sponges!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dry-your-sponges/835744)
**Author:** [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2019, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dry-your-sponges/835744 "2019-06-22T02:34:19Z")
The latest issue of Cooks Illustrated has the results of a test where they compared leaving a wet kitchen sponge in the sink (actually in a bowl) vs. wringing it out and storing it in a dry place. I’ve always assumed a w… --- ## [Latecomer to Lucifer/Questions/Season Four Anticipation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latecomer-to-lucifer-questions-season-four-anticipation/830320)
**Author:** [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2019, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latecomer-to-lucifer-questions-season-four-anticipation/830320 "2019-06-21T20:56:19Z")
When Lucifer moved to Netflix I discovered and binge-watched it. I have a few random observations and questions about it. Spoilers for prior seasons will fly freely. Lucifer is an angel. Yes, he’s the Devil, but his … --- ## [Unexpected Different Attitudes In Older Works](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unexpected-different-attitudes-in-older-works/835178)
**Author:** [@Pantastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pantastic)\ **Replies:** 178\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2019, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unexpected-different-attitudes-in-older-works/835178 "2019-06-21T18:13:21Z")
One thing that’s fun in reading older books or watching older movies is seeing little patterns of thought that are different from today. Not things like ‘these medieval characters think like medieval people’, but ‘these … --- ## [Game of Thrones 8.06 "The Iron Throne" 5/19/2019 Show Discussion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-8-06-the-iron-throne-5-19-2019-show-discussion/834204)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 670\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2019, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-8-06-the-iron-throne-5-19-2019-show-discussion/834204 "2019-06-21T12:27:23Z")
Whee, last time we have to do this. This is for show discussion with the show as its own entity. No book talk. Using book knowledge to guess about the ending of the show is the perfect thing to discuss in this show/book… --- ## [Does "Justified" (FX show) ever get better?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-justified-fx-show-ever-get-better/835731)
**Author:** [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2019, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-justified-fx-show-ever-get-better/835731 "2019-06-21T09:04:31Z")
My dad suggested that I watch Justified because I liked Deadwood and The Shield. Well, I’m 4 episodes into it and I see no similarities at all with those shows other than that two of the same actors are in it. Justified … --- ## [Three Identical Strangers (documentary)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-identical-strangers-documentary/826653)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2019, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-identical-strangers-documentary/826653 "2019-06-21T07:52:29Z")
Has anyone else seen this? I watched the DVD, which I got from the library, last night. It’s a CNN film, and when and if they show this, I do highly recommend watching it if you don’t see it through other channels. It… --- ## [How to order food](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-order-food/835498)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2019, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-order-food/835498 "2019-06-21T05:28:05Z")
I have noticed there are two main ways people order food. I often hear people asking if they can have such and such, like, “Can I have a cheeseburger and fries?” as if they may not get what they want unless they ask nice… --- ## [Game of Thrones season 8 open show/book discussion thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-season-8-open-show-book-discussion-thread/832543)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 175\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2019, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-season-8-open-show-book-discussion-thread/832543 "2019-06-20T21:53:26Z")
This thread is for discussion of the show, the books, and how they might relate, or pretty much anything you want to discuss. If you happen to get an actual spoiler (like some entertainment magazine discovers and reveals… --- ## [Pork chop question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-chop-question/835783)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2019, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-chop-question/835783 "2019-06-20T21:44:46Z")
So I marinated some pork chops and put them in the refrigerator. I didn’t get to cook them tonight. How long can I keep them in the marinade in the fridge without cooking? --- ## [Look what Adam Savage built!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-what-adam-savage-built/835720)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2019, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-what-adam-savage-built/835720 "2019-06-20T17:46:47Z")
Granted, he had a team assisting him, but Savage has built an Iron Man suit out of 3-D printed titanium with working jet engines. Adam didn’t feel secure enough to fly in the suit himself, but the jetpack’s inventor Robe… --- ## [Origin of "art with no artist" trope \[time travel\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-art-with-no-artist-trope-time-travel/835770)
**Author:** [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2019, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-art-with-no-artist-trope-time-travel/835770 "2019-06-20T14:59:28Z")
The discussion of the movie Yesterday got me thinking about the not uncommon science fiction plot where someone goes back in time and “becomes” the creator of some work of art or literature by reproducing it from his mem… --- ## ["Day of the Dead; Bloodline" - horrible, cheesy Zombie badness on Netflix (spoiler-ish)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-of-the-dead-bloodline-horrible-cheesy-zombie-badness-on-netflix-spoiler-ish/835771)
**Author:** [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2019, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-of-the-dead-bloodline-horrible-cheesy-zombie-badness-on-netflix-spoiler-ish/835771 "2019-06-20T14:05:49Z")
The premise was a novel one, a woman is pursued by some jerk who tried to rape her before he got zombified, but he didn’t completely zombify, portions of his anatomy (brain, heart, lungs) are alive, the rest, dead (don’t… --- ## [John Wick 3 trailer...thoughts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-wick-3-trailer-thoughts/827984)
**Author:** [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2019, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-wick-3-trailer-thoughts/827984 "2019-06-20T13:28:59Z")
I noticed that the John Wick 3 trailer dropped so figured I’d check it out. It’s here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7XM597XO94) I liked the first two movies, so I’ll probably go see this one. I’m fairly sure it wi… --- ## [Jinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jinn/835781)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2019, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jinn/835781 "2019-06-20T11:06:09Z")
Anyone else watched this yet? i was struck by just how “exotic” it wasn’t. Everything about it was like pretty much any CW teen drama except that it was in Arabic. Looks like there might not be a season 2… --- ## [Easy hacks to make rice cooker rice taste better](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easy-hacks-to-make-rice-cooker-rice-taste-better/835630)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2019, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easy-hacks-to-make-rice-cooker-rice-taste-better/835630 "2019-06-20T05:32:00Z")
I saw a video about putting a tomato in your rice to make it taste better. I haven’t tried it but I may. So other than adding oil, can anything be done to make rice cooker rice taste better? Any recipe hacks others like… --- ## [Canadians drink...toes??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadians-drink-toes/835688)
**Author:** [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2019, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadians-drink-toes/835688 "2019-06-20T05:23:56Z")
I’m only now hearing of a drink called the Sourtoe cocktail, served at a hotel in the Yukon. A mummified human toe is added to a shot of whiskey as a garnish. The hotel had two toes they rotated through drinks, but a Bri… --- ## [Rating Star Trek finales](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rating-star-trek-finales/834947)
**Author:** [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2019, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rating-star-trek-finales/834947 "2019-06-20T03:26:01Z")
I don’t recall a previous thread on this topic In my opinion: ST:TNG: Superb. A finale that would be one of the best ST movies if it had been big screen. DS 9: A good finale to a great series. Voyager: A good … --- ## [Ongoing cooking/baking advice and tips thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ongoing-cooking-baking-advice-and-tips-thread/824096)
**Author:** [@Licentious\_Ectomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Licentious_Ectomorph)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2019, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ongoing-cooking-baking-advice-and-tips-thread/824096 "2019-06-19T22:11:13Z")
I love to cook, and I’m almost entirely self-taught. I’m addicted to cookbooks and cooking magazines, having amassed a large collection, and I challenge myself to make something new a couple of times a week. If there’s a… --- ## [Identify a couple of sci-fi short stories?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-a-couple-of-sci-fi-short-stories/835614)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2019, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-a-couple-of-sci-fi-short-stories/835614 "2019-06-19T20:20:51Z")
I mentioned the first one to someone and he thought I was making it up! Not certain if this one was science-fiction actually, but I do read a lot of it so probably. Story was written from the perspective of a man who’s… --- ## [Is ALL contemporary popular music Autotuned®?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-all-contemporary-popular-music-autotuned/835646)
**Author:** [@2Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2Bits)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2019, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-all-contemporary-popular-music-autotuned/835646 "2019-06-19T20:10:25Z")
If it is, so be it, but at what point do we just dispense with a human voice and have computers fill the top ten list? --- ## [Do All Wines Age?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-all-wines-age/835724)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2019, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-all-wines-age/835724 "2019-06-19T17:05:41Z")
I have a white wine by Taylor wines from 2004, I think, unopened. It has been kept in a relatively cool, dry place, but not a wine cellar nor a wine cooler (fridge?). Is this wine good? better than when new? Or, now vin… --- ## [Tracy Morgan crashed his $2 million Bugatti in New York ](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tracy-morgan-crashed-his-2-million-bugatti-in-new-york/835067)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2019, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tracy-morgan-crashed-his-2-million-bugatti-in-new-york/835067 "2019-06-19T14:19:35Z")
Tracy Crashes his 2 million dollar toy fifteen minutes after picking it up at the dealership. :ROLLEYES: Geez, who thinks it’s smart to drive a 2 million dollar car in heavy NY city traffic? That’s about as stupid as yo… --- ## [Best lines from the Game of Thrones TV series](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-lines-from-the-game-of-thrones-tv-series/835196)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2019, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-lines-from-the-game-of-thrones-tv-series/835196 "2019-06-19T04:44:21Z")
Thread rules: Show only! The books do not exist for purposes of this thread Only one quotation or brief exchange of dialogue per post Do your best to ensure accuracy, using IMDB, Google or other sources Try to avoid d… --- ## [Favourite song fade ins](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-song-fade-ins/834149)
**Author:** [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2019, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-song-fade-ins/834149 "2019-06-19T02:18:18Z")
Inspired by this thread of fade outs - what are your favourite song fade ins? I have always been a sucker for a song that fades in. For best fade out I went with 2HB by Roxy Music, and I’m gonna be controversial and nom… --- ## [Artists that shortened their name to just their first name mid-career](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artists-that-shortened-their-name-to-just-their-first-name-mid-career/835668)
**Author:** [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2019, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artists-that-shortened-their-name-to-just-their-first-name-mid-career/835668 "2019-06-19T01:14:56Z")
Biting off the bands named after a member thread. Now these aren’t artists like Prince Madonna or Cher who seemed to have always used one name, but rather at some point in their career they just started using their firs… --- ## [I have to vent: this has been the worst decade for movies . . . EVER!!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-to-vent-this-has-been-the-worst-decade-for-movies-ever/835544)
**Author:** [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2019, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-to-vent-this-has-been-the-worst-decade-for-movies-ever/835544 "2019-06-19T00:25:40Z")
I can’t take it anymore. Just got done watching Captain Marvel and while it had its moments it encapsulates the biggest money making trend in Hollywood that I have suffered through for the past 9 years: action hero movie… --- ## [Identify this horror genre story? (Spoilers, of course)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-horror-genre-story-spoilers-of-course/835634)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2019, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-horror-genre-story-spoilers-of-course/835634 "2019-06-19T00:15:51Z")
I think this was a long-ish short story, probably in a collection. I read it a long time ago, and I always thought it was by Steven King, but I don’t really know. It concerns a man who more than reads minds, the thought… --- ## [Your favorite version of the USS Enterprise](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-version-of-the-uss-enterprise/834814)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2019, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-version-of-the-uss-enterprise/834814 "2019-06-18T22:26:56Z")
While the original NCC 1701 (and the subsequent -A) are always happy memories for me, I was always partial to Admiral Riker’s alternate version with the third warp nacelle and the super phaser-cannon. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=505) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=507)