# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=516 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 517 --- ## [What are the LAST lines of the book(s) you've just finished?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-last-lines-of-the-book-s-youve-just-finished/828925)
**Author:** [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2019, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-last-lines-of-the-book-s-youve-just-finished/828925 "2019-05-18T01:26:02Z")
I thought this might be a good companion to the What is the first sentence from the book you are currently reading? thread. The classic, of course, is:\[SUP\]1\[/SUP\] Most recently finished new book:\[SUP\]2\[/SUP\] Most r… --- ## [Robert Pattinson cast as Batman](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-pattinson-cast-as-batman/834093)
**Author:** [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2019, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-pattinson-cast-as-batman/834093 "2019-05-17T23:52:44Z")
Robert Pattinson has (probably) been cast as Batman in the new Matt Reeves movie. --- ## [That Movie Character has no name! Name them!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-movie-character-has-no-name-name-them/833197)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2019, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-movie-character-has-no-name-name-them/833197 "2019-05-17T23:36:34Z")
A companion to the thread about changing character’s nanes for the movies. ( https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=874643 ) Sometimes there IS no name, and the movie has to supply one. H.G. Wells did thi… --- ## [Yet another concert thread: Most wasted audience at any show you've attended](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-concert-thread-most-wasted-audience-at-any-show-youve-attended/834083)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2019, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-concert-thread-most-wasted-audience-at-any-show-youve-attended/834083 "2019-05-17T22:38:55Z")
For me, it was an R.E.M./10,000 Maniacs show I saw in 1985; I was only able to get a ticket because my brother was a DJ, and I’d say that 90%-plus of the crowd was so trashed, they might as well not have even attended be… --- ## [Disney assumes full operational control of Hulu](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-assumes-full-operational-control-of-hulu/833970)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2019, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-assumes-full-operational-control-of-hulu/833970 "2019-05-17T22:05:59Z")
From here. So Hulu was not long ago a joint venture between Fox/Disney/NBC/Comcast/AT&T. Now it’s just Disney/NBC. And NBC is going to sell their shares to Disney in a few years, so that Disney controls 100%. Disney is… --- ## [Movies that don't care that the replacement doesn't at all Resemble the Original](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-dont-care-that-the-replacement-doesnt-at-all-resemble-the-original/832988)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2019, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-dont-care-that-the-replacement-doesnt-at-all-resemble-the-original/832988 "2019-05-17T21:13:33Z")
Generally, when a movie or TV show has to replace a prominent cast member, they try to cast someone who loks at least approximately the same. When Richard Harris died, they needed a new Dumbledore. Michael Gambon didn’t… --- ## [Game of thrones leaked ending - Is it correct and does it make sense (SPOILERS, obviously)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-leaked-ending-is-it-correct-and-does-it-make-sense-spoilers-obviously/834108)
**Author:** [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2019, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-leaked-ending-is-it-correct-and-does-it-make-sense-spoilers-obviously/834108 "2019-05-17T18:55:56Z")
So, following a post in the main Game of thrones thread, I unfortunately checked it up, and discovered that the ending would have been leaked. That the leak isn’t fake would be demonstrated by the fact that the leak accu… --- ## [How a restaurant should handle a mistake](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-a-restaurant-should-handle-a-mistake/834069)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2019, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-a-restaurant-should-handle-a-mistake/834069 "2019-05-17T18:35:37Z")
A restaurant accidentally served a £4500 bottle of wine. And they handled it gracefully and discreetly (at the time) and have got a lot of good publicity for it. I remember a big brouhaha about an American restaurant tr… --- ## [Hershey is going to put emojis on its chocolate bars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hershey-is-going-to-put-emojis-on-its-chocolate-bars/834072)
**Author:** [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2019, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hershey-is-going-to-put-emojis-on-its-chocolate-bars/834072 "2019-05-17T14:53:57Z")
Link I can’t be the only thinking they should just put the poop emoji on every segment and call it a day. --- ## [keruig users using a refilible cup for folgers vs folgers k cups is there actual taste diffrences](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keruig-users-using-a-refilible-cup-for-folgers-vs-folgers-k-cups-is-there-actual-taste-diffrences/833587)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2019, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keruig-users-using-a-refilible-cup-for-folgers-vs-folgers-k-cups-is-there-actual-taste-diffrences/833587 "2019-05-17T14:00:11Z")
OK my aunt drinks the Folgers black silk kcups which seem to be the most expensive ones in existence but being inspired by this thread: https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=874777 I’m thinking of just… --- ## [Learning Ancient Greek - How hard?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learning-ancient-greek-how-hard/448148)
**Author:** [@Two\_and\_a\_Half\_Inches\_of\_Fun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_and_a_Half_Inches_of_Fun)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2008, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learning-ancient-greek-how-hard/448148 "2008-05-06T15:46:16Z")
How hard would it be to learn Ancient Greek on my own? Has anyone here done this? Do you think I would need to take classes? What materials (books, DVD’s, CD’s, flashcards) would you recommend? A couple of books I was l… --- ## [CW Announces Batwoman Series in Development](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cw-announces-batwoman-series-in-development/818193)
**Author:** [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2019, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cw-announces-batwoman-series-in-development/818193 "2019-05-17T08:38:14Z")
Note that this is Batwoman (Kate Kane), not Batgirl (Barbara Gordon). She’s still based in Gotham City, though. The character will be introduced during the annual crossover. According to other news, Legends of Tomo… --- ## [Star Wars nerds, help!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-nerds-help/833844)
**Author:** [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2019, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-nerds-help/833844 "2019-05-17T03:52:12Z")
That place with the Ewoks, the forest moon of Endor. Is it: A) endor is the name of said moon that has a forest and ewoks? OR B) the moon that has ewoks and forests that orbits the planet named endor? Thank you for … --- ## [First Marvel and DC Movies you saw](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-marvel-and-dc-movies-you-saw/833228)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2019, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-marvel-and-dc-movies-you-saw/833228 "2019-05-17T01:32:50Z")
What is the first movie you ever saw based in the Marvel Universe, and what is the first move you ever saw based in the DC universe? No animation, please. --- ## [Santa Clarita season 3 is out on netflix](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santa-clarita-season-3-is-out-on-netflix/831738)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2019, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santa-clarita-season-3-is-out-on-netflix/831738 "2019-05-17T00:58:59Z")
Yay, I had no idea they’d put it out this quickly. I thought season 2 just came out in fall of last year. --- ## [In the Dark -- CW TV show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-dark-cw-tv-show/833430)
**Author:** [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2019, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-dark-cw-tv-show/833430 "2019-05-17T00:51:30Z")
I started watching this on the recommendation of a friend – online at first (it was on opposite The Orville) and now as it airs. Murphy is blind and has a fuck-it-all attitude toward life. But when she finds her friend’… --- ## [Do reusable K Cups work well for Keurigs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-reusable-k-cups-work-well-for-keurigs/833232)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2019, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-reusable-k-cups-work-well-for-keurigs/833232 "2019-05-17T00:34:55Z")
I buy a lot of coffee so it makes sense for me to get a coffee maker. To limit my trash and costs I am interested in getting reusable k cups and then buying coffee. Do these reusable cups really work? Are they worth it?… --- ## [Insane but convincing Film theory- Home Alone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insane-but-convincing-film-theory-home-alone/833570)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2019, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insane-but-convincing-film-theory-home-alone/833570 "2019-05-17T00:14:30Z")
I was blown away by this insane (her own words) but convincing alternate Film Theory on\* Home Alone.\* --- ## [Jeopardy Teacher Tournament](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-teacher-tournament/833974)
**Author:** [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2019, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-teacher-tournament/833974 "2019-05-16T22:56:38Z")
Is it my imagination, but are the questions in the Teacher Tournament simpler than usual (and still not answered very well)? --- ## [Why did Heinlein report incorrectly about Cox in Starship Troopers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-heinlein-report-incorrectly-about-cox-in-starship-troopers/428303)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2019, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-heinlein-report-incorrectly-about-cox-in-starship-troopers/428303 "2019-05-16T21:29:49Z")
In Starship Troopers, Heinlein has the commander at OCS scare his charges (who have just received their Third Lieutenant “commissions” and are about to ship out) by telling them the story of William Sitgreaves Cox, Third… --- ## [Anything tasty I can do with brisket drippings?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-tasty-i-can-do-with-brisket-drippings/834077)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2019, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-tasty-i-can-do-with-brisket-drippings/834077 "2019-05-16T20:00:36Z")
Just threw a brisket in the oven. Nothing fancy, just seasoned it and threw it in the oven (covered in foil and on a rack). I feel like I should be able to make a tasty sauce out of the drippings, but I’m not sure how t… --- ## [Little Irritating Things About Little House on the Prairie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-irritating-things-about-little-house-on-the-prairie/320289)
**Author:** [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Replies:** 173\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2019, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-irritating-things-about-little-house-on-the-prairie/320289 "2019-05-16T19:22:59Z")
I got sucked into the Nick at Night Landon-o-thon at my neighbors’ house tonight during dinner. I don’t mind Michael Landon. I think of I Was a Teenage Werewolf and giggle a bit whenever I see him, but he was a decent … --- ## [Brooklyn Nine-Nine Season 6](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brooklyn-nine-nine-season-6/830323)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2019, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brooklyn-nine-nine-season-6/830323 "2019-05-16T17:41:25Z")
Alright, so this thread is late. I started watching the season a little late, saw there was no thread, and felt awkward for starting a thread like 3 weeks into the season. But then after every episode I wanted to go some… --- ## [Tim Conway Dead at 85](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-conway-dead-at-85/833957)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2019, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-conway-dead-at-85/833957 "2019-05-16T14:14:12Z")
--- ## [Most miserable looking live band](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-miserable-looking-live-band/833848)
**Author:** [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2019, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-miserable-looking-live-band/833848 "2019-05-16T12:48:41Z")
My vote is for The Eagles. No question of the musical perfection. But every performance by them over the past 20-30 years on TV seems like if any of the guitarists show any sort of personality they will be beaten to deat… --- ## [The Last GOT Predictions Thread \*\*all spoilers welcome - be warned\*\*](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-got-predictions-thread-all-spoilers-welcome-be-warned/832510)
**Author:** [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2019, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-got-predictions-thread-all-spoilers-welcome-be-warned/832510 "2019-05-16T06:45:09Z")
Spoiler Warning We’re going to have a free and open discussion, including any hints and previews we’ve seen out on the web, so if you don’t want to be spoiled, read no further! This is our last chance to make GOT predic… --- ## [Any 'good' NA beer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-na-beer/833942)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2019, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-na-beer/833942 "2019-05-16T01:50:58Z")
Yeah, I put ‘good’ in air quotes. But if you drink it any preferences? Colorado used to have low alcohol 3.2 beer that I was fine with. Sure, it’s not what you pick for a steak, but working in the yard? No problem. T… --- ## [Playlist suggestions for summer vacation to NYC, Boston and Philadelphia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playlist-suggestions-for-summer-vacation-to-nyc-boston-and-philadelphia/833482)
**Author:** [@cncdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cncdad)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2019, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playlist-suggestions-for-summer-vacation-to-nyc-boston-and-philadelphia/833482 "2019-05-16T00:50:58Z")
Hi SD, looking for some suggestions for songs to add to our playlist for our summer vacation driving. Taking the family for a couple weeks on the road to visit NYC, Boston and Philadelphia mainly and looking for some tr… --- ## [Most "alive" live band, where banter ensued](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-alive-live-band-where-banter-ensued/833880)
**Author:** [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2019, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-alive-live-band-where-banter-ensued/833880 "2019-05-15T20:51:34Z")
I was about to post in the “Most miserable looking live band” thread, and realized I don’t want to revisit those nights in my head. I’d rather dwell on the nights when the performer was engaged with the audience, fun was… --- ## [Detective Pikachu Seen it Thread....Spoilers after first](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detective-pikachu-seen-it-thread-spoilers-after-first/833792)
**Author:** [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2019, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detective-pikachu-seen-it-thread-spoilers-after-first/833792 "2019-05-15T20:28:32Z")
There was juuuuuuuust enough Psyduck. Don’t get me wrong, there was a lot of Psyduck, so I’m quite happy…but we all could use more Psyduck. In non-Psyduck related news, I thought the movie was nice. It wasn’t as good … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=515) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=517)