# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=529 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 530 --- ## [Does Steven Wright do new material or the same jokes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-steven-wright-do-new-material-or-the-same-jokes/783890)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2019, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-steven-wright-do-new-material-or-the-same-jokes/783890 "2019-03-29T17:47:48Z")
Steven Wright is one of the most quoted comedians since he doesn’t do routines or tell stories, but tells odd jokes. He has only released two wholly original comedy albums. His first was in 1985 and his second was in 20… --- ## [James Gunn fired from Guardians of the Galaxy 3](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-gunn-fired-from-guardians-of-the-galaxy-3/818297)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 177\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2019, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-gunn-fired-from-guardians-of-the-galaxy-3/818297 "2019-03-29T13:54:35Z")
AP story here: --- ## [Do you refuse to say gimmick names for chain restaurant food?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-refuse-to-say-gimmick-names-for-chain-restaurant-food/831280)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2019, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-refuse-to-say-gimmick-names-for-chain-restaurant-food/831280 "2019-03-29T13:52:31Z")
Whenever a chain decides to have a “fun” name for a staple menu item do you say that name or just use a generic term for it? For example do you order at Denny’s the “Moons Over My Hammy sandwich” or just the ham and eg… --- ## [Walter Miller's Home Page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walter-millers-home-page/437866)
**Author:** [@brownsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brownsfan)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2019, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walter-millers-home-page/437866 "2019-03-29T12:02:42Z")
Can anyone tell me anything about why this formerly popular site just stopped updating? http://www.waltermillerhomepage.com/ I’ve done a search on this board (nothing), and Google (nothing much, and what’s there is old… --- ## [The SDMB Ephemeral Art Appreciation Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-ephemeral-art-appreciation-thread/831478)
**Author:** [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2019, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-ephemeral-art-appreciation-thread/831478 "2019-03-29T02:42:49Z")
Reading this about a particular beach art installation made me wonder what we’ve discussed here in the past about “ephemeral art” that’s intrinsically non-permanent. And I can’t find very much on the subject, so here’s … --- ## [Does Ellie Goulding have a good voice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-ellie-goulding-have-a-good-voice/831671)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2019, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-ellie-goulding-have-a-good-voice/831671 "2019-03-28T22:54:25Z")
I mean… it’s a stupid question, right, but then I’m the guy who asked ‘is a hot dog a sandwich?’\*. She’s a famous (even if you never heard of her :stuck\_out\_tongue: ) singer, a fair amount of pop hits over the past few y… --- ## [Let's talk about time machines..............](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-time-machines/831158)
**Author:** [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2019, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-time-machines/831158 "2019-03-28T04:22:20Z")
Nominate your favorite fictional time machines. (OK, maybe I didn’t need the qualifier there.) Books, TV, movies, comics, whatever the source. Want to go old school? The George Pal special with its Victorian trapping… --- ## [Why No Mighty Isis?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-mighty-isis/831603)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2019, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-mighty-isis/831603 "2019-03-28T04:21:13Z")
I hesitate to suggest yet another superhero franchise in an already saturated market, but the current fad for female superheroes has me wondering. Why is there no word of an “Isis” revival? Okay, the name Isis has an u… --- ## [Songs where the title is a city name](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-title-is-a-city-name/831427)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2019, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-title-is-a-city-name/831427 "2019-03-28T03:33:46Z")
Not “songs with a city name in the title”! The title must be nothing but the name of a city. I will also allow city + state or city + country. So “I Love L.A.” or “St. Louis Blues” does not count, but “New York New York”… --- ## [Cutey Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cutey-bunny/831612)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2019, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cutey-bunny/831612 "2019-03-27T23:06:52Z")
This thread reminded me of Cutey Bunny comics. She is ‘The world’s first African-American rabbit superheroine’. I know I have the first four comics, and I may have all five. I’d have to look. From Wikipedia: She ge… --- ## [Help with identifying a scene](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-identifying-a-scene/831635)
**Author:** [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2019, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-identifying-a-scene/831635 "2019-03-27T22:14:28Z")
It is bugging me. I can’t recall if this was TV or movie, I think it is recent but could well be wrong, I certainly saw it fairly recently. The gist of it is a man is being interviewed by a secret police stasi-like man… --- ## [Scott Walker \[musician\] has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-walker-musician-has-died/831491)
**Author:** [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2019, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-walker-musician-has-died/831491 "2019-03-27T21:04:08Z")
Article from his record company here. This is shocking and unexpected. One of the greatest of all time, and certainly responsible for introducuing me to the weirder side of music. RIP --- ## [Let's have a coffee thread: equipment, types of beans, anything really!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-have-a-coffee-thread-equipment-types-of-beans-anything-really/605553)
**Author:** [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2019, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-have-a-coffee-thread-equipment-types-of-beans-anything-really/605553 "2019-03-27T19:42:23Z")
I accidentally fell in love with french press. Tried a new coffee shop near my new house and it’s pretty magical. It tastes like coffee smells. I’ve got a simple Bodum, an electric grinder (for shame, not a burr!) and so… --- ## [Is this considered Schadenfreude, or something else?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-considered-schadenfreude-or-something-else/831507)
**Author:** [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2019, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-considered-schadenfreude-or-something-else/831507 "2019-03-27T17:27:40Z")
It’s a long article in the sense that it has many, many entries, nevertheless it’s a quick read. If you don’t want to read it, I’ll summarize; it’s a collection of mostly Twitter and Facebook responses to satire from The… --- ## [Bohemian Rhapsody, Rocketman, and...?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bohemian-rhapsody-rocketman-and/825229)
**Author:** [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2019, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bohemian-rhapsody-rocketman-and/825229 "2019-03-27T16:09:26Z")
Before the showing of \*Bohemian Rhapsody \* that I went to, they showed a trailer for an Elton John movie called Rocketman. I didn’t know the world needed an Elton movie. What other vintage bands need movies about them? … --- ## [Should an actor with homophobic views to allowed to play a homosexual character?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-an-actor-with-homophobic-views-to-allowed-to-play-a-homosexual-character/831517)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2019, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-an-actor-with-homophobic-views-to-allowed-to-play-a-homosexual-character/831517 "2019-03-27T13:20:38Z")
And the theatre world is bussing about this one~ Seyi Omooba Exits U.K.’s Upcoming The Color Purple Following Social Media Controversy Omooba expressed these views four years ago, but has never apologized or retracted… --- ## [My comedy recommendations for the week](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-comedy-recommendations-for-the-week/831122)
**Author:** [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2019, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-comedy-recommendations-for-the-week/831122 "2019-03-27T12:52:37Z")
I’ve been delighting this week in re-watching the full series of “Toast of London”. For those who haven’t seen it, it is Matt Berry as ACTOORRRRR!!, swearing and shagging with delightful virtuosity. Very silly names (C… --- ## [If You HATE New Movies...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-hate-new-movies/831531)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2019, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-hate-new-movies/831531 "2019-03-26T20:40:44Z")
Let’s say you hate 99% of newer movies… What’s the 1% you do you like? --- ## [Her and the Singluarity (Spoilers within)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/her-and-the-singluarity-spoilers-within/831333)
**Author:** [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2019, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/her-and-the-singluarity-spoilers-within/831333 "2019-03-26T16:03:41Z")
I finally got around to watching Her last night, and I was struck by something not mentioned in any of the reviews. I think this is the first movie showing the Singularity. Clearly the AIs (I won’t call them operating s… --- ## [Old Man Logan vs The Dark Knight Returns](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-man-logan-vs-the-dark-knight-returns/831535)
**Author:** [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2019, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-man-logan-vs-the-dark-knight-returns/831535 "2019-03-26T16:01:32Z")
it is awesome when old bad-asses fight. Old Man Logan can defeat The Hulk https://bestofcomicbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/29791717\_937292503109066\_6074987307524423680\_o.jpg … --- ## [What do you think Avatar 2 will change about film making?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-avatar-2-will-change-about-film-making/831432)
**Author:** [@cjackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjackson)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2019, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-avatar-2-will-change-about-film-making/831432 "2019-03-26T14:22:03Z")
It seems this sequel has been delayed so long because James Cameron was developing new technology for mocap underwater. By the way, what exactly is known about the technology of Avatar 2? Anyway, do you think this film w… --- ## [King Charles III (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-charles-iii-open-spoilers/786613)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2019, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-charles-iii-open-spoilers/786613 "2019-03-26T13:06:44Z")
The telefilm of Rupert Goold’s blank verse play about the accession of the new king and the constitutional crisis he immediately causes is airing on PBS Masterpiece tonight (it premiered Wednesday night in the UK on BBC … --- ## [RIP 'Popeye' Tom Hatten](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-popeye-tom-hatten/831262)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2019, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-popeye-tom-hatten/831262 "2019-03-25T22:41:10Z")
Tom Hatten Dies: Former ‘Popeye and Friends’ & ‘Family Film Festival’ Host Was 92 Wow. I didn’t know he was still alive. I spend many a weekend watching Family Film Festival. I’m pretty sure that’s where I first saw ‘Sp… --- ## [Name a song that mentions a specific year in its lyrics (please read OP)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-song-that-mentions-a-specific-year-in-its-lyrics-please-read-op/649401)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 178\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2019, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-song-that-mentions-a-specific-year-in-its-lyrics-please-read-op/649401 "2019-03-25T22:36:26Z")
Please format it thusly: 1954. “The worst thing in 1954 was the bikini” – I Found That Essence Rare by Gang of Four. Jump in early to grab the low-hanging fruit! mmm --- ## [Bond and Moneypenny Scene in Diamonds are Forever](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bond-and-moneypenny-scene-in-diamonds-are-forever/831526)
**Author:** [@Dahu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dahu)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2019, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bond-and-moneypenny-scene-in-diamonds-are-forever/831526 "2019-03-25T21:07:42Z")
According to wikipedia, in this scene Sean Connery and Louis Maxwell “filmed their lines separately and were not present together for the short scene”. The scene is a bit awkward, and I can imagine they re… --- ## [Movies about ancient Greece?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-about-ancient-greece/831514)
**Author:** [@JakeRS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JakeRS)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2019, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-about-ancient-greece/831514 "2019-03-25T19:06:07Z")
Other than 300, what other movies exist (that are not drama) about ancient Greece? Ideally about battles if there is such. --- ## [Please help me with over easy eggs.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-with-over-easy-eggs/830783)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2019, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-with-over-easy-eggs/830783 "2019-03-25T14:07:15Z")
I’ve been making a lot of eggs lately (see turkey bacon thread) and I like them over easy. The problem is, I suck at flipping them. I have a good Oxo non-stick skillet with smooth rounded sides but when I try to flip t… --- ## [Meyer Lemon recipes please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meyer-lemon-recipes-please/831416)
**Author:** [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2019, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meyer-lemon-recipes-please/831416 "2019-03-25T13:05:24Z")
I bought a bag of Meyer lemons today. It was marked down to 99 cents in the “ugly produce” bin at the store. You gotta be careful with the ugly produce bin at this store because sometimes the stuff there is moldy but I… --- ## [Captain Marvel Movie (The Marvel one)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-marvel-movie-the-marvel-one/821533)
**Author:** [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Replies:** 178\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2019, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-marvel-movie-the-marvel-one/821533 "2019-03-25T07:53:54Z")
The trailer just dropped and looks pretty good I think: Also, EW has first look images with Captain Marvel, Starforce, Ronan, Young Fury and Coulsen (spoiler!), and Skrulls. Skrulls! I don’t know if I’… --- ## [Good alternatives to kindle to read ebooks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-alternatives-to-kindle-to-read-ebooks/831464)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2019, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-alternatives-to-kindle-to-read-ebooks/831464 "2019-03-25T04:32:04Z")
Kindle doesn’t always recognize my ebooks. I tried AlReader and its not bad, but I don’t like the interface to select books. However its better than nothing. I also don’t like having to convert ebooks to mobi format to … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=528) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=530)