# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=55 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 56 --- ## [An evening with Pavlov’s Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-evening-with-pavlov-s-dog/1024070)
**Author:** [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2025, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-evening-with-pavlov-s-dog/1024070 "2025-10-18T10:49:14Z")
Back in the mists of time past, many many moons ago, when PT was a callow youth at boarding school with uninformed and unformed musical taste I came across Pavlov’s Dog. My roommate had a turntable, with a modest and ecl… --- ## [Kerrygold butter tastes like...nothing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerrygold-butter-tastes-like-nothing/1024009)
**Author:** [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2025, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kerrygold-butter-tastes-like-nothing/1024009 "2025-10-17T23:40:47Z")
I recently bought some Kerrygold butter from Trader Joe’s and it has no flavor. It doesn’t even taste like butter, it just tastes like airy grease. I was lead to believe this was one of the best butters in the world, b… --- ## [Diane Keaton RIP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diane-keaton-rip/1023887)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2025, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diane-keaton-rip/1023887 "2025-10-17T21:43:53Z")
--- ## [California passes law against using AI to replace actors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-passes-law-against-using-ai-to-replace-actors/1023924)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2025, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-passes-law-against-using-ai-to-replace-actors/1023924 "2025-10-17T18:43:00Z")
So you can’t use AI to stick in, say, Marlon Brando. You can use someone who’s deceased (or presumably still alive) with their prior permission. Thoughts? A good idea? A desperately-needed bill? --- ## [Movie buildings of the future](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-buildings-of-the-future/1024020)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2025, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-buildings-of-the-future/1024020 "2025-10-17T14:11:08Z")
Just a slight venture into the future, and swinging doors have practically disappeared. It’s all sliding doors. When is this going to happen irl? I’m tired of using a doorknob like some kind of animal. --- ## [Hurry, I need help what should I eat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurry-i-need-help-what-should-i-eat/1016630)
**Author:** [@melaniethewitch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melaniethewitch)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2025, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurry-i-need-help-what-should-i-eat/1016630 "2025-10-17T03:03:17Z")
should I eat nachos(alone) or the sandwich with chips and apple! I know the nachos wont fill me up ut they taste good, the sandwich meal will what should I pick?!! --- ## [Quotes wrongly attributed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quotes-wrongly-attributed/1023972)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2025, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quotes-wrongly-attributed/1023972 "2025-10-16T02:42:38Z")
Churchill never said ““Don’t talk to me about Naval Tradition. It’s nothing but rum, sodomy, and the lash,”“ but he did say he wished he did. Mark Twain, apparently never said “Golf is a good walk spoiled”, but the orig… --- ## [Best Sitcoms of the 21st Century](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-sitcoms-of-the-21st-century/1023932)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2025, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-sitcoms-of-the-21st-century/1023932 "2025-10-15T20:39:51Z")
Just because I like making lists. I had originally planned a Top 5 but couldn’t stop. 30 Rock Brooklyn 9-9 Derry Girls Modern Family Parks & Recreation Schitt’s Creek Ted Lasso What We Do in the Shadows --- ## [Sabrina Carpenter music video led to discovery of church financial scandal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sabrina-carpenter-music-video-led-to-discovery-of-church-financial-scandal/1024003)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2025, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sabrina-carpenter-music-video-led-to-discovery-of-church-financial-scandal/1024003 "2025-10-15T20:36:05Z")
This was back in 2024: Long story short, the Monsignor allowed her to film a video in his church. The diocese didn’t like this idea, investigated, and uncovered possible financial irregularities. I know it’s an old stor… --- ## ["Perfect" television shows](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect-television-shows/1017366)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Replies:** 286\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2025, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect-television-shows/1017366 "2025-10-15T15:27:14Z")
What shows do you consider to have been perfect? Not just good or even great, but perfect. Please use spoilers where appropriate! Some criteria (in my head). No growing pains, the show hits the ground running from the… --- ## [Pumpkin Spice question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pumpkin-spice-question/1023943)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2025, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pumpkin-spice-question/1023943 "2025-10-15T15:21:56Z")
I am going to experiment and make rice krispy treats, probably with butterscotch chips. I plan on adding some pumpkin spice (home blended of course) to it as a somethin-somethin. How much should I use? --- ## [Educational manga/anime](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/educational-manga-anime/1023956)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2025, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/educational-manga-anime/1023956 "2025-10-15T04:41:10Z")
I’ve been mulling over making a thread about this for a while now, and given that one of my examples is freshly coming off an anime adaption I’m finally getting around to it. This is a genre of manga/anime that centers … --- ## [Outlander: Blood of My Blood (season 1)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlander-blood-of-my-blood-season-1/1021881)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2025, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlander-blood-of-my-blood-season-1/1021881 "2025-10-15T00:18:05Z")
This show premieres today and my wife and have been a fan of Outlander since the first season. This is a prequel to the main show and far as we can tell, both of Claire’s parents are time traveling back to the early 1700… --- ## [The prophecy of Escape From LA](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-prophecy-of-escape-from-la/1023889)
**Author:** [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2025, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-prophecy-of-escape-from-la/1023889 "2025-10-14T19:14:44Z")
I stumbled across a showing of Escape From L.A., which I mistook for Escape From New York. Turns out it was a sequel from the mid-90s with appropriately era CGI. What struck me was the seeming prophetic nature of the pl… --- ## [Prepping for Tron: Ares](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prepping-for-tron-ares/1021860)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2025, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prepping-for-tron-ares/1021860 "2025-10-14T17:45:44Z")
I saw a youtube video that talked about the whole Tron expanded universe. It seems like it would provide a good background for the upcoming Ares movie and so I’ll be hunting it up again, but are there other good resourc… --- ## [Oui Oui! Ze Pow-air of DUCKS! Carl Bark's Oil Paintings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oui-oui-ze-pow-air-of-ducks-carl-barks-oil-paintings/1023949)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2025, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oui-oui-ze-pow-air-of-ducks-carl-barks-oil-paintings/1023949 "2025-10-14T17:17:34Z")
Carl Barks was the cartoonist for the Disney Ducks Comics, & usually the writer, too. ”Duck Tales” was based on his work. Here Are His Oil Paintings. (LINK) --- ## [What is your perfect breakfast sandwich?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-perfect-breakfast-sandwich/1023097)
**Author:** [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2025, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-perfect-breakfast-sandwich/1023097 "2025-10-14T01:45:50Z")
In the What’s for Dinner thread, @wolfpup said: I also have a resistance to fast food for all sorts of reasons, but really enjoy what I’d describe as a ‘basic’ breakfast sandwich that most of the fast food places do qu… --- ## [Do you have a preference of TV operating systems?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-preference-of-tv-operating-systems/1023907)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2025, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-preference-of-tv-operating-systems/1023907 "2025-10-13T17:23:57Z")
I have a couple of Chrome TV’s which seem to freeze or need to be rebooted fairly regularly. I also have a Roku which doesn’t give me much trouble but is nothing special. Are any of them better than the other? --- ## [Star Trek: How powerful is a Photon Torpedo?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-how-powerful-is-a-photon-torpedo/1023735)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2025, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-how-powerful-is-a-photon-torpedo/1023735 "2025-10-13T13:49:24Z")
I bought Tomy’s Enterprise replica a year ago or so (as featured on Adam Savage’s YouTube channel…and yes, I am a super nerd, happy to embrace it). They recently put out an update video just before they start shipping. … --- ## [With Cake the cat and Fiona the human, the fun hasn't started... Adventure Time!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-cake-the-cat-and-fiona-the-human-the-fun-hasnt-started-adventure-time/989438)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2025, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-cake-the-cat-and-fiona-the-human-the-fun-hasnt-started-adventure-time/989438 "2025-10-12T21:56:24Z")
I’m sure that the series will pick up as it goes on, but the first two episodes haven’t been much like Adventure Time. Depressed people who hate their lives, mostly slow, and mostly dull. It appears to be aimed at an old… --- ## [Hamilton - The Musical](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamilton-the-musical/736119)
**Author:** [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Replies:** 360\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2025, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamilton-the-musical/736119 "2025-10-12T15:42:25Z")
Has anyone seen this? It’s apparently HUGE on Broadway, performances are pretty much sold out for the forseeable future. I’ve picked up the soundtrack (after having a bunch of friends glow about it), and I’m liking it … --- ## [Knights of Guinevere](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knights-of-guinevere/1023632)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2025, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knights-of-guinevere/1023632 "2025-10-12T12:02:36Z")
This is an open-ended pilot episode produced with hopes of being able to produce more episodes but no guarantee. High animation quality for something produced with what must have been a shoestring budget and production t… --- ## [Nightmarishly gruesome graphic novel: "Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nightmarishly-gruesome-graphic-novel-beneath-the-trees-where-nobody-sees/1015114)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2025, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nightmarishly-gruesome-graphic-novel-beneath-the-trees-where-nobody-sees/1015114 "2025-10-12T10:19:01Z")
(note: tag says manga which it isn’t although that’s the closest category I could find) I stumbled across this on YouTube where it’s been uploaded with narration. I took a look and Ho Lee Phuk! Cute little humanimals be… --- ## [Artists who have excellent technique but lack "artistry"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artists-who-have-excellent-technique-but-lack-artistry/1023718)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2025, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artists-who-have-excellent-technique-but-lack-artistry/1023718 "2025-10-12T05:56:16Z")
Inspired by the recent advances in AI including Tilly Norwood, an AI “actress”, and a song by Tocanna, an AI “singer”. Is there a term for artists, whether musicians, painters, writers, actors, etc. that are technically… --- ## [Stupid human liquor tricks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-human-liquor-tricks/1023869)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2025, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-human-liquor-tricks/1023869 "2025-10-11T21:49:18Z")
Take a Mason jar half full of “Herman The German Sour Apple Balls” candy. Fill it to the brim with Laird’s Applejack. Let it sit at room temperature for a week. Pour concoction over a couple of ice cubes in a rocks glass… --- ## [Books you had read in high school that you absolutely hated](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-you-had-read-in-high-school-that-you-absolutely-hated/1022732)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 213\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2025, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-you-had-read-in-high-school-that-you-absolutely-hated/1022732 "2025-10-11T20:09:49Z")
There were many books and novellas we had to read that I hated so much I never read any more titles by the author. The Pearl, by John Steinbeck Great Expectations by Charles Dickens Fahrenheit 451 I will think of … --- ## [Artists with sloppy technique but great artistry](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artists-with-sloppy-technique-but-great-artistry/1023779)
**Author:** [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2025, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artists-with-sloppy-technique-but-great-artistry/1023779 "2025-10-11T18:33:33Z")
Continuing the discussion from Artists who have excellent technique but lack “artistry”: Let’s have some more examples of this, the inverse of the other thread. Exhibit A: “La China Leoncia Arreo la Correntinada Trajo… --- ## [The Amazing Race (fall 2025) Is nobody at all watching this one?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-fall-2025-is-nobody-at-all-watching-this-one/1023704)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2025, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-fall-2025-is-nobody-at-all-watching-this-one/1023704 "2025-10-11T12:32:44Z")
I mean, the ideas of all Big Brother alums and only in Europe sound like two kisses of death, but nobody can even be bothered to rag on it??? --- ## [ID this comedy sketch (sperm donor)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-comedy-sketch-sperm-donor/1023785)
**Author:** [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2025, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-comedy-sketch-sperm-donor/1023785 "2025-10-11T06:30:58Z")
Last weekend on SNL, there was a sketch where a young couple in a restaurant discussed their infertility problems, and Bad Bunny (and later Kenan Thompson), looking and acting really skeevy, volunteered to be sperm donor… --- ## [An overfed, long-haired, leaping gnome](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-overfed-long-haired-leaping-gnome/29900)
**Author:** [@struuter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/struuter)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2025, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-overfed-long-haired-leaping-gnome/29900 "2025-10-10T19:15:04Z")
I know this doesn’t really fit on this forum. I know. But I thought you all might get a kick out of this. Watching tv the other night and on comes Eric Burdon. Starts singing ‘Spill the Wine.’ Everybody in the room wond… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=54) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=56)