# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=604 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 605 --- ## [Baking substitution question, need answer fast!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baking-substitution-question-need-answer-fast/817710)
**Author:** [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2018, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baking-substitution-question-need-answer-fast/817710 "2018-07-11T19:03:32Z")
I’m baking brownies to take up to my friends cabin. I wanted to make a double batch, but found I have only half of one ingredient. It’s a somewhat healthy brownie mix that uses pudding mix and baby food prunes, but I pro… --- ## [Recommend me some good (90s) doom and industrial metal records](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-good-90s-doom-and-industrial-metal-records/817151)
**Author:** [@Kennedy1960](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kennedy1960)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2018, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-good-90s-doom-and-industrial-metal-records/817151 "2018-07-11T18:17:59Z")
I wanna hear some really good doom metal records, and some really great industrial metal records (w/ a punk edge), all ideally from the 90s. Gimme your recommendations please. --- ## [The Outpost (CW TV series)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-outpost-cw-tv-series/817645)
**Author:** [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2018, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-outpost-cw-tv-series/817645 "2018-07-11T17:53:52Z")
Premiers tonight (July 10, 2018) at 8PM Central I don’t have high expectations, but I will probably give it a shot. Brian --- ## [R.I.P. Steve Ditko, one of the greatest comics creators of all time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-steve-ditko-one-of-the-greatest-comics-creators-of-all-time/817442)
**Author:** [@irritant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irritant)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2018, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-steve-ditko-one-of-the-greatest-comics-creators-of-all-time/817442 "2018-07-11T17:39:46Z")
Dead at the age of 90. Creator or co-creator of Spider-Man, Dr. Strange, The Question, Squirrel Girl, and a hell of a lot of other characters that made everybody but him a ton of money. Always loved his work, even his l… --- ## [Craft Beer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craft-beer/817661)
**Author:** [@Bonzi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bonzi)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2018, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craft-beer/817661 "2018-07-11T17:10:38Z")
Any favorites or recommendations of craft beers? Currently I’m drinking a lot of PC PILS by Founders, but only because it’s refreshing and cheap. My favorites are Stone IPA and Three Floyds Zombie Dust. --- ## [Two pop culture items I need your help locating...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-pop-culture-items-i-need-your-help-locating/817692)
**Author:** [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2018, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-pop-culture-items-i-need-your-help-locating/817692 "2018-07-11T02:32:05Z")
Çirca 1998-1999, Girl Wonder says, there was a TV commercial for Winn Dixie that featured the singing voice of Kiss’ Paul Stanley. If it wasn’t Paul, it was someone who sounded remarkably similar to him. She claims that … --- ## [''The Disaster Artist'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-disaster-artist/799467)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2018, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-disaster-artist/799467 "2018-07-10T22:01:22Z")
I just learned of ‘The Room’s’ existence this year. I haven’t seen the full movie yet, but I’ve watched countless reviews, and just random clips to say I’ve seen enough (3/4th?) to know that I would enjoy the movie. I … --- ## [Identify a movie - drinking contaminated milk drives town crazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-a-movie-drinking-contaminated-milk-drives-town-crazy/817371)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2018, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-a-movie-drinking-contaminated-milk-drives-town-crazy/817371 "2018-07-10T20:30:30Z")
I have a very vague memory of a movie that was probably released in the 1980’s. In it the main character visits a rural town where the townspeople gradually go crazy, acting of character and increasingly violent. The ma… --- ## [Hershey's chocolate works for s'mores.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hersheys-chocolate-works-for-smores/817375)
**Author:** [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2018, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hersheys-chocolate-works-for-smores/817375 "2018-07-10T20:02:33Z")
Hershey’s chocolate gets a lot of bad raps, because (1) It doesn’t have much of a chocolate flavour, and (2) It’s got a bit of a cultured-milk flavour. But hey! I’ve just realised it it’s the stuff that works for s’more… --- ## [Harlan Ellison (1934-2018)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harlan-ellison-1934-2018/816945)
**Author:** [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2018, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harlan-ellison-1934-2018/816945 "2018-07-10T18:30:10Z")
David Gerrold is reporting that Harlan Ellison has died. Harlan was a giant in the field, and one of the greats of the short story. In his prime, he was outstanding. The list of his great stories is very long: “I Hav… --- ## [Indian food for the weak, again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indian-food-for-the-weak-again/817588)
**Author:** [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2018, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indian-food-for-the-weak-again/817588 "2018-07-10T17:08:26Z")
In 2010 I asked here for help choosing stuff off an Indian restaurant menu that I could enjoy. I went, I ate, I got my face melted off of course but was no worse for the wear. This weekend a new Indian Orthodox Church i… --- ## [Love-Cirque du Soleil-seen it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-cirque-du-soleil-seen-it/817654)
**Author:** [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2018, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-cirque-du-soleil-seen-it/817654 "2018-07-10T16:22:46Z")
Some people I know raved about it and since we’ll be in Vegas this fall, we thought to look into going. I did some YouTubes tho’ and it looks like the regular (if you can call them that) Cirque gymnastics and effects ov… --- ## [Proof that timing is everything.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-that-timing-is-everything/817632)
**Author:** [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2018, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-that-timing-is-everything/817632 "2018-07-10T15:42:21Z")
Before there was reality TV … almost before there was YouTube … for about 15 minutes on the A&E network, there was The Straight Dope. You might have missed it. It was something very different, even for basic cable, an… --- ## [Help identify song about a girl who played with a deck of cards cause she didn't have dolls.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-song-about-a-girl-who-played-with-a-deck-of-cards-cause-she-didnt-have-dolls/817656)
**Author:** [@DataX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DataX)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2018, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-song-about-a-girl-who-played-with-a-deck-of-cards-cause-she-didnt-have-dolls/817656 "2018-07-10T15:27:09Z")
Looking for a friend who posted this somewhere else: 'Many years ago, I made a CD of playing card-related songs. I found a song I never heard before. It was a ballad about a little girl in the old west who, the story go… --- ## [Death at a Funeral -- British version](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-at-a-funeral-british-version/817637)
**Author:** [@DtypeJag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DtypeJag)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2018, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-at-a-funeral-british-version/817637 "2018-07-10T14:02:07Z")
Anyone else seen Death at a Funeral? Not talking about the newer American version which is junk but the original British one. I think it was one of the funniest movies ever made maybe because of the dry understatement… --- ## [I'm white, but find 'Undercover Brother' hilarious. Am I racist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-white-but-find-undercover-brother-hilarious-am-i-racist/817592)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2018, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-white-but-find-undercover-brother-hilarious-am-i-racist/817592 "2018-07-10T13:36:21Z")
I mean, I get maybe 98% of the jokes (one or two might sneak through), but I feel uncomfortable laughing because they are all based on stereotypes. Is this my white guilt showing or may I enjoy a movie anyway? Cuz y’al… --- ## [Must you like an actor, comedian, or singer's real-life personality to appreciate their work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-you-like-an-actor-comedian-or-singers-real-life-personality-to-appreciate-their-work/816633)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2018, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-you-like-an-actor-comedian-or-singers-real-life-personality-to-appreciate-their-work/816633 "2018-07-10T12:08:27Z")
One of my sisters apparently despises LL Cool J of NCIS: Los Angeles because he is a Republican (rather than the far more substantial reason of despising him because he is on that horrible TV show). A good friend of min… --- ## [Sinner. Anyone watching?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sinner-anyone-watching/795482)
**Author:** [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2018, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sinner-anyone-watching/795482 "2018-07-10T11:05:12Z")
I spend a lot of time screaming at the TV for the show to get the fuck moving. But I’m hooked. I wish we’d taped them all before I started this. --- ## [Real-world examples of people making quips in face of death?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-world-examples-of-people-making-quips-in-face-of-death/817284)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2018, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-world-examples-of-people-making-quips-in-face-of-death/817284 "2018-07-10T00:53:59Z")
I wasn’t sure what forum to put this in but as its inspired by fictional events I thought this may be the one. Its a common trope in action movies for the hero to make a light-hearted quip or defiant comment in the face… --- ## [RIP Tab Hunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-tab-hunter/817578)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2018, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-tab-hunter/817578 "2018-07-10T00:46:30Z")
86 years old. Not only did he have a fantastic name, Mr. Hunter and I shared a role, sort of: I played Old Joe in a production of Damn Yankees!, the only musical I actually like, way back in the mid-'80s. RIP Mr. Hunt… --- ## [Alphabetizing bluesmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alphabetizing-bluesmen/817522)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2018, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alphabetizing-bluesmen/817522 "2018-07-09T22:52:41Z")
I’m reordering my CD collection this weekend and ran into a few snags when putting things in alphabetical order. Usually I go by last name, but that doesn’t always seem to work with bluesmen. Muddy Waters - file under M… --- ## [Who is your favorite character on Breaking Bad? (Inevitable spoilers.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-character-on-breaking-bad-inevitable-spoilers/817202)
**Author:** [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2018, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-your-favorite-character-on-breaking-bad-inevitable-spoilers/817202 "2018-07-09T22:24:34Z")
Breaking Bad is far and away my favorite American television series, very narrowly edging out The Sopranos, The Wire, and The Shield. It’s the epitome of tight writing and characterization; outstanding cinematography and… --- ## [TV shows that didn't/don't have a theme song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-didnt-dont-have-a-theme-song/817471)
**Author:** [@Textual\_Assault](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Textual_Assault)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2018, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-didnt-dont-have-a-theme-song/817471 "2018-07-09T22:06:29Z")
Thought of this while watching 60 Minutes. While music has certainly been a part of the show via interviews and pieces about various musicians, as far as I know there has never been ANY theme music or a them song for the… --- ## [Elvis Costello has a 'very aggresive' cancer, cancels rest of tour](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elvis-costello-has-a-very-aggresive-cancer-cancels-rest-of-tour/817509)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2018, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elvis-costello-has-a-very-aggresive-cancer-cancels-rest-of-tour/817509 "2018-07-09T19:26:03Z")
This is very upsetting news to me. There are few details, other than he apparently had surgery, attempted to continue the tour, then found that he wasn’t quite as up to the rigors of touring as he thought he was. They … --- ## [Jagermeister......whoo hooo!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jagermeister-whoo-hooo/4859)
**Author:** [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2018, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jagermeister-whoo-hooo/4859 "2018-07-09T18:03:28Z")
OK, so I’m watching VH1’s Rockumentary on Metallica. Their talking about booze, and Hetfield is explaining the effects of a particular libation which they take a liking to. He says they discover Jagermeister, and he says… --- ## [Sell me on Silver Surfer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sell-me-on-silver-surfer/817260)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2018, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sell-me-on-silver-surfer/817260 "2018-07-09T17:23:51Z")
When I was 12 in 1966 I discovered Silver Surfer in a Fantastic Four comic at my barber’s. I was already a cynical brat and wrote him off as a cheap cash grab at the Surf market. I couldn’t imagine “losers” fifty years… --- ## [Wimbeldon 2018..](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wimbeldon-2018/817577)
**Author:** [@EricaRoche](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EricaRoche)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2018, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wimbeldon-2018/817577 "2018-07-09T16:11:13Z")
I haven’t been following it very closely as the men’s seeded ranking has changed completely. Murray has fallen significantly (though thankfully Federer is neck and neck with Nadal). I wonder who you think is going to wi… --- ## [Restaurant protocol: am I being rude to my server?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-protocol-am-i-being-rude-to-my-server/817215)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2018, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-protocol-am-i-being-rude-to-my-server/817215 "2018-07-09T12:34:05Z")
When we go out to eat at a restaurant, I like to drink beer. I admit I am a bit impatient, and I want a beer soon, and I don’t want to wait on my second one. (No, I am not an alcoholic, it’s just the way I am. But if you… --- ## [Your favorite piano concerto? Your favorite artist playing it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-piano-concerto-your-favorite-artist-playing-it/817316)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2018, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-piano-concerto-your-favorite-artist-playing-it/817316 "2018-07-09T09:00:10Z")
I haven’t listened to classical music that much in the past 40 years, but I am getting back into it. I unexpectedly started to binge on youtube (I know, the sound is marginal, but I really like seeing the performers play… --- ## [American shows that made it in the UK--or didn't](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-shows-that-made-it-in-the-uk-or-didnt/817258)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2018, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-shows-that-made-it-in-the-uk-or-didnt/817258 "2018-07-09T05:31:35Z")
When I watch British TV shows or read British magazines, I’ll sometimes notice mentions of American TV shows. For example, “Are You Being Served” referenced Dallas and Columbo, while an interview with Noel Gallagher he … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=603) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=605)