# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=618 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 619 --- ## [Morality and Westworld and Violence and Videogames](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morality-and-westworld-and-violence-and-videogames/814369)
**Author:** [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2018, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morality-and-westworld-and-violence-and-videogames/814369 "2018-05-20T14:30:10Z")
So, I think it is pretty well established that a vast majority of people will mindlessly slaughter AI in video games for a chance at phat lootz. I know there people that claim that violence in video games is bad, but I’… --- ## [A thread for The Phantom Thread. Spoilers after op.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-phantom-thread-spoilers-after-op/807268)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2018, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-phantom-thread-spoilers-after-op/807268 "2018-05-20T07:04:44Z")
Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest with Daniel Day-Lewis, Vicky Krieps, and Lesley Manville. Set in in the '50s. Anyone else see it? --- ## [Movie id?: Using nukes to destroy incoming asteroid/meteor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-id-using-nukes-to-destroy-incoming-asteroid-meteor/814135)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2018, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-id-using-nukes-to-destroy-incoming-asteroid-meteor/814135 "2018-05-20T05:10:09Z")
I just remember the ending, where, of course, Earth is spared. I think they were using nukes, but I could be wrong. After the rockets hit the object, at first it shows now effect, but then starts slowly altering course… --- ## [Arrow Season 6](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrow-season-6/798636)
**Author:** [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2018, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrow-season-6/798636 "2018-05-20T04:58:03Z")
Official CW Trailer Arrow returns tonight. We last saw Oliver with William on a boat off Lian Yu. Adrian Chase blew his own head off, thereby causing the utter destruction of the island, with the rest of Team Arrow st… --- ## [Looking for Simpsons episode.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-simpsons-episode/814474)
**Author:** [@Trisha\_Gaurav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trisha_Gaurav)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2018, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-simpsons-episode/814474 "2018-05-20T01:06:12Z")
What’s the name of that episode where there’s a brief flashback to Apu coming across a sleeping tiger and he wakes it up then shoots it with a tranquilizer gun then says “Sweet dreams, tiger”? --- ## [Nameko Shrimp Scampi](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nameko-shrimp-scampi/814483)
**Author:** [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2018, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nameko-shrimp-scampi/814483 "2018-05-20T00:58:02Z")
I know I already had a nameko thread. Namekos boiled with Old Bay seasoning. Pretty much just playing with a new ingredient. Well, I thought I’d use the namekos as a sort of noodle base for shrimp scampi in a box. This … --- ## [Is this painting familiar to you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-painting-familiar-to-you/814417)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2018, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-painting-familiar-to-you/814417 "2018-05-19T23:27:33Z")
See imgur link: Imgur: The magic of the Internet I have done (or tried to do) a reverse image search and got no results. It represents a view of Rome, with St Peter’s in the background and some kind of fortress in the l… --- ## [Is this what The Simpsons is now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-what-the-simpsons-is-now/813331)
**Author:** [@DKW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DKW)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2018, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-what-the-simpsons-is-now/813331 "2018-05-19T19:00:03Z")
So I found the YouTube video of Hank Azaria discussing the Apu flap with Stephen Colbert via a Moviebob link. Unsurprisingly, he came off very well (I say “unsurprisingly” because insensitive, ignorant clods don’t last … --- ## [TV shows you record, but never watch](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-you-record-but-never-watch/814288)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2018, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-you-record-but-never-watch/814288 "2018-05-19T12:09:31Z")
We have a number of TV shows scheduled to record automatically on the DVR. Many of these are shows we used to watch regularly, but don’t anymore, but haven’t deleted from the recording schedule. A lot of them seem to be… --- ## [Please help me find a movie.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-find-a-movie/789015)
**Author:** [@BobBitchin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobBitchin)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2018, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-find-a-movie/789015 "2018-05-19T05:32:01Z")
Facts first, story second. Motorcycle film Came out on home video before 2001 I thought the name of the film was biker boys, with an S not a Z. It definitely could not be Biker Boyz with a z because the protagonist a… --- ## [Rick and Morty renewed for 70 more episodes.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-renewed-for-70-more-episodes/813929)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2018, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-renewed-for-70-more-episodes/813929 "2018-05-19T04:30:02Z")
Yes, 70. So, where in those 70 does it jump the shark? Or did it already? :smiley: --- ## [Poll: Betty or Veronica?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-betty-or-veronica/813435)
**Author:** [@erysichthon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erysichthon)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2018, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-betty-or-veronica/813435 "2018-05-19T04:19:26Z")
Poll to follow. You’re choosing which one you prefer. You can apply any criteria you wish when making your choice. Don’t ask why you have to choose; the “why” is entirely up to you. You can’t choose both of them, so do… --- ## [What to do with over 1/2 gal of canned tomato sauce](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-over-1-2-gal-of-canned-tomato-sauce/814423)
**Author:** [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2018, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-over-1-2-gal-of-canned-tomato-sauce/814423 "2018-05-19T02:55:20Z")
So I cashed in a bunch of Safeway Monopoly coupons and found myself with nine free 8-ounce cans of tomato sauce. To add another wrinkle, my stove is on the fritz so I currently have access to a micorwave, an oven, a com… --- ## [Why should butter be cold (or soft ro melted) when baking](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-should-butter-be-cold-or-soft-ro-melted-when-baking/814081)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2018, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-should-butter-be-cold-or-soft-ro-melted-when-baking/814081 "2018-05-19T02:37:31Z")
I have never been very good at baking but recently tried my hand at baking chocolate chip cookies from scratch. The recipe was very specific that the butter should be cold when making the cookie dough. I dutifully foll… --- ## [New video (hip-hop) from Childish Gambino aka Donald Glover](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-video-hip-hop-from-childish-gambino-aka-donald-glover/813811)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2018, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-video-hip-hop-from-childish-gambino-aka-donald-glover/813811 "2018-05-19T02:23:31Z")
I can’t stop watching it. The message, highlighting the violence inherent in our media and culture, is powerful, but it’s Glover himself that I find so compelling – his dancing, his eyes, his facial expres… --- ## [The Shape of Water, the "beauty and the beast" theme, and gender perspectives](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-shape-of-water-the-beauty-and-the-beast-theme-and-gender-perspectives/807173)
**Author:** [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2018, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-shape-of-water-the-beauty-and-the-beast-theme-and-gender-perspectives/807173 "2018-05-19T01:17:06Z")
This topic comes from a discussion I had on another web site. Guillermo Del Toro’s The Shape of Water has been met with mostly positive critical notices and stands to clean up in the Oscar noms in a few days. I haven’t … --- ## [Interracial couples](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interracial-couples/814010)
**Author:** [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2018, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interracial-couples/814010 "2018-05-19T00:57:21Z")
Or maybe I should say bi-racial. Black and white. A few years ago there was a minor commotion over a bi-racial couple in a commercial. It seems like now there isn’t a commercial that doesn’t have a bi-racial couple. … --- ## [Archer - Danger Island](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archer-danger-island/813991)
**Author:** [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2018, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archer-danger-island/813991 "2018-05-19T00:40:17Z")
This really isn’t working for me. But I’ll probably watch some more hoping they raise their game. --- ## [About "Garfield minus Garfield"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-garfield-minus-garfield/448835)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2018, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-garfield-minus-garfield/448835 "2018-05-18T21:50:41Z")
Recently, a link to Garfield Minus Garfield has been making the rounds. Someone removes garfield from every frame of a Garfield strip, and (it is said) hilarity ensues. I don’t know of anyone who has pointed out that so… --- ## [Magnum P. I. reboot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magnum-p-i-reboot/810287)
**Author:** [@CelticKnot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CelticKnot)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2018, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magnum-p-i-reboot/810287 "2018-05-18T18:36:15Z")
When I first heard that a reboot of Magnum P.I. was being made, my heart leapt. A second later, my brain kicked in and decided that it won’t have the magic that the original series had. The premise is that Magnum is a … --- ## [Clara Bow or Marlene Dietrich?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clara-bow-or-marlene-dietrich/814304)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2018, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clara-bow-or-marlene-dietrich/814304 "2018-05-18T14:18:25Z")
Do you prefer perky, or sultry? --- ## [In the JUSTICE LEAGUE movie, how powerful were wonder woman, cyborg, & the flash?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-justice-league-movie-how-powerful-were-wonder-woman-cyborg-the-flash/814370)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2018, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-justice-league-movie-how-powerful-were-wonder-woman-cyborg-the-flash/814370 "2018-05-18T13:58:28Z")
Despite being a long-time comic book geek, I did not see the JL movie on account of my poor dying eyes. Also because man of steel and Batman versus Superman hat left an extremely bad taste in my mouth. But I am idly cu… --- ## [What year was "Peak" Beatles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-year-was-peak-beatles/813859)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2018, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-year-was-peak-beatles/813859 "2018-05-18T13:46:43Z")
Simple question: What calendar year was “Peak” Beatles? Select one from the poll and make your arguments below! Rules: You define “peak”. Public Poll. You can only select one year. --- ## [\*I\* have about 4 lbs. of semi-frozen blueberries - what to do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-about-4-lbs-of-semi-frozen-blueberries-what-to-do/814248)
**Author:** [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2018, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-about-4-lbs-of-semi-frozen-blueberries-what-to-do/814248 "2018-05-18T13:34:02Z")
Someone gave them to me. They’re thawing out quick, I have no room in the freezer, and would like to do something other than throw them out. Is there a blueberry drink? (boil, strain the juice). --- ## [Mary Cooper vs. Mary Cooper](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mary-cooper-vs-mary-cooper/814381)
**Author:** [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2018, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mary-cooper-vs-mary-cooper/814381 "2018-05-18T12:58:05Z")
By that I mean Laurie Metcalf as Sheldon Cooper’s mother or Zoe Perry as Young Sheldon’s mother. Use any criteria you want, but let’s please keep the thread responses not icky. --- ## [Has anyone tried RealGoodFoods Pizza](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-tried-realgoodfoods-pizza/814079)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2018, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-tried-realgoodfoods-pizza/814079 "2018-05-18T10:15:45Z")
I’m a type 2 diabetic and love pizza but it causes my blood sugar to skyrocket. This pizza claims to have only 4g of carbs and a whopping 25g of protein. But it’s not cheap and it only comes frozen. This site: https://d… --- ## [What characters in the marvel universe could easily defeat Thanos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-characters-in-the-marvel-universe-could-easily-defeat-thanos/814025)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2018, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-characters-in-the-marvel-universe-could-easily-defeat-thanos/814025 "2018-05-18T00:39:46Z")
Both with and without the infinity gauntlet. I assume Galactus. Anyone else? Vulcan? Eternity? The Celestials? Beyonder? --- ## [Crock Pot is not a sous vide!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crock-pot-is-not-a-sous-vide/814368)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2018, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crock-pot-is-not-a-sous-vide/814368 "2018-05-17T21:20:17Z")
I tried another cooking on warm experiment last night with a pork roast about double the size of the chuck roast I cooked the other day 6#. I cooked it on high until internal temp went to about 140 and then turned it to … --- ## [Tunnock's Tea Cakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tunnocks-tea-cakes/813422)
**Author:** [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2018, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tunnocks-tea-cakes/813422 "2018-05-17T16:52:41Z")
On a youtube channel I watch, I saw a guy try Tunnock’s Tea Cakes and he went crazy for them. They’re a UK product that I’ve never seen before in the U.S. I then looked on Amazon and saw that I can buy some. Who here … --- ## [Cobra kai thoughts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cobra-kai-thoughts/814346)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2018, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cobra-kai-thoughts/814346 "2018-05-17T15:53:07Z")
Pretty interesting new show on youtube. Interesting way they mix up the characters and plots so now the Cobras are training kids to fight bullies now. Any thoughts? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=617) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=619)