# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=620 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 621 --- ## [Fox cancels Last Man on Earth AND Brooklyn Nine-Nine??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-cancels-last-man-on-earth-and-brooklyn-nine-nine/813948)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2018, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-cancels-last-man-on-earth-and-brooklyn-nine-nine/813948 "2018-05-14T20:16:24Z")
That’s cold, man. Cold. Not a huge fan of either of these shows, but Last Man on Earth and Brooklyn 9-9 are pretty popular, I thought. Netflix should be trying to grab rights. Also canceled The Mick. No idea what that… --- ## [Writers who have published your works on www.booksie.com, what is your experience?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/writers-who-have-published-your-works-on-www-booksie-com-what-is-your-experience/814133)
**Author:** [@Mislav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mislav)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2018, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/writers-who-have-published-your-works-on-www-booksie-com-what-is-your-experience/814133 "2018-05-14T14:28:47Z")
Were you satisfied? Is it a good website? Is it just a website (like Fictionpress, for example), or also some kind of app? Is it safe to use your real name on it? --- ## [The Big Bang Theory, Season 11, Episode 23 (May 3, 2018) -- "The Sibling Realignment"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-11-episode-23-may-3-2018-the-sibling-realignment/813537)
**Author:** [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2018, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-11-episode-23-may-3-2018-the-sibling-realignment/813537 "2018-05-14T13:26:58Z")
I am starting this thread in anticipation of tonight’s episode. --- ## [How many playwrights do we have here?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-playwrights-do-we-have-here/814080)
**Author:** [@DooWahDiddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooWahDiddy)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2018, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-playwrights-do-we-have-here/814080 "2018-05-14T12:13:39Z")
I admit I have ulterior motives for asking, as I’m currently looking for a playwright/bookwriter to work on a new musical with me, but I’m also just generally curious. I know we have lots of novelists and short story wr… --- ## [Pigs -- In -- Space !!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pigs-in-space/813987)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2018, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pigs-in-space/813987 "2018-05-14T02:35:51Z")
This isn’t about the Muppet segment – although that’s arguably relevant. For some reason I’ve lately been encountering a lot of pig hybrids in science fiction, usually with portmanteau names. Margaret Atwood’s Oryx and… --- ## [I've been experimenting with low sodium pizza.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-experimenting-with-low-sodium-pizza/814071)
**Author:** [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2018, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-experimenting-with-low-sodium-pizza/814071 "2018-05-13T23:50:31Z")
I’ve been trying to limit my sodium intake for about a year now. One thing I really missed was pizza. Did a little digging online and there are several recipes out there. Concentrating on getting the sauce right first us… --- ## [Worst Happy Ending](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-happy-ending/813508)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2018, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-happy-ending/813508 "2018-05-13T22:08:06Z")
What’s the worst supposedly “happy” ending you’ve ever seen or read in a book, TV show, movie, fairy tale, or whatever? I nominate the movie Georgy Girl. Yeah, okay, she seems thrilled to adopt her callous roommate’s a… --- ## [Wikipedia article locked after mention on TV show?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-article-locked-after-mention-on-tv-show/814053)
**Author:** [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2018, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wikipedia-article-locked-after-mention-on-tv-show/814053 "2018-05-13T21:07:11Z")
We recently came across a news article about some recent TV show where the characters mentioned “look it up on Wikipedia”, and the article got so much vandalism that the article had to be locked. I think I saw the show, … --- ## [Breakfast in Edinburgh?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-in-edinburgh/813809)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2018, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-in-edinburgh/813809 "2018-05-13T20:49:43Z")
I’m playing in a croquet competition in Balgreen in Edinburgh on Sunday. Where should I breakfast? I’m staying in the Holiday Inn on Corstorphine Road nearby. Do feel free to come and laugh at how inept I am. --- ## [Is comedian Dieter Nuhr funny in German?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-comedian-dieter-nuhr-funny-in-german/814074)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2018, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-comedian-dieter-nuhr-funny-in-german/814074 "2018-05-13T20:03:01Z")
Netflix served me up Dieter Nuhr’s standup special “Nuhr in Berlin.” I’m pretty open to trying out a new comedian and the idea of a German comedian intrigued me, as did the idea of “getting” humor through translations in… --- ## [Fleetwood Mac fires Lindsey Buckingham](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fleetwood-mac-fires-lindsey-buckingham/812118)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2018, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fleetwood-mac-fires-lindsey-buckingham/812118 "2018-05-13T20:00:09Z")
and 2 guys replace him for a new tour this year. The new guys are Mike Campbell and Neil Finn. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/fleetwood-mac-fires-lindsey-buckingham-w518925 --- ## [Na'vi Avatars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/navi-avatars/814078)
**Author:** [@A\_Dodgy\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Dodgy_Dude)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2018, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/navi-avatars/814078 "2018-05-13T19:57:31Z")
What is inside the avatars? Electronic circuitry? Biological tissue? --- ## [Just saw Hedy Lamarr is getting her own American Masters episode on PBS.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-hedy-lamarr-is-getting-her-own-american-masters-episode-on-pbs/814068)
**Author:** [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2018, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-hedy-lamarr-is-getting-her-own-american-masters-episode-on-pbs/814068 "2018-05-13T15:56:17Z")
Hedy Lamarr was a world class beauty with a big ass brain. Interesting story and the American Masters series does a good job. Looking forward to it. --- ## [Was Deep Blue Sea more influential on the shark movie genre than even Jaws?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-deep-blue-sea-more-influential-on-the-shark-movie-genre-than-even-jaws/814041)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2018, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-deep-blue-sea-more-influential-on-the-shark-movie-genre-than-even-jaws/814041 "2018-05-13T12:28:29Z")
Something thats popped into my head for the past couple of days. Jaws basically started the killer shark movie (and in fact the entire singular killer animal genre) but thinking back, from Jaws (1975) until 1999 pretty … --- ## [Janice Rand's hair](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/janice-rands-hair/814009)
**Author:** [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2018, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/janice-rands-hair/814009 "2018-05-13T11:20:19Z")
We are all familiar with the Yeoman’s ginormous beehive. My question: in the context of the show, was that supposed to be her real hair? Did she have to do it up every day? Did the Enterprise have an automated hair dress… --- ## [Question for antique car buffs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-antique-car-buffs/814014)
**Author:** [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2018, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-antique-car-buffs/814014 "2018-05-13T04:35:34Z")
I’m writing a story about an American family during the Great Depression. They’re not well off, but for plot purposes, they need to own a convertible. I’ve tried Googling this information without success, but did Ford or… --- ## [:moan: Send more zombie literature.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moan-send-more-zombie-literature/494542)
**Author:** [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2018, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moan-send-more-zombie-literature/494542 "2018-05-13T02:58:50Z")
Having just finished World War Z I have discovered that I love zombie literature. I don’t need more Max Brooks zombies, any zombies will do. On the other hand, I suspect there are some real duds out there. Are there a… --- ## [Sticky thread needed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sticky-thread-needed/814065)
**Author:** [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2018, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sticky-thread-needed/814065 "2018-05-12T22:31:02Z")
Another website I visit has a sticky thread for cancelled TV shows. Think we could use one here? All the complaints could be confined to one place. --- ## [A good, relatively easy, book by/about Reinholdt Niebuhr?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-good-relatively-easy-book-by-about-reinholdt-niebuhr/813939)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2018, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-good-relatively-easy-book-by-about-reinholdt-niebuhr/813939 "2018-05-12T22:19:01Z")
A few months ago I asked this forum for recommendations on where to begin reading P.G. Wodehouse and was pleased with the thoughtful suggestions and thrilled to discover Wodehouse as a result. Now, I return, library car… --- ## [The Big Sleep - making sense of the plot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-sleep-making-sense-of-the-plot/813732)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2018, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-sleep-making-sense-of-the-plot/813732 "2018-05-12T11:01:03Z")
This 1946 Bogart-Bacall film is notorious for a plot that doesn’t seem to make sense. However, after viewing it many times, I think I have most of the plot points covered below. Needless to say, major spoilers. Carmen S… --- ## [What treat can I make with these ingredients?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-treat-can-i-make-with-these-ingredients/813980)
**Author:** [@Saffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saffer)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2018, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-treat-can-i-make-with-these-ingredients/813980 "2018-05-12T03:19:10Z")
I have a sweet tooth and I am too lazy to go to the store. I have surveyed my kitchen and have the following: A stick of butter 3 kinds of sugar (white, brown, and dark brown) Cooking cream Vanilla flavouring powder … --- ## [How does jamming (guitars not electronic warfare) work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-jamming-guitars-not-electronic-warfare-work/813888)
**Author:** [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2018, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-jamming-guitars-not-electronic-warfare-work/813888 "2018-05-12T03:16:29Z")
I’m learning to play guitar and every so often someone will suggest that we get together over a few beers and jam. My repertoire consists of three or four badly played Black Sabbath songs. In no way could I listen to an… --- ## [Movie rating missteps](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-rating-missteps/813919)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2018, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-rating-missteps/813919 "2018-05-11T21:56:45Z")
This thread is for movies that you think had the wrong movie rating(G, PG, PG-13, R etc.) assigned to them. My example is “Jesus Christ, Superstar”. Intensely emotional, with songs and scenes involving persecution, mur… --- ## [Torn between desire & shame: Papa John selling garlic sauce by the JUG](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/torn-between-desire-amp-shame-papa-john-selling-garlic-sauce-by-the-jug/814005)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2018, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/torn-between-desire-amp-shame-papa-john-selling-garlic-sauce-by-the-jug/814005 "2018-05-11T18:28:10Z")
My pet name for the stuff is Yellow Crack because … well, it sure ain’t good for you, but it tastes so gooooooood. They’re selling it for a limited time in a $20 jug and I am a bit torn. What if I actually got sick of t… --- ## [Could the radio drama make a coemback?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-the-radio-drama-make-a-coemback/810745)
**Author:** [@escaped](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/escaped)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2018, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-the-radio-drama-make-a-coemback/810745 "2018-05-11T18:02:42Z")
Twilight Zone has been made into a radio drama. could they do this with 007 and star trek? --- ## [Scene noise in a music video](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scene-noise-in-a-music-video/813869)
**Author:** [@Jim\_Peebles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_Peebles)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2018, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scene-noise-in-a-music-video/813869 "2018-05-11T14:56:49Z")
Sometimes a music video has a scene going on, and the song’s volume will be reduced at some point and there will be dialogue and/or sound effects over the song. Is there a word designating this? Is it typically done to a… --- ## [I Sing of Super Powers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sing-of-super-powers/813841)
**Author:** [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2018, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sing-of-super-powers/813841 "2018-05-11T12:30:10Z")
I was listening to the Temptations Can’t Get Next to You and realized, damn, those guys are POWERFUL. There are two more stanzas like this. Altogether, the song has a list of powers fit for a deity. The Who were cont… --- ## [Monstrous fictional characters embraced by kids:](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monstrous-fictional-characters-embraced-by-kids/813926)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2018, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monstrous-fictional-characters-embraced-by-kids/813926 "2018-05-11T11:05:32Z")
A few Halloweens ago I joked i should dress my kid up as the Saw guy…i received a lot of frowns from the people around me…as several kids dressed up as Darth Vader walked by. Recently i saw an article about a kid dresse… --- ## [Last Man on Earth; season 4 (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-man-on-earth-season-4-open-spoilers/797778)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2018, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-man-on-earth-season-4-open-spoilers/797778 "2018-05-11T06:02:20Z")
Heads up; Last Man on Earth comes back tonight on Fox for season 4. When last we saw the gang they were fleeing a have of nuclear power plant meltdowns, found a yacht, Pat caught up with them, Pamela met up with the gro… --- ## [Which webnovels do you read?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-webnovels-do-you-read/813789)
**Author:** [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2018, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-webnovels-do-you-read/813789 "2018-05-11T05:01:19Z")
I’ve been following The Zombie Knight by George Frost for a couple years now. Fun stuff, basically undead superheroes (and supervillains). I also read Worm and Pact by Wildbow. WB is currently doing a sequel to Worm cal… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=619) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=621)