# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=623 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 624 --- ## [OK, so the Avengers are morons - ways to defeat Thanos. SPOILERS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-so-the-avengers-are-morons-ways-to-defeat-thanos-spoilers/813384)
**Author:** [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2018, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-so-the-avengers-are-morons-ways-to-defeat-thanos-spoilers/813384 "2018-05-03T05:17:51Z")
Right, so overin this thread, we’re kicking around the new movie. Woot! But we’ve also begun discussing ways that the Avengers could have dealt with Thanos and defeated him. Sadly, their solution to the problem appear… --- ## [The Simpsons poke the Politically Incorrect Bear - The Problem with Apu](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-poke-the-politically-incorrect-bear-the-problem-with-apu/812091)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 238\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2018, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-poke-the-politically-incorrect-bear-the-problem-with-apu/812091 "2018-05-02T22:10:36Z")
Story here in the NYTimes: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/09/arts/television/the-simpsons-responds-to-criticism-about-apu.html?hpw&rref=television&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=well-region®ion=bottom-well&WT.n… --- ## [Colony Season 3 You should watch if you haven't already.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colony-season-3-you-should-watch-if-you-havent-already/813471)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2018, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colony-season-3-you-should-watch-if-you-havent-already/813471 "2018-05-02T22:03:52Z")
The show starts tonight. If you have never seen it, you should watch it. It’s very good. You can catch up on Netflix. --- ## [Plot hole in Se7en.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plot-hole-in-se7en/103364)
**Author:** [@Sajon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sajon)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2018, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plot-hole-in-se7en/103364 "2018-05-02T19:50:15Z")
I thought about posting this in the thread below, but it seemed so long I thought no one would notice. Anyway… I saw Se7en for the fourth or fifth time the other day and something dawned on me. The movie actually has … --- ## [Golden milk: anyone else tried it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/golden-milk-anyone-else-tried-it/812938)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2018, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/golden-milk-anyone-else-tried-it/812938 "2018-05-02T15:23:18Z")
Someone on another board said she used it for her arthritis, and said it really worked. I’ve been drinking it over the past few days, and while I don’t see any medicinal effect (so far), it sure tastes good. It’s made … --- ## [Is slamming Winnipeg a thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-slamming-winnipeg-a-thing/813004)
**Author:** [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2018, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-slamming-winnipeg-a-thing/813004 "2018-05-02T15:21:27Z")
Mrs R and I were just watching season 11 of Murdoch Mysteries (great show, by the way), and the titular character (a detective who is based out of Toronto) ran into a woman who was from Winnipeg, who spoke very disparagi… --- ## [Favorite current shows](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-current-shows/812990)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2018, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-current-shows/812990 "2018-05-02T13:59:21Z")
What are your favorite current shows? If it’s good and they’re still producing new episodes (or will be producing new episodes as far as you know, i.e. it’s not yet renewed but not cancelled AFAYK, e.g. Rick and Morty),… --- ## [Saban sells off Power Rangers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saban-sells-off-power-rangers/813419)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2018, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saban-sells-off-power-rangers/813419 "2018-05-02T06:25:26Z")
Hasbro now controls the Power Rangers franchise. This means, of course, that the Power Rangers are now part of the Hasbro Comic Book Universe, which at present contains G.I. Joe, Transformers, Rom, Micronauts, M.A.S.K.,… --- ## [Wings reruns](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wings-reruns/813385)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2018, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wings-reruns/813385 "2018-05-02T01:46:31Z")
MeTV is showing “Wings,” which in my opinion was a seriously under-rated show. But that is beside the point. My question: We know that Sandpiper flew a beat-up Cessna 402. But what the hell did AeroMass fly? They show a … --- ## [Does regionality "ruin" food?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-regionality-ruin-food/813411)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2018, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-regionality-ruin-food/813411 "2018-05-02T00:31:06Z")
On a recent episode of “Hot Ones” featuring Alton Brown, Mr. Brown talks about how regionality doesn’t really matter anymore, and in fact that regionality “gets in the way” of good food (link to relevant part of the show… --- ## [Disappointing talk show interviews](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointing-talk-show-interviews/813345)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2018, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointing-talk-show-interviews/813345 "2018-05-01T19:32:47Z")
I watched an episode of “My Next Guest Needs No Introduction” where Letterman interviewed rapper-businessman Jay Z. It wasn’t a terrible interview, but it definitely felt more than a little awkward. Letterman freely admi… --- ## [Happy Birthday to my favorite director, Wes Anderson!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-to-my-favorite-director-wes-anderson/813427)
**Author:** [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2018, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-to-my-favorite-director-wes-anderson/813427 "2018-05-01T18:57:36Z")
Today is Wes Anderson’s birthday! Or perhaps I should say, it’s… Wes Anderson’s birthday. Wes Anderson’s birthday. Wes Anderson’s birthday. There’s never really been any other director that I can think of, who used … --- ## [Made in/ Presented in / Filmed in](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-in-presented-in-filmed-in/813107)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2018, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/made-in-presented-in-filmed-in/813107 "2018-05-01T16:22:08Z")
\*\*Panavision Vistavision Cinemascope Cinerama Technirama Todd-AO Imax Omnimax Widevision Magnascope Vitarama Arnoldscope Circarama Panoscope Ultra Panavision Dimension 150 Circle Vision 360 Polyvision T… --- ## [Book Review: Reckless by Chrissie Hynde of The Pretenders](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-review-reckless-by-chrissie-hynde-of-the-pretenders/811020)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2018, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-review-reckless-by-chrissie-hynde-of-the-pretenders/811020 "2018-05-01T12:42:28Z")
Chrissie Hynde is one of my rock heroes. Just so badass as a rocker who happens to be a woman. And her voice, to me, is up there with Karen Carpenter’s: a rich alto that is so warm and full she could just hang back … --- ## [Things called It](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-called-it/813198)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2018, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-called-it/813198 "2018-05-01T03:07:54Z")
How many things in fiction have been referred to simply as “It”? (I’ll allow slight modifiers such as Cousin It from the Addams Family). --- ## [Playing in the yard](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playing-in-the-yard/813226)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2018, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playing-in-the-yard/813226 "2018-04-30T21:14:43Z")
What sort of yard games do you have? I have a kubb set and Jarts. Somewhere I have a volleyball net and poles, and a volleyball. Oh, and I have some Frisbees packed away somewhere. Unfortunately, I have no one to pla… --- ## [For Those Who Divorced: What Do You Feel When You Hear Your Wedding Song?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-divorced-what-do-you-feel-when-you-hear-your-wedding-song/813286)
**Author:** [@minlokwat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minlokwat)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2018, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-divorced-what-do-you-feel-when-you-hear-your-wedding-song/813286 "2018-04-30T21:11:57Z")
The title kind of says it all. Is there that tinge of remorse or complete revulsion with that What-was-I-thinking? head shake? Can’t relate since I’ve been contentedly married for many years now and have to go out of m… --- ## [TV shows you hated as a child](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-you-hated-as-a-child/806346)
**Author:** [@Reecejackox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reecejackox)\ **Replies:** 271\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2018, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-you-hated-as-a-child/806346 "2018-04-30T20:36:12Z")
I will start I disliked Blue peter as a child and still do. --- ## [Clapton's guitar solo in "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/claptons-guitar-solo-in-while-my-guitar-gently-weeps/813176)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2018, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/claptons-guitar-solo-in-while-my-guitar-gently-weeps/813176 "2018-04-30T19:40:05Z")
It seems to be common knowledge these days that Clapton did the guitar solo on the Beatles’ “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”. But when the White Album was initially released, was it known at the time? Was Clapton credited … --- ## [The Zoo on Animal Planet-anyone watching?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-zoo-on-animal-planet-anyone-watching/813238)
**Author:** [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2018, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-zoo-on-animal-planet-anyone-watching/813238 "2018-04-30T19:29:25Z")
I love it!! And that’s how we do it in the boogie down Bronx. --- ## [Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haven/813368)
**Author:** [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2018, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haven/813368 "2018-04-30T19:04:18Z")
SWMBO and I blitz-watched the final five episodes last night. My only objections were that they didn’t get Duke back, and that Croatoan did not suffer payback on a pissed-off-Jehovah-biblical level. Other than that, gr… --- ## [Yet another "should I be watching Infinity War yet" thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-should-i-be-watching-infinity-war-yet-thread/813204)
**Author:** [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2018, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-should-i-be-watching-infinity-war-yet-thread/813204 "2018-04-30T16:41:37Z")
No spoilers please! About Infinity War, or any other Marvel movies. My wife and I are currently working our way through the MCU going by this ordering. We’re not all that far along; tomorrow night we’ll be watching Win… --- ## [What are your favorite home design/decorating sites?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-home-design-decorating-sites/444508)
**Author:** [@C3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C3)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2018, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-home-design-decorating-sites/444508 "2018-04-30T16:13:14Z")
That’s it. What are your favorite blogs and websites devoted to home design and decorating? I’ve been immersed in Apartment Therapy for days and I’m ready to branch out. (I’m not sure if someone here linked to this site … --- ## [Potato Salad Opinions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-salad-opinions/813191)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2018, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-salad-opinions/813191 "2018-04-30T16:07:01Z")
I made up some potato salad yesterday. The only thing I did different was I was extra careful not to overcook the potatoes like I usually do. I am very happy with the texture of the potatoes and overall taste but disappo… --- ## [Mini-Me dead at 49](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-me-dead-at-49/812873)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2018, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-me-dead-at-49/812873 "2018-04-30T15:28:11Z")
--- ## [Video: 1911 NYC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-1911-nyc/813006)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2018, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-1911-nyc/813006 "2018-04-30T15:09:02Z")
This is cool. Obviously the sound track was added later. --- ## [Where Did This Scream Originate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-this-scream-originate/499331)
**Author:** [@Cliffhanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffhanger)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2018, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-this-scream-originate/499331 "2018-04-30T14:33:53Z")
Please release me from this insanity that is plaguing me trying to find the answer to this: There is a specific (obviously stock) female scream that I’ve heard for eons now in both television and movies. From a cheesy … --- ## [What's the worst movie you saw that you ended up liking anyway, or at least had fun watching it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-you-saw-that-you-ended-up-liking-anyway-or-at-least-had-fun-watching-it/813015)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2018, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-movie-you-saw-that-you-ended-up-liking-anyway-or-at-least-had-fun-watching-it/813015 "2018-04-30T13:21:28Z")
This is a spinoff of the “worst movie you ever saw” thread. The first one that comes to mind for me is a forgettable comedy that came in in the early 1990s called “Splitting Heirs”. It co-starred Rick Moranis and was t… --- ## [Khadaji's Whatcha Readin' thread -- April 2018 Edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-april-2018-edition/811567)
**Author:** [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2018, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-april-2018-edition/811567 "2018-04-30T05:04:05Z")
Well we’ve made it a quarter of the way through 2018. Anything fun happen in your lives recently? Our furnace died… just as the night temps decided to revisit the lower 20s (Fahrenheit)… To keep warm, I started readin… --- ## [A Well Respected Man lyrics (Kinks)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-well-respected-man-lyrics-kinks/813245)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2018, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-well-respected-man-lyrics-kinks/813245 "2018-04-30T03:56:37Z")
Quite a lovely poem it is. https://www.google.com/search?q=and+he's+oh+so+good+and+he's+oh+so+fine&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b I do wonder about this verse: “And his mother goes to meetings, While his father p… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=622) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=624)