# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=658 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 659 --- ## [...during Community, Dan Harmon sexually harassed writer Megan Ganz.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/during-community-dan-harmon-sexually-harassed-writer-megan-ganz/806385)
**Author:** [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2018, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/during-community-dan-harmon-sexually-harassed-writer-megan-ganz/806385 "2018-01-12T00:27:57Z")
…about a week ago Dan Harmon posted on twitter that this was the year of the Arsehole, and that included him. One of his old writers, Megan Ganz, replied, the entire exchange happened here. https://twitter.com/megangan… --- ## ["Wallander" and Dorus Rijkers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wallander-and-dorus-rijkers/806433)
**Author:** [@The\_Librarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Librarian)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2018, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wallander-and-dorus-rijkers/806433 "2018-01-11T23:20:22Z")
I just watched a couple of episodes of “Wallander” and a detail in the set caught my eye: In the very sparsely decorated police station Kurt has a likeness of Dorus Rijkers on the wall. Why? Did someone creating the se… --- ## ["Sledgehammer solution": correct phrasing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sledgehammer-solution-correct-phrasing/806374)
**Author:** [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2018, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sledgehammer-solution-correct-phrasing/806374 "2018-01-11T22:57:52Z")
I’m looking for the correct phrasing for a term referring to a type of overkill…“Sledgehammer solution to a flyswatter problem,” or something like that. I want to get the correct phrasing, because it’s going in a legal … --- ## [can you help identify this liqueur?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-help-identify-this-liqueur/806418)
**Author:** [@cptsquid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cptsquid)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2018, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-help-identify-this-liqueur/806418 "2018-01-11T21:18:13Z")
Hey all, I’m trying to identify a liqueur for a friend and have precious little to go by. Tried googling for several days but no joy. All I have to go by is that it’s a regional liqueur from Carcassonne in France, it’s … --- ## [Looking for some tunes from 2005-2010](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-some-tunes-from-2005-2010/806424)
**Author:** [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2018, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-some-tunes-from-2005-2010/806424 "2018-01-11T21:15:51Z")
Specifically, I’m trying to put together a playlist for an RPG set in 2010. The local DJ in the game is famous / notorious for playing tunes that are considered challenging of the establishment / rebellious / ‘too sugges… --- ## [Christmas Carols that really aren't](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-carols-that-really-arent/804338)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2018, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-carols-that-really-arent/804338 "2018-01-11T19:26:08Z")
There are a lot of Christmas songs in the rotation. Some are fun, some are inspiring some are just bad (Christmas shoes). But theere are a number which really arent about Christmas at all. \*\* cochrane\*\* over here: http… --- ## [Is Major Crimes totally predictable?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-major-crimes-totally-predictable/783116)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2018, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-major-crimes-totally-predictable/783116 "2018-01-11T18:37:54Z")
Does anyone else watch this show? I just got done watching an episode on the DVR, and it seemed to follow a pattern that all the episodes have followed for the last maybe, season and a half. It opens with the squad at a… --- ## [Which 2017 movies had the most surprising-to-you plots? (please use spoiler boxes)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-2017-movies-had-the-most-surprising-to-you-plots-please-use-spoiler-boxes/806284)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2018, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-2017-movies-had-the-most-surprising-to-you-plots-please-use-spoiler-boxes/806284 "2018-01-11T14:28:52Z")
I’m really asking about movies you were surprised were a lot better or worse than you anticipated, but that’s a valid reason you consider it surprising. What I’m trying to get at are which movies did you go into thinking… --- ## [Concert Renditions of Songs with Featured Guests](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concert-renditions-of-songs-with-featured-guests/806285)
**Author:** [@Dancer\_Flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dancer_Flight)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2018, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concert-renditions-of-songs-with-featured-guests/806285 "2018-01-11T04:05:52Z")
I’ve noticed a trend in a lot of modern music for radio singles by various artists having guest vocalists for portions of the song. The featured contribution might be a verse or a rap interlude or some such. I know tha… --- ## [Any good books on linguistics?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-books-on-linguistics/799972)
**Author:** [@The\_Big\_Poo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Big_Poo)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2018, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-books-on-linguistics/799972 "2018-01-11T02:23:18Z")
This is a bit vague but I’m not sure where to start, just don’t want anything to do with etymology. Cheers --- ## [Black and white movie featuring horned helmets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-and-white-movie-featuring-horned-helmets/806201)
**Author:** [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2018, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-and-white-movie-featuring-horned-helmets/806201 "2018-01-10T21:52:19Z")
I just know someone on the dope can answer this question. I have seen footage of an old black and white movie featuring medieval army fighters in gloriously, absurdly horned helmets. The clips I remember are basically ba… --- ## [Moody Blue's Ray Thomas dies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moody-blues-ray-thomas-dies/806072)
**Author:** [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2018, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moody-blues-ray-thomas-dies/806072 "2018-01-10T18:43:19Z")
Story here. Thomas was one of the founding members and was the group’s flutist and one of the composers and lead singers. Here’s one of his songs: For My Lady --- ## [Rainy day comfort food](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rainy-day-comfort-food/801730)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2018, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rainy-day-comfort-food/801730 "2018-01-10T17:32:54Z")
Winter is upon us here in the soggy PNW. Today was solid rain from start to finish. This means that winter comfort food season is also here. Last week we had ham and scalloped potatoes. Tonight it was meat loaf and baked… --- ## [Nutrition app?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nutrition-app/806328)
**Author:** [@adhemar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhemar)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2018, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nutrition-app/806328 "2018-01-10T17:19:15Z")
Does any one know of an app that you could put in say almond meal and it would tell you the nutritional breakdown with calories, carbs, protein, etc.? --- ## [Beatles Experts: How Many Studio Albums?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beatles-experts-how-many-studio-albums/806156)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2018, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beatles-experts-how-many-studio-albums/806156 "2018-01-10T16:52:31Z")
I always was under the impression the Beatles only had 13 studio albums, and I was sure I had them all. I also have an obscure album (with Tony Sheridan) before they were fab. But, Wikipedia counts 23 studio albums inclu… --- ## [Bright: Will Smith does Shadowrun](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bright-will-smith-does-shadowrun/791797)
**Author:** [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2018, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bright-will-smith-does-shadowrun/791797 "2018-01-10T05:25:15Z")
So looking forward to this. It looks like straight up Shadowrun minus the cyberpunk stuff. --- ## [Guitar Amp Power Cord Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-amp-power-cord-question/806270)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2018, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-amp-power-cord-question/806270 "2018-01-10T03:37:20Z")
All- I have a Blackstar HT-20 tube amp. It, along with my TV, is one of my last valued possessions, and I do love the thing. Yesterday, I had the amp and my guitar in my apartment living room and I tripped over the amp… --- ## [Doper Parents: Discuss Children's TV Programs Here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-parents-discuss-childrens-tv-programs-here/334450)
**Author:** [@Torgo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Torgo)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2018, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-parents-discuss-childrens-tv-programs-here/334450 "2018-01-10T01:18:42Z")
Here’s my two-cents, for toddler shows anyway: The Best: Bear in the Big Blue House Expert Muppetry and top-notch songs. Whoever’s inside the Bear costume makes Big Bird look like a two-left-footed doofus. Max and R… --- ## [The Big Bang Theory, Season Eleven, Episode Twelve (January 4, 2018) -- " The Matrimonial Metric "](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-eleven-episode-twelve-january-4-2018-the-matrimonial-metric/805858)
**Author:** [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2018, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-eleven-episode-twelve-january-4-2018-the-matrimonial-metric/805858 "2018-01-10T00:10:36Z")
I am starting this thread in anticipation of tonight’s episode. --- ## [Another "Recommend me a Podcast" Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-recommend-me-a-podcast-thread/690919)
**Author:** [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2018, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-recommend-me-a-podcast-thread/690919 "2018-01-09T21:01:04Z")
I am bored at work and, honestly, music annoys me and I get bored with it berry quickly. I have two podcasts that I listen to regularly, the “steel cage” podcast (WWE wrestling), Cheap Heat podcast (wrestling again), a… --- ## [Star Trek Discovery Episode 10 (Week of 1/7/18)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-discovery-episode-10-week-of-1-7-18/806101)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2018, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-discovery-episode-10-week-of-1-7-18/806101 "2018-01-09T20:11:10Z")
First Episode back from the break… . . . . . . . . . . . So… some stuff happened didn’t it? The fan theory about the sleeper agent was basically confirmed. The doctor was murdered in a somehow empty sick bay… --- ## [Now go off and grumble. Donnely Rhodes dead at 80](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-go-off-and-grumble-donnely-rhodes-dead-at-80/806199)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2018, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-go-off-and-grumble-donnely-rhodes-dead-at-80/806199 "2018-01-09T18:32:08Z")
Doc Cottle from Battlestar Galactica. On TV since the 1960’s, though. Soap, Mission Impossible, Da Vinci’s Inquest. --- ## [I'm trying Bourbon tonight for the first time. Any advice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-trying-bourbon-tonight-for-the-first-time-any-advice/806005)
**Author:** [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2018, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-trying-bourbon-tonight-for-the-first-time-any-advice/806005 "2018-01-09T16:30:08Z")
I drink lots of wine and used to drink plenty of beer, but I’ve never been a big hard alcohol drinker, other than mixed drinks. But tonight, I’m going to try Bourbon. It seems to be getting very popular. I’ll be at on… --- ## [Learning the violin- beginner resource recommendations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learning-the-violin-beginner-resource-recommendations/806061)
**Author:** [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2018, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learning-the-violin-beginner-resource-recommendations/806061 "2018-01-09T15:03:13Z")
I’ve decided, seeing as I now live by myself with lots of free time in the evenings, to have another attempt at learning to play the violin. My last try was over 20 years ago, as a school kid, but I only took lessons for… --- ## [Criminal Minds S13E9. Anyone else notice this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/criminal-minds-s13e9-anyone-else-notice-this/806239)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2018, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/criminal-minds-s13e9-anyone-else-notice-this/806239 "2018-01-09T14:17:41Z")
We were out of the country for almost a month and have been catching up on all the shows we recorded. Criminal Minds S13E9, whenever they were in the interview room there was some kind of dust motes floating around. At… --- ## [Names of fictional Apollo CM/LMs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-of-fictional-apollo-cm-lms/806026)
**Author:** [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2018, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-of-fictional-apollo-cm-lms/806026 "2018-01-09T01:15:59Z")
No, not a Moon Landing Hoax Conspiracy thread—I’m just compiling a list of the names of fictional Apollo Command Modules and Lunar Modules, from various novels, movies, etc., and I could use a little help filling any gap… --- ## [Times where studio interference was correct for a movie? \](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/times-where-studio-interference-was-correct-for-a-movie-the-director-isnt-always-right/805890)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2018, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/times-where-studio-interference-was-correct-for-a-movie-the-director-isnt-always-right/805890 "2018-01-08T23:23:16Z")
Not only for times when Director’s Cuts are the inferior version, but in general when a movie studio goes behind a director/producers backs and alters the movie due to test screenings and you actually think they were rig… --- ## [Collard greens](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/collard-greens/803413)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2018, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/collard-greens/803413 "2018-01-08T23:13:43Z")
This is how I make collard greens: Simmer a ham hock until the meat is falling off. Remove it from the pot, shred the meat, and return the meat to the pot. Put chopped collard greens into the pot and simmer until they’… --- ## [ID yet another sci-fi short story](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-yet-another-sci-fi-short-story/806131)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2018, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-yet-another-sci-fi-short-story/806131 "2018-01-08T22:27:09Z")
When I was a teenager in the '90s, my father supplied me with a lot of pulp sci-fi digests he’d been holding onto for decades. These were mags from the '60s and '70s mostly, primarily old copies of The Magazine of Fantas… --- ## [Radio Station Selections and Playlists](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/radio-station-selections-and-playlists/805519)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2018, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/radio-station-selections-and-playlists/805519 "2018-01-08T20:56:59Z")
Does a DJ get to decide what songs to play? If not, who decides this and how? And, does the station manager dictate the playlist for a radio station? (If not, who?) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=657) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=659)