# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=667 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 668 --- ## [Favorite Star Trek Books?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-star-trek-books/559798)
**Author:** [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2017, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-star-trek-books/559798 "2017-12-14T20:17:40Z")
Many years ago I purchased a bunch of ST books at a yard sale for ten cents each. This set contained almost all of the ST:TNG books that were available at that time as well as a smattering of the other books. I’m not sur… --- ## [I wish Netflix had traditional movie trailers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-netflix-had-traditional-movie-trailers/804510)
**Author:** [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2017, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-netflix-had-traditional-movie-trailers/804510 "2017-12-14T17:08:16Z")
I have both Netflix and Amazon Prime. While they both have a vast array of movies, I find it much easier to find stuff to watch on Amazon due to the fact that they have the trailers and have IMDB ratings. Netflix has s… --- ## [Artistic expressions can't be compelled?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artistic-expressions-cant-be-compelled/804186)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2017, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artistic-expressions-cant-be-compelled/804186 "2017-12-14T16:45:44Z")
I was reading one of the threads on the gay cake, and it seems an argument put forth by the baker is that he is an artist, and artistic expression cannot be compelled. It seems to me that artistic expression is compelle… --- ## [Beer rating #1000!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-rating-1000/804211)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2017, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-rating-1000/804211 "2017-12-14T15:38:23Z")
Just posted my 1000 rating on RateBeer.com. That sounds like a lot but there folks on there with tens of thousands!:eek::cool: Many of my ratings are just so much fluff. But what it’s good for is a diary of beer I’ve al… --- ## [If MCU gets X-Men and Fantastic Four....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-mcu-gets-x-men-and-fantastic-four/803765)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2017, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-mcu-gets-x-men-and-fantastic-four/803765 "2017-12-14T13:41:55Z")
Hasn’t the ship sort of sailed on any kind of X-Men vs. Avengers movie? Hugh Jackman is done with Wolverine and I would think Thor, Iron Man and Caps actors are reaching the end of the road as far as wanting to go on. W… --- ## [Going to a retreat in the middle of the woods...what books should I bring?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-a-retreat-in-the-middle-of-the-woods-what-books-should-i-bring/804402)
**Author:** [@Oedipus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oedipus)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2017, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-a-retreat-in-the-middle-of-the-woods-what-books-should-i-bring/804402 "2017-12-14T04:51:28Z")
Hi all - the day my law school finals end I’m going to a nice little spot in the Georgia Appalachian mountains that’s out in the middle of the woods on the Appalachian Trail for about 3-4 days. I have a number of a books… --- ## [Recent NPR story about Cornell student](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-npr-story-about-cornell-student/804474)
**Author:** [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2017, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-npr-story-about-cornell-student/804474 "2017-12-14T04:37:40Z")
I can’t find a recent episode of an NPR show about a Cornell student from San Diego and his difficulties paying tuition. Probably last weekend. Can anyone point me to the show? --- ## [Bon Jovi Nominated for Rock Hall- Discuss.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bon-jovi-nominated-for-rock-hall-discuss/555693)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2017, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bon-jovi-nominated-for-rock-hall-discuss/555693 "2017-12-14T03:49:38Z")
As a corollary to the “main” Rock and Roll Hall of Fame thread, I wanted to discuss my favorite band. Now, I will never advance Bon Jovi as the band that saved the world. I won’t ever claim that they revolutionized mus… --- ## [Amazing dipper and dip combos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-dipper-and-dip-combos/804307)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2017, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-dipper-and-dip-combos/804307 "2017-12-14T02:25:16Z")
I’m not talking about dipping Ruffles into French onion dip. Or tortillas into salsa. I’m talking about not-so-ordinary combinations with extraordinary results on your taste buds. Feel free to go beyond salty snacks into… --- ## [Classical Music ID](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-music-id/590185)
**Author:** [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2017, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-music-id/590185 "2017-12-13T23:16:19Z")
I have it stuck in my head, but I can’t remember what it’s from. It sounds like the end of a big Russian orchestral piece. It’s a bit like the end of The Great Gate of Kiev, but it’s NOT the same theme. It consists of… --- ## [LCD Soundsystem is coming back](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lcd-soundsystem-is-coming-back/742528)
**Author:** [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2017, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lcd-soundsystem-is-coming-back/742528 "2017-12-13T20:31:10Z")
James Murphy announced this week that LCD Soundsystem will be returning after supposedly playing their final show in 2011. They’ll record a new album, play Coachella in April, and announce more tour dates soon. I’m psych… --- ## [New radio station in Chicago (Throwback Jams 104.3)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-radio-station-in-chicago-throwback-jams-104-3/804430)
**Author:** [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2017, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-radio-station-in-chicago-throwback-jams-104-3/804430 "2017-12-13T20:12:53Z")
A few weeks ago, one of Chicago’s radio stations changed its format from “classic hits” to Throwback Jams. It plays a lot of '90s and '00s rap and R&B songs that had been completely forgotten by Chicago radio stations. … --- ## [Can anyone identify this 80s sitcom about two female roommates?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-identify-this-80s-sitcom-about-two-female-roommates/804172)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2017, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-identify-this-80s-sitcom-about-two-female-roommates/804172 "2017-12-13T18:55:34Z")
I believe that the show that I would like help identifying was a summer fill in. I also think that it might have aired for two short seasons. I was quite young when it was on so I will guess that it was on some time betw… --- ## [Actors pretending to speak in their real accent (spoilers possible)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-pretending-to-speak-in-their-real-accent-spoilers-possible/803179)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2017, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-pretending-to-speak-in-their-real-accent-spoilers-possible/803179 "2017-12-13T17:18:55Z")
A fairly recent episode of Blindspot made me think of it. How many examples are there of an actor using an accent other than their own for a role and then as the character pretending to speak in the actors real accent? E… --- ## [We wish you a Merry Xmas & Figgy Pudding??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-wish-you-a-merry-xmas-figgy-pudding/803993)
**Author:** [@GMANCANADA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GMANCANADA)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2017, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-wish-you-a-merry-xmas-figgy-pudding/803993 "2017-12-13T17:13:06Z")
We were at a British friend’s house recently singing some Christmas carols, during “We Wish You a Merry Christmas” they and their children starting singing something about “Bring us some figgy pudding”. WTF?? I’d never h… --- ## [I just watched Animal House and I didn't like it.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-watched-animal-house-and-i-didnt-like-it/803733)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 159\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2017, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-watched-animal-house-and-i-didnt-like-it/803733 "2017-12-13T16:56:42Z")
During the HBO and Cinemax free weekend, I recorded quite a few movies on my TiVo. One of them was Animal House, I’ve never seen the whole movie watching straight through, although I know it’s been on in the background a… --- ## [New Harry Potter Chapter Written By Computer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-harry-potter-chapter-written-by-computer/804375)
**Author:** [@ricksummon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricksummon)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2017, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-harry-potter-chapter-written-by-computer/804375 "2017-12-13T14:07:54Z")
A group called Botnik Studios used an algorithm based on the existing Harry Potter novels to generate a chapter of the newest wizarding sensation — Harry Potter and the Portrait of what Looked Like a Large Pile of Ash. … --- ## [IMDb's new bullshit--how do you reorder reviews by chronology, etc.?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdbs-new-bullshit-how-do-you-reorder-reviews-by-chronology-etc/804263)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2017, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdbs-new-bullshit-how-do-you-reorder-reviews-by-chronology-etc/804263 "2017-12-13T13:37:03Z")
This change literally happened yesterday, I think. Trying to google answers to this question is pretty useless when it comes to IMDB–you only get a ton of movie listings in the results… Anyone see the new bullshit they… --- ## [Help me identify this gay fiction](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-gay-fiction/790319)
**Author:** [@TGWATY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TGWATY)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2017, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-gay-fiction/790319 "2017-12-13T13:15:42Z")
This is pretty obscure. But the forum has come through on some long shots for me before, so here goes. Sometime around 1992 or so I picked up a collection of gay-themed writing in a book store and flipped through it. A… --- ## [Guitars: Have I just ruined my fretboards? (oil)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitars-have-i-just-ruined-my-fretboards-oil/803995)
**Author:** [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2017, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitars-have-i-just-ruined-my-fretboards-oil/803995 "2017-12-13T10:47:05Z")
Today I decided to do a bit of guitar maintenance on my 1968 Gibson acoustic guitar and my 2008 Fender Jazz Bass. Found my bottle of guitar polish and bottle of fretboard conditioning oil, and went to work. After I was … --- ## [I don't like the cilantro stems.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-the-cilantro-stems/804050)
**Author:** [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Channing_Idaho_Banks)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2017, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-the-cilantro-stems/804050 "2017-12-13T08:36:37Z")
I am someone who loves cilantro and always have. I do not like the stems to be cut up with the leaves. I will spend 10 minutes separating the stems out instead of just chopping them up. This is kind of irrational becaus… --- ## [Recipe Manager App for Mac](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recipe-manager-app-for-mac/802276)
**Author:** [@xanthous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanthous)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2017, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recipe-manager-app-for-mac/802276 "2017-12-13T03:14:57Z")
Eons ago I purchased The Recipe Manager app at an Apple store and used it for importing/storing/syncing/sharing all of my recipes. For the last year or so I’ve been getting warnings that say “this app needs to be updated… --- ## [Sweet Baby (back ribs)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-baby-back-ribs/801735)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2017, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-baby-back-ribs/801735 "2017-12-13T00:33:37Z")
Can anyone recommend a good commercial rib rub that’s tasty and sweet but not the least bit spicy hot? I ask for my mother-in-law, who can’t handle heat at all . . . normally the ribs I do on the smoker are a hit with a… --- ## [The best Stooge](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-stooge/804260)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2017, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-stooge/804260 "2017-12-12T22:52:35Z")
Inspired by the sight of another thread currently active in Cafe Society, I now want to know who, in your opinion, is the best Stooge. Nitpickers will note that I left a few minor Stooges off the list, but I think I hit… --- ## [What was the last concert you attended?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-concert-you-attended/793723)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 155\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2017, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-concert-you-attended/793723 "2017-12-12T20:22:59Z")
Has it been updated since your reply to this one? Mine hasn’t. I still haven’t been to one yet…but I’d love to hear what your last one (or two or three) was. --- ## [BAD Movie Endings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movie-endings/803062)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2017, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-movie-endings/803062 "2017-12-12T19:13:23Z")
I’m sure this has been discussed before, but after I watched the movie The Dinner this weekend on Netflix I felt compelled to rant about the worst ending EVER of a movie. I’ve seen bad endings before but this was someth… --- ## [Question for Stand-Ins](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-stand-ins/804214)
**Author:** [@bluesue57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bluesue57)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2017, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-stand-ins/804214 "2017-12-12T19:06:09Z")
I have been in a 10 year relationship with the same person. He was out of the theater industry for years and got some extra parts in the Turn series as an extra and is now in the Homeland series as a stand in for 3 of th… --- ## [Now, Mario Batali](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-mario-batali/804196)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2017, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-mario-batali/804196 "2017-12-12T17:41:35Z")
Surprise to no-one. ETA: Ugh… Mario --- ## [Redhead in I Love LA](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redhead-in-i-love-la/804257)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2017, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redhead-in-i-love-la/804257 "2017-12-12T17:19:12Z")
Randy Newmans ode to Los Angeles: who plays the “big nasty redhead”? She looks linda familiar. --- ## [Frosty Returns= Family Guy & Peanuts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frosty-returns-family-guy-peanuts/804204)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2017, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frosty-returns-family-guy-peanuts/804204 "2017-12-12T16:35:09Z")
Watched the quite awful Frosty Returns with my Grandson this past weekend. Fist thing that struck me was that the children were very similar in mannerisms and voices to those in the Peanuts movies and TV shows. That was… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=666) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=668)