# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=69 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 70 --- ## [UK Dopers: Is Abergavenny a popular tourist area (as in the 1969 song)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-dopers-is-abergavenny-a-popular-tourist-area-as-in-the-1969-song/1020647)
**Author:** [@rippingtons\_fan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rippingtons_fan)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2025, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-dopers-is-abergavenny-a-popular-tourist-area-as-in-the-1969-song/1020647 "2025-07-09T13:56:41Z")
I’ve always liked the 1969 song ABERGAVENNY by Marty Wilde, and I was wondering, is Abergavenny, Wales a popular place to go, as in the song? --- ## [Arcane: League of Legends (animated series)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arcane-league-of-legends-animated-series/954737)
**Author:** [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2025, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arcane-league-of-legends-animated-series/954737 "2025-07-08T20:39:36Z")
I finished watching the Netflix animated series Arcane, based on the game League of Legends (and its spinoffs). Netflix had been heavily suggesting it to me, probably based on the fact that I recently watched (and liked… --- ## [Science Fiction Short Story - Can't Remember the Name](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/science-fiction-short-story-cant-remember-the-name/416914)
**Author:** [@Darth\_Sensitive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Sensitive)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2025, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/science-fiction-short-story-cant-remember-the-name/416914 "2025-07-08T19:51:08Z")
I remember reading a sci fi story, maybe in a collection of Alternate History shorts that I really enjoyed, but for the life of me cannot remember. It featured a team of scientists that had developed a way to open a win… --- ## [Not allowed to ever watch any new shows/movies beyond TODAY'S DATE: Would you be fine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-allowed-to-ever-watch-any-new-shows-movies-beyond-todays-date-would-you-be-fine/1020011)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2025, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-allowed-to-ever-watch-any-new-shows-movies-beyond-todays-date-would-you-be-fine/1020011 "2025-07-08T17:52:37Z")
Let’s say a decree came down saying that you (you, personally as a test or law or punishment or rule or… SOME kind of magical reason) are not allowed to EVER watch any movie or tv show beyond THIS POINT, today’s date of … --- ## [Phantom Menace - Anakin and the Jedi Council?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phantom-menace-anakin-and-the-jedi-council/1020555)
**Author:** [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2025, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phantom-menace-anakin-and-the-jedi-council/1020555 "2025-07-08T03:18:15Z")
I could be wrong, but: I figure there’s a canon answer, and — the Dope being what it is — I figure someone here knows what it is. So li’l Anakin gets flatly told that he has Jedi reflexes due to his prowess as a pod rac… --- ## [Getting your Dinosaur "Fix"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-your-dinosaur-fix/1020299)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2025, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-your-dinosaur-fix/1020299 "2025-07-07T23:05:13Z")
When I was a kid I loved dinosaurs, and for the longest time wanted to be a paleontologist. There were lots of places where I learned about dinosaurs, starting with a kid’s book called From Then to Now and followed by T… --- ## [What's your opinion, Star Wars fans?\`](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-opinion-star-wars-fans/1020547)
**Author:** [@f.coli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/f.coli)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2025, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-opinion-star-wars-fans/1020547 "2025-07-07T22:39:41Z")
When my sons were young, the original three were the only Star Wars movies available, and we watched them together on our VHS player. But now, my grandchildren are approaching the age when they can appreciate the movies… --- ## [Do Japanese people make sushi at home? Or is it more of a specialty thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-japanese-people-make-sushi-at-home-or-is-it-more-of-a-specialty-thing/1019402)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2025, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-japanese-people-make-sushi-at-home-or-is-it-more-of-a-specialty-thing/1019402 "2025-07-07T22:30:30Z")
I started using my at home sushi making kit today, and while the result was delicious, it was catastrophically unlike a professionally made sushi roll. I imagine that with time I’ll get better at it. But I don’t expect t… --- ## [Where can I get a 1966 Japanese 'Magazine for Men'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-a-1966-japanese-magazine-for-men/1020260)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2025, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-a-1966-japanese-magazine-for-men/1020260 "2025-07-07T22:04:58Z")
This is a long-shot, but does anyone know where I can get this 1966 Japanese men’s magazine? (@TokyoBayer , maybe?) WHY do I want this magazine? Because my dad i… --- ## [Favorite Seinfeld lines/scenes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-seinfeld-lines-scenes/510638)
**Author:** [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Replies:** 265\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2025, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-seinfeld-lines-scenes/510638 "2025-07-07T16:10:09Z")
For some reason, I never get sick of watching this show, though I’ve probably seen every episode about a million times. There are still things I notice to laugh at - throwaway lines, mostly - that I missed the first hun… --- ## [A Song I Totally Didn't Make Up (Little Dead Surfer Girl)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-song-i-totally-didnt-make-up-little-dead-surfer-girl/1020579)
**Author:** [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2025, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-song-i-totally-didnt-make-up-little-dead-surfer-girl/1020579 "2025-07-07T12:03:07Z")
Mods, feel feel to move this to Cafe or summat if needed. When I was younger, so much younger than today, in the mid-late-1980s, I listened to “The Half-Hour Comedy Hour” on a station out of Rhode Island; it came on bef… --- ## [The Grateful Dead's Wall of Sound (second largest) question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-grateful-deads-wall-of-sound-second-largest-question/980741)
**Author:** [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2025, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-grateful-deads-wall-of-sound-second-largest-question/980741 "2025-07-07T05:25:03Z")
From the article (image 38)… “Three stories high and a hundred feet wide the Wall of Sound might rate as the second largest non-permanent sound system ever built! The entire system weighed an incredible 75 tons and us… --- ## [Question about Looper (open spoilers in OP)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-looper-open-spoilers-in-op/1020583)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2025, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-looper-open-spoilers-in-op/1020583 "2025-07-07T03:23:10Z")
Just saw this for the umpteenth time (one of my favorite movies) but just realized it has a massive unexplained plot point, if not an actual plot hole, for the first time. Who calls Old Joe to tell him about the details… --- ## [Should restaurants get rid of the kids' menu?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-restaurants-get-rid-of-the-kids-menu/1020279)
**Author:** [@MW\_Degen\_Gamblr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MW_Degen_Gamblr)\ **Replies:** 146\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2025, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-restaurants-get-rid-of-the-kids-menu/1020279 "2025-07-06T17:19:39Z")
Well, not literally kids’ menus. Meals served in smaller portions to children is fine. I’m talking about extremely bland food that is geared towards American children. I think it’s crazy when I go to a fancy, trendy, or… --- ## [Sriracha, Tajin or good ol' Tabasco?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sriracha-tajin-or-good-ol-tabasco/1020314)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2025, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sriracha-tajin-or-good-ol-tabasco/1020314 "2025-07-06T17:02:07Z")
Do you keep all or an even bigger variety? Why? Louisiana hot sauce is my favorite with catfish meals. But I like Takis on tacos. (Or Taco bell packets-hot) I can’t do the new thing of Takis on sweet things. Too too … --- ## [NY Times Readers' 100 Top Movies of the 21st Century](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-times-readers-100-top-movies-of-the-21st-century/1020441)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2025, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-times-readers-100-top-movies-of-the-21st-century/1020441 "2025-07-06T07:05:40Z")
What isn’t on here that should be? What is on here that should NOT be? What is way too high, way too low, or just right? Here is the list. Thoughts? --- ## [The Twilight Zone Marathon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-twilight-zone-marathon/1020486)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2025, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-twilight-zone-marathon/1020486 "2025-07-06T02:06:47Z")
Since the last The Twilight Zone Marathon thread was in 2019, I thought I’d just open a new one. It’s Fourth of July 2025, and I just can’t watch the news today. So I’ll return to my tradition of watching the annual TZ… --- ## [Can you ID the actress in the Steppin' Out video?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-id-the-actress-in-the-steppin-out-video/762185)
**Author:** [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Replies:** 186\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2025, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-id-the-actress-in-the-steppin-out-video/762185 "2025-07-05T22:01:11Z")
My Google-Fu is weak on this one. In the video for Joe Jackson’s Steppin’ Out, who is the actress that plays the maid who is fantasizing about the night on the town? She has always looked familiar, but I cannot put a n… --- ## [Things you've rewatched after years and have held up, things that have not](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youve-rewatched-after-years-and-have-held-up-things-that-have-not/1001064)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 442\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2025, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youve-rewatched-after-years-and-have-held-up-things-that-have-not/1001064 "2025-07-05T21:51:01Z")
So I’ve recently had opposing experiences having rewatched a film or TV show I used to love, having not seen it in decades: Abyss. The James Cameron underwater sci-fi. Just seen for the first time in decades (caveat:… --- ## [RIP Julian McMahon July 27, 1968-July 2, 2025](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-julian-mcmahon-july-27-1968-july-2-2025/1020516)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2025, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-julian-mcmahon-july-27-1968-july-2-2025/1020516 "2025-07-05T21:12:56Z")
I never watched Charmed or Nip/Tuck but he was good in the mediocre FF movies. --- ## [I'm missing something about AI training](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-missing-something-about-ai-training/1014781)
**Author:** [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Replies:** 330\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2025, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-missing-something-about-ai-training/1014781 "2025-07-05T17:57:43Z")
Okay, I would like someone to show me the “important” distinctions between AI learning by analyzing existing music, and a human who listens to the same music and gets inspired to sound like their heroes. Surely it can’… --- ## [On HBO/Max My Mom Jayne by Mariska Hargitay](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-hbo-max-my-mom-jayne-by-mariska-hargitay/1020272)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2025, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-hbo-max-my-mom-jayne-by-mariska-hargitay/1020272 "2025-07-05T15:52:33Z")
Released June 27 Mariska Hargitay was only three when her mother Jayne Mansfield died in a car wreck. She has no personal memories of her mother. But the public persona was everywhere when Mariska Hargitay grew up. It’… --- ## [I'm watching Xena Warrior Princess for the first time.This show is supposed to be funny right?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-watching-xena-warrior-princess-for-the-first-time-this-show-is-supposed-to-be-funny-right/1020518)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2025, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-watching-xena-warrior-princess-for-the-first-time-this-show-is-supposed-to-be-funny-right/1020518 "2025-07-05T08:52:41Z")
I don’t know why I never watched this show when it was on. I love the genre. But I decided to give this show a try today. I had no idea how funny it was. But I can’t tell if the humor is intended or is it just me? Anyw… --- ## [Canned Jam or frozen? Looking for opinions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canned-jam-or-frozen-looking-for-opinions/1020462)
**Author:** [@kaiwik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaiwik)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2025, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canned-jam-or-frozen-looking-for-opinions/1020462 "2025-07-05T01:52:13Z")
anned Jam or fe --- ## [Frank Lloyd Wright Sesquicentennial](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frank-lloyd-wright-sesquicentennial/788434)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2025, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frank-lloyd-wright-sesquicentennial/788434 "2025-07-05T01:07:35Z")
The visionary American architect was born 150 years ago today. http://flwright.org/aboutus/wright150 Please post a picture of a favorite Wright work - repeats of a particular structure are fine, but try to show a di… --- ## [I liked older Star Trek for these reasons. Will I like newer Trek?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-liked-older-star-trek-for-these-reasons-will-i-like-newer-trek/998592)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2025, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-liked-older-star-trek-for-these-reasons-will-i-like-newer-trek/998592 "2025-07-04T22:20:44Z")
For those of you who have watched the newer Star Trek shows and movies, meaning everything since Enterprise, help predict if I am likely to enjoy the new stuff. Here are some of the reasons I enjoyed the older Trek. The… --- ## [How are movies delivered to movie theaters in the digital age?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-movies-delivered-to-movie-theaters-in-the-digital-age/1020417)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2025, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-movies-delivered-to-movie-theaters-in-the-digital-age/1020417 "2025-07-04T14:34:19Z")
That’s really the question. Do theaters download the movie from a website? Are the movies delivered on some sort of physical device, like a flash drive? Since the movie is simply a computer file, how do studios preven… --- ## [Stupid Star Wars question - are the "humans" homo sapiens?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-star-wars-question-are-the-humans-homo-sapiens/1019592)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2025, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-star-wars-question-are-the-humans-homo-sapiens/1019592 "2025-07-04T11:43:49Z")
We are currently watching Andor, and for whatever reason it struck me, if this all takes place a long time ago in a galaxy far far away, how did the humans get there? Most SF I’ve encountered takes place in “the future.… --- ## [Lovelorn guys on the phone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lovelorn-guys-on-the-phone/1020307)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2025, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lovelorn-guys-on-the-phone/1020307 "2025-07-04T09:41:34Z")
I wake up with what I call WTF song lyrics stuck in my head for no reason. They are almost always oldies and come out of nowhere. Sometimes they are songs I forgot I even knew. Yesterday’s morning’s lyrics: I’ve overcom… --- ## [Oysters: Are you meant to chew them or swallow them without chewing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oysters-are-you-meant-to-chew-them-or-swallow-them-without-chewing/1020268)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2025, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oysters-are-you-meant-to-chew-them-or-swallow-them-without-chewing/1020268 "2025-07-03T19:54:01Z")
Title kinda says it all. I have heard various opinions on this. Usually give 1-2 chews (ideally) then swallow the whole thing. 1-2 chews seems to barely be worth it but (I guess) it enhances some flavor or something? … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=68) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=70)