# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=709 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 710 --- ## [The Beatles were overrated](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beatles-were-overrated/793022)
**Author:** [@Squallous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squallous)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2017, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beatles-were-overrated/793022 "2017-08-09T20:29:21Z")
John Lennon especially. Pompous wanker. --- ## [Best things to do with a lot of honey.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-things-to-do-with-a-lot-of-honey/793167)
**Author:** [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2017, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-things-to-do-with-a-lot-of-honey/793167 "2017-08-09T19:15:37Z")
I’ve just taken the first crop of honey off my bee hive. It’s not a massive amount by beekeeping standards- somewhere around 15lb- but that is quite a lot of honey for one person to use. I’m going to give some away to fr… --- ## [The Boss Baby:What a weird movie (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boss-baby-what-a-weird-movie-open-spoilers/793031)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2017, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boss-baby-what-a-weird-movie-open-spoilers/793031 "2017-08-09T18:51:41Z")
The first and last 15 minutes of The Boss Baby were wonderful. But, the main plot about babies versus puppies, huh? It didn’t really make a whole lot of sense. A master villain develops a permanently lovable puppy? Most … --- ## [Recommend me some good/great MANGA (NOT anime).](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-good-great-manga-not-anime/792833)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2017, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-good-great-manga-not-anime/792833 "2017-08-09T18:04:01Z")
I don’t like anime at all…and I only barely like manga… …however, there have been some that have drawn me in due to pretty fantastic story telling and story lines and plots/characters. So if you know of any good mangas… --- ## [Banh bot loc](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banh-bot-loc/793015)
**Author:** [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2017, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banh-bot-loc/793015 "2017-08-09T16:18:50Z")
Or maybe it’s banh bot lot. I see spelled it both ways on the 'net. It’s a Vietnamese steamed dumpling, but in my mind it’d be more fair to say it’s a Vietnamese tamale. I was yelping a Vietnamese duck restaurant that… --- ## [Rocketeer finishes a small model project](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-finishes-a-small-model-project/792931)
**Author:** [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2017, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-finishes-a-small-model-project/792931 "2017-08-09T14:38:29Z")
A couple years ago I bought one of Starlighting Projects’ “She Belong Dead” kits, and just recently I got it out and got serious about it. It’s a very simple kit: A skull with an electrode-equipped skullcap, mounted on a… --- ## [Some questions for debate about Dunkirk (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-questions-for-debate-about-dunkirk-open-spoilers/792025)
**Author:** [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2017, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-questions-for-debate-about-dunkirk-open-spoilers/792025 "2017-08-09T14:26:48Z")
Some interesting debating points have arisen around Dunkirk and I thought it might be interesting to air them here and see what the Dope’s views are. If you haven’t seen it, look away now! In another thread on the fi… --- ## [Question on sous vide and freezing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-sous-vide-and-freezing/792266)
**Author:** [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2017, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-sous-vide-and-freezing/792266 "2017-08-09T14:20:48Z")
I have a pork shoulder roast that I’m currently cooking via sous vide and it’s going to be done around 5 pm today. I was planning on roasting it low and slow in the oven for a couple of hours to get a bark on it and hav… --- ## [Walking Sticks - any Fans? Post your Favorites](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walking-sticks-any-fans-post-your-favorites/792788)
**Author:** [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2017, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walking-sticks-any-fans-post-your-favorites/792788 "2017-08-09T14:03:21Z")
I love decorative walking sticks. Anyone else interested in these? A while ago, I carved one of my own. The stick itself is made from a maple sapling (the roots uppermost); the spines are carved out of cast-off deer ant… --- ## [Making chocolate fondue](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-chocolate-fondue/793169)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2017, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-chocolate-fondue/793169 "2017-08-09T12:02:03Z")
Aside from the traditional Toblerone triangles, are there other good chocolates for fondues? How do you prefer to make the chocolate fondue itself? What do you like to dip into it? --- ## [Resistance to buying this is futile.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resistance-to-buying-this-is-futile/793005)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2017, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resistance-to-buying-this-is-futile/793005 "2017-08-08T20:53:36Z")
The Borg Cube PC. I have to admit this looks pretty awesome and seems reasonably priced. --- ## [Can someone explain to me the outrage over Steve Harvey's memo to his show's employees?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-to-me-the-outrage-over-steve-harveys-memo-to-his-shows-employees/792801)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2017, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-to-me-the-outrage-over-steve-harveys-memo-to-his-shows-employees/792801 "2017-08-08T19:06:37Z")
I had not heard about the Steve Harvey memo until today, when it was brought up at TCA press tour. After reading up on it, I don’t understand what he has to apologize for. I think the policy he declared there is entire… --- ## [Independence Day: Resurgence; did I find a goof?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/independence-day-resurgence-did-i-find-a-goof/793038)
**Author:** [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2017, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/independence-day-resurgence-did-i-find-a-goof/793038 "2017-08-08T15:04:56Z")
Spoilers, in case anyone cares: When Hiller’s mom (formerly exotic dancer, now doctor) gets killed, Hiller is yelling out “NOO! MOOOM!!! LAURA!!!” When did she become “Laura”? Her name was Jasmine. There’s not even a c… --- ## [MOSH Pit at a Rock Concert?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mosh-pit-at-a-rock-concert/793020)
**Author:** [@Hectorik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hectorik)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2017, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mosh-pit-at-a-rock-concert/793020 "2017-08-08T14:04:07Z")
I’d never heard of such a thing until yesterday! How to MOSH in a PIT My ol’ buddy called and told me about his experience at a “mosh pit” at a popular rock concert in Nashville. It’s apparently kind’a rough on a rout… --- ## [Perfect casting that could have happened and...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect-casting-that-could-have-happened-and/790890)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2017, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect-casting-that-could-have-happened-and/790890 "2017-08-08T13:36:14Z")
…should have happened, but never did: A young Harry Connick Jr. as young, skinny Frank Sinatra. Yaphet Kotto in “The Running Man”…a FAITHFUL adaptation of Running Man as Dan Killian, not as the guy he played in the Ahn… --- ## [Sharknado 5 \[Spoilers\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharknado-5-spoilers/792968)
**Author:** [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2017, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharknado-5-spoilers/792968 "2017-08-08T00:50:02Z")
I can’t be the only one watching all these weird ass shark movies on Syfy this week in leading up to Sharknado 5 tonight. Also I have done nothing all day but watch the Sharknado movies today. I saw the first one when i… --- ## [Fantasy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantasy/792996)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2017, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantasy/792996 "2017-08-07T23:14:10Z")
For some reason I am unable to enjoy a fantasy book or movie. Stretching facts doesn’t bother me at all but once magic enters the equation I immediately loose interest. The funny part is that I do tend to have my own lit… --- ## [Star Trek: TOS and Next Gen clips with A-Team Intro Narration and Music](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tos-and-next-gen-clips-with-a-team-intro-narration-and-music/793026)
**Author:** [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2017, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tos-and-next-gen-clips-with-a-team-intro-narration-and-music/793026 "2017-08-07T22:59:30Z")
I think the original series works better with this, but they’re both fun! Links: Original Star Trek as The A-Team - YouTube Next Gen A-Team: The Next Generation - YouTube --- ## [Incredible Dr Pol, whats with all the irresponsible owners?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredible-dr-pol-whats-with-all-the-irresponsible-owners/792635)
**Author:** [@Brodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brodi)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2017, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incredible-dr-pol-whats-with-all-the-irresponsible-owners/792635 "2017-08-07T22:48:37Z")
I’ve watched this show since it started back in 2011 and I’ve noticed that a lot of the cat/dog owners are borderline neglectful. People not noticing gaping wounds on their dog’s side until its infected, dogs/cats allow… --- ## [Boiling chicken: How do you keep the meat from drying out?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boiling-chicken-how-do-you-keep-the-meat-from-drying-out/792941)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2017, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boiling-chicken-how-do-you-keep-the-meat-from-drying-out/792941 "2017-08-07T17:55:53Z")
I know it seems counter-intuitive that meat in water would dry out but of course it does. I was making a recipe recently and the chicken breast (boneless skinless) was to be cooked by sitting in the sauce for a bit. I … --- ## [Will Amy answer YES or NO?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-amy-answer-yes-or-no/792691)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2017, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-amy-answer-yes-or-no/792691 "2017-08-07T16:49:19Z")
Well? --- ## [Angelyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angelyne/792657)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2017, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angelyne/792657 "2017-08-07T14:47:45Z")
The Mystery of L.A. Billboard Diva Angelyne’s Real Identity Is Finally Solved If you’re from L.A., or lived there even a short amount of time, especially in the '80s and '90s, you’re probably familiar with the famous-fo… --- ## [Guardians' Inferno](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guardians-inferno/792972)
**Author:** [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2017, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guardians-inferno/792972 "2017-08-07T08:18:06Z")
If you sat through the end credits of Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2 (and who didn’t?), you’ll remember that kick-ass disco version of the Guardians theme. Marvel has just released a kick-ass music video, with cameos g… --- ## [Slow cooker advice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slow-cooker-advice/792032)
**Author:** [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2017, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slow-cooker-advice/792032 "2017-08-07T05:18:55Z")
Recently I invested in a slow cooker. I’m a keen and adventurous cook, but was interested in a way to make dishes ahead of time in a slow cooker, so that mid week when I get home, dinner is good to go. But my efforts so… --- ## [Cooking with Habaneros](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cooking-with-habaneros/792953)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2017, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cooking-with-habaneros/792953 "2017-08-07T02:58:38Z")
Aside from jelly, how do you use Habanero chiles? --- ## [John Oliver's Last Week Tonight](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-olivers-last-week-tonight/792529)
**Author:** [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2017, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-olivers-last-week-tonight/792529 "2017-08-07T02:06:01Z")
I’ve recently discovered this and have been going through it on YouTube; not having cable, much less HBO I don’t have a choice. On his YouTube channel, at least, the format is one subject, like anti-vaxxers or taxpayer … --- ## [Were the Auto Drop Toasters reliable?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-the-auto-drop-toasters-reliable/792952)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2017, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-the-auto-drop-toasters-reliable/792952 "2017-08-07T00:03:14Z")
I’ve bought two modern toasters in the past five years. Each broke within three years. The last one was an expensive Krups and the bread doesn’t want to lower. I’m quite frustrated. My parents bought a toaster when they … --- ## [Game of Thrones 7.03 "The Queen's Justice" 7/30/17](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-7-03-the-queens-justice-7-30-17/792453)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 321\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2017, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-7-03-the-queens-justice-7-30-17/792453 "2017-08-06T22:56:26Z")
7.01 “Dragonstone” 7.02 Stormborn This is the discussion thread for the show on its own. The books do not exist in this thread. Open discussion for the books/show here. --- ## [Corner Gas question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corner-gas-question/507397)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2017, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corner-gas-question/507397 "2017-08-06T22:30:15Z")
For the life of me, I can’t remember the name of the episode where Brent gets a new black shirt and turns into “Bad Brent.” --- ## [Why the recent boom in vodka distilleries in Austin?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-recent-boom-in-vodka-distilleries-in-austin/792518)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2017, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-recent-boom-in-vodka-distilleries-in-austin/792518 "2017-08-06T21:58:30Z")
A year or so ago Tito’s vodka seemed to explode in popularity in Chicago bars, from the local dive bars up to the professional happy hour spots. Now, there’s a new Austin, TX vodka called Deep Eddy. I’ve tried both and … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=708) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=710)