# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=756 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 757 --- ## [Is it possible to have a national anthem that isnt militaristic?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-a-national-anthem-that-isnt-militaristic/783157)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2017, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-a-national-anthem-that-isnt-militaristic/783157 "2017-03-29T13:08:37Z")
Is it? I’m thinking “The Star Spangled Banner” or “Le Marseillaise” or “God Save the Queen”. Even “Oh Canada” says “O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.” --- ## [The Great Webcomic Crash of 2015](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-webcomic-crash-of-2015/710166)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2017, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-webcomic-crash-of-2015/710166 "2017-03-29T07:26:17Z")
What is going on? Five of my favorite webcomics have announced they are ending in 2015: Eerie Cuties, Girls with Slingshots, Magick Chicks, Multiplex, and Shortpacked. This is about a third of the webcomics I read on a r… --- ## [What can you make with cube steak that isn't chicken fried steak?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-make-with-cube-steak-that-isnt-chicken-fried-steak/783161)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2017, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-make-with-cube-steak-that-isnt-chicken-fried-steak/783161 "2017-03-29T05:25:08Z")
I saw a family sized package of cube steak and was tempted to buy it but couldn’t think of another thing to make with it besides chicken fried steak. Any good recipes for the next time I see this bargain at the butchers? … --- ## [Steampunk'd (reality competition show)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steampunkd-reality-competition-show/783240)
**Author:** [@xnylder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xnylder)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2017, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steampunkd-reality-competition-show/783240 "2017-03-29T02:02:26Z")
So, did anybody watch this series, either initially or on Netflix? As pleased as I was to see maker culture celebrated on TV, this show was seriously flawed. A few things I noticed: Having two teams complete every we… --- ## [Sauce/salsa inside the burrito](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sauce-salsa-inside-the-burrito/783230)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2017, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sauce-salsa-inside-the-burrito/783230 "2017-03-29T00:50:22Z")
There’s a local burrito place (Burrito Bros, formerly Pedro and Vinny’s) which is fantastic, and they put the sauce directly inside the burrito before they roll it up. It’s very tasty and I highly recommend the place. A… --- ## [Published writers, would you change anything (in hindsight) about what you published?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/published-writers-would-you-change-anything-in-hindsight-about-what-you-published/783255)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2017, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/published-writers-would-you-change-anything-in-hindsight-about-what-you-published/783255 "2017-03-29T00:30:50Z")
AIUI, it’s fairly common for writers to have the after-the-fact regrets several years after publishing something - minor issues perhaps being choice of wording or phrasing, while major issues may be entire plot or charac… --- ## [Future Earth, Space shuttle, series ID](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/future-earth-space-shuttle-series-id/783191)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2017, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/future-earth-space-shuttle-series-id/783191 "2017-03-28T22:48:10Z")
I’m trying to remember a TV series that I think was shown in the late-'70s. Could’ve been early-'80s, but I think it was '70s. Some astronauts are on a space ship, which was nothing more than the Space Shuttle with dif… --- ## [Freaked out by Piers Anthony](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freaked-out-by-piers-anthony/35900)
**Author:** [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2017, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freaked-out-by-piers-anthony/35900 "2017-03-28T22:40:18Z")
Has anyone else noticed a trend in his later books, where he seems to be focusing on the ‘sexual coming out’ of his teen characters, then when they’ve ‘matured’, he moves on to younger characters again, and restarts the… --- ## [help looking for a place that still sells paste.......](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-looking-for-a-place-that-still-sells-paste/783175)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2017, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-looking-for-a-place-that-still-sells-paste/783175 "2017-03-28T20:05:43Z")
Ok my aunt is refurbishing an easter egg lamp she made the outside is colored tissue paper that’s rolled around a pencil and pasted on the bottom end and attached to the paper machie egg piece by little piece … The pr… --- ## [How realistic are battle scenes shown in movies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-realistic-are-battle-scenes-shown-in-movies/783031)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2017, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-realistic-are-battle-scenes-shown-in-movies/783031 "2017-03-28T19:23:48Z")
My son and I watched Hacksaw Ridge last night. Good flick. The battle scenes were complete chaos, with thousands of bullets whizzing around every second and people getting shot left and right. The battle scenes in We We… --- ## [mellow electric guitar instrumental](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mellow-electric-guitar-instrumental/783163)
**Author:** [@robz2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robz2)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2017, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mellow-electric-guitar-instrumental/783163 "2017-03-28T18:46:45Z")
Anyone want to take a try at Identifying the song / musician at three minutes into this youtube video? It is a mellow electric guitar instrumental. I kinda like the music. I’d like to get the song or the album. Thank… --- ## [Hated Bands/Artists you like](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hated-bands-artists-you-like/783036)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2017, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hated-bands-artists-you-like/783036 "2017-03-28T17:26:16Z")
Doesn’t even have to be music, really. Some bands and artists are famous for being hated, like Nickelback. But which ones do you like? I like Coldplay, a band that Noel Fielding thinks is totally bland and forgettable.… --- ## [Help me with Cyrano's monologue](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-cyranos-monologue/783194)
**Author:** [@Avery\_Weisman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avery_Weisman)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2017, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-cyranos-monologue/783194 "2017-03-28T16:50:19Z")
I’ll blame my not being a native English speaker but the ooomph to his “Then, as I end the refrain, thrust home!” is somewhat lost to me. Here’s the full song: CYRANO (Closes his eyes for an instant.) Stop… Let me choo… --- ## [What science fiction works have been set in the closest future?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-science-fiction-works-have-been-set-in-the-closest-future/782924)
**Author:** [@Interrobang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Interrobang)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2017, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-science-fiction-works-have-been-set-in-the-closest-future/782924 "2017-03-28T15:03:17Z")
I don’t love the phrasing in the thread title, but I can’t quite figure out a better way to say it. Elaborating: What works of science fiction —books, movies, TV, whatever —take place in a future that’s closest to the … --- ## [Review on Comedy Central](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/review-on-comedy-central/733711)
**Author:** [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2017, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/review-on-comedy-central/733711 "2017-03-28T14:59:10Z")
Anyone else watch this show? My wife and I love it, it’s that great combination of pompously obliviousness that leads to slow motion train wrecks. For those who haven’t seen it, the host reviews life events and each se… --- ## [Classic Kaiju and Kaidan (Japanese monster/horror) films](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-kaiju-and-kaidan-japanese-monster-horror-films/783073)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2017, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-kaiju-and-kaidan-japanese-monster-horror-films/783073 "2017-03-28T14:00:26Z")
A DVD of Matango (aka Attack Of The Mushroom People) is sitting on the coffee table. I pulled it out of the collection yesterday, but I don’t know if I can convince The Wife to sit through it. I first saw it when I was… --- ## [Music makes most movies worse, not better](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-makes-most-movies-worse-not-better/781987)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2017, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-makes-most-movies-worse-not-better/781987 "2017-03-28T11:06:43Z")
Preemptive strike!: Movie musicals, concert films, and other music-focused movies are not relevant to this discussion. I just saw a horrible 70s TV movie: Murder on Flight 502 (1975). You know what made this movie extr… --- ## [Weaponized breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weaponized-breakfast/757959)
**Author:** [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2017, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weaponized-breakfast/757959 "2017-03-28T08:13:33Z")
Apparently, I was thinking that my husband and I were missing a major life experience. So I decided to rectify this lack by frying some jalapenos and incapacitating us with aerosolized essence of pain. Homemade pepper … --- ## [Starbucks Trivia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starbucks-trivia/782921)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2017, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starbucks-trivia/782921 "2017-03-28T06:51:12Z")
I’ll start with this one: There is a Starbucks in the Langley, Virginia CIA compound, but the baristas are not allowed to put names on the cups-even fake names are banned. They don’t even have customer rewards cards be… --- ## [Shots Fired - new Fox series](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shots-fired-new-fox-series/783144)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2017, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shots-fired-new-fox-series/783144 "2017-03-28T03:37:07Z")
I can’t find a thread on this new series. I’ve seen the pilot and am not thrilled with it. Completely predictable cop procedural. Angry black folks; racist white folks; evil cop folks. Pretty boring stuff. And Helen Hunt… --- ## [Things script writers get wrong every time.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-script-writers-get-wrong-every-time/778999)
**Author:** [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Replies:** 151\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2017, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-script-writers-get-wrong-every-time/778999 "2017-03-28T03:18:07Z")
Television or movies. What are the plot elements that everyone knows will end badly? Or that just can’t happen in real life because they’re illegal? I’ll grab a few of the low hanging fruit to get us rolling. Stupid: … --- ## [Mr. Softee](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-softee/783091)
**Author:** [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2017, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-softee/783091 "2017-03-28T02:59:55Z")
Anyone ever see it outside NY or Philly? I’ve seen a couple of trucks in DC in my 18 years here, but I suspect they weren’t the genuine article. Our son sent me a picture of a truck from the Temple campus a couple of w… --- ## [If You Like Country Music...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-country-music/782970)
**Author:** [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2017, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-country-music/782970 "2017-03-28T02:04:21Z")
…but didn’t grow up listening to it, what artist, album, and/or song drew you in or changed your mind? Traditional, Western swing, bluegrass, new country, whatever. I’m guessing there maybe some of you who like country… --- ## [Amy Schumer's Netflix show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amy-schumers-netflix-show/782249)
**Author:** [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2017, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amy-schumers-netflix-show/782249 "2017-03-28T01:15:39Z")
I’ve never been a huge fan of Amy Schumer. I did like her move well enough; but never appreciated her stand-up as much as others. Evidently her recent NetFlix show is getting hammered with 1 star reviews. Upon closer i… --- ## [Staircase scene in Back to the Future](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staircase-scene-in-back-to-the-future/783086)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2017, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staircase-scene-in-back-to-the-future/783086 "2017-03-28T00:49:32Z")
Marty is running from future Biff’s henchmen in Biff’s casino. He runs down the stairs for about a story, then jumps over the railing, and runs up an adjacent set of stairs. Are stairs like that a real thing? Why two set… --- ## [Tempura](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tempura/783022)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2017, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tempura/783022 "2017-03-27T19:12:58Z")
Mrs. L.A. wants tempura for dinner tonight. OK, I’ll buy a box of batter mix. (I don’t really feel like making it from scratch.) Shrimp? No problem. I know when shrimps are done. Green beans? No worries there, eith… --- ## [Original Golden Slumbers music?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-golden-slumbers-music/783151)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2017, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-golden-slumbers-music/783151 "2017-03-27T18:37:43Z")
I watched Sing recently and Jennifer Hudson’s version of Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight has been haunting me ever since. Wiki tells me Paul McCartney cribbed most of the words from a poem called Cradle Song written by… --- ## [Artforms that could be great but suck](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artforms-that-could-be-great-but-suck/780213)
**Author:** [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2017, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artforms-that-could-be-great-but-suck/780213 "2017-03-27T18:07:49Z")
Flags, man. Think of how great they could be, summarizing the ideal and sentiment of a whole country in iconic form on a cloth canvas. But looking at the majority of what’s out there, it is mostly boring and ugly. The on… --- ## [Why all the hollywood hacking?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-all-the-hollywood-hacking/782930)
**Author:** [@Dante\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante_G)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2017, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-all-the-hollywood-hacking/782930 "2017-03-27T16:21:06Z")
So in the world of social media and the internet that we live in now, it’s very common for the latest technology to be used and abused to expose information to the masses. I’m mainly referring to upcoming movie spoilers… --- ## [Help me pick party songs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-party-songs/782997)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2017, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-party-songs/782997 "2017-03-27T13:47:09Z")
A friend is having his fourth yearly music party. He has Apple Music and a few other services. His house is wired with speakers everywhere. Each year he picks three or four song categories. Previously we’ve done “Song … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=755) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=757)