# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=79 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 80 --- ## [Should the New Pornographers change their name ASAP?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-new-pornographers-change-their-name-asap/1017181)
**Author:** [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2025, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-new-pornographers-change-their-name-asap/1017181 "2025-04-27T19:57:19Z")
I posted this elsewhere but figured it might deserve its own thread. The Canadian indie-rock supergroup New Pornographers has been around since the 90s, stubbornly sticking with a name that has probably caused them more … --- ## [Foods and 7 deadly sins](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-and-7-deadly-sins/1017517)
**Author:** [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2025, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-and-7-deadly-sins/1017517 "2025-04-27T19:34:37Z")
In the doctors waiting room, Top Chef was playing. The contenders were to make a 7 course meal representing the 7 sins. All I could think of was something chocolate for lust. What are your ideas? --- ## [David Thomas, Pere Ubu, dies at 71. Damn](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-thomas-pere-ubu-dies-at-71-damn/1017445)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2025, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-thomas-pere-ubu-dies-at-71-damn/1017445 "2025-04-27T05:25:12Z")
https://www.stereogum.com/2305484/pere-ubus-david-thomas-dead-at-71/news/ On Wednesday, April 23 2025, he died in his home town of Brighton & Hove, with his wife and youngest step-daughter by his side. MC5 were playing… --- ## [Question about the old Kung Fu TV show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-old-kung-fu-tv-show/1017489)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2025, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-old-kung-fu-tv-show/1017489 "2025-04-27T00:31:47Z")
For anyone out there with either great research skills or an encyclopedic knowledge of the show, a question: Of all the various adversaries Caine faced, was there ever a man-mountain: a guy just so huge that his sheer ma… --- ## [Do you think they should bring back Woodstock in 2029?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-they-should-bring-back-woodstock-in-2029/1017465)
**Author:** [@sta3535](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sta3535)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2025, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-they-should-bring-back-woodstock-in-2029/1017465 "2025-04-26T23:59:33Z")
Even though the 1969 and 1999 festivals had similarities and differences, I’m not sure if Woodstock would consider bringing back their festival 30 years later, considering what happened in 1999. However, if they improve… --- ## [Dilbert- no, not that one](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dilbert-no-not-that-one/779957)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2025, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dilbert-no-not-that-one/779957 "2025-04-26T17:27:12Z")
I’m referring to Dilbert Groundloop, a WW2 character who was the epitome of everything a pilot shouldn’t do. Here’s a training film based on the character: --- ## [How do you find new movies and TV shows (or music) to enjoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-find-new-movies-and-tv-shows-or-music-to-enjoy/1017417)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2025, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-find-new-movies-and-tv-shows-or-music-to-enjoy/1017417 "2025-04-26T14:42:17Z")
I’m mostly asking about movies and TV, but music is also an option. So one thing I do is I look for production companies that put out movies I like, the I go through their catalog. Companies like Blumhouse, A24 and Neon… --- ## [What fictional franchise, universe, or characters have been reimagined most often?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-franchise-universe-or-characters-have-been-reimagined-most-often/1017304)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2025, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-franchise-universe-or-characters-have-been-reimagined-most-often/1017304 "2025-04-26T08:39:08Z")
This thread: In Defense of Irene Adler And this, among other posts in the " Series you’ve recently watched, are now watching or have given up on" thread: …got me thinking, Sherlock Holmes, along with his sidekick Wat… --- ## ["Man from U.N.C.L.E" episode where the bad guys ("THRUSH") fly a toy RC plane](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-from-u-n-c-l-e-episode-where-the-bad-guys-thrush-fly-a-toy-rc-plane/1017514)
**Author:** [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2025, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-from-u-n-c-l-e-episode-where-the-bad-guys-thrush-fly-a-toy-rc-plane/1017514 "2025-04-26T03:50:06Z")
IIRC it’s in the vicinity of NYC. A group of kids watch him launch it. One asks when it’s coming back, and he explains that it won’t be coming back. And I think when it lands, it turns out not to have a bomb, but contai… --- ## ["The past was much more glorious" in fiction. What is this called?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-past-was-much-more-glorious-in-fiction-what-is-this-called/1017454)
**Author:** [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2025, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-past-was-much-more-glorious-in-fiction-what-is-this-called/1017454 "2025-04-25T23:06:49Z")
We are listening to Lord of the Rings for my son (I refuse to read it aloud again), and there is a strong “degeneration” theme in it. The men of Westernesse were so much cooler, smarter, stronger, better skilled, and lo… --- ## [Meat/bean/veggie stew ideas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meat-bean-veggie-stew-ideas/1017402)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2025, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meat-bean-veggie-stew-ideas/1017402 "2025-04-25T15:47:49Z")
Every Sunday I cook up a big pot to be my office lunch for the coming week. It’s usually a stew that combines a protein (generally meat or fish), a bean/legume, and veggies like onions and carrots. So far, I’ve rotated t… --- ## [Why so few episodes of British TV series?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-few-episodes-of-british-tv-series/1017311)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2025, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-few-episodes-of-british-tv-series/1017311 "2025-04-25T10:05:07Z")
Ghosts UK ran for five seasons and 35 episodes. For an American TV series, 35 episodes is one season and some change. Our Ghosts has run for four seasons and, when the dust has settled on S4 in a couple of weeks, there w… --- ## [Musical groups for whom a name change was a good idea. . .or a bad one](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-groups-for-whom-a-name-change-was-a-good-idea-or-a-bad-one/1017138)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 134\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2025, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-groups-for-whom-a-name-change-was-a-good-idea-or-a-bad-one/1017138 "2025-04-25T00:52:07Z")
The Allman Brothers Band changed their name from The Allman Joys (and before that they were “The Escorts”). I’d say the name change was a very good idea. The Beatles went through a variety of names, starting with The Qu… --- ## [Does Disney even want to make Star Wars movies anymore?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-disney-even-want-to-make-star-wars-movies-anymore/971981)
**Author:** [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2025, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-disney-even-want-to-make-star-wars-movies-anymore/971981 "2025-04-24T19:01:43Z")
The first three episodes of Andor debuted today on Disney+. Rosario Dawson’s Ahsoka series is coming out, along with season 3 of The Mandalorian and another series called Skeleton Crew with Jude Law. Meanwhile not a sing… --- ## [Your thoughts on the 'oddball' music albums- the experiments. Total flops? Or got a soft spot for them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-thoughts-on-the-oddball-music-albums-the-experiments-total-flops-or-got-a-soft-spot-for-them/1017370)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2025, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-thoughts-on-the-oddball-music-albums-the-experiments-total-flops-or-got-a-soft-spot-for-them/1017370 "2025-04-24T17:45:16Z")
Inspired by these posts in the " My thoughts on albums everybody has already heard.(recommendations accepted)" thread: What albums do you nominate as the oddball, out there, experimental efforts by bands looking to st… --- ## [Sublime's Doin' Time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sublimes-doin-time/1016695)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2025, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sublimes-doin-time/1016695 "2025-04-24T10:04:27Z")
Any Wikipedia editors out there? Today, I heard the song Doin’ Time, the original version where Bradley Nowell sings Doin’ Time instead of Summertime. According to Wikipedia, they were pressured to change the lyrics in… --- ## [Why the hate for dairy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hate-for-dairy/1017285)
**Author:** [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2025, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hate-for-dairy/1017285 "2025-04-24T03:19:51Z")
I’ve met some people who seem to think dairy products are to be avoided at all costs, and there are numerous websites that embrace this notion. Said websites strike me as being long on hysteria and short on evidence. Obj… --- ## [Name of old circa 1970 comic strip featuring two beach bums?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-old-circa-1970-comic-strip-featuring-two-beach-bums/1017425)
**Author:** [@X.L.Lent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/X.L.Lent)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2025, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-old-circa-1970-comic-strip-featuring-two-beach-bums/1017425 "2025-04-24T03:16:13Z")
An old comic strip I used to read many years ago came to my mind today but I can’t recall the name of it. It ran late 60s to early 70s and featured two beach bums - one tall and thin the other short and a bit stout. Th… --- ## [Reading the Odyssey book by book - an ongoing discussion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reading-the-odyssey-book-by-book-an-ongoing-discussion/1015773)
**Author:** [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2025, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reading-the-odyssey-book-by-book-an-ongoing-discussion/1015773 "2025-04-23T23:33:57Z")
My spouse and I have just begun reading the Odyssey. We’re going at a casual pace, taking it one book (chapter) at a time and then discussing things that stand out. Once upon a time I was a classics student, and though … --- ## [Reliable singing voices](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reliable-singing-voices/1017405)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2025, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reliable-singing-voices/1017405 "2025-04-23T22:59:05Z")
I have often wondered if professional singers ever days have where they just can’t sing. I have always enjoyed singing around the house but would never dare step outside that simply because I was never sure what was goin… --- ## [Long shot, but...what was the name of the play we put on in high school (1960)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-shot-but-what-was-the-name-of-the-play-we-put-on-in-high-school-1960/1017279)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2025, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-shot-but-what-was-the-name-of-the-play-we-put-on-in-high-school-1960/1017279 "2025-04-23T21:11:58Z")
The Drama Club, or whatever it was called, put on a play. It was a courtroom murder mystery, I think. The gimmick was that a number of people from the audience would be “empaneled” as the jury prior to the first act. … --- ## [What is considered art?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-considered-art/1017412)
**Author:** [@melaniethewitch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melaniethewitch)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2025, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-considered-art/1017412 "2025-04-23T20:44:51Z")
What would be considered art and what wouldn’t? because there’s the opinion of everything should be considered art? and then There’s also the opinion of any some categories should be considered art… And finally is a … --- ## [If you could choose where to live in GoT](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-choose-where-to-live-in-got/1017297)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2025, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-choose-where-to-live-in-got/1017297 "2025-04-23T19:23:27Z")
I have been rereading the books of Game of Thrones. Seems like it could be pretty hard to stay alive someimes. So if yould choose where to live where would it be? At this point I’m thinking of the Free city of Braavos… --- ## [Is there any alternative to plex if you want to watch movies and TV shows from your server outside of your home](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-alternative-to-plex-if-you-want-to-watch-movies-and-tv-shows-from-your-server-outside-of-your-home/1017055)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2025, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-alternative-to-plex-if-you-want-to-watch-movies-and-tv-shows-from-your-server-outside-of-your-home/1017055 "2025-04-23T15:53:35Z")
My Plex server works fine when I’m at home, but if I’m outside my wifi network it doesn’t let me view my library. Even if I disable wifi connection on my phone and try to log in with 5G, it won’t let me log in. I know t… --- ## [What's the strangest thing you've heard of that has been transformed into "milk"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-strangest-thing-youve-heard-of-that-has-been-transformed-into-milk/1017347)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2025, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-strangest-thing-youve-heard-of-that-has-been-transformed-into-milk/1017347 "2025-04-23T14:55:48Z")
How about watermelon seeds? --- ## [Do you respect some areas of "trivia expertise" yet disdain others?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-respect-some-areas-of-trivia-expertise-yet-disdain-others/1017117)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2025, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-respect-some-areas-of-trivia-expertise-yet-disdain-others/1017117 "2025-04-23T13:02:45Z")
This was motivated by a thread in which folk were debating Tolkein. There was a time at which The Hobbit/Fellowship were my favorite “book”. I probably read them at least 5x - more than I’ve read/re-read any other book… --- ## [English translations with English that is obscure in English?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-translations-with-english-that-is-obscure-in-english/1017088)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2025, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-translations-with-english-that-is-obscure-in-english/1017088 "2025-04-23T12:47:14Z")
The two titles I’m currently thinking of are manga/anime series. Their official English names are Dance in the Vampire Bund and Witch Hat Atelier. Both “bund” and “atelier” are words that are used in the English language… --- ## [Why is there no meme for \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-no-meme-for/1017339)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2025, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-no-meme-for/1017339 "2025-04-23T00:55:01Z")
I’ll start. Why is there no meme for Antonio Salieri, as portrayed by F. Murray Abraham in Amadeus (1984), saying, ‘And do you know what happened? A miracle!’? --- ## [Raiders of the Lost Parachute Pants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raiders-of-the-lost-parachute-pants/1017372)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2025, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raiders-of-the-lost-parachute-pants/1017372 "2025-04-22T23:33:37Z")
Raiders came out in 1981. It was set in 1936. If it came out today and had the same gap it would be set in 1981. Time marches on and on. --- ## [Patrick O'Brian fans: Did you like the movie "Master and Commander"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-obrian-fans-did-you-like-the-movie-master-and-commander/348922)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2025, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-obrian-fans-did-you-like-the-movie-master-and-commander/348922 "2025-04-22T19:49:44Z")
Why or why not? And do you think they’ll make another? (I hear the first didn’t exactly rule the box office). I enjoyed the movie very much, having read none of the books before. Since then, I’ve read “HMS Surprise” … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=78) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=80)