# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=822 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 823 --- ## [Shannara Lore: Elves not descended from humans? (minor spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shannara-lore-elves-not-descended-from-humans-minor-spoilers/767750)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2016, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shannara-lore-elves-not-descended-from-humans-minor-spoilers/767750 "2016-10-06T17:37:44Z")
I read about half of Sword of Shannara, I think, over twenty years ago. I remember having the impression that all the races in the book were descended via mutation from human beings. Now I happen to be reading through s… --- ## [What's your favorite superhero HQ/base?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-superhero-hq-base/724322)
**Author:** [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2016, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-superhero-hq-base/724322 "2016-10-06T16:14:50Z")
An ever-popular trope of superhero comic books/cartoons/TV shows is the headquarters/retreat/home base that the superhero can visit when he/she is stressed out and needs down time, or do homework on supervillains, or wha… --- ## [Has there ever been a Sci-Fi short story where the premise is:](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-ever-been-a-sci-fi-short-story-where-the-premise-is/767752)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2016, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-ever-been-a-sci-fi-short-story-where-the-premise-is/767752 "2016-10-06T08:29:21Z")
The reason humanity hasn’t found any intelligent life other than its own is that long, long ago…every other intelligent species in the galaxy left, but man. Stubborn man. Basically it starts off as an end of the galaxy … --- ## [Recommend me a caper/heist novel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-caper-heist-novel/765123)
**Author:** [@Cayuga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cayuga)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2016, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-caper-heist-novel/765123 "2016-10-06T03:52:29Z")
I love caper movies, which they hardly ever make any more. It dawned on me recently that there must be caper novels out there. Have you read one (or more) that you liked? I’m talking about movies like Now You See Me, \*O… --- ## [Fiction where "the good guys" use chemical/biological weapons?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiction-where-the-good-guys-use-chemical-biological-weapons/767268)
**Author:** [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2016, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiction-where-the-good-guys-use-chemical-biological-weapons/767268 "2016-10-05T22:03:03Z")
In modern fiction, as in modern warfare, there tends to be a kind of taboo against using Weapons of Mass Destruction. Because of legal proscriptions, fears of retaliation, or moral or ethical distress. Although, as with… --- ## [Visiting historic film and TV locations.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/visiting-historic-film-and-tv-locations/767715)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2016, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/visiting-historic-film-and-tv-locations/767715 "2016-10-05T19:37:01Z")
Phil is based in LA and hunts down famous locations. He even poses in the pics similar to the original actor. His attention to detail is very good. He usually gets the original angle right too. Quite surprising how ma… --- ## [What's the deal with very heavy pots?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-very-heavy-pots/767630)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2016, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-very-heavy-pots/767630 "2016-10-05T18:50:05Z")
Saw some in a cookware store that go for about $200 for a large pot. They look like some ceramic coated cast metal and are very heavy. Walmart had some knockoffs going for a little over $50. Recently I found one at a … --- ## [Seeds - Do you spit or swallow?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeds-do-you-spit-or-swallow/767695)
**Author:** [@edwards\_beard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwards_beard)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2016, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeds-do-you-spit-or-swallow/767695 "2016-10-05T18:32:18Z")
I was eating a bunch of Concord grapes last night picked fresh off my Grandmother’s vine. I usually spit out the seeds, but occasionally I would swallow one. This reminded me of two things. First, as a kid everyone a… --- ## [Why is Jeff Beck suddenly everywhere?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-jeff-beck-suddenly-everywhere/767547)
**Author:** [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2016, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-jeff-beck-suddenly-everywhere/767547 "2016-10-05T18:16:30Z")
Admittedly, I might just be noticing him for the first time. First off, it’s probably important to mention that I’m 36. Born in 1980, but when my friends started getting into music (I recall hearing names like Metallic… --- ## [Folksinger Oscar Brand dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/folksinger-oscar-brand-dead/767365)
**Author:** [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2016, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/folksinger-oscar-brand-dead/767365 "2016-10-05T15:57:51Z")
The Washington Post obit is here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/oscar-brand-folk-troubadour-and-radio-host-for-seven-decades-dies-at-96/2016/10/01/cd5a6100-87cf-11e6-a3ef-f35afb41797f\_story.html?post… --- ## [Final scene in Star Wars-- Chewbacca giving commands?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-scene-in-star-wars-chewbacca-giving-commands/766713)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2016, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-scene-in-star-wars-chewbacca-giving-commands/766713 "2016-10-05T15:37:19Z")
This is something I noticed a long time ago, but which my husband insists is me reading too much into coincidence. In the “awards” scene in the big hall in Star Wars, where all the people in the rebel militia are in for… --- ## [Uncool music of the early sixties](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncool-music-of-the-early-sixties/766427)
**Author:** [@Jaguars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaguars)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2016, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncool-music-of-the-early-sixties/766427 "2016-10-05T15:00:48Z")
Wikipedia and Billboard will tell you what the teens and the avant-garde were listening to at the time - beat music, surf rock, improvisational jazz, etc etc. But what else was playing at the time? What did car salesmen … --- ## [Artists/creators whose work is famous--yet they inexplicably are not!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artists-creators-whose-work-is-famous-yet-they-inexplicably-are-not/767453)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2016, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artists-creators-whose-work-is-famous-yet-they-inexplicably-are-not/767453 "2016-10-05T14:46:47Z")
Sometimes there are people who are, in essence, giants in their field, whose work is currently appreciated by millions of people, yet their names are barely known. Here are three examples. What are yours? Frank Loesser. … --- ## [The Star Trek Beyond, "I've seen it" thread with open spoilers after the first post.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-star-trek-beyond-ive-seen-it-thread-with-open-spoilers-after-the-first-post/760558)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2016, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-star-trek-beyond-ive-seen-it-thread-with-open-spoilers-after-the-first-post/760558 "2016-10-05T14:36:44Z")
This is a mouse-over spoiler prevention post. --- ## [How does famed producer Sir George Martin die at 90 with an estate worth only a millon pounds?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-famed-producer-sir-george-martin-die-at-90-with-an-estate-worth-only-a-millon-pounds/767652)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2016, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-famed-producer-sir-george-martin-die-at-90-with-an-estate-worth-only-a-millon-pounds/767652 "2016-10-05T04:06:39Z")
Re this story hugely prolific music producer Sir George Martin “the 5th Beatle” exited this world at 90 with an estate worth approximately one million UK pounds. One million pounds is nothing to sneeze at but it’s at lea… --- ## [The "Naked" truth about those health drinks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-naked-truth-about-those-health-drinks/767643)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2016, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-naked-truth-about-those-health-drinks/767643 "2016-10-05T02:02:20Z")
It turns out those “Naked Juice” drinks may not be what you thought they were. Did you know this “health drink” was a PepsiCo product, and that the ingredient listed in the name of the product and shown prominently on t… --- ## [You are allowed to have food in two out of three ways. Pick your two: Fast, Fresh, Free.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-allowed-to-have-food-in-two-out-of-three-ways-pick-your-two-fast-fresh-free/767554)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2016, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-allowed-to-have-food-in-two-out-of-three-ways-pick-your-two-fast-fresh-free/767554 "2016-10-04T22:56:44Z")
So a food god comes down and grants you that all food for you will, FOREVER, be two out of three ways. The third one, it will NEVER be again. Which two do you choose? Your choices are: Fast Any food you want or ask fo… --- ## [The Big Bang Theory, Season 10, Episode 2, September 26, 2016 -- "The Military Miniaturization"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-2-september-26-2016-the-military-miniaturization/766964)
**Author:** [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2016, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-2-september-26-2016-the-military-miniaturization/766964 "2016-10-04T16:14:04Z")
I am starting this thread in anticipation of tonight’s episode. --- ## [Who decided Scrambled Eggs are supposed to be creamy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-decided-scrambled-eggs-are-supposed-to-be-creamy/767482)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2016, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-decided-scrambled-eggs-are-supposed-to-be-creamy/767482 "2016-10-04T14:30:22Z")
I’ve noticed recipes for scrambled eggs these days go out of their way to brag about how creamy it makes them. That sounds disgusting to me. I don’t want Egg Porridge. Wasn’t “fluffy” the adjective of choice for scramble… --- ## [Star Trek: Jim Kirk's closest calls](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-jim-kirks-closest-calls/767443)
**Author:** [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2016, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-jim-kirks-closest-calls/767443 "2016-10-04T14:24:37Z")
So I’m watching Star Trek this afternoon. Season 2…The Changeling. I get to thinking…man, the Enterprise had some damn close calls. But is it possible this is the closest Kirk came to getting killed? The entire plotl… --- ## [Mr. Plinkett's Force Awakens review](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-plinketts-force-awakens-review/767538)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2016, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-plinketts-force-awakens-review/767538 "2016-10-04T12:21:48Z")
I didn’t think Mike Stoklasa would bother reviewing Force Awakens in his Plinkett character, but he apparently has. He liked the Force Awakens a lot, so I assume this review will be quite different. Here is their initi… --- ## [Is Batman Singing In Tagalog? And Can Anybody Translate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-batman-singing-in-tagalog-and-can-anybody-translate/766847)
**Author:** [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2016, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-batman-singing-in-tagalog-and-can-anybody-translate/766847 "2016-10-04T11:52:40Z")
Warning- This video contains Batman, Robin, Penguin, and the Joker singing in what I assume is Tagalog. Once seen, it cannot be unseen --- ## [Dames don't like to be called broads.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dames-dont-like-to-be-called-broads/767269)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2016, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dames-dont-like-to-be-called-broads/767269 "2016-10-04T06:03:26Z")
Or chicks don’t like to be called broads. . . where’d that come from? I’ve heard it before but have been hearing it a lot lately because of a certain presidential candidate and his views on women. But did it start as a … --- ## [These two songs sound so alike, how is there not a lawsuit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-two-songs-sound-so-alike-how-is-there-not-a-lawsuit/767151)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2016, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-two-songs-sound-so-alike-how-is-there-not-a-lawsuit/767151 "2016-10-04T00:01:18Z")
I know the subject of sound alike songs have come up before but this one was so striking, I had to ask. In an effort to get me to like country music, a friend of mine suggested Little Big Town. I listened to Pontoon and… --- ## [Born to Run - Springsteen autobiography](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/born-to-run-springsteen-autobiography/767599)
**Author:** [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2016, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/born-to-run-springsteen-autobiography/767599 "2016-10-03T23:33:09Z")
I’m a lifelong Springsteen fan and I pre-ordered his new autobiography. I am about 5 chapters in and really enjoying it. Some of the things that I like so far: \[ul\] \[li\]Reading it in my head in his voice. If you’ve see… --- ## [RIP Neville Marriner](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-neville-marriner/767495)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2016, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-neville-marriner/767495 "2016-10-03T22:36:41Z")
Neville Marriner died today aged 92. I can’t begin to count the innumerable hours of sheer musical joy this man and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields have given me over the years with their recordings of Handel, P… --- ## [New Wave for New Yorkers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wave-for-new-yorkers/753425)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2016, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wave-for-new-yorkers/753425 "2016-10-03T21:56:20Z")
If you grew up in the '80s in the NYC/Long Island area, you may have spent some time listening to WLIR from Long Island. That station’s founder, Elton Spitzer, died recently. There was a pretty interesting obituary in … --- ## [Anyone seen ARQ on Netflix?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-seen-arq-on-netflix/767335)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2016, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-seen-arq-on-netflix/767335 "2016-10-03T20:40:19Z")
ARQ is a made-for-Netflix movie. I added it to my queue, but I haven’t decided to watch it yet. Wondered if anyone has seen it yet and what they thought. There are no big names I noticed with it. Any thoughts? --- ## [Netflix Luke Cage Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-luke-cage-question/767556)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2016, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-luke-cage-question/767556 "2016-10-03T20:31:41Z")
I don’t want to post in the extant LC thread because I’m sure there are spoilers. So to those of you watching - presumably all or most of you also watched Jessica Jones. I never did manage to catch more than a few episo… --- ## [Ray Charles is God.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ray-charles-is-god/767302)
**Author:** [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2016, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ray-charles-is-god/767302 "2016-10-03T19:46:18Z")
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