# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=829 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 830 --- ## [What Cuisine Do You Just Not Care For?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cuisine-do-you-just-not-care-for/765326)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Replies:** 186\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2016, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cuisine-do-you-just-not-care-for/765326 "2016-09-16T01:20:40Z")
I, for one, think Southern American cooking has been waaayyy overpraised. The premise of Southern cooking appears to be, “Hey ya’ll, let’s batter and deep fry THIS!” I mean, c’mon! Chicken fried steak? Catfish nugget… --- ## [America's Got Talent is baaaaaaaack!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americas-got-talent-is-baaaaaaaack/756201)
**Author:** [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2016, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americas-got-talent-is-baaaaaaaack/756201 "2016-09-16T01:13:03Z")
Simon Cowell replaces Howard Stern as a judge which is too bad I liked Stern. Good acts so far, 45 minutes into the show. I love magic acts, I don’t try to figure it out, I don’t want to know how it all works. I love t… --- ## [how should superman stop a plane from crashing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-superman-stop-a-plane-from-crashing/765951)
**Author:** [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2016, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-superman-stop-a-plane-from-crashing/765951 "2016-09-16T01:00:12Z")
lets say a plane is crashing to the ground due to reasons. Would it be better for him to fly under it and try to pick it up or get in front of a plane and blow on the wings until there is enough lift to make the plane fl… --- ## [Fear the Walking Dead: 2.11 "Pablo & Jessica" (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-the-walking-dead-2-11-pablo-jessica-open-spoilers/765721)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2016, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-the-walking-dead-2-11-pablo-jessica-open-spoilers/765721 "2016-09-16T00:41:57Z")
\[QUOTE=AMC\] Alicia and Madison try to bring two competing factions together; Nick uses skills from his past for his new role. \[/QUOTE\] Danay Garcia, Paul Calderon, & Reggie Watts are on Talking Dead. --- ## [What is the music in this Xfinity 'Prom' commercial?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-music-in-this-xfinity-prom-commercial/765490)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2016, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-music-in-this-xfinity-prom-commercial/765490 "2016-09-15T23:32:45Z")
This “Prom?” commercial for Xfinity from about a year-and-a-half to two years ago. I can’t find anything that says what the music is. I’d love to know. It’s really nice. Any ideas? --- ## [Anyone listen to Sabaton?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-listen-to-sabaton/765934)
**Author:** [@Brodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brodi)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2016, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-listen-to-sabaton/765934 "2016-09-15T21:38:06Z")
They’re a Swedish heavy metal band that mostly sings about historical things, primarily battles/wars fought in Europe. Here are just a few of their songs I enjoyed. Cliffs of Gallipolli(WW1) Shiroyama(Battle of Shiroy… --- ## [Where did the trend of naming superheroes with the prefix "Captain" come from?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-the-trend-of-naming-superheroes-with-the-prefix-captain-come-from/765257)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2016, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-the-trend-of-naming-superheroes-with-the-prefix-captain-come-from/765257 "2016-09-15T21:18:19Z")
Most things that parody superheroes or use discount versions of them will almost always have someone named “Captain Something” like “Captain Power” or “Captain Justice”. Captain Caveman is an example of a parody superher… --- ## [Hello Kevin Bacon!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-kevin-bacon/607213)
**Author:** [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Replies:** 303\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2016, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-kevin-bacon/607213 "2016-09-15T20:55:00Z")
Last night on Craig Ferguson’s Late Show, Kevin’s wife, Kyra Sedgwick, mentioned that Kevin has Google Alert to let him know whenever his name pops up somewhere on the Internet. He then goes on to read what has been writ… --- ## [Did the writing for Dr Who ever improve?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-writing-for-dr-who-ever-improve/766000)
**Author:** [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2016, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-writing-for-dr-who-ever-improve/766000 "2016-09-15T17:50:57Z")
About midway through series 7 (particularly centered on the “Hollywood” episodes) the writing seemed to really nose-dive, and series 8 was just awful (particularly “Kill the Moon”, “Robot of Sherwood”, and “In the Forest… --- ## [Saturday Night Fever essay- find the glaring error](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-night-fever-essay-find-the-glaring-error/765585)
**Author:** [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2016, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-night-fever-essay-find-the-glaring-error/765585 "2016-09-15T17:47:09Z")
No, not where he calls Tony by the wrong name (Danny). A worse one. --- ## [What's a something-in-ordinary?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-something-in-ordinary/765732)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2016, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-something-in-ordinary/765732 "2016-09-15T12:15:31Z")
Just watched “Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell” and at one point Strange claimed to be the British Army’s “magician-in-ordinary.” Now obviously that’s a fictional title, but it seemed like it was supposed to evoke someth… --- ## [Why is Harry Potter such a huge phenomenon? (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-harry-potter-such-a-huge-phenomenon-open-spoilers/765719)
**Author:** [@Sam\_Lowry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Lowry)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2016, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-harry-potter-such-a-huge-phenomenon-open-spoilers/765719 "2016-09-15T10:23:36Z")
First of all I want to say that this is not meant as a thread to bash Harry Potter. Everyone is free to love what they love, and I certainly love things that other people would find strange. I know there have been thread… --- ## [Does anyone know the title of this "Dead End Kids" movie? (underlying serious issue)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-the-title-of-this-dead-end-kids-movie-underlying-serious-issue/765946)
**Author:** [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2016, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-the-title-of-this-dead-end-kids-movie-underlying-serious-issue/765946 "2016-09-15T01:07:19Z")
Sometime in the Seventies I saw an old movie on TV–apparently a Dead End Kids movie whose storyline included a serious matter–slum kids whose tenement was a firetrap. The teenage Bowery Boys pretty much took the law into… --- ## [Food from your childhood. I remember when. . .](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-from-your-childhood-i-remember-when/765371)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2016, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-from-your-childhood-i-remember-when/765371 "2016-09-15T01:07:13Z")
I had the worst taste in the world. From elementary school all through intermediate (we didn’t have middle school or junior high when I went to school in The Bronx) I ate the most horrible foods and loved it. At school … --- ## [Nonfiction about modern combat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nonfiction-about-modern-combat/765854)
**Author:** [@Richard\_Parker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Parker)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2016, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nonfiction-about-modern-combat/765854 "2016-09-15T00:13:15Z")
I just finished a fantastic memoire about the British Occupation of Iraq circa 2003-2006. Most of the book was about the political dynamics in Southern Iraq. But there were also a few stories about combat that I thought … --- ## [Need help IDing early 60s animation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-iding-early-60s-animation/765889)
**Author:** [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2016, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-iding-early-60s-animation/765889 "2016-09-14T22:07:52Z")
When I was a wee bairn, I watched a Japanese animation with a plot that my memory insists was akin to HCA’s The Little Mermaid. I know I watched it on at least two occasions, possibly more, and I have clear recollection… --- ## [Once-scary childhood memories of pop culture](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-scary-childhood-memories-of-pop-culture/627783)
**Author:** [@bmasters1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bmasters1)\ **Replies:** 135\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2016, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-scary-childhood-memories-of-pop-culture/627783 "2016-09-14T18:11:18Z")
What is at least one aspect of pop culture (or any similar thing) that you thought was scary in your childhood, but looking at it now, doesn’t seem to be as scary? One big example for me is The Prudential College Footba… --- ## [Insomnia vs Rio Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insomnia-vs-rio-bravo/765941)
**Author:** [@TGWATY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TGWATY)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2016, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insomnia-vs-rio-bravo/765941 "2016-09-14T17:41:18Z")
I’m 3/4 way through Christopher Nolan’s Insomnia. While watching it I keep thinking of Howard Hawks’ Rio Bravo with John Wayne. I have no idea why. What might it be? --- ## [Where to go for 4 days of warm, wet R&R in spring?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-go-for-4-days-of-warm-wet-r-r-in-spring/765878)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2016, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-go-for-4-days-of-warm-wet-r-r-in-spring/765878 "2016-09-14T15:48:50Z")
I hope this is the best forum for this question: We’d like to get all our kids and grandkids together for a long weekend - 3 or 4 days - to celebrate a big birthday. But where? Our requirements and preferences are these… --- ## [The Law & Order Appreciation thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-law-order-appreciation-thread/765522)
**Author:** [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2016, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-law-order-appreciation-thread/765522 "2016-09-14T14:00:21Z")
I recently set my DVR to record all the Law and Order reruns. I knew the show was replayed a lot, but I didn’t realize just how often. One day, sixteen episodes were recorded off of four or five separate stations. For me… --- ## [Harrius Potter et Philosophi Lapis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harrius-potter-et-philosophi-lapis/251726)
**Author:** [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2016, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harrius-potter-et-philosophi-lapis/251726 "2016-09-14T05:08:07Z")
Not that my high school and early college Latin is up to the task, but I am enjoying almost-reading HP/SS in Latin, especially what appear to be references to classical literature (e.g., Hagrid’s wand “in partes duas div… --- ## [MeTV celebrates 50 years of Star Trek.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/metv-celebrates-50-years-of-star-trek/764999)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2016, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/metv-celebrates-50-years-of-star-trek/764999 "2016-09-14T03:17:27Z")
Next Saturday, September 10, MeTV will commemorate Star Trek’s 50th anniversary by showing the first Star Trek episode aired, “The Man Trap.” Svengoolie will then follow that up with the original pilot episode “The Cage,… --- ## [Demo Records](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demo-records/765877)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2016, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demo-records/765877 "2016-09-13T23:32:28Z")
Back when cavemen played discs known as records, somewhere floating out there were records labeled as “Demo Only”. Why did the record industry feel the need to label demos as “Demo Only”? Why bother to make the distincti… --- ## [ID this tune in Superman III?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-tune-in-superman-iii/765888)
**Author:** [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2016, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-tune-in-superman-iii/765888 "2016-09-13T23:29:11Z")
What is the tune that the band starts playing at about 2:19 in the linked video? I’ve only heard it in one other place other than the movie: I once heard it at a Caterpillar (tractor company) demonstration when my dad wa… --- ## [Big Bang premier guest stars announced.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-premier-guest-stars-announced/765803)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2016, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-premier-guest-stars-announced/765803 "2016-09-13T22:15:24Z")
Katey Segal and Michael McBrayer are playing Penny’s mom and brother. We all know Penny’s brother is a drug dealer, not the type I’m used to McBrayer playing, that’s for sure. It looks there are going to be a lot of par… --- ## [Do you regularly use or subscribe to an OTT video service?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-regularly-use-or-subscribe-to-an-ott-video-service/765867)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2016, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-regularly-use-or-subscribe-to-an-ott-video-service/765867 "2016-09-13T20:45:51Z")
OTT (over the top) media providers are accessed over the Internet, such as PlutoTV, Tubi TV, Cheddar, Fubo TV, Magine TV, etc. Some are free and some are pay. Some specialize in certain content. There are hundreds o… --- ## [Recommend Amazon Prime movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-amazon-prime-movies/765429)
**Author:** [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2016, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-amazon-prime-movies/765429 "2016-09-13T20:44:56Z")
That is movies I can watch free with Amazon Prime. I’ve seen a few fairly decent foreign movies, but so far it’s definitely not worth the $99 I paid for it. I like mostly science fiction, fantasy and cartoons. (as long … --- ## [Comedy Central Roast of Ann Coulter... er, I mean, Rob Lowe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-central-roast-of-ann-coulter-er-i-mean-rob-lowe/765196)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2016, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-central-roast-of-ann-coulter-er-i-mean-rob-lowe/765196 "2016-09-13T20:36:16Z")
You wonder what Ann was thinking. Did she think that only the target gets lobbed at? Choice quotes: Peyton Manning: “I’m not the only athlete up here. As you know, earlier this year, Ann Coulter won the Kentucky Derb… --- ## [Right Wing Talk Radio: Who are they supporting?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-wing-talk-radio-who-are-they-supporting/765344)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2016, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-wing-talk-radio-who-are-they-supporting/765344 "2016-09-13T19:45:56Z")
I don’t listen to much syndicated right-wing talk radio, but Lars Larson is also local here in Portland so I hear his ramblings once in a while, and he is rabidly pro-Trump. I was wondering how other right-wing talk hos… --- ## [Pon farr](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pon-farr/765735)
**Author:** [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2016, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pon-farr/765735 "2016-09-13T19:41:25Z")
So according to Memory Alpha both male and female Vulcans mate once every 7 years. How they have survived as a species is beyond me. The likelihood of two Vulcans being on the same cycle seems minuscule. On earth female… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=828) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=830)