# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=830 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 831 --- ## [Trailers VS Actual Film](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trailers-vs-actual-film/765860)
**Author:** [@Dante\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante_G)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2016, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trailers-vs-actual-film/765860 "2016-09-13T19:37:05Z")
We all know that trailers are supposed to entice us to see a movie, that’s why they make them as epic and awesome as possible. Sometimes though, the actual scene or moment that was cool in the trailer, isn’t as such in … --- ## [What do you consider a "dive bar"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-consider-a-dive-bar/765624)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2016, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-consider-a-dive-bar/765624 "2016-09-13T18:30:11Z")
I don’t drink, but I go to bars fairly often. But I’m there to get a moderate priced steak or wings, or to play Buzztime Trivia. So I hang out at Harry Buffalo, Buffalo Wild Wings, Applebee’s, or Quaker Steak and Lube. I… --- ## [What should I watch? The best Treks.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-watch-the-best-treks/765773)
**Author:** [@gregorio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gregorio)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2016, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-watch-the-best-treks/765773 "2016-09-13T17:47:18Z")
I don’t think I can watch each and every one of the series that are on Netflix right now so I want to cherry pick the best episodes from all the series. TOS, TAS, TNG, DS9, VOY and ENT. I think I’ve seen every episode o… --- ## [Pandora "Similar Artists"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pandora-similar-artists/765861)
**Author:** [@Orwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orwell)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2016, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pandora-similar-artists/765861 "2016-09-13T17:43:48Z")
Fairly regularly, I stream Pandora on my computer while I work. I typically play it on shuffle, with all 30 or so artists checked to play, along with similar songs/artists. I often look at the screen to see the lyrics o… --- ## [Where is Punk going?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-punk-going/765800)
**Author:** [@Joseph\_king](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joseph_king)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2016, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-punk-going/765800 "2016-09-13T14:59:23Z")
I asked this question on 4chan but that turned out to be a bad idea since at the very beginning they started getting all political and nowhere near a straight answer from what I was asking. That’s what i get for asking s… --- ## [Star Wars (1977)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-1977/765319)
**Author:** [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2016, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-1977/765319 "2016-09-13T13:31:10Z")
It’s pretty well known to most by now that a fan-based group called Team Negative 1 got hold of one of the original, 35mm prints of Star Wars (1977), has restored and digitized it, and has made it available on the web fo… --- ## [The weirdest ear worm](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weirdest-ear-worm/765785)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2016, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weirdest-ear-worm/765785 "2016-09-13T06:58:02Z")
For maybe a couple of weeks now, I’ve had Bob Seger’s “Night Moves” playing in my head. Except: -Seger’s voice is an alto sax -the backup singers are clarinets -the bass guitar is a tuba -the acoustic guitar is a te… --- ## [Playlist: Dangerous Strangers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playlist-dangerous-strangers/765444)
**Author:** [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2016, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playlist-dangerous-strangers/765444 "2016-09-13T05:19:40Z")
Here’s a bit of an offbeat request. I’m putting together a playlist of songs about mysterious, dangerous strangers. Examples I already have include: Dangerous Stranger by Be Bop Deluxe (of course!): - \*Red Right H… --- ## [In which I invite you to take a moment to squee over Jimmy Page in a LZ song I just discovered.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-invite-you-to-take-a-moment-to-squee-over-jimmy-page-in-a-lz-song-i-just-discovered/765747)
**Author:** [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2016, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-invite-you-to-take-a-moment-to-squee-over-jimmy-page-in-a-lz-song-i-just-discovered/765747 "2016-09-13T03:41:50Z")
(More than a moment actually. More like 10.5 minutes but worth every second.) There’s an old saying that goes, “Better late than never”, and some 45 years on I find I’m finally beginning to appreciate the amazing musici… --- ## [Con (as in "confidence game") movies and novels](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/con-as-in-confidence-game-movies-and-novels/765370)
**Author:** [@Cayuga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cayuga)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2016, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/con-as-in-confidence-game-movies-and-novels/765370 "2016-09-13T03:41:18Z")
Several responses to the thread Recommend me a caper/heist novel mentioned cons, which got me thinking. I’d always considered the film The Sting and the TV series Mission Impossible and, to a certain extent, The Catch\* … --- ## [Now Watching TOS "The Enemy Within"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-watching-tos-the-enemy-within/765777)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2016, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-watching-tos-the-enemy-within/765777 "2016-09-13T01:30:47Z")
It sure takes them a long time (all of Act One!) to twig to the fact that there’s an “impostor” (actually, an evil double) on board, and that it’s all due to a transporter malfunction. Scotty knew something was wrong wi… --- ## [Superheroes VS The Bomb](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superheroes-vs-the-bomb/765489)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2016, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superheroes-vs-the-bomb/765489 "2016-09-13T00:30:47Z")
I was thinking about how various superheroes would deal with the situation as seen in the Flash comic linked in this thread: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=804133 Basic scenario is The Flash\* save… --- ## [Quick Question About the Show \_Falling Skies\_](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-question-about-the-show-_falling-skies_/765530)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2016, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-question-about-the-show-_falling-skies_/765530 "2016-09-13T00:12:15Z")
I’m watching episode 1 season 1 right now. Before I settle in for the entire series: Is it all basically just military survival/walking dead type stuff? Or do we end up learning, eventually, more about the aliens and th… --- ## [Superman starts disposing of nukes, what happens next?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-starts-disposing-of-nukes-what-happens-next/765674)
**Author:** [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2016, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-starts-disposing-of-nukes-what-happens-next/765674 "2016-09-12T23:20:56Z")
So let’s say Superman decides to eliminate all the nukes on the planet during the cold war. I’m wondering if the nuclear powers would let him finish or if they’d decide to launch before he could finish off their missiles… --- ## [Help me get Amazon Prime video on my TV](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-get-amazon-prime-video-on-my-tv/765267)
**Author:** [@Orwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orwell)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2016, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-get-amazon-prime-video-on-my-tv/765267 "2016-09-12T18:30:10Z")
OK. I have a Vizio 55" HDTV (XVT553SV) that is about 6 years old. I just recently joined Amazon prime, and am figuring out how I should watch Amazon prime video on my TV. The TV is a “smart” TV, but it doesn’t have an A… --- ## [The End of Purple Rain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-purple-rain/765630)
**Author:** [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2016, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-purple-rain/765630 "2016-09-12T18:06:48Z")
I know Purple Rain is an old movie, but I think it’s pretty good. But, in the last part of the movie, Prince is just sitting in the dressing room, I assume trying to come up with the song. My question, to musicians, or… --- ## [Odd police dialouge in Die Hard](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-police-dialouge-in-die-hard/765322)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2016, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-police-dialouge-in-die-hard/765322 "2016-09-12T14:34:42Z")
Right after McClane manages to get his hands on a radio, he calls the police for help. Although they don’t believe him, dispatch tells Sgt. Powell to check it out. He responds and signs off, “8 Lincoln 30”. What phoneti… --- ## [Led Zeppelin: pace of musical development](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/led-zeppelin-pace-of-musical-development/765629)
**Author:** [@up\_the\_junction](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/up_the_junction)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2016, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/led-zeppelin-pace-of-musical-development/765629 "2016-09-12T14:33:10Z")
I’ve often thought the most remarkable musical progression in a band is that of The Beatles between late '64 (Please, Please Me \> Can’t Buy Me Love), and Jan '66 when John tossed in Tomorrow Never Knows - never mind the … --- ## [In praise of Mezcal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-mezcal/765493)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2016, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-praise-of-mezcal/765493 "2016-09-12T12:52:43Z")
Personally I am a big fan. It’s the smokier more complex big brother of tequila. (Yeah I know that more technically tequila is a subset of mezcal, but in practical terms tequila is never called mezal and mezcals have a d… --- ## [Food trucks: fad or future American institution?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-trucks-fad-or-future-american-institution/765237)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2016, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-trucks-fad-or-future-american-institution/765237 "2016-09-12T12:50:48Z")
I’m voting for the former. Several weeks ago, I was at a farmer’s market and overheard one truck owner complaining to another that things weren’t working out like he had planned; in other words, he thought he would just… --- ## [10 year old Cheddar](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-year-old-cheddar/765413)
**Author:** [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2016, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-year-old-cheddar/765413 "2016-09-12T07:34:57Z")
Was driving home from a visit to Memphis and needed gas and lunch, and found Grandpa’s Cheese Barn and decided to stop. I mean, who can resist something like that. :stuck\_out\_tongue: Pricey, but I gave it a taste there … --- ## [New George Carlin album on the way](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-george-carlin-album-on-the-way/765737)
**Author:** [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2016, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-george-carlin-album-on-the-way/765737 "2016-09-12T03:45:57Z")
Before September 11, 2001, George Carlin was working on a new batch of material he intended to record for HBO called “I Kinda Like It When a Lot of People Die.” September 11 happened, and not even George Carlin wanted to… --- ## [Scary Production Logos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-production-logos/593114)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2016, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-production-logos/593114 "2016-09-12T00:48:42Z")
Anyone else when they were kids get creeped out or scared by the little production logos that would air before or after old shows? They would usually have some graphics and bombastic music. Some were fine, but some seem… --- ## [Are there any real difference between cheap beer and the pricier stuff?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-real-difference-between-cheap-beer-and-the-pricier-stuff/584276)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2016, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-real-difference-between-cheap-beer-and-the-pricier-stuff/584276 "2016-09-11T23:10:32Z")
Busch beer costs about half of what Budweiser does. Milwaukees Best costs half of Miller Genuine Draft. Keystone Costs about half of Coors. Yet they all seem to have the same basic ingredients: Water, Corn (and/or ric… --- ## [Fear the Walking Dead: 2.10 "Do Not Distrub" (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-the-walking-dead-2-10-do-not-distrub-open-spoilers/765072)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2016, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-the-walking-dead-2-10-do-not-distrub-open-spoilers/765072 "2016-09-11T17:08:19Z")
\[QUOTE=\] Travis has a hard time connecting with Chris while looking for shelter; Alicia meets a woman with a bloody past. \[/QUOTE\] So we get to see what the Manawas have been up to. AMC’s site doesn’t say who’s on Tal… --- ## [9/11 (Naudet brothers documentary)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-naudet-brothers-documentary/765567)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2016, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-naudet-brothers-documentary/765567 "2016-09-11T04:44:12Z")
This is the movie that has the footage of the first plane hitting the tower, and was aired uncensored on several anniversaries, including the 6-month and 1-year. The first 1/3 is the movie they meant to make (about a NY… --- ## [So ... what offal do you eat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-offal-do-you-eat/765486)
**Author:** [@Arkcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arkcon)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2016, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-offal-do-you-eat/765486 "2016-09-11T02:02:27Z")
Inspired by the front page article, but putting it here because food is Cafe Society… what offal or organ meats do you eat? Regularly, or semi-regularly, or would eat again if you had the time and inclination. Not some… --- ## [Convince me that DS9 is not the best trek](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convince-me-that-ds9-is-not-the-best-trek/765116)
**Author:** [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2016, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convince-me-that-ds9-is-not-the-best-trek/765116 "2016-09-11T01:35:31Z")
I’ve seen many stories were they decide who is the best Captain or which is the best star trek series. I’ve yet to see one that puts either Sisko or DS9 at the top. I don’t understand it as I view both to be clearly bett… --- ## [Best way to get Real Books on iPad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-get-real-books-on-ipad/765312)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2016, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-get-real-books-on-ipad/765312 "2016-09-11T01:20:58Z")
I have a PDF file that I built from four different PDF Real Books (1, 2, 3, plus Jazz Ltd.). I added bookmarks by hand to index for the most-often played tunes. But it’s a little unwieldy. I have heard of iGigBook but I… --- ## [How much do you tip in a bar for a free drink?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-tip-in-a-bar-for-a-free-drink/765475)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2016, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-tip-in-a-bar-for-a-free-drink/765475 "2016-09-11T01:12:46Z")
I’m in the the USA. So, you’re a regular at a bar and occasionally the bartender gives you a free drink. How much would you tip? My standard tip for a beer is $1. Currently, if I’m running a tab and I notice the tab co… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=829) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=831)