# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=848 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 849 --- ## [Star Trek Replicators and Vegans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-replicators-and-vegans/761142)
**Author:** [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2016, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-replicators-and-vegans/761142 "2016-07-31T02:36:54Z")
So if Star Trek is to be believed in the future most food will be made from reorganized matter and energy. So this begs the question, for an ethical vegan, meaning a vegan who refuses to eat animal products primarily due… --- ## [TV changing what we eat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-changing-what-we-eat/760539)
**Author:** [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2016, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-changing-what-we-eat/760539 "2016-07-31T01:06:58Z")
I’m a bit amused at how TV shows can alter what people eat. Sometimes, it’s a brief fad for something, but today, I saw an ad for Red Lobster that made me realize the show Deadliest Catch has had an effect on menus. Rig… --- ## [Your favorite page turners](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-page-turners/761224)
**Author:** [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2016, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-page-turners/761224 "2016-07-31T00:08:42Z")
I probably won’t get an answer in time to help me for my current flight, but maybe I’ll get an answer in time for my layover or just get a list for my next flight. I’m about to get on a plane and… I finished my book too… --- ## [Interviewer gets flustered by guy she's filming.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interviewer-gets-flustered-by-guy-shes-filming/761324)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2016, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interviewer-gets-flustered-by-guy-shes-filming/761324 "2016-07-30T23:42:47Z")
Even reporters get distracted sometimes. The video is hilarious as she tries to keep it together on live TV. --- ## [Getting large crowds to be movie extras\`](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-large-crowds-to-be-movie-extras/761080)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2016, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-large-crowds-to-be-movie-extras/761080 "2016-07-30T23:33:56Z")
In many movies, there will be scenes featuring large crowds; be it a baseball game, or pedestrians walking on the Golden Gate Bridge, or travelers at an airport, people crossing a traffic intersection, etc. In which sit… --- ## [Value of oberstein red skelton paintings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/value-of-oberstein-red-skelton-paintings/761042)
**Author:** [@Alonzo\_John\_Blitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alonzo_John_Blitz)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2016, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/value-of-oberstein-red-skelton-paintings/761042 "2016-07-30T22:07:53Z")
I am owed about $24,000 by someone who has 9 of the 52 original paintings by Chuck Oberstein of Red Skelton as a clown. He has offered them in payment. I searched online, but could not find a definitive valuation. So,… --- ## [Do you remember any family members encouraging you to read books you loved?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-any-family-members-encouraging-you-to-read-books-you-loved/760791)
**Author:** [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2016, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-any-family-members-encouraging-you-to-read-books-you-loved/760791 "2016-07-30T20:11:15Z")
My sister told me to read (among other things) A Wrinkle in Time, Johnny Tremain, and The Saturdays. My brother got me to read The Crucible, when I was a little older. --- ## [Captain Fantastic movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-fantastic-movie/761310)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2016, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-fantastic-movie/761310 "2016-07-30T19:47:50Z")
Anybody else seen it? Viggo Mortenson stars in a Matt Ross film that got great reviews at Sundance this year. I have some questions, but all in all those children made me rethink my hatred of all of their kind. :wink: --- ## [Battle of the Peak Humans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battle-of-the-peak-humans/760966)
**Author:** [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2016, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battle-of-the-peak-humans/760966 "2016-07-30T18:26:11Z")
How would you rank these super-humans as if they were entered in a mixed martial arts tournament? Jason Bourne Batman James Bond Rocky Balboa James t. Kirk…ripped shirt (… --- ## [Oldest actor or actress?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-actor-or-actress/761253)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2016, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-actor-or-actress/761253 "2016-07-30T16:04:28Z")
I was just watching “The Swarm” and looked up Olivia de Havilland’s bio. She turned 100 on July 1st. Are there actors or actresses that are older? Dennis --- ## [RIP Jack Davis 1924-2016](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-jack-davis-1924-2016/761044)
**Author:** [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2016, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-jack-davis-1924-2016/761044 "2016-07-30T14:25:35Z")
Reports are that one of the mainstays of Mad Magazine, artist Jack Davis, has died at age 91. Davis was with Mad from the beginning, and only retired last year. He was best known for the frenetic illustrations featurin… --- ## [Achtung! Sing the Praises of German Cooking!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/achtung-sing-the-praises-of-german-cooking/760769)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2016, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/achtung-sing-the-praises-of-german-cooking/760769 "2016-07-30T13:29:00Z")
Boy oh boy, am I sick of Food Network going on and on about Italian and Southern cuisine. Oh sure, sometimes they’ll give a nod to Latino or Asian dishes. But do you know what kind of cooking they never, ever mention? G… --- ## [Sci-fi short. Time traveller trousers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sci-fi-short-time-traveller-trousers/761268)
**Author:** [@JacobSwan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JacobSwan)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2016, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sci-fi-short-time-traveller-trousers/761268 "2016-07-30T11:53:54Z")
In this thread, http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=799617, I mentioned a short story I read about a time traveller who was spotted because he doesn’t pull his trousers up when he sits down. With linen a… --- ## [More Great Covers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-great-covers/761007)
**Author:** [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2016, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-great-covers/761007 "2016-07-30T05:38:46Z")
I am looking for absolutely terrific (but not so well-known) covers of songs that most people know well. Example: Antony and the Johnsons: Knocking on Heaven’s Door --- ## [If you could change one line from a song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-change-one-line-from-a-song/760562)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2016, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-change-one-line-from-a-song/760562 "2016-07-30T01:51:41Z")
Doesn’t matter if it’s longer or shorter than the original lyrics, so don’t worry about matching your syllable to the original syllable. Just as long as you keep some vague idea of one line, as suited to that particular… --- ## ["Hit the drum and something splashes out" meme in music videos.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hit-the-drum-and-something-splashes-out-meme-in-music-videos/497728)
**Author:** [@Big\_Norse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_Norse)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2016, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hit-the-drum-and-something-splashes-out-meme-in-music-videos/497728 "2016-07-30T01:35:14Z")
So, I’m watching VH1-Classic the other day and they’re showing 80’s videos. Man are those things cheesy! (and yes, I was around for them when we all thought they were cool) In a Guns n Roses video (Welcome to the Jungl… --- ## [Is the melody of "La Marseillaise" the same as a British song?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-melody-of-la-marseillaise-the-same-as-a-british-song/761029)
**Author:** [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2016, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-melody-of-la-marseillaise-the-same-as-a-british-song/761029 "2016-07-30T00:57:17Z")
On the British Invasion episode of the show “Impractical Jokers”, the intro sequence had a bunch of sights around London, but the music was “La Marseillaise”. Now I know a bunch of American patriotic songs use melodies … --- ## ["Chilly Billy" has died.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chilly-billy-has-died/761125)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2016, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chilly-billy-has-died/761125 "2016-07-30T00:20:50Z")
I’m sure most Pittsburgh area Dopers remember Bill “Chilly Billy” Cardille. He was an on-air personality for WIIC (now WPXI) channel 11. I remember when I was a kid watching wrestlers like Bruno Sammartino and Gorilla M… --- ## [How good of a 'Fighter' is Jackie Chan?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-of-a-fighter-is-jackie-chan/761160)
**Author:** [@D.E.S.K.Top668](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D.E.S.K.Top668)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2016, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-of-a-fighter-is-jackie-chan/761160 "2016-07-29T23:16:08Z")
So, I’m (hypothetically) in a bar next to this older guy. We chat and I learn that he is, in fact, The LEGENDARY JACKIE CHAN. I tell him how much I love his movies and how bad-ass I think he is. Unfortunately, four guy… --- ## [Honeysuckle Weeks (Sam from "Foyle's War") is missing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honeysuckle-weeks-sam-from-foyles-war-is-missing/761221)
**Author:** [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2016, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honeysuckle-weeks-sam-from-foyles-war-is-missing/761221 "2016-07-29T21:38:58Z")
British actress Honeysuckle Weeks has been reported missing. She was last seen Thursday night. Some reports I saw said she had walked away from the “low security” psychiatric facility where she was receiving treatment. … --- ## [Star Trek seemed to avoid \*real\* moral problems](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-seemed-to-avoid-real-moral-problems/761152)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2016, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-seemed-to-avoid-real-moral-problems/761152 "2016-07-29T20:44:50Z")
Since you all are split on the Tuvix problem I’ll give it to you but I think its a no-brainer. Moving on: How about a better one? How about an ultimate Prime Directive ep instead of constantly making it black and white\*… --- ## [Is "Mason's Children" really about Charles Manson?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-masons-children-really-about-charles-manson/760999)
**Author:** [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2016, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-masons-children-really-about-charles-manson/760999 "2016-07-29T20:18:57Z")
The Grateful Dead originally wheeled out their original composition “Mason’s Children” in 1969 at a live show at the Fillmore West in Frisco, played it live for a couple of years, and then ditched it entirely. (Furthur,… --- ## [Why did Michael feel he had to kill Fredo?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-michael-feel-he-had-to-kill-fredo/76713)
**Author:** [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Replies:** 164\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2016, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-michael-feel-he-had-to-kill-fredo/76713 "2016-07-29T18:32:50Z")
Was he just crazy with paranoia and revenge by the end of Godfather Part II? Or did he have some kind of justification in mind like in the killing of Carlo and Tessio (in that they would always be a potential threat to t… --- ## [Anybody Wanna Bullet Point the Jason Bourne Series for Me? (Spoilers, obviously)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-wanna-bullet-point-the-jason-bourne-series-for-me-spoilers-obviously/760844)
**Author:** [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2016, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-wanna-bullet-point-the-jason-bourne-series-for-me-spoilers-obviously/760844 "2016-07-29T14:44:15Z")
I watched the first one when it came out. It was one of those movies that I enjoyed well enough while I was sitting in the theater, never had the urge to rewatch it, and it didn’t leave much of an impression on me. Appar… --- ## [Todd Margaret, season 3](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todd-margaret-season-3/761172)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2016, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todd-margaret-season-3/761172 "2016-07-29T14:15:27Z")
I really enjoyed season 1 and 2. I watched a few minutes of season 3. I don’t know if I can get excited about a show that does that. --- ## [You get to fix one of your pet peeves about shows and movies...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-to-fix-one-of-your-pet-peeves-about-shows-and-movies/760460)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2016, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-to-fix-one-of-your-pet-peeves-about-shows-and-movies/760460 "2016-07-29T11:54:31Z")
Here’s the deal: thanks to a fantastic stroke of good luck, you are going to change careers. And your mission will be to remedy one minor thing that drives you nuts about TV shows and movies. Pick carefully, you can’t ch… --- ## [There is NO feud! EVER! \[Taylor Swift / Kanye West\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-no-feud-ever-taylor-swift-kanye-west/760311)
**Author:** [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2016, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-no-feud-ever-taylor-swift-kanye-west/760311 "2016-07-29T11:35:07Z")
Sheesh people! Just how naive is the average American? There is no feud between Taylor and Kimye, okay? It’s just more attention whoring. By professional attention whores. How can y’all not see it? It’s just a way for … --- ## [Tim LaHaye only person raptured.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-lahaye-only-person-raptured/760870)
**Author:** [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2016, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tim-lahaye-only-person-raptured/760870 "2016-07-29T11:31:18Z")
Theco-author of the Left Behind series has shuffled off this mortal coil. --- ## [Could someone explain what the lyrics of "Roxy Roller" by Sweeney Todd mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-explain-what-the-lyrics-of-roxy-roller-by-sweeney-todd-mean/522033)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2016, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-explain-what-the-lyrics-of-roxy-roller-by-sweeney-todd-mean/522033 "2016-07-29T10:56:22Z")
Roxy Roller by Sweeney Todd Could someone explain what these lyrics mean? “Fab up job she gets bubble gum on her knees…down between the seats sometimes she’ll pass you the keys” - this sounds vaguely sexual, but under s… --- ## [What band/artist was the biggest sellout?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-band-artist-was-the-biggest-sellout/751782)
**Author:** [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Replies:** 159\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2016, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-band-artist-was-the-biggest-sellout/751782 "2016-07-29T06:52:55Z")
What band/artist most changed their style in pursuit of the almighty dollar? My first instinct is Jefferson Airplane, RIP and god bless recently deceased members. Late 60s revolutionary band, by the mid 80s a miserable… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=847) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=849)