# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=851 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 852 --- ## [So there's this 12-year-old kid named Grace VanderWaal. A star aborning!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-theres-this-12-year-old-kid-named-grace-vanderwaal-a-star-aborning/760663)
**Author:** [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2016, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-theres-this-12-year-old-kid-named-grace-vanderwaal-a-star-aborning/760663 "2016-07-24T18:44:06Z")
Somebody posted this to my Facebook page tonight and I was pretty impressed. (Listen all the way through for the best parts.) So I went online to try to find out who she was. Surely a kid who can sing like this must hav… --- ## [What's your favourite Stanley Kubrick movie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favourite-stanley-kubrick-movie/760541)
**Author:** [@Memnon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Memnon)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2016, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favourite-stanley-kubrick-movie/760541 "2016-07-24T16:40:40Z")
Enquiring minds want to know. Mine is probably The Shining, with Clockwork Orange a close second. How about you? --- ## [the American West on AMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-west-on-amc/760777)
**Author:** [@stosh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stosh)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2016, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-west-on-amc/760777 "2016-07-24T16:01:37Z")
Is anybody else watching this crap. Who is doing the “research” for this show? They have conversations on between people who there is no proof what-so-ever that they ever met, let along talked to each other and even if t… --- ## [More info on 2017 Twin Peaks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-info-on-2017-twin-peaks/760768)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2016, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-info-on-2017-twin-peaks/760768 "2016-07-24T12:26:10Z")
Actor Ray Wise was at the San Diego Comic Con and let slip two juicy tidbits for the upcoming series. First, and this really excites me, David Lynch will be directing all 18 episodes. And secondly Ray Wise himself appe… --- ## [Scarification. Thoughts? Experience?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scarification-thoughts-experience/760516)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2016, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scarification-thoughts-experience/760516 "2016-07-24T12:05:14Z")
A buddy of mine has talked about getting a scar for a while now. I have many dozens of hours worth of tattoos and some piercings, so I’ve tried to maintain a neutral/positive point of view. But, ouch! Today was his appo… --- ## [Do Black People Taste Different Then White People?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-taste-different-then-white-people/589454)
**Author:** [@AwesomeCyberRobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AwesomeCyberRobot)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2016, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-taste-different-then-white-people/589454 "2016-07-24T09:58:40Z")
This is a Cannibalism question, I’m not trying to be racist. Do Black People Taste Different Then White People? -Samantha Pohlman --- ## [John Mayer, anyone else think he sucks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mayer-anyone-else-think-he-sucks/113127)
**Author:** [@cainxinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cainxinth)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2016, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mayer-anyone-else-think-he-sucks/113127 "2016-07-24T08:38:56Z")
I’m in his target market (white, upper middle class, college students), but I’m appalled by the hordes of people jumping on this guy’s bandwagon. Damnit, is he a horrible musician. Uninspired and clichéd harmonies, bad s… --- ## [What fruit is in your cottage cheese?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fruit-is-in-your-cottage-cheese/760458)
**Author:** [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2016, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fruit-is-in-your-cottage-cheese/760458 "2016-07-24T03:23:56Z")
I was watching Family Feud and this question came up and I was a bit surprised by the answers that “America” picked. In the poll are the answers given by the contestants on the show in no particular order. Pick which is… --- ## [Please recommend a store-bought bread for sandwiches](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-store-bought-bread-for-sandwiches/760218)
**Author:** [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2016, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-store-bought-bread-for-sandwiches/760218 "2016-07-24T02:23:54Z")
I always bought store-brand white, and that was fine since the bread would often go bad before it was used up. I’ve been eating a lot of sandwiches for dinner lately, though, and the cheap bread turns to mush and rips ap… --- ## [Why don't they use compilation clips for actors promoting movies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-they-use-compilation-clips-for-actors-promoting-movies/760737)
**Author:** [@hkepotat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hkepotat)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2016, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-they-use-compilation-clips-for-actors-promoting-movies/760737 "2016-07-24T01:48:27Z")
Talk shows often times have actors on promoting their movies. These actors usually bring along a clip from the movie, usually primarily featuring the guest. These clips are usually pretty terrible. I assume this is at l… --- ## [Quick vegetarian recipes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-vegetarian-recipes/760684)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2016, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-vegetarian-recipes/760684 "2016-07-24T01:47:42Z")
I like vegetarian food, but I prefer to eat dead animals; so I don’t have a great many vegetarian recipes. Inspired by the taco thread, and having a new deck, and having a couple of vegetarian friends (well, one vegetar… --- ## [Buddy or Hank? Which was greater loss/greater influence?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buddy-or-hank-which-was-greater-loss-greater-influence/760326)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2016, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buddy-or-hank-which-was-greater-loss-greater-influence/760326 "2016-07-24T01:21:43Z")
I’m obviously talking about Hank Williams and Buddy Holly. Hank died at 29, Buddy at 23. -Which of them do you think was the greater loss? -Which would have had a greater legacy/influence on popular music had they liv… --- ## [SIMPSON'S question: who's smater, Bart or Lisa? (Bonus: who's hte bigger brat?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-question-whos-smater-bart-or-lisa-bonus-whos-hte-bigger-brat/760629)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2016, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-question-whos-smater-bart-or-lisa-bonus-whos-hte-bigger-brat/760629 "2016-07-24T00:19:48Z")
It’s tempting to say “Lisa is obviously far smarter, and Bart is obviously destined for prison, what kind of stupid question is this?” But consider. Recently I saw an episode in which Lisa, for reasons that would be ot… --- ## [Something that's always bugged me about the book "Little House on the Prairie"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-thats-always-bugged-me-about-the-book-little-house-on-the-prairie/759471)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2016, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-thats-always-bugged-me-about-the-book-little-house-on-the-prairie/759471 "2016-07-23T20:56:18Z")
Yes, I know all about the Native American hate and White entitlement attitudes. It’s the most objectionable book in the series, blah, blah, blah… But ever since reading this book when I was young, there was always one … --- ## [kiwi vs grape pergola & kiwi wine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiwi-vs-grape-pergola-kiwi-wine/760496)
**Author:** [@yo\_han\_go](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yo_han_go)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2016, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiwi-vs-grape-pergola-kiwi-wine/760496 "2016-07-23T20:49:21Z")
From wiki: “A pergola is a garden feature forming a shaded walkway, passageway, or sitting area of vertical posts or pillars that usually support cross-beams and a sturdy open lattice, often upon which woody vines are tr… --- ## [Why on earth would anyone eat these?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-on-earth-would-anyone-eat-these/760411)
**Author:** [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2016, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-on-earth-would-anyone-eat-these/760411 "2016-07-23T17:37:53Z")
This might belong in IMHO but it involves a food-like substance so I’m putting it here. On another board, someone asked for revenge ideas on a workplace lunch thief. The usual extreme hot sauce and Ex-Lax ideas were pu… --- ## [Any trumpet players out there?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-trumpet-players-out-there/760451)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2016, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-trumpet-players-out-there/760451 "2016-07-23T15:17:52Z")
Got way too much free time on my hands, and am basically in the market for a new hobby. So I’m entertaining the idea of taking up the trumpet. I remember fooling around with one when I was a teen once. But other than th… --- ## [Which LAW & ORDER characterswould you be willing to hire?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-law-order-characterswould-you-be-willing-to-hire/760211)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2016, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-law-order-characterswould-you-be-willing-to-hire/760211 "2016-07-23T14:20:51Z")
Contrariwise, which would you absolutely refuse to hire? Take it as a given that we’re talking about hiring the characters for their professions on the show(s). I don’t see any need to discuss anyone’s desire to see Abb… --- ## [30 Day Song Challenge, number 23: a song that you want to play at your wedding](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-23-a-song-that-you-want-to-play-at-your-wedding/760474)
**Author:** [@journeyman\_southpaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/journeyman_southpaw)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2016, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-23-a-song-that-you-want-to-play-at-your-wedding/760474 "2016-07-23T12:19:14Z")
Since a number of us here are either already married or don’t ever want to be, feel free to treat this one as simply “a good song to play at a wedding”. I have to go to Bandcamp for this one because YouTube is giving me… --- ## [The Doors on Ed Sullivan?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-doors-on-ed-sullivan/759628)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2016, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-doors-on-ed-sullivan/759628 "2016-07-23T03:47:46Z")
I recently heard a story that Jim Morrison refused to change certain lyrics when the Doors appeared on the Ed Sullivan show. Was the DJ confused with the Rolling Stones story? I had never, ever heard this mentioned abou… --- ## [I just watched "Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice" (spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-watched-batman-v-superman-dawn-of-justice-spoilers/760651)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2016, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-watched-batman-v-superman-dawn-of-justice-spoilers/760651 "2016-07-23T03:33:27Z")
I do love me some Superman / Batman but this was just a grim, explody, bass booming, utterly incoherent stinkfest. I’ve watched Kevin Smith’s classic youtube speech on being interviewed to write a big budget Superhero mo… --- ## [I can't find the most well known version of Bob Dylan's cover of 'Knockin on heavens door'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-find-the-most-well-known-version-of-bob-dylans-cover-of-knockin-on-heavens-door/760459)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2016, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-find-the-most-well-known-version-of-bob-dylans-cover-of-knockin-on-heavens-door/760459 "2016-07-22T22:29:20Z")
Does anyone know what version I’m talking about? Slow and twangy. I…Can’t…use…them…anymore. All that stuff. All I find is other versions. Does anyone know where I can see a copy of his most played version online? --- ## [Magic trick on America's Got Talent - Anyone have a clue how it was done?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-trick-on-americas-got-talent-anyone-have-a-clue-how-it-was-done/760568)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2016, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-trick-on-americas-got-talent-anyone-have-a-clue-how-it-was-done/760568 "2016-07-22T22:24:55Z")
I am referring to the act involving the dollar bill and the $100 dollar bill in which the corners are torn off, ‘swallowed’ by the magician, and the made to reappear on the wrong bill (which was made available for scruti… --- ## [Whatever happened to tanning bed/public restroom hidden camera porn?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-tanning-bed-public-restroom-hidden-camera-porn/760560)
**Author:** [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2016, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-tanning-bed-public-restroom-hidden-camera-porn/760560 "2016-07-22T21:45:32Z")
I remember back in the late 90s, this seemed like a major genre of internet porn. Sites would claim to have hidden cameras in tanning salons and inside the toilet bowls of public restrooms and you could pay money to get … --- ## ["Light My Fire" - should it be higher? (speed)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/light-my-fire-should-it-be-higher-speed/760414)
**Author:** [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2016, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/light-my-fire-should-it-be-higher-speed/760414 "2016-07-22T21:20:00Z")
I was looking at the Wikipedia page on The Doors’ song “Light My Fire” and came across this section: I never knew this. The higher speed version makes the song slightly punchier than the familiar more laid-back slower … --- ## [Movie WTF moments](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-wtf-moments/348954)
**Author:** [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Replies:** 149\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2016, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-wtf-moments/348954 "2016-07-22T15:51:24Z")
I’m all for stories that are bigger than the narrative can convey, things that happen that aren’t described to you in nauseating detail…gives the story depth. But sometimes, I just gotta wonder. Case in point: Fifth El… --- ## [Epilogues you'd like to see...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epilogues-youd-like-to-see/760277)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2016, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epilogues-youd-like-to-see/760277 "2016-07-22T15:46:46Z")
Not a sequel, just something to round out the end of a story. My example: After the end of Doctor Strangelove, we see the surviving members of the bomber crew enjoying their last days before the fallout comes with the co… --- ## [Star Trek 4 is coming (another one, not the Whales one)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-4-is-coming-another-one-not-the-whales-one/760234)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2016, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-4-is-coming-another-one-not-the-whales-one/760234 "2016-07-22T15:44:00Z")
Beyond is not out yet (but despite the kind of lame trailers, it is getting decent reviews so I am starting to get a little excited) but already they announced another movie in the new Universe is coming. Surprisingly Ch… --- ## [Pre-title film sequences](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-title-film-sequences/760486)
**Author:** [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2016, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-title-film-sequences/760486 "2016-07-22T04:44:39Z")
Watching a few old films, where the titles folded away and we got straight into the movie, made me wonder when the lengthy self contained pre-title action sequence emerged as a thing. The earliest I could think of was i… --- ## [Can I watch Stephen Colbert's show live at 8:30 in PT zone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-watch-stephen-colberts-show-live-at-8-30-in-pt-zone/760401)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2016, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-watch-stephen-colberts-show-live-at-8-30-in-pt-zone/760401 "2016-07-22T04:04:12Z")
I’m in Las Vegas (Pacific Time) and would like to watch this week’s live broadcasts of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert at 8:30 PT, instead of waiting for the 11:30 broadcast from the local CBS affiliate. Does anyone … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=850) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=852)