# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=853 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 854 --- ## [Why aren't movies required to list all of the filming locations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-movies-required-to-list-all-of-the-filming-locations/760110)
**Author:** [@TheSundial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheSundial)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2016, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-movies-required-to-list-all-of-the-filming-locations/760110 "2016-07-18T21:58:31Z")
Is this deliberately done to make them more mysterious or just by accident? The credits are extremely detailed in listing all the actors and crew etc. and then only a couple lines for filming locations and sometimes not… --- ## [One shot at dinner](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-shot-at-dinner/760021)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2016, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-shot-at-dinner/760021 "2016-07-18T21:18:53Z")
What? Someone was shot at dinner? :eek: No. Let me explain. I woke up at 6:40 Saturday morning. Shortly after half-past nine I was in my car and driving south. Twenty-two hours later, I was in Orange, CA. (If you … --- ## [ID this painting I barely remember](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-painting-i-barely-remember/760146)
**Author:** [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Les_Espaces_Du_Sommeil)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2016, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-painting-i-barely-remember/760146 "2016-07-18T20:34:38Z")
I saw it just once on one of those “most beautiful paintings” list. It looked like it was from the late 19th century but it could have been from the early 20th. Symbolism or Magic Realism. It showed a row of young girl… --- ## [Why do Levi Jeans, same brand number, same waist size, same inseam fit so differently?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-levi-jeans-same-brand-number-same-waist-size-same-inseam-fit-so-differently/662013)
**Author:** [@GameHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GameHat)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2016, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-levi-jeans-same-brand-number-same-waist-size-same-inseam-fit-so-differently/662013 "2016-07-18T20:00:18Z")
Hell, you can see it on their own website: Levis 505s I like a good pair of 505s, but I’m getting increasingly annoyed. See the link above - all “505s”, look at the top pics. The pic on the left is slim fit, the pic … --- ## [Duck eggs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duck-eggs/760101)
**Author:** [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2016, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duck-eggs/760101 "2016-07-18T19:43:21Z")
Have you tried duck eggs? Do you like them less than, as much, or better than chicken eggs? Would you buy them if you saw them in the store? I ask because I’ve got a couple of ducks who’ve not yet started laying eggs an… --- ## [Music Documentary: Jaco, a bio about the Bassist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-documentary-jaco-a-bio-about-the-bassist/760120)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2016, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-documentary-jaco-a-bio-about-the-bassist/760120 "2016-07-18T18:13:32Z")
Link on Amazon Prime here: https://www.amazon.com/JACO-Film-Bonus-Jaco-Pastorius/dp/B015NLH4EA In this thread: Bassists: Flea & Robert Trujillo geek and dish about bassists on WTF - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message… --- ## [Punk Rock history: Alan Vega of the band Suicide just died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punk-rock-history-alan-vega-of-the-band-suicide-just-died/760205)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2016, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punk-rock-history-alan-vega-of-the-band-suicide-just-died/760205 "2016-07-18T15:02:45Z")
News here: Alan Vega Dead: Suicide Singer Dies at 78 - Variety Okay, you may pause here and make jokes about a guy in the band Suicide dying at age 78. Past that, Suicide were one of the earliest groups on the NY scen… --- ## [30 Day Song Challenge, number 22: a song that you listen to when you're sad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-22-a-song-that-you-listen-to-when-youre-sad/759960)
**Author:** [@journeyman\_southpaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/journeyman_southpaw)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2016, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-22-a-song-that-you-listen-to-when-youre-sad/759960 "2016-07-18T12:27:38Z")
At first glance, this one looks very similar to number 4: a song that makes you sad, but consider that you don’t necessarily have to listen to a sad song when you’re sad. This could just as well be “a song to cheer yours… --- ## [Weird/bizarre artists.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-bizarre-artists/760044)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2016, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-bizarre-artists/760044 "2016-07-18T06:04:41Z")
Who’s the strangest artist? Most extreme? Marina Abramović? Salvador Dalí? --- ## [Jerry-rigged foods.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-rigged-foods/759612)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2016, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-rigged-foods/759612 "2016-07-17T23:45:47Z")
I’ll mix mayo and sweet relish to make tartar sauce. Reduce the amount of relish, add ketchup and you’ve got either Russian dressing or McDonald’s secret sauce. If you grate half an onion, soften (but don’t brown) in oli… --- ## [Hollywood Snowball Fight?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollywood-snowball-fight/759454)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2016, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollywood-snowball-fight/759454 "2016-07-17T23:24:37Z")
If Hollywood uses fake snow for winter scenes, how do they stage a snowball fight with snow that can actually be compacted into snowballs and leaves snow residue when striking something. Would they really bother to truck… --- ## [Cozy mystery recommendations wanted](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cozy-mystery-recommendations-wanted/759938)
**Author:** [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2016, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cozy-mystery-recommendations-wanted/759938 "2016-07-17T23:22:02Z")
When I was much younger (mid teens) I went through a brief period where I read a ton of “cozy” mysteries. Many years later, I want to dive back into the genre. I’d love get some recommendations both of classic stuff and… --- ## [Need Help Finding a Mad Magazine Cartoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-finding-a-mad-magazine-cartoon/759855)
**Author:** [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2016, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-finding-a-mad-magazine-cartoon/759855 "2016-07-17T23:16:40Z")
Welp, yes, I have already tried to Google it but the Fu seems low today. I’m looking for an old cartoon that appeared in Mad magazine. I’m guessing it was around 1972-1977. Actually, I saw it in a paperback book compi… --- ## [Breaking Bad- the Govt. vs Walter White](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-the-govt-vs-walter-white/759987)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2016, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-the-govt-vs-walter-white/759987 "2016-07-17T23:15:17Z")
I’m trying to remember- what evidence would the government have had, had they brought Walt to trial? His main antagonists, Steve and Hank, were both dead and buried. --- ## [\*Spoilers\* Captain America Civil War \*Spoilers\*](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoilers-captain-america-civil-war-spoilers/760069)
**Author:** [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2016, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoilers-captain-america-civil-war-spoilers/760069 "2016-07-17T20:30:57Z")
So I think most who want to see the movie have seen it by now but spoiler tag just in case. So do you think that at the end of the latest Captain America movie Tony was basically kicked out of the Avengers by Cap? He ma… --- ## [Current top 40 music](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-top-40-music/759290)
**Author:** [@obbn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obbn)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2016, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-top-40-music/759290 "2016-07-17T20:13:03Z")
Hello Everyone, Is it just me or does today’s top 40 music just plain suck compared to the music of the 60s, 70s and 80s? Is there even rock and roll anymore. When my kids convince me to tune into today’s music I never… --- ## [Rewatching old childhood favourites?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewatching-old-childhood-favourites/759785)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2016, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewatching-old-childhood-favourites/759785 "2016-07-17T18:14:14Z")
I just finished binge-watching Spellbinder series 1 courtesy of YouTube. That was fun. I loved that show as a kid, and also haven’t actually gotten a change to watch any of it since I was a kid (& still enjoyed it). A… --- ## [Game of Thrones: Speculate of Season 7 \[spoilers for Season 6 allowed\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-speculate-of-season-7-spoilers-for-season-6-allowed/759147)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2016, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-speculate-of-season-7-spoilers-for-season-6-allowed/759147 "2016-07-17T16:13:24Z")
I’m putting this thread up because I noticed that the thread on episode 6.10 is devolving into a “what’s gonna happen” sort of thread so it seems there may be some interest on what Season 7 will bring us. Some ideas to … --- ## [Crimson Peak, new movie by Guillermo del Toro (boxed spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crimson-peak-new-movie-by-guillermo-del-toro-boxed-spoilers/735560)
**Author:** [@Sam\_Lowry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Lowry)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2016, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crimson-peak-new-movie-by-guillermo-del-toro-boxed-spoilers/735560 "2016-07-17T16:05:40Z")
Has anyone else seen Crimson Peak yet? I’d been looking forward to seeing it, and I finally saw it last night, and I wasn’t disappointed. I’d read that the advertising was misleading, and it’s not as much a horror movie … --- ## [Name of Youtuber who was popular circa 2009, he was teenaged with an aspergers persona?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-youtuber-who-was-popular-circa-2009-he-was-teenaged-with-an-aspergers-persona/760111)
**Author:** [@KellyCriterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KellyCriterion)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2016, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-youtuber-who-was-popular-circa-2009-he-was-teenaged-with-an-aspergers-persona/760111 "2016-07-17T12:38:22Z")
… went on to appear in a mainstream film. Had a very stop start way of speaking in his YouTube vids. I want to look him up to see what he’s doing now… I can not for the life of me remember his name. Help? --- ## [Jeanne-Claude (Christo's partner) is dead @](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeanne-claude-christos-partner-is-dead/760113)
**Author:** [@El\_DeLuxo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_DeLuxo)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2016, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeanne-claude-christos-partner-is-dead/760113 "2016-07-17T11:02:46Z")
\[… URL="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/jeanne-claude-artist-celebrated-with-her-husband-christo-for-the-pairs-large-scale-public-artworks-1826874.html"l --- ## [This is the worst fucking commercial ever.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-worst-fucking-commercial-ever/759604)
**Author:** [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2016, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-worst-fucking-commercial-ever/759604 "2016-07-17T09:46:40Z")
So I was watching TV today when this Charter Communications commercial came on. Wow. It’s the worst thing I’ve ever seen. Just…why? Someone earns a living coming up with ideas like this?? --- ## ["How would you like your hamburger cooked?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-like-your-hamburger-cooked/759899)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2016, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-like-your-hamburger-cooked/759899 "2016-07-17T07:27:38Z")
Our 18 year old daughter usually orders a hamburger and french fries when we go out to a restaurant. Every now-and-then the server will ask, “How would you like your hamburger cooked?” Is it safe to eat a hamburger cook… --- ## [Does anybody find circus clowns funny?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-find-circus-clowns-funny/760015)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2016, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-find-circus-clowns-funny/760015 "2016-07-16T22:10:51Z")
I never did, not even as a kid. I don’t think I have ever even smirked at the stunts of circus clowns. Every time they appear in the arena, I think: “Bring out the lions (to eat the clowns)”. And don’t bring on that bori… --- ## [I think I may have just rewatched a racist ST:NG episode.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-may-have-just-rewatched-a-racist-st-ng-episode/759935)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2016, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-may-have-just-rewatched-a-racist-st-ng-episode/759935 "2016-07-16T17:29:33Z")
Been binging on Star Trek NG lately. Just finished watching season 1 and I am dumbfounded that I am just now realizing how bad it is. Now I’m on season 2, still bad but episode 2, “Where Silence Has Lease” (That’s the e… --- ## [Just saw the most inspirational ad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-the-most-inspirational-ad/759951)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2016, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-the-most-inspirational-ad/759951 "2016-07-16T14:52:36Z")
apparently it’s already at least three weeks old first video in this link: “Linda?”:cool: --- ## [Worst decision a TV show/movie has made?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-decision-a-tv-show-movie-has-made/759599)
**Author:** [@Hbk4894](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hbk4894)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2016, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-decision-a-tv-show-movie-has-made/759599 "2016-07-16T07:19:26Z")
Moving Waterloo road to Scotland , killed the show --- ## [Have you ever had Kobe beef? Really?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-had-kobe-beef-really/759988)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2016, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-had-kobe-beef-really/759988 "2016-07-16T07:04:51Z")
I was going to ask if people had ever tried Kobe beef and how they liked it, but then I came across this article stating that most places claiming to sell Kobe beef are lying through their teeth. This is a list of all t… --- ## [Ride with Norman Reedus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ride-with-norman-reedus/759044)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2016, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ride-with-norman-reedus/759044 "2016-07-16T04:38:09Z")
As a long time motorcyclist, I have got to say, what a wonderful and unique show. It really captures the essence of being a “moto-head”. Gather some interesting folks, bikes, take a ride and make a show. I especially enj… --- ## [War movies about lesser known conflicts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-movies-about-lesser-known-conflicts/759528)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2016, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-movies-about-lesser-known-conflicts/759528 "2016-07-16T03:35:04Z")
There have been hundreds if not thousands of movies about the Civil War and World War II. My question is: how many movies have been made about lesser remembered wars like the War of 1812 or the Spanish-American War? (O… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=852) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=854)