# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=890 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 891 --- ## [Binging vs. Apportioned Viewing (New Television Preference)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/binging-vs-apportioned-viewing-new-television-preference/751910)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2016, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/binging-vs-apportioned-viewing-new-television-preference/751910 "2016-04-12T01:02:26Z")
This is, I suppose, a question that only applies to folks who have both Hulu Plus and Netflix. Are y’all happier with shows that drop a season at a time, Netflix style, or on a more traditional weekly basis? I was think… --- ## [What does it mean "to option a book for a movie" mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-mean-to-option-a-book-for-a-movie-mean/751783)
**Author:** [@davidmich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidmich)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2016, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-mean-to-option-a-book-for-a-movie-mean/751783 "2016-04-12T00:50:53Z")
Hi What does it mean “to option a book for a movie” mean? Even the definition didn’t help m make sense of the word. I look forward to your feedback. Nick Sacco, a k a “The Cat,” is the last man alive who can tell the … --- ## ["Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" trailer out!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantastic-beasts-and-where-to-find-them-trailer-out/751863)
**Author:** [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2016, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantastic-beasts-and-where-to-find-them-trailer-out/751863 "2016-04-11T22:11:11Z")
Here it is. It debuted at the MTV Movie Awards. I am so freaking psyched! --- ## [Captain Kirk Hit with $170-Million Paternity Suit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-kirk-hit-with-170-million-paternity-suit/750679)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2016, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-kirk-hit-with-170-million-paternity-suit/750679 "2016-04-11T22:07:49Z")
Story here. I believe Shatner is not the father, because … wait for it … he only ever went where no man went before. --- ## [Alien names in Star Trek](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alien-names-in-star-trek/750909)
**Author:** [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2016, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alien-names-in-star-trek/750909 "2016-04-11T19:49:19Z")
Does anyone know whether the Star Trek writers had any main theme or source of inspiration for the names of the various individual aliens? I’ve thought for some time that some alien names in Star Trek–particularly Carda… --- ## [story about looking for reincarnated loved one?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/story-about-looking-for-reincarnated-loved-one/751002)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2016, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/story-about-looking-for-reincarnated-loved-one/751002 "2016-04-11T17:49:06Z")
Can you think of a book/comic/movie/tv show about someone who goes to look for a baby or child that they believe is their dead loved one reincarnated? --- ## [Words to refer to edible water-dwelling creatures](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-to-refer-to-edible-water-dwelling-creatures/751234)
**Author:** [@Sangahyando](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sangahyando)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2016, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-to-refer-to-edible-water-dwelling-creatures/751234 "2016-04-11T15:43:32Z")
Am not sure whether this belongs properly in Cafe Society, or IMHO. Anyhow – it’s another one prompted by the Cafe Society “Is fish ‘meat’?” thread, and people’s struggles there regarding attempted clarifying / categori… --- ## [Eat Me - I'm a Danish \[song parody\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-me-im-a-danish-song-parody/54730)
**Author:** [@H8\_2\_W8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/H8_2_W8)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2016, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-me-im-a-danish-song-parody/54730 "2016-04-11T14:53:13Z")
After Falco’s “Rock Me Amadeus” hit in the early 80’s, I seem to remember someone had a parody song out called “Eat Me I’m a Danish” but I cannot find any reference to it. Am I only remembering what my friends and I sai… --- ## [Amy Schumer angry with Glamour...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amy-schumer-angry-with-glamour/751461)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2016, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amy-schumer-angry-with-glamour/751461 "2016-04-11T14:36:33Z")
…for including her in a list of “Women Who Inspire Us” in a special edition called “Chic at Any Size” aimed at “plus-size” women. They did not explicitly identify her as plus-size. Methinks the lady doth protest too much… --- ## [helpp identifying a kid's book.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helpp-identifying-a-kids-book/751847)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2016, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helpp-identifying-a-kids-book/751847 "2016-04-11T14:31:15Z")
This is a book my wife listened to on a talking book for the blind when she was around nine or ten (1962-1963). She doesn’t remember the plot of the book, or any of the characters’ names. She does remember that a charac… --- ## [Restaurant Fraud: What do you think of this situation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-fraud-what-do-you-think-of-this-situation/751321)
**Author:** [@andrea\_green](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andrea_green)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2016, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-fraud-what-do-you-think-of-this-situation/751321 "2016-04-11T06:00:11Z")
Tonight i was tricked into a $600 meal at what I can honestly say was one of the worst restaurants I’ve ever been to. The price/quality ratio was so grossly out of whack that I left feeling flummoxed wondering how a pro… --- ## [Celebrities whose genius doesn't transcend the medium](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-whose-genius-doesnt-transcend-the-medium/751367)
**Author:** [@amaguri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amaguri)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2016, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-whose-genius-doesnt-transcend-the-medium/751367 "2016-04-11T02:38:51Z")
I struggled with an appropriately descriptive title here. I’ve been listening to a bunch of podcasts lately, and while I generally find Dan Savage’s advice column to be an enjoyable read, he is a pretty lame and obnoxio… --- ## [Cruelty-Free Dairy/Meat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruelty-free-dairy-meat/751657)
**Author:** [@Gestalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gestalt)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2016, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruelty-free-dairy-meat/751657 "2016-04-11T00:50:10Z")
So, I’ve recently converted to vegetarianism and am progressing to quasi-veganism, not because I think eating meat is wrong, per se, but rather because the conditions under which livestock and dairy animals are kept are … --- ## [Why is the Trivago guy so creepy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-trivago-guy-so-creepy/750780)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2016, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-trivago-guy-so-creepy/750780 "2016-04-11T00:11:53Z")
I think he’s creepy, the wife thinks he’s creepy, everyone I discuss TV things with holds the same opinion . . . Just what is it about him? In the first set of commercials I thought it was because he was unshaven and dr… --- ## [Do you find Amy Schumer amusing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-find-amy-schumer-amusing/751496)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2016, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-find-amy-schumer-amusing/751496 "2016-04-10T22:19:59Z")
Elsewhere there is a thread discussing Amy Schumer conflict with Glamour magazine. I’d link to it if I cared enough, which I don’t. I also don’t care to discuss whether she’s bangable. Anyone who feels the need to do rev… --- ## [Stop what you are doing right now and listen to](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-what-you-are-doing-right-now-and-listen-to/751778)
**Author:** [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2016, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-what-you-are-doing-right-now-and-listen-to/751778 "2016-04-10T20:29:10Z")
This. --- ## [Recommend a good book on the Borgias?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-book-on-the-borgias/751468)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2016, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-book-on-the-borgias/751468 "2016-04-10T20:02:30Z")
I’m almost done with Showtime’s series “The Borgias” (I’m behind the times). I’ve done some very cursory online reading on the Borgia pope Alexander VI and family; opinions seem to be rather polarized. Can anyone recom… --- ## [I am trying to identify this Hong Kong movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-trying-to-identify-this-hong-kong-movie/751827)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2016, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-trying-to-identify-this-hong-kong-movie/751827 "2016-04-10T19:37:29Z")
I cannot recall specific names of characters. But the movie has to do with Hong Kong gambling and some soccer match between Germany and Brazil - I believe, the 2002 World Cup. I think this movie is over a decade old. Th… --- ## [Probably stupid question about "Durham County"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/probably-stupid-question-about-durham-county/512953)
**Author:** [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2016, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/probably-stupid-question-about-durham-county/512953 "2016-04-10T18:39:05Z")
The TV show, not Durham County SC. Are the masks worn by the two girls real masks you could buy at an anime store or are they made up for the series? If they’re real, what is the name of the anime character? For the fi… --- ## [Binge: 3rd Rock from the Sun](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/binge-3rd-rock-from-the-sun/750989)
**Author:** [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2016, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/binge-3rd-rock-from-the-sun/750989 "2016-04-10T17:49:13Z")
Recap courtesy of Netflix: I thought I would revisit this series as I had only seen a few shows while the show was broadcast. Umpteen hours later, I have to give KUDOS to the writers and how the cast played their roles… --- ## [Dues songs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dues-songs/431266)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2016, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dues-songs/431266 "2016-04-10T15:38:54Z")
Or, the songs where rock n’ roll bands go on about the joys, sorrows, trials and tribulations of their performing/recording lives. I’ve never been too fond of this genre, as the performers tend to come off as self-indul… --- ## [Question about Stephen King's novel "IT"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-stephen-kings-novel-it/640884)
**Author:** [@Darth\_Hamsandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Hamsandwich)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2016, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-stephen-kings-novel-it/640884 "2016-04-10T15:00:16Z")
It’s been awhile since I’ve read the book, but I specifically remember Pennywise referring to himself by the name Robert Gray. I don’t believe this moniker was ever explained in the book. Anyone know what this name refer… --- ## [Better Call Saul 2.08 "Fifi" 4/4/16](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul-2-08-fifi-4-4-16/751208)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 174\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2016, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul-2-08-fifi-4-4-16/751208 "2016-04-10T04:41:26Z")
2.01 Switch 2.02 Cobbler 2.03 Amarillo 2.04 Gloves Off 2.05 Rebecca 2.06 Bali Ha’i 2.07 Inflatable --- ## [The Class of 69](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-class-of-69/751654)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2016, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-class-of-69/751654 "2016-04-10T01:23:27Z")
Psalm 90 says, “The days of our years are threescore years and ten,” but Patty Duke, David Bowie, and Alan Rickman got cheated out of their full Biblical allotment by dying a year early. A Rule of Three for the Class of… --- ## [Did Sherlock Holmes have a son?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-sherlock-holmes-have-a-son/450683)
**Author:** [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2016, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-sherlock-holmes-have-a-son/450683 "2016-04-10T01:12:59Z")
I’m addicted to the Laurie R. King Sherlock Holmes/Mary Russell mysteries, even though I’m not very familiar with the original stories. In A Monstrous Regiment of Women, Mary says something like, “If he was your son, wo… --- ## [The Big Bang Theory, Season 9, Episode 20 (April 7, 2016) -- "The Big Bear Precipitation"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-20-april-7-2016-the-big-bear-precipitation/751555)
**Author:** [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2016, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-20-april-7-2016-the-big-bear-precipitation/751555 "2016-04-09T23:36:35Z")
I was surprised not to see a thread. Don’t really have anything to say about the episode, it was kind of meh. --- ## [Another show I thought was long since cancelled...still in production.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-show-i-thought-was-long-since-cancelled-still-in-production/751506)
**Author:** [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2016, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-show-i-thought-was-long-since-cancelled-still-in-production/751506 "2016-04-09T22:35:06Z")
The Matthew Perry version of “The Odd Couple” I watched it a few times back when it came out. It was mildly amusing, but didn’t strike me as something that was going to last. Now I’m seeing ads, apparently there are ne… --- ## [Children zombies on the "Walking Dead"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/children-zombies-on-the-walking-dead/751363)
**Author:** [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2016, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/children-zombies-on-the-walking-dead/751363 "2016-04-09T22:25:53Z")
I was wondering how many children zombies have appeared on “The Walking Dead”. I can only think of Carol’s daughter right now, and I’m blanking on her name. They seem to be few and far between, if not completely nonexis… --- ## [The Voice UK winners and finalists- where are they now.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-voice-uk-winners-and-finalists-where-are-they-now/751712)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2016, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-voice-uk-winners-and-finalists-where-are-they-now/751712 "2016-04-09T21:52:37Z")
Most of these UK The Voice singers performances are/were on youtube. Pretty easy to see their blind audition, battle round, and follow their path to the finals. I watched a lot of the blinds because Tom Jones was a coach… --- ## [What fiction films have had the greatest effects on the ‘real’ world?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fiction-films-have-had-the-greatest-effects-on-the-real-world/749081)
**Author:** [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2016, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fiction-films-have-had-the-greatest-effects-on-the-real-world/749081 "2016-04-09T21:51:52Z")
I was thinking of “Jaws” and what an effect it had – I know many people who seriously would not swim in the ocean after that movie came out. What other fiction movies have had effects in or on the ‘real’ world? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=889) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=891)