# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=892 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 893 --- ## [English grammar query: "whom" is incorrect in this context?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-grammar-query-whom-is-incorrect-in-this-context/751422)
**Author:** [@Wallenstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallenstein)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2016, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-grammar-query-whom-is-incorrect-in-this-context/751422 "2016-04-07T14:01:10Z")
Here’s the sentence: “Authentication is the process of ensuring that an entity requesting system access is what or whom it claims to be”. I think it should be “…what or \*who \*it claims to be”. Thoughts? --- ## [Why do people on the internet blatantly misattribute "inspirational"-type quotes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-on-the-internet-blatantly-misattribute-inspirational-type-quotes/750884)
**Author:** [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2016, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-on-the-internet-blatantly-misattribute-inspirational-type-quotes/750884 "2016-04-07T03:58:18Z")
This is something which came up inthis thread about glurge attributed to Mark Twain and which I think is worthy of a separate discussion; hence the thread here. Anyone who’s been on the internet for any length of time w… --- ## [Is fish "meat"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-fish-meat/750728)
**Author:** [@IllinoisBoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IllinoisBoy)\ **Replies:** 219\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2016, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-fish-meat/750728 "2016-04-07T05:06:00Z")
I was struck by something over in the GD thread on Japanese whaling http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=19206955#post19206955. (Very interesting thread, which actually made me re-think a subject and perh… --- ## [The People v OJ Simpson on FX](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-people-v-oj-simpson-on-fx/745230)
**Author:** [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2016, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-people-v-oj-simpson-on-fx/745230 "2016-04-07T01:22:44Z")
Anyone watching? I would never have given this a second thought since I was sooooo not into the story when it was a real story. In fact, I used to kid that I could be on the jury, since I purposely ignored every bit o… --- ## [Remake of Roots: will you watch](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remake-of-roots-will-you-watch/750779)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2016, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remake-of-roots-will-you-watch/750779 "2016-04-06T23:32:46Z")
History Channel is for some reason remaking Roots. Trailer Cast I honestly can’t imagine why. Reasons I wouldn’t: 1 There are so many African-American classics that haven’t been filmed, or at least not with a budget,… --- ## [So whose “Last Day on Earth” was it? (WALKING DEAD spoilers ahoy!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whose-last-day-on-earth-was-it-walking-dead-spoilers-ahoy/751276)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2016, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whose-last-day-on-earth-was-it-walking-dead-spoilers-ahoy/751276 "2016-04-06T23:26:46Z")
If you saw the season finale for TWD the other night, you know what I’m talking about. If you haven’t seen it yet and still opened the thread despite the warning in the title, I assume you either don’t care about spoiler… --- ## [At what concert did you first smoke the marijuana?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-concert-did-you-first-smoke-the-marijuana/750801)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2016, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-concert-did-you-first-smoke-the-marijuana/750801 "2016-04-06T23:13:36Z")
The Offspring, Cobo Arena, 1995. --- ## [Let's do the 30 Day Song Challenge. For everyone who does every day with me, I'll Paypal a dollar.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-the-30-day-song-challenge-for-everyone-who-does-every-day-with-me-ill-paypal-a-dollar/750997)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2016, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-do-the-30-day-song-challenge-for-everyone-who-does-every-day-with-me-ill-paypal-a-dollar/750997 "2016-04-06T22:34:59Z")
Here’s my idea. Being bored a few minutes ago–and listening to a favorite song of mine–I thought about how it might be interesting to do the 30 Day Song Challenge. Only it’s not half as interesting doing it alone. I th… --- ## [Middle Earth-Musings on Elven Population and Birth rate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-earth-musings-on-elven-population-and-birth-rate/751247)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2016, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-earth-musings-on-elven-population-and-birth-rate/751247 "2016-04-06T18:27:23Z")
So I woke up this morning in one of those strange brain moods pondering random things. Finally my semi-conscious thoughts settled on Tolkien. The numbers are pretty hard to make work There were 144 Initial elves sometim… --- ## [What did Negan do before the apocalypse?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-negan-do-before-the-apocalypse/751314)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2016, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-negan-do-before-the-apocalypse/751314 "2016-04-06T18:16:25Z")
We don’t know. According to The Walking Dead Wiki, ‘Nothing is known about Negan’s life before or as the outbreak began, except that he enjoyed billiards and ping-pong and used to be a used car salesman.’ So aside for … --- ## [Covers that didn't change gender](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covers-that-didnt-change-gender/750798)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2016, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covers-that-didnt-change-gender/750798 "2016-04-06T14:33:52Z")
I just discovered the very entertaining Bryan Ferry cover of “It’s My Party”. One thing stuck out: although the Lesley Gore original is clearly written from a female perspective, Ferry refuses to change the gender of th… --- ## [Chest hair and Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chest-hair-and-merry-christmas-mr-lawrence/751304)
**Author:** [@HarryTheHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HarryTheHat)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2016, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chest-hair-and-merry-christmas-mr-lawrence/751304 "2016-04-06T05:28:01Z")
Why do all of the prisoners in the David Bowie film Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence appear to have no chest hair? (If you don’t believe me, see merry christmas mr lawrence (1983) - the forbidden kiss - YouTube) For such a… --- ## [Flaked on Netflix \[probably spoilers\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flaked-on-netflix-probably-spoilers/751320)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2016, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flaked-on-netflix-probably-spoilers/751320 "2016-04-06T04:54:47Z")
Anyone watching this new Netflix series with Will Arnett? First episode bored the shit out of me, but my wife liked it. Second episode grabbed my attention, but bored the shit out of my wife. By the third episode we had … --- ## [Does anybody have ornamental sweet potato they can share cuttings of?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-have-ornamental-sweet-potato-they-can-share-cuttings-of/750578)
**Author:** [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2016, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-have-ornamental-sweet-potato-they-can-share-cuttings-of/750578 "2016-04-06T04:01:44Z")
A house down the street had them last summer and they’re beautiful! They have both the bright green and purple/black ones mixed, which looks awesome together. I had no idea what they were and had to look them up. I hav… --- ## [A Frank Zappa lineup question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-frank-zappa-lineup-question/751286)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2016, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-frank-zappa-lineup-question/751286 "2016-04-05T23:44:02Z")
Is there a reliable source that shows who did what on a particular Zappa song. I can find the lineup for the album but not the individual songs. In particular I want to know who played on “Doreen”. I know that Steve Vai… --- ## [Boston recommendations!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-recommendations/749003)
**Author:** [@infinitii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/infinitii)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2016, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-recommendations/749003 "2016-04-05T22:02:09Z")
Hopefully this is the right forum for this kind of question… I am traveling to Boston at the end of this month! I will fly in on Wednesday, March 30th, and will fly out EARLY (too early to do anything) on April 4th. I a… --- ## [DEEP: Can changes in police procedures due to SCOTUS rulings be seen in the show COPS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-can-changes-in-police-procedures-due-to-scotus-rulings-be-seen-in-the-show-cops/751266)
**Author:** [@Oedipus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oedipus)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2016, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-can-changes-in-police-procedures-due-to-scotus-rulings-be-seen-in-the-show-cops/751266 "2016-04-05T20:25:06Z")
Just had my Fourth Amendment class… I totally just realized that COPS has been on forever and that there have been a ton of Supreme Court cases that have happened since then which very directly effect police procedures e… --- ## [Any fans of urban fiction out there? Recs needed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-fans-of-urban-fiction-out-there-recs-needed/747968)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2016, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-fans-of-urban-fiction-out-there-recs-needed/747968 "2016-04-05T19:39:25Z")
I’m not a fan of urban fiction, by which I don’t mean that I dislike it but that it’s a genre I’ve a near perfect ignorance of. However, I would like to know what the “classics” and who the most popular authors are to m… --- ## [Question About All in the Family Theme Song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-all-in-the-family-theme-song/665880)
**Author:** [@minlokwat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minlokwat)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2016, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-all-in-the-family-theme-song/665880 "2016-04-05T19:34:28Z")
The All in the Family theme song, Those Were the Days, has an odd line in it. Full lyrics here: link The song appears to be a sincere reminiscent stroll down Memory Lane except for the line, “Mister we could use a man … --- ## [Whale meat -- first-hand experiences?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whale-meat-first-hand-experiences/750818)
**Author:** [@Sangahyando](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sangahyando)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2016, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whale-meat-first-hand-experiences/750818 "2016-04-05T18:49:21Z")
Prompted by the current threads “Is fish ‘meat’ ?” (Cafe Society), and “Japanese Whaling” (Great Debates) – not wishing to hijack either of those, am starting a new thread. It is suggested in the “Japanese Whaling” threa… --- ## [House of Lies.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-of-lies/751197)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2016, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-of-lies/751197 "2016-04-05T14:26:44Z")
Anybody watch this show on Showtime? It stars Don Cheadle playing a successful but morally flexible management consultant. The show is into it’s 5th season so I’ve just finished binge watching up to the first episode o… --- ## [Better Call Saul 2.06 "Bali Ha'i" 3/21/16](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul-2-06-bali-hai-3-21-16/749801)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2016, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul-2-06-bali-hai-3-21-16/749801 "2016-04-05T05:53:15Z")
2.01 Switch 2.02 Cobbler 2.03 Amarillo 2.04 Gloves Off 2.05 Rebecca --- ## [Daredevil Season 2: Episodes 5 to 8. Open through ep 8. No open spoilers beyond ep 8. please.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daredevil-season-2-episodes-5-to-8-open-through-ep-8-no-open-spoilers-beyond-ep-8-please/750684)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2016, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daredevil-season-2-episodes-5-to-8-open-through-ep-8-no-open-spoilers-beyond-ep-8-please/750684 "2016-04-05T05:32:03Z")
Episodes 1 to 4 here. Also a good place to stop and discuss. They do seem to be beating the issue of his bright line and what is justified and what is not pretty damn hard from different angles. Elektra at least makes… --- ## [help me remember a TV ad for an IT security product?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-a-tv-ad-for-an-it-security-product/751225)
**Author:** [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2016, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-a-tv-ad-for-an-it-security-product/751225 "2016-04-05T01:51:51Z")
There was this ad I saw on TV several years ago, probably around the mid-late 2000s. As I dimly recall, the ad has a bunch of IT guys sitting around a table talking about some security breach that hit their company, tryi… --- ## [Is the 'All in the Family' theme song meant to be satirical?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-all-in-the-family-theme-song-meant-to-be-satirical/751210)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2016, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-all-in-the-family-theme-song-meant-to-be-satirical/751210 "2016-04-05T01:32:45Z")
I’ve been watching reruns of All in the Family on Antenna TV. The show is hilarious and my perspective on it is certainly different than when I last watched it as a kid in the '70’s. The lyrics to its theme song Those … --- ## [Nurse Jackie: You Broke My Heart!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nurse-jackie-you-broke-my-heart/722071)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2016, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nurse-jackie-you-broke-my-heart/722071 "2016-04-05T00:39:04Z")
\*\*I used to love this show! The plots were incisive, unflinching, and unsentimental . . . This, the final season, is bathed in dreck:\*\* -Dr. Prince, the amazing maverick doctor, is secretly dying of a brain tumor. Did … --- ## [The Hateful Eight 70mm Roadshow \[open spoilers\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hateful-eight-70mm-roadshow-open-spoilers/741464)
**Author:** [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2016, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hateful-eight-70mm-roadshow-open-spoilers/741464 "2016-04-05T00:06:57Z")
There is another thread about this movie that looks like it’s getting derailed into a debate about piracy. Now that the movie is actually released, maybe we can have a thread talking about the film? Has anyone seen the … --- ## ['Diva of din': 'World's worst singer' movie based on true story.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diva-of-din-worlds-worst-singer-movie-based-on-true-story/750857)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2016, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diva-of-din-worlds-worst-singer-movie-based-on-true-story/750857 "2016-04-04T22:24:21Z")
The film will feature Meryl Streep as Florence, Hugh Grant and Simon Helberg. Based on a bizarre and true story of a wealthy socialite that was blissfully unaware that she couldn’t sing. A true The Emperor’s New Cloth… --- ## ['What do you mean she doesn't sing that...?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-mean-she-doesnt-sing-that/750645)
**Author:** [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2016, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-mean-she-doesnt-sing-that/750645 "2016-04-04T21:59:22Z")
Have you ever heard a song, maybe just 3 lines of a song, and you instantly lock onto it thinking, “I know that voice! That must be a new song by her. I didn’t know she did that… wow that’s good too…”. Cue 2 hours of … --- ## [Go Ask Alice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-ask-alice/745976)
**Author:** [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2016, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-ask-alice/745976 "2016-04-04T19:16:27Z")
My 9-yr old daughter is reading a book written in the style of a teenager’s diary, which apparently describes some distressing events such as the physical abuse of the “author” by her older brother. I said something abou… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=891) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=893)