# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=925 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 926 --- ## [Help IDing a fantasy novel...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-iding-a-fantasy-novel/744025)
**Author:** [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2016, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-iding-a-fantasy-novel/744025 "2016-01-24T12:54:46Z")
I remember reading a fantasy book back in the 80s, although it felt older than that. It was about a man from our world (an engineer, maybe?) who had figured out the formulas to do magic through his engineering knowledge.… --- ## [The Flash S02E10: Potential Energy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flash-s02e10-potential-energy/743563)
**Author:** [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2016, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flash-s02e10-potential-energy/743563 "2016-01-24T11:47:18Z")
Posting this early as a way to remind folks that the show returns with a new episode tonight. From the episode description: Here’s the official trailer for the rest of the season, which promises to have a lot more Ear… --- ## [Sheldon Cooper Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheldon-cooper-q/743413)
**Author:** [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2016, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheldon-cooper-q/743413 "2016-01-24T05:16:02Z")
Has it been established…overtly or at leased implied…that Sheldon is Autistic or has Aspergers? For that matter, how about Leonard’s Mother…is she a Psychopath/Sociopath? --- ## [Same film series, same actor, different character](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-film-series-same-actor-different-character/743646)
**Author:** [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2016, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-film-series-same-actor-different-character/743646 "2016-01-24T04:36:24Z")
Okay, here’s an odd phenomenon. In some film series (or just a film and its sequel), they will have mostly the same principal actors, it’s in the same continuum, but there’s an actor or actress in two different installm… --- ## [What was the best book you read in 2015?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-best-book-you-read-in-2015/741830)
**Author:** [@Bonaventure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bonaventure)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2016, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-best-book-you-read-in-2015/741830 "2016-01-24T04:31:40Z")
Simple. The only rules are: you can only choose one, and you must have read it in 2015 (doesn’t matter when it was published). You can also include the reasons why you thought it was the best. --- ## [Robot migrant worker](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-migrant-worker/743782)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2016, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-migrant-worker/743782 "2016-01-24T04:11:49Z")
I think it was on a book cover, and it has a Heinlein vibe to it. A human-shaped robot has a ‘picking bag’ slung over its shoulder. I think it has a sombrero-type hat. The robot is filling the roll that migrant worker… --- ## [Inside Out: Is Riley Bi?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-out-is-riley-bi/743851)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2016, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-out-is-riley-bi/743851 "2016-01-24T03:11:04Z")
It occurred to me, on about the fifth time through “Inside Out” with the Cub, that there is a difference between Riley’s emotions and everyone else’s. In the closing of the show, they show the groups of emotions for Ril… --- ## [Suicide squad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suicide-squad/744046)
**Author:** [@Dajn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dajn)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2016, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suicide-squad/744046 "2016-01-24T02:33:22Z")
If there is already a thread on this please erase this. I just watched the official trailer and I am looking forward to watching this movie. Harley Quinn and the joker alone will make it worth watching. The new Deadp… --- ## [Why would Luke carry a rope and grappel?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-luke-carry-a-rope-and-grappel/743645)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2016, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-luke-carry-a-rope-and-grappel/743645 "2016-01-24T02:14:48Z")
I dont know if this has been discussed before but dont you find it odd that Luke just happened to have a rope and grappling hook so he and Leia could swing across a chasm? And Luke knew how to use it and was strong enou… --- ## [Internet Dating Song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-dating-song/744045)
**Author:** [@TheLadyMage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLadyMage)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2016, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-dating-song/744045 "2016-01-24T02:13:59Z")
https://youtu.be/JmOURmSGPec ^Epic and humorous song about internet dating. --- ## [What's up with the Joker?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-the-joker/744000)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2016, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-the-joker/744000 "2016-01-24T00:45:06Z")
Got his face cut off; still current, fixed or rebooted? --- ## ["Man! Them cats clap on the ONE and the THREE!"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-them-cats-clap-on-the-one-and-the-three/743406)
**Author:** [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2016, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-them-cats-clap-on-the-one-and-the-three/743406 "2016-01-24T00:40:34Z")
I missed “Treme” the first time around, but have lately discovered and began binge-watching it. It’s eminently binge-watchable, IMO. But I am puzzled over this bit of musician-speak that has come up every so often on the… --- ## [Seinfeld/Breaking News/Challenge to Cecil](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seinfeld-breaking-news-challenge-to-cecil/743867)
**Author:** [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2016, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seinfeld-breaking-news-challenge-to-cecil/743867 "2016-01-24T00:34:53Z")
Today I met the real Cosmo, the person who is the reason that Kramer eventually was named Cosmo. I should explain I’ve known this person for about a year, since he is a sales person at a marine store I frequent. But jus… --- ## [Earliest prequel in film?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-prequel-in-film/743518)
**Author:** [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2016, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-prequel-in-film/743518 "2016-01-24T00:33:33Z")
It occurs to me that Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) is the earliest movie prequel I can think of, at least in the sense we commonly think of prequels today. Am I forgetting (or simply unaware of) a ton? For … --- ## [Pizza Hut's New Menu](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pizza-huts-new-menu/710014)
**Author:** [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2016, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pizza-huts-new-menu/710014 "2016-01-24T00:28:23Z")
I have an up-and-down relationship with Pizza Hut. I liked it when I was a kid, and then stayed away from it in my 20s, but now in my 30s I find I enjoy it again. Actually I’ve ALWAYS enjoyed eat-in - you can’t beat thei… --- ## [Controversial kids coloring book with happy US slaves - Acceptable?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-kids-coloring-book-with-happy-us-slaves-acceptable/743579)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2016, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-kids-coloring-book-with-happy-us-slaves-acceptable/743579 "2016-01-24T00:28:00Z")
Can you do a historical kid’s book with US slaves that does not explicitly reference the horrors of slavery? This book below is in the news. The cover art is actually rather charming but … well … they’re slaves! They had… --- ## [Star Trek: Noonian](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-noonian/743939)
**Author:** [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2016, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-noonian/743939 "2016-01-23T23:26:16Z")
Is Kirk nemesis Khan Noonian Singh and Data creator Noonian Soong…related? --- ## [Recommend a FDR Biography Please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-fdr-biography-please/743918)
**Author:** [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2016, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-fdr-biography-please/743918 "2016-01-23T20:48:09Z")
Is there a definitive bio of FDR? Or a few very good ones? Thanks! --- ## [Mystery novel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-novel/744006)
**Author:** [@Henga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Henga)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2016, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-novel/744006 "2016-01-23T20:12:45Z")
My health isn’t good and I am the only caregiver for my mother who is disabled with lupus. This means that I am homebound a good bit. Several years ago I started writing just to amuse myself. I have written a Christma… --- ## [Scream Queens](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scream-queens/736374)
**Author:** [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2016, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scream-queens/736374 "2016-01-23T17:36:39Z")
Anyone else watching? I’m not really in to horror but I love absurd, tongue-in-cheek television and this is it! All the characters are caricatures of sorority girls, frat boys, campus security, dopey girls who want to b… --- ## [What was this story? (pig impersonator)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-story-pig-impersonator/743787)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2016, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-story-pig-impersonator/743787 "2016-01-23T15:20:20Z")
I heard a story once, and I think it’s from some famous source, but I can’t remember what the source is. The story has it that an entertainer came to a small town, and was drawing a crowd. The entertainer’s schtick was… --- ## [Arcade Fire: songs not on regular albums](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arcade-fire-songs-not-on-regular-albums/743844)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2016, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arcade-fire-songs-not-on-regular-albums/743844 "2016-01-23T14:54:34Z")
My friend are going to go through all of Arcade Fire’s music and rate and comment on the songs. What songs of theirs are not on their main albums? E.g., soundtracks, compilations, live albums, etc. Thanks for your guid… --- ## [Childhood food misconceptions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childhood-food-misconceptions/741823)
**Author:** [@Tired\_and\_Cranky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tired_and_Cranky)\ **Replies:** 207\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2016, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childhood-food-misconceptions/741823 "2016-01-23T04:30:01Z")
Seeing my nieces and nephews at Christmas Eve dinner reminded me about how little I knew about food as a kid. I thought Philadelphia cheese steaks were made with Philadelphia brand cream cheese and I certainly never wan… --- ## [RIP Ramblin' Lou Schriver](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-ramblin-lou-schriver/743776)
**Author:** [@Cardboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardboard)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2016, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-ramblin-lou-schriver/743776 "2016-01-23T00:32:02Z")
We should post a new music death everyday. My choice today is Western New York country legend and radio host Ramblin’ Lou Schriver, who was well-known in the Buffalo area. --- ## [I need a new show recommendation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-new-show-recommendation/743262)
**Author:** [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2016, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-new-show-recommendation/743262 "2016-01-22T23:45:14Z")
Please help me find a new show to watch! History, just to list a few: I loved: Doctor Who Daredevil Babylon 5 American Horror Story Fringe Supernatural Cowboy Bebop I liked: Farscape DS 9 Star Trek TNG Firef… --- ## [Is all Rock also Pop, or is there overlap?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-all-rock-also-pop-or-is-there-overlap/743779)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2016, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-all-rock-also-pop-or-is-there-overlap/743779 "2016-01-22T21:35:18Z")
This post got me wondering: “Rock Book: Yeah Yeah Yeah: The Story of Modern Pop” (I’d link to it, but it’s near-impossible on an iPhone). So, if you drew a Venn diagram of Rock and Pop, would Rock be a smaller circle en… --- ## [Iggy Pop has Post Pop Depression](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iggy-pop-has-post-pop-depression/743884)
**Author:** [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2016, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iggy-pop-has-post-pop-depression/743884 "2016-01-22T21:21:10Z")
Iggy Pop teamed up with Josh Homme to put together a new album Post Pop Depression. Looks like this was a big hush hush project and I didn’t know about it until this morning when I saw it posted on Pop’s Facebook page. … --- ## [Anyone reading "Eth's Skin" webcomic? It's worth a look!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-reading-eths-skin-webcomic-its-worth-a-look/743664)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2016, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-reading-eths-skin-webcomic-its-worth-a-look/743664 "2016-01-22T15:57:58Z")
Interesting webcomicwith engaging characters/ Now on chapter 3. Only puzzlement is that the author (who is trans) makes a point of it being a gender queer comic but so far that aspect has not introduced itself at all in… --- ## [Goodbye, Jason Mackenroth!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-jason-mackenroth/743883)
**Author:** [@Cardboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardboard)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2016, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-jason-mackenroth/743883 "2016-01-22T15:26:46Z")
Today’s musician death is Jason Mackenroth (well, he didn’t DIE today, but he’s the one that gets mentioned today). Jason Mackenroth was a drummer for the Rollins Band and the Blue Man Group and now he is dearly departe… --- ## [Bands with members from \> 1 country?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-members-from-1-country/743684)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2016, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-members-from-1-country/743684 "2016-01-22T14:19:38Z")
I’m looking for bands with more than 1 member from more than 1 country. Most famous example is Fleetwood Mac - 2 Americans, 3 Brits. Must be more examples. (There are lots of bands who have one guy/girl from a di… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=924) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=926)