# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=926 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 927 --- ## [Under Pressure/ Feel Like](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-pressure-feel-like/743870)
**Author:** [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2016, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-pressure-feel-like/743870 "2016-01-22T13:44:08Z")
You should know that David Bowie and Freddie Mercury recorded an incredible song called “Under Pressure”. You should also know that this song was based on a Freddie Mercury song called “Feel Like”, which you can hear… --- ## [Clothing Styles in Capt. Jack Aubrey's Navy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clothing-styles-in-capt-jack-aubreys-navy/743790)
**Author:** [@botsgotme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/botsgotme)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2016, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clothing-styles-in-capt-jack-aubreys-navy/743790 "2016-01-22T13:34:53Z")
1805 seems to be a transitional period, for men’s clothing styles. Jack wears knee breeches, then long pants. His headgear ranges from a bicorn (fore and aft hat), to a tricorn, to a simple watch cap. Likewise the Marin… --- ## [Canadian Horror Movies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-horror-movies/743532)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2016, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-horror-movies/743532 "2016-01-22T12:22:21Z")
Sleeplessness got me thinking about the movie Pontypool and how I can’t recall a lot of other horror movies set up north. I tried to seek some more out, but I seem to be having a difference of thought with Wikipedia. I … --- ## [Was "Legend" somehow ineligible for Oscars?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-legend-somehow-ineligible-for-oscars/743674)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2016, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-legend-somehow-ineligible-for-oscars/743674 "2016-01-22T10:39:01Z")
Because otherwise I am stunned by the lack of nomination for Hardy as the Kray twins. That’s just flat out criminal itself. So please tell me there was a technical issue. --- ## [Why do '70s rock stars get a pass on statutory rape?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-70s-rock-stars-get-a-pass-on-statutory-rape/742919)
**Author:** [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Replies:** 163\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2016, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-70s-rock-stars-get-a-pass-on-statutory-rape/742919 "2016-01-22T09:54:14Z")
After David Bowie’s recent demise it came to light that one young lady claimed to have slept with him when she was 14. There are numerous similar stories attached to many of the big rock stars of the era. Why haven’t the… --- ## [New Show Rattled](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-show-rattled/743798)
**Author:** [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2016, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-show-rattled/743798 "2016-01-22T04:41:35Z")
So I just saw a commercial about couples with new babies, and one dumb bunnie said \[about her own baby, I guess she hadn’t delivered yet?\] “This baby has to fit into our lifestyle, not the other way around” \[more or less… --- ## [Dopers Predict the 88th Academy Awards Winners: Director](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-predict-the-88th-academy-awards-winners-director/743835)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2016, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-predict-the-88th-academy-awards-winners-director/743835 "2016-01-22T04:38:14Z")
LINK to Best Picture poll LINK to Best Actor poll LINK to Best Actress poll Let’s see how well we can, as a group, predict the major Oscar winners. It is not necessary to have seen all the nominated films to vote, si… --- ## [Dopers Predict the 88th Academy Awards Winners: Best Actress](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-predict-the-88th-academy-awards-winners-best-actress/743770)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2016, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-predict-the-88th-academy-awards-winners-best-actress/743770 "2016-01-22T00:29:39Z")
LINK to Best Picture poll LINK to Best Actor poll Let’s see how well we can, as a group, predict the major Oscar winners. It is not necessary to have seen all the nominated films to vote, simply predict who or what yo… --- ## [Dopers Predict the 88th Academy Awards Winners: Best Actor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-predict-the-88th-academy-awards-winners-best-actor/743668)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2016, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-predict-the-88th-academy-awards-winners-best-actor/743668 "2016-01-21T23:49:59Z")
LINK to Best Picture poll. Let’s see how well we can, as a group, predict the major Oscar winners. It is not necessary to have seen all the nominated films to vote, simply predict who or what you think will win. Next … --- ## [Man where are they dredging up these dumb Jeoprady players these days?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-where-are-they-dredging-up-these-dumb-jeoprady-players-these-days/743557)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2016, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-where-are-they-dredging-up-these-dumb-jeoprady-players-these-days/743557 "2016-01-21T23:37:19Z")
Three contestants missed this final Jeopardy question? WTH? :eek: The date along is a give away. What was a major civil rights event in 1957? Or consider the Presidents who left office since 57? There’s only nine. Ke… --- ## [Does anyone actually like wobbly-cam?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-actually-like-wobbly-cam/743711)
**Author:** [@iljitsch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iljitsch)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2016, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-actually-like-wobbly-cam/743711 "2016-01-21T22:16:53Z")
I kept hearing about how great Parks and Recreation is. Well, except the first season. And maybe the second. I watched the first seven episodes and the first episode of the third season. I hate the humor. It’s painfully… --- ## [Name some completely "unremarkable" movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-some-completely-unremarkable-movies/743289)
**Author:** [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2016, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-some-completely-unremarkable-movies/743289 "2016-01-21T21:21:29Z")
A friend and I were trying to think of the most middle-of-the-road, “unremarkable” movies of all time. Here’s the definition we came up with: Neither a very good or bad film Nothing in particular stands out about t… --- ## [RIP Buffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-buffin/743599)
**Author:** [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2016, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-buffin/743599 "2016-01-21T20:37:59Z")
Dale “Buffin” Griffin, drummer for Mott the Hoople, died Jan 17. While he was hardly a big star, Mott the Hoople put out at least one classic album, and a couple of others that were pretty damn good. Griffin tried to g… --- ## [Help with short film from school, 1970s](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-short-film-from-school-1970s/743736)
**Author:** [@Mafghine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mafghine)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2016, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-short-film-from-school-1970s/743736 "2016-01-21T20:27:10Z")
A film that was shown in school back in late 70s-early 80s about a kid geting bullied and was followed after school walking home. The bully fell and broke his leg I think. I was reminded about this after watching The lot… --- ## [Has cake frosting changed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-cake-frosting-changed/743673)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2016, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-cake-frosting-changed/743673 "2016-01-21T20:25:26Z")
Got cupcakes from a bakery that’s supposed to be the best in town for my wife’s birthday. They were decent, but the frosting was all fluffy and light and airy and barely tasted like anything… I’m used to frosting that’s… --- ## [Most shaggable member of ABBA](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-shaggable-member-of-abba/742176)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2016, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-shaggable-member-of-abba/742176 "2016-01-21T20:12:58Z")
It goes without saying that ABBA was, hands-down, the sexiest of all the sexy 70s-era Swedish pop groups with an international following. But I’ll say it anyway: ABBA was hands-down the sexiest of all the sexy 70s-era Sw… --- ## [What's the joke? (Confusing line in Gone Girl the novel)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-joke-confusing-line-in-gone-girl-the-novel/743771)
**Author:** [@Leiko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leiko)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2016, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-joke-confusing-line-in-gone-girl-the-novel/743771 "2016-01-21T20:08:53Z")
So I’m reading Gone Girl and maybe it’s just because it’s almost 4 am, but I’m just not getting what the point or punchline is in this quote: “I specialize in trim work, he’d say, and wait for you to get the joke. If yo… --- ## [Songs you like by bands/artists you don't](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-like-by-bands-artists-you-dont/743743)
**Author:** [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2016, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-like-by-bands-artists-you-dont/743743 "2016-01-21T19:50:01Z")
We all have them. Bands or solo artists that we just cannot stand. But they have one song that we love. Me, personally, I always hate admitting that to myself. A few come to mind right away. “Birdhouse In Your Soul” b… --- ## [Songs with impressions of other singers/groups](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-impressions-of-other-singers-groups/742474)
**Author:** [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2016, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-impressions-of-other-singers-groups/742474 "2016-01-21T18:24:21Z")
I was listening to “I Dig Rock and Roll Music” and enjoyed Peter, Paul and Mary’s impressions/imitations of The Mamas and The Papas, Donovan and The Beatles. It brought to mind the version of Simple Twist of Fate where … --- ## [Science fiction editor David Hartwell is dead.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/science-fiction-editor-david-hartwell-is-dead/743749)
**Author:** [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2016, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/science-fiction-editor-david-hartwell-is-dead/743749 "2016-01-21T17:09:59Z")
And the entire science fiction community is in shock. Most readers probably don’t know him, but fans and authors know him well. Hartwell has been editing science fiction books since the 60s. In the 80s, he founded the T… --- ## [One, of many, X-Files Mythology questions. (Alien Fetus?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-many-x-files-mythology-questions-alien-fetus/743724)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2016, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-many-x-files-mythology-questions-alien-fetus/743724 "2016-01-21T15:29:39Z")
So I was an X-Files junkie and I never understood how there can be an alien fetus, when aliens seem to reproduce by black oil, (Infects, Gestates as reptilian alien, seeks heat to spawn as a grey alien.) Has the show ev… --- ## [How concentrated is espresso?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-concentrated-is-espresso/743752)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2016, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-concentrated-is-espresso/743752 "2016-01-21T15:22:12Z")
I know espresso is a way of preparing coffee, and that it is not constituted just by a concentration level. But on preparing an espresso, your finished product is in fact a type of concentrated coffee. I’m wondering how … --- ## [Dialogues in the form of Novels](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dialogues-in-the-form-of-novels/743458)
**Author:** [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2016, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dialogues-in-the-form-of-novels/743458 "2016-01-21T11:43:11Z")
I’m trying to think of examples (in science fiction, preferably, but others are welcome too) where a novel is written and published as a “response” or “rebuttal” to another. The best example I can come up with is Haldem… --- ## [are incomprehensible song lyrics a semi-universal phenomenon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-incomprehensible-song-lyrics-a-semi-universal-phenomenon/743588)
**Author:** [@dstarfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dstarfire)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2016, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-incomprehensible-song-lyrics-a-semi-universal-phenomenon/743588 "2016-01-21T09:39:55Z")
Many american songs contain lyrics that are either easily misunderstood, or outright impossible to understand. Is this a common occurrence in other languages? Or is it a result of our habit of constantly borrowing words… --- ## [Disney "Aladdin" DVD Prices--Genie Inflation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-aladdin-dvd-prices-genie-inflation/743371)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2016, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-aladdin-dvd-prices-genie-inflation/743371 "2016-01-21T06:53:32Z")
The price of Disney’s Aladdin on dvd has skyrocketed, online. Is this somehow connected to Robin Williams’s will? Or just the nostalgia? --- ## [Did Frank Zappa had any talent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-frank-zappa-had-any-talent/742895)
**Author:** [@escaped](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/escaped)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2016, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-frank-zappa-had-any-talent/742895 "2016-01-21T02:52:11Z")
Was the frank Zappa a genius or was he frank crappa? --- ## [Rene Angelil, husband of Celine Dion, has passed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rene-angelil-husband-of-celine-dion-has-passed/743175)
**Author:** [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2016, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rene-angelil-husband-of-celine-dion-has-passed/743175 "2016-01-21T02:39:32Z")
This continues to be an awful week for the world of entertainment. While not an artist himself, Angelil was Dion’s mentor and husband and crafted her long and successful career. Much like Bowie and Iman, theirs was a t… --- ## [Does Netflix care about movies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-netflix-care-about-movies/743529)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2016, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-netflix-care-about-movies/743529 "2016-01-21T02:29:37Z")
Whenever I look for an older movie they only rarely have it. For example they have zero movies with Robert Deniro now. It seems they are putting a ton of money into their own shows. I guess that is based on what… --- ## [RIP Dallas Taylor, Drummer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-dallas-taylor-drummer/743589)
**Author:** [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2016, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-dallas-taylor-drummer/743589 "2016-01-21T02:15:53Z")
And we lose yet another one this week. Dallas Taylor, best known as the drummer for CSNY during their marquee years passed away on Monday. While Taylor was well known for his drug issues, he had cleaned up and turned h… --- ## [Anyone try Kentucky Fried Chicken's new Nashville Hot Chicken?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-try-kentucky-fried-chickens-new-nashville-hot-chicken/743740)
**Author:** [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2016, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-try-kentucky-fried-chickens-new-nashville-hot-chicken/743740 "2016-01-21T02:03:00Z")
Anyone try Kentucky Fried Chicken’s new Nashville Hot Chicken? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=925) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=927)