# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=93 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 94 --- ## [R.I.P. David Lynch](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-david-lynch/1013049)
**Author:** [@veryfrank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/veryfrank)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2025, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-david-lynch/1013049 "2025-01-18T07:44:07Z")
Passed away at the age of 78. He was one of my favorite directors for sure. Twin Peaks was absolutely iconic to me when I was in high school. There was no other mind like his in Hollywood. --- ## [Tinned cod roe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tinned-cod-roe/1013076)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2025, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tinned-cod-roe/1013076 "2025-01-17T22:20:42Z")
I enjoy trying unusual (to me) canned/tinned food, and I find myself in possession of a few tins of cod roe (John West brand). How should I eat it? --- ## [The next page in the book of AI evolution is here, powered by GPT 3.5, and I am very, nay, extremely impressed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-page-in-the-book-of-ai-evolution-is-here-powered-by-gpt-3-5-and-i-am-very-nay-extremely-impressed/975945)
**Author:** [@Gozu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu)\ **Replies:** 1615\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2025, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-page-in-the-book-of-ai-evolution-is-here-powered-by-gpt-3-5-and-i-am-very-nay-extremely-impressed/975945 "2025-01-17T21:56:49Z")
Hi dopers. I used the word page in the topic deliberately because this thread is about an amazing text-based AI. You can try it yourself by making a free account at chat.openai.com. Here are some of my prompts. You can … --- ## [Cookie thread for the holidays](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cookie-thread-for-the-holidays/1010444)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2025, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cookie-thread-for-the-holidays/1010444 "2025-01-17T17:35:14Z")
In last week’s MMP, towards the end, cookies and the holidays past and present were getting a lot of mention. I thought about tossing in some of my favorites but didn’t want to put them in a thread that was not CS and a… --- ## [Minced beef vs. ground beef](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minced-beef-vs-ground-beef/1012326)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2025, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minced-beef-vs-ground-beef/1012326 "2025-01-17T16:44:13Z")
A yahoo on Yahoo is insisting ground beef and minced beef are different things. I can see his point; but in England, what we (USians) call ‘ground beef’ is called ‘minced beef’ there. So UK Dopers: Do you see a differ… --- ## [Please tell me: why did I buy crispy jalapeños on Amazon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-tell-me-why-did-i-buy-crispy-jalapenos-on-amazon/1012511)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2025, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-tell-me-why-did-i-buy-crispy-jalapenos-on-amazon/1012511 "2025-01-17T05:11:44Z")
So I just got a helpful notice from Amazon, telling me that some crispy jalapeños I ordered several weeks ago have finally shipped. Apparently I ordered them at least a month ago. In the meantime I had forgotten all abo… --- ## [New Wallace and Gromit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wallace-and-gromit/1011267)
**Author:** [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2025, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wallace-and-gromit/1011267 "2025-01-17T04:30:15Z")
New Wallace and Gromit coming to Netflix January 3, 2025. “Vengeance Most Fowl” Trailer here. --- ## [What is "Granary-Style Bread" called in the USA?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-granary-style-bread-called-in-the-usa/1013022)
**Author:** [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2025, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-granary-style-bread-called-in-the-usa/1013022 "2025-01-17T03:45:12Z")
I am trying to make a British cheese & onion sandwich. I think I know how I want to do the filling but I also need to get the bread. My understanding is that a classic cheese and onion sandwich is on something called gra… --- ## [I feel cheated! No Vader story from Disney+](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-cheated-no-vader-story-from-disney/1013052)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2025, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-cheated-no-vader-story-from-disney/1013052 "2025-01-17T02:35:01Z")
Saw these promotions for the new Vader origin movie: Teaser Trailer Dude! Admiral Thrawn counseling Vader? Bleeding a khyber crystal? Darth Vader saying , “F Anakin.” This is the best thing from the franchise sinc… --- ## [Struggling financially to make a living](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/struggling-financially-to-make-a-living/1013050)
**Author:** [@SpicyDuckBillyHunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpicyDuckBillyHunt)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2025, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/struggling-financially-to-make-a-living/1013050 "2025-01-16T19:14:48Z")
Djimon Hounsou says he is poor essentially. Link https://edition.cnn.com/entertainment/djimon-hounsou-systemic-racism-black-people-african-roots-spc/index.html. What do people think? --- ## [Harley Quinn (the series)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harley-quinn-the-series/848023)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2025, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harley-quinn-the-series/848023 "2025-01-16T17:24:27Z")
Nobody here seems to be talking about this, but it is one of my favorite current animated series. It is well-written and hilarious, with bright clean animation and a top-rate voice cast. It makes fun of the superhero gen… --- ## [Great Movies w/ Singular Character in Solitary Despair?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-movies-w-singular-character-in-solitary-despair/1012151)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2025, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-movies-w-singular-character-in-solitary-despair/1012151 "2025-01-16T14:28:25Z")
Maybe a better question would be, “Is there a movie like ‘Hunger’”? He’s in every scene. The people he meets along the way aren’t important, and take up no more than a few seconds. He’s a writer who can’t eat because he… --- ## [The sardines are eating the anchovies: Is this an Italian proverb?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sardines-are-eating-the-anchovies-is-this-an-italian-proverb/915675)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2025, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sardines-are-eating-the-anchovies-is-this-an-italian-proverb/915675 "2025-01-16T14:15:13Z")
Many years ago, I occasionally encountered a middle-aged Italian-American guy who would respond to my query of “What’s up?” with something like “le sarde si mangiano le alici.” I’m not good at Italian grammar, but he sa… --- ## [Doper DVD Collectors--Tell us about your DVD collections](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-dvd-collectors-tell-us-about-your-dvd-collections/1012888)
**Author:** [@rippingtons\_fan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rippingtons_fan)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2025, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-dvd-collectors-tell-us-about-your-dvd-collections/1012888 "2025-01-16T13:06:00Z")
I’ve been a DVD collector for quite some time now, and I recently bought a new DVD player from Amazon so I can watch my movies and shows. It even plays CD’s. I have over 350 DVD’s. What DVD’s are in your collections? I … --- ## [Do opera singers really not have recordings made specifically to critique their own voice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-opera-singers-really-not-have-recordings-made-specifically-to-critique-their-own-voice/1013024)
**Author:** [@Mops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mops)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2025, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-opera-singers-really-not-have-recordings-made-specifically-to-critique-their-own-voice/1013024 "2025-01-15T23:18:43Z")
This question came to me on watching the 1981 movie Diva, for the umpteenth time, at the local arthouse cinema (screening that movie is a bit of a tradition with German cinephiles on special occasions, such as this year’… --- ## [Marvel’s What if….Season 2 (spoilers possible)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvel-s-what-if-season-2-spoilers-possible/995364)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2025, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvel-s-what-if-season-2-spoilers-possible/995364 "2025-01-15T17:24:22Z")
Just finished it this morning. All in all it was pretty good. The animation was great as usual, and the stand-in voices were fine where the original wasn’t present (like for Black Widow). I’d be happy with many more seas… --- ## [Best Law & Order quotes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-law-order-quotes/727355)
**Author:** [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2025, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-law-order-quotes/727355 "2025-01-14T21:52:00Z")
We had a thread similiar thread like this awhile ago, but it was too old to drag up. I’ve been binge watching the series. (The worst part of binge-watching something? Having the theme song stuck in your head) They us… --- ## [Best songs written for commercials](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-songs-written-for-commercials/1012833)
**Author:** [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2025, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-songs-written-for-commercials/1012833 "2025-01-14T20:34:47Z")
This must have been discussed before but I haven’t been able to find such a thread. What’s your favorite song that was written for a commercial? I’d like to limit this to songs that were newly written for a commercial, n… --- ## [Running Man remake](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/running-man-remake/1012745)
**Author:** [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2025, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/running-man-remake/1012745 "2025-01-13T22:50:27Z")
IMDb Wikipedia Planned release date November 7, 2025. I just hope its not the dumpster fire that the '87 release was. I had already read the book and was stoked for the movie. Even more-so with Arnold as the star. … --- ## [The differences between 1970s cinema and the cinema of today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-differences-between-1970s-cinema-and-the-cinema-of-today/457017)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2025, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-differences-between-1970s-cinema-and-the-cinema-of-today/457017 "2025-01-13T18:39:50Z")
I’ve been thinking lately that there is just something fundamentally different about 70s movies and TV shows versus the ones we have today. There are a bunch of different factors that seem to combine together to create t… --- ## [Writing with a pencil?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/writing-with-a-pencil/1011155)
**Author:** [@davey77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davey77)\ **Replies:** 157\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2025, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/writing-with-a-pencil/1011155 "2025-01-13T13:36:37Z")
Lately, I’ve become interested in pencils for drawing and urban sketching. My eyes have become open to the vast array of choices in graphite available, from the smallest-pointed mechanical drafting pencils to oversized … --- ## [Share your pour-over coffee technique!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-pour-over-coffee-technique/1011508)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2025, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-pour-over-coffee-technique/1011508 "2025-01-13T03:02:40Z")
We will be abandoning the Keurig soon (or more specifically, giving it to our college-aged daughter), and I have started doing pour-over coffee with a traditional porcelain coffee…device…whatever you call it…and paper fi… --- ## [Please Critique my Proposed Cocktail Recipe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-critique-my-proposed-cocktail-recipe/1012858)
**Author:** [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2025, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-critique-my-proposed-cocktail-recipe/1012858 "2025-01-12T23:12:33Z")
I only have a mixed drink about every couple of years or so. Don’t worry. I have already met my lifetime quota for alcohol consumption so I don’t have any catching up to do. I am not a connoisseur. My plan: 2 parts c… --- ## [The Penguin was amazing!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-penguin-was-amazing/1007503)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2025, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-penguin-was-amazing/1007503 "2025-01-12T18:20:03Z")
I was blown away by the first episode. A really great crime story. Looking forward to see where it goes. --- ## [Great TV Theme Music...but Lousy Show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-tv-theme-music-but-lousy-show/1012788)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2025, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-tv-theme-music-but-lousy-show/1012788 "2025-01-12T16:14:04Z")
You see the show for the first time, and the theme and/or music is freakin’ fantastic!…then you watch the actual show and it varies from “meh” to “I wonder if you can make eye wash out of battery acid?”. I’ve got som… --- ## [Christmas Cat \[film\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-cat-film/1012863)
**Author:** [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2025, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-cat-film/1012863 "2025-01-12T06:39:50Z")
I mean the one who finds people who have not received any new clothes by Christmas, and eats them. According to the IMDB, there is a short film featuring this cat: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26680526/ My question is:… --- ## [Venturing into vegan/vegetarian food](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/venturing-into-vegan-vegetarian-food/1012775)
**Author:** [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2025, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/venturing-into-vegan-vegetarian-food/1012775 "2025-01-12T03:48:34Z")
Trying a vegan food now: Morningstar Farms’ Sweet BBQ Riblets. No way you’d confuse them for real beef short ribs or pork ribs based on texture alone, let alone flavor. About all I taste, in fact, is the barbecue sauc… --- ## [Brief cartoon scene identification - pursuit while behind drum set](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brief-cartoon-scene-identification-pursuit-while-behind-drum-set/1012853)
**Author:** [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2025, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brief-cartoon-scene-identification-pursuit-while-behind-drum-set/1012853 "2025-01-11T21:42:47Z")
So I finally saw Whiplash last night, and all that drumming reminded me of a brief animated scene involving someone drumming on a drum set, while chasing someone else. It’s in a mock-1970s-cheap-animation (and maybe psyc… --- ## [The best movies of 2024](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movies-of-2024/1012822)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2025, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movies-of-2024/1012822 "2025-01-11T17:15:22Z")
I’m sure there are a few 2024 releases for me to see. I saw 101 movies released in the year 2024 and my top 10 is probably not really set in stone. All 10 of these are great and you can swap most of them with the movies … --- ## [Soul Man Sam Moore has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soul-man-sam-moore-has-died/1012843)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2025, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soul-man-sam-moore-has-died/1012843 "2025-01-11T16:08:36Z")
Sam Moore, one half of Sam & Dave has died at age 89. Their music had a bit of a revival when The Blues Brothers movie came out. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=92) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=94)