# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=95 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 96 --- ## [There is no dark side in the moon. Matter of fact, it's all dark](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-no-dark-side-in-the-moon-matter-of-fact-its-all-dark/1012586)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2025, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-no-dark-side-in-the-moon-matter-of-fact-its-all-dark/1012586 "2025-01-05T22:42:51Z")
Woke up this morning with the wonderful lyrics from “Eclipse” in my head. It’s hard to explain how they make me feel. They encompass everything, yet still make me feel desolate? And then the heartbeat with that mystical … --- ## [Help identify this prehistoric story](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-prehistoric-story/1012571)
**Author:** [@CanHandleTheTruth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanHandleTheTruth)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2025, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-prehistoric-story/1012571 "2025-01-05T22:00:05Z")
When I was a kid in the 1970’s I read a book about a stone age man who was the flint tool and weapon maker for his tribe. For some reason he and his woman were banished from the tribe and they had to survive on their own… --- ## [Best books of 2024](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-books-of-2024/1011671)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2025, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-books-of-2024/1011671 "2025-01-05T04:57:53Z")
I know there are a couple of weeks left in the year, but we’re close enough that I have a pretty good idea of what my favorite books of the year are. I’d love to share those titles, and invite others to share their favor… --- ## [Apple TV free for days of three (January 3rd-5th)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-tv-free-for-days-of-three-january-3rd-5th/1012359)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2025, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-tv-free-for-days-of-three-january-3rd-5th/1012359 "2025-01-05T04:07:44Z")
A chance to binge on something if you don’t already have Apple. --- ## [Phil Collins documentary (YouTube)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phil-collins-documentary-youtube/1011838)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2025, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phil-collins-documentary-youtube/1011838 "2025-01-05T03:28:30Z")
If you are a fan of Phil Collins the YouTube channel Drumeo just put out a 2-hour documentary on him. It covers pretty much everything he did. The quality is excellent (surprised it is on YouTube and not PBS). Gotta s… --- ## [AC/DC's Highway to Hell. Did Bon Scott sing a racist verse?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ac-dcs-highway-to-hell-did-bon-scott-sing-a-racist-verse/705726)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2025, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ac-dcs-highway-to-hell-did-bon-scott-sing-a-racist-verse/705726 "2025-01-05T03:21:54Z")
Every time I hear it, I swear he sings the following: Livin’ easy Lovin’ free Sees a nigger on a one way ride I looped through this verse over and over just now, and I am convinced he is not singing “Season ticket on… --- ## [The Lone Ranger goes Pokeman](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lone-ranger-goes-pokeman/1012535)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2025, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lone-ranger-goes-pokeman/1012535 "2025-01-05T00:21:09Z")
I’m watching season 5, episode 11 and the guys help a woman who has been thrown from her horse. She recovers just fine but needs to get to Fort Pikachu ! --- ## [Community and Pierce Hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-and-pierce-hawthorne/1012544)
**Author:** [@Jemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jemma)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2025, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-and-pierce-hawthorne/1012544 "2025-01-04T08:36:18Z")
What did everyone think of Pierce Hawthorne as the show went on? In my opinion, he started out okay but somewhat backward, but then he turned into this evil curmudgeon. Not to say I didn’t enjoy the later seasons (except… --- ## [Culinary niches which became restaurant opportunities](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culinary-niches-which-became-restaurant-opportunities/1011859)
**Author:** [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2025, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culinary-niches-which-became-restaurant-opportunities/1011859 "2025-01-03T21:06:32Z")
Credit where credit’s due: Fascinating idea. My mind immediately leapt to The Cereal Killer Cafe, as pointlessly niche an idea as I can think of - a restaurant dedicated to serving (only) breakfast cereals. Regarded as… --- ## [Why do we still have the rubber band with Smart TVs? {letterboxing}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-still-have-the-rubber-band-with-smart-tvs-letterboxing/1012523)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2025, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-still-have-the-rubber-band-with-smart-tvs-letterboxing/1012523 "2025-01-03T20:53:14Z")
I’m watching Twisters released in 2024 on a 2 year old Vizo smart tv. I see… Black bars top and bottom. The classic rubber band look. I thought that was why Tv screens changed 20 years ago? The old ratio was 4:3 for … --- ## [Don Imus Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-imus-questions/1012525)
**Author:** [@19USMC69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/19USMC69)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2025, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/don-imus-questions/1012525 "2025-01-03T17:48:05Z")
I’m familiar with Imus’ public persona, but what was he like in real life? Was it any different than was portrayed on air? What was he like to work for? And what ever became of his wife and son? Did they stay out we… --- ## [Do you have a go-to New Year's Day food?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-go-to-new-years-day-food/1012455)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2025, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-go-to-new-years-day-food/1012455 "2025-01-02T18:21:04Z")
The assumption is that for whatever reason, no judgements, you might want a food lying around that anyone can pretty much grab and go with minimal prep, whenever they want throughout the day. For us, it is an old family… --- ## [Veronika; Level three detected- automatic disconnect](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veronika-level-three-detected-automatic-disconnect/1012480)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2025, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veronika-level-three-detected-automatic-disconnect/1012480 "2025-01-02T18:11:33Z")
Any Veronika fans here? Veronika is the star character of little rudimentary stick figure animations depicting her interactions with office management. In this clip she’s Pre-customer service, dealing with angry customer… --- ## [Khadaji’s Whatcha Reading Thread - December 2024 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-december-2024-edition/1011041)
**Author:** [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2025, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-december-2024-edition/1011041 "2025-01-02T02:35:16Z")
Well here we are: the last month of 2024. And what a ride 2024 has been! From the crazy Summer Olympics to the US elections, it’s been up and down… sideways too. So stock up on chocolate and books and hold on, the crazy… --- ## [RIP Linda Lavin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-linda-lavin/1012350)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2025, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-linda-lavin/1012350 "2025-01-02T00:36:24Z")
Probably best known to most as the star of “Alice”, the TV sitcom about a waitress. 87 years is a good run in life. --- ## [The $100 Makerspace Tuba](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-100-makerspace-tuba/1002381)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2025, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-100-makerspace-tuba/1002381 "2025-01-02T00:08:15Z")
I play tuba. Or rather, I used to, decades ago. I don’t play any more, because who actually has their own tuba? But what I do have, is access to a makerspace. Several of them, in fact. And so, some years ago, I deci… --- ## [Monthly Photo Competition #25 – December, 2024 – “Texture” \[Poll Added\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-25-december-2024-texture-poll-added/1011173)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2025, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-25-december-2024-texture-poll-added/1011173 "2025-01-01T20:34:49Z")
This is the monthly thread for December, 2024. The topic this month is “Texture”, chosen by Raza. Please post only your photo and, if you want, a title in this thread. Any other text belongs in the rolling discussion th… --- ## [What "famous people" are you surprised other people haven't heard of?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-famous-people-are-you-surprised-other-people-havent-heard-of/1004817)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 308\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2025, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-famous-people-are-you-surprised-other-people-havent-heard-of/1004817 "2025-01-01T20:03:16Z")
I tend to have a body of knowledge that is miles wide and inches deep. Although I have narrower areas of deeper interest, I tend to have at least a superficial knowledge of at least some significant personalities in are… --- ## [Insane interpretations that you have seen about media?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insane-interpretations-that-you-have-seen-about-media/1012236)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2025, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insane-interpretations-that-you-have-seen-about-media/1012236 "2025-01-01T19:55:14Z")
A few days ago I was googling for the exact phrasing of Ralph Wiggam’s Skinner/Krabapple “making babies” dialogue, and I found a reddit thread where not one but two people had always assumed that “I saw one of the babies… --- ## ["Vote for Coolidge": an outdated meme for "outdated"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-for-coolidge-an-outdated-meme-for-outdated/1012244)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2024, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vote-for-coolidge-an-outdated-meme-for-outdated/1012244 "2024-12-31T23:00:32Z")
I’ve been revisiting a lot of older sitcoms lately. Last night I watched Green Acres 1x06 “Furniture, Furniture, Who’s Got the Furniture?” (October 20, 1965) where Oliver’s perpetually snobbish mother is appauled to see … --- ## [Hey, AI actually did something for me! (About IDing a crime novel series)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-ai-actually-did-something-for-me-about-iding-a-crime-novel-series/1012361)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2024, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-ai-actually-did-something-for-me-about-iding-a-crime-novel-series/1012361 "2024-12-31T16:55:23Z")
For weeks I’ve been trying to remember a particular series of books. For no particular reason, they just popped up in my brain during a sleepless stretch one night, and I got to thinking, yeah, I really enjoyed those bo… --- ## [Is there a full Canadian breakfast?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-full-canadian-breakfast/1012154)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2024, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-full-canadian-breakfast/1012154 "2024-12-30T23:41:27Z")
We have full English breakfasts plus Irish, Scottish and Welsh breakfasts. The latter are just variations on the original (?) English version. I found out there is a full Australian breakfast also although it just seems … --- ## [RIP Olivia Hussey](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-olivia-hussey/1012248)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2024, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-olivia-hussey/1012248 "2024-12-30T23:31:21Z")
--- ## [Bobby Gentry](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobby-gentry/1012270)
**Author:** [@jinkzx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jinkzx)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2024, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobby-gentry/1012270 "2024-12-30T20:44:02Z")
I want to say Im thinking of Bobby Gentry --- ## [People who live outside the USA: Do you routinely eat grape jelly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-live-outside-the-usa-do-you-routinely-eat-grape-jelly/1011893)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 155\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2024, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-live-outside-the-usa-do-you-routinely-eat-grape-jelly/1011893 "2024-12-30T20:32:38Z")
Let’s not get into differences of jam/jelly/preserves/etc. I’m talking about the sweet fruit flavored stuff you might spread on your bread/toast/scones/muffins/whatever. Is grape flavored (stuff) something you might ro… --- ## [Prepping collard greens early](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prepping-collard-greens-early/1012242)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2024, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prepping-collard-greens-early/1012242 "2024-12-30T06:20:08Z")
I’m making collard greens for New Year’s Day. My wife unexpectedly bought some yesterday. They’re in the plastic produce bag, unrefrigerated. (Not much room in the fridge right now.) Would there be any problem if I d… --- ## [Actors/resses that makes you NOT want to see a movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-resses-that-makes-you-not-want-to-see-a-movie/1006077)
**Author:** [@Loggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loggins)\ **Replies:** 237\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2024, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-resses-that-makes-you-not-want-to-see-a-movie/1006077 "2024-12-30T04:32:52Z")
For me, its Mark Whalberg, Kirsten Dunst, Ryan Reynolds, John Wayne, Awkwafina and Katharine Hepburne. These share one thing, i dont like how the look, --- ## [Ozzies: What's an Astra Wally?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ozzies-whats-an-astra-wally/380908)
**Author:** [@black\_rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/black_rabbit)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2024, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ozzies-whats-an-astra-wally/380908 "2024-12-30T03:12:51Z")
I found some VB (which I’ve never had the pleasure of trying - tastes like PBR with a hint of white vineagar) at the local beer store, so I’m putting away twelve of 'em and blasting some AC/DC, Cosmic Psychos, and, of co… --- ## [Animated remakes of live-action feature films](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animated-remakes-of-live-action-feature-films/1012254)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2024, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animated-remakes-of-live-action-feature-films/1012254 "2024-12-30T00:29:53Z")
There’s been a huge fad lately in remaking animated movies as live-action films. Disney started doing this in 1994 with its live-action remake of The Jungle Book, and has been churning them out at a rate of one every ye… --- ## [Food Adventures in Translations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-adventures-in-translations/1012276)
**Author:** [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2024, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-adventures-in-translations/1012276 "2024-12-30T00:25:43Z")
Pretty wacky skimping on hiring translators at the fried intestine company. Which is in Taiwan apparently, traditional characters and (New Taiwan) $ price. ‘Signature deep fried large intestine’. ‘炸’ can mean ‘explode’ a… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=94) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=96)