# Cafe Society Confessions: What's yours? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 8, 2017, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-society-confessions-whats-yours/779345 "2017-02-08T19:48:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-society-confessions-whats-yours/779345/121 "2017-02-10T03:22:59Z")
In my opinion, the Spice Girls practically saved top 40 radio. In the early 1990s, there was almost nothing but lousy R&B ballads in the top 40. Think Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men over and over. Finally, when “Wannabe” broke through in 1996 or '97, it felt like pop music was fun again. ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-society-confessions-whats-yours/779345/122 "2017-02-10T03:23:12Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > This is a good one, and gave me a confession for the thread: > > I’m in my mid-40s and I have zero interest in movies from before 2000 unless I already saw them and loved them. (Fight Club, Reservoir Dogs, etc…) And I’m starting to lose interest in the 2000-2009 movies as well. Something about watching movies that aren’t from the current decade just turns me off. (Rolling current, so in 5 years I’ll prefer the 2020 and later movies.) Im the opposite. I live about 8 years in the past. This Lady GaGa person is pretty good amd that Kristin Wiig sure is talented! ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-society-confessions-whats-yours/779345/123 "2017-02-10T03:48:08Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > _Hands **WordMan** my Man Card_ > > That’s, like, my most favoritest song in the whole world. > > 😃 He can have my Man Card too (though it’s far from my favorite song). > [@EllisDee](#): > > I’m in my mid-40s and I have zero interest in movies from before 2000 unless I already saw them and loved them. (Fight Club, Reservoir Dogs, etc…) And I’m starting to lose interest in the 2000-2009 movies as well. Something about watching movies that aren’t from the current decade just turns me off. (Rolling current, so in 5 years I’ll prefer the 2020 and later movies.) I pity you, more than any other poster in this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-society-confessions-whats-yours/779345/124 "2017-02-10T04:47:41Z")
I’m fed up with (and will never buy) substandard, remixed crappy unfinished “New Releases” from The Jimi Hendrix Estate. Leave that dead horse alone and go get a fucking job. You’ve supped on the teat long enough. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-society-confessions-whats-yours/779345/125 "2017-02-10T11:18:36Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > He can have my Man Card too (though it’s far from my favorite song). I still get misty over **Bill Withers’ Lean on Me** , so who am I to judge? 😉 > [@](#): > > I pity you, more than any other poster in this thread. Hey now. I agree that movies of all ages are essential but this is a confessions thread. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-society-confessions-whats-yours/779345/126 "2017-02-10T12:30:46Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > I pity you, more than any other poster in this thread. It could be worse. I could be into the pathetic garbage you’re into. ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-society-confessions-whats-yours/779345/127 "2017-02-10T12:48:09Z")
I didn’t enjoy _Animal House_ at all - it wasn’t funny and didn’t make me laugh; I remain mystified by its popularity and cult status. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-society-confessions-whats-yours/779345/128 "2017-02-10T13:05:24Z")
I never get tired of hearing “Won’t Get Fooled Again.” I think it is one of the best rock songs ever. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-society-confessions-whats-yours/779345/129 "2017-02-10T13:18:28Z")
There are only two good songs on\* Pet Sounds\*: “Wouldn’t It Be Nice” and “Sloop John B.” I don’t get why everyone thinks its The Greatest Album Evar!1!!1!! I also think Keanu Reeves is a good actor when given half a chance. > [@Shoeless](#): > > I never get tired of hearing “Won’t Get Fooled Again.” I think it is one of the best rock songs ever. I wholeheartedly agree. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-society-confessions-whats-yours/779345/130 "2017-02-10T14:05:06Z")
> [@Dale\_Sams](#): > > I eat peanuts with the shells on. > [@Catamount](#): > > How? 😕 > [@Dale\_Sams](#): > > Just pop the whole thing in my mouth.Shells and all. That’s why they’re salted, right? I knew a girl who would do this, so I tried it one time. It’s not really that bad and now I do it because people freak out about it and it’s a neat parlor trick. I recommend it. > [@EllisDee](#): > > This is a good one, and gave me a confession for the thread: > > I’m in my mid-40s and I have zero interest in movies from before 2000 unless I already saw them and loved them. (Fight Club, Reservoir Dogs, etc…) And I’m starting to lose interest in the 2000-2009 movies as well. Something about watching movies that aren’t from the current decade just turns me off. (Rolling current, so in 5 years I’ll prefer the 2020 and later movies.) You’re like Ms. Cups. I doubt she’s ever seen a black and white movie, and even movies from the 80s she has little interest in because they’re “old”. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-society-confessions-whats-yours/779345/131 "2017-02-10T15:21:20Z")
I like Brutalist architecture. It’s big buildings that look big, as opposed to big buildings that try to look like glass and nothing, which appears to be the only alternative. Of course, I’m also of the opinion that style and design are two separate things, and that representatives any style can be well-designed, so I don’t automatically associate any particular style with roof leaks or earthquake damage or similar. I don’t think director’s cuts or similar are necessarily the final word on a film. Even when the film was changed by the studio or similar, the fact remains that one of the things which differentiates filmmaking from novel writing or similar is the degree to which it’s a collaborative enterprise. Art and economics go hand-in-hand: Without the filmmakers, the studios would not exist; without the studios, the filmmakers would be unable to tell certain stories in the ways they do. The fact novelists are so free is that novelists are only responsible for themselves most of the time, whereas a filmmaker has the careers and livelihoods of thousands of people (makeup artists, CG animators, scriptwriters, editors, boys best and otherwise, grips of all kinds, and so on) hanging on the success of their work product, so it had better be something which isn’t likely to go down in flames. If you want creative freedom, go make films in your bedroom again and do without the massive apparatus which depends on the success of your films to continue to employ people. (Besides, the whole “Art For Art’s Sake” concept is a way to keep the working class out of the realms of True Art: If you can’t afford to give your job a miss and go off on the woods somewhere to Create unimpeded by Mammon, well, you’re just a drone who’ll never be Artistic a day in your life. The classism fairly reeks when you look at it the right way.) Even worse, I’m not inherently and dogmatically opposed to 3D, CGI, special effects, color, sound, novel adaptations, reboots, remakes, or sequels. I’m pretty sure that makes me a rank philistine, and a low-ranking one at that. “Authenticity” is a construct, and I mean that as an insult: No dish, no article of clothing, no style of music ever survived contact with the outside world unchanged. Hell, cultures don’t even survive _time_ unchanged. Further, claiming that authenticity is only and exclusively a property of “unmixed” cultures is a rather neat way to devalue diasporic and border cultures, and a hair away from, you know, _outright_ racism. So, yes, I realize that chop suey comes from San Francisco. Claiming that that makes it “not real Chinese” is rather a slap in the face to the Chinese who also come from San Francisco. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-society-confessions-whats-yours/779345/132 "2017-02-10T15:52:06Z")
> [@SykoSkotty](#): > > I didn’t think Fargo was all that. The movie or the series? I liked the movie but didn’t find anything hooking me into the series. Maybe I would have been more receptive if it had a different title. I’ve never seen _Firefly_ and, at this point, doubt it could live up to the hype. I’ve never seen Game of Thrones or Breaking Bad either but now it’s more about the oppressive weight of a hundred hours of viewing ahead of me if I started. Amusingly, I still avoid BB spoilers as though I’ll get to it some day. I suppose if one day my arms and legs are eaten by a shark, I’ll be glad to have prepared. The one Pratchett book I tried, I didn’t care for. I know a bunch of people who share my tastes who like him and I like other works in the same general sphere but the book just left me bored and I never tried another. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-society-confessions-whats-yours/779345/133 "2017-02-10T15:57:16Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > I like _Mostly Harmless_. It’s _So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish_ that is the weak link in the “trilogy”. I think the Dirk Gentley novels were funnier and more clever than the Guide books (although I still like and respect the Guide series). Eating peanuts in the shell is easy. It’s the outward trip with the jagged shell fragments that causes the problems. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-society-confessions-whats-yours/779345/134 "2017-02-10T16:12:35Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > The one Pratchett book I tried, I didn’t care for. Out of curiosity, which one? ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-society-confessions-whats-yours/779345/135 "2017-02-10T16:14:59Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > Out of curiosity, which one? I don’t remember the title as it was decades ago. It was set in pseudo-Australia if that’s any help. ---
**Author:** ![somepumpkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@somepumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/somepumpkin)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-society-confessions-whats-yours/779345/136 "2017-02-10T16:23:35Z")
> [@Cardigan](#): > > When my family is out of town and I’m bacheloring it, I will sometimes have meals like: > > 1st course - bowl of mint chip ice cream > 2nd course - two handfuls of dry roasted peanuts > 3rd course - McDonalds French fries > 4th course - Burger King Whopper > 5th course - bowl of corn Chex > 6th course - quart of Budweiser > 7th course - chocolate brownie Can’t smoke when the kids are home, eh? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-society-confessions-whats-yours/779345/137 "2017-02-10T16:42:16Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > I still get misty over **Bill Withers’ Lean on Me** , so who am I to judge? 😉 I won’t say that _Lean On Me_ is my favorite BW song, but man is he a great singer, I love everything he did. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-society-confessions-whats-yours/779345/138 "2017-02-10T16:47:05Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > I don’t remember the title as it was decades ago. It was set in pseudo-Australia if that’s any help. Sounds like _The Last Continent_. Not his best IMHO, and not a particularly good place to start with Pratchett, but typical enough to give you a fair representation of what his writing’s like. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-society-confessions-whats-yours/779345/139 "2017-02-10T17:19:49Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > I still get misty over **Bill Withers’ Lean on Me** , so who am I to judge? 😉 Bill Withers has no place in this thread! ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-society-confessions-whats-yours/779345/140 "2017-02-10T18:35:28Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > I pity you, more than any other poster in this thread. > [@EllisDee](#): > > It could be worse. I could be into the pathetic garbage you’re into. This is not the place for a fight, take it to the pit, both of you, if you wish to continue. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-society-confessions-whats-yours/779345.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-society-confessions-whats-yours/779345.md?page=8)