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**Author:** [@LiveOnAPlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LiveOnAPlane)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2023, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-blind-side-movie/519126 "2023-08-16T21:34:28Z")
I have done several searches and to my surprise, I just can’t find a thread on this excellent movie. So I guess I’ll start one. Don’t think I’ve put in any spoilers, but be careful, because I didn’t hide anything below… --- ## [Can you make a gun that blows people back like what happens in movies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-make-a-gun-that-blows-people-back-like-what-happens-in-movies/988291)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2023, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-make-a-gun-that-blows-people-back-like-what-happens-in-movies/988291 "2023-08-16T21:19:21Z")
We all seen bad action movies where somebody has a shotgun and shoots a guy and the person shot flies like 10 feet back in the air. Now obviously that isn’t realistic due to the whole “equal and opposite reaction” part o… --- ## [Does Venerable Bede's account of the 789 Viking raid on Portland in Dorset mention the name of the bailiff?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-venerable-bedes-account-of-the-789-viking-raid-on-portland-in-dorset-mention-the-name-of-the-bailiff/988618)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2023, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-venerable-bedes-account-of-the-789-viking-raid-on-portland-in-dorset-mention-the-name-of-the-bailiff/988618 "2023-08-16T21:13:13Z")
Does Venerable Bede’s account of the 789 Viking raid on Portland in Dorset mention the name of the bailiff ? I haven’t been able to track it down. --- ## [What's the Deal with the Falkland Islands?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-the-falkland-islands/610629)
**Author:** [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\ **Replies:** 411\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2023, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-the-falkland-islands/610629 "2023-08-16T20:54:38Z")
I have been chatting with an online friend from Argentina and he indicates that there is still a lot of sentiment that the Falkland Islands should be theirs. He seems to feel that the government is still asserting its cl… --- ## [Montana youths win unprecedented court case](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montana-youths-win-unprecedented-court-case/988570)
**Author:** [@Tride](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tride)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2023, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montana-youths-win-unprecedented-court-case/988570 "2023-08-16T18:58:04Z")
Gift WaPo link: Post. As we’ve discussed, a group of Montanans sued the state because it rubber-stamps any and all fossil-fuel projects and in fact passed a law making it unlawful to do environmental reviews of said pr… --- ## [Reese, my 16-year-old puppy, just died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reese-my-16-year-old-puppy-just-died/988583)
**Author:** [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2023, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reese-my-16-year-old-puppy-just-died/988583 "2023-08-16T18:57:15Z")
Yeah, I know. There’s already another pet thread. But I don’t really think swapping stories about deaths tends to help me with grief. I just get more sad thinking about everyone else. I didn’t immediately cry like I did… --- ## [Diplomacy/behavior problem re friend's dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diplomacy-behavior-problem-re-friends-dog/988480)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2023, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diplomacy-behavior-problem-re-friends-dog/988480 "2023-08-16T18:20:58Z")
I’m not sure if I’m asking for advice or just venting. TL;DR: How do I tell a friend (that I’ll soon be living very close to and seeing a lot of) that her sweet dog is totally obnoxious due to never having been trained?… --- ## [Resolved, that using "karen" as a pejorative is off limits](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-that-using-karen-as-a-pejorative-is-off-limits/987430)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 292\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2023, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-that-using-karen-as-a-pejorative-is-off-limits/987430 "2023-08-16T17:15:16Z")
We have a new thread where the term “karen” used as a pejorative is the topic. Several posters, including myself have said that he term is hurtful, bigoted and sexist. More or less it is taking the place of “bitch” a… --- ## [Chicken, celery and almonds (recipes)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-celery-and-almonds-recipes/988520)
**Author:** [@alovem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alovem)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2023, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-celery-and-almonds-recipes/988520 "2023-08-16T15:46:16Z")
For some reason, I woke up this morning thinking about what I can make with chicken, celery and almonds (and a few more ingredients, if necessary). I looked online and came across “almond chicken.” Looks okay, and I thin… --- ## [What Are The Yiddish Words For Jewish Woman, Gentile Woman, Or Woman Of Undetermined Identity?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-yiddish-words-for-jewish-woman-gentile-woman-or-woman-of-undetermined-identity/941843)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2023, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-yiddish-words-for-jewish-woman-gentile-woman-or-woman-of-undetermined-identity/941843 "2023-08-16T14:40:05Z")
Is “shiksa” (gentile woman) like a pejorative or a slang term? Or is it just a general term for non-Jewish women? What do you call a Jewish woman in Yiddish? What do you call just a woman in Yiddish, if you can’t determi… --- ## [When wasn't this guy well-known?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-wasnt-this-guy-well-known/954347)
**Author:** [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Replies:** 171\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2023, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-wasnt-this-guy-well-known/954347 "2023-08-16T14:33:55Z")
Apropos of nothing, I just stumbled, quite by chance, on a YouTube video of ancient vintage that I found unbelievable. Of the multitude of comments, many expressed the same sentiment. In a segment from the old What’s M… --- ## [I need help buying a mattress](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-help-buying-a-mattress/986776)
**Author:** [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2023, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-help-buying-a-mattress/986776 "2023-07-11T01:22:20Z")
The subject of mattresses came up in conversation with friends twice in the last week and everyone was horrified (as you will be) that my mattress is 21 years old. When purchased it was a very nice Tempurpedic back when … --- ## [More home renovation words of wisdom: energy efficiency edition!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-home-renovation-words-of-wisdom-energy-efficiency-edition/981697)
**Author:** [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2023, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-home-renovation-words-of-wisdom-energy-efficiency-edition/981697 "2023-08-16T13:40:10Z")
So the kitchen remodel is so awesome that now I am jazzed up to finally do something about a) the extremely leaky, original 1906 windows; and b) the complete and total lack of attic insulation. I may regret not making th… --- ## [Looking for legal advice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-legal-advice/988209)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2023, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-legal-advice/988209 "2023-08-16T12:18:45Z")
But I don’t expect people here to provide it. What I’d like to get here is advice on the best way to obtain professional legal advice. Last year, a truck belonging to a large business backed into my car, causing a sizab… --- ## [Why all those ads for mobile phone games that don't exist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-all-those-ads-for-mobile-phone-games-that-dont-exist/988567)
**Author:** [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2023, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-all-those-ads-for-mobile-phone-games-that-dont-exist/988567 "2023-08-16T11:00:23Z")
Social media is full of ads for “free” (I suppose the business model is either pay-to-win, or ads, or data mining, or a combination of all three) mobile phone games. I never download these games because I don’t want junk… --- ## [Trolling in the Pit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolling-in-the-pit/988441)
**Author:** [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2023, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolling-in-the-pit/988441 "2023-08-16T06:45:27Z")
@Miller It’s painfully obvious that trolling is happening in the Republican’s war on transgender people thread, and has been for days now. Is the reluctance to warn or, preferably, thread-ban the troll because you’ve … --- ## [How do police reduce petty crime?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-police-reduce-petty-crime/988351)
**Author:** [@GeneralTang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GeneralTang)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2023, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-police-reduce-petty-crime/988351 "2023-08-16T04:59:21Z")
This is, possibly, a very silly question coming from a person with a rural childhood, who is progressively moving to larger and larger cities. This question was inspired by another thread: “do san francisco los angeles … --- ## [Explain LED fluorescent bulb replacements to me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-led-fluorescent-bulb-replacements-to-me/988213)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2023, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-led-fluorescent-bulb-replacements-to-me/988213 "2023-08-16T04:30:27Z")
I know about a lot of handyman/ DIY stuff but not this. Our office has tasked me with being in charge of replacing our current T-8 fluorescent bulbs with LED replacement bulbs. As I understand it, some replacements plug… --- ## [Asymmetric usage of "long" and "short" in time expressions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asymmetric-usage-of-long-and-short-in-time-expressions/988318)
**Author:** [@Stego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stego)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2023, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asymmetric-usage-of-long-and-short-in-time-expressions/988318 "2023-08-16T04:05:44Z")
I am not a native speaker, so maybe the question is based on biased or plain wrong observations. However, it seems to me that “long” and “short” cannot be freely substituted in English time expressions. For example, y… --- ## [Would a person with great eating habits even know if they were diabetic?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-person-with-great-eating-habits-even-know-if-they-were-diabetic/988541)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2023, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-person-with-great-eating-habits-even-know-if-they-were-diabetic/988541 "2023-08-16T02:42:00Z")
This could probably go in FQ, but it’s medical and I welcome informed speculation, so … I eat very little refined sugar, and not even much fruit (I try to have a modest serving of berries most days, but that’s it). I do… --- ## [Television and film trivia by memory only](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-and-film-trivia-by-memory-only/988580)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2023, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-and-film-trivia-by-memory-only/988580 "2023-08-16T01:48:38Z")
I was trying to remember a bit of trivia, realized I couldn’t, and then wondered who would actually be able to recall it from memory without looking it up. That sounds like a fun game thread so if anyone else thinks so h… --- ## [Low(er) Cost CGM Options?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-er-cost-cgm-options/988577)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2023, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-er-cost-cgm-options/988577 "2023-08-16T01:44:36Z")
I’d like to monitor my blood glucose level to see how various foods impact my blood sugar for health reasons. I only want to do it for 6 weeks. I don’t have diabetes or prediabetes, so insurance doesn’t cover the cost as… --- ## [Tricks your brain plays on you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tricks-your-brain-plays-on-you/988477)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2023, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tricks-your-brain-plays-on-you/988477 "2023-08-16T01:21:49Z")
For the 1st one, I’d like any Americans who have visited England as tourists to play along: Try to recall a car or bus ride that you took when you visited England. Picture the scene as you’re driving, perhaps looking a… --- ## [Little details you notice in creative works](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-details-you-notice-in-creative-works/988626)
**Author:** [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2023, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-details-you-notice-in-creative-works/988626 "2023-08-16T00:21:14Z")
This thread is for minor details you notice in films, TV shows, books, etc. The might be in-jokes, Easter-eggs, little historical details they got correct, things they actually got right about your profession, etc. For… --- ## [Covid test outdated or not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-test-outdated-or-not/988624)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2023, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-test-outdated-or-not/988624 "2023-08-15T23:59:08Z")
I took a home covid test using a kit that was past its expiration date. When I did it, the control line showed up bright pink, leading me to think that the test was actually still actively valid and no part of it had ex… --- ## [Fool's errands and devices](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fools-errands-and-devices/988561)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2023, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fools-errands-and-devices/988561 "2023-08-15T23:18:41Z")
Beats me what forum this belongs in. The thread Turnbuckle belt tensioner has brought up the subject of left and right handed crescent wrenches and screwdrivers. A common fool’s errand is to send a n00b out to get a left… --- ## [Taxonomy of music. Can we make a "phylogenetic tree" of music?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taxonomy-of-music-can-we-make-a-phylogenetic-tree-of-music/988563)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2023, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taxonomy-of-music-can-we-make-a-phylogenetic-tree-of-music/988563 "2023-08-15T21:14:06Z")
I don’'t know how feasible this project is, but I think it’ll be interesting to try, and hopefully in the process educate myself on the history of music. Let’s try to make a taxonomic tree of music from the western trad… --- ## [Are US people like Europeans concerning the habit of kicking tires? A couple of polls](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-us-people-like-europeans-concerning-the-habit-of-kicking-tires-a-couple-of-polls/988535)
**Author:** [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2023, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-us-people-like-europeans-concerning-the-habit-of-kicking-tires-a-couple-of-polls/988535 "2023-08-15T19:21:17Z")
My wife observed the other day that men over here (Germany), when regarding a car, sometimes kick the tires as if to check whether they have the right pressure. And added that no woman would do that, because it is absurd… --- ## [Gravity at large scales - measurement?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gravity-at-large-scales-measurement/818414)
**Author:** [@am77494](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/am77494)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2023, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gravity-at-large-scales-measurement/818414 "2023-08-15T18:47:00Z")
The question is inspired by Quantum mechanics, where the laws we find intuitive at our scale of perception are not applicable at the quantum level. From Newton’s gravitational laws, F= GM1M2/R^2. Now I remember readin… --- ## [Glasses with progressive lenses, or LASIK?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glasses-with-progressive-lenses-or-lasik/988505)
**Author:** [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2023, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glasses-with-progressive-lenses-or-lasik/988505 "2023-08-15T17:10:36Z")
I’m nearsighted, and I’ve worn glasses since I was 12 years old. I wore contact lenses when I was younger, but I ultimately decided they weren’t worth the trouble (my optometrist once told me that I have “oily tears”, wh… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=761&state=watching) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=763&state=watching)