# Poll: What does BLM Mean to You? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 20, 2020, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-does-blm-mean-to-you/915786 "2020-07-20T01:54:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ynnad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/4491bb/32.png) [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-does-blm-mean-to-you/915786/1 "2020-07-20T01:54:59Z")
If you see the initialism BLM without any further context, what is the first thing that comes to your mind? _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-does-blm-mean-to-you/915786/1))_ ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-does-blm-mean-to-you/915786/2 "2020-07-20T02:01:42Z")
It finally stopped happening, but I swear the first thing I thought of was “bacon, lettuce and tomato.” Then I thought, “No, not tomato. This is the Black Lives Matter one.” ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-does-blm-mean-to-you/915786/3 "2020-07-20T02:06:51Z")
You were probably thinking of “bacon, lettuce and millet”. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-does-blm-mean-to-you/915786/4 "2020-07-20T02:09:55Z")
Similar to one friend’s mother, who thought TCBY stood for, “Thank God It’s Yogurt.” ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-does-blm-mean-to-you/915786/5 "2020-07-20T02:11:09Z")
Black lives matter. I was talking with a friend, who is a retired park ranger and he mentioned a friend who works at BLM and it took me a while to realize he meant Land Management. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-does-blm-mean-to-you/915786/6 "2020-07-20T02:24:30Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Similar to one friend’s mother, who thought TCBY stood for, “Thank God It’s Yogurt.” Your friend’s mother must have had a very vague relationship with the alphabet. Are you sure that she didn’t think it meant “this can’t be yogurt”, the nickbame for [this](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TCBY) chain? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-does-blm-mean-to-you/915786/7 "2020-07-20T02:29:57Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > > [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > > > Similar to one friend’s mother, who thought TCBY stood for, “Thank God It’s Yogurt.” > > Your friend’s mother must have had a very vague relationship with the alphabet. Are you sure that she didn’t think it meant “this can’t be yogurt”, the nickbame for [this](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TCBY) chain?- According to your link, that _was_ the original name. > Prior to 1984, the company’s name was “This Can’t Be Yogurt,” but a lawsuit from a competitor, [I Can’t Believe It’s Yogurt!](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Can%27t_Believe_It%27s_Yogurt!), forced TCBY to create a new name from its initials, eventually using “The Country’s Best Yogurt” ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-does-blm-mean-to-you/915786/8 "2020-07-20T03:18:06Z")
“This Can’t Be Yogurt” is the chain I meant. My friend’s mother always thought it was “Thank God It’s Yogurt,” and my friend gave up trying to correct her. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-does-blm-mean-to-you/915786/9 "2020-07-20T06:27:42Z")
When I see SMH, which is shorthand for Shaking My Head, as in disbelief at stupidity, I see a local acronym instead, that of the _Sydney Morning Herald_ newspaper. I’m getting better at delineating, but it still trips me up sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-does-blm-mean-to-you/915786/10 "2020-07-20T06:44:24Z")
I live where BLM land is in every direction for me to enjoy, so it will always be that initially unless context shows otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-does-blm-mean-to-you/915786/11 "2020-07-20T08:38:02Z")
I live in the UK, we don’t have anything called Bureau of Land Management, so your poll isn’t really applicable to me, and I voted for the next most obvious one. ---
**Author:** ![pullin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-does-blm-mean-to-you/915786/12 "2020-07-20T12:36:40Z")
Former Arizona resident and hunter. BLM always defaults to bureau of land management, unless something in the sentence shows otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![TheCuse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thecuse/32/2854_2.png) [@TheCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheCuse)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-does-blm-mean-to-you/915786/13 "2020-07-20T19:45:42Z")
I am in the typsetting business and I’ve always used BLM as “bulleted list middle.” BLF is “bulleted list first” and BLL is “bulleted list last” ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-does-blm-mean-to-you/915786/14 "2020-07-20T19:52:56Z")
> [@pullin](#): > > Former Arizona resident and hunter. BLM always defaults to bureau of land management, unless something in the sentence shows otherwise. _Current_ Arizona resident and a burner who plays in the Bureau’s backyard every August (except this year), ditto. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-does-blm-mean-to-you/915786/15 "2020-07-20T20:16:16Z")
Raised in the US Southwest & lived there for another ~10 years since leaving there after college. BLM was Land Management for me up until just a few weeks ago when Black Lives Matter took over. Which is considerably after when Black Lives Matter began dominating the headlines. Apparently I’m slow to update my memes. ---
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-does-blm-mean-to-you/915786/16 "2020-07-20T23:28:38Z")
I think there’s definitely a regional aspect to this. BLM defaults to Bureau of Land Management unless context indicates otherwise. I live where there is a LOT of BLM land. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-does-blm-mean-to-you/915786/17 "2020-07-20T23:35:31Z")
I was discussing events with some friends and the Bundys came up. There was a bit of confusion when I was talking about BLM and their first thought was Black Lives Matter. Normal times I would default to the govt agency, but contemporary times, there is more talk about the activist movement, and so is more likely to be relevant. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-does-blm-mean-to-you/915786/18 "2020-07-20T23:39:55Z")
Initially to me it is wide-open land that I can camp pretty freely. Which I’ve done in the past. So I voted for this. I have to stop and think that today, it likely means Black Lives Matter. I’m typically not a protester but I participated in one BLM march about a month ago. It went well. ---
**Author:** ![RaftPeople](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@RaftPeople](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaftPeople)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-does-blm-mean-to-you/915786/19 "2020-07-20T23:46:28Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > I participated in one BLM march about a month ago About grazing rights? ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2020, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-does-blm-mean-to-you/915786/20 "2020-07-21T00:36:33Z")
It’s hard to graze with masks on. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-does-blm-mean-to-you/915786.md?page=2)