# Encountering the Straight Dope Elsewhere on the Net **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 1, 2014, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/encountering-the-straight-dope-elsewhere-on-the-net/703278 "2014-11-01T17:00:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2015, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/encountering-the-straight-dope-elsewhere-on-the-net/703278/21 "2015-01-08T20:51:07Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Xkcd has mentioned this **cite** a few times. Site? ---
**Author:** ![Alan\_Smithee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2015, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/encountering-the-straight-dope-elsewhere-on-the-net/703278/22 "2015-01-09T08:16:57Z")
What about IRL? I heard it the Straight Dope referenced in a sermon once! Unfortunately, I can’t remember what the reference was, and I don’t think it was by name, but it was something clearly citing something from one of Cecil’s columns. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2015, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/encountering-the-straight-dope-elsewhere-on-the-net/703278/23 "2015-01-09T15:33:38Z")
A friend on Facebook posted a photo that was a SDMB post. She had never heard of the board so I don’t know where it came from. ---
**Author:** ![Frazzled](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frazzled/32/3368_2.png) [@Frazzled](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frazzled)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2015, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/encountering-the-straight-dope-elsewhere-on-the-net/703278/24 "2015-01-09T15:50:01Z")
On Mythbusters I swear I remember a scene where Grant had the straight dope up on his computer screen while searching for something on the internet. ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2015, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/encountering-the-straight-dope-elsewhere-on-the-net/703278/25 "2015-01-09T18:01:58Z")
The blimp story showed up on my FB feed as a thing from some site that steals content. I, of course, had to put a link to the original thread as a reply. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2015, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/encountering-the-straight-dope-elsewhere-on-the-net/703278/26 "2015-01-10T06:21:54Z")
**Dex** ’s 2003 column on whether or not Sherlock Holmes is real was “reprinted” here: [The Straight Dope on Sherlock Holmes](http://bakerstreetbabble.weebly.com/221b-home/the-straight-dope-on-sherlock-holmes) ---
**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:** [January 10, 2015, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/encountering-the-straight-dope-elsewhere-on-the-net/703278/27 "2015-01-10T06:40:54Z")
> [@FluffyBob](#): > > Googling rare questions will often produce Straight Dope threads, sometimes at the top, hence all our zombie outbreaks. Though that may be independently true, for we SDMB members there is a little bit of a causal loop. Google results often deliberately favour sites you’ve visited before. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2015, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/encountering-the-straight-dope-elsewhere-on-the-net/703278/28 "2015-01-10T12:59:18Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Xkcd has mentioned this cite a few times. Randall Munroe cites SDMB at least twice in his ‘What If?’ book as well. Make me wonder if he’s a lurker or a contributor here. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2015, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/encountering-the-straight-dope-elsewhere-on-the-net/703278/29 "2015-01-10T13:26:10Z")
> [@Frazzled](#): > > On Mythbusters I swear I remember a scene where Grant had the straight dope up on his computer screen while searching for something on the internet. One of our now departed fellow posters did something for Mythbusters…fact check? Research? Something like that. So it wouldn’t be a huge surprise if something like that occurred. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2015, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/encountering-the-straight-dope-elsewhere-on-the-net/703278/30 "2015-01-10T15:39:08Z")
They like us! They really really like us!!! ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2015, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/encountering-the-straight-dope-elsewhere-on-the-net/703278/31 "2015-01-10T15:49:13Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Xkcd has mentioned this cite a few times. Well, more specifically, the What-If section has mentioned us. At least that’s what I assume you meant. I know we make it into the book (as a footnote). My brother got that book for Christmas so I pointed out our footnote in it and got to explain Gabriela to him (she was mentioned though not by name, IIRC). ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Goob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c77e96/32.png) [@Mr.Goob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Goob)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2015, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/encountering-the-straight-dope-elsewhere-on-the-net/703278/32 "2015-01-11T09:53:21Z")
Mid 90’s I was active on a game that was very trivia intensive. There was a “climbing team” called the “teeming millions.” One name I remember from them is very active here still. How I found Cecil. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/encountering-the-straight-dope-elsewhere-on-the-net/703278/33 "2015-01-12T03:16:19Z")
> [@Jonathan\_Chance](#): > > One of our now departed fellow posters did something for Mythbusters…fact check? Research? Something like that. So it wouldn’t be a huge surprise if something like that occurred. Who dat? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/encountering-the-straight-dope-elsewhere-on-the-net/703278.md?page=1)