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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.
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.
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.
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.
Dex’s 2003 column on whether or not Sherlock Holmes is real was “reprinted” here: The Straight Dope on Sherlock Holmes
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.
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.
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.
They like us! They really really like us!!!
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).
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.
Who dat?