# SDMB gets a shoutout on xkcd **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 15, 2014, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-gets-a-shoutout-on-xkcd/695599 "2014-08-15T12:52:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [August 15, 2014, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-gets-a-shoutout-on-xkcd/695599/1 "2014-08-15T12:52:12Z")
I’m surprised no one picked up on this yet. Go to the newest [What if](http://what-if.xkcd.com/) (as of this writing) and click on the number 3 reference. I wasn’t around back then but, wooo go us! ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2014, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-gets-a-shoutout-on-xkcd/695599/2 "2014-08-15T13:13:28Z")
You’re surprised that not everyone clicks on footnotes? ---
**Author:** ![willthekittensurvive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/91b2a8/32.png) [@willthekittensurvive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/willthekittensurvive)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2014, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-gets-a-shoutout-on-xkcd/695599/3 "2014-08-15T13:14:52Z")
and thank you for pointing out how awesome the references are, now to read all the old WhatsIfs ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2014, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-gets-a-shoutout-on-xkcd/695599/4 "2014-08-15T13:16:37Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > I’m surprised no one picked up on this yet. [Someone did](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=730985). Yesterday. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2014, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-gets-a-shoutout-on-xkcd/695599/5 "2014-08-15T13:48:32Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > You’re surprised that not everyone clicks on footnotes? Well, I won’t claim I’m surprised, because Humanity is a constant disappointment to me. But I contend that the best parts in almost any XKCD production are hidden behind a click or a mouse hover. If you’re not clicking every link and reading ever alt-text, you’re frankly doing it wrong. ---
**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:** [August 15, 2014, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-gets-a-shoutout-on-xkcd/695599/6 "2014-08-15T18:31:14Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > [Someone did](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=730985). Yesterday. Damn. And I looked too! ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2014, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-gets-a-shoutout-on-xkcd/695599/7 "2014-08-15T19:00:21Z")
We’re boiling cocaine in olive oil? ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2014, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-gets-a-shoutout-on-xkcd/695599/8 "2014-08-16T20:40:26Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > Damn. > > And I looked too! To be fair, it wasn’t ever in CS, which would be the natural home for it, I’d think ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2014, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-gets-a-shoutout-on-xkcd/695599/9 "2014-08-16T21:24:50Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > We’re boiling cocaine in olive oil? Well, you get tired of Spaghetti-O’s _every_ night.