# Straight Dope mentioned in latest XKCD's What If

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**Created:** [April 16, 2024, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-mentioned-in-latest-xkcds-what-if/1000370 "2024-04-16T17:04:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2024, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-mentioned-in-latest-xkcds-what-if/1000370/1 "2024-04-16T17:04:32Z")

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The Straight Dope received a (brief) mention in the latest XKCD’s What If on Youtube:

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/p2M8Y0z9Rl0/maxresdefault.jpg "What if everyone jumped at once?") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2M8Y0z9Rl0)

The video is about what if everyone on Earth were put in once place (Rhode Island, in this case) and they all jumped at once.

Cecil’s column:

> **[If everyone in China jumped off chairs at once, would the earth be thrown out...](https://www.straightdope.com/21341323/if-everyone-in-china-jumped-off-chairs-at-once-would-the-earth-be-thrown-out-of-its-orbit)**

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**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2024, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-mentioned-in-latest-xkcds-what-if/1000370/2 "2024-04-16T17:07:40Z")

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See:

> [@jumping people revisited](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jumping-people-revisited/80261/10):
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> I realize this is a heck of a bump but XKCD just put out a YouTube video on this question and noted Cecil’s article but claims they do not tell the whole story. 4 minutes long: [[What if everyone jumped at once?] ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2M8Y0z9Rl0)

I get ninjaed so often here I have to note this 😉

Also, I should get a badge for oldest resurrected thread…just saying.

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2024, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-mentioned-in-latest-xkcds-what-if/1000370/3 "2024-04-16T18:23:40Z")

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📛…here’s your badge. I saw yours first.

This is so cool!

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**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2024, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-mentioned-in-latest-xkcds-what-if/1000370/4 "2024-04-16T18:25:39Z")

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🤗

I will cherish this. It is going on my mantle.

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2024, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-mentioned-in-latest-xkcds-what-if/1000370/5 "2024-04-16T18:31:54Z")

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Reggie, or Mickey?

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**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:** [April 16, 2024, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-mentioned-in-latest-xkcds-what-if/1000370/6 "2024-04-16T19:23:31Z")

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Of course no mention of this new vid should go uncomplemented by a cite to the original article.

Accept no inferior video substitutes: **[Everybody Jump](https://what-if.xkcd.com/8)**

His new and improved website (now 3-4 years old) no longer seems to include when his article was published but it was a bunch of years sgo.

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**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2024, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-mentioned-in-latest-xkcds-what-if/1000370/7 "2024-04-25T13:40:18Z")

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I just realized you could display a badge on either spelling.