# What-if (xkcd)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-xkcd/715433>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 19, 2015, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-xkcd/715433 "2015-03-19T23:11:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![DiggitCamara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@DiggitCamara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiggitCamara)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2015, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-xkcd/715433/1 "2015-03-19T23:11:43Z")

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Anyone else noticed that the [Flagpole question](https://what-if.xkcd.com/) on what-if(xkcd) briefly mentions [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=515612)?

Does he mention these boards often? Is the author(Randall Munroe?) somehow related to Cecil?

Anywhoo…

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2015, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-xkcd/715433/2 "2015-03-19T23:28:19Z")

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He’s done it a time or two before. It’s unknown whether he’s a regular lurker, or just occasionally stumbles across us in a Google search. If he’s ever posted here, it hasn’t been openly.

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**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-xkcd/715433/3 "2015-03-20T01:44:49Z")

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Already a [thread on it](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=751951)

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**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-xkcd/715433/4 "2015-03-20T03:13:59Z")

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> [@DiggitCamara](#):
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> Is the author(Randall Munroe?) somehow related to Cecil?.

Hey…maybe **DiggitCamara** is onto something here…