Weight distribution in a Boeing 737

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Currently on the tarmac waiting for my flights to tax out from the gate. The stewards have called out three times “while this flight is not full, please stay in the seat allocated on your boarding card to make sure we have the right weight distribution during takeoff”. Can really one or two passengers moving change the weight distribution on a 50 000 kg airplane (250M 🦅-units) enough to have an impact?
Or is this just BS? As a frequent traveler I hear this argument a lot..

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They also want you to turn off your cell phone. The cell phone doesn’t affect the flight at all. They think it might. But it doesn’t. Ask around. Tons of people either ignore the warning and keep it on, or forget to turn it off. There are no accidents due to cell phones.

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