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[-] [email protected] 141 points 1 month ago
[-] [email protected] 66 points 1 month ago

This comment perplexes me. A direct link to the image? Why not either embed that link so the image appears here on Lemmy without clicking a link, or link to the comic page which has both the comic and the title text?

[-] [email protected] 42 points 1 month ago

Then there's also the download then upload into the comment approach:

[-] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago

Neither of those is a good approach, because part of every xkcd comic is the hover text.

[-] [email protected] 39 points 1 month ago

part of every xkcd comic is the hover text.

Yes…that would be why you would link directly to the comic…?

[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

I was referring to the image-only link and the embed that you suggested. Sorry if that wasn't clear.

[-] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago

Of course, with an embedded direct link, you could put the title text in as alt text:

Her daughter is named Help I'm trapped in a driver's license factory.

Unfortunately that won't always show up in the same way title text does.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Not to mention circumvents the purpose of alt. text letting those unable to see to know what's going on in the image.

[-] [email protected] 48 points 1 month ago
[-] [email protected] 25 points 1 month ago

Ok, why does it seem like I first read a few months ago... Went it came out.

Have I been reading XKCD for 20 years... FFS

[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

I’m in this reply and I feel old as fuck now

[-] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago
[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

What are you talking about it was a crazy cool webcomic. Such a cool moment as everyone was scratching their head trying to figure out Randall's genius.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Congratulations, you’re one of today’s lucky “feels like I’m 10,000.”

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

See, this is homage/parody.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

That means Bobby Tables is old enough to be Billy's father.

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