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[–] [email protected] 139 points 2 days ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 65 points 2 days ago (2 children)

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] 41 points 2 days ago

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

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 38 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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 2 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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 23 hours 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] 46 points 2 days ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

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

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 days ago (2 children)

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] 3 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 21 hours ago

See, this is homage/parody.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days 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.