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[–] Kidplayer_666@lemm.ee 32 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Regarding the alt text, that’s called a bureaucrat

[–] towerful@programming.dev 49 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If you think curiosity without rigor is bad, you should see rigor without curiosity

I hope I typed that right. I couldn't copy the alt text from the source on mobile.
And I was annoyed that XKCD alt text wasn't included with the post, so I thought I would include it to the best of my ability

[–] psud@aussie.zone 11 points 1 year ago

If you add "m." before XKCD like: https://m.xkcd.com/3101/ you can tap the image to display the alt text and then copy it

[–] four@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] towerful@programming.dev 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

XKCD alt text is always worth!
And it's not always available (like, the well known ones being circulated around social media).

Props to the OP for linking to the image from XKCD (as opposed to rehosting it) and further props for linking the source!

Just missing the delicious alt text (at least for me using jerboa, Firefox and a pixel phone)

[–] jawa22@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 year ago

Yeah the alt text is always half the joke with XKCD.