Re: Red Baron mentioned in xkcd

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On 10/24/21 1:17 PM, Timothy Chow wrote:
> On 10/18/2021 8:50 PM, weary flake wrote:
>> On 7/3/21 5:59 AM, Timothy Chow wrote:
>>> The mouseover text for the current xkcd comic alludes indirectly
>>> to Snoopy, by mentioning MetLife and the Red Baron.
>>>
>>> https://xkcd.com/2484/
>>
>> I don't see it, maybe this is the wrong date?
> 
> It's the right date, but it's possible that the mouseover text
> doesn't work properly with some browsers or mobile devices.  On

It now works on all my browsers.

> my machine, if I hover the mouse over the comic, a little box
> pops up with some text.  If it doesn't work for you, you can read
> it here (where it's called the "title text"):
> 
> https://explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2484:_H-alpha

I never saw this:

Title text: "All the companies whose blimps I shot fireworks at are mad,
but MetLife is especially miffed because I dressed up as the Red Baron."

I never realized that XKCD requires parking a mouse pointer on the comic for
several seconds in order to see the entire text for the comic.  I don't like
cursors, arrows or hands blocking my view of what I'm reading so in all my
years of sometimes reading XKCD I didn't realize there's hidden text.

a BOO BOO to xkcd

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Red Baron mentioned in xkcd Timothy Chow <tchow12000@yahoo.com> - 2021-07-03 08:59 -0400
  Re: Red Baron mentioned in xkcd weary flake - 2021-10-18 17:50 -0700
    Re: Red Baron mentioned in xkcd Timothy Chow <tchow12000@yahoo.com> - 2021-10-24 16:17 -0400
      Re: Red Baron mentioned in xkcd Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2021-10-25 10:15 +1300
        Re: Red Baron mentioned in xkcd Timothy Chow <tchow12000@yahoo.com> - 2021-10-24 17:51 -0400
      Re: Red Baron mentioned in xkcd weary flake - 2021-10-28 17:43 -0700

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