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• threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  ![](https://xkcd.com/435/)

  You can embed the image, but I think you need to use the image link, rather than the comic page link:

  ![](https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/purity.png)

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  • Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Hmm. On one hand, the image link properly embeds while the comic link is just a little OBJ square that I can open. On the other hand, the comic link preserves the alt text.

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• Septimaeus@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  While true, be advised that some consider it rude to hotlink images without permission

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  • JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Hmm, I’ve never seen that unless it’s nsfw

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    • Septimaeus@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      It’s old internet etiquette. I think the point is that hotlinking asks someone else to serve content without giving them traffic, if that makes sense.

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      • threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Does Randall putting “Image URL (for hotlinking/embedding)” directly below each comic on the xkcd site count as permission?

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    • roguetrick@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      It actually gets funnier than etiquette like the old poster mentioned. Some folks got pissed enough from people doing it that they would replace the images with goatse.

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