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Red Baron mentioned in xkcd

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Timothy Chow

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Jul 3, 2021, 8:59:59 AM7/3/21
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The mouseover text for the current xkcd comic alludes indirectly
to Snoopy, by mentioning MetLife and the Red Baron.

https://xkcd.com/2484/

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Tim Chow

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Oct 18, 2021, 8:50:52 PM10/18/21
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I don't see it, maybe this is the wrong date?

Timothy Chow

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Oct 24, 2021, 4:17:50 PM10/24/21
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It's the right date, but it's possible that the mouseover text
doesn't work properly with some browsers or mobile devices. On
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

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Tim Chow

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Oct 24, 2021, 5:15:33 PM10/24/21
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Um... You do realise that The Red Baron was a real person, so that text
doesn't necessarily have anything to do with Peanuts at all.

Timothy Chow

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Oct 24, 2021, 5:51:11 PM10/24/21
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Um... You do realize that the real Red Baron had no connection
with MetLife?

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Tim Chow

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Oct 28, 2021, 8:43:38 PM10/28/21
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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.

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