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[–] Hupf@feddit.de 23 points 4 months ago (2 children)
[–] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 9 points 4 months ago (2 children)

You can put an exclamation point in front of the link to get the image directly

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

![](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)

[–] Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months 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.

[–] Septimaeus@infosec.pub 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

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

Edit: as pointed out below, Randall gives permission to hotlink/embed on each comic page.

[–] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] Septimaeus@infosec.pub 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Septimaeus@infosec.pub 3 points 4 months ago

lol I forgot he does that! And yes definitely.

[–] roguetrick@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months 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.