# So am I the last person on earth ... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 10, 2009, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-am-i-the-last-person-on-earth/505968 "2009-08-10T20:02:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Claire\_Beauchamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ec9cab/32.png) [@Claire\_Beauchamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claire_Beauchamp)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-am-i-the-last-person-on-earth/505968/1 "2009-08-10T20:02:12Z")
… to find out that if you mouse over the XKCD cartoon, you get a metajoke about the cartoon? We now return you to your regularly scheduled program. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-am-i-the-last-person-on-earth/505968/2 "2009-08-10T20:06:07Z")
I only knew because someone told me. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-am-i-the-last-person-on-earth/505968/3 "2009-08-10T20:08:32Z")
> [@Claire\_Beauchamp](#): > > … to find out that if you mouse over the XKCD cartoon, you get a metajoke about the cartoon? > > We now return you to your regularly scheduled program. Now you have an excuse to read them all again! ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-am-i-the-last-person-on-earth/505968/4 "2009-08-10T20:37:41Z")
I’m pretty sure I found out here on the dope a few years ago - less than 3 more than 1 year. ---
**Author:** ![Claire\_Beauchamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ec9cab/32.png) [@Claire\_Beauchamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claire_Beauchamp)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-am-i-the-last-person-on-earth/505968/5 "2009-08-10T22:38:04Z")
> [@The\_Hamster\_King](#): > > Now you have an excuse to read them all again! I’ve already gone through my favorites, the series about _Firefly_. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ronald\_C.Semone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cc9497/32.png) [@Ronald\_C.Semone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ronald_C.Semone)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-am-i-the-last-person-on-earth/505968/6 "2009-08-10T22:40:24Z")
> [@Claire\_Beauchamp](#): > > … to find out that if you mouse over the XKCD cartoon, you get a metajoke about the cartoon? You can’t be the last person because I don’t have the slightest idea of what you are talking about. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-am-i-the-last-person-on-earth/505968/7 "2009-08-10T22:45:18Z")
No, you’re not. I have XKCD on my favorites list, check it every few days, and only now do I learn of this feature. From you. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-am-i-the-last-person-on-earth/505968/8 "2009-08-10T22:51:45Z")
> [@Ronald\_C.Semone](#): > > You can’t be the last person because I don’t have the slightest idea of what you are talking about. [XKCD](http://xkcd.com/)… the best geek comic on the web. ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-am-i-the-last-person-on-earth/505968/9 "2009-08-10T22:54:59Z")
> [@Ronald\_C.Semone](#): > > You can’t be the last person because I don’t have the slightest idea of what you are talking about. Online comics by someone who could really use an art teacher and an editor: [http://xkcd.com/](http://xkcd.com/) ETA: OK, so I was second with the link but first with the snark. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-am-i-the-last-person-on-earth/505968/10 "2009-08-10T22:56:35Z")
_Dinosaur Comics_ has two extra jokes in each cartoon- one on the mouseover and one on the e-mail link. ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-am-i-the-last-person-on-earth/505968/11 "2009-08-11T06:03:12Z")
Weird that you’d bring this up now. I’ve been reading xkcd for years and just learned about the mouseover jokes today, when I happened to pause the mouse over the cartoon for a moment.