# xkcd and the Straight Dope **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 20, 2008, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-and-the-straight-dope/438377 "2008-02-20T15:36:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-and-the-straight-dope/438377/1 "2008-02-20T15:36:08Z")
It’s almost like today’s cartoon was written about the SDMB. If it isn’t 2/20/08 and you need to tab back, it’s the one titled [Duty Calls](http://xkcd.com/) . Don’t forget to read the mousover message. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-and-the-straight-dope/438377/2 "2008-02-20T15:37:37Z")
Well done. But we’re not alone - Wikipedia-geeks can get pretty obsessive, can’t they? ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-and-the-straight-dope/438377/3 "2008-02-20T15:40:22Z")
[QUOTE=Yllaria] Don’t forget to read the mousover message. [/QUOTE] I never realized there were mouseover messages. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-and-the-straight-dope/438377/4 "2008-02-20T15:43:06Z")
[QUOTE=Turek] I never realized there were mouseover messages. Thanks! [/QUOTE] Ooh, now you’ll have to go back through the archive! ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-and-the-straight-dope/438377/5 "2008-02-20T15:55:46Z")
Hmm I don’t get the mouseover with Firefox… it’s there with IE though! ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-and-the-straight-dope/438377/6 "2008-02-20T16:08:33Z")
I get the mouseover with Firefox, although the longer ones are truncated. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-and-the-straight-dope/438377/7 "2008-02-20T16:14:25Z")
Yeah, I dislike having to open up properties to read the full text but I’m not opening a whole nother browser just for one page. ---
**Author:** ![gazpacho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6f9a4e/32.png) [@gazpacho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gazpacho)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-and-the-straight-dope/438377/8 "2008-02-20T16:21:54Z")
[QUOTE=LurkMeister] I get the mouseover with Firefox, although the longer ones are truncated. [/QUOTE] > **[xkcd - A webcomic](https://www.xkcd.com/about/)** > [@](#): > > **Why can’t I read the whole comic mouseover text in Firefox?** > > ``` > They can be read with extensions like [Long Titles](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1715), or by right-clicking on the images and going to 'properties', then clicking and dragging to read the whole thing. This is a bug in Firefox, Mozilla Bug #45375. It has been outstanding for many years now. > > Note: It looks like it's been fixed in Firefox 3.0. p > > ``` ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-and-the-straight-dope/438377/9 "2008-02-20T17:02:36Z")
[QUOTE=Inner Stickler] Ooh, now you’ll have to go back through the archive! [/QUOTE] Ditto. Today will NOT be productive! ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-and-the-straight-dope/438377/10 "2008-02-20T17:03:05Z")
[QUOTE=Yllaria] If it isn’t 2/20/08 and you need to tab back, it’s the one titled [Duty Calls](http://xkcd.com/) . [/QUOTE] Permanent link to this comic: [xkcd: Duty Calls](http://xkcd.com/386/) ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-and-the-straight-dope/438377/11 "2008-02-20T17:05:12Z")
Nothing to see here, move along… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-and-the-straight-dope/438377/12 "2008-02-20T17:07:43Z")
[QUOTE=SmartAleq] Nothing to see here, move along… 😃 [/QUOTE] Some of them are just like that… a trailed off thought. Curse you! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-and-the-straight-dope/438377/13 "2008-02-20T17:34:50Z")
Thanks for the tip, **gazpacho**. I installed Long Titles and it works fine. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-and-the-straight-dope/438377/14 "2008-02-20T17:35:58Z")
[QUOTE=Yllaria] It’s almost like today’s cartoon was written about the SDMB. If it isn’t 2/20/08 and you need to tab back, it’s the one titled [Duty Calls](http://xkcd.com/386). [/QUOTE] And once again the SDMB’s raging ego rages about our reach into the wider world of the Internet. ---
**Author:** ![Aioua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@Aioua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aioua)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-and-the-straight-dope/438377/15 "2008-02-20T17:43:35Z")
[QUOTE=Justin\_Bailey] And once again the SDMB’s raging ego rages about our reach into the wider world of the Internet. [/QUOTE] Yeah, we’re not even on the [map.](http://xkcd.com/256/) ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-and-the-straight-dope/438377/16 "2008-02-20T18:47:43Z")
[QUOTE=Aioua] Yeah, we’re not even on the [map.](http://xkcd.com/256/) [/QUOTE] I like to think of us as Qwghlm. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-and-the-straight-dope/438377/17 "2008-02-20T19:10:15Z")
[QUOTE=gazpacho] [Long Titles](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1715) [/QUOTE] Hey - it looks like this extension also just happened to quadruple the usefulness of mousing over thread titles on this very Dope. Very nice. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-and-the-straight-dope/438377/18 "2008-02-20T19:32:57Z")
[QUOTE=WordMan] Well done. But we’re not alone - Wikipedia-geeks can get pretty obsessive, can’t they? [/QUOTE] Them, sir, are fighting words!!!111111 cite? ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-and-the-straight-dope/438377/19 "2008-02-20T19:45:01Z")
[QUOTE=Yllaria] It’s almost like today’s cartoon was written about the SDMB. If it isn’t 2/20/08 and you need to tab back, it’s the one titled [Duty Calls](http://xkcd.com/) . Don’t forget to read the mousover message. [/QUOTE] A very funny cartoon! 😃 Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-and-the-straight-dope/438377/20 "2008-02-20T19:47:31Z")
[QUOTE=Shirley Ujest] Them, sir, are fighting words!!!111111 cite? [/QUOTE] Fighting words meaning you are a Wikipedia geek don’t like the phrasing, or meaning that you see a throw-down between Doper’s & WikiHeads sometime down the road? If the former - trust me; if you read any of my music threads, you know I consider geekery to be Og’s calling - I am a card-carrying guitar geek (amongst other topics) and respect top geekery in all fields. If the latter - I don’t know; are we looking to rumble with the WikiHeads? 😃 I picture a bunch of librarian types going at each other with slide rules and card catalog drawers - not pretty. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-and-the-straight-dope/438377.md?page=2)