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Waldo (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by Landless2029@lemmy.world to c/comicstrips@lemmy.world
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/33026830

https://explosm.net/comics/kris-waldo#comic

Here's waldo

Its a non looping gif. Starts with Waldo. Removes him. Doesn't put him back.

Unique comic. Definitely got me...

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[–] qaz@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago

It just flickers for a very short amount of time on Jerboa

[–] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Chiming in to add a data point: it loops on Summit

[–] Presently42@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 days ago (2 children)

And on Sync 🤷 Was about to downvote

[–] Cort@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

On eternity it worked the first time. But on the 2nd opening Waldo only disappears for a split second, then the 3rd time he never disappears.

Is sync good again? I switched a few months back when it stopped working

[–] Presently42@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 days ago

Never stopped working here 🤷

[–] Landless2029@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

Makes me feel like editing the post to link to the original website

[–] illi@sh.itjust.works 64 points 1 week ago

Thanks for this mindfuck

[–] S_H_K@lemmy.dbzer0.com 56 points 1 week ago (1 children)

In Eternity it loops but I inferred is a non looping gif. Those fuckers.

[–] Landless2029@lemmy.world 39 points 1 week ago (1 children)

In Voyager it never loops. Even on reload. Gone forever.

[–] garbagebagel@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

On mine it didn't play at all so he was always there. Mom is the crazy one.

[–] abbadon420@sh.itjust.works 36 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Wtf! I swear I saw him too. Right about where the ghost is. But then I finished reading the comic and now I can't find it waldo anymore.

[–] remon@ani.social 32 points 1 week ago

I was so slow at finding him, I was still looking at the top panel when he disappeared.

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 week ago

The pills finally kicked in.

[–] audaxdreik@pawb.social 33 points 1 week ago

Reading on desktop and it timed almost perfectly for me. I finished the comic just in time to scan back to the first panel and catch him pop out of existence 😁

[–] Mothra@mander.xyz 24 points 1 week ago (2 children)

On Boost it just blinks out of existence for one third of a second and reappears immediately. Clever idea though, would have been nice to see it work as intended

[–] TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 1 points 6 days ago

same on Jerboa. How hard is it to render a gif?

[–] idealotus@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

I'm also on Boost and it works perfectly for me.

[–] Sciaphobia@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 week ago

They had me in the first half, not gonna lie.

[–] 4_degrees@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Dang, doesn't work at all on voyager

[–] Landless2029@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

Oh I thought it worked but never looped... Blah.

Interesting to see all the apps this doesn't work on.

OC link: https://explosm.net/comics/kris-waldo#comic

[–] don@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Fellow voyager user here, this crosspost doesn’t show the spoiler tag, but if you tap the crosspost link and view it there, it shows up and can be tapped.

[–] 4_degrees@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I did try that but it's just the ghost there from the start. Oh well, the link to the site worked fine

[–] JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Maybe you just missed it for the first time. Voyager won't restart it

[–] Landless2029@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Seems like Voyager doesn't loop it which is good, but it also caches it locally and never restarts even on reload.

[–] 4_degrees@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Yes! After exiting out fully and revisiting, I have it working. Now I wonder how much voyager will cache in a session and when

[–] JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago

It worked for me on Voyager...

[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Works just fine for Voyager.

[–] alyx@reddthat.com 9 points 1 week ago

that’s creepy as hell 😂

[–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 8 points 1 week ago

This is evil...

[–] orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Anyone else annoyed by the spoiler? I would have loved to experience that without the damned explanation.

Edit: see below - Alexandrite displays it funny.

[–] Landless2029@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That's why it's in a spoiler tag. You'd have to click to be spoiled.

[–] orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

It actually does not show as a spoiler tag for me on Alexandrite. That's a shame. I saw the answer before I was even able to see the comic since it wasn't an inline comic.

![](link) to embed inline if you were unaware.

[–] Landless2029@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

That defeats the purpose of a spoiler tag!

Bad app! bops with newspaper Bad!

[–] NichEherVielleicht@feddit.org 5 points 1 week ago

This hurts...

[–] Kaliax@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Worked perfectly on Connect. Trippy.

[–] weariedfae@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 days ago

I use Connect and it didn't work for me. It never started the gif, only showed the end. I had to go to the actual website link to see Waldo.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 3 points 1 week ago

Takes about 3 seconds for him to disappear

[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Nicely done! Very nicely done!