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Waldo (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days 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 1 day ago

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

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

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

[–] Presently42@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

And on Sync 🤷 Was about to downvote

[–] Cort@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day 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 1 day ago

Never stopped working here 🤷

[–] Landless2029@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

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

[–] illi@sh.itjust.works 62 points 3 days ago

Thanks for this mindfuck

[–] S_H_K@lemmy.dbzer0.com 54 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] Landless2029@lemmy.world 38 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] garbagebagel@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

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

[–] audaxdreik@pawb.social 32 points 2 days 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 😁

[–] abbadon420@sh.itjust.works 34 points 3 days 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 3 days ago

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

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 days ago

The pills finally kicked in.

[–] Mothra@mander.xyz 24 points 3 days 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 1 day ago

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

[–] idealotus@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

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

[–] Sciaphobia@sh.itjust.works 13 points 3 days ago

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

[–] 4_degrees@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago (4 children)

Dang, doesn't work at all on voyager

[–] Landless2029@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days 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

[–] JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 days ago

It worked for me on Voyager...

[–] don@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 days 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 3 days 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 3 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] Landless2029@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days 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 2 days 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

[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Works just fine for Voyager.

[–] alyx@reddthat.com 9 points 3 days ago

that’s creepy as hell 😂

[–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 8 points 3 days ago

This is evil...

[–] orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days 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 3 days 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 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days 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 3 days ago

That defeats the purpose of a spoiler tag!

Bad app! bops with newspaper Bad!

[–] NichEherVielleicht@feddit.org 5 points 3 days ago

This hurts...

[–] Kaliax@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Worked perfectly on Connect. Trippy.

[–] weariedfae@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day 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 3 days ago

Takes about 3 seconds for him to disappear

[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Nicely done! Very nicely done!