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May 15, 2010 at 4:00 am
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by Alek on May 15th, 2010 at 04:36
You should carry over the tooltip text. It’s an integral part of an XKCD comic.
by Austin Frakt on May 15th, 2010 at 08:17
@Alek – I’m aware. But there’s no “should” about it. I have my reasons. However, if it is important to you that it be shared, feel free to drop it in a comment.
by Aury (Thunderdrake) on May 18th, 2010 at 16:29
Haha. That’s hilarious.
Moreso to me, since I still play Tetris on a regular basis. XD