# ˙ʇsǝʇ ɐ ʎluo sı sıɥʇ

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/s-luo-si-si/432658>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [January 7, 2008, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/s-luo-si-si/432658 "2008-01-07T23:31:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 11\
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**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2008, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/s-luo-si-si/432658/1 "2008-01-07T23:31:03Z")

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˙ʎɹʇunoɔ ɹıǝɥʇ ɟo pıɐ ǝɥʇ oʇ ǝɯoɔ oʇ uǝɯoʍ puɐ uǝɯ pooƃ llɐ ɹoɟ ǝɯıʇ ǝɥʇ sı ʍou

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**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2008, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/s-luo-si-si/432658/2 "2008-01-07T23:39:43Z")

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😕 how you do dat?

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**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2008, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/s-luo-si-si/432658/3 "2008-01-07T23:40:01Z")

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Woah! How did you do that?

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**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2008, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/s-luo-si-si/432658/4 "2008-01-07T23:53:51Z")

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['sjay+o aje ajayî '+! op o+ hem auo s.ajaH](http://www.superliminal.com/upsidedown/NQAS.htm)

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2008, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/s-luo-si-si/432658/5 "2008-01-07T23:59:18Z")

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Just to let you know, I got a little bit of a mod slap last time I posted an upside down thread. It was quite a gentle slap that left no mark, however.

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**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2008, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/s-luo-si-si/432658/6 "2008-01-08T00:08:21Z")

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[QUOTE=Mangetout]  
Just to let you know, I got a little bit of a mod slap last time I posted an upside down thread.  
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Likewise, I’m sure:  
[Upside Test](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=427188) (with link for doing it)

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**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2008, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/s-luo-si-si/432658/7 "2008-01-08T00:09:22Z")

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[QUOTE=Airman Doors, USAF]  
['sjay+o aje ajayî '+! op o+ hem auo s.ajaH](http://www.superliminal.com/upsidedown/NQAS.htm)  
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That seems like simple character conversion - the OP is upside down text!

Add me to the “how’d you DO that”? crowd. Pretty please, tell us? We promise not to use it to drive the mods crazy! 😉

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**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2008, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/s-luo-si-si/432658/8 "2008-01-08T00:11:32Z")

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Are you people even using ASCII? The OP’s text is just empty boxes for me, which is why the Mods don’t like people doing this.

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**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2008, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/s-luo-si-si/432658/9 "2008-01-08T00:58:04Z")

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Oh, my bad. Could someone report this so we can shut it down before I get yelled at?

Sorry.

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2008, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/s-luo-si-si/432658/10 "2008-01-08T01:00:31Z")

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[QUOTE=gotpasswords]  
Are you people even using ASCII? The OP’s text is just empty boxes for me, which is why the Mods don’t like people doing this.  
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Another reason might be that the text isn’t searchable by any of the words in it.

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**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2008, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/s-luo-si-si/432658/11 "2008-01-08T01:42:48Z")

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˙pǝsolɔ pɐǝɹɥʇ
