# This thread goes backwards **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [September 6, 2019, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769 "2019-09-06T02:22:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_Arachnid_Laser_1)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/61 "2019-09-06T21:22:55Z")
Hey, is Intergalactic Gladiator still claiming to be prescient? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/62 "2019-09-06T21:24:10Z")
I don’t even know what you people are talking about. Time to insert an anecdote about the lil’wrekker and her math scores. No? Well, I will just go threadshit somewheres else. ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/63 "2019-09-06T21:34:52Z")
[This Sentence Is True (The Previous Sentence Is False)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sExZkYEJjpY&list=OLAK5uy_laEYpFbWkLocy-wuvkQXbfhQJcqUtRc5A) ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/64 "2019-09-06T21:49:43Z")
“Thread” backwards is “dearth.” Think about it, won’t you? Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/65 "2019-09-06T22:00:37Z")
I know this is supposed to be like a game thread, but if you like the concept of a person experiencing time backwards, you would probably enjoy reading _The Once And Future King_ by T. H. White. White accounts for the weird wisdom of Merlin by explaining that he is living life on the reverse timeline from everyone else. ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/66 "2019-09-06T22:04:39Z")
True story: in my childhood neighborhood there was a minor celebrity named ‘Professor Backwards’ and he did everything backwards all the time. I think he was even on Johnny Carson and whatnot. He was robbed and killed in his house, and everybody thought it was very funny to say it was ironic that he didn’t see that coming. Which I thought was unfair, given that he was Professor Backwards and not Professor Psychic. ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/67 "2019-09-06T22:43:00Z")
I’m not saying Chicago doesn’t have it’s fair share of celebrities, but you won’t find too many in the smaller suburbs. ---
**Author:** ![Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_Arachnid_Laser_1)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/68 "2019-09-06T23:28:46Z")
Well, what about the Obamas? Or John Cusack? Vince Vaughn? Freaking Kanye West? ---
**Author:** ![Civil\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d78d45/32.png) [@Civil\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Guy)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2019, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/69 "2019-09-07T01:21:10Z")
Huh. Well, my ignorance has been fought. Thanks, all. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2019, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/70 "2019-09-07T02:11:51Z")
Isn’t this 1973? Shouldnt we start fighting the ignorance? It might take longer than we think. Just sayin’ ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2019, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/71 "2019-09-07T02:17:03Z")
Take a look around you, it’s 1984, people being harassed for what they think. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2019, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/72 "2019-09-07T02:22:05Z")
sdrawkcab seog daerht sihT. Looks OK to me. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2019, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/73 "2019-09-07T02:46:58Z")
That may be so, but I can’t think of a single example of a celebrity who just suddenly dropped off the face of the earth. I mean, not the really well known ones. It’s always the B-level stars that you stop eight years later and think “What ever happened to him/her?” But the really top flight folks, once they’re in the spotlight they stay there; it’s in their blood. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2019, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/74 "2019-09-07T04:11:12Z")
I’ve had enough. I’m out of here. ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2019, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/75 "2019-09-07T07:51:44Z")
I think someone should leave. ---
**Author:** ![Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_Arachnid_Laser_1)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2019, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/76 "2019-09-07T09:48:23Z")
Oh, whoa! You cannot say that in here! This is not the Pit, you know? ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2019, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/77 "2019-09-07T12:26:24Z")
Oh boy, you’re gonna get a lot of hate for that comment. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2019, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/78 "2019-09-07T13:10:43Z")
Once, when I was a kid, I wore a backwards costume for Halloween. All my clothes were backwards, I wore a mask on the back of my head and a wig on the front, and even made backwards shoes. When I went to people’s houses for trick-or-treat, I made “impossible” movements for them. I even won a prize in a school contest. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2019, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/79 "2019-09-07T13:37:45Z")
Even minor Chicago celebrities should not make fun of children who must wear their clothes backwards. It’s hard enough for these children to fit in without being teased. My neighbor’s son was in therapy for years over this. He even had to give up the bagpipes, and I think he might have been good enough to be best at his school in playing them. But the other kids were so merciless in their taunting, ignoring his talent all because the child’s clothes were inverted. What sort of mean bullies would make fun of some other youngster struggling with his reversed attire? It is impossible to understand. At least I know posters at the SDMB wouldn’t tease a child just because his buttons were on his back. ---
**Author:** ![Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_Arachnid_Laser_1)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2019, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769/80 "2019-09-07T14:01:29Z")
Well, thank you for the Volcanology lesson. Very informative. By the way, this reminds me- did you see that viral video of the up and coming wrestler from Chicago Andy “The Volcano” Johnson making fun of a kid because he was wearing his shirt backwards? The backlash was so strong, he seems to have disappeared from the face of Earth. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-goes-backwards/839769.md?page=5)