I have to stare at it for a bit, but eventually I get it. I’m sure with practice, I could breeze through it pretty well.
Also, something interesting I heard: when small children are just learning to write their names, they have to use the same amount of concentration that a typical adult needs when they’re writing their name so that it’s legible in a mirror.
“I’m not upside down, Doc. You are.”
[long, slow whistle from a very high note to a lower note, followed by]
[pause]
[distant, reverberant thud]
I am dyslexic and it is how I see ‘normally’ when I am not converting it in my head.
Actually, when I am migraining, or excessively tired I have to flip my reading matter upside down because I don’t have the mental resources to flip everything.
I was able to read the examples in this thread relatively easily. But I suspect I’d have more difficulty with a page of upside-down text where I had to read from line to line.
it comes in very handy when reading to kidlets, you face the book to them and read over the top. no turning the book back and forth.
also as mentioned above, reading papers on other people’s desk.
I used to do this too, especially if we had to read aloud. The reason why is that when I read aloud, I tend to go way too fast and make errors, omit words, etc. Upside down slows me down enough so that I can read at a reasonable rate and ensure that I follow the writing verbatim.
I got yelled at by a few teachers. I honestly tried to do it discreetly.
Try the wall of text article at Uncyclopedia:
˙sn ɟo ɥʇoq ǝɥʇ uo ɹǝısɐǝ ʇı ǝʞɐɯ ¿ʞo 'ǝʌɐǝן ʇsnɾ 'ʇsnɾ 'ʇsnɾ ˙os ʇɥƃnoɥʇ ˙ǝɥs ʇ,usı 'puoןq s,ǝɥs ˙puɐʇsɹǝpun ı 'uo oƃ ˙ƃuıpɐǝɹ dǝǝʞ ʇ,uɐɔ puɐ „ƃuıɥʇ„ ɐ ǝʌɐɥ noʎ ɹo 'dn pǝɟ ƃuıʇʇǝƃ ǝq pןnoɥs noʎ 'ʍou ʇnoqɐ ʇsnɾ ˙pɐǝɹ oʇ ƃuıןןıʍ sı uosɹǝd ɐ ƃuoן ɹǝʌǝ ʍoɥ ɹoɟ uo oƃ uǝʇɟo ʇxǝʇ ɟo sןןɐʍ¡ppppppppppppppppppppppppɐs os pɐs os˙ssǝupooƃ ʎɯ ˙ʇuǝɯuoɹıʌuǝ ǝɥʇ oʇ ןnɟǝsn puɐ ǝʌıʇɔnpoɹd ƃuıɥʇǝɯos op uǝɥʇ 'op ʇsoɯ ǝʞıן sıɥʇ ƃuıpɐǝɹ ɹoɟ ɟןǝsɹnoʎ ʎʇıd noʎ ɟı ʍou ˙os pıɐs ı ǝsnɐɔǝq uoıʇdo ɹǝɥʇo ou sı ǝɹǝɥʇ ˙uɐɔ noʎ ɟı ǝuo puıɟ ˙noʎ ʎʞɔnן uǝɥʇ 'ɹǝuɹoɔ ɐ ɥʇıʍ ǝɔɐןd ɐ uı ʇou ǝɹɐ noʎ ɟı ˙ʇoɹ puɐ ǝɹǝɥʇ ʎɐʇs ʇsnɾ 'ɥɔıɥʍ ǝɹɐɔ ʇou op ı ˙ǝsnoɥ ɹnoʎ uı ɹǝuɹoɔ ǝɥʇ uı ʇıs oƃ os ˙ʇɐɥʇ ƃuıuɐǝɯ ʇ,usɐʍ ı ʇnq 'ɟןǝsɹnoʎ ןןıʞ oƃ ʎɐʞo ¡ʇou ˙ǝuo ƃuıpuıɟ uı ʞɔnן pooƃ 'ןןǝʍ ˙ǝɹɐɹ ǝɹɐ sǝʌıן dɐǝɥɔ ʇnq 'ʎɐqǝ uo ǝɟıן dɐǝɥɔ ɐ punoɟ ı ˙ʍou ʇɥƃıɹ ǝɟıן ɐ ʇǝƃ ˙ʇou ʎןןɐnʇɔɐ 'ʇou ɹo 'suoıʇןɐnʇɐɹƃuoɔ ˙ןןǝʍ ɥo ¿ı sɐʍ ɹo ˙ƃuıppıʞ ʇsnɾ ˙ǝɟıן uı ןıɐɟ noʎ 'ʎɐʍ ɹǝɥʇıǝ ¿sıɥʇ pɐǝɹ puɐ puǝ ǝɥʇ ɹɐǝu oʇ dıʞs noʎ pıp ɹo ¿ǝɹǝɥ oʇ dn pɐǝɹ ʎןןɐnʇɔɐ noʎ pıp ʞɔnɟ ǝɥʇ ʇɐɥʍ ¿sǝʎǝ ɹnoʎ ɟo ʎʇıuɐs ǝɥʇ ɹoɟ puǝ ǝɥʇ sıɥʇ sı ˙ǝɹǝɥʇ ʇɥƃıɹ uoıʇsǝnb ןɐɔıɹoʇǝɥɹ ɐ ɯooq ɐq ¿ʇɥƃıɹ ǝɔıu ¿ʇɐɥʍ ʇıɐʍ ˙ʇou ʎןןɐnʇɔɐ sı ɥɔıɥʍ 'ʇxǝʇ ɟo ןןɐʍ ǝƃnɥ sıɥʇ ɟo ʇɹɐd pǝʇsɐd puɐ pǝıdoɔ ʇsnɾ ı ʍou ˙ɟɟo pǝssıd ǝɹɐ noʎ ɟı ɹo ʇı ǝʞıן ןǝǝɟ noʎ ɹo ʎuunɟ ǝq oʇ ʎɹʇ noʎ ǝsnɐɔǝq ʇɐɥʇ ʎɐs ʇsnɾ noʎ 'ɹǝʍsuɐ ʎɹoʇɔɐɟsıʇɐs ɐ ƃuıʇsǝnbǝɹ ʇou ʎןןɐnʇɔɐ ǝɹɐ noʎ ¿ʞɔnɟ ǝɥʇ ʇɐɥʍ ˙ǝɹǝɥʇ ʇɥƃıɹ uoıʇsǝnb ןɐɔıɹoʇǝɥɹ ɐ sɐʍ ʇɐɥʇ ¿ʞɔnɟ ǝɥʇ ʇɐɥʍ ǝʞıן ˙ƃuıɥʇʎuɐ ɟo ʞuıɥʇ ʎןןɐnʇɔɐ ʇou uɐɔ ı ɹo ʇı ǝʞıן ןǝǝɟ ʇou op ı ɟı ɹo ʎzɐן ɯɐ ı ǝsnɐɔǝq ɹǝɥʇıǝ ɟo ʞuıɥʇ ʇou uɐɔ ı ƃuıɥʇǝɯos ƃuıǝq sɹǝɥʇo ǝɥʇ ˙sɹǝɥʇo puɐ 'uoısoןdxǝ pɐǝɥ 'uoısnɟuoɔ 'ɐǝsnɐu ǝʇɐǝɹɔ oʇ uʍouʞ ǝɹɐ ʇxǝʇ ɟo sןןɐʍ ˙ʇxǝʇ ɟo ןןɐʍ ɐ uı ǝq ɹǝʌǝu pןnoɥs sɥdɐɹƃɐɹɐd 'ǝsɹnoɔ ɟo ˙sɹǝʇʇǝן ןɐʇıdɐɔ ǝʞıן sƃuıɥʇ ƃuıpuɐʇsʇno puɐ sǝɔɐds ǝƃnɥ ɟo ǝǝɹɟ ʎןsnoıʌqo ǝɹɐ sʇxǝʇ ɟo sןןɐʍ ˙qɯnp puɐ pɹıǝʍ puɐ qɯnp ƃuıʞɔnɟ ʞooן ɯǝɥʇ sǝʞɐɯ ʇı ˙sʇxǝʇ ɟo sןןɐʍ ɟo ʎɯɐɟuı ǝɥʇ ɟo ǝsodɹnd ǝןoɥʍ ǝɥʇ suınɹ ʇı ǝsnɐɔǝq sɹǝʇʇǝן ןɐʇıdɐɔ puɐ 'ʎʇǝıɔos uı pǝsn sןoqɯʎs ɹǝɥʇo ǝsoɥʇ ǝɹɐ ɥɔıɥʍ 'sɹǝʇɔɐɹɐɥɔ ǝƃuɐɹʇs 'sɹoןoɔ ʇuoɟ ʇuǝɹǝɟɟıp 'sʞuıן ɟo ǝǝɹɟ ǝq pןnoɥs sʇxǝʇ ɟo sןןɐʍ ˙sǝɹɐɔ ʎpoqou ˙ɹǝʇʇɐɯ ʎןןɐǝɹ ʇ,usǝop ʇı ʇnq ˙ʎʇıunɯɯoɔ ǝɥʇ ɟo ssǝuʇɔıɹʇs ǝɥʇ ɟo sǝıɹɐʌ ʇxǝʇ ɟo sןןɐʍ ƃuıʞɐɯ ʇɐɥʍ ɟo ʇuǝɯɥsıund ǝɥʇ ˙ʎןןɐǝɹ ʇou ʇnq 'ǝɯɐs ǝɥʇ ǝɹɐ ɥɔıɥʍ 'spuɐɥ ɹıǝɥʇ uı ǝɯıʇ ǝɥʇ ןןɐ ǝʌɐɥ ɹo ǝɟıן ou ǝʌɐɥ oɥʍ ǝןdoǝd ʇuǝıʇɐd puɐ ƃuıɹoq ǝɹɐ ǝsǝɥʇ ˙suɐds uoıʇuǝʇʇɐ ʇɹoɥs ǝʌɐɥ ʇou op ǝןdoǝd ǝsoɥʇ ˙ɯǝɥʇ pɐǝɹ puɐ puɐʇs uɐɔ ǝןdoǝd ǝɯos ʎןןɐnʇɔɐ ˙ɯǝɥʇ pɐǝɹ ʇou ʇnq 'ʇı puɐʇs uɐɔ ǝןdoǝd ɟo ɹǝqɯnu ɐ ˙sʇǝʞɔos ɹıǝɥʇ ɟo ʇno ןןɐɟ puɐ pǝǝןq sǝʎǝ ɹıǝɥʇ ǝʌɐɥ ɹo ǝpoןdsɐ ɹǝpɐǝɹ ǝɥʇ ǝʞɐɯ ʎןןɐnsn ʇxǝʇ ɟo sןןɐʍ ˙ɯopuɐɹ ʎןǝʇǝןdɯoɔ ǝɹɐ 'sǝuo ƃuıpǝǝןq-ǝʎǝ ʇsoɯ 'ƃuıʇɐʇıɹɹı ʇsoɯ ǝɥʇ ʎןןɐnʇɔɐ ǝɹɐ ɥɔıɥʍ 'ʇxǝʇ ɟo sןןɐʍ ʇsǝq ǝɥʇ ʇnq 'pǝʇɐɔoן sı ʇxǝʇ ɟo ןןɐʍ ǝɥʇ ɹǝʌǝʇɐɥʍ oʇ pǝʇɐןǝɹ ʎןןɐnsn ǝɹɐ ʇxǝʇ ɟo ןןɐʍ ɐ ǝpısuı ʞunɾ/uoıʇɐɯɹoɟuı ǝɥʇ ˙sǝɹɐɔ oɥʍ ʇnq ˙uoıʇɐɯɹoɟuı sı ʞunɾ ǝɥʇ ɹo ʞunɾ sı uoıʇɐɯɹoɟuı ǝɥʇ ɟı ʎןuo ʇnq 'ǝɯɐs ǝɥʇ ǝq uɐɔ ʞunɾ puɐ uoıʇɐɯɹoɟuı ˙ʞunɾ puɐ uoıʇɐɯɹoɟuı ssǝןǝsn ɟo ʇoן ɐ ɥʇıʍ pǝןןıɟ ʎןןɐnsn ǝɹɐ sʇxǝʇ ɟo sןןɐʍ ˙sʍouʞ oɥʍ ˙ʇou ʎןqɐqoɹd ʇnq 'pǝʇuǝʌuı ʎןqɐqoɹd sqoou ˙pǝʇuǝʌuı sɐʍ/pǝʇsıxǝ ʇxǝʇ ɟo ןןɐʍ ǝɥʇ ʍoɥ ɹo ǝɹǝɥʍ ɹo uǝɥʍ sʍouʞ poƃ ʇdǝɔxǝ ǝuo ou 'ʎןןɐɔısɐq os ˙ʇxǝʇ ɟo ןןɐʍ ǝɥʇ pǝʇuǝʌuı ʎןןɐnʇɔɐ ǝʌɐɥ ʇ,upןnoʍ ʎןqɐqoɹd ʎʇıunɯɯoɔ ʇɐɥʇ ʇnq ˙ʇxǝʇ ɟo sןןɐʍ ǝʌɐɥ oʇ ǝןqɐ ǝq pןnoʍ ʎʇıunɯɯoɔ ʇɐɥʇ puɐ 'ǝןdoǝd ɹoɟ ʎʇıunɯɯoɔ ǝǝɹɟ ʇou ɹo ǝǝɹɟ ǝɯos ǝq oʇ pǝǝu pןnoʍ ǝɹǝɥʇ ʇnq ˙ʇsɐɟ ǝɯɐɔǝq ʇı ɹǝʌǝuǝɥʍ os ˙ǝɯıʇ ʇɐɥʇ ʇɐ ʍoןs sɐʍ ʇı ʎןןɐnʇɔɐ ʇnq 'pǝʇuǝʌuı sɐʍ ʇǝuɹǝʇuı ǝɥʇ uǝɥʍ pǝʇuǝʌuı sɐʍ ʇxǝʇ ɟo ןןɐʍ ǝɥʇ ˙sʇxǝʇ ɟo sןןɐʍ ɟo uoıʇɐɯɹoɟuı ןɐnʇɔɐ ǝɥʇ oʇ uo ʍou ˙ʇɐɥʇ ǝƃɐɹnoɔsıp ı ʇnq 'ǝʞıן noʎ ɟı uɐɔ noʎ ʇnq ˙ʇou op os 'ʇɐɥʇ op noʎ ɟı pǝʇɐɥ ǝq pןnoʍ noʎ ʇnq 'ǝʇıs ƃuıʇɹoddns ʇxǝʇ ɟo ןןɐʍ ɐ pǝʇɐǝɹɔ uɐɔ noʎ ˙ǝɯɐן ʎןןɐǝɹ ʇou ʎןןɐnʇɔɐ ˙sı ʇɐɥʇ ǝuo ǝɯɐן ɐ 'sısǝɥʇodʎɥ ɐ ʇsnɾ sɐʍ ʇɐɥʇ sʍouʞ ʎןןɐnʇɔɐ ǝuo ou ʇnq ˙uǝddɐɥ uɐɔ ʇɐɥʇ uǝɥʇ uǝʌɐǝɥ uı ǝɹɐ noʎ ssǝןun ǝsnɐɔǝq ʎןןɐǝɹ ʇou ʇnq 'ʇsıxǝ uɐɔ ƃuıɥʇʎuɐ ʇnq 'ƃuıʎouuɐ puɐ ƃuıʇɐʇıɹɹı os ƃuıɥʇǝɯos ʇɹoddns sǝop ǝɔɐןd ʎuɐ ʇqnop ʎןɥƃıɥ ı ˙ʇxǝʇ ɟo sןןɐʍ sǝƃɐɹnoɔuǝ ʇɐɥʇ ǝɔɐןd ɐ sı ʇı ssǝןun ǝɹǝɥʍʎuɐ pǝuuɐq noʎ ʇǝƃ uɐɔ ʇı ǝsnɐɔǝq ʇxǝʇ ɟo sןןɐʍ ǝʞɐɯ ʇou pןnoɥs noʎ ˙ɐıpǝdoןɔʎɔun puɐ 'spɹɐoq ʇɐɥɔ 'sɯnɹoɟ ƃuıpnןɔuı 'sǝıʇǝıɔos ʇǝuɹǝʇuı ןןɐ ʎןןɐnʇɹıʌ ʎןןɐnʇɔɐ 'ʇsoɯ uı uodn pǝuʍoɹɟ sı ʇɐɥʇ ƃuıɥʇǝɯos sı ʇxǝʇ ɟo ןןɐʍ ɐ ˙ɥo,p ˙sןoqɯʎs ǝɔnpoɹd oʇ ǝןqɐ sı ʇɐɥʇ ǝɹǝɥʍʎuɐ ǝq pןnoɔ ʎǝɥʇ ¡ʇǝuɹǝʇuı ǝɥʇ uo sʎɐʍןɐ ʇ,uǝɹɐ ʇxǝʇ ɟo sןןɐʍ ˙ǝɯ spuıɯǝɹ ʇɐɥʇ 'ʎǝɥ ˙ǝʇıɹʍ ɹo pǝdʎʇ ʎןsnoıʌǝɹd noʎ ʇɐɥʍ ǝʇsɐd puɐ ʎdoɔ oʇ sı ʇxǝʇ ɟo ןןɐʍ pooƃ puɐ ɹǝʇʇǝq ɐ ǝʞɐɯ oʇ ʎɐʍ ʇsǝq ǝɥʇ ¿ı pןnoɥs ɹo ˙ʍouʞ pןnoɥs ı ˙ƃuıʞןɐʇ ǝq ʇ,upןnoʍ ı uǝɥʇ ǝɹns ʇou sɐʍ ı ɟı ʇnq ˙ǝɹns ʇou ɯɐ ı 'puǝ ǝɥʇ sı sıɥʇ ǝdoɥ noʎ ɟı ˙puǝ ǝɥʇ ǝq ʇɥƃıɯ sıɥʇ ˙ʇxǝʇ ɟo sןןɐʍ ǝʇɐǝɹɔ ʎǝɥʇ ɟı ǝɔuɐsınu ɐ pǝɹǝpısuoɔ ǝɹɐ ǝןdoǝd ˙ɟo ʞuıɥʇ oʇ sɹnoɥ ǝʞɐʇ ןןıʍ ʇnq ʞɹoʍ pןnoʍ ʇɐɥʇ sƃuıɥʇ ɹǝɥʇo ǝɯos ɹo ˙sɥdɐɹƃɐɹɐd oʇuı ɯǝɥʇ ƃuıʇʇıןds ɹo ɯǝɥʇ ƃuıʇǝןǝp ʎq pǝʇɐǝɟǝp ǝɹɐ ʇxǝʇ ɟo sןןɐʍ ˙noʎ oʇ ʎןddɐ ʇ,usǝop ʇɐɥʇ uǝɥʇ pɹıǝʍ ǝɹɐ noʎ ɟı ʇnq 'ʇxǝʇ ɟo sןןɐʍ ƃuıʞɐɯ doʇs oʇ ƃuıddɐןs-ɥɔʇıq ɹǝdoɹd ɐ ʇǝƃ ʇsnɯ noʎ ˙ɟɟo pǝssıd ǝɹɐ noʎ ɟı ɹo ʇı ǝʞıן ןǝǝɟ noʎ ɹo ʎuunɟ ǝq oʇ ʎɹʇ noʎ ǝsnɐɔǝq ʇɐɥʇ ʎɐs ʇsnɾ noʎ 'ɹǝʍsuɐ ʎɹoʇɔɐɟsıʇɐs ɐ ƃuıʇsǝnbǝɹ ʇou ʎןןɐnʇɔɐ ǝɹɐ noʎ ¿ʞɔnɟ ǝɥʇ ʇɐɥʍ ˙ǝɹǝɥʇ ʇɥƃıɹ uoıʇsǝnb ןɐɔıɹoʇǝɥɹ ɐ sɐʍ ʇɐɥʇ ¿ʞɔnɟ ǝɥʇ ʇɐɥʍ ǝʞıן ˙ƃuıɥʇʎuɐ ɟo ʞuıɥʇ ʎןןɐnʇɔɐ ʇou uɐɔ ı ɹo ʇı ǝʞıן ןǝǝɟ ʇou op ı ɟı ɹo ʎzɐן ɯɐ ı ǝsnɐɔǝq ɹǝɥʇıǝ ɟo ʞuıɥʇ ʇou uɐɔ ı ƃuıɥʇǝɯos ƃuıǝq sɹǝɥʇo ǝɥʇ ˙sɹǝɥʇo puɐ 'uoısoןdxǝ pɐǝɥ 'uoısnɟuoɔ 'ɐǝsnɐu ǝʇɐǝɹɔ oʇ uʍouʞ ǝɹɐ ʇxǝʇ ɟo sןןɐʍ ˙ʇxǝʇ ɟo ןןɐʍ ɐ uı ǝq ɹǝʌǝu pןnoɥs sɥdɐɹƃɐɹɐd 'ǝsɹnoɔ ɟo ˙sɹǝʇʇǝן ןɐʇıdɐɔ ǝʞıן sƃuıɥʇ ƃuıpuɐʇsʇno puɐ sǝɔɐds ǝƃnɥ ɟo ǝǝɹɟ ʎןsnoıʌqo ǝɹɐ sʇxǝʇ ɟo sןןɐʍ ˙pɹıǝʍ puɐ qɯnp ƃuıʞɔnɟ ʞooן ɯǝɥʇ sǝʞɐɯ ʇı ˙sʇxǝʇ ɟo sןןɐʍ ɟo ʎɯɐɟuı ǝɥʇ ɟo ǝsodɹnd ǝןoɥʍ ǝɥʇ suınɹ ʇı ǝsnɐɔǝq sɹǝʇʇǝן ןɐʇıdɐɔ puɐ 'ʎʇǝıɔos uı pǝsn sןoqɯʎs ɹǝɥʇo ǝsoɥʇ ǝɹɐ ɥɔıɥʍ 'sɹǝʇɔɐɹɐɥɔ ǝƃuɐɹʇs 'sɹoןoɔ ʇuoɟ ʇuǝɹǝɟɟıp 'sʞuıן ɟo ǝǝɹɟ ǝq pןnoɥs sʇxǝʇ ɟo sןןɐʍ ˙sǝɹɐɔ ʎpoqou ˙ɹǝʇʇɐɯ ʎןןɐǝɹ ʇ,usǝop ʇı ʇnq ˙ʎʇıunɯɯoɔ ǝɥʇ ɟo ssǝuʇɔıɹʇs ǝɥʇ ɟo sǝıɹɐʌ ʇxǝʇ ɟo sןןɐʍ ƃuıʞɐɯ ʇɐɥʍ ɟo ʇuǝɯɥsıund ǝɥʇ ˙ʎןןɐǝɹ ʇou ʇnq 'ǝɯɐs ǝɥʇ ǝɹɐ ɥɔıɥʍ 'spuɐɥ ɹıǝɥʇ uı ǝɯıʇ ǝɥʇ ןןɐ ǝʌɐɥ ɹo ǝɟıן ou ǝʌɐɥ oɥʍ ǝןdoǝd ʇuǝıʇɐd puɐ ƃuıɹoq ǝɹɐ ǝsǝɥʇ ˙suɐds uoıʇuǝʇʇɐ ʇɹoɥs ǝʌɐɥ ʇou op ǝןdoǝd ǝsoɥʇ ˙ɯǝɥʇ pɐǝɹ puɐ puɐʇs uɐɔ ǝןdoǝd ǝɯos ʎןןɐnʇɔɐ ˙ɯǝɥʇ pɐǝɹ ʇou ʇnq 'ʇı puɐʇs uɐɔ ǝןdoǝd ɟo ɹǝqɯnu ɐ ˙sʇǝʞɔos ɹıǝɥʇ ɟo ʇno ןןɐɟ puɐ pǝǝןq sǝʎǝ ɹıǝɥʇ ǝʌɐɥ ɹo ǝpoןdsɐ ɹǝpɐǝɹ ǝɥʇ ǝʞɐɯ ʎןןɐnsn ʇxǝʇ ɟo sןןɐʍ ˙ɯopuɐɹ ʎןǝʇǝןdɯoɔ ǝɹɐ 'sǝuo ƃuıpǝǝןq-ǝʎǝ ʇsoɯ 'ƃuıʇɐʇıɹɹı ʇsoɯ ǝɥʇ ʎןןɐnʇɔɐ ǝɹɐ ɥɔıɥʍ 'ʇxǝʇ ɟo sןןɐʍ ʇsǝq ǝɥʇ ʇnq 'pǝʇɐɔoן sı ʇxǝʇ ɟo ןןɐʍ ǝɥʇ ɹǝʌǝʇɐɥʍ oʇ pǝʇɐןǝɹ ʎןןɐnsn ǝɹɐ ʇxǝʇ ɟo ןןɐʍ ɐ ǝpısuı ʞunɾ/uoıʇɐɯɹoɟuı ǝɥʇ ˙sǝɹɐɔ oɥʍ ʇnq ˙uoıʇɐɯɹoɟuı sı ʞunɾ ǝɥʇ ɹo ʞunɾ sı uoıʇɐɯɹoɟuı ǝɥʇ ɟı ʎןuo ʇnq 'ǝɯɐs ǝɥʇ ǝq uɐɔ ʞunɾ puɐ uoıʇɐɯɹoɟuı ˙ʞunɾ puɐ uoıʇɐɯɹoɟuı ssǝןǝsn ɟo ʇoן ɐ ɥʇıʍ pǝןןıɟ ʎןןɐnsn ǝɹɐ sʇxǝʇ ɟo sןןɐʍ ˙sʍouʞ oɥʍ ˙ʇou ʎןqɐqoɹd ʇnq 'pǝʇuǝʌuı ʎןqɐqoɹd sqoou ˙pǝʇuǝʌuı sɐʍ/pǝʇsıxǝ ʇxǝʇ ɟo ןןɐʍ ǝɥʇ ʍoɥ ɹo ǝɹǝɥʍ ɹo uǝɥʍ sʍouʞ poƃ ʇdǝɔxǝ ǝuo ou 'ʎןןɐɔısɐq os ˙ʇxǝʇ ɟo ןןɐʍ ǝɥʇ pǝʇuǝʌuı ʎןןɐnʇɔɐ ǝʌɐɥ ʇ,upןnoʍ ʎןqɐqoɹd ʎʇıunɯɯoɔ ʇɐɥʇ ʇnq ˙ʇxǝʇ ɟo sןןɐʍ ǝʌɐɥ oʇ ǝןqɐ ǝq pןnoʍ ʎʇıunɯɯoɔ ʇɐɥʇ puɐ 'ǝןdoǝd ɹoɟ ʎʇıunɯɯoɔ ǝǝɹɟ ʇou ɹo ǝǝɹɟ ǝɯos ǝq oʇ pǝǝu pןnoʍ ǝɹǝɥʇ ʇnq ˙ʇsɐɟ ǝɯɐɔǝq ʇı ɹǝʌǝuǝɥʍ os ˙ǝɯıʇ ʇɐɥʇ ʇɐ ʍoןs sɐʍ ʇı ʎןןɐnʇɔɐ ʇnq 'pǝʇuǝʌuı sɐʍ ʇǝuɹǝʇuı ǝɥʇ uǝɥʍ pǝʇuǝʌuı sɐʍ ʇxǝʇ ɟo ןןɐʍ ǝɥʇ ˙sʇxǝʇ ɟo sןןɐʍ ɟo uoıʇɐɯɹoɟuı ןɐnʇɔɐ ǝɥʇ oʇ uo ʍou ˙ʇɐɥʇ ǝƃɐɹnoɔsıp ı ʇnq 'ǝʞıן noʎ ɟı uɐɔ noʎ ʇnq ˙ʇou op os 'ʇɐɥʇ op noʎ ɟı pǝʇɐɥ ǝq pןnoʍ noʎ ʇnq 'ǝʇıs ƃuıʇɹoddns ʇxǝʇ ɟo ןןɐʍ ɐ ǝʇɐǝɹɔ uɐɔ noʎ ˙ǝɯɐן ʎןןɐǝɹ ʇou ʎןןɐnʇɔɐ ˙sı ʇɐɥʇ ǝuo ǝɯɐן ɐ 'sısǝɥʇodʎɥ ɐ ʇsnɾ sɐʍ ʇɐɥʇ sʍouʞ ʎןןɐnʇɔɐ ǝuo ou ʇnq ˙uǝddɐɥ uɐɔ ʇɐɥʇ uǝɥʇ uǝʌɐǝɥ uı ǝɹɐ noʎ ssǝןun ǝsnɐɔǝq ʎןןɐǝɹ ʇou ʇnq 'ʇsıxǝ uɐɔ ƃuıɥʇʎuɐ ʇnq 'ƃuıʎouuɐ puɐ ƃuıʇɐʇıɹɹı os ƃuıɥʇǝɯos ʇɹoddns sǝop ǝɔɐןd ʎuɐ ʇqnop ʎןɥƃıɥ ı ˙ʇxǝʇ ɟo sןןɐʍ sǝƃɐɹnoɔuǝ ʇɐɥʇ ǝɔɐןd ɐ sı ʇı ssǝןun ǝɹǝɥʍʎuɐ pǝuuɐq noʎ ʇǝƃ uɐɔ ʇı ǝsnɐɔǝq ʇxǝʇ ɟo sןןɐʍ ǝʞɐɯ ʇou pןnoɥs noʎ ˙ɐıpǝdoןɔʎɔun puɐ 'spɹɐoq ʇɐɥɔ 'sɯnɹoɟ ƃuıpnןɔuı 'sǝıʇǝıɔos ʇǝuɹǝʇuı ןןɐ ʎןןɐnʇɹıʌ ʎןןɐnʇɔɐ 'ʇsoɯ uı uodn pǝuʍoɹɟ sı ʇɐɥʇ ƃuıɥʇǝɯos sı ʇxǝʇ ɟo ןןɐʍ ɐ
And, yes, I did use the automatic system. My brain was too fried to try and do it like umop apisdn. And there’s no way I’m doing it for that large of text.
Oops. Apologies to umop ap!sdn for forgetting to flip the i. It’s the confusing upside down with backwards again.
Yeah, reading upside down can be a useful skill. I’m kind of rusty. I was really good at it when I was a newspaper reporter; nothing on a desk was safe!
That wall of text would be daunting even going the right way. Hence, why it’s frowned upon.
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I can actually write upside down, as long as it’s printing vs. cursive, and I must go slowly.
I’m quite good at writing backwards though, especially cursive (I think it’s better than my forward cursive). The skill came in handy once - I’d left a textbook behind at the computer center in college. I saw a sign in the window saying that such-and-such textbook was found but didn’t realize I had misplaced mine until I got back to the dorm. So I phoned the computer room. The guy who answered said “prove it’s yours. Tell me what’s written on the inside cover”. I said “uh, I don’t remember what, but it’s written backwards”.
Back when printing was done from metal type (Linotype, Monotype, or before then with hand-set type), you could proof-read directly off the metal, without getting an impression on paper. Since it was backwards (i.e., a mirror image of what would appear on the paper), it was easier to read it upside-down, so that the words still ran from left to right.
And one problem I have isn’t that it’s upside down but that it’s inconsistently sized - that screws the pattern recognition right up.
So while I can read it ok … in the time between trying this out and figuring out that two Downs do NOT make an up, I discovered that I need more practice to be able to operate a whole computer upside down.
Cruel to not mention Control Alt UP! :smack:
I can top that! A couple of years back, our PC >>>blipped<<< and then suddenly started displaying everything in mirror image.
Not rotated (as in ctrl-alt-left-arrow) - MIRROR IMAGE. I quickly recalled the ctrl-alt-arrow trick, which had no effect (apparently the computer’s graphics card didn’t support that).
I spent a fair bit of time on the phone with tech support - and it’s a rare treat to be trying to follow their instructions for how to go through control panel settings when you have to sdrawkcab gnihtyreve daer. (except the letters were actually reversed, obviously, which actually was easier to read than what I did above).
Nothing worked.
Finally it occurred to me to hook the monitor up to my laptop - and voila! problem isolated to the monitor.
Somehow we determined that we needed to not only power down, but UNPLUG, the damn monitor… then it behaved itself.
What I want to know is, how do you type upside-down?
I read fine sideways, as well.
I don’t have any problem reading upside down. It has proved useful at times in business transactions. 
More interestingly I discovered as a teenager that I could write cursive backwards without thinking about it, at my first attempt. So I tried upside down, and again had no problems. So I tried upside down and backwards, and again could do it at my first attempt.
Don’t know whether being left handed had anything to do with it, or whether I’m just a freakazoid. Typical, I possess a skill which is completely useless. Story of my life. Some people play tennis really well and earn millions of dollars. I can write upside down and back the front, and nobody cares.
Back to work tomorrow then.
Do most people posting here find it much much more difficult to read at 90 degree angles than upside down? It’s something that I’ve always had a ton more trouble with.
I can write upside down too, almost as easily as right side up. Not sure how I learned to do it–it’s just something I always found easy.