# Upside-down english thread closed **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [January 30, 2012, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upside-down-english-thread-closed/611123 "2012-01-30T00:06:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upside-down-english-thread-closed/611123/1 "2012-01-30T00:06:21Z")
Looks like my thread with upside down english was closed for being “annoying as shit.” Sorry I annoyed. Was not my intent. I thought it was actually a fun “mundane pointless” bit of internet magic to share. We seemed to all be having a good time, I wasn’t doing anything to be a jerk, and I really don’t think my thread deserved to be closed. I also really didn’t appreciate the way it was closed. Being told that someone’s post is “annoying as shit” is certainly not the most polite way of putting it. If I had posted the title of the thread as something like “What does upside down english look like?” and then posted a link to the website with a bit of text as an example, would that have been annoying as shit too? If it was just the thread title and the body of my first post, could a moderator please change it to what I suggested and reopen the thread? ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upside-down-english-thread-closed/611123/2 "2012-01-30T00:24:20Z")
> [@](#): > > If I had posted the title of the thread as something like “What does upside down english look like?” and then posted a link to the website with a bit of text as an example, would that have been annoying as shit too? No, I would not have closed such a thread. I’m sorry I was rude; I was trying to be funny and I’m sorry if that is not how I came off. I felt the text upside down was difficult to read; even with my iPad I was unable to turn it around right … But probably if I adjusted a setting I could have. But anyway, most people are reading on a computer screen and it seemed too tedius a thing to permit. I’m sorry that I offended you. Ellen ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upside-down-english-thread-closed/611123/3 "2012-01-30T00:34:56Z")
I thought it was fun. ---
**Author:** ![Kyrie\_Eleison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kyrie_eleison/32/7682_2.png) [@Kyrie\_Eleison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyrie_Eleison)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upside-down-english-thread-closed/611123/4 "2012-01-30T01:10:50Z")
[ʞuıן ʎɹoʇɐbıןqo](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=640133) ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upside-down-english-thread-closed/611123/5 "2012-01-30T01:27:47Z")
I thought it was mundane and amusing, and forwarded the link within to a couple of friends. MUCH less annoyng than most of the TV show/commercials you hate/YouTube/yet more stupid commercials you hate threads. I’m not interested in those, I don’t own a TV and am not interested, no biggie, I don’t open them. I vote for it being re-opened, only because IMHO it’s several thousand metric ton less offensive to me than all of the TV/commercial threads. Which I find _beyond_ tedious and uninteresting, but somehow I muster the will to carry on regardless. (Not to beat a dead horse or anything - I simply don’t open threads I’m not interested in. I know, elegantly stunning in its simplicity; an astonishing notion. But there you go.) ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upside-down-english-thread-closed/611123/6 "2012-01-30T01:36:37Z")
> [@Ellen\_Cherry](#): > > No, I would not have closed such a thread. I’m sorry I was rude; I was trying to be funny and I’m sorry if that is not how I came off. I felt the text upside down was difficult to read; even with my iPad I was unable to turn it around right … But probably if I adjusted a setting I could have. > > But anyway, most people are reading on a computer screen and it seemed too tedius a thing to permit. I’m sorry that I offended you. > > Ellen Thank you for the apology, no hard feelings here! ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upside-down-english-thread-closed/611123/7 "2012-01-30T02:19:00Z")
> [@Ellen\_Cherry](#): > > No, I would not have closed such a thread. I’m sorry I was rude; I was trying to be funny and I’m sorry if that is not how I came off. I felt the text upside down was difficult to read; even with my iPad I was unable to turn it around right … But probably if I adjusted a setting I could have. > > But anyway, most people are reading on a computer screen and it seemed too tedius a thing to permit. I’m sorry that I offended you. What a silly reason to close it. The fact that it was upside-down and difficult to read is part of the fun, i assume. Thanks for saving us from ourselves yet again. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upside-down-english-thread-closed/611123/8 "2012-01-30T02:51:33Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > What a silly reason to close it. The fact that it was upside-down and difficult to read is part of the fun, i assume. > > Thanks for saving us from ourselves yet again. :rolleyes: I will never understand closings like this. I love you **Ellen** - really I do - but it’s not like there was critical info being disseminated that just _had_ to be read. It was just a bunch of posters goofing around and having fun. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upside-down-english-thread-closed/611123/9 "2012-01-30T02:54:47Z")
I liked this thread. I was having fun, and it had potential for some really funny lines. I admit I was using a little known Windows trick for reading parts of it…control-alt-up arrow flips the screen for you. control-alt-down arrow puts it back to normal. But yeah…there are lots of threads I don’t read…some I’m not interested in, some I actually find annoying. I just avoid them. I don’t expect them to be closed. It’s not like we can only have so many threads at any point in time, and this one was taking up space that a “better” thread could have used. -D/a ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upside-down-english-thread-closed/611123/10 "2012-01-30T02:58:35Z")
> [@Kyrie\_Eleison](#): > > [ʞuıן ʎɹoʇɐbıןqo](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=640133) Are you trying to get this thread locked, too!? Next thing you know, there will threads discussing drugs! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Strinka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strinka/32/512_2.png) [@Strinka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strinka)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upside-down-english-thread-closed/611123/11 "2012-01-30T03:48:53Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > What a silly reason to close it. The fact that it was upside-down and difficult to read is part of the fun, i assume. > > Thanks for saving us from ourselves yet again. :rolleyes: Agreed. The thread should not have been closed. ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upside-down-english-thread-closed/611123/12 "2012-01-30T03:52:42Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Are you trying to get this thread locked, too!? Next thing you know, there will threads discussing drugs! :eek: Well, it should have at least been in a spoiler tag, to meet the two-click rule. Seriously, what’s the harm in the thread? Too much fun? ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upside-down-english-thread-closed/611123/13 "2012-01-30T04:29:03Z")
There’s precedent for this: > **[Upside Test](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=427188)** > > ¡zʇıuzıɥs ɥǝʇ sı ʇxǝʇ uʍop ǝpısdn “…ɐǝs ǝɥʇ ɯoɹɟ buısıɹ sı ʇɐɥʇ ǝ1dɯǝʇ ɐ s,ǝɹǝɥʇ ıuıɯıq uI uıɐɹ ɟo ʇɥbıu puɐ ʎɐp ǝ1buıs ɐ uı ʞuɐs ʇI .sǝ1nɔɹǝɥ ɟo sɹɐ11ıd ǝɥʇ ɟo ʇuoɹɟ uı puɐ1sı uɐ sɐʍ ǝɹǝɥʇ” Here > **[¡uʍop ǝpısdn ɯ,ı ¡d1ǝɥ](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=430017)** > > ¿ʞuıɥʇ noʎ op ʇɐɥʍ - 1ooɔ ʎ11ɐǝɹ sı sıɥʇ > **[pɐǝɥ ʎɯ uo ƃuıpuɐʇs ǝlıɥʍ sıɥʇ pǝdʎʇ ı](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=488830)** > > ¿op ı op ʇɐɥʍ 'dɐɹɔ ˙sıɥʇ ǝʞıl ʞɔnʇs ɯ,ı ʍou puɐ ¿uıoɾ uɐɔ ı qnlɔ ɐ ǝɹǝɥʇ sı ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upside-down-english-thread-closed/611123/14 "2012-01-30T04:37:24Z")
> [@chiroptera](#): > > I thought it was mundane and amusing, and forwarded the link within to a couple of friends. I had more fun with that [tuby.tv](http://tuby.tv) link that was included on that page. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upside-down-english-thread-closed/611123/15 "2012-01-30T08:12:10Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > There’s precedent for this: > > [Upside Test - About This Message Board - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=427188) > > [¡uʍop ǝpısdn ɯ,ı ¡d1ǝɥ - Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=430017) > > [pɐǝɥ ʎɯ uo ƃuıpuɐʇs ǝlıɥʍ sıɥʇ pǝdʎʇ ı - Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=488830) There’s precedent for a silly moderating decision on the SDMB? Color me unsurprised. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upside-down-english-thread-closed/611123/16 "2012-01-30T08:32:08Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > There’s precedent for a silly moderating decision on the SDMB? > > Color me unsurprised. What color would you like? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upside-down-english-thread-closed/611123/17 "2012-01-30T11:11:56Z")
Open another thread, then, with the title normal. I promise to be only annoyed as doo-doo. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Barchetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upside-down-english-thread-closed/611123/18 "2012-01-30T11:23:55Z")
Overzealous moderation is annoying as shit. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upside-down-english-thread-closed/611123/19 "2012-01-30T11:24:20Z")
Well pfft. I communicated with the other MPSIMS mods; I’ll open I back up. Enjoy. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Barchetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upside-down-english-thread-closed/611123/20 "2012-01-30T11:34:00Z")
> [@Ellen\_Cherry](#): > > Well pfft. I communicated with the other MPSIMS mods; I’ll open I back up. Enjoy. Dammit, but I had but a mere minute to enjoy my recreation outrage. :mad: Seriously, I’m appreciative of you rethinking this 🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upside-down-english-thread-closed/611123.md?page=2)