# 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:** 2
**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, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upside-down-english-thread-closed/611123/21 "2012-01-30T15:09:39Z")
Sorry, Outrage is now closed. If you want Argument, we open at 10:30. Contradictions are offered 24/7. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upside-down-english-thread-closed/611123/22 "2012-01-30T15:32:26Z")
> [@Ellen\_Cherry](#): > > Contradictions are offered 24/7. No, they aren’t. ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upside-down-english-thread-closed/611123/23 "2012-01-30T17:50:53Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > No, they aren’t. Yes. Yes they are! ---
**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, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upside-down-english-thread-closed/611123/24 "2012-01-30T17:51:29Z")
Nuh-uh! ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upside-down-english-thread-closed/611123/25 "2012-01-30T18:34:37Z")
> [@Red\_Barchetta](#): > > Dammit, but I had but a mere minute to enjoy my recreation outrage. :mad: > > Seriously, I’m appreciative of you rethinking this 🙂 I look forward to your outraged ATMB thread about mods not allowing you enough time to be outraged in ATMB threads. ---
**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, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upside-down-english-thread-closed/611123/26 "2012-01-30T18:50:12Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > I look forward to your outraged ATMB thread about mods not allowing you enough time to be outraged in ATMB threads. 'twas a joke. ---
**Author:** ![Sister\_Vigilante](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Sister\_Vigilante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sister_Vigilante)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upside-down-english-thread-closed/611123/27 "2012-01-30T19:00:13Z")
I didn’t have a problem reading it upside down. ---
**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, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upside-down-english-thread-closed/611123/28 "2012-01-30T19:34:40Z")
Thank you for re-opening the thread 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upside-down-english-thread-closed/611123/29 "2012-01-30T20:30:13Z")
> [@Red\_Barchetta](#): > > 'twas a joke. So was mine. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upside-down-english-thread-closed/611123/30 "2012-01-30T21:53:53Z")
> [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](#): > > 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. I think I’m going to throw up. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upside-down-english-thread-closed/611123/31 "2012-01-30T22:52:14Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > I think I’m going to throw up. Hey, the modding might not be perfect, but it’s not _that_ bad. ---
**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, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upside-down-english-thread-closed/611123/32 "2012-01-30T23:31:02Z")
Thanks for re-opening it. Now I feel like I have to go post more. Or less. Or sideways. -D/a ---
**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, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upside-down-english-thread-closed/611123/33 "2012-01-30T23:35:45Z")
> [@Ellen\_Cherry](#): > > Well pfft. I communicated with the other MPSIMS mods; I’ll open I back up. Enjoy. You’re the bestest. [sup](you have no idea how much restraint it took not to post that upside down)[/sup] 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upside-down-english-thread-closed/611123/34 "2012-01-30T23:48:34Z")
> [@Darth\_Panda](#): > > Hey, the modding might not be perfect, but it’s not _that_ bad. I didn’t say _that!_ Holy Twickster, pray for me now and at the hour of my death. Amen. ---
**Author:** ![toodlepip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/97f17d/32.png) [@toodlepip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toodlepip)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upside-down-english-thread-closed/611123/35 "2012-01-31T19:25:56Z")
I’ve been flipping my computer over and reading everything upside down for years now, and that thread was the first one that wasn’t annoying as shit. So the joke’s on you. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upside-down-english-thread-closed/611123/36 "2012-01-31T19:30:06Z")
> [@Sister\_Vigilante](#): > > I didn’t have a problem reading it upside down. ˙ʇɐq ɐ ǝɹ,noʎ ǝsnɐɔǝq s,ʇɐɥʇ ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upside-down-english-thread-closed/611123/37 "2012-01-31T19:34:54Z")
When I turn my laptop upside down and shake it, it reboots. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upside-down-english-thread-closed/611123/38 "2012-01-31T19:36:53Z")
For future reference, how does one post upside down? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upside-down-english-thread-closed/611123/39 "2012-01-31T19:40:34Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > For future reference, how does one post upside down? Here is his link from the [other thread.](http://www.fliptext.org/) Type your message, copy the infernal results and paste it into your thread reply. It is the work of the Devil. On a bad day. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upside-down-english-thread-closed/611123/40 "2012-01-31T19:45:46Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Here is his link from the [other thread.](http://www.fliptext.org/) > > Type your message, copy the infernal results and paste it into your thread reply. > It is the work of the Devil. On a bad day. > 🙂 ¡sʞuɐɥʇ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upside-down-english-thread-closed/611123.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upside-down-english-thread-closed/611123.md?page=3)