¿uʍop ǝpısdn pɐǝɹ noʎ uɐɔ

Posted Jul 2nd 2007 8:00PM by Brad Linder
Filed under: Internet, Web services

You know how when you were a kid you would type 80085 into a calculator because it sort of kind of looked like another word? Maybe that was just us. But modern computers give you oh so many more ways to make plain text borderline unreadable.

For instance, there's absolutely no practical reason you would ever want to uʍop ǝpısdn ʇxǝʇ ɹnoʎ dı1ɟ. But this little text inverter application has inspired hundreds of digg users to write comments that are best read if you're standing on your head.

Sure, it's kind of cool looking, but you know what else is cool? Being able to read the comments. Still, if you want to drive your mom crazy with your next email home, flip your text upside down and pretend not to understand why she's having trouble reading it.

[via AppScout]

Reader Comments

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1. Strange that it doesn't work with numbers... 7734, etc.

Posted at 8:33PM on Jul 2nd 2007 by RP

2. ¡sǝɔɹnosǝɹ puɐ ǝɯıʇ ɟo ǝʇsɐʍ ǝʇǝ1dɯoɔ ɐ ʇɐɥʍ

Posted at 8:49PM on Jul 2nd 2007 by Chris Moroz

3. @RP: It finds whatever Unicode characters that look like letters upside down. This is generally not possible for numbers, so they're not converted.

Posted at 9:12PM on Jul 2nd 2007 by Jake

4. Here's a Smart Block for Nik that does this.

http://www.yourhead.com/flipout.block.zip

Posted at 5:26AM on Jul 3rd 2007 by Isaiah

5. I have found this to be a very useful skill, like when you are sitting across the desk from someone -- job interviews, especially.

xnok

Posted at 5:36AM on Jul 3rd 2007 by kss18

6. SBOOB?
Fail. :P
Correct number for teh upsidedown funz is 58008. Or 5318008, if you're particularly cool.
80085 doesn't need to be flipped.

Posted at 5:39AM on Jul 3rd 2007 by Mythor

7. There was a series of mystery books (like Encyclopedia Brown-type books) when I was a kid that had the solutions in the back printed upside down and backwards. You were supposed to turn the book upside down and read it in the mirror. I was too lazy for that so I just learned to read upside and backwards. I can still do it after a few seconds of practice. I wonder what those books were called....

-p-

Posted at 5:45AM on Jul 3rd 2007 by p-diddy

8. It's just for fun lolz :p
I thought my font's problem at the first time :D
nXqd

Posted at 5:48AM on Jul 3rd 2007 by Nxqd3051990

9. snoıɔı1ɐ-ǝ1oɥssɐ

Posted at 10:08PM on Jul 3rd 2007 by Dodo

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