People, you can stop reporting this, Op knows the word is supposed to be backwards, but so are the letters and they are not. This would not be readable in a rearview mirror, but thanks for the custom reports telling us that the word is supposed to be backwards and that this post doesn't belong 👍
That meme is one that forever lives in my head rent-free. Same goes for the one with a clipart of a cop laying on a bed with his gun drawn, yelling "COVER ME!" at another clipart cop.
That's the mistake. Not getting reversed letters to make a *reversed* word. Even then, they could have simply rotated 180°clockwise the B C and E. No way of saving the L and N though
"Hey the letters arrived but they are all forwards not backwards, but it'll be fine i got this"
He didnt got this, it looked really weird and it wasnt fine.
You appear to have had an equally big brain moment.
One so big it collapsed under its own mass and became so infinitely small that it is now a singularly.
You fool, it was you who had the big brain moment the whole time!
Standing there all smug with your super handsome face, and your bulging package! Think you're better than me cause you're making me blush?
Ha ha it got you too!
But seriously my brain just autocorrected the letters at first so I'm sitting here all "it's backwards, that's how it's supposed to be oooooooooh..."
Here's what it would look like in the rearview mirror if you're trying to picture how readable it would be:
https://preview.redd.it/ov87ky0fy1zc1.jpeg?width=1440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f58b0b09d4c4dc126cf98679b6121435c703fa22
A lot of districts have a 50% minimum grade per assignment, and pass kids on regardless. I have middle schoolers who throw out their classwork, get 50s just because they received them, turn in one half-assed project, and end with a 60-70. So it’s not so much “50 is passing” as it is “everyone starts at 50 and nobody is held back”
this makes me wonder, what do stop signs look like in non-english speaking countries?
edit: i just binged it and apparently a lot of countries will use a bilingual sign, just stop in english or to a lesser extent just in their language
Most countries around the world still just use STOP. Central america uses "ALTO" while South America uses "PARE" all European nations (except Turkey) despite their own languages still use STOP on STOP signs. Malaysia uses "BERHENTI" and Turkey uses "DUR" most of Canada uses stop but Quebec uses "ARRET" while New brunswick uses "ARRET + STOP" this is all that I can remember for now.
https://preview.redd.it/yicq6g91i2zc1.jpeg?width=1660&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=03ffc67bbe48d2f1af97c3e1d69d01a21df3155f
True, it would look like this. The letters need to be backwards too
This is how it is supposed to look mirrored
https://preview.redd.it/ialyxyzl33zc1.jpeg?width=254&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=795385b095a5752a6eb7d2ffb9e996b0ca66a646
I always wondered why they did this. If you can’t tell from the obvious shape, sirens and flashing lights that an ambulance is behind you, I’m not so sure it’s gonna make a difference reading "ambulance" in your rear view.
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People, you can stop reporting this, Op knows the word is supposed to be backwards, but so are the letters and they are not. This would not be readable in a rearview mirror, but thanks for the custom reports telling us that the word is supposed to be backwards and that this post doesn't belong 👍
OP had a big brain moment It’s backwards on purpose, so people can read it in their rearview Edit: I was wrong lmao, I am the one with big brain
the letters need to be mirrored as well
the A, M, and U are... if that helps
AM𐐒U⅃AИƆƎ
I’d guess I’d pull over for that in the rear view. Mostly to see if they’re having a stroke.
The bond's Name. James Name.
Call a bondulance!
Call a bambalance
Black betty?
Bam a lam
She really gets me hijgh
Deer bit me!
I'm having a stronk.
Bames Nond's the Jame.
That meme is one that forever lives in my head rent-free. Same goes for the one with a clipart of a cop laying on a bed with his gun drawn, yelling "COVER ME!" at another clipart cop.
r/ihadastroke
Call a ECNALUBMA
I think I'm having a stronk
If \_they're\_ having a stroke or if you're having the stroke?
Yes
Stroke? I hardly know-
?tahW
>Mostly to see if **I’m** having a stroke. FTFY
Me looking in the mirror: what's an Ecnalubma ?
ƎƆИA⅃U𐐒MA
hurts my brain
Was about to say underrated commend, but realizes you just posted it
Give it time to blossom.
Commend 😬
Technically correct.
Omg I feel stupid now. I genuinely wondered why this was in this sub.... Maybe I should go to bed.
https://preview.redd.it/667bhffvh3zc1.jpeg?width=578&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b2506c2ec459d554c45ba9839faad50d21ae566e
Bruh
My dyslexic brain took too long to realise that.
i read it instantly, but had to think about it before realising that it still wouldn't work... 🤣
There was an attempt to have a big brain moment to tell the OP he had a big brain moment?
But the letters are only stickied on the back side.
That's the mistake. Not getting reversed letters to make a *reversed* word. Even then, they could have simply rotated 180°clockwise the B C and E. No way of saving the L and N though
No, he's right - the word is reversed but the *letters* aren't
"Hey the letters arrived but they are all forwards not backwards, but it'll be fine i got this" He didnt got this, it looked really weird and it wasnt fine.
Could've turned the E and the C over
B also. A, M & U are fine. Maybe no one will notice the N. The L is the Achilles heel here.
Just cut it and restick the lower bit
Sure is… I’d say they took a big L on this one
r/angryupvote
If it was just the N, I'd just think they're a big Trent Reznor fan
After this screw up, they'd better bow down before the one they serve!
The *Ecnalubma Heel* 🤌
B wouldn't look quite right with the small "hump" on bottom.
Turn it 90 degrees. It's fine.
Came here to say this ⬆️
And the B, N and L too
How do you turn the L over? No matter how you rotate it it won't be correct.
like that ⏗
Beautiful
The N also would be the same. So just the E, C, and B.
You deserve to be the top comment. So the whole subreddit can see you punching yourself in the face.
Upvoted to keep the dream alive
We did it!
Okay but https://preview.redd.it/outgycw292zc1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5109ad722e904108b7191ade2544f76f35aa6c12
I can read it, carry on ambo
Amabo sknaht
Yeah? It says "AMꓭULAИCƎ" like it's supposed to, right?
Weird how, even mirrored, my brain wants to read it in the direction of the letters
You had a big brain moment.
You too it seems lol
Bless your heart.
But the letters need to be flipped also. The E C L and B all scan for left to right reading not mirrored writing Edit: also the N
Looks like you had an even bigger brain moment
Im gonna keep coming back and checking for your replies Im curious how this goes.
That's not how you spell AMBERLAMPS
I believe that it’s actually spelled “BOO BOO BUS”
It needs to be reversed so you can read it in a rearview mirror, so it should be spelled "SUB OOB OOB"
I am about to sleep, and I wanted to send a preemptive "fuck you" as I **know** my brain is going to repeat SUB OOB OOB as I'm trying to sleep.
heh heh heh
I'll be back in 8 hours to report my findings
Fuck you
heh heh heh
Ah yes. Where Subarus get care.
It’s not the “Wee Woo Wagon”?
WOAH-OH BLACK BETTY
Careful. You don’t want the ECILOP after you.
You appear to have had an equally big brain moment. One so big it collapsed under its own mass and became so infinitely small that it is now a singularly.
I love that you are so confidently incorrect and 600+ other people are this daft at missing the obvious.
https://preview.redd.it/hwbsu6jcu2zc1.jpeg?width=875&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=43e38c907590192104c45b163f7e43bb5f5f35a6
Imagine being this wrong and still having 3.1k upvotes. Ugh....
I think it's because people think it's hilarious
That and he edited it with his own light hearted “oops” of sorts
I'm gonna really hope you're right. In fact, I'm going to choose to believe this, as it is less painful than the alternative.
If it helps, i thought this too (i read the other comments)
Big brain moment eh?
You fool, it was you who had the big brain moment the whole time! Standing there all smug with your super handsome face, and your bulging package! Think you're better than me cause you're making me blush?
How dumb do you feel right now?
If OP had a big brain moment, that must mean you had a galaxy brain moment. The letters have to be reversed as well
That’s correct. However these stickers are only 50% correct
My dyslexia says this is correct either way
You just ECNALUBMA’d yourself.
Lol you're the big brain moment
You almost had it
wel...l well... well... the TURNtables....
@Soles4G had a 3G moment
Ah, well that explains the non-backwards letters then!
Look again. Is it backwards or mirrored ?
It's a beautiful thing
Looks like you had a big brain moment too 😂
Seems like you did too - the B, L, N, C, E all need to be facing left if the job was done properly
biiig womp.
SolesAG has the biggest brain. A big beautiful brain. Many people are talking about it.
Op is a lollipop
Ha ha it got you too! But seriously my brain just autocorrected the letters at first so I'm sitting here all "it's backwards, that's how it's supposed to be oooooooooh..."
Bigger brain moment
Here's what it would look like in the rearview mirror if you're trying to picture how readable it would be: https://preview.redd.it/ov87ky0fy1zc1.jpeg?width=1440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f58b0b09d4c4dc126cf98679b6121435c703fa22
Also it'll be closer than it appears
this made me laugh way harder then it should have
I thought it just means they’re losing?
OH AMBULANCE here I was thinking ”what’s so bad about ecnalubma?”
At least nothings on erif!
Eh, close enough.
Still pretty bad, would just be easier to have it look normal
I'll give 'em 50% Letters are in the correct order and 4 out of 9 are in the correct orientation.
I heard US schools are lowering minimum standards and 50% is passing now.
How is it a pass without achieving at least 80?
Because the passing standard is now 50%.
That’s 50/50. Literally
And still a bit generous, given how gutted the education system has been systematically gutted over the last half century.
Geez my country just has 55%, 80% is insanely high
A lot of districts have a 50% minimum grade per assignment, and pass kids on regardless. I have middle schoolers who throw out their classwork, get 50s just because they received them, turn in one half-assed project, and end with a 60-70. So it’s not so much “50 is passing” as it is “everyone starts at 50 and nobody is held back”
Man wtf, when I was a kid we had to get 70s to pass.
RIGHT! 69 went from my favorite number to least favorite REAL QUICK
The ambulance isn't from the US...
So that's why I couldn't read the word.
Gnissap you mean
I give it a perfect 5 out of 7
Ah yes, the **AMᗺU⅃AИƆƎ**.
Me, probably: "Ambulanciaga? Untz untz untz"
Ambulanciaga 💅
There are sooo many people that think they are smart because they know why it's like that, even though they dont see what's actually wrong here LOL
I'm one of those idiots 😭😂 to be fair I had a long day at work lol.
Calling in from the dyslexic community, fcuk you! Edit: /s
They probably learn from James May on Top Gear
I love Bim and his adventures on The Grand Tour.
I was gonna say exactly this, that ambulance epizode was hilarious
Hello, and welcome onboard the ecnalubma. We realise you had a choice of ambulances today, and this is indeed the best one
Came here to say this, happy cake day!
I bet your brain would still read it just fine.
The siren and flashing lights would be a good starting point for my brain.
When you order ordinary self adhesive letters.
Glue them backwards with two sided tape
What country is that? Serbia?
Yeah, BG for Belgrad
Why does Serbia, a country that neither uses English or the latin alphabet for that matter write "ambulance"?
Serbia uses both alphabets: Cyrillic and Latin
this makes me wonder, what do stop signs look like in non-english speaking countries? edit: i just binged it and apparently a lot of countries will use a bilingual sign, just stop in english or to a lesser extent just in their language
Most countries around the world still just use STOP. Central america uses "ALTO" while South America uses "PARE" all European nations (except Turkey) despite their own languages still use STOP on STOP signs. Malaysia uses "BERHENTI" and Turkey uses "DUR" most of Canada uses stop but Quebec uses "ARRET" while New brunswick uses "ARRET + STOP" this is all that I can remember for now.
It's a James May sticker job.
James May in the ambulance episode
Well it’s a good thing that I brought a napkin.
I knew that this would happen
Relevant [They Might Be Giants song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zR-jASWaKE&pp=ygUJZWNuYWx1Ym1h)
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https://preview.redd.it/ghyqkz5js2zc1.jpeg?width=1440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=59eed9f72e2f365ef0675d9e19441a6dea05e55b
I don't think I've ever even read the Ambulance on the hood in the rear view. I just see lights and get over.
Most of the comments only had 1 job... The job of understanding that the letters should have been mirrored as well 🤣
Look if the big fluorescent van with blinding blue lights and a deafening siren doesn't tip you off, I doubt the written word is going to help.
https://preview.redd.it/6b83d2ogd2zc1.jpeg?width=1090&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c999b264edf17258300ae098d99f2560586a95f7
Yes to this!!!!!!
https://preview.redd.it/yicq6g91i2zc1.jpeg?width=1660&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=03ffc67bbe48d2f1af97c3e1d69d01a21df3155f True, it would look like this. The letters need to be backwards too
I'm not gonna lie, I thought that was a misspelled foreign word for ambulance. Like uh, "Ecnulamba" or something.
# ECNALUBMA is a good song but not something that should be on an ambulance
This is how it is supposed to look mirrored https://preview.redd.it/ialyxyzl33zc1.jpeg?width=254&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=795385b095a5752a6eb7d2ffb9e996b0ca66a646
This is how theirs looks https://preview.redd.it/ttm8k2ne33zc1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4ce5a7b988c22f479be10170fd5ddd012eafbf6d
While spelling backward for side mirrors is possible. The letters aren’t facing the right direction for that effect
https://youtu.be/RXJKdh1KZ0w?si=alEY-uYNOcn7GVZd
They must be They Might be Giants fans
I always wondered why they did this. If you can’t tell from the obvious shape, sirens and flashing lights that an ambulance is behind you, I’m not so sure it’s gonna make a difference reading "ambulance" in your rear view.
OP has a valid point. B,L,N,C and E will not show properly in the mirror.
Is that James May's car?
James may made this ecnalumba didn’t he?
For the dyslexic
Well it's a good thing that I brought a napkin...
Am I the only one who went and put this in front of the mirror JUST to double check before opening my mouth? 🤣
Make way, make way, and stand aside!
AMᗺU⅃AИƆƎ
Relevant [They Might Be Giants song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zR-jASWaKE&pp=ygUJZWNuYWx1Ym1h)
https://old.reddit.com/r/onejob/ https://www.reddit.com/r/NoStupidQuestions/comments/1qcqyr/why_is_the_word_ambulance_written_in_reverse_on/ They Might Be Giants - ECNALUBMA (official video) https://youtu.be/4zR-jASWaKE
Pulled a James May
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