781: Ahead Stop - Revision history

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2025-09-10T18:38:19Z

‎Explanation

141.101.99.158: Undo revision 325923 by 108.162.221.101 (talk) Isn't it? I bet it's something Randall is very familiar with.

2023-10-15T18:01:05Z

Undo revision 325923 by 108.162.221.101 (talk) Isn't it? I bet it's something Randall is very familiar with.

108.162.221.101: still not a reference to top-posting, though

2023-10-15T01:55:13Z

still not a reference to top-posting, though

172.71.242.149: Undo revision 305250 by 172.71.166.66 (talk) Modified undo. It can indeed be confusing. Depends upon your speed, etc.

2023-01-25T17:13:11Z

Undo revision 305250 by 172.71.166.66 (talk) Modified undo. It can indeed be confusing. Depends upon your speed, etc.

172.71.166.66: this is not a reference to top-posting; this approach is probably not confusing most of the time or the practice wouldn't persist

2023-01-25T16:17:20Z

this is not a reference to top-posting; this approach is probably *not* confusing most of the time or the practice wouldn't persist

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2022-09-22T14:05:59Z

‎Explanation

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 The title text is referring to how the {{w|Star Wars opening crawl|words of the opening sequence}} of ''{{w|Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope}}'' (released in 1977) move from the bottom of the screen to the top so that it can be read by a normal human being. However, the image text says the engineers initially reversed the text because people were driving BACKWARDS down the highway trying to re-enact the opening sequence, so they started reversing the word order to get people to drive the "correct" direction.
-The title of the comic ("Ahead Stop") is also a reference to this phenomenon because the common "Stop Ahead" instruction would be written on the highway as "Ahead" and then "Stop".
+Interestingly, the phrase as written (i.e. backwards) could still make grammatical sense if some judicious punctuation were added, particularly if one was speaking in a {{w|Yoda}}-ish way: "Backward, I read, think engineers (highway)", if "engineers (highway)" is construed in a similar way to "almonds (chopped)".
 This could also be a reference to {{w|Posting_style#Top-posting|Top-posting}} in email threads and online discussion forums, as summarized in the following comedic signature line:

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	The title of the comic ("Ahead Stop") is also a reference to this phenomenon because the common "Stop Ahead" instruction would be written on the highway as "Ahead" and then "Stop".		The title of the comic ("Ahead Stop") is also a reference to this phenomenon because the common "Stop Ahead" instruction would be written on the highway as "Ahead" and then "Stop".
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		+	This could also be a reference to {{w\|Posting_style#Top-posting\|Top-posting}} in email threads and online discussion forums, as summarized in the following comedic signature line:
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		+	:A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
		+	:Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
		+	:A: Top-posting.
		+	:Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?

	==Transcript==		==Transcript==

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	The title of the comic ("Ahead Stop") is also a reference to this phenomenon because the common "Stop Ahead" instruction would be written on the highway as "Ahead" and then "Stop".		The title of the comic ("Ahead Stop") is also a reference to this phenomenon because the common "Stop Ahead" instruction would be written on the highway as "Ahead" and then "Stop".
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−	~~This could also be a reference to {{w\|Posting_style#Top-posting\|Top-posting}} in email threads and online discussion forums, as summarized in the following comedic signature line:~~
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−	~~:A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.~~
−	~~:Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?~~
−	~~:A: Top-posting.~~
−	~~:Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?~~

	==Transcript==		==Transcript==

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 ==Explanation==
-This comic refers to how, in some countries including the US, words or instructions written on the highway are always backwards from how you would read them. It seems that the "highway" engineers write the words as if you would read them as your car goes over them. The sentence on the comic is: Highway Engineers Think I Read Backward. Adding the period is a perfectly hilarious touch, as there are probably not too many periods on the highways.{{citation needed}}
+This comic refers to how, in some countries including the US, words or instructions written on the highway are always backwards from how you would read them. It seems that the "highway" engineers write the words as if you would read them as your car goes over them. Sometimes this approach works, other times it is potentially confusing. The sentence on the comic is: Highway Engineers Think I Read Backward. Adding the period is a perfectly hilarious touch, as there are probably not too many periods on the highways.{{citation needed}}
 The title text is referring to how the {{w|Star Wars opening crawl|words of the opening sequence}} of ''{{w|Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope}}'' (released in 1977) move from the bottom of the screen to the top so that it can be read by a normal human being. However, the image text says the engineers initially reversed the text because people were driving BACKWARDS down the highway trying to re-enact the opening sequence, so they started reversing the word order to get people to drive the "correct" direction.
 The title of the comic ("Ahead Stop") is also a reference to this phenomenon because the common "Stop Ahead" instruction would be written on the highway as "Ahead" and then "Stop".
 ==Transcript==

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 ==Explanation==
-This comic refers to how, in some countries including the US, words or instructions written on the highway are always backwards from how you would read them. It seems that the "highway" engineers write the words as if you would read them as your car goes over them. Sometimes this approach works, other times (probably most of the time) it is terribly confusing. The sentence on the comic is: Highway Engineers Think I Read Backward. Adding the period is a perfectly hilarious touch, as there are probably not too many periods on the highways.{{citation needed}}
+This comic refers to how, in some countries including the US, words or instructions written on the highway are always backwards from how you would read them. It seems that the "highway" engineers write the words as if you would read them as your car goes over them. The sentence on the comic is: Highway Engineers Think I Read Backward. Adding the period is a perfectly hilarious touch, as there are probably not too many periods on the highways.{{citation needed}}
 The title text is referring to how the {{w|Star Wars opening crawl|words of the opening sequence}} of ''{{w|Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope}}'' (released in 1977) move from the bottom of the screen to the top so that it can be read by a normal human being. However, the image text says the engineers initially reversed the text because people were driving BACKWARDS down the highway trying to re-enact the opening sequence, so they started reversing the word order to get people to drive the "correct" direction.
 The title of the comic ("Ahead Stop") is also a reference to this phenomenon because the common "Stop Ahead" instruction would be written on the highway as "Ahead" and then "Stop".
 ==Transcript==

781: Ahead Stop - Revision history

148.252.140.195: /* Explanation */

141.101.99.158: Undo revision 325923 by 108.162.221.101 (talk) Isn't it? I bet it's something Randall is very familiar with.

108.162.221.101: still not a reference to top-posting, though

172.71.242.149: Undo revision 305250 by 172.71.166.66 (talk) Modified undo. It can indeed be confusing. Depends upon your speed, etc.

172.71.166.66: this is not a reference to top-posting; this approach is probably *not* confusing most of the time or the practice wouldn't persist

172.70.114.91: /* Explanation */

Theusaf: Reverted edits by Donald Trump (talk) to last revision by CRLF

Donald Trump: Reverted edit by anti-crap user

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Donald Trump: Crapped page

172.71.166.66: this is not a reference to top-posting; this approach is probably not confusing most of the time or the practice wouldn't persist