From the back to the front

bortwein · Post by **bortwein** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 10:27 am

I was talking to a co-worker of mine and we both came to agree that we tend to flip through a magazine or publication backwards. From the back cover to the front cover. For some reason we both found it easier to flip through and skim the magazine that way.

So, I had this idea that there should be a magazine out there printed that way on purpose. The cover would be on both sides, and a table of contents would be available from both ends as well. But all of the content and stories would go from the "back" to the "front".

Does anyone else on the boards flip through magazines this way? and what do you think of the idea of having a magazine built to read that way?

Just a bortwein random thought of the month.

Thanks

Post by jb » Mon Apr 11, 2005 12:09 pm

If you had a magazine like that, you'd find yourself flipping from front to back. I suspect that your habit comes from more than a preference for right-to-left page-flipping and is really more like a proofreader's technique of reading text backwards in order to concentrate on spelling errors-- the things of interest are more readily apparent and you have more "control" over the content that way than if you're following the flow suggested by the editors of the magazine.

Plus there's usually some nice short column in the back of a magazine, and you skip the tons of ads at the front, and you can skim the longer articles that got separated and had their remainders put in the back...

So a magazine printed back-to-front would totally mess that all up. Or just reverse it.

j$ · Post by j$ » Mon Apr 11, 2005 12:16 pm

I'm thinking manga probably has this covered already???

j$

Leaf · Post by **Leaf** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 1:16 pm

We have a few Japanese guys that work here seasonally, and they have these slightly smutty magazines, like a Japanese "Details" or "Stuff" .. and they are bound and set up back to front.

So, they are out there.

fluffy · Post by **fluffy** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 1:40 pm

I flip through magazines randomly until I find an interesting article. Then just as I'm getting into that interesting article, the damn doctor/dentist/hair stylist/whatever calls my name. Frustrating.

HeuristicsInc · Post by **HeuristicsInc** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 3:44 pm

japanese books and magazines are back to front, from our perspective.

i also flip from the back. at some point i read an explanation of why some people do this but i don't remember. it's not like i do it with my dominant hand, i'm right-handed.
-bill

j$ · Post by j$ » Mon Apr 11, 2005 5:22 pm

fluffy wrote:Ithe damn doctor/dentist/hair stylist/whatever calls my name.

Christ, working four jobs. I knew NY was expensive, but ... ?

bill wrote:i also flip from the back. at some point i read an explanation of why some people do this but i don't remember. it's not like i do it with my dominant hand, i'm right-handed.

must ... resist ... line ... fed ... to ... me ... on ... plate ......

j$

fluffy · Post by **fluffy** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 5:32 pm

j$ wrote:
fluffy wrote:Ithe damn doctor/dentist/hair stylist/whatever calls my name.
Christ, working four jobs. I knew NY was expensive, but ... ? :)

Yeah, he's also a gynecologist, psychiatrist, and subway lineman. (The last one is so that he gets health insurance.)

erik · Post by **erik** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 5:45 pm

fluffy wrote:Yeah, he's also a gynecologist, psychiatrist, and subway lineman.

Man, so he spends all day dealing with pussies, nuts and assholes. (Thank you, I'll be here all the week.)

Jim of Seattle · Post by **Jim of Seattle** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 9:46 pm

I figured I went back to front because I'm left-handed.

roymond · Post by **roymond** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 10:06 pm

Leaf wrote:We have a few Japanese guys that work here seasonally, and they have these slightly smutty magazines, like a Japanese "Details" or "Stuff" .. and they are bound and set up back to front.

So, they are out there.

And then there are all those hebrew magazines.

Poor June · Post by **Poor June** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 10:06 pm

hmmm... never flipped back to front... and i'm left handed... so i guess i don't really see it...
but tis interesting...

john m · Post by **john m** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 10:18 pm

Manga only. I follow cultural norms so as to stand out less than I already do.

Sober · Post by **Sober** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 2:15 am

fluffy wrote:the damn doctor/dentist/hair stylist/whatever calls my name.

...

Yo-

No wait...

Y-

Nevermind.

jimtyrrell · Post by **jimtyrrell** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 6:09 am

Jim of Seattle said exactly what I was gonna say. I figured it's a southpaw tendency.

fluffy · Post by **fluffy** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 7:27 am

SoberIRL, I'm sure we're all just DYING to hear whatever creative and original insult you were about to spew forth.

jute gyte · Post by **jute gyte** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 9:24 am

i have a tendency to do this, and am also left-handed.

erik · Post by **erik** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 9:28 am

The Sober Irishman wrote:hair stylist

See, this is why I side with hotpiinktears.

sparks · Post by **sparks** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 12:39 pm

john m wrote:Manga only. I follow cultural norms so as to stand out less than I already do.

Actually, you follow cultural norms because you live in Ohio. You don't have a choice!

Ha, ha, ha.

john m · Post by **john m** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 5:14 pm

I find it a little sad that you devote so much time to making fun of Ohio.

sparks · Post by **sparks** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 5:23 pm

john m wrote:I find it a little sad that you devote so much time to making fun of Ohio.

Well, it's not like I spend a lot of it planning. It's usually sufficient just to go "Ha ha, Ohio! Man, you're a boring state! You should feel bad about being so boring!" and call it a wrap.

the Jazz · Post by **the Jazz** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 12:03 am

I saw the title and thought this was a thread about wiping your ass.

From the back to the front

Do you flip through a magazine from the back to the front?

From the back to the front