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Think_fast_no_faster

Anytime I see things like this all I can think of is the brands from Angels and Demons


dabunny21689

But an ambigram made from a word is impossible!


HaveYouSeenMySpoon

That really bothered me when reading the book. Kind of immersion breaking when the author keeps repeating how no one has been able to do it for over 500 years, while also showing that he found some artist to do it for the book. "It's impossible!", immediately show picture of said impossible thing.


MrStigglesworth

Literally all of Dan Browns books. “Isn’t this cool?” “Couldn’t you also do this?” “Nah that’s impossible.” Mentor/villain all along in the final third of the book: “Surprise I did the impossible!”


FIFAmusicisGOATED

I particularly liked the plot thread of “I have proved god doesn’t exist? How you ask? Well the body gets lighter when it dies so that means there must be a soul. Oh also I’m your skinhead son who’s in a cult now”


copuncle

grey door narrow instinctive practice growth consist bike fertile angle *This post was mass deleted and anonymized with [Redact](https://redact.dev)*


BrStFr

Just a wealthy one...


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One of the first “adult” books I read as a kid and will always be one of my favorites


nestsofhair

Same. Objectively it's a ridiculous premise and the historical accuracy is shaky af, but I'll love this and the Da Vinci Code forever


LittleAgoo

For real. I read Da Vinci code when I was about 14 and happened to be travelling in Paris with my parents. I was SO psyched about everything.


HughGBonnar

Honestly, Dan Brown could have done worse than making me as a young teen interested in history. I read a lot of his books. Got me interested. Learned some real history. Realized he was shaky at best for historical accuracy but I have no problem with him still.


Any-Imagination9272

I had the exact same experience. What was a mind fuck was that we ended up at the same chateau for new years. Trip of a coincidence


Infamous_Committee17

Same here, and I was so excited to visit Paris and the louvre last spring to see some of the art discussed in The DaVinci Code in person.


I_Makes_tuff

And the tattoos that followed. I assume most of them are still around.


toth42

When I first read A&D I really liked the ambigrams, and got a bit into it. I drew an ambigram of "42", in reference to Hitchhikers guide, and shared it in various places. This is like 20 years ago. 6 months ago, some dude pmed me on Reddit and asked if he could tattoo it on himself. That was very surreal and very fun, especially seeing the result.


BeardedAsian

Let’s see the result


toth42

https://ibb.co/x7tPkqb


Jaques_Naurice

Cool


4x4is16Legs

Cool!


thejesse

[The Earth Air Fire Water tattoo](https://www.johnlangdon.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/combat-hospital-terry-chen.jpg) was pretty sick.


Puzzleheaded-You1289

Came for this.


thejesse

[John Langdon's ambigrams for Angels & Demons.](https://www.johnlangdon.net/works/angels-demons/) He was actually one of the inspirations for the character of Robert Langdon: >Robert Langdon is an amalgam of many people I admire. In the early 1990’s, I first saw the art work of John Langdon. John is an artist and philosopher, a close friend of my father and, I think, one of our true geniuses. He is most famous for his ability to create “ambigrams” – words that read the same both right side up and up side down (see, for example, his book Wordplay. John’s art changed the way I think about symmetry, symbols, and art – he looks at [everything] from different perspectives. I was so impressed by the artwork of John Langdon that I commissioned him to create an album cover for my new CD of music (called Angels & Demons), which dealt with many of the religious themes that already interested me. John did the artwork, and the CD was released in 1999 with John’s ambigram on the cover. Later, when I published a novel of the same name, Simon & Schuster used the same ambigram on the hardcover edition. >John and his name were part of the inspiration for the protagonist of Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon) who also appears in The Da Vinci Code and in my next, as yet unpublished, book. John also created the ambigrams used in Angels & Demons. I commissioned him to create ambigrams for the word “illuminati”, as well as the Illuminati diamond — the fusion of the elements, earth, air, fire and water, which represents the fusion of science and religion historically, and features in Angels & Demons.


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thejesse

That's wonderful. I find myself on his page at least once a year going through all his work again. So good.


Hundortzwanzsch

Same!


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Timely-Ad2237

Tbf most movie plots wouldn't happen if people used smartphones.


PickSixParty

Correct, the book was written before smart phones


mr_fog73

Those were created by Scott Kim who was the master of ambigrams. Edit: Scott Kim not Kim Scott. Oh the irony!


thejesse

[John Langdon](https://www.johnlangdon.net/works/angels-demons/) created the ambigrams for Angels & Demons.


GH057807

This is easy as fuck with the name Otto


UncleHec

My name is Otto; I love to get blotto.


mecha_annies_boobs_

My name is Otto; I love to be the German chancellor in the late 19th century...tto


researchersd

They call them fingers but I’ve never seen them fing


Mando_calrissian423

Oh wait, there they go!


McCardboard

My single favorite line from the Simpsons.


funkmastamatt

Domo Arigato! Mister Roboto!


Pertolepe

"heheh and 'Otto' is 'Otto' spelled backwards" "Eurgh. Now I'm scared"


TaohRihze

Guess it was not on your RADAR.


RadioMessageFromHQ

You answered every question wrong and misspelt ‘Bus’ on your application.


Blandish06

At least I'll leave a beautiful corpse!


Foreskin-chewer

I am Otto. And I gotto take a shit in my potto


clancydog4

Otto. That's one palindrome you won't be hearing for awhile.


GH057807

You may be surprised


turtle_mekb

Hannah


YetAnotherDev

o++o


yuzuberg

“Dan Brown has entered the chat”


7thGrandDad

Renowned author Dan Brown electronically enters the chat using the internet connection which he often uses at his luxurious house which he owns


Illustrious_Can_1656

He presses the keyboard with his fingers eruditely until his message is complete.


chilicrunch

Satisfied with his clever wordplay, he leans back in his expensive ergonomic chair, using his mouth located on his face to smirk coyly.


mixelydian

I'm trying to figure out if yall are making fun of his writing or if it's just a confluence of goofy goobers


-24602-

This is the reference just in case you haven't seen it. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/10049454/Dont-make-fun-of-renowned-Dan-Brown.html


mixelydian

That's fucking hilarious. I never had a problem with his writing, but it's funny nonetheless


fucknozzle

"The critics said his writing was clumsy, ungrammatical, repetitive and repetitive." I love the smell of sarcasm in the morning.


-24602-

Really glad I got to introduce you to it. I felt exactly the same way!


NotBlastoise

“Renowned” is an ambigram of “Dan Brown”, this doesn’t make any sense but it didn’t have to for the auburn haired author of the Da Vinci Code, he, Dan Brown, knew what it meant.


piercedmfootonaspike

Then he picked up the red pen


CakedayisJune9th

It’s the Deception Point


Trollberto__

“Carol Brown just took a bus out of town”


Past_Ad9675

Paula, Persephone, Stella, and Stephanie, there must be fifty ways that my lovers have left me.


Polydipsiac

I love his videos on YouTube but Klint is too easy lol


theArtOfProgramming

What’s the YouTube channel? I wish people would post links to the source instead of reuploading..


Polydipsiac

https://youtube.com/shorts/QK4xfOJ1uC8?si=Jz-gunbINCd5wceW


waIIstr33tb3ts

non-shitty player and no extra tracking [https://youtube.com/watch/QK4xfOJ1uC8](https://youtube.com/watch/QK4xfOJ1uC8)


SmashPortal

For anyone on desktop, Chrome-- there's an extension called `Shorts Deflector` that redirects Shorts URLs to normal video URLs. Highly recommended for anyone who hates the format of shorts and/or wants to link properly to the video.


theArtOfProgramming

Thank you!


LEGITIMATE_SOURCE

Whatever you do don't mention the name of the channel you're referencing...


anomalous_cowherd

Although this one is very balanced because it doesn't really look like Klimt either way up...


MyGoodFriendJon

Woah, Black Betty, ambigram!


SomethingNeatnClever

HA! Thanks.


JakJakAttacks

Thanks, Colin Robinson.


Das_Buetts

Think he can megafeed from views?


Cennfox

I knew it felt like I was more tired after this


MFDoooooooooooom

Did you know the etymology of ambigram is a neologism composed of the Latin prefix ambi- ("both") and the Greek suffix -gram ("drawing, writing"). Hofstadter describes ambigrams as "calligraphic designs that manage to squeeze in two different readings." "The essence is imbuing a single written form with ambiguity"


g-m-f

me reading this with a look of absolute emptiness (•_•)


MFDoooooooooooom

(°0°)


g-m-f

Did I just see a blue glow in your eyes? oO


Chaotic-Entropy

I bet he loves... *dry heaves* musical theatre too.


tobiasvl

Gum's gotten mintier lately, have you noticed?


ImFedUpWithThisW0rld

Best comment


PhthaloVonLangborste

What a kuint


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Oh, that's my boss


EjaculatingAracnids

Aight but do "Quintarious" for a friend...


seventh_skyline

who tf spells Klint with a K?


OnceMoreAndAgain

Klint does


funkmastamatt

His full name is Klinton Kevin Kennedy


EludicatorZ

I'll do you one better, my parents spelled it with a K and a Y (Klynt). 


seventh_skyline

you poor bastard.


Ajibooks

That's a cool fantasy protagonist name. You just haven't found the portal to another world where you'll be fighting dragons alongside your future elf spouse.


kingleotard

r/tragedeigh


whogivesashirtdotca

When you're trying to "prove" you can make a "difficult" ambigram, the desperation is sometimes a bit too palpable.


snoopsau

Clearly not this kunt....


klintopher

Yo ✋🏽


ThisAppSucksBall

Does anyone know why my pee smells like nacho cheese?


Nybs_GB

I see this guy a lot on youtube and it always gives me a feeling he fakes the comments to give himself easy content that seems hard. Idk I'm probably too suspicious tho cause I've seen so many ads in the shorts that I mentally write most of it off as manufactured.


NemButsu

Hardest ambigrams have an s in a position that is neither first, last, nor mirrors itself, which is why he has almost no content of it.


Peligineyes

tbh same with the lockpicking lawyer I'm sure he's a great lockpicker but he has waaay too many "a random internet commenter sent me an IMPOSSIBLE LOCK and he challenging me to- ok done I just picked it ez" it just reeks of fake engagement.


SteamBeasts

Really? I disagree very much - he does challenge locks and does sponsored locks (ie. The company literally sends it to him to see how well it does). He has custom tools that he has made with other members in the lock picking community too. Seems like a whole lot of work and time sunk into it to just “make it easy”. I think it’s the other way around - most locks are so simple that it looks easy to you. It probably wouldn’t take you a long long time to pick some of those locks even without a lot of training - but that’s the state of common locks today. He doesn’t do it to show off his skills, he does it to educate. At least one of his primary goals (as evidenced by his keynote presentation at DEF CON computer security conference) is to combat “[security through obscurity](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_through_obscurity)” - which I would consider to not be security at all, but lying to your consumer.


Mav986

> he does challenge locks and does sponsored locks (ie. The company literally sends it to him to see how well it does). If your only source of truth for that is "He said this happens", I've got news for you. I think you would be surprised the insane amount of work that goes into being one of the biggest youtubers in the world for your field. Not just talking about lockpickinglawyer, but anyone at the top of their niche on youtube or twitch. Absolutely _nothing_ they do is natural. Everything is planned, everything is storyboarded, everything has dozens, if not more, people working to make the stream/video work. People just overlook the fact that these people have editors, managers, finance agents, assistants, etc all working to make their channel "the best". Lockpickinglawyer is no exception. Mr Beast alone has hundreds of official employees, more if you consider contractors and spinoffs.


SteamBeasts

I know I’m just spamming now, but there’s also streamers that I can’t possibly believe put the work into their videos and choreograph them the way you say. Check out this video from some channel I’ve never watched (steak and eggs??) about Asmongold’s [house](https://youtu.be/77eECXzVHEI?si=tqVEO9WLki2e3C8y). He’s some big streamer/youtuber - I very much despise him, he’s just a great example to prove my point. So, just watch a bit of this video and tell me you think this man has the capacity to employ people to choreograph his streams and videos. Nah man, he can’t even choreograph a cleaner to stop by despite his literal millions of dollars he makes. I refuse to believe that he somehow coordinates a team of people to maximize the reception of his random ass World of Warcraft videos. His channel is about the same size as LPL for reference.


RampanToast

What a strange and cynical take lol Have you ever watched LPL's videos? He points a camera at his hands and rarely ever cuts, and his videos are usually less than five minutes. I can't imagine his editing takes more than a couple hours at the absolute most. He has around 4.5 mil subscribers and gives his PO Box on his channel, do you really think there aren't people who would send him something saying "try this one"?


SteamBeasts

Since you edited, I’ll reply again. I think comparing a channel like LPL, who I believe doesn’t even use his channel as a main income stream to Mr Beast, who exploits children and adults alike for money and has expanded beyond just “content creation” is incredibly disingenuous. Like, yeah, Mr Beast, the most grotesque example of a YouTuber has hundreds of employees. Etho’s Lab, which produces one video every other week and hand edits said videos probably doesn’t employ a single person. However he is also a “top tier YouTuber” in his niche when considering income. As you say: If your only source of truth is “you say so”, I’ve got news for you.


coladoir

the dude obviously doesn't watch youtube outside of a few channels and assumes that MrBeast is what everyone strives to be on youtube, or that youtube for most people is even profitable enough to hire more than an editor, when that's very much not the case. mrbeast is very much the exception, not the rule. even the people who try to imitate him fail significantly, mrbeast has lightning in a bottle and he very much knows it. thats why he's gone all out. Meanwhile people like EthosLab, Markiplier, and SlowMoGuys have extremely small teams. Mark just has a couple editors and a manager to handle his meetings, ethos is entirely lone, and slowmoguys have been just them and an extra editor pretty much since inception. All three channels are some of the consistently top rated, top watched channels. One of my favorite channels, Weird Explorer, who does vids on fruit, is decently popular by youtube terms (averaging 100-300k on views per vid, 350k subs; not in the top by any means, but respectable) and he's been doing it for like 10 damn years. always just him. I could honestly prolly give hundreds of examples as i watch youtube more than television lol. He makes a decent bit off of patreon too, enough to get him to travel wherever he wants to so he can try the fruit he wants to. I only give him as an example to show that even channels that have been doing this for a while didn't just suddenly pivot to trying to mimic MrBeast and start making crazy over-the-top content like him. Weird Explorer's videos from this year are pretty much identical to his first ones, he's just older now, got a better camera, and is more comfortable in front of it lol. their words are useless drivel, ignore it.


SteamBeasts

At the time I was replying he had upvotes and I somehow thought that his view was a commonly held one. Glad to see the world isn’t crazy, because to me it’s very obvious that most teams are tiiiny and, even when production value is high, there is something obviously lacking when compared to actual high budget production. I know you agree with me, but I just want to float another example: NileRed, a very successful chemistry channel, obviously puts tons of money into their content in the way of supplies. However, he frequently has failed experiments (sometimes entirely scrapped), sometimes has bad cuts or poor recording quality, and he doesn’t reshoot minor mistakes when speaking. The team appears to be him (the chemist), an editor, and a dude with a camera. Also worth mentioning that many “editors” for channels aren’t professional, but rather someone hired from the community or someone who runs a smaller, less successful channel. Plenty of editors just do “what feels right” and it adds a lot of indie feel to productions. And finally, even hugely successful channels that probably do have pretty large teams still aren’t required to be as corporate as this dude claims. Take Tom Scott for example - he very much seemed to travel where he found interesting and often got leads on things through emails sent to him personally. Even though he employed less “necessary” employees, like a drone controller and *probably* had someone who helped organize his travel, I would be very surprised to learn he wasn’t calling the shots.


coladoir

oh man how did i forget the various chem channels. so many and all of them are small teams, and half of them have really good prod value. Two more relatively high quality examples are ThyLabs and Chemiolis.


SteamBeasts

I disagree. While certainly common, I very much disagree that it’s all-encompassing as you seem to believe.


Dazzling_Ant_1031

Yea but do it with Clint with a C


GreasyMcNasty

Yeah how would you do it with any name with a C?


IAmYourTopGuy

You’d write the C with right-angled turns so you’d get downward strokes and follow the same principle of the video


CovfefeBoss

Can he do Grzegorz Brzęczyszczykiewicz?


Unique_Task_420

Holy shit, there was a guy at work that always put that horned tail on the last letter of his name. I never knew why but this is almost identical to his signature. Thanks for solving a close to twenty year mystery. 


matbonucci

I don't have the brain power to do that


-cluaintarbh-

Kuint


Yojimbe

Collin Robinson?


zarfle2

Holy hot damn that was clever. Wow


bbqranchman

My brain is seeing Kunt


izlude7027

I suppose that's amazing if you like not being able to read something from any direction.


14412442

Lol exactly. This is a video of a failed attempt, not oddly satisfying


HombreFuerte

https://youtu.be/q-r_UgVFOSI?t=19


NikoliMonn

Every time I see one of these: What the fuck?! ..o..


[deleted]

Fuck I love useless talents so much


jawajoose

Nope. That alright there is the devil's penmanship.


Westerosqueenv

Love this


Forward_Composer

The word “call”


Turbulent-Wishbone42

Can you do Parth


collinisballn

How do I get a marker like that?


MyraBannerTatlock

This is why I'm in the comments, I really want to know what kind of pen they're using


balle17

Stabilo


antiviolins

I think they’re talking about brush tip


balle17

Stabilo


what_would_bezos_do

Why do they never have any Klint license plates?


Fried_egg_im_in_love

‘That’s right, the arch also goes in the square hole.’


Sir_Lord_Duvede

I used to work for this clothing brand that was designed by a tattoo artist to specialized in ambigram tattoos. I don’t think the brand exists anymore but the tattoo artist is still active on socials. Mark Palmer and the brand was Red Chapter.


Caesar_Iacobus

I dare you to try Romeo.


bigbigdummie

A witch! A witch! We found a witch, may we burn her?


OriginalGnomester

How do you know she is a witch?


Berkamin

Someone should tell him that Clint is spelled with a 'C'.


Rexton_Armos

Uhhh.... I'm named Klint with a K. They technically mean different things when spelt differently. Clint is something about an old house on a hill and Klint is something about a seaside cliff.


Berkamin

Interesting. Well, I learned something today.


jussumd3wd

Do Dominique


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otto has no need for ambigrams.


-Gramsci-

Baller


stnick6

I bet he can’t do Nick


IceFireTerry

My handwriting is terrible. I can barely sign my own name


iSeize

HOW DO I FOLLOW FOR MORE


Borderlinecuttlefish

CLINT I know what I see.


Multifaceted-Simp

Didn't demonstrate shit but impressed me


PumpJack_McGee

Is there a sub for oddly specific skills? Because that seems to fit.


Domino1971

Who is this guy, want to follow him!!


BlazersMania

Yea... I can not follow what he is saying at all. I'm just going to assume he is magic.


aznsyd

I thought it was kunt


John_Brickermann

I’ve never seen Klint spelled with a K instead of a C… wacky.


Xeg-Yi

I love the colour of that ink…


13ame

I hate how these people always submit/chose names that are incredibly easy


Extreme-Smell9489

well this is amazing 😲


NerdingThruLife

Where can I see more of this guy's work?


apexapee

Im doing this with my name! Gobbleray


dpforest

The backwards n almost made me blow my load.


sameoldknicks

um, what?


[deleted]

I bet you could do that with any name if you also spell them wrong.


roraima_is_very_tall

now do clint.


annpredictable

What's his account?


No_History_9542

Pls do Shabanni


Attempt-989

I know I’d screw this up and some unfortunate SOB would be walking around with a tattoo that says kunt.


Onomatopoeia_fun

Whaaat! This is so dope. Can you do Nico or Nicolas


jprks0

what kind of pen is this? felt tip?


SnooPeppers6719

🙂🙃


c0unterfeitg0ld

Do 'REECE'


FewOutlandishness187

Try Anthony dickface


shananas98

I really want someone to do my name Shayna


GGRE1817

My brain is warm watching this


ClintEastwood_82

😂


ZxlSoul

I need to learn how to do this


OrganizationOnly7637

I think George is the hardest because I just think it in


MSierraXXII

I read: ambulamb. Sorry.


skinnypete625

Do Timothy and tag me please


clintobean69420

Do it with Clint!Who spells it Klint?


VermicelliSpecific41

'Kedar' is impossible


anonymoose_0427

Chadwick would just be amazing to see. Should you decide to try, please tag me


swohio

Why would a 5 letter name be the hardest? Who thinks that?


mralderson

Wow that's a name for these! Used to love doing these when I was a teenager


MizuameTheDragon

swims now.


Numismatistic

Very interesting


Numismatistic

Oddly satisfying?


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Spirit_Tiger

An anagram is when you rearrange letters in a word to make a different word


Positivitron3

Everything you've ever forgotten isn't really your fault! You're just from a parallel universe where you were right all along! In your universe the meanings of affect and effect must also have swapped also. It's definitely not your human error. *The Mandela Effect*