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Re:Tell HN: Bash.org Is No More by crindy on Thursday January 11, 2024 @12:24PM (#38955397)
"Turn that frown upside down" is a way of saying - don't be sad, be happy. Instead of having the corners of your mouth point down (frown), have them point up (smile). The joke is that if you move the eyes to the other side of the mouth, it remains a frown.

Expectation

:( becomes :)

Subversion

:( becomes ):

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Re:Tell HN: Bash.org Is No More by stevage on Thursday January 11, 2024 @05:27PM (#38960281)
It's a very American expression. In British culture a frown refers to a forehead expression, not a mouth expression.
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Re:Tell HN: Bash.org Is No More by echelon_musk on Thursday January 11, 2024 @08:17PM (#38962222)
The implication is that if you are sad there are more associated tells than just your mouth. Imagine a clown doing a mock sad face and exaggerating sadness by frowning.

I've always felt this was a forced contrivance and never that anyone literally thought frowning had anything to do with smiling.

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Re:Tell HN: Bash.org Is No More by seabass-labrax on Thursday January 11, 2024 @07:02PM (#38961499)
How interesting - I'm British, and I got the joke immediately. Yet, I'd hardly move my mouth if someone asked me to put on a frown. I'd never really thought about that one before.
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Re:Tell HN: Bash.org Is No More by stevage on Thursday January 11, 2024 @09:18PM (#38962767)
Yeah, it's a well known expression, but it only makes literal sense in American English.
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Re:Tell HN: Bash.org Is No More by thunderbong on Thursday January 11, 2024 @09:31PM (#38962882)
Oh! I didn't notice the :( and the ): signs. I thought it was a play on the usernames < pronto> and < korozion>!

:)

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