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Phil O
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Good morning cornies. This is so off topic it should probably be in Monkey Man's old massive off topic thread. But here goes.

I've noticed lately an increasing number of videos (mostly on YouTube) that are backwards left to right. Not just amateur posts but even some commercial channels (i.e., news networks). Sometimes you just notice little things like everyone is left-handed, or the glaring things like a backwards exit sign or backwards senator's name plate. Does anyone know if there is a good reason for this or is it just incompetence?

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Does anyone know if there is a good reason for this...
Yes
...or is it just incompetence?
and yes.

To enable or disable the mirrored camera/selfie effect on your iPhone, go to Settings > Camera, and toggle on or off the "Mirror Camera"/"Mirror Front Camera" option. Android, Zoom and every AV recording app I can think of has this setting somewhere.
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I hadn't thought of this, but many of these are not cell phone videos. I've seen it in clips of senate hearings. :shock:
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