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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
| − | Simply put, the narrator's insomnia, combined with small bright lights in an otherwise pitch-black room, is causing him to hallucinate. Furthermore, the narrator is well aware | + | Simply put, the narrator's insomnia, combined with small bright lights in an otherwise pitch-black room, is causing him to hallucinate. Furthermore, the narrator is well aware he will be unable to distinguish the hallucinations from reality. |
| − | A clock can never read "72 minutes | + | A clock can never read "72 minutes" as there are only 60 minutes in an hour. While a clock can read "13 hours" on a {{w|24-hour clock}} (which is common on most {{w|Digital clock}}s in Europe, but not in the US), the thirteenth hour obviously does not occur immediately after the fourth hour. |
| − | The title text shows | + | The title text shows the narrator has indeed "succumbed" to his visions, and is assigning gibberish values —an alarm clock with a "cinnamon" setting, the time of day "25 hours and 131 minutes", and "levitation class"— to an otherwise normal monologue. |
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
