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⏳ The Day Time Got Stuck in a Loop

📌 An Absurdist Tale of Endless Mornings, Déjà Vu Donuts, and the Existential Weight of Repetition

By Ahmet Kıvanç DemirkıranPublished 10 months ago 2 min read
“The clocks melted, the donuts spun, and still—he walked the same street, waiting for something to finally change.”

📌 What If Today Never Ended?

You wake up.

You brush your teeth.

You spill coffee on your shirt.

You go to work.

You come home.

You go to sleep.

Then you wake up—

and everything is exactly the same.

Again.

And again.

And again.

Except… you remember.

1️⃣ The Loop Begins

It started on a Tuesday.

No alarms. No cosmic warnings. No mysterious fog.

Just…

The exact same Tuesday. Repeating.

People noticed after the third morning:

• The news never changed.

• The cat knocked over the same plant.

• Your ex texted “Hey :)” at the same minute—every time.

Some tried to rebel:

• Quit jobs.

• Confessed secrets.

• Ate 15 pancakes.

• Jumped into fountains.

But when the day reset, everything rewound—except your memory.

2️⃣ Society Starts to Fracture (And Get Weird)

With no consequences, humanity spiraled beautifully:

• A man memorized every Shakespeare play… just to recite it at subway stations.

• A woman married a different person each loop.

• Teenagers turned time loops into Olympics of chaos: who could prank the president best?

New religions formed:

“The Loopers” believed the day would end only when someone told the perfect joke.

Others claimed the world was stuck because no one had ever truly rested.

3️⃣ The Emotional Weight of Repetition

But slowly, people started to unravel.

• Laughter faded.

• The boredom grew heavy.

• A man cried after eating the same muffin for the 47th time.

With no future to build, no mistakes to regret, and nothing new to hope for, people were forced to confront themselves.

What’s left when there’s nothing left to strive for?

4️⃣ The Whisper That Broke the Loop

Then one day, a little girl walked up to a tired stranger and whispered:

“You never said thank you to your life.”

And something snapped.

The next morning…

• The plant didn’t fall.

• The cat yawned instead.

• The sunrise was slightly pinker.

And the loop was gone.

📌 Final Thoughts: Maybe Time Only Moves Forward When We Do

✔ Time is more than clocks—it’s meaning.

✔ Repetition without growth is a cage.

✔ Even small changes create ripples.

💡 Final Thought:

⏳ When you change, time changes with you.

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About the Creator

Ahmet Kıvanç Demirkıran

As a technology and innovation enthusiast, I aim to bring fresh perspectives to my readers, drawing from my experience.

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  • Rohitha Lanka8 months ago

    Awesome!!!

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