Editing 1359: Phone Alarm

{{comic
| number    = 1359
| date      = April 23, 2014
| title     = Phone Alarm
| image     = phone_alarm.png
| titletext = Who's calling me?? WHY IS THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD CALLING ME!?
}}

==Explanation==
The flowchart shows a problem [[Randall]] has with using alarms built into phones. Notably, that the sound is similar to a normal ring tone (probably related to [[479: Tones]]), making it sound like someone is calling him, and not waking him up. This translates to him answering the phone in the dream, talking, and eventually hanging up. Of course this doesn't stop the phone from ringing, and he ends up answering the phone again. The looping arrow around the "beep beep" box implies that the phone keeps ringing only until he attempts to answer it, which would be quite a coincidence. This is an example of an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinite_loop endless loop], where there is no given way for the flowchart to end, just as in [[1195: Flowchart]]. A list of all the flowchart comics can be found [[:Category:Flowcharts|here]]. Now, smartphones typically support customization of tones for different apps so that your alarm doesn't have to sound like your ringtone and many apps load their own distinctive tone now by default.

The title text, consisting of Randall shouting at the phone in his dream, enforces the fact that he can't tell between his ringtone and his alarm. In doing so believes that a prank caller is harassing him which infuriates him. Alternatively, "the worst person in the world" could just refer to the fuzzy logic in dreams, where a caller could, inexplicably yet unquestionably, be the worst person in the world.

==Transcript==
:[A flowchart:]

:[Alarm goes off]
:→ [Beep beep beep beep!]
:↺ One line with an arrow goes back to: [Beep beep beep beep!]
:→ Another line goes to: ["???"]
:→ Then: [Answer phone in dream] → [Talk] → [Hang up]
:→ Finally a line goes back to: [Beep beep beep beep!]

:My problem with phone alarms

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