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Suddenly he realized what the answer to the problem was, and it was this, that something very weird was happening; and if something very weird was happening, he thought, he wanted it to be happening to him.
— Douglas Adams · So Long, and Thanks For All the Fish
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
This captures a strange kind of eagerness. Once the character notices something bizarre unfolding, his first instinct isn't fear but longing. He wants to be at the center of the weirdness rather than a mere witness to it.
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