[ WP ] The entirety of humanity becomes caught in a shared `` Groundhog Day '' style time loop . Millions of cycles later the effect wears off but what has become of humanity in the interim ?

As thousands of users watched the timer go down, everyone held their breath. When it suddenly back up all the way. 
 
 `` Who the hell!?'' was heard, screamed onto the online voice channel. 
 
 `` It's Jack. His title just changed.'' 
 
 `` We agreed for no one to do it again...'' 
 
 At the timer ticked down again, it reached a point it never did. So close to the end, the decimals showed. 1.1 second. 0.8 second. Half a second. A quarter. Then, the timer ended. *Thank you for your cooperation* showed the browser window, the timer flashing 0.0 seconds. 
 
 Then, the world turned white. 
 
 ***** 
 
 *Buzz buzz buzz* 
 
 My alarm woke me up, like always. As I looked at the time, I realized it was 8 in the morning. I had only a few moments to reach my computer. 
 
 `` Welcome.'' said the robotic voice in my headset. `` Connecting to chatroom...'' 
 
 `` Here's our savior.'' said someone in the chatroom. 
 
 `` Hey everyone. Sorry, I'm late. How's the timer?'' 
 
 `` 15 seconds left. I hope you have your page ready.'' 
 
 `` I did n't close my computer just so the page could stay up.'' I said, my cursor hovering over the UI element. `` Clicking at 2 seconds.'' 
 
 `` And... 58 seconds more to the timer. If we keep at it, we should be able to have close to two years and a half this time around.'' 
 
 `` After so many cycles, it would be time. Good luck, boys, I'll be back tonight for my watch.'' 
 
 ***** 
 
 `` What's up boys?'' I said as I entered the chatroom. 
 
 The room remained silent. 
 
 `` Anyone here?'' I tried again. 
 
 A single message came in. *Check the page* 
 
 `` What's this masquerad- WHAT?!'' 
 
 *The experiment is over. Thanks for participating. * 
 
 `` It's been like that for 5 minutes now.'' finally replied someone in the room. 
 
 `` So... it's over? We are free?'' 
 
 `` I will officially announce it in 5 minutes. The Button has freed us...'' 
 
 * ( When I read the title, I had to do a reddit meta. ) *
