Back in the 70’s, before telling time went digital, there was a vintage novelty called the flip clock. The flip clock was surely initially created to alleviate the lazy from having to learn how to tell time. Now the flip clock returns, but with text in lieu of numbers — so let’s hope whoever was too lazy to learn to tell time at least learned to read. The The Text Flip Alarm Clock measures 35″ x 7″  x 8 ”, runs on either four D batteries or electricity and will run you $400, because apparently literacy is expensive.