stenAanden@feddit.dk to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoThe Matrixfeddit.dkimagemessage-square153fedilinkarrow-up11.21Karrow-down116
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minus-squareGrail@multiverse.soulism.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up76arrow-down11·2 days agoThe Matrix is a trans allegory. Living in a cave and eating slop is an allegory for being fired because of transphobia. Still worth it.
minus-squaremerc@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·1 day agoIt can be interpreted that way. That doesn’t mean that anybody who doesn’t see it that way is wrong.
minus-squaretoofpic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up35arrow-down3·2 days agoThe Matrix is a Rambo 3 remake. Living in a cave and eating slop is an allegory for shooting explosive arrows into a bridge. Still worth it.
minus-squarehakunawazo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·2 days agoYeah, but what is the blue pill for? It lights blue.
minus-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up10·edit-22 days agoI’ve heard this, but, my estradiol is a blue pill? 🤔
minus-squareHildegarde@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up26·2 days agoBig pharma ruined the metaphor by changing the pill colors. The blue pill was an antidepressant, the red pill was estrogen. Also the main villian is a man in a suit who constantly deadnames the protagonist. The matrix is real life.
minus-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 day agoI wonder if they did it intentionally. Changing the pill from red to blue basically cost them nothing and served no purpose, but just so happened to ruin the metaphor.
minus-squarehovercat@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 days agoAt the time they were red.
minus-squareEarthman_Jim@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days agoIts an alagory for the social matrix we all find ourselves in.
minus-squareGrail@multiverse.soulism.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoIt’s an allegory for the fact that through their control of the media, the rich can construct whatever reality they want in the minds of the masses.
The Matrix is a trans allegory. Living in a cave and eating slop is an allegory for being fired because of transphobia.
Still worth it.
It can be interpreted that way. That doesn’t mean that anybody who doesn’t see it that way is wrong.
The Matrix is a Rambo 3 remake. Living in a cave and eating slop is an allegory for shooting explosive arrows into a bridge.
Still worth it.
Yeah, but what is the blue pill for?

It lights blue.
I’ve heard this, but, my estradiol is a blue pill? 🤔
Big pharma ruined the metaphor by changing the pill colors.
The blue pill was an antidepressant, the red pill was estrogen.
Also the main villian is a man in a suit who constantly deadnames the protagonist. The matrix is real life.
I wonder if they did it intentionally.
Changing the pill from red to blue basically cost them nothing and served no purpose, but just so happened to ruin the metaphor.
At the time they were red.
Its an alagory for the social matrix we all find ourselves in.
It’s an allegory for the fact that through their control of the media, the rich can construct whatever reality they want in the minds of the masses.