you know you can't resist those eyes

The Matrix hits different once you realize everything was humanity’s fault

yeah I mean that was one of the themes explored in the film

I found a picture of @stenAanden@feddit.dk:

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.

Red pill side effects include cave raves, bad clothes, and new zionism

Wake up from your shitty fake life into the real world that's even worse.

Neo decides that uncomfortable knowledge is better than blissful ignorance. I think most adults have had experiences where they wish they could go back to being less informed about the cruelty and brutality of the world and just live in ignorance, but most people don't get that choice.

Morpheus asks Neo if he wants to live in blissful ignorance (the way Cypher eventually decides to do) or if he wants to deal with the uncomfortable reality. Part of being a computer hacker is that quest for knowledge for no real gain despite the risks.

So, as Cypher made clear, the main draw of the matrix was that he didn't have to spend his entire life being miserable, with shit to eat, and nothing enjoyable to do. Soo... What about the constructs? If they could simulate people and sensory input with enough fidelity to "learn kungfu", couldn't they simulate the experience of a juicy steak? Why, when they weren't actually spending their time outside the matrix doing much other than sitting in a spaceship, wouldn't they just spend 6 hours a day in the construct (again, not the matrix, their own simulated construct)? Wouldn't that have given them all much more practice with breaking the construct of the matrix, and also let them have the nice stuff that the matrix offered, and also knowing that they were the masters of their own destinies? It seems like Morpheus was just a shitty manager, and Cypher was unfulfilled in his job.

I remember his office from the movie. It was not comfy.

...Did Neo have an active social life? Admittedly I haven't seen the movie in forever, but IIRC he didn't have much going on other than work and being a hacker.

Yeah but at least I'm part of an armed resistance trying to win back their freedom.

You mean choosing whether to live with purpose or just continue to exist?

If Zion lets me sleep in, then unplug me from the jelly-pod.