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  • ladybutterfly@piefed.blahaj.zoneL [email protected]
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    So relevant now lol

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    • theacharnian@lemmy.caT [email protected]

      In between the Matrix in 1999 and 2011 you have 9-11, the Afghanistan and Iraq wars, the 2008 financial crash. And that's just the big US-centric stuff.

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      Well, my first kiss was around 2011 so that kinda evens everything out

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      • abfarid@startrek.websiteA [email protected]

        I didn't say it wasn't formulaic, I said it wasn't AS "formulaic". Back then popular music still had much more variety, nowadays whatever flows to the top is much more same-y, and you gotta dig deeper for the interesting stuff.

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        I think it's easier to find the weird stuff these days. Back then you'd basically have to be a part of a particular scene, or have someone i produce it to you. Otherwise you had whatever top 50 radio stations were in your area. Speaking of formulaic...

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          I think it's easier to find the weird stuff these days. Back then you'd basically have to be a part of a particular scene, or have someone i produce it to you. Otherwise you had whatever top 50 radio stations were in your area. Speaking of formulaic...

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          It's definitely easier to find weird stuff with all the streaming services. But I don't often look for stuff, and back then the good stuff found me. I'll occasionally even look at what's trending now to try and find something interesting, but I rarely see anything.

          Either way, it's not just my opinion, it can be verified empirically, there is way less variety in popular music these days. I even remember Vsauce had a video about that. And it applies to other mediums as well. All big budget movies are generic. All AAA games are either live service or Assassins's Creed but Vikings/Hackers/Jedi/etc. And by "all" I mean "most", of course. If you want the good stuff you either go indie or retro.

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          • ladybutterfly@piefed.blahaj.zoneL [email protected]

            That's good. I remember doing the scene in the 90s there were fuck all trans people

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            A lot of them were already there and just afraid

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            • jballs@sh.itjust.worksJ [email protected]

              I'm starting to think having my dick out this whole time hasn't been working.

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              Its working for me....

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                Okay so the fascism was still thoroughly deniable if you were straight cis and white.

                The internet was this like magical cool thing that was going to change everything.

                The illusion of ownership was a lot more substantial, because while we were connected, we weren't all always connected to everything

                There was more space for privacy, interiority.

                Houses were basically free (it was a scam but most people didn't want to know that)

                'Conservative' old dudes with nazi memorabilia usually got it the right way.

                Even the literal nazis regularly shot at the cops. The cops even shot other nazis sometimes!

                There were rarely more than 4 genocides going at once, none of them as bad or directly by major powers.

                The cold war had just ended, so the libs were like 80% less insufferable (i know) and everyone was haopy the world couldnt suddenly end in nuclear fire with like two hours notice

                A buncha annoying hippies and nerds were whining about 'global warming' but nobody really had to listen.

                None of your tech had the juice to do what it said on the box and spy on you. Everything was unsecured. You could get into any computer anyone who mattered used by just deleting the password.

                That last part sounds like some hyperbole i made up for a joke. It is not hyperbole and i did not make it up. It was, arguably, a joke.

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                ‘Conservative’ old dudes with nazi memorabilia usually got it the right way.

                How exactly did they get "it" the right way?

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                  It was that gods damned Hadron collider, I’m telling you. It let the 5G into our reality and now we’re all being controlled by fucking lizard people from the Nth dimension who are after all of our blood.

                  It was in all the papers.

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                    ‘Conservative’ old dudes with nazi memorabilia usually got it the right way.

                    How exactly did they get "it" the right way?

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                    Killin nazis, lootin corpses.

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                      The 2008 crash was also the result of Greenspan and Bush’s 0% interest rate bullshit that prevented savings and ruined the housing market while starting wars to avoid smaller correctional recessions. 9/11 was the excuse, so I kinda caused all this, in a way.

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                      YOU did?!? You son of a...

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                      • robotzap10000@feddit.nlR [email protected]

                        ‘Conservative’ old dudes with nazi memorabilia usually got it the right way.

                        How exactly did they get "it" the right way?

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                        The Nazi memorabilia was from their time killing Nazis and they remembered how great it was to kill Nazis. The few that were Nazis hid or because the others really wanted to kill Nazis again.

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                          Living in the 90s would be so chill compared to today.

                          Wealth inequality is fucking over everything.

                          I just want to be rewarded for working to support humanity with a life that doesn't feel like a prison. :c

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                            My favorite thing from The Matrix was the concept of "Residual Self Image." It is the perfect starting point to understanding dysphoria. If I was plugged into The Matrix, I would not at all look the way I actually do. I would look to you the way I see myself in my own mind.

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                              The Nazi memorabilia was from their time killing Nazis and they remembered how great it was to kill Nazis. The few that were Nazis hid or because the others really wanted to kill Nazis again.

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                              Yeah. Say what you want about 90s racist grandpa; the biggest problem he'd see with your gay blue haired ass getting gassed by cops who're covering an ICE raid is that you let any of them live.

                              Like, he'd still call every single person on your side a slur, but he'd be doing it while he shouted abuse at you for not killing the nazis.

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                                If we really were to be in the Matrix that's fine, but could I maybe ask for some better living conditions? Maybe be able to actually afford things without constant worry and anxiety over whether I can pay the rent.

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                                  If we really were to be in the Matrix that's fine, but could I maybe ask for some better living conditions? Maybe be able to actually afford things without constant worry and anxiety over whether I can pay the rent.

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                                  They tried a perfect society but humanity rejected it as fake.

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                                    If we really were to be in the Matrix that's fine, but could I maybe ask for some better living conditions? Maybe be able to actually afford things without constant worry and anxiety over whether I can pay the rent.

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                                    That's part of the control.

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                                    • kolanaki@pawb.socialK [email protected]

                                      My favorite thing from The Matrix was the concept of "Residual Self Image." It is the perfect starting point to understanding dysphoria. If I was plugged into The Matrix, I would not at all look the way I actually do. I would look to you the way I see myself in my own mind.

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                                      I believe the creators are also trans

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                                      • internetcitizen2@lemmy.worldI [email protected]

                                        I believe the creators are also trans

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                                        Yes. And I understand that one of the character's expressed gender is opposite inside and outside the Matrix.

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                                          Probably not the place for it but I shall point out that the 00s were going swimmingly until the cunts at Goldman Sachs and others of a similar bent made a shedload of cash out of turning the housing market into a massive casino and then stuck taxpayers the world over with the bill in the '08 crash and the global economy has been pretty much fucked ever since.

                                          It's Goldman Sachs. Those board members should be in prison.

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                                          Sure. Prison would be fine. Hell, I'll gladly argue for the reduced sentence after they're brought to justice. I bet I'll be feeling generous.

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