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I can't believe The Matrix is 24 years old now...

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[–] MyNameIsIgglePiggle@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] SchizoDenji@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

US Pop culture peaked in 1999-2001. Peak box office attendance and peak TV viewership occurred around that time.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Agent Smith agrees with you.

"The perfect world was a dream that your primitive cerebrum kept trying to wake up from. Which is why the Matrix was redesigned to this: the peak of your civilization. I say your civilization, because as soon as we started thinking for you it really became our civilization, which is of course what this is all about."

[–] Cort@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] scottywh@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 1 points 1 year ago

One guy one jar jar?