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[–] Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 21 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

This is what the Matrix should have been about.

[–] clucose@lemmy.ml 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Finally we can live in the 90s again.

[–] Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 weeks ago

Arguably, the best decade we had.

[–] billwashere@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Fucking batteries?!?! This makes so much more sense.

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

Allegedly it was originally about basically this, but they dumbed it down to be about batteries for fear of audiences of the time not understanding.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 1 points 3 weeks ago

Maybe they needed more energy and manipulate the brain cells to grow humans.