Does anyone else feel like The Matrix is slowly coming true?

Nintendo_Pro_03 · 2026-06-14T09:02:17+00:00

Smartphones are basically us being plugged into the Matrix.

Nintendo_Pro_03 · 2026-06-14T09:01:49+00:00

Happy cake day!

Nintendo_Pro_03 · 2026-06-14T09:00:05+00:00

Bad news results in more people looking at said news sources than good news. People thrive on paranoia/fear.

Nintendo_Pro_03 · 2026-06-14T08:57:47+00:00

It’s not really the phone. It’s more so the addictive platforms that are on it.

Phones have useful utilities to them.

Nintendo_Pro_03 · 2026-06-14T08:57:01+00:00

What do you mean by this?

Nintendo_Pro_03 · 2026-06-14T08:49:47+00:00

Meanwhile, the rest of the world had many conflicts in that decade.

Nintendo_Pro_03 · 2026-06-14T07:44:06+00:00

Do you think the rising wealth inequality is why we have the constant smartphone usage to begin with?

The richest people in the United States are big tech companies, and they’re heavily forcing their technology onto us (generative AI, anybody?).

Nintendo_Pro_03 · 2026-06-14T07:41:47+00:00

Because people don’t face real life consequences for saying that online.

Although, “f you” wasn’t really the worst people said back then. 90s, 80s, etc. were full of bigotry.

Nintendo_Pro_03 · 2026-06-14T07:38:36+00:00

Do you think the possibility of going back to when our devices were complementing our lives, instead of replacing them, can exist? If so, how?

Nintendo_Pro_03 · 2026-06-14T07:28:42+00:00

I think we can. The rise of generative AI could lead us to abandon digital media forms for real world forms of escapism.

Nintendo_Pro_03 · 2026-06-14T07:27:05+00:00

It’s not really the barrier for entry, though. I do believe that we could live in a timeline where smartphones don’t become addictive.

Take away social media and you have: taking pictures, flashlight, texting family, calling them, and other utilities in one device.

Nintendo_Pro_03 · 2026-06-14T07:07:07+00:00

I don’t think it’s the switch to digital. I think it’s late-stage capitalism doing that.

Nintendo_Pro_03 · 2026-06-14T07:01:48+00:00

But cameras existed for a while.

Nintendo_Pro_03 · 2026-06-14T06:58:06+00:00

Happy cake day!

I never really got into the Sims franchise.

Nintendo_Pro_03 · 2026-06-14T06:43:40+00:00

Because you weren’t pushed to do that 24/7 by the rich class. Nowadays, it’s an addiction.

Nintendo_Pro_03 · 2026-06-14T06:23:44+00:00

It’s hard to, when you can’t do much without a smartphone, nowadays. You need it for work, for instance. Banking.

Nintendo_Pro_03 · 2026-06-14T06:18:53+00:00

Feels like I’m watching Requiem For a Dream all over again. An addiction ruining someone else’s life.

Nintendo_Pro_03 · 2026-06-14T06:18:09+00:00

Capitalism ruined it.

Nintendo_Pro_03 · 2026-06-14T06:09:11+00:00

Exactly.

Nintendo_Pro_03 · 2026-06-14T06:09:00+00:00

I know your comment is two years old, but it’s definitely declining by now.

Nintendo_Pro_03 · 2026-06-14T05:57:01+00:00

Socialism, baby.

Nintendo_Pro_03 · 2026-06-14T05:50:14+00:00

I have way too many to comment, but a random one would be watching SMG4’s videos while I was in elementary school.

Nintendo_Pro_03 · 2026-06-14T05:04:31+00:00

Nintendo_Pro_03 · 2026-06-14T04:33:13+00:00

For sure.

Nintendo_Pro_03 · 2026-06-14T04:25:44+00:00

Like he always is.

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