stenAanden@feddit.dk to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoThe Matrixfeddit.dkimagemessage-square159linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareHildegarde@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoBig pharma ruined the metaphor by changing the pill colors. The blue pill was an antidepressant, the red pill was estrogen. Also the main villian is a man in a suit who constantly deadnames the protagonist. The matrix is real life.
minus-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoI wonder if they did it intentionally. Changing the pill from red to blue basically cost them nothing and served no purpose, but just so happened to ruin the metaphor.
Big pharma ruined the metaphor by changing the pill colors.
The blue pill was an antidepressant, the red pill was estrogen.
Also the main villian is a man in a suit who constantly deadnames the protagonist. The matrix is real life.
I wonder if they did it intentionally.
Changing the pill from red to blue basically cost them nothing and served no purpose, but just so happened to ruin the metaphor.