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To have never heard of the "glitch in the Matrix" phenomena?

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confusedabouthormones · 06/09/2024 09:24

So today I washed the cover of the dogs bed and hung it on the line before school run. I came home from school and the bed was still in the machine! I know I hung it out because Nextdoor have got a new robotic lawnmower and I remember seeing it in their lawn. No one else is home.

Was telling husband tonight because we joke my peri menopause is rotting my brain. He said of that's like a glitch in the Matrix! wtf. I've never heard that before.

Have you heard or experienced this? I prefer to think I'm loosing the plot I think!

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confusedabouthormones · 06/09/2024 19:01

Fabulous! I've totally fallen down the rabbit hole here with this one.

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YouLookinSusBro · 06/09/2024 15:57

Happened to me recently on a train. Pulled into the same station twice a couple of minutes apart. Unfortunately I was alone in the carriage so no one around to talk to about it, was quite freaky

Rhaidimiddim · 06/09/2024 15:16

Caerulea · 06/09/2024 13:30

Yes but in IRL context it's dejavu (for the purpose of explaining it to OP). I've seen the first film more times than I can count, I know what it means there ;)

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No. In RL is is something inexplicable. For example, seeing a bough snap from a tree and fall, but stop mid air. Or a bird suspended in the sky mid-flap, not moving, just there. Or a reflection in a mirror that does not corespond to what the thing being reflected is doing.

McLeodIsPronouncedMcloud · 06/09/2024 15:05

I was cooking some pasta on my gas hob, it had been cooking for a few minutes, went to get something out of the fridge, turned back and another gas ring was lit. I had not turned it on. The original one was still on.

If you like glitches in the matrix look into quantum immortality, freaky stuff!

Iceache · 06/09/2024 14:59

Yes! Happened to me this week. I bought a pack of rulers for my son’s pencil case. I remember opening them (there were three), putting one into his pencil case and the others away in a drawer in our kitchen. He came home from school on Tuesday saying he needed a ruler and could I buy one. There wasn’t one in his pencil case, nor did I have the spare two in the drawer. Literally invented that entire memory!!

Caerulea · 06/09/2024 14:59

iNoticed · 06/09/2024 13:33

It’s the opposite of what you’ve said. The OP isn’t described Deja vu, but in the film that’s what a glitch is.

IRL a glitch in the matrix is something impossible or unexplainable but still mundane.

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Ime it's used for both. As for OP I imagine she dreamed the action - something both me & my middle son & my mum do so not actually dejavu at all.

Obviously they're all tricks of the mind or explicible cos we aren't actually in the Matrix ;)

I think...

Caerulea · 06/09/2024 14:56

fizzymizzy · 06/09/2024 13:35

The matrix is explained as Dejavu?

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Yes, Neo brushes off the cat as just having dejavu (after asking if anyone 'saw that') & Trinity stops walking & tells him to explain exactly what he's seen then explains that something has been changed. Ie there's no such thing as dejavu in the Matrix, something really HAS happened again.

Crunchymum · 06/09/2024 14:44

Deja vu is completely different.

If you find this stuff interesting then have a look at the "Mandela Effect" - fascinating.

WhiteLily1 · 06/09/2024 14:43

iNoticed · 06/09/2024 13:33

It’s the opposite of what you’ve said. The OP isn’t described Deja vu, but in the film that’s what a glitch is.

IRL a glitch in the matrix is something impossible or unexplainable but still mundane.

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Thank you - explained it better than me! Thought I was going mad with this PP but couldn’t explain as well as you

WhiteLily1 · 06/09/2024 14:41

Caerulea · 06/09/2024 13:30

Yes but in IRL context it's dejavu (for the purpose of explaining it to OP). I've seen the first film more times than I can count, I know what it means there ;)

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Yes I’m a fan of the film too.
But the dog bed wasn’t Deja vu? So in the context of the situation OP was in, she told this is a glitch in the matrix moment - telling her it means Deja vu really wouldn’t have made any sense

MinervaMcGonagallsCat · 06/09/2024 13:36

confusedabouthormones · 06/09/2024 10:04

@Bluebellsinthewind I'm stunned by your knowledge. Thank you for your contribution (too much?) Grin

Ahh. I've never seen the Matrix movies. That's the plan for the weekend then. To catch up. I've just done a quick search and loads come
Up. I fear my ironing will be a glitch in the Matrix if I don't get off mums net! Loving all the examples xxx

The first movie is excellent. The rest are 😳

fizzymizzy · 06/09/2024 13:35

CutthroatDruTheViolent · 06/09/2024 10:12

@fizzymizzy yes but that's how it's explained in the film, The Matrix.

Not that I'm trying to be confusing lol!

The matrix is explained as Dejavu?

iNoticed · 06/09/2024 13:33

Caerulea · 06/09/2024 13:30

Yes but in IRL context it's dejavu (for the purpose of explaining it to OP). I've seen the first film more times than I can count, I know what it means there ;)

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It’s the opposite of what you’ve said. The OP isn’t described Deja vu, but in the film that’s what a glitch is.

IRL a glitch in the matrix is something impossible or unexplainable but still mundane.

Caerulea · 06/09/2024 13:30

WhiteLily1 · 06/09/2024 10:10

It’s not deja vu in the film but the term seems to have morphed now into anything that happens to you thats freaky / impossible or you remember something one way but the reality is different

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Yes but in IRL context it's dejavu (for the purpose of explaining it to OP). I've seen the first film more times than I can count, I know what it means there ;)

BeachRide · 06/09/2024 12:57

housethatbuiltme · 06/09/2024 10:15

The simple response is usually that you dreamed it, the space between awake and asleep can feel really real.

Its called 'false awakening', The are hyper realistic as you brain is awake but your body isn't and you believe you are awake and carry out your usual jobs/morning routine/all boring normal everyday things but you actually dozed back off and its only occurring in your head.

I remember getting up, getting ready for school, getting on the bus and dozing off ...

Then waking up to find I was still in bed (and late for school!)

Not2identifying · 06/09/2024 10:18

I knew the term and really liked the first film. I wouldn't bother with the sequels.

housethatbuiltme · 06/09/2024 10:15

The simple response is usually that you dreamed it, the space between awake and asleep can feel really real.

Its called 'false awakening', The are hyper realistic as you brain is awake but your body isn't and you believe you are awake and carry out your usual jobs/morning routine/all boring normal everyday things but you actually dozed back off and its only occurring in your head.

CutthroatDruTheViolent · 06/09/2024 10:12

@fizzymizzy yes but that's how it's explained in the film, The Matrix.

Not that I'm trying to be confusing lol!

WhiteLily1 · 06/09/2024 10:10

WhiteLily1 · 06/09/2024 10:10

It’s not deja vu in the film but the term seems to have morphed now into anything that happens to you thats freaky / impossible or you remember something one way but the reality is different

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Sorry meant it is deja vu in the film

WhiteLily1 · 06/09/2024 10:10

Caerulea · 06/09/2024 09:28

Sounds like you need to watch the films :)

Tbf it's just referring to dejavu though

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It’s not deja vu in the film but the term seems to have morphed now into anything that happens to you thats freaky / impossible or you remember something one way but the reality is different

notafruit · 06/09/2024 10:06

I've had a couple of these experiences. It's quite odd.
Recently I was sat at a train station. The station was pretty quiet. Large open waiting area, the platforms are off to the side as it's an end of line station.
A young woman walked past me, came from behind me and walked along in my eye line, turned to the last platform and went towards the train. She was wearing a very unusual back pack which caught my attention and very short shorts with a very large distinctive tattoo on her leg.

A minute later the same woman walked past me and turned into the last platform.
Given the time passed, there was no way she could of turned and walked back, and I'd have seen her anyway and there's no other way to get from that platform to back behind me.

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confusedabouthormones · 06/09/2024 10:04

@Bluebellsinthewind I'm stunned by your knowledge. Thank you for your contribution (too much?) Grin

Ahh. I've never seen the Matrix movies. That's the plan for the weekend then. To catch up. I've just done a quick search and loads come
Up. I fear my ironing will be a glitch in the Matrix if I don't get off mums net! Loving all the examples xxx

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Bluebellsinthewind · 06/09/2024 09:51

Glitch in the matrix was a study done by scientists years ago, then they based a film on it.

First time in my mumsnet history, that I've been able to drop in a fact before anyone else. Please let me have this moment Grin

Skyrainlight · 06/09/2024 09:45

I've heard of it and I do believe it happens.