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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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fizzymizzy · 06/09/2024 09:43

Dejavu is not the same as a glitch in the matrix. In fact, it's the opposite. Dejavu would mean OP hanging the washing out whilst feeling she had 'been there before' - matrix glitches are when you go to do something and it's done, or you do it and it's 'undone' like OP experienced

Rigatone · 06/09/2024 09:41

I had one last night! I turned on my daughter's fairy lights in her bedroom before reading her a story and then she asked for her fairy lights putting on.. they were off!

Although that's not a deja vu, if that's the proper meaning of glitch in the matrix.

VapeVamp12 · 06/09/2024 09:35

There was a "glitch in the matrix" caught on CCTV which I saw recently. A caterer was cutting lemons - halved them all, walked to get a bowl and one lemon needed cutting again, even though she had just cut it!

BeachRide · 06/09/2024 09:35

It happens a lot with identical Amazon vans here!

BabaYetu · 06/09/2024 09:33

Haven’t you seen The Matrix? Red pill, blue pill, there is no spoon, all that stuff?

It’s worth it for the swishy black coats alone.

booisbooming · 06/09/2024 09:33

There’s a whole Reddit board about these! A lot of stoned teens convinced that the fabric of reality is collapsing because they forgot where they put their cup of coffee down.

Startingagainandagain · 06/09/2024 09:31

Reference to the Matrix films (featuring Keanu Reeves)

They are are definitely worth watching, especially the first one :).

GlowWurm · 06/09/2024 09:30

The Matrix is an iconic movie, whether you liked it or not it’s part of a wider cultural lexicon that most people would understand the references to.

Cosycore · 06/09/2024 09:29

It’s Deja vu.

the “glitch in the Matrix” is what they call Deja vu (in the film it’s when someone has changed something in the computer system, so it occurs again when the change is made). Just a wee pop culture name for the same thing

OhLookAStrawberry · 06/09/2024 09:28

Very common term, especially on social media

Caerulea · 06/09/2024 09:28

Sounds like you need to watch the films :)

Tbf it's just referring to dejavu though

Imperfectionist · 06/09/2024 09:27

Time to rewatch the Matrix OP and it will
all make sense.

The film is still brilliant, even more so when you think of the 90s special effects (including the ‘glitch’ scene)

romdowa · 06/09/2024 09:27

I've seen it mentioned online before. I've never experienced it though

EineReiseDurchDieZeit · 06/09/2024 09:26

It comes from the film The Matrix and yes I've heard of it there's lots of examples if you search the phrase

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