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Old 05-13-2003, 04:47 PM
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[color=#000000ost_uid0][bost_uid0]Morpheus:[/bost_uid0] We were at the height of our civilization until we created AI.
[bost_uid0]Neo:[/bost_uid0] You mean Artificial Intelligence?
[bost_uid0]Morpheus:[/bost_uid0] No, American Idol. That show singlehandedly reduced us to the state we're in now.

or building off of Standback's suggestion with a recent Enterprise episode,

[bost_uid0]Neo:[/bost_uid0] Are you saying we're inside a computer program?
[bost_uid0]Morpheus:[/bost_uid0] Is that really so hard to believe? Look at yourself - you're a two-dimensional character, the plot makes no sense, and you're mainly here to shoot people.
[bost_uid0]Neo:[/bost_uid0] Point. So how did this happen?
[bost_uid0]Morpheus:[/bost_uid0] Well, some scientists went to look for wreckage from a spherical ship in the Arctic Circle and....[/colorost_uid0]
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