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[–] its_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zone 43 points 20 hours ago (1 children)
[–] froh42@lemmy.world 89 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Me in 1999: Haha, good joke, things will get even better.

Me in 2026: Damn, how right they were.

[–] its_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 19 hours ago (1 children)
[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 15 points 16 hours ago (2 children)
[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 2 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

Wouldn't it be the same Zion? Pretty sure the one in the Matrix got its name from the Jewish/Christian one. And I believe it even is meant as an allegory for Jerusalem.

[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 5 points 7 hours ago

Yeah. That was the awkward joke I was going for.

[–] its_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 16 hours ago

lol yeah not that one. The one in the deep deep south.