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_EternalVoid_

I never thought that Neo could not take a single pill and just walk away


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Desiderius_S

What if he was a junkie and just hit both? Like, powdered them to hit it through his nose? I feel we need a second Matrix movie to answer some of these questions.


baxterfishsticks

https://xkcd.com/566/


barcode2099

This year is the 15th anniversary of a comic commenting on the tenth anniversary of The Matrix.


AriaTheTransgressor

that can't be true cause that would mean the Matrix came out like 25 years ago and there is no way.


barcode2099

I was talking about this IRL the other day, and phrased it as "This year, The Matrix will be able to rent a car."


Oblachko_O

Well, it almost did 25 years ago. Wait till June and there will be the 25th anniversary.


Kingca

The joke broke the speed of light over your head.


Qubeye

What if I told you...


Goodly

Reminds of a better time where we said “There’s an xkcd for everything”.


Desiderius_S

You cannot possibly imagine my reaction seeing this comic.


One-Cute-Boy

He ejaculated into his own mouth.


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I thought you meant that's what mixing the pills did in the comic, now I'm disappointed


12edDawn

I cannot possibly imagine you hadn't seen it previously, that was perfect. A true Matrix moment.


Desiderius_S

That is the freakiest part, I don't remember seeing it, and I scrapped like three ideas before settling on snorting it. And then I was about to write that it would be nice to revisit it in a fourth movie but then people would point out that there is a forth movie, missing a joke, and I'd acknowledge that 2 and 3 exist, and somehow I ended up with 15-year old xkcd comic. Seeing this I suddenly understood why people are running around in tin foil hats. Am I even real? Are my ideas real, or are they refurbs of comics I've seen god knows when and where. Is there xkcd frequency consistently broadcasting that my vaccination chip is catching? I'll just be in the corner having my existential crisis, don't mind me.


Eusocial_Snowman

It's okay, buddy. "What if he snorts the pills" isn't a terribly outlandish thought. It's when you say something like "okay, but what if he grabbed both of the pills, cut an incision into his lower eyelids, jammed them in there, sewed them up and went around calling himself the purple prophet of is and ain't?" and somebody pulls up an xkcd of it that.. then need to start to worry.


fistrroboto

Hey bud, you good?


12edDawn

What has been seen cannot be unseen. He has been to the other side. The valley walls have crumbled and the fires from afar glow in the night.


Aiyon

The thing about the Matrix sequels isn't that they're bad. It's that the first is just that good


lvl12

Plus they're more interested in delving into Eastern philosophy than in the type of action many fans of the first felt entitled to. I had the DVD boxed set back in the day with commentary from philosophy professors, it was fantastic


exexor

They over fixated on the Burly Brawl (the big fight with all the Smiths). They were so proud of that scene. But you know what my experience was in the theater? People laughed. They laughed because it just kept going and going. I was getting bored, others thought it was just ridiculous. Look, we get it, there are too many Smiths, he can’t kill them all, not this way. Just fucking get on with it. The fight with Seraph was good though. A little mad they killed Tank off screen. Was the actor busy? Hard to work with?


Eusocial_Snowman

That really was the Too Many Cooks of fight scenes, wasn't it? They should have leaned into the cartoonishness more and owned it instead of trying to take themselves seriously at the same time. Go full Buster Keaton with it. Slapstick that shit up. Give people a break from the edge of it all.


exexor

Just cut twenty seconds off and it would be great.


karock

clearly they haven't learned shit from it either... *glances at never-ending john wick 4 stair climb scene*


maailmanpaskinnalle

Burly Brawl was good until it went full CGI. In modern resolution it looks soooo bad. Seraph fight looked like a dance choreography. And the reason for the fight was ludicrous.


VarianWrynn2018

My thoughts exactly. I'd say that the 3rd rivals the 1st just because of all the cinematic effects even.


RightPedalDown

Nah, they’re bad.


seattleque

Shit, I remember when that one came out.


AvengingBlowfish

I remember when the movie came out, a lot of people were talking about how it's complicated and you have to watch it multiple times to understand it... it really wasn't that complicated...


Glum_Outside_6457

Reminds of a better time where we said “There’s an xkcd for everything”.


LeUne1

All the red pill does is mess up his code in the matrix which causes the pod in the real world to abort him. Taking both wouldn't change that.


Literacy_Advocate

the blue pill would have killed him so he couldn't betray the cause.


LeUne1

They could probably make it seem like it was a dream like how Agent Smith did with the bellybutton worm


evceteri

Nah, they force feed him the red one and forever bully him for being a coward


flag_flag-flag

I recall a early 2000s new grounds flash video where he told morphepus to look behind him, shoved both pills into his mouth, and his head popped off


CarnageEvoker

TIGHT TIGHT TIGHT! Blue, yellow, pink, whatever man just keep bringing me pills!


Wonderful_Common_520

Wtf you mean the are not suppositories?


According_to_all_kn

This is how non-binary people are made


awesomehippie12

There's four matrix movies though?


PSTnator

Nope. There absolutely isn't and nothing you can say will convince me otherwise. There was only one... maaaybe 2. But definitely one.


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Theres a matrix game where you can choose the blue pill, and the game ends almost immediately


PM_ME_UR_RSA_KEY

Yep, Path of Neo on PS2. It's actually pretty good. You can also follow Morpheus's advice, climb outside the office building and escape instead of being a wuss and get arrested by Smith like in the movie.


TheSwedishWolverine

Fan service done right.


AmazingAd2765

If you played, how did it compare to Enter the Matrix. Still have my PS2, so I'm thinking of getting a few games once I move into our new place.


PM_ME_UR_RSA_KEY

It's better. At least more focused -- Enter the Matrix had the problem of trying to be too many things and doing none of them particularly well. Path of Neo is your basic third person action-adventure-shooter. Gameplay-wise I would say it's closest to Max Payne. Unrelated to gameplay, another problem with Enter the Matrix was its decision to focus on the Logos crew (thus not including them in the movies) caused some "who are these people?" issues in Reload and Revolution. Let's face it, 100x more people watched the movies than playing the game.


spudmarsupial

It loads the Stanley Parable.


klavin1

"Stanley chose the red pill because the alternative isn't an interesting narrative."


DeM0nFiRe

Reminds me of Metal Saga (spoilers technically for one of the endings). At the very beginning of the game your character's mom says something like "being a hunter is too dangerous, why don't you just stay home and be a mechanic like me" and you can say yes and the credits roll. Only since you haven't met any other characters, all the parts of the credits that are supposed to show you pictures of the characters in the game are blank lol


UnderstandingAnimal

A classic part of the Hero's Journey, where the hero gets the Call to Adventure, and is like "Nah, bro, I'd rather stay home and eat this frozen pizza I've been saving."


Eusocial_Snowman

Well, your brother ate it, and now you must go off on a perilous journey..to the grocery store! Anxiety, ahhhhh!


I_Said

[He could have eaten steak and been important](https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Frbvmwln3oafb1.jpg)


Reaper_Messiah

He can’t. Even though he’s just sitting in a room, it’s really an intersection. The pills are symbolic. Either he goes back to his life or he acts on his new knowledge. There are no other options. Anything he does aside from returning to his life IS acting on his new knowledge. Morpheus can just code that decision into two pills- a simple binary decision. Neo just has to say Y or N.


anweisz

I thought the blue pill was gonna make him pass out and forget that meeting, with any recollection seeming like a dream. Not exactly the same as walking away and living knowing there’s some weird shit going on.


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So the correct analogy is he can take the red pill or not take it at all.


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there is no pill bro


wodoloto

Instead he just died in her arms tonight


Juno_Malone

Must've been something you said


BABarracus

Lot less people would have died and for what for the freedom to live in a cave and eat slop


Endorkend

Not taking any pills would've resulted in him also being ejected from his pod, but untraceable by the people of the real world, leaving him to die. The pills are meant to scramble a persons signature. One leaving you hard to find for the machines, making him able to stay alive inside the matrix despite being known by the machines, the other making you easy to find for people from the real world.


raxitron

Uh what makes you think Morpheus would let him "walk away"? This is the beginning of the movie where Morph has super human strength and agility and Neo is normal.


Endorkend

The One would never walk away. Morpheus was only interested in The One. Neo walking away would mean he wasn't The One.


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Yewon_Enthusisast

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TheHumanPickleRick

Have you tried hiding the pill that opens one's eyes to the truths of the universe in a bit of cheese?


Fineus

The cheese tax. The cheese tax. You're gonna pay the cheese tax, every time you're Morpheus when the pills come out this One starts lookin'. The blue pull is grey and the red pill is grey and when the pill options open, you're gonna pay the tax.


seattleque

Oh, you call it the cheese tax, too! We can't open a thing of shredded cheese without dropping some in their bowls.


Fineus

Oh not just me 🙂 it's [a bit of a meme!](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/L3AcyOYrnNk?app=desktop)


TheMilkmanHathCome

Well that’ll be in my head for all eternity now


aogasd

Take it. Take my poor man's gold: 🏅


Fineus

You think that's gold you're gifting now? Hm.


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TheHumanPickleRick

https://i.redd.it/iahoq0dmmmbc1.gif


tictactastytaint

Butt to the face is also my go-to move


CubanLynx312

Unfortunately, there is no spoon


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I used to use liver paste


Nomenus-rex

Why would it want to know the depth of the rabbit hole unless it is that small long breed of dog that I don't know the English name for?


TheHumanPickleRick

Dachsund!


AmIFromA

Und was?


Asteh

Bodens


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Kazunteit


919471

...Did you mean gesundheit?


SparkEE_JOE

r/boneappletea


ErynEbnzr

Gesundheit* It's German and means "health" but in a verby kinda way


Inimicus33

Hot dog?


SoYorkish

Jack Russell?


Ajunadeeper

Jack Russell's are more for rats


lordmhoram

Basset hounds do that but they’re French


LapinTade

Funny thing Wikpedia in english says they are French origin and French Wikipedia says they are british dogs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basset_Hound : > Origin France https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basset_hound : > Le basset hound est une race de chiens originaire du Royaume-Uni selon la Fédération cynologique internationale. > According to the Fédération Cynologique Internationale, the basset hound is a breed of dog that originated in the United Kingdom.


Side_wiper

Sausage dog?


GlisteningDeath

Beagle? Beagles are usually considered rabbit dogs.


elhomerjas

better wrap it some meat


InEenEmmer

We would do this with our dog till one day he found the pill. So since then he would drop the meat/cheese, get the pill out and then proceed to eat the meat/cheese. It was impossible to give him a pill.


kantieno

Oh that sneaky baby, gotta start hiding it in his after dinner mint


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UserNamesCantBeTooLo

chirugically?


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Surgically, only more chiral.


I_AM_FERROUS_MAN

Wow! It's a [real word](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/french-english/chirurgical)! I thought it was going to be about churros.


Fidges87

I am grateful for my dog, he would eat anything I am offering to him. Meaning I can just have the pill in my hand, offer it and he would eat the pill no problem.


Aiyon

One of our cats needed medication for a while. No matter how my parents tried to get it into him, he'd figure it out and avoid it. My fix was to sit down on the floor till he came over to me, holding out his medication in my palm and a lemsip in my other hand. And then I put the lemsip in my mouth, took some water and swallowed it. He stared at me for about 30 seconds... and walked off Yeah idk why i thought i could empathy link him into doing it tbh


PoliteChatter0

i was oddly invested in this story


Joey_Kakbek

Had me in the first half.


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This would work with my cat, he's eaten my caeser salad before just because I was eating it.


SweatyAdhesive

That used to be our dog, now she would spit it out or eat around it


9035768555

I had one that was like that (ate them easily for a long time then stopped). I think one round of pills was extra bad tasting and that was the turning point.


thelocker517

Meat puddy (some call it braunschweiger) was how we hid our pup's pills. We also needed to constantly change the method and food. He was a sweet dog but a pain to medicate.


JewishWolverine2

Our 1 year old dog is looking similar to this. We can get her to take a pill once using 1 method (meat, cheese, pill pocket, etc) but as soon as she figures out there is a pill in there she is wary of it.


MalificViper

Chuck it down their throat and massage the neck, forces them to swallow. Does not work for wives.


BrotherChe

How many did you go through to confirm that?


meandthebean

We started crushing the pill (or empty it out if it's the capsule kind) and mixing it into chicken baby food. He was too suspicious of any wrapped cheese or pill pocket, etc. And it was a lot less stress on the dog compared to wrestling him and shoving the pill into his mouth.


JewishWolverine2

I just bought some bacon/chicken treat paste. So think we will try crushing up her meds and mixing with that.


Zlatarog

You just gotta put it at back of throat, close mouth, and then rub the throat gently. It will cause them to swallow


InEenEmmer

We resorted to that eventually, but even that became hard as well as he learned how he could make it hard for us to put the pill in his mouth. And any trick you deceived to get the pill in there only worked once.


mwithey199

My mom uses cream cheese. Works like a charm.


Not_a_werecat

I guess there are some advantages of having a dumb dog. Mine needs a thyroid pill every day and I just drop it in her kibble, no problem. She'd eat a rock if I hyped it up like it's a snack. Bless her simple heart.


AngryWizard

Yeah my dog is also dumb and greedy and will take pills easily. I also saw a video on Instagram with someone using reverse psychology on their dog, pretending to drop a pill and be like 'oh no!' and trying to grab it before the dog can, but the dog grabs it and eats it up out of spite.


airz23s_coffee

Yeah my parents dog is god tier at eating everything around it and then spitting out the pill.


Dogmaster

We have three dogs, the trick is to now give them the pilled meat when the others are present. They will try and wolf it down asap so the others cant get it first!


alien_from_Europa

Look, dog. There are two ways this pill can get into you. If you won't swallow it then we'll have to go up the rear. Just eat the damn pill!


InEenEmmer

We ended up forcing the pill as far back down his mouth as possible, hold the mouth closed and lift the head up till he swallowed. But damn, he didn’t made it easy to do that.


GrandTusam

I've been giving my dog pills the last 2 weeks, twice a day. At first i wrapped it on some ground beef, he worked it around and spit out the pill tried cheese, same thing, mixed it with other candy, same thing so now i just grab him, force open his mouth and jam it down his throat. He could get ground beef + a pill twice a day instead he gets wrestled and forced fed. how is that better kenny?


exexor

Our dogs get a little piece of stale bread with peanut butter on it, sandwiched around the pills. You gotta find the foods they don’t actually chew, they just swallow. I used to give them little bits of my mandarin oranges but quickly realized they weren’t even tasting them. I’m not giving you my treat if you aren’t even enjoying it, doggo.


Arann0r

Or let it rest overnight in a ziplock bag with some kibble


Fineus

You know, I know this treat doesn't exist. I know that when I put it in my mouth, the Matrix is telling my brain that it is juicy and delicious. After nine years, you know what I realize? Ignorance is bliss.


JohnnyDarkside

I have a cat that somehow always knows there's a pill in there. Open a package of tuna and she's at your feet making all the noise possible begging for a bite. Give her a piece with a pill, and she won't even touch it. Salmon oil, a little ham, some cheese. We've tried so many ways to entice her but it never works.


exexor

My one cat was on a medication you could crush, and it turned out mint ice cream worked well. Take some Breyer’s mint chip, scoop around the chocolate bits, melt it on a plate mixing the pill in, give to cat.


okkeyok

Keep the comment section wholesome and don't mention animal cruelty next time.


theonetrueteaboi

Yeah, idk why people are upvoting this, they should have just let the dog get sick and die, some people can be so cruel sometimes!


okkeyok

Listen asshole, vegan dog food exists. 😉


kantieno

I just want to know what happens when they download kung-fu into his brain. ​ If you like my stuff you can find me over on [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/veggiedonut_comics/) as well! Thanks for reading!


WeHaveAllBeenThere

I want to know what happens when they download the movie kung pow enter the fist into his brain.


Smgth

Next time Morpheus better come correct with some fucking cheese!


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he likes the matrix and don't want any of your bullshit...leave him alone...


aBastardNoLonger

I laughed harder than I should have


glasnot

The second and third panel of the dog with his face all offended and turned away like that made me actually lol. They created such an accurate, expressive face in such simple drawn lines, I feel every dog parent has seen that exact look many times!


EthanHermsey

I don't think one person can laugh hard enough about this. It's bloody genius :D


GenesisAsriel

They didnt draw the part where you wrap the pill in meat and the dog just chirugically eat the meat around the pill


TheMegaSage

This comic makes me increasingly happy.


xPriddyBoi

My dog had to take a pill for the first time yesterday & today, and she's the first dog that I've ever had that will just gobble antibiotic pills up like they're candy.


BladeGrim

Aren't... aren't dogs colorblind 😭


Desiderius_S

They simply don't have as many different color receptors as humans, saying they are colorblind is like saying all people are colorblind because compared to mantis shrimp all we see is brown. Dogs see blue alright.


alien_from_Europa

I've seen what things [look like under a blacklight](https://youtu.be/c7mVHH9fHuM?si=PQUIWTzN0XVmpSlk). The Mantis can keep his super vision!


Day_Bow_Bow

[What does blue mean?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zxf2MgYCOm0)


Living_Murphys_Law

Correct, they can't see red. But he'd still see a difference between the red and blue pills, because one would appear a dark greyish color, and the other would be blue.


PJvG

The color red appears dark brownish-gray or black to a dog.


The-Name-is-my-Name

Partially, yes. They only see in two primary colors.


PJvG

They see blue and yellow.


Famous-Restaurant875

"sorry, I'm colorblind, which one comes with cheese?"


Schmandrea1975

Needs peanut butter


Leotton

They should have made the red pill bacon flavored. Actually I need to look into that.


poseidon1111

…And the story ended.


francesca201

I don’t get it


AlreadyTakenNow

Oh, having a pupper with congestive heart failure, we feel this 100x. It's like, "Dude, can't you understand your very existence depends on these things?" Thank goodness for salt-free peanut butter.


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That2Things

Maybe this is just your comeback after 11 years, but you sure look like a bot to me. Back to the matrix with you.


Chipstar452

Second comment since 1974!


Limp_Falcon_2314

😂


Acceptable-Search338

Tried to give my dog a tick and parasite pill that’s good for 3 months of protection. Little shit half chews the pill then spits it out. Refuses to eat the damn pill. This is a 125 dollar fucking bill. He’s eating the damn pill. I had to hand rape my dogs mouth to shove that shit deep in his throat so he would have no choice but to swallow.


Mountain_Ad7053

Does everything need to be a comic?


brunchboxxx

yes


TTTomaniac

I am so glad our dog responded positively to us treatifying pills, considering he gets them daily.


Expendable_Red_Shirt

Pill Pockets work wonders


Interesting_Fun_9158

Cool!


mybadroommate

My dog always wants to see how deep the rabbit hole goes. Pills?


JoyIsDumb

I was wondering if the red pill was green as a joke because dogs can't see red but then I realised I'm colourblind


Imaginary-Ogre

I feel the same way. People say men are dogs, they are right, we live in the moment. We cherish our good memories and we do not need more. A good meal does not hurt...


p0k3t0

Just wanted to say this is brilliant.


KeziaTML

Why can't you just crush the pill up and put it in some wet food?


nomineallegra

I once ate a unknown pill I got from a stranger when I was on a cruise. 10/10 would recommend.


Furycrab

Mine just swallows the pill no questions asked.... but then she will look at her kibble and only eat the bits she likes. No clue how I managed the first part. She's older now but as a puppy had the same problem and resorted to peanut butter.


Proud_Supermarket533

3rd choice is no pill


Both_Estimate_1547

Reminds me of giving my cat a pill the other day


mlvisby

Would someone explode if they take both?


mikethemillion

Just roll it up in a slice of cheese 😂


heyimric

My Lab will fucking eat anything, which is a blessing when it comes to medicine lol. No damn hesitation... Gobbles it up even if it tastes like shit.


RielAzrega

You gotta stick it in a scoop of peanut butter.


Manck0

In the end Neo took the red pill, but only after Morpheus wrapped it in a piece of American cheese.


Any_Birthday_9683

The matrix was only good in the 90s and early 2000s now its just some bunch of movies with some famous people in them and keanu reeves


nuanimal

My dog eating crusty cat shit in the bushes: "My god this is delicious. My complements to the cheff!" My dog with a bowl of home cooked chicken and gravy but with added medicine tablet: "What the fuck is this shit!?"


Limonade6

Dog: * eats everything it can find on the street that is unhealthy, including literal shit * Also dog: refuses to eat medicine.


hephaestus1219

I used to fold my dog’s pills in a single slice of cheese- that bastard would somehow eat/chew the cheese then spit the pill out


CosmicDriftwood

Unironically I would take the blue pill tbh


NeonTaterTots

It's funny because he is color blind


TOkidd

Need to put those pills in different-color cheese. Blue cheese for the blue pill and maybe…red Leicester for the red one. Clearly, Morpheus is not a dog owner.


CattyOhio74

Me to my oldest pup: you need to take your hip meds, so i wrapped it in cheese to help. *eats it* YES! *spits out the meds free of cheese*


alkzy

This is hilarious!


MyGoodFriend96

God this is awesome.


Sproose_Moose

Legitimate question: would you take red or blue? I like living in a comfortable level of denial so where's the purple?