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I always love seeing photos like this. (media.piefed.world)
submitted 2 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@piefed.world to c/wholesome@reddthat.com
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[–] thagoat 22 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I'd like to share a revelation I've had during my time here. It came to me when I tried to classify your species. I realized that you're not actually mammals. Every mammal on this planet instinctively develops a natural equilibrium with their surrounding environment, but you humans do not. You move to another area, and you multiply, and you multiply, until every natural resource is consumed. The only way you can survive is to spread to another area. There is another organism on this planet that follows the same pattern. Do you know what it is? A virus. Human beings are a disease, a cancer of this planet. You are a plague, and we are the cure.

  • Agent Smith
[–] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 months ago

well that's not wholesome

[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Pseudoscience bullshit, from the same movie that gave us 'humans for energy source'.

Every mammal on this planet instinctively develops a natural equilibrium with their surrounding environment

Name one, and how it's different from us.

The only way you can survive is to spread to another area.

We stopped spreading millenia ago. We're still surviving.

You are a plague, and we are the cure

There are no 'plagues' and 'cures' in nature, that's value judgements we've assigned based on things that are or aren't valuable to us. To nature, it's all just life.

[–] Glytch@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

First of all the "Humans as energy source" thing was a change that came from producers. Humans were originally being used as organic processors to augment the Machines' computing power, but execs thought that movie goers would be too dumb to understand that.

Second, by Smith's time animals didn't exist, due to the war with the humans, so it's doubtful he really knows much about them. It depends on how many human records were preserved by the Machines, but it's possible that accurate information on non-virtual animal behavior was lost.

Third, this is all just a speech he's using to break Morpheus. It's before Smith starts to get desperate, (and sends the other two agents out of the room) so it could be assumed that this is a practiced tactic that's work on other human rebels.

Finally, it's also somewhat ironic foreshadowing for what Smith becomes in the next 2 movies.

[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

First of all the "Humans as energy source" thing was a change that came from producers.

I know, I did say it was the movie that was dumb. I realise it's a meme that shouldn't be taken too seriously.

[–] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I had no context, but at first I was confused and thought this was some kind of anti-LGBT+ gesture - I think I need a break from the internet 😆

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@piefed.world 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Oh no, I'm sure it's just supposed to be a big, happy family.

[–] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

ohhh, I had somehow even missed that the spectators were children of the old people 🤦‍♀️

that makes more sense of the caption, thanks for explaining it to me 😊

[–] illi@piefed.social 2 points 2 months ago

Children and spouses with their families I assume. At least judging be the one black person.

[–] pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

And because they got busy like bunnies...haha.

But also...awww!

[–] BehindetheClouds@reddthat.com 4 points 2 months ago

I'm exhausted just looking at that picture.

[–] TehBamski@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I prefer this version.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 points 2 months ago

"All of this is because I got laid."

[–] ptc075@lemmy.zip -2 points 2 months ago

I know this is supposed to be wholesome, but holy hell, I can't stop thinking about how many resources that couple of two would need to take from the planet. And now they've turned that demand for resources for 2 people into the demands for 40+ people. At some point, this planet just isn't going to have enough for all of us if we keep breeding like this.