# funny thing about the matrix **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 17, 2003, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-thing-about-the-matrix/175816 "2003-05-17T02:02:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![djf750](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ea666f/32.png) [@djf750](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/djf750)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-thing-about-the-matrix/175816/161 "2003-05-22T05:57:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dooku \* > \*\* 52 year old men, from a generation where written communication was much more prevalent, do not completely ignore the rules of English capitalization \*\* DogDoo, you DID get this correct. Since the telephone was not invented until the late 1960’s, all of our communications in the 50’s and early 60’s were by letters or the telegraph. I’m begging you, tell me that you were trying to put me on with this post! ---
**Author:** ![whatami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/85f322/32.png) [@whatami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whatami)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-thing-about-the-matrix/175816/162 "2003-05-22T15:20:57Z")
> [@](#): > > _originally posted by_ **djf750** > By the way, Dumb and Dumber, have you noticed how Miller has wisely just ignored me? And so have 33,000 other registered posters. That’s becuase you aren’t worth their time. Fortunately, I have ample amounts of spare time! :wally ---
**Author:** ![calm\_kiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@calm\_kiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/calm_kiwi)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-thing-about-the-matrix/175816/163 "2003-05-22T18:05:23Z")
I nearly didn’t read this thread but I am so glad I did. Funniest thing ever. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-thing-about-the-matrix/175816/164 "2003-05-22T18:22:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by djf750 \* > \*\*DogDoo, you DID get this correct. Since the telephone was not invented until the late 1960’s, all of our communications in the 50’s and early 60’s were by letters or the telegraph. > > I’m begging you, tell me that you were trying to put me on with this post! \*\* As we all know, “much more prevalent” = no other form of communication exis----- You know what? Screw this. You choose not to use proper punctuation, I choose not to believe you. And what makes you think I would take the time to read your other posts in other threads? Get over yourself. I also choose to ignore you. ---
**Author:** ![djf750](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ea666f/32.png) [@djf750](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/djf750)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-thing-about-the-matrix/175816/165 "2003-05-22T18:57:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by whatami \* > \*\*That’s becuase you aren’t worth their time. > > Fortunately, I have ample amounts of spare time! > :wally \*\* unemployed and living with mom, huh? ---
**Author:** ![djf750](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ea666f/32.png) [@djf750](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/djf750)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-thing-about-the-matrix/175816/166 "2003-05-22T19:05:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dooku \* > \*\*As we all know, “much more prevalent” = no other form of communication exis----- > > You know what? Screw this. You choose not to use proper punctuation, I choose not to believe you. And what makes you think I would take the time to read your other posts in other threads? Get over yourself. > > I also choose to ignore you. \*\* Damn, I wasted post #666 on the new guy. If you are ignoring me, then why are you NOT ignoring me? Look doodoo, go fire up a big fat blunt and get in front of the tv set where you belong. And I have no idea what your first sentence means. But damn, you sure use proper punctuation. ---
**Author:** ![whatami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/85f322/32.png) [@whatami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whatami)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-thing-about-the-matrix/175816/167 "2003-05-22T19:10:47Z")
No. I’m not unemployed yet, though I do expect to get laid off in the next month or so. I wouldn’t have anything against living with my mom, though it’s a bit of a drive from here. I believe that what Dooku was implying is that you misinterprated his statement about writing being much more in the '60s. You seemed to think he was saying that the telephone wasn’t invented untill then. I’m not quite sure where you got that idea. ---
**Author:** ![djf750](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ea666f/32.png) [@djf750](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/djf750)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-thing-about-the-matrix/175816/168 "2003-05-22T19:12:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by whatami \* > \*\*That’s becuase you aren’t worth their time. > > Fortunately, I have ample amounts of spare time! > :wally \*\* Oh by the by genius, you spelled BECAUSE kinda funny. Go do the dishes for mom and then come back and lay into me. And be sure to capitalize! ---
**Author:** ![djf750](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ea666f/32.png) [@djf750](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/djf750)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-thing-about-the-matrix/175816/169 "2003-05-22T19:21:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by whatami \* > \*\*No. I’m not unemployed yet, though I do expect to get laid off in the next month or so. I wouldn’t have anything against living with my mom, though it’s a bit of a drive from here. > > I believe that what Dooku was implying is that you misinterprated his statement about writing being much more in the '60s. > > You seemed to think he was saying that the telephone wasn’t invented untill then. I’m not quite sure where you got that idea. \*\* I’m sorry about you getting laid off. I really am. And I believe you spelled MISINTERPRETED wrong. But no big deal. Because you capitalized. In the 60’s nobody wrote. We were running around naked high on acid burning down banks in Isla Vista (Santa Barbara). And why are you dumbass errr dookdook’s protector (sp?) anyway? (see how I cover myself if I’m not sure about the spelling of a word?) ---
**Author:** ![djf750](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ea666f/32.png) [@djf750](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/djf750)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-thing-about-the-matrix/175816/170 "2003-05-22T19:23:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by calm kiwi \* > \*\*I nearly didn’t read this thread but I am so glad I did. Funniest thing ever. 🙂 \*\* Thanks, and tell all your friends! ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-thing-about-the-matrix/175816/171 "2003-05-22T19:42:23Z")
Okay, now that we’ve hijacked the hijack of the hijack, can we please let this thread die now? ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Goo\_Fee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Doctor\_Goo\_Fee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Goo_Fee)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-thing-about-the-matrix/175816/172 "2003-05-22T19:51:41Z")
One more lonely voice in the wilderness crying out, “The Matrix” sucks! For crying out loud, it was a god-awful movie. Even if the Anti-Actor himself hadn’t appeared in it, it STILL would have reeked. ---
**Author:** ![djf750](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ea666f/32.png) [@djf750](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/djf750)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-thing-about-the-matrix/175816/173 "2003-05-22T20:04:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Miller \* > \*\*Okay, now that we’ve hijacked the hijack of the hijack, can we please let this thread die now? \*\* I KNEW you’d be back. Larry and Moe weren’t doing very well without you. And you spelled another word wrong. Psyche! ---
**Author:** ![djf750](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ea666f/32.png) [@djf750](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/djf750)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-thing-about-the-matrix/175816/174 "2003-05-22T20:20:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Doctor Goo Fee \* > \*\*One more lonely voice in the wilderness crying out, “The Matrix” sucks! For crying out loud, it was a god-awful movie. Even if the Anti-Actor himself hadn’t appeared in it, it STILL would have reeked. \*\* The OP was not about if it was good or bad. It was about young people who don’t like it now simply because it got so popular. But the writer of the OP didn’t capitalize, so nobody understood or cared or some bullshit even though most of them misspell (sp?) and have funny internet type names that are not capitalized. By the way, are you talking about the first Matrix or the one that just came out? ---
**Author:** ![djf750](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ea666f/32.png) [@djf750](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/djf750)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-thing-about-the-matrix/175816/175 "2003-05-22T20:36:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Miller \* > \*\*Okay, now that we’ve hijacked the hijack of the hijack, can we please let this thread die now? \*\* Wait, I screwed up. I meant to say Larry and CURLY weren’t doing well without you. Moe was stupid AND mean. Right miller? ---
**Author:** ![lezlers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/258eb7/32.png) [@lezlers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lezlers)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-thing-about-the-matrix/175816/176 "2003-05-22T21:10:26Z")
Well hot damn. Thanks for the entertainment guys. I hadn’t wanted to open this thread for awhile because I didn’t want to get into all of the Matrix hoopla (although I love the movie, the second not as well as the first, however) and with the bottom of each page thought to myself “you’ve _got_ to be kidding me, this _entire_ thread is about this bullshit capitilization argument??” **Miller** , I think we may have argued in the past about some driving thing on a different thread, but after reading this one? I think you’re swell. You come up to Napa and I’ll take ya wine tasting. And **djf750** : If you are in fact the age you say you are, that makes me really sad. My 9 month old nephew has more maturity than you. Going on a “capitilization strike” to make some lame ass point because of comments someone made to another poster? I have no words. Except these: grow the fuck up and learn how to communicate effectively. Do you throw full on foot stompin’ temper tantrums when you don’t get your way at home? Do your wife (I pity the woman who’s married to you) have to give you a time out when you get upset? Okay, now I’m done. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![djf750](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ea666f/32.png) [@djf750](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/djf750)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-thing-about-the-matrix/175816/177 "2003-05-22T21:26:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lezlers \* > \*\* > > \*\* Do your wife (I pity the woman who’s married to you) have to give you a time out when you get upset? > > \*\* Ok, cmon. Really you guys. Am I on CANDID CAMERA? (or PUNK’D for you hip young posters) Are you all deliberately (sp?) fucking up these posts as a joke? If so…BRAVO. If not, this is beyond belief. ---
**Author:** ![djf750](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ea666f/32.png) [@djf750](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/djf750)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-thing-about-the-matrix/175816/178 "2003-05-22T21:30:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lezlers \* > \*\* > **Miller** , I think we may have argued in the past about some driving thing on a different thread, but after reading this one? I think you’re swell. You come up to Napa and I’ll take ya wine tasting. > > \*\* Oh by the way, my sister and brother-in-law are in the vino business up there also and my daughter and I are driving up this summer to see them. Can I stop by too? I don’t drink so I’ll just watch you and Miller get drunk and start fucking up the SPOKEN word too. ---
**Author:** ![Dryga\_Yes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/838e76/32.png) [@Dryga\_Yes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dryga_Yes)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-thing-about-the-matrix/175816/179 "2003-05-22T22:16:25Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by djf750 \* > \*\* I realize now that all of you:o :o :o :o :o were just trying to help so that I would have more credibility around here and everyone:) ☹ :o 😃 😉 😛 🆒 :rolleyes: :mad: :eek: 😕 ;j :dubious: would take my posts seriously and not dismiss me as a bufoon if I did not capitalize._\* this post just might win the internet. seriously, you’re in a message board full of little {{{{{e-hugs}}}}}, people with usernames like “anal scurvy” or “moronosaurus rex”, catchphrases like OG SMASH and Hi Opal!, and above all those ridicolous little smiley images… ( :smack: ) …and you complain that a lack of capitalization makes you hard to take seriously. I mean, _damn_. ---
**Author:** ![lezlers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/258eb7/32.png) [@lezlers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lezlers)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-thing-about-the-matrix/175816/180 "2003-05-22T22:34:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by djf750 \* > \*\*Oh by the way, my sister and brother-in-law are in the vino business up there also and my daughter and I are driving up this summer to see them. > > Can I stop by too? I don’t drink so I’ll just watch you and Miller get drunk and start fucking up the SPOKEN word too. \*\* Yeah, let me know when you’re coming so I can make it a point to be visiting friends in the South Bay that weekend. :rolleyes: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-thing-about-the-matrix/175816.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-thing-about-the-matrix/175816.md?page=10)