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Red vs Blue Pill with Vote Arrows and Counts

An edited image remixing the iconic 'red pill vs blue pill' scene from the 1999 film 'The Matrix'. The image shows two open palms: the left hand holds a red pill with an overlay of '↑ 69 ↓' (upvote/downvote count), the right hand holds a blue pill with '↑ 67 ↓', and a top overlay shows '↑ 68 ↓'. The edit humorously replaces the original choice between truth (red pill) and ignorance (blue pill) with a voting/like metric scenario, satirizing online upvote culture.
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Red pill (↑ 69 ↓) vs Blue pill (↑ 67 ↓) with top count (↑ 68 ↓)

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An edited image remixing the iconic 'red pill vs blue pill' scene from the 1999 film 'The Matrix'. The image shows two open palms: the left hand holds a red pill with an overlay of '↑ 69 ↓' (upvote/downvote count), the right hand holds a blue pill with '↑ 67 ↓', and a top overlay shows '↑ 68 ↓'. The edit humorously replaces the original choice between truth (red pill) and ignorance (blue pill) with a voting/like metric scenario, satirizing online upvote culture.

Origin notes

This meme is a remix of the famous scene from 'The Matrix' where Morpheus offers Neo a red pill and a blue pill. The original screenshot has been edited to add upvote/downvote arrows and numerical counts (67, 68, 69), likely created using image editing software like Photoshop. Such edits are commonly shared on social media platforms like Reddit, Twitter/X, or Instagram to humorously comment on online voting, choices, or popularity contests. The author is not visible, indicating it's a user-created remix without explicit attribution.

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