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[ex_spins462]

A little fun for the unplugged among us. Name one thing from your Matrix and other people can say if they heard of it in theirs. Maybe find a little common ground.

I'll start: New York City.

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[ex_spins462]

Don't mistake this for nostalgia. Getting an idea of what similarities or differences to expect from the Matrixes is going to be useful for anyone planning on entering them.

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[unwrit]

[Oh. Well.]

You'd think they'd already have a list of those started.

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[ex_spins462]

Sure, but I don't.

Think of it like an icebreaker.

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[unwrit]

Great.

I'm not going back in. So I think I'll skip it.

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[ex_spins462]

Feeling shy about the details of your world? You do know none of that stuff was real, right?

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[unwrit]

Yeah, I think I heard a little bit about that. But thanks for the tip.

And it's not shyness.

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[ex_spins462]

Good old fashioned paranoia?

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[unwrit]

Paranoia is a lot of work.

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[ex_spins462]

Working hard nets results.

So you're not shy, or paranoid... maybe you have something to hide?

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[unwrit]

Before you starting inventing something, the real reason is, I'm just not that interesting.

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[ex_spins462]

You were the only person who didn't immediately play along. That makes you pretty interesting.

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[unwrit]

Okay. I'm not that interesting, and I hate games.

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[ex_spins462]

I thought everyone liked games. Not even Ludo?

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[unwrit]

Not even Ludo.

Card games. I like card games. That's about it.

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[ex_spins462]

Poker?

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[unwrit]

Sure. And others.

[A beat. Lest he seem too much of a joiner:]

Solitaire.

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[ex_spins462]

Only grandmothers and jailbirds play solitaire.

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[unwrit]

That's not even close to being true.

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[ex_spins462]

100% factual. Which are you?

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[unwrit]

Neither. I'm neither.

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[ex_spins462]

Do you bake? Knit? Ever killed a guy?

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[unwrit]

You must have had a really interesting grandmother.

[Mentally adding back in the Matrix, since. You know. Grandmothers weren't real either.]

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[ex_spins462]

Maybe I just know some homebody criminals.

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[unwrit]

That one seems more likely.

I'm not one of those either.