The Top 8 Differences
Between the Internet and the Matrix

8> Newer versions of the Internet are better than previous ones.

7> People in the Matrix dress much cooler than people on the Internet.

6> Thanks to the F5 key, “reloading” is a lot less complicated on the Internet.

5> Most people in the Matrix don’t know about the real world, while most people who use the Internet…uh, never mind.

4> The Matrix: hot girls in leather talk to computer geeks. The Internet: hot girls in leather talk to computer geeks for $2.99 a minute.

3> The closest that the Internet has come to enslaving the human race is through World of Warcraft.

2> To access the Internet we have to deal with ISP tech support, while those lucky bastards in the Matrix just need to have a sharp probe jammed into their skulls.

and the Number 1 Difference Between the Internet and the Matrix…

1> In the Matrix, you take the blue pill to return to a world of blissful ignorance. On the Internet, you buy blue pills to get an erection.

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Credits:

Selected from 15 submissions from 5 contributors.
This week’s list authors are:

Bill Livingston, Decatur, AL — 1, 4, 6 (Hat trick!)
Matt Van Opens, Watertown, WI — 2, 3
James Knowles, Bellingham, WA — 3, 4
Brandon Hunt, Braintree, MA — 5, 7, 8 (Hat trick!)
Douglas Frank, Crosby, TX — Topic
Kim Moser, New York, NY — List Moderator