Comments on: Red pill, blue pill

By: Chloe

Chloe — Sun, 08 May 2011 02:25:11 +0000

As always, Phil, you make the pertinent points and ask the pertinent questions. The question is timely because Alicia and I have been engaged in deep discussions today. I told her that I am happier now than at any previous time in my life. This is a mind boggling thing both to feel and to say. She asked me how I got here; and the answer is complex. Assuming I don’t emotionally fall flat on my face in the next few weeks, I shall address the issue in more detail soon.

By: Phil

Phil — Sun, 08 May 2011 00:47:24 +0000

“To me, boredom is a worse fate than unhappiness.”

Dear Chloe, when you were bored you wouldn’t be happy.

And if you were happy, you wouldn’t be bored.

What picture do you have of “happiness”?

By: Chloe

Chloe — Wed, 04 May 2011 16:23:47 +0000

@Annabelle: I agree. It does not seem unreasonable to take the blue pill, and thereby achieve greater happiness. Cypher’s feelings are quite understandable. However, I know that it is not for me.

Is a state of continuous happiness actually desirable? Or would it constitute a singularly boring state of affairs? To me, boredom is a worse fate than unhappiness. It is more important for me to be true to myself and authentic than to be happy; (though I am not saying these are mutually exclusive).

By: Annabelle

Annabelle — Wed, 04 May 2011 04:24:57 +0000

“Why oh why didn’t I take the blue pill?” -Cypher

Once I take the red pill, as I know I would, will I regret it? Will I think “Why couldn’t I have taken the blue pill? Why couldn’t I have turned my back on it all and forgotten that feeling that something wasn’t right?”

It is an interesting question, one I’ve always asked in regard to the Matrix. Going through life knowing there is just something off…I would have to take the red pill, just so I could go down the rabbit hole.

By: Sophie

Sophie — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 09:45:25 +0000

It’s weird, going back and reading this post I can remember how I felt then, the thought of living without BIID was completely foreign to me. I’d rather not go into details at the moment but the idea of living without BIID feels a little more feasible now.

By: Marie

Marie — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 04:47:15 +0000

Depends on the day for me and how bad the sounds are.

Red is such a nice colour but it means a whole new set of problems.

Blue is also a nice colour and means liberation of sorts. I would like to take this blue one especially if it lessens my oversensitivity to sound.

By: Sophie

Sophie — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 03:41:29 +0000

I guess what makes the question even harder to answer is the fact that I can’t even imagine not being transabled…so it’s hard to say take the pill to get rid of the BIID when I can’t imagine myself being without it :(