# Oh Shit I Took Both Pills Oh Shit I Took Both Pills is an image macro using a seated man staring at the red and blue pills from The Matrix, captioned "oh shit I took both pills now I'm stuck in X," with the X slot filled by a city or video game screen. The format began on a Facebook meme page in September 2021 and went viral in late December through Twitter and Instagram remixes. By early January 2022, the trashcanpaul Instagram edit had passed 127,800 likes. ## Origin The format first appeared on September 26, 2021, when the Facebook page Reading-Berks Hotdog Society posted the original macro, a two-panel edit using Reading, Pennsylvania in the bottom slot[2]. Within one week the post collected around 350 reactions and 951 shares[4]. Timing lined up with promotion for The Matrix Resurrections, which arrived in theaters that December[4]. - **Platform:** Facebook (origin) / Twitter / Instagram (viral spread) - **Creator:** Reading-Berks Hotdog Society (Facebook page) - **Date:** 2021 ## Overview The template works as a two-panel image macro. The top image shows a seated man, borrowed from the earlier "I Shoulda Never Smoked That Shit" format, staring at an outstretched hand holding both the red and blue pills from The Matrix. Underneath sits whatever place or scene the poster claims to be stuck in[2]. Edits swap the lower panel for photos of specific cities, album covers, video game screenshots, or any location worth joking about being trapped inside[4]. Tone tends toward self-deprecating regret about one's hometown or a disliked video game, played against The Matrix's choice-between-realities setup by picking neither[1]. The gag inverts Morpheus's offer: instead of waking up or staying asleep, the character botches the dose and ends up in a mundane purgatory. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Oh Shit I Took Both Pills? An exploitable image macro that stacks the red and blue Matrix pills over a bottom panel showing wherever the poster is "stuck in," with the caption "oh shit I took both pills now I'm stuck in X"[4]. ### Where did Oh Shit I Took Both Pills come from? The Facebook page Reading-Berks Hotdog Society posted the first version on September 26, 2021, using a photo of Reading, Pennsylvania[2]. ### What does Oh Shit I Took Both Pills mean? It flips Morpheus's choice from The Matrix: by taking both pills, the character ends up stranded somewhere mundane like their hometown or an unwelcome video game[1]. ### How do you use Oh Shit I Took Both Pills? Keep the top panel with the seated man and the Matrix pills, then drop in an image of the place or scene you are joking about being stuck in, like a city or a game screen[7]. ### Is Oh Shit I Took Both Pills still popular? The template peaked in late December 2021 and early January 2022 and still gets occasional revivals through city and video game variants[8]. ## References 1. [https://twitter.com/ZOMBIESHARK38/status/1475503475542872067]() 2. [https://www.facebook.com/ReadingBerksHotdogWater/photos/a.115343763339433/466984978175308/]() 3. [https://twitter.com/arika_dar/status/1476471088091742210]() 4. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/oh-shit-i-took-both-pills]() 5. [https://www.instagram.com/p/CYCYS-RI3pc/]() 6. [https://www.instagram.com/p/CYG_kSboR_Q/]() 7. [https://www.instagram.com/p/CYJmnQCgW0G/]() 8. [https://www.facebook.com/300679210012821/posts/4892519014162128]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/oh-shit-i-took-both-pills Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library