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[–] Yaky@slrpnk.net 1 points 3 days ago

IIRC this was partially elaborated on in Matrix 4, where

spoilermachines harness the psychological stress/torture of Neo and Trinity by putting them in a situation where their lives are entirely different, yet they occasionally interact and subconsciously remember each other.

It's the Misery Nexus we were warned about.