Matrix will sadly never be a thing, much like XMPP never really became a thing (well, it was a thing until google pulled a play from the 90-00s era Microsoft of Embrace, Extend, Extinguish). And each of those tried to replace IRC which still works and is perfectly fine.
Okay, so imagine we have alternate universes and timelines. One timeline has giant squid as the apex predator and sapient planet-wide species, and the other velocirators. If there was a multiverse rift that allowed the two to meet and fight in a war, who do think would win and why?
Passed a literature class exam this way once. Didn't read the book at all. Just listened in class. Building associations and connections in the test content and applying some deductive reasoning works way better than teachers think.
You're not my parent, you can't tell me what to do! If I want to drink a thimble full of Satan's burning pee, by golly I will!