Yes, here in the UK a "stoner" means much the same as it does in the US, but you get used to it after a while and for me it also conjured up thoughts of Rock Music, which IS cool - Heavy Metal is anyway. But you are still you, so it's your choice whether you want to change it or not. AS, "The Matrix"??? Oh... Funny, I thought it was a reference to MIB, tut tut tut, and there I was picuring this cool dude in a dark suit and black shades - pity.

Measure your mind's height
by the shade it casts.
Robert Browning (Paracelsus)

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