What the hell is red pill, blue pill, and other nonsense terms you Americans come up with?

[Honeysuckle12345]

I'm European... dumb terms like these don't really exist among Europeans

[abc3643]

Yes, it's bullshit, but it comes from this scene in the 1999 film "The Matrix".
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_pill_and_blue_pill

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zE7PKRjrid4

Taking the blue pill means that you are not seeing reality as it is, but have a deluded vision of it.
Taking the red pill means that you have selected to see reality like it really is.

Unfortunately, most people who believe they have taken the red pill have actually taken a pill so blue, it's ultraviolet. Idiots in the manosphere are good examples of those who claim to have taken the blue pill but, instead, want to live in a fantasy reality in which they can be unencumbered assholes... you know, like teenage boys, but never grow out of it.

[EricSummer]

As a European, I like U. S. science fiction, though its best time was in the 1950s or even earlier. Matrix was great, though, excepting only the recent fourth part. It's a pity that misogynists robbed this pill analogy for their own nonsense.

[ShesRad80]

most people buy into stupidity these days i noticed with labels and trends and all that jazz. i have no idea what it is for or means-- i work in healthcare the blue pill i know is for erectile dysfunction and red pill ferrous sulphate. but yeah then there is the matrix reference still not into it. i dont subscribe to trends.

[Bilboes]

What do you expect from a country where flat-earthers are starting to become popular?

[Billlewis]

@Bilboes Well said, Goddess!

[love_conquers_lust]

It originated from The Matrix. It is just bull shit for another identity group euphemism. Red Pill are the guys who are assholes insulting and treating girls like shit lowering their self esteem to get them to fuck them. Blue Pill are dudes who are relentless “nice” guys who “simp” for women. A woman’s happiness is their top priority, ironically it repels them, including their own spouses. Purple Pill is I guess more balanced. I guess there’s black pill, rainbow pill, whatever etc. A whole fucking bag of pills, enough for a drug addict on Halloween.

You can again unduly bitch about American men and culture like you have in other posts, but other cultures have the same thing. Yes, it’s annoying to learn unnecessary information, but it’s kind of telling how humans really are more similar and connected than we realize.

[NamerOfStars]

They're from this thing that's called a "movie".

Perhaps you shouldn't be criticizing something as "dumb" without knowing what it is.

[Anonymous]

because those are dumb terms it's suppose to mean "not fall into the matrix" like the hollywood movie the matrix with their blue pill red pill bullshit but these mgtow incel millennial and gen z jackasses take it to a whole new asinine extreme level of women are bad guys are good nonsense seeing women and the government and feminism as evil and take the red pill as in to fight against it

[noohair]

My issue with europeans is their arrogance. That line is from, The Matrix. I guess you europeans my be effete, but you don't seen to get out much. And if your are hear, I am sure that you are free to go home to your tiny countries and repeting wars.

[artgorgeous]

And there is also a black pill - the worst of the reality.

[shortster]

It is a Matrix reference. The blue pill is living a deceived life in the matrix and the red pill is waking up to reality.

[LiamJHayden]

It is from the movie The Matrix.

[LiamJHayden]

The Red Pill is the idea of seeing reality. The Blue Pill is the idea of staying oblivious.

[Jmmmfi4]

From the matrix movie