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[–]WoodyWoodPecker 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

They tried to blackpill me.

[–]Titanic[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

What does that mean?

[–]weavilsatemyface 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It comes from the "take the red pill or the blue pill" scene from The Matrix. If you take the blue pill, you remain in a state of blissful ignorance. If you take the red pill, you become aware of the unsettling reality.

If you "take the black pill", you learn the unsettling reality but also that there is no hope for change or improvement. It originally comes from Incel subculture,