Pills for perception of reality
Pills for perception of reality is an idea popularized in the Matrix movies and used extensively online, particularly among incels and other extremist communities.[1]
Its origins are probably in the Alice in Wonderland story by Lewis Carroll, where reality is changed by the foods and drinks that Alice consumes.
Their meanings continue to evolve and sometimes are used in creative ways. Sometimes writers will say to reject pills because they are being offered by a nefarious third party, as in, "Do not allow yourself to be black pilled after this setback," which means do not become discouraged or take all the doom and gloom to heart.
Types[edit | edit source]
- Red pill - accept an unsettling new reality
- Blue pill - stick with comfortable status quo which may be an illusion
- Purple pill - compromise between red and blue
- Black pill - hopeless situation, stop trying
- Pink pill - female red pill
- White pill - finding optimism and comfort in new reality
- Green pill - environmentalism
- Bread pill - traditional Christian values or Anarcho-communism, depending on context
- Siege pill - embracing right wing violence
- Rape pill - rape
- Iron pill - working out to prepare for race war