enlightened; aware of the nature of the universe. Is a reference to The Matrix (blue pill or red pill)
by Sheut February 1, 2014
The red pill is largely a reference to psychedelics in a scene from the movie "The Matrix". In that scene Morpheus says:
"You take the blue pill - the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill - you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit-hole goes."
Psychedelics, when properly used, help break down social constructs of the world and help people see it for what it really is. This is illustrated in the scene when Neo takes the red pill and he begins to hallucinate in a manner consistent with psychedelics. Soon he wakes up, and for the first time, sees the real world around him. He realizes that since birth he was actually living confined in a small life-sustaining pod among millions of other pods, in what is basically a farm for people created by and run by machines. This imagery parallels our reality as many come to realize, whether through psychedelics or other means, the dogma of everyday life, the lack of individuality, and realize how much control and influence society has over our lives.
(Note: Some recently, as of 2020, have falsely interpreted "the red pill" to be a reference to The Republican Party of the Unites States since that party is often represented by the color red. However, the term "the red pill" was commonly used in association with The Matrix long before, since 1999, when The Matrix was released.)
"You take the blue pill - the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill - you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit-hole goes."
Psychedelics, when properly used, help break down social constructs of the world and help people see it for what it really is. This is illustrated in the scene when Neo takes the red pill and he begins to hallucinate in a manner consistent with psychedelics. Soon he wakes up, and for the first time, sees the real world around him. He realizes that since birth he was actually living confined in a small life-sustaining pod among millions of other pods, in what is basically a farm for people created by and run by machines. This imagery parallels our reality as many come to realize, whether through psychedelics or other means, the dogma of everyday life, the lack of individuality, and realize how much control and influence society has over our lives.
(Note: Some recently, as of 2020, have falsely interpreted "the red pill" to be a reference to The Republican Party of the Unites States since that party is often represented by the color red. However, the term "the red pill" was commonly used in association with The Matrix long before, since 1999, when The Matrix was released.)
by DevonGates July 11, 2020
by spotlight ah moonlight ah August 27, 2022
The red pill and its opposite, the blue pill, are a popular cultural meme, a metaphor representing the choice between: Red Pill: A life of harsh knowledge, desperate freedom, and the brutal truths of reality. Blue Pill: A life of luxurious security, tranquil happiness, and the blissful ignorance of illusion. It probably originates from the movie "Matrix".
The Matrix's red pill of truth has long been a symbol for the online misogynists of the men's-rights movement.
by NTGRX April 24, 2019
While it once used to mean learning the "harsh" truth, as far as anyone could determine what "truth" means, Red Pilled now represents a group of people who have opened their minds to conspiracy theories so far that their brains have fallen out. Red Pilled individuals belive that actual "lizard people" roam the "Flat-Earth" and are actively spreading scientific lies, while simultaneously believing the terms 'Alpha and 'Beta' actually apply to human beings, and that Soy is somehow making men less "manly"; all of this without a shred of credible evidence.
by FuckCap February 26, 2021
A movement for pathetic men to feel special about themselves. The idea itself comes from the matrix, where in the film taking the red pill means that you see the reality of life no matter how painful it is. In recent years a lot of internet personas (such as professional douchebag Andrew Tate) have used this philosophy as a cash cow to take advantage of the waves of fatherless virgins that make up the fanbase of red pill preachers. They often speak to their fanbase by claiming that by following their teachings, they will gain the successes they desire. The irony is that there's a rather obvious disconnect between the preachers and the followers of the red pill philosophy, to the point where it becomes painfully obvious to those not indoctrinated that it's a load of bologna used by those who preach this ideology in order to sell bogus online courses to their fans. Most often these courses will supposedly detail how to get money or get women to like you. However, if these losers actually wanted these things they'd be thinking for themselves (another irony, since red pill also encourages free thought) and wouldn't need advice from these scumbags. TLDR a movement for losers adopted by scammers to take advantage of said losers
"Bro Malcolm is such a loser. I hear he's one of those incels who watches that Andrew Tate guy."
"Ikr. What a red pill bootlicker"
"Ikr. What a red pill bootlicker"
by Suckmytoes_77 October 1, 2023
Part of a trace program. It's designed to disrupt your input/output signal so your location can be pin-pointed.
by DrAlbertHofmann January 21, 2005