I’m not hip to the lingo
These terms are usually used when talking about the dating scene and they originate from the movie Matrix where taking the blue pills means you’ll stay blissfully ignorant where as red pill means seeing the hars reality of the world. In dating contex this usually means the idea that women only want rich and high status men who are over 6 feet tall, muscular and have a huge dick and if you want a quality mate you need to achieve these things one way or another.
Black pill just takes this one step further. It’s basically like going from determinism to fatalism meaning that since you didn’t win the genetic lottery there’s nothing you can do about it so just accept the fact that this is going to be your life untill you die.
AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 1 month ago
Having lost hope of things improving and surrendered to despair.
Cryophilia@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Well that doesn’t sound useful at all. How boring.
Anyolduser@lemmynsfw.com 1 month ago
It is, but teenagers and the emotionally stunted fall into it so they can feel superior.
It’s basically a diet conspiracy theory. It lets adherents think they’re special and have figured something out that regular people didn’t. That’s a lot more comforting than realizing they’re just regular people because they aren’t mature enough to see obscurity as a good thing.
Carrolade@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Yeah, not particularly fun, either. Would be very convenient if you were looking for an excuse to never bother with anything though.
doggle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
Yeah, it’s a pretty deep pit of depression. I suspect most people who consider themselves blackpilled are clinically depressed. Not at all useful. But then again, neither is being judgmental of them.