red pill
Something that, in the view of the speaker or writer, enables or compels a person to…Something that, in the view of the speaker or writer, enables or compels a person to overcome illusion and perceive harsher reality.
» Take two of these red pills.
Nimm zwei von diesen roten Tabletten.
Nehmen Sie zwei von diesen roten Tabletten.
Nehmt zwei von diesen roten Tabletten.
Meaning
4 senses(informal)Something that, in the view of the speaker or writer, enables or compels a person to overcome illusion and perceive harsher reality.
(slang)Something that causes someone to believe in gynocentrism in modern society.
(broadly, slang)The subculture of men who share a belief in the gynocentrism of modern society; manosphere.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see red, pill.
Examples
4 sentencesTake two of these red pills.
deNimm zwei von diesen roten Tabletten. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Will you take the red pill or the blue pill?
ruТы примешь красную таблетку или синюю? — Selena777
deNimmst du die rote Tablette oder die blaue? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
The researcher said that taking the red pill would send him to another universe.
"Will you take the red pill or the blue pill?" "I think I'll just go home."
ru«Ты возьмёшь красную таблетку или синюю?» — «Думаю, я просто пойду домой». — Wezzel
de„Nimmst du die rote oder die blaue Pille?“ – „Ich glaube, ich gehe einfach nach Hause.“ — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Origin
From a scene in the film The Matrix (1999), where the main character, who lives in a virtuFrom a scene in the film The Matrix (1999), where the main character, who lives in a virtual world known as the Matrix, is given a choice between a red pill that will allow him to learn the truth about the Matrix and a blue pill that will return him to his simulated life.
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