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raccoon

(31,119 posts) Fri Jul 26, 2019, 10:34 AM Jul 2019

I just learned what the red pill and the blue pill mean.

I learned it from the Internet of course, where else do I learn anything?

Anyway, the red pill means you want to see the truth and to be an active citizen who is dismayed, I mean, cares about, the direction the country is going. The blue pill means you are content to be a slave. You decide to love Big Brother. (You might define them somewhat differently, but I guess you follow my general idea.)

OK, I’m just saying it would’ve been easier if they did the pills the opposite way. For instance when we say a state is red, it means it is full of people who are conservative, intolerant, and accept everything the dotard throws out to or at them. If an area is blue, that means those people are progressive and willing to stand up for Social Justice. Or at the very least, care about it.

It just would be easier for me to remember the terms if they had done it the other way. LOL.

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I just learned what the red pill and the blue pill mean. (Original Post) raccoon Jul 2019 OP

hmmmm, I thought the blue pill had something to do with viagra still_one Jul 2019 #1

The OP says the blue pill makes you content to be a slave ... JustABozoOnThisBus Jul 2019 #15

I thought one pill makes you larger and one pill makes you small? Dennis Donovan Jul 2019 #2

And the pill Mother gives you, doesn't do anything at all. Delmette2.0 Jul 2019 #16

You and Dennis Donovan beat me to it. Different Drummer Jul 2019 #24

For those who don't know, it's a reference to the movie The Matrix Amishman Jul 2019 #3

I use it similar to definition given in OP. triron Jul 2019 #5

Yep. It was also misappropriated by incels. backscatter712 Jul 2019 #13

Watched it again recently. I think they chose the colors to avoid controversy underpants Jul 2019 #4

nope that came from the 2000 election qazplm135 Jul 2019 #7

😁 underpants Jul 2019 #19

the Red for Rethugs and Blue for Dems was not etched in stone until the 2000 election Celerity Jul 2019 #10

Thanks underpants Jul 2019 #18

yw! Celerity Jul 2019 #21

Or just reflexive color-associations: Red: hot, risky, "devilish"; blue: calm, restful, cool, etc. VOX Jul 2019 #12

To the artist, red represents action and blue represents pacivity pecosbob Jul 2019 #6

It's from the movie "Matrix". DetlefK Jul 2019 #8

They're pills that make one's eyes roll automatically upon their mere mention. Tommy_Carcetti Jul 2019 #9

Lol. cwydro Jul 2019 #22

"blue pills" that are fake painkillers killed 4 people in 24 hours: real news story yesterday: Liberty Belle Jul 2019 #11

Anybody who buys "pills" willy-nilly on the street or cwydro Jul 2019 #23

this pill business is from "the matrix" by way of "kekistan" rampartc Jul 2019 #14

It's a trope of conspiracy theorists of all stripes jmowreader Jul 2019 #17

Here, spend 35 seconds of your life on this jberryhill Jul 2019 #20

still_one

(92,382 posts)

1. hmmmm, I thought the blue pill had something to do with viagra

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Fri Jul 26, 2019, 10:36 AM

Jul 2019

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,364 posts)

15. The OP says the blue pill makes you content to be a slave ...

Reply to still_one (Reply #1)

Fri Jul 26, 2019, 11:10 AM

Jul 2019

... to your other brain.

Dennis Donovan

(18,770 posts)

2. I thought one pill makes you larger and one pill makes you small?

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Fri Jul 26, 2019, 10:38 AM

Jul 2019

Don't ask me, I'm 10 feet tall.

Delmette2.0

(4,169 posts)

16. And the pill Mother gives you, doesn't do anything at all.

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Reply #2)

Fri Jul 26, 2019, 11:14 AM

Jul 2019

Different Drummer

(7,642 posts)

24. You and Dennis Donovan beat me to it.

Reply to Delmette2.0 (Reply #16)

Fri Jul 26, 2019, 11:37 AM

Jul 2019

Amishman

(5,559 posts)

3. For those who don't know, it's a reference to the movie The Matrix

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Fri Jul 26, 2019, 10:38 AM

Jul 2019

And is used by the far right as a euphemism for someone abruptly embracing right-wing conservatism

triron

(22,020 posts)

5. I use it similar to definition given in OP.

Reply to Amishman (Reply #3)

Fri Jul 26, 2019, 10:43 AM

Jul 2019

I think Rachel Maddow has 'taken the red pill'. OTOH most of media has done otherwise.

backscatter712

(26,355 posts)

13. Yep. It was also misappropriated by incels.

Reply to Amishman (Reply #3)

Fri Jul 26, 2019, 11:04 AM

Jul 2019

They suggested that "taking the red pill" is realizing all the misogynistic, poisonous "truth" they spread in their creepy web hangouts.

underpants

(182,877 posts)

4. Watched it again recently. I think they chose the colors to avoid controversy

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Fri Jul 26, 2019, 10:40 AM

Jul 2019

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In came out in 1999 so red/blue might have already been in our lexicon. Maybe they just picked one and went with it.

qazplm135

(7,447 posts)

7. nope that came from the 2000 election

Reply to underpants (Reply #4)

Fri Jul 26, 2019, 10:49 AM

Jul 2019

and was coined by Tim Russert during that election.

So, the movie, written before that election would have not had any relation to politics. They just picked two colors.

underpants

(182,877 posts)

19. 😁

Reply to qazplm135 (Reply #7)

Fri Jul 26, 2019, 11:20 AM

Jul 2019

Celerity

(43,497 posts)

10. the Red for Rethugs and Blue for Dems was not etched in stone until the 2000 election

Reply to underpants (Reply #4)

Fri Jul 26, 2019, 10:59 AM

Jul 2019

It also is reversed from a lot of the rest of the world, where Red is usually Left (think Labour) and Blue is oft-times RW/Conservatism (think Tories).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_states_and_blue_states#Origins_of_the_color_scheme

underpants

(182,877 posts)

18. Thanks

Reply to Celerity (Reply #10)

Fri Jul 26, 2019, 11:20 AM

Jul 2019

Celerity

(43,497 posts)

21. yw!

Reply to underpants (Reply #18)

Fri Jul 26, 2019, 11:30 AM

Jul 2019

VOX

(22,976 posts)

12. Or just reflexive color-associations: Red: hot, risky, "devilish"; blue: calm, restful, cool, etc.

Reply to underpants (Reply #4)

Fri Jul 26, 2019, 11:03 AM

Jul 2019

Just a guess.

pecosbob

(7,543 posts)

6. To the artist, red represents action and blue represents pacivity

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Fri Jul 26, 2019, 10:49 AM

Jul 2019

warm and cool, hot and cold, advancing or retiring

DetlefK

(16,423 posts)

8. It's from the movie "Matrix".

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Fri Jul 26, 2019, 10:52 AM

Jul 2019

Morpheus wants to recruit Neo and offers him two pills:
Take the blue pill and you will forget that this meeting ever happened. You will wake up in your bed, believing whatever you want to believe.
Take the red pill, and he will show you how deep the rabbit-hole really goes.

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,198 posts)

9. They're pills that make one's eyes roll automatically upon their mere mention.

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Fri Jul 26, 2019, 10:55 AM

Jul 2019

Due to containing high levels of pseudo-intellectualism.

cwydro

(51,308 posts)

22. Lol.

Reply to Tommy_Carcetti (Reply #9)

Fri Jul 26, 2019, 11:33 AM

Jul 2019

This.

Liberty Belle

(9,535 posts)

11. "blue pills" that are fake painkillers killed 4 people in 24 hours: real news story yesterday:

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Fri Jul 26, 2019, 11:00 AM

Jul 2019

This was in the San Diego area but maybe these are being sold more widely -- please warn anybody who thinks taking "blue pills" also known as M-30s on the street how deadly they are; this prompted a warning from the Sheriff to al media here yesterday:
https://www.eastcountymagazine.org/sheriff-warns-dangerous-blue-%E2%80%9Cm-30%E2%80%9D-pills-after-four-overdose-deaths-past-24-hours

cwydro

(51,308 posts)

23. Anybody who buys "pills" willy-nilly on the street or

Reply to Liberty Belle (Reply #11)

Fri Jul 26, 2019, 11:35 AM

Jul 2019

from anyone but a doctor is an idiot.

rampartc

(5,435 posts)

14. this pill business is from "the matrix" by way of "kekistan"

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Fri Jul 26, 2019, 11:07 AM

Jul 2019

which you really should google, as this all relates to deplorables who regard pepe the frog as god as trump as pepe's embodiment.

you will be no more informed or educated, but you will begin to realize exactly what we are dealing with.

jmowreader

(50,562 posts)

17. It's a trope of conspiracy theorists of all stripes

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Fri Jul 26, 2019, 11:15 AM

Jul 2019

You see it a lot in the “no license required to drive” and “secret account” groups. Taking the red pill means signing on to whatever crap they’re peddling. Taking the blue pill means not “doing your own research” and allowing the government to continue to control your life.

I bought The Matrix from the $5 rack at Big Lots and watched it sober. This is definitely a movie that calls for strong drink to keep you from the truth, which is that The Matrix is the silliest movie ever made.

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)

20. Here, spend 35 seconds of your life on this

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Fri Jul 26, 2019, 11:29 AM

Jul 2019

This is the scene from The Matrix to which the red/blue pill thing is a reference?

The colors have nothing to do with politics.

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