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Redpill was a community of 'involuntary celibates', who were bad with women, and reacted to it with women hate, claiming that they were woke and saw women as manipulative. It took off, had a strong number of supporters.

Blackpill is a derogatory term for a similar pattern - people who are bad at something and respond by being 'woke' and dismissive.

I suppose the classic English term is "sour grapes".



Redpill is a much older concept than recent incel usage. It has been around online as idea of revealing the true nature of something for a long time.


Yes, but a quick internet search will highlight only the incel community. Much like how "meme" has evolved in meaning.


A quick internet search will show you lots of dumb and incorrect things. It's a bad idea to define concepts based on what a quick internet search shows you.




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