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==Criticism== | ==Criticism== | ||
Some have said that the blackpill specifically cherry-picks discouraging studies on dating, leaving a skewed version of the world. Some also accuse blackpillers of sadism and sociopathy, foisting their suicideality on others by encouraging a culture of hopelessness. | Some have said that the blackpill specifically cherry-picks discouraging studies on dating, leaving a skewed version of the world. Some also accuse blackpillers of sadism and sociopathy, foisting their suicideality on others by encouraging a culture of hopelessness. | ||
Another common criticism is that discouraging scientific studies are used as a smokescreen for an underlying philosophy of exterminism of incels. | |||
There are also those who do not like the baggage associated with the term. Due to the original definition of the term having an origin in [[biological essentialism]], those 'blackpilled' in the modern sense, but opposed to [[biological essentialism]] may prefer the term 'sexual realism' to 'blackpill'. | There are also those who do not like the baggage associated with the term. Due to the original definition of the term having an origin in [[biological essentialism]], those 'blackpilled' in the modern sense, but opposed to [[biological essentialism]] may prefer the term 'sexual realism' to 'blackpill'. | ||