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Generally, the [[bluepill|blue pill]] refers to the denial of uncomfortable truths, the [[redpill|red pill]] refers to the revelation of an uncomfortable truth  (in analogy to the film The Matrix), and the black pill refers to an uncomfortable truth with particularly dire or fatalistic implications. The term blackpill was first used by a blog commenter named [[Paragon]] as described in the [[#Original definition|"Original definition" section below]]. In the [[manosphere]], the three pills are more narrowly concerned with social and romantic life, and the represent different tribes or ideologies with differing views on issues like the importance of looks in dating. The three tribes can be summarized as follows (adapted from the BlackPillScience subreddit<ref>https://reddit.com/r/blackpillscience</ref>):

Both redpill and blackpill acknowledge the importance of looks, dominance etc. for dating, but the redpill claims that one can largely control one's own social and romantic success using this knowledge (internal locus of control), whereas the blackpill assumes one cannot, or at least it emphasizes that for some men there is no help. The dating blackpill can be seen as a counterweight to the prevalent and bluepilled assumption that poor social and romantic life are mostly [[Libertarianism|people's own fault]].