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But while redpillers believe men can [[Work on Yourself|improve]] their dating situation through various [[PUA|social manipulation]] tricks and [[bodybuilding]] (internal [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locus_of_control locus of control]), blackpillers believe men's dating issues are mostly systemic and predetermined (external locus of control). | But while redpillers believe men can [[Work on Yourself|improve]] their dating situation through various [[PUA|social manipulation]] tricks and [[bodybuilding]] (internal [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locus_of_control locus of control]), blackpillers believe men's dating issues are mostly systemic and predetermined (external locus of control). | ||
Not all incels are blackpillers and [[noncel blackpiller|not all blackpillers are incels]]. The media often conflate the two. | Not all incels are blackpillers and [[noncel blackpiller|not all blackpillers are incels]]. The media often conflate the two. [[pill jargon|More generally]], a blackpill is any uncomfortable truth associated with extreme negativity, pessimism and fatalism. | ||
== Origin of the term == | == Origin of the term == | ||
The term blackpill was first used by a blog commenter named ''Paragon'' on the Dalrock anti-[[feminist]] blog | The term blackpill was first used in 2011 by a blog commenter named ''Paragon'' on the Dalrock anti-[[feminist]] blog and later adopted by [[Omega Virgin Revolt|OmegaVirginRevolt's blog]]. Paragon said only societal hardship such as mass poverty could solve men's systemic [[dating]] issues, which, as of {{CURRENTYEAR}}, is a minority opinion among blackpillers. Facing [[dating]] difficulties in Canada, Paragon moved from Canada to the Philippines, a less prosperous country than Canada, and married there. In Paragon's own words:<ref name="ref208"></ref> | ||
{{Quote|[ | {{Quote|[…] to reconcile that there are no personal solutions to systemic problems—which can only resolve over evolutionary time. | ||
And any solution will very much entail steep trade-offs, in that males can’t have their cake and eat it | And any solution will very much entail steep trade-offs, in that males can’t have their cake and eat it too—a prosperous population of deferred ecological pressures (like we currently enjoy), without an expectation that this prosperity will increase the mating latitude of females (dramatically perturbing the breeding population, to the point of near evolutionary instability). | ||
One will always follow the other, as male consensus on these matters is practically impossible in terms of inter-sexual competition(as opposed to the broad accord females enjoy through an abundant wealth of sexual opportunities, courtesy of their reproductively limiting function).}} | One will always follow the other, as male consensus on these matters is practically impossible in terms of inter-sexual competition(as opposed to the broad accord females enjoy through an abundant wealth of sexual opportunities, courtesy of their reproductively limiting function).}} | ||
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== Blackpill communities == | == Blackpill communities == | ||
The first large blackpill communities were hosted on [[Reddit]]. [[R/incels|/r/incels]] (a quarantine evasion of [[/r/truecels]]) was the first major incel community to use the term 'blackpill' and [[/r/braincels]] was the largest one. Most of the discussions there focused on [[roastie|slut-shaming]] and [[lookism]], largely ruminating on [[Tinder experiments|experiments]] and memes from [[r9k]], but also | The first large blackpill communities were hosted on [[Reddit]]. [[R/incels|/r/incels]] (a quarantine evasion of [[/r/truecels]]) was the first major incel community to use the term 'blackpill' and [[/r/braincels]] was the largest one. Most of the discussions there focused on [[roastie|slut-shaming]] and [[lookism]], largely ruminating on [[Tinder experiments|experiments]] and memes from [[r9k]], but also creating new ones, especially memes on lookism such as [[St. Blackops2cel]]. | ||
Blackpillers mostly believe in [[biological essentialism|biological essentialism]] and evolutionary explanations for human social and sexual behavior. Many of these beliefs are not new at all, but draw from scientific literature that predates the [[gynocentrism|gynocentric]] monoculture in the social sciences | Blackpillers mostly believe in [[biological essentialism|biological essentialism]] and evolutionary explanations for human social and sexual behavior. Many of these beliefs are not new at all, but draw from scientific literature that predates the [[gynocentrism|gynocentric]] monoculture in the social sciences, e.g. on [[Briffault's law]], [[Bateman's principle]] and [[sexy sons hypothesis]]. | ||
=== Shitposting vs cult === | === Shitposting vs cult === | ||
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* Most women have a horrible [[personality|character]], if any | * Most women have a horrible [[personality|character]], if any | ||
* Women are incapable of [[romance]] and love | * Women are incapable of [[romance]] and love | ||
* Women's [[fake depression|depression]] and loneliness are at best self-inflicted, at worst | * Women's [[fake depression|depression]] and loneliness are at best self-inflicted, at worst a means of getting attention | ||
* Women behave like [[neoteny|children]] | * Women behave like [[neoteny|children]] | ||
* Women exhibit a [[dual mating]] strategy ([[betabuxx]]) | * Women exhibit a [[dual mating]] strategy ([[betabuxx]]) | ||
* Women have a passive, transactional and opportunistic love style | * Women have a passive, transactional and opportunistic love style | ||
* Women are [[female solipsism|solipsistic]] because men want to fuck them | * Women are [[female solipsism|solipsistic]] because men want to fuck them | ||
* Women are shallow about the looks of men and especially about looks of other women | * Women are shallow about the [[looks]] of men and especially about looks of other women | ||
* Women's sexuality is stuck in a more [[Life history|r-selected]] past as they have been subject to [[reproductive success|less]] selection pressure | * Women's sexuality is stuck in a more [[Life history|r-selected]] past as they have been subject to [[reproductive success|less]] selection pressure | ||