bluepill
Choose blissful unawareness
Bluepill comes from *The Matrix*, where taking the blue pill means choosing comfortable illusion over harsh reality.
To bluepill someone is to keep them unaware or complacent: The media bluepills the masses.
A bluepilled person accepts mainstream narratives without question.
The term is popular in online communities that see themselves as awakened to hidden truths others refuse to see.
Compare redpill.
Nineties cyberpunk franchise
- redpillExpose to harsh truths
- simulationImitation of real processes
- realityWhat actually exists
- perceptionMental interpretation of stimuli
delusion · fantasy · oblivion · escape · choice · Neo · awakening · Morpheus
State of not knowing
- obliviousnessLack of awareness
- denialRefusal to accept reality
- blindnessAbsence of vision
- unconsciousnessComplete lack of awareness
nescience · incomprehension · unknowing · willful ignorance · blissful ignorance · unawakened · sleepwalking · unquestioning
Dominant cultural current
- status quoExisting condition of affairs
- orthodoxyAdherence to accepted beliefs
- groupthinkConformity-driven poor decisions
- complianceAdhering to requirements
obedience · uniformity · assimilation · conventionality · docility · passivity · hegemony · system
Peaceful satisfaction with circumstances
- comfortEase or soothing relief
- serenityUndisturbed mental quietude
- peaceFreedom from disturbance
- happinessJoyful emotional state
tranquility · pleasure · satisfaction · complacency · ease · security · stability · normalcy
Ease of being deceived
- credulityUncritical acceptance of claims
- innocenceFreedom from wrongdoing
- inexperienceLack of prior exposure
- trustfulnessReadiness to believe others
impressionability · unworldliness · guilelessness · acceptance · suggestibility · uncritical
Matrix
Nineties cyberpunk franchise
- redpillExpose to harsh truths
- simulationImitation of real processes
- realityWhat actually exists
perception · delusion · fantasy · oblivion · escape · choice · Neo · awakening · Morpheus · construct
unawareness
State of not knowing
- obliviousnessLack of awareness
- denialRefusal to accept reality
- blindnessAbsence of vision
unconsciousness · nescience · incomprehension · unknowing · willful ignorance · blissful ignorance · unawakened · sleepwalking · unquestioning · incuriosity
mainstream
Dominant cultural current
- status quoExisting condition of affairs
- orthodoxyAdherence to accepted beliefs
- groupthinkConformity-driven poor decisions
compliance · obedience · uniformity · assimilation · conventionality · docility · passivity · hegemony · system · subjugation
contentment
Peaceful satisfaction with circumstances
happiness · tranquility · pleasure · satisfaction · complacency · ease · security · stability · normalcy · routine
gullibility
Ease of being deceived
- credulityUncritical acceptance of claims
- innocenceFreedom from wrongdoing
- inexperienceLack of prior exposure
trustfulness · impressionability · unworldliness · guilelessness · acceptance · suggestibility · uncritical
bluepillredpill
Expose to harsh truths
red pill · taking the red pill · redpilled · unplugged · awakened
bluepillfree thinker
One who reasons independently
dissenter · skeptic · contrarian · based · redpill
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