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<blockquote data-quote="Box Ox" data-source="post: 5680514" data-attributes="member: 48469"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix" target="_blank">The Matrix - Wikipedia</a><h3>&quot;Conspiracy theories and fringe groups</h3>Main article: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_pill_and_blue_pill" target="_blank">Red pill and blue pill</a>The premise of The Matrix has been repurposed for multiple <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conspiracy_theories" target="_blank">conspiracy theories</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alt-right" target="_blank">alt-right</a> fringe groups. For example, some online <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men%27s_rights" target="_blank">men&#039;s rights groups</a> use the term &quot;redpill&quot; to mean men realizing that they are supposedly being subjugated by feminism.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix#cite_note-202" target="_blank">[201]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix#cite_note-203" target="_blank">[202]</a> The term has been used in discussion forums for right-wing topics such as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamergate_(harassment_campaign)" target="_blank">Gamergate</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_supremacy" target="_blank">white supremacy</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incel" target="_blank">incel</a> subculture and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QAnon" target="_blank">QAnon</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix#cite_note-204" target="_blank">[203]</a> As of 2021, the verb &quot;pill&quot; and suffix &quot;-pilled&quot; had entered more mainstream use and had come to mean developing a sudden interest in something.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix#cite_note-205" target="_blank">[204]</a>&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Box Ox, post: 5680514, member: 48469"] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix']The Matrix - Wikipedia[/URL] [HEADING=2]"Conspiracy theories and fringe groups[/HEADING] Main article: [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_pill_and_blue_pill']Red pill and blue pill[/URL] The premise of [I]The Matrix[/I] has been repurposed for multiple [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conspiracy_theories']conspiracy theories[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alt-right']alt-right[/URL] fringe groups. For example, some online [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men%27s_rights']men's rights groups[/URL] use the term "redpill" to mean men realizing that they are supposedly being subjugated by feminism.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix#cite_note-202'][201][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix#cite_note-203'][202][/URL] The term has been used in discussion forums for right-wing topics such as [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamergate_(harassment_campaign)']Gamergate[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_supremacy']white supremacy[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incel']incel[/URL] subculture and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QAnon']QAnon[/URL].[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix#cite_note-204'][203][/URL] As of 2021, the verb "pill" and suffix "-pilled" had entered more mainstream use and had come to mean developing a sudden interest in something.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix#cite_note-205'][204][/URL]" [/QUOTE]

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