black pill

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   An opium pill.

   • Those funny pipes were used for opium-smoking — just a puff for each shining black pill, and then oblivion to all earthly cares — dreams and dreams of beautiful worlds.
   • I knew a girl-a black pill freak, strung out on the black pills, . . .
   • Each person requested one of the following - black pill, calomel and soda, puick, jallop and antimony wine. Those were the names the people knew for drugs in those days.
2. 2

   A poison pill

   A poison pill; a pill intended to kill the person who ingests it.

   • The day I got into med school my mother told me that if she were ever to find herself without her mental faculties that I should give her the "black pill."
   • "Take the black pill," I said. "You once told me I'd never do it. Neither will you. You've got a hollow tooth, I found it when I gagged you. Bite it, take the black pill. It's easier than drowning."
3. 3

   A hypothetical pill with a specific probability of causing death, which one is offered a…

   A hypothetical pill with a specific probability of causing death, which one is offered a large sum of money in order to take, as a philosophical dilemma.

   • Now that we have both the black pill and white pill results before us, we are in a position to make a few general observations.
   • Howard [1984] bases his analysis on a "black pill” and a "white pill."
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   1. 4

      A traditional Tibetan remedy.

   2. 5

      A notional pill taken by those who have adopted a nihilistic, usually (but not…

      A notional pill taken by those who have adopted a nihilistic, usually (but not necessarily) far-right philosophy, or those who are pessimistic about social or political issues.

      • They see a dangerous trend in the incel movement: “The spreading of the blackpill would no doubt increase shooting (and suicides) because some young men lose control”.
   3. 6

      The belief that genetics and appearance determine one's destiny and that effort…

      The belief that genetics and appearance determine one's destiny and that effort (especially regarding the sexual marketplace) is futile.

   4. 7

      Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

      Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see black, pill.

   5. 8

      To cause another to adopt a nihilistic philosophy.

      • And finally, to be 'black-pilled' is to take pleasure in the end of existence, to philosophise from a perspective of our technological demise, and to embrace the singular bleakness of a meaningless world.
   6. 9

      To accept that genetics and appearance determine one's destiny and that effort…

      To accept that genetics and appearance determine one's destiny and that effort (especially regarding the sexual marketplace) is futile.

      • Incels are a danger to western society, because if we manage to blackpill more low value men, it could destroy this rotten civilization in its current form.
   7. 10

      A suburb in Mumbles community, City and County of Swansea, Wales (OS grid ref SS6190).

      • Another scheme for electrifying the Swansea & Mumbles also dates from 1898, and was connected with the proposal for the Gower Light Railway from Black Pill to Port Eynon, which came to nothing.

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