How Did You Find The Red Pill?

bullyfootrookie · 2013-11-11T03:16:19+00:00

From people talking shit in other subreddits and I got curious. Figured it had to be good the flak it was getting.

atlas87 · 2013-11-11T03:23:10+00:00

Just found this board after 5 years of pickup and a bootcamp with RSD. Not a Redditor as I generally think sitting around on the internet trying to get people to agree with you is much lamer than going out and having adventures, talking shit, getting laid.

I'd say this is one of the best boards I've seen that relates to pickup and generally telling it like it is. Like most boards however, I do see a lot of anger on here, but it's definitely a part of the process that I went through as well. How else are you supposed to react when you realize that your father is a pussy? Only kind of joking about that.

I think what this place needs is a few more examples of how fucking beautiful and amazing women can be when you are that unflagging masculine presence in her life. Women also have some of the most hilarious blue pill stories that make for great pillow talk.

toysjoe · 2013-11-11T04:48:23+00:00

There was a post in r/Toronto where a tourist made a comment about how the city's men and women are cold to each other.

I commented that there really doesn't feel like there's any point approaching women these days, and someone replied to me "I think you are ready", linking this subreddit.

I started reading, but I didn't truly believe it. Instead, I thought it was a playbook that you memorised and followed. I tried to act red pill but within I was still blue pill.

By acting the way I saw here, I got my first girl ever. She was gorgeous too, half Polish, half Dutch, innocent looking and pretty face. Wide hips, phat ass, just the way I like it. I don't have pictures of her but for reference she looks just like the porn star Natalie Heart. However, once I thought she was mine, I promptly went back to blue pill, and I lost her as quick as I got her.

This was my red pill moment I suppose. I realized that red pill isn't a step-by-step list of things you do. It's a way of life, a way of thinking. I feel like now I have an X-Factor inside me that I don't have words for.

Right now, there's a Persian girl in my class who's definitely into me (not as pretty as my ex, but bigger tits, nicer body, and a petite, tight ass rather than a phat, round one, also somewhat stupider), and I think this 10/10 Scandinavian blonde at the gym also likes me, but I'm a lot less certain. I haven't decided what to do about these yet.

Neither of them I had to "game". My game is self-improvement. I hit the gym daily and I focus on my workout. I'm not there to chat or hit on girls. In class I study hard. My GPA is 3.80. I stopped giving a crap about anything and anybody else.

So you could say there's a time when I found what the red pill is, and another time when I absorbed it.

My mom and I came to Canada from China. She was a single mother who raised me, and let me tell you, single mothers are one of the worst things that can happen to a child. Red Pill felt like the male role model we all should've had but didn't.

Pink_acetaminophen · 2013-11-11T04:36:29+00:00

The button on top that says "random"

ChaoticParadox · 2013-11-11T07:02:41+00:00

As I recall, some annoying cunt was bitching about it. Thanks, cunt.

Exactly_what_I_think · 2013-11-11T03:18:42+00:00

Reading and posting in /r/MensRights. It's depressing /r/TheRedPill feels more like there's a possibility of improvement,

Mr_Mori · 2013-11-11T06:16:15+00:00

Honestly. Hitting random when my relationship was falling apart in an effort to not think about it.

This sub has helped me immensely in putting 2 and 2 together in many, many respects.

trplurker · 2013-11-11T04:56:06+00:00

Was doing a big self improvement stint, researching PUA and what not. Ran across someone mentioning "The Red Pill" and looked it up. Lurked on here for months before finally deciding to make an account. I don't do reddit, simply can't stand internet forum warriors.

Skio89 · 2013-11-11T05:31:59+00:00

Suffering from a 3 year heartache after a 5 year "The One" relationship ended + a drunken, rock bottom stupor. Went on a search for some kind of answer to it all, read a few blogs (ROK, sosuave, but took them as a joke). Eventually discovered The Rationale Male through a singleblackmale.org commenter, which led me here.

Haven't looked back since.

SigmaMu · 2013-11-11T06:55:25+00:00

I always thought modern day feminism was a crock of shit, but when I watched Anita Sarkeesian get $200,000 to talk about feminism in video games, I had all I can stands and I can't stands no more.

scallopkid · 2013-11-11T08:47:00+00:00

SRS's list of "low hanging fruit." I guess it worked against them lol.

Incense_Archer · 2013-11-11T04:24:07+00:00

Angry feminist in a comment section mentioned it mockingly, and someone said that this is why they need feminism.Figured if they hated it this much that it must be worth at least looking into.

SystemHalifax · 2013-11-11T04:08:11+00:00

So, there was a mod on a game that I used to play that had put "Taking the Red Pill is a waste of time if you wash it down with Kool-Aid" on his signature for forum posts. I find that amusing. So...

During this past summer: I knew that the Red Pill was a Matrix reference so I looked up the Kool-Aid part, but then I wanted to watch the part in the movie where the pills are presented. At this point in time I had just found reddit and I found subreddits amusing, so I decided to add theredpill to reddit to see if anyone had any truths about life they had to share.

Personally, I wasn't expecting anything about sexual strategy, but it was very welcome anyways and I started reading all of the material I could on the sidebar and some other websites during the summer, and I still do.

Damn I'm lucky!

jolly--roger · 2013-11-11T03:08:54+00:00

Referred by a TRPer after making a post to /r/relationships.

tserberus · 2013-11-11T04:44:59+00:00

Not really the most dramatic of stories. I was watching the Matrix movies one night and I thought "Oh what the hell, let's see what we can find on reddit". Typed in /r/TheRedPill, and the rest is history. Honestly it couldn't have come at a better time. At the time I was beginning to become aware of all the redpill based things around me, yet I wasn't quite so sure. /r/TheRedPill gave me that final push. Haven't looked back since.

qstnnblmtrl · 2013-11-11T06:23:14+00:00

By hitting the random subreddit button. It came at the perfect time too: I was in a LDR with a black girl who I liked a lot but she was pretty much social justice warrior and found everything bad to be the fault of white men and that they were the ones keeping her down in life (I'm a white male lol). She was always filled with indignation and it got to be ridiculous.

More importantly though, I realized she didn't respect me because I bought into the whole beta shit halfway thru the relationship. I realized how much I had sacrificed and how much I had done for her and for next to nothing on her end. I did all chores when we would see one another and she wouldn't do any work, wouldn't cook, wouldn't clean, just spend time on Twitter all day. Towards the end of the relationship she stopped wanting sex because she studied abroad in Europe and gained some weight (although to be honest I like thicker women anyway).

I knew it couldn't continue, but I was weak and thought that is just the way it is, I respect everything she does even if I don't get what I want, until I stumbled upon here. This was about 3 months ago, we broke up 2 months ago, and now I am feeling a lot better about myself, especially knowing that there is this community here that shares views I've had before discovering TRP but had to repress because that's what society and feminism and political correctness and all this bullshit tells you to do.

ThePrince_ · 2013-11-11T11:17:20+00:00

I saw a link in /r/seduction a loooong time ago. I can't imagine finding that link there now.

2013-11-11T08:26:37+00:00

Some faggot on 4chan was talking about all the faggotry that happens here.

2013-11-11T07:04:02+00:00

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Noolaw · 2013-11-11T08:31:01+00:00

When i was frantically searching for answers, when my ex-girlfriend of 5 years left me in the most stupid way imaginable.

2013-11-11T12:49:05+00:00

I was reading a thread on askmen, and someone mentioned 'those misogynists over at the red pill'.

My experience told me that a group of actual misogynists was highly unlikely, so i investigated. Turns out i was right.

TheToeSnail · 2013-11-11T13:41:30+00:00

I made a "sexist" comment once and someone snarkily said "oh you must subscribe to /r/theredpill" and I clicked it and thought yeah, I should subscribe to this.

pcadrian · 2013-11-11T14:18:13+00:00

I think I first saw it on r/AskMen. I remember my initial reaction - "these guys are bitter and out of their fucking mind mind" LOL.

baroncuttlefish · 2013-11-11T15:39:49+00:00

Ask reddit thread asking for subreddit. I think they wanted weird or bad subreddits, someone linked here.

Mr_Bell · 2013-11-11T21:08:35+00:00

Business Insider.

Thought to myself: holy crap, there are other men who see this shit!

redpillschool · 2013-11-13T18:59:41+00:00

I knew the creator.

Edit: Though I discovered the truth of the red pill probably about a year and a half ago. I had been pretty invested in looking into seduction, but I was always very curious why women acted so.. negatively.

Like, I wanted to pick up chicks, but when they didn't have the decency to treat guys like humans and just reject them nicely, or hell- give them a chance, I thought, man there's gotta be more to this.

Steelwoolsocks · 2013-11-11T04:05:10+00:00

Heard about it while browsing seddit from another account many moons ago, there couldn't have been more than 200 subscribers when I first found it. I had somehow stumbled on Rational Male shortly beforehand right around when it hit it's first year so I got most of my RP introduction all at once from the "Year One" post. Lurked on TRP for a while with my main account, made Steelwoolsocks as an alt. and the rest is history.

Hateblade · 2013-11-11T07:43:31+00:00

I found it lodged pretty thoroughly in my throat, damn near choking me to death. Still swallowing, but at least now I know it ain't gonna kill me.

In all seriousness, I don't remember. Probably via Men's Rights.

2013-11-11T07:46:35+00:00

Searched reddit for topics related to my profession. A random RP thread about a woman hamstering at work in that profession came up in the results. Agreed with the comments and kept reading. Actually read the sidebar and lurked for a while instead of making a "Hey guys WTF is the red pill?" post.

GushyWetWet15 · 2013-11-11T11:31:36+00:00

was reading through some thread full of feminist and whiteknight drivel, someone then linked here trying to be "witty" and mocking TRP. clicked link and the rest is history. the ironic thing is that i would say 75% of the subs here have come from being linked from people who were trying to mock TRP and instead they have inadvertently helped us grow......bigtime. thanks feminism!!

assinmygenes · 2013-11-11T14:32:41+00:00

Had started watching some stardusk and Barbarossa videos, find one on Briffault's law. After searching for more articles on it I found TRP. Best thing I've come across on Reddit.

atorni · 2013-11-11T15:23:50+00:00

I was bored.

2013-11-11T16:56:25+00:00

I was friend-zoned pussy virgin and wanted to do something about it. This place has given me a solid framework to use. I never had a male role model, my dad was always busy with my brother. I assumed I was more like my mother, and I never really learned how to be a man. This place has taught me how to value myself more than anyone else and work towards becoming fearless.

slcjosh · 2013-11-11T17:50:41+00:00

A nasty break up where i was more invested in the relationship than she was. I knew about seduction before and during my last LTR, but I lost my self in the relationship. I hit the seduction stuff hard, then found the red pill from there. I have been truly fascinated with the process of understanding more how women think, their nature, and accepting of that. I still see my ex on occasion, she cant keep her hands off me now despite losing attraction to me before. Knowing that i am sleeping with other women drives her mad. Pre-selection and social proof are incredibly powerful tools.

HeadingRed · 2013-11-11T18:58:43+00:00

From the fitness sub and the relationship sub. Was working on getting myself in shape and making my relationship better. Using TRP as the central point for both of those things. While not all the posts are of interest to me, some are highly valuable. Talking more about the MMSL stuff and not the MGTOW or PUA threads.

That being said, the PUA stuff works around the house quite well (in and out of the bedroom).

PastaToots · 2013-11-11T20:02:00+00:00

If you're talking about the subreddit. I found it on r/askreddit.

If you are talking about IRL. I found it when my girlfriend of a year and a half revealed her two other boyfriends. I've never trusted another woman since that moment.

Costafarian · 2013-11-11T20:08:30+00:00

Despite my beta ideals, I still felt this void about my life in relationships that just didn't make much sense.

A college friend of mine lent me the book, "The Game" and I just took it at face value. It didn't really amount to much for me, I don't recall even finishing it. I learned a little about negging and other such techniques.

Later on in life after two failed relationships in a row I discovered blogs like TheArtofManliness.com and many others. A few of them linked to this sub, and I followed it.

Now I'm pretty much checking up on this sub every day.

LuciusExitius · 2013-11-12T00:11:15+00:00

Clicked a link that took me to the blue pill then got sent here, checked it out and subscribed.

redpillschool · 2013-11-12T01:00:27+00:00

I was subscribed to seddit after seeing an ama there from neil/style. A couple months later there was a dude named "pk_athiest" that was expressing frustrations with seddit becoming feminized, and posted this really bold sounding declaration of this new redpill subreddit. I had ran into the term a couple times reading things here and there beforehand so I joined it out of curiosity. I unsubbed and came back about 3 times since then, mostly out of concern for being doxxed, then I made a separate account solely for redpill purposes, doing my best to delete all connections to this place from my old handle.

blinkyone · 2013-11-12T01:20:59+00:00

I've been following RSD and /r/seduction for three years, knowing it inside out. However, I realize that a lot of the intellectual manosphere blogs such as The Rawness broke things down way more intuitively and applicable in my circumstance. I felt that I couldn't just go bombard and get blown out by 100 sets, to then rationalize and look like a fool playing it off as practice.

I live in a dense and intimate area where I don't have the luxury yet to bounce city-to-city or relocate, like the instructors I see online. I was personally tipped off to study psychology and when I delve into my own personal issues, I found the entirety of this academic study to be more encompassing than to just narcissitically absorb the followings of XYZ person. In other words, I was looking to find ways to self-empower myself and what I realize now to change and re-invigorate my internalize mindset.

I felt around this mid year, the typical concepts of all things pick-up was becoming too mainstream and commercialized to be worthy of following it anymore. There was a lot of debates going on with the manosphere and mensright of being wronged by feminists and sticking it in the crazies where I found TRP and felt this was the next level – what I was exactly looking for in the next transition.

x7CR7x · 2013-11-12T04:00:23+00:00

Don't Remember.

blackd0ts · 2013-11-13T01:00:15+00:00

A very close friend whom I had viewed as a role model guided my way with how I should treat women. I took his advice and got a gf, fulfilling life at college, etc.

A year ago I had found out that this friend had committed suicide. 23/24 years old, great person socially and a really cool dude that was everything I wanted or aspired to be. For the next few months, I wondered why he killed himself, and as of June this year, the answers were too clear.

He was raised primarily by his mother, his father was a truck driver who was gone most of the time as well. Couple that with homeschooling and only faith-based socialization, it's an interesting mix. He had a large degree of control in his life it seemed, and was definitely figuring out where to take his life, but no matter what direction he did it successfully.

I was able to piece together why someone who had everything on lockdown was capable of reaching a point such as suicide. Along some time I came across materials similar to TRP and TRP as well; it was scarily accurate how much some of the principles aligned with the reasons why my friend killed himself.

Having something as drastic as a friends suicide creates ripples in peoples lives, and it sparked a change for my life, that many close friends won't ever understand.

Beastly_Squirrel · 2014-02-13T20:54:04+00:00

Did a search for feminism for controversial posts and comments. TRP was the top result. Absolutely mind altering.

www777com · 2013-11-11T16:53:43+00:00

woman who commented on askwomen. negative marketing

mguasch · 2013-11-14T23:12:14+00:00

It all started with a book by Esther Vilar called "the manipulated man"

Title	How Did You Find The Red Pill?
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