Red pill or blue pill?

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There is a concept inspired by the Matrix which asks, "Red pill or blue pill?"

To take the blue pill is to choose for things to remain the same, or for you to be allowed to exist in a state of blissful ignorance.

The red pill reveals the truth or that you will delve deeper into the truth, but that truth might be painful or something which you didn't want or expect.

Personally, while I think it'd be safer to take the blue pill, I'd probably take the red pill in search of truth.
 
Interesting topic.

It would be very tough for me to choose. I'd want to feel comforted with a lie in order to avoid going insane and having my life ruined by the truth.... On the other hand I do have a lust for truth, and so my curiosity would likely lead me to take the red pill.

I'd probably have a very fierce and very violent internal battle within my mind. I'd probably go insane there and then and pick the red pill, but if the truth is very bad (and I'm ill-equipped to face it) then I'd really wish that I'd taken that blue pill.

I'd know that the situation is a leap of faith, or a leap with the promise of truth, and I'd likely take it, but I think that I'd always wish that I'd taken the blue pill as soon as I witness what the truth really is.
 
Very tough choice, but for me id choose the red pill. Only because you only live once and i believe that life should be about the pursuit of truth. I rather have all of the facts and then sort it out. It might be tough at first, but I think in the end it will work out. I really dont believe ignorance is bliss i never have. Like i say this aint no dress rehursal.
 
Red pill. I hate being left in the dark. As Maynerd from Tool once wrote;

"Step away from the window
Go back to sleep
Safe from pain and truth and choice
And other poison devils"

I'm the one that wants to continue watching outside the window, that way I know what's really going on.
 
Curiosity would most definitely get the better of me, and I know I'd regret it straight away, but I just know I wouldn't be able to resist.That's pretty much the only reason really
 
I think I would be in a state of dilemma given the choice. On one hand I think we would all be comfortable not knowing the truths that can can be perhaps horrific and painful to us. On the other hand though, we are naturally curious creatures which is why we always aspire to learn and discover more even though it can upset us. I would pick the red pill eventually. The temptation of knowledge would be too much for me.
 
I would take the red pill. I can't live a false life especially that I'm aware of a different truth out there. It would be a huge change that would be very difficult to adjust to, but at least I'd know the truth which would be much more important to me no matter how much I didn't like it.

No matter how bad the truth is, no matter if I don't think I could face it or not, I don't think I'd have any regrets.

"The truth does not cease to exist because it is ignored"
 
The truths which come with the red pill might be endless. Such as:

That there is/isn't a God.

That nothing comes from doing good.

That your ancestors were brutal killers.

That the people you know aren't as good as you thought they were.

That dead people are in hell and crying to get out.

That love doesn't exist.

That your whole life is an illusion or exists for some evil.

That half of what you do was inspired by the devil or demons.

That you have no free will.

That you are puppet to something else.

That your best efforts were your worst.

Though I would probably still take the red pill, it troubles me just thinking about it.

Of course then again, maybe the "truth" isn't so evil. Maybe the truth would instead set one free.
 
I'd still rather take the truth. Living oblivious to everything just wouldn't feel right with me and I'd still rather take the truth, no matter how bad or harsh it can be. Also, as stated, if you bring it up, eventually I will become really curious about what information I am missing out on and will probably take the red pill anyway. So give me the red pill.
 
red pill.

I always like to know the whole story

for the sake of my own knowledge
 
My life is pretty good right now, zero complaints. If face with this choice I'd probably want to really take the blue pill but at the end of the day I would end up taking the red pill no matter how much I wanted to take the blue pill. If I discovered my life was a lie my desire for the truth would be too big to ignore even if later I'd wished I taken the blue pill.
 
Why must the truth be so harsh?

Just because you might see things in a different light after taking the red pill doesn't mean that the truth will necessarily be bad or evil.

I'm confused as to why people think the truth about certain things can't be good?

Anyway I'm undecided. I'd probably stick with the blue pill though for the moment. Quite happy right now and don't really see the need for change.
 
Sigh I think I've already taken the red pill. Reason being is my nativity is totally gone it seems. I see some folks who they truly are and I see others who they aspire to be. The only thing I try to do is help folks out that have a good moral basis behind their actions. This life is just a short consequence of an afterthought. We are merely floating under constructs in which we call society.

Without a thing called "society" well we'd be a little more violent, a lot more physical, and knowledge would probably be hard to attain because of it. The less people share the less people know. The only problem with today's society are those that lie. When one lie starts, it breeds others. The only choice we have is to whether to believe the lie or not, or remain with the blue pill. No offense, but I'm not a conspiracist. More than 75% percent of what we believe is what we were force fed as a child. It's up to you to wake up and find out what's really real or not.

I don't think you would like to know the truth though. If you can handle it, then fine, but if not you risk going insane. Or maybe insanity is the new wisdom.
 
Kandy-Sugar said:
Why must the truth be so harsh?

Just because you might see things in a different light after taking the red pill doesn't mean that the truth will necessarily be bad or evil.
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Well many things, such as how much truth there is in religion, and much about the universe, is unknown. Since I feel that society tends to sugar-coat things or completely avoid a subject, I think that the truth in things will almost always be more hideous than what we might have expected.

Some have developed the mindset that "there is no evil". I don't think I could develop this mindset if I tried.

The number of possibilities in knowing the truth are endless.
 
I'll take the red pill always. :mokken:

I am that kind of person, good or evil doesn't matter to me, I believe that things never change anyway, unless you make them change or take them into your own hands.

But even if they couldn't change I'd prefer to die smart, than live dumb.

Ignoring things never make them better, just worse.
 
I'm not surprised at all about how this is going so far. Bunch me in with you guys, reds.

I'm really don't think there's going to be much of a response to the blue. It goes against human nature. Curiousty has gotten us (As in the human race, of course) this far already, right? No blue pill means no fire, no wheel, no planes or trains or automobiles. Ambition + curiousity = human.
 
Well obviously everyone would take the red pill
I myself would too
Humans desire to know that which they do not
And seek out the answers to things which they have yet to learn.
Its there nature.
Much like it is to destroy that which they do not understand
 
Blissful ignorance huh? Sounds nice but unfortunately for me id take the red pill especially if that means the truth I may learn would help my precious people. My life currently exists to help them so id want to have every bit of info I can get to help them even if it hurts me.
 
As a Pharmacist-in-training, I'd refuse to take either pill, I know what dodgy drugs can do to you! =P

Seriously though, I'd go for the red pill. It's one of those moments that you'd kick yourself over the rest of your life, wondering what would've happened. I wouldn't want to live like that!
 
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