Taking the pill

Amoral, apolitical and areligious.

Rule Zero: increase male’s sexual power and options.

In the early days of the forum, there was a phrase called ‘taking the pill’, by which a guy meant that he was starting to read and apply the material. I once asked Rian Stone about it. He said that while it was the best they had back then, it was kind of cringe - because it tried to turn describing and sharing tools into a personality. 

Here's the reality: taking the pill doesn’t work. Being "red pilled" is an oxymoron. The Red Pill isn’t a personality, or a characteristic, or an identity. Carnivore, vegan and vegetarian aren't either - those are diets.

The Red Pill is a praxeology. Men gave the name "The Red Pill" to swapping notes about what made them unattractive, and about how to become more attractive and less unattractive. It's Nintendo Power, but for increasing men's sexual options. Remember you and your friends as kids, giving each other tips and tricks on how to beat the final boss in video games? That's what men do here.

A man goes through changes after reading the material, for better or for worse.

Reading and acting

The wheat separates itself from the chaff in this space. If you wait long enough, you’ll see who’s just reading the material and who’s actually implementing it in their lives. As Rob likes to say: they always out themselves.

It's easy to become attractive. The hard part is not being unattractive.

No woman likes a pouting, whining sourpuss who negotiates what he wants. Nor does she want a guy who keeps complaining about things he can’t change. Women want a man who knows when he’s wanted and leaves when he isn’t. A guy whose top negotiation strategy is to be willing to walk away and mean it. A guy who just "gets it". She may not like him, but she will respect him. And women are more likely to fuck a man they respect than a man they like.

It's not just women that are repelled by unattractive behaviors - men are too. If you can’t strike up a conversation with the old man at the cash register, don’t even try with a woman you’re attracted to.

Men know when a guy gets it or not. It’s a subtle tell, but it’s there. He knows things about girls you can only know when you’ve dated them for fun or hung around them long enough. This is how I met Nuclear Caudillo.

You can talk shit and not have an emotional breakdown. You can get called a faggot and say that because his mom likes anal doesn’t make you gay. You know how to fog, agree and amplify, and use negative assertion and negative inquiry. You’ve reflected upon your covert contracts and now catch yourself in the act of having one. You can pass shit-tests. You’re not the guy who’s stuck reading, but the guy who applies. You’re no longer the guy who talks about "red pill" and "game" - you are the game.

You understand hypergamy exists and you know how to use it.

It works, but you might not like the outcome

You’ll learn one hard lesson: you can’t change anyone but you. The girl can find you attractive - just enough to sleep with you for the first couple of times. This doesn’t mean she’s gonna stay with you forever, nor does this mean she is willing to change her behavior so that you stay with her forever.

No matter her choice, the outcome stays the same. The stay plan is the same as the go plan.

You have become attractive and are no longer unattractive. She can become insufferable if she likes - it won't affect you. She can become fat, have a shitty diet, have health issues - it won't affect you. She can advertise herself on social media - it won't affect you. She can cheat on you, and it won't affect you.

You might not like losing the woman you’re with. But it’s not about her. It never has been. It’s about you and what you want, not who you share it with.

You’re not phased by tantrums and your chinks in the armor can no longer be exploited.

Women in arguments can be absolutely ruthless and will be happy to exploit any vulnerability you have. You’re virtuous? You have no virtues. You’re a man of faith? You’re not a true Christian. You don’t care for status? You date for status.

Everything you hold valuable will be questioned. You will be branded as the worst human being alive. Yet you will stand there, unfazed. You'll acknowledge her, but not agree. Because you see her for what she is - a girl having a temper tantrum. You’re not really the worst person in the world but for all you care, you’re pretty high up there. You’re an oak who’s not affected by a storm. You’re a man of value with options. You can explore options when you’re not treated the way you want. You don’t expect anything of her, but you do expect yourself to not be treated like shit. You have abundance, or at least you know you can create it, because you’ve done it before.

Comply or goodbye.

But before you get here, you reach a place you need to get knocked down off. You’re King Big Dick of Fuck Mountain until: