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Ah, the "When Harry met Sally" question. "Can a man and a woman really be just friends?"

I mean, it's a valid question to ask, but "The red pill," as far as I can tell, is taking one side; that you can't really be just friends with someone you are really attracted to, and then building a worldview based on that answer. Which is fine, I guess, if everyone involved knows that is what is going on, but it's almost wholly unrelated to the "how do you make or maintain friendships?" question the article is trying to answer.