Post-Dopamine Stage

A period of doing an activity, generally a video game, where it has been done so much that the brain no longer releases dopamine from playing it, and instead, it is played out of habit. Almost every top player in a video game has reached the Post-Dopamine Stage. Just because someone is in the Post-Dopamine Stage doesn't mean they are a great player, they have stopped playing the game, or they derive no enjoyment from the game. It simply means they have played it enough that the initial rush of playing it has gone away.

I reached the Post-Dopamine Stage playing Geometry Dash a loooong time ago

by xention09 July 17, 2023

National talking stage day

Invite your talking stage on a date and celebrate almost being in a relationship.

Jimmy: Emily let's go celebrate we are in a talking stage
Emily: why today?
Jimmy: it's national talking stage day!!

by National.day October 2, 2023

President of the United States

The highest-ranking politician in the United States, able to veto congressional legislation and sign executive orders. Despite often being considered the most powerful man in the world, the job actually requires relatively little technical skill to perform since a President can rely on their administration to formulate policy and write executive orders, speeches, statements etc. This is demonstrated by the fact that most of the recent Presidents at the time of writing have either been senile or dangerously stupid.

“The President of the United States” is a phrase that Americans like to say with relish.

“And then I see the disinfectant where it knocks it out in a minute. One minute. And is there a way we can do something like that, by injection inside or almost a cleaning?” ~The President of the United States

by Frederick Yeo November 15, 2023

Ex talking stage

An ex talking stage is someone you used to talk to romantically but not in a relationship

My ex talking stage tried to reach out to me

by Coolduckymomo March 4, 2024

J's Stage

The stage in a man's life where he spends the majority of his life. This stage is where a man has a job and some money but his mentality is still very immature. He only cares about; what he wears, how he looks, how is publicly perceived, what his friends think, how many hoes he has, playing games romantically and his appearance on social media. Also known as the "Keeping up w/the Jones's"era. Always only wearing Jordans and name brand. Posting receipts and stacks of cash on socials. (Generally a bunch of dollar bills wrapped in a few hundreds or twenties. Spending all his money on name brand clothes and stacking debt. Rather than saving, planning for retirement, investing or buying items that hold true equity. This stage usually last until mid 30's to early 40's and is accompanied by 1 if not 2 baby mama's.

Babe, I love you! I promise, I'm past my J's stage, I want to build a life with you and buy a home. 🤣
Or
I need a man who is not stuck in his J's stage!

Or
Nah girl, it ain't serious. That boy still in his J's stage. On to the next.

by Linksjamar March 23, 2024

Rocky Mountain States

A North American nation in the timeline of the famous novel The Man In the High Castle where the Axis Powers won World War II. It acts as a buffer state between the two vicious superpowers of the world: Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan. It is also known as the Rockies, the RMS, or the Neutral Zone.

Hey man, I'm visiting my grandparents over in the Rocky Mountain States this weekend. Wanna come with me?

by PBJelly6 November 17, 2024

Hard Problem of Nation-States

The paradox of sovereignty: A nation-state claims absolute, indivisible authority within its borders. But in a globalized world, this sovereignty is fundamentally fictional. States are permeable to capital flows, digital information, climate effects, pandemics, and transnational corporations that operate beyond their control. The hard problem is that the nation-state, the primary unit of modern political organization, is simultaneously too small to solve global problems and too large to address local ones effectively. It is an increasingly dysfunctional container for human affairs, yet no agreed-upon alternative exists.

Example: A nation-state passes a strict data privacy law. A multinational tech company, based elsewhere, continues to harvest its citizens' data through servers in a third country. The state's sovereignty hits a wall. Conversely, a small town being poisoned by cross-border pollution is powerless because the solution requires an international treaty. The nation-state is caught in a pincer: its legal authority stops at a line on a map that viruses, carbon dioxide, and billionaires laugh at. It possesses the myth of total control while wrestling with problems that are inherently stateless. Hard Problem of Nation-States.

by Enkigal January 24, 2026