late-stage capitalism

We have reached late-stage capitalism. This is the era where businesses, investors and even the layperson will try everything they possibly can to capitalize on literally anything and every situation. The increasingly diverse stock industry and the booming crypto mining industry can be seen as one of the many aspects of late-stage capitalism. There is no single way to define late-stage capitalism, as the effects are most often seen on a micro scale and the scope is very broad as a result of the plethora of industries.

Some of the various examples of late-stage capitalism could include, but are not limited to: profiting off of your attractive physique, selling your personal data, selling your poop, dropshipping, house flipping, game companies making every single game pay-to-win, news corporations putting paywalls on their news sites, smartphone companies removing the headphone jack to save money, paying people to say positive affirmations, etc etc.

Essentially, it is capitalism but 10x more savage.

Thanks to the diverse range of markets, Jane was able to profit immensely from selling her bathwater, her used underwear, her poop, her sweat, her private browsing data, how many miles she walked, her emotions, her voice, and even her hair. Likewise, capitalists continue to venture into turning the most ordinary things into profitable commodities, while companies have lowered their standards to cut corners in every way possible to save money. This is late-stage capitalism in a nutshell.

by Mary Mary Quite The Contrarian May 3, 2021

awkward stage

usually between sometime in middle school to high school (or if you're SUPER unlucky, college, whereas then you might just be an awkward person at that point) where you do socially unacceptable things and don't realize how unacceptable they are until you look back many years later and realize how nerdy/socially unacceptable/odd you were. symptoms include: public displays of white girls trying to act ghetto and shopping at wet seal and males with an uncanny obsession with a card/video game with fictional characters

Jenny: "Oh god, remember when Carrie dressed really ugly for that slutty sophomore Halloween party?"
Carrie: "Shut up Jenny. that was my awkward stage!"

by Hector Little D December 13, 2012

toilet stage fright

When someone goes to the tiolet but holds on while sitting there because there are other people in the room (public toilets) they then wait till the person/people leave till the "go"

P1 -"Someones been in that toilet the whole time weve been doing our make up"
p2 -"haha theve probley got toilet stage fright"
p1 - "Lets re apply our make up and make them hold longer hehe"

by Jonah Takalau May 28, 2008

back stage pass

1. A permit allowing an individual to enter the performer's area at a concert or show.
2. Backing regular vaginal sex with a little ass fucking. (Going backstage after the main show.)
3. Being invited to hit that ass.

1. That bitch is so hot, she got tossed a back stage pass.
2. bitch slept through my fuck so I back staged her just to hear her moan.
3. Clothes off, face down, ass up, c'mon.

by Devon Null June 11, 2006

talking stage

it basically means that two people are getting their feelings together and you guys are just trying to figure out you guys feelings and what you guys are meant for each other. During this stage, you guys may be flirting a lot but are still not into a relationship as your feelings dont fit the expectations yet. But, that feelings might come and go for each other but will still flirt with each other which can mean and turns into a waste of time but at the end both of you guys will feel very happy but not as excepted as u want to be.

“How is you telling Joe how you feel?”

Her:” really good were on the talking stage and im really happy”

by saucybabesonlyspeakfactsperiod December 31, 2019

Talking stage

Bullshit.

Wtf even is the talking stage?

by Gorillagrip007 December 13, 2021

rage-stage

The period in which one is angry at a friend, but he/she knows it will only be for a while to blow off steam.

"Hey you guys are talking again?"
"Of coarse! I just needed to have a rage-stage"

by Caitlyn_Doleman December 18, 2013