The period starting around the late 2000s and ending with the Trump presidency. Evoking the Gilded Age, the term underscores the rampant tech idealism of the time, which ushered in drone warfare, platform capitalism, Amazon and the retailocalypse, and the
collection and sale of individuals' data (often with their assistance such as with the Ring scandal). Also of note: The paradoxical normalization/ encouragement of narcissistic behavior and the death of privacy (and thus certain modes of self-determination); the rise of a cyborgian mystical-scientific-sycretic wellness culture alongside inflated healthcare costs; the replacement of social movements with personal reckonings and managing your brand; echo chambers; the favoring of creative production that is archival or highly reflexive / referential; endless navel-gazey commentary.
collection and sale of individuals' data (often with their assistance such as with the Ring scandal). Also of note: The paradoxical normalization/ encouragement of narcissistic behavior and the death of privacy (and thus certain modes of self-determination); the rise of a cyborgian mystical-scientific-sycretic wellness culture alongside inflated healthcare costs; the replacement of social movements with personal reckonings and managing your brand; echo chambers; the favoring of creative production that is archival or highly reflexive / referential; endless navel-gazey commentary.
"After the protests started, Chad sent me $5 on venmo bc white fragility?? I called him out and now he's in a shame spiral that helps nobody."
"God, we need to get out of the Mirrored Age."
"God, we need to get out of the Mirrored Age."
by poocsytipoop January 21, 2021
The fact about the nature of a reflection in which everything is distorted. Even the mirror that is not technically designed to produce incorrect information... the ‘exact’ reflection is the reverse reality.
I am falling deeper into the ‘Mirror-Error’ mentality of not trusting so many things and concepts that I never questioned before.
by Major Thomas Randle September 12, 2018
by Mirror From Norway November 06, 2019
by Yolanda Yolanda Yolanadaana December 05, 2019
Deciding to have a wank on the mirror and then spunking all over it, you will then begin to lick at all off and swollow it while recording it (turns girls on)
by Mr slang February 11, 2019
Mirroring Society it's when you take society in its rawest form and show it. Only comrades and Antifa can do so, don't try Karen.
''Suicide it's more common than you know''
''Woah... is it bad?''
''They do that because of society. It means that we are doing something wrong''
''Man, you are really mirroring society''.
''Woah... is it bad?''
''They do that because of society. It means that we are doing something wrong''
''Man, you are really mirroring society''.
by COMRADES, RISE UP December 05, 2020
by Bootayslayer July 27, 2017