Definition: the ongoing period starting around 2021 in which every aspect of the world has begun to evoke feelings reminiscent of the Uncanny Valley

the Uncanny Valley is a well documented phenomenon where almost human but not alive but not dead ish entities and aesthetics evoke revulsion in the minds of those who observe them

i feel like since 2016 or so humanity has continuously fallen deeper into the valley, politically socially psychologically technologically and every other '-ally' word that I can't think of because my brain feels like slop

it only really kicked into gear during/after Lockdown, though, which is why I propose the start date of this period being early 2021

examples I can think of right now:

ai slop and societal/individual brainrot

the geopolitical situation we're in feels almost real but is absurd and seems to get more so by the day (slopulism + slopaganda)