Peak meta describes the moment when a dominant strategy or trend has reached its absolute zenith — optimal, pervasive, and frankly a little inescapable. It's simultaneously the high point of a meta's influence and the clearest signal that a correction is coming, because peak meta usually means over-saturation is two weeks away. In gaming, peak meta is when 80% of the ladder is running identical builds. In culture it's when the trend you called six months ago is now on a Target display. Peak meta can be said with awe, with exhaustion, or with the resigned acceptance of someone watching a cycle complete.
Beige linen sets at every single brunch — this is genuinely peak meta and I don't know how to feel about it.
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