Some sources – mainly psychology and wellness websites, but also notably mainstream news outlets such as Fox News…
Are we still referring to Fox News as a “news outlet”?
‘It speaks to me in brain rot’: Theorising ‘brain rot’ as a genre of participation among teenagers
Submitted 5 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14614448251351527
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SLVRDRGN@lemmy.world 4 months ago
XiELEd@piefed.social 2 months ago
(n.) Supposed deterioration of a person’s mental or intellectual state, especially viewed as a result of overconsumption of material (now particularly online content) considered to be trivial or unchallenging. Also: something characterized as likely to lead to such deterioration.
“The devil take Don Quixote of La Mancha! How did you get this far without dying from all the beatings you’ve received? You’re a madman, and if you were a madman in private, behind the doors of your madness, it wouldn’t be so bad, but you have the attribute of turning everyone who deals with you or talks to you into madmen and fools, too; if you don’t believe me, just look at these gentlemen who are accompanying you. Return, fool, to your house, and look after your estate, your wife, and your children, and stop this nonsense that is rotting your brain and ruining your mind.”
metdollarrat@lemmy.world 2 months ago
what is this?
XiELEd@piefed.social 2 months ago
When I read Don Quixote I saw a lot of references to “brain rot” and what was essentially pop culture at the rime ruining people’s perception of the world and I thought it was just funny to send in a quote that literally mentions brain rot
VeryVito@lemmy.ml 3 months ago
Today I learned my 50-something ass is a teenager.
ArtemZ@maga.place 3 months ago
The article is a brain rot itself
callouscomic@lemmy.zip 5 months ago
Are teenagers animals we don’t understand to be studied?
Also are they a monolith?
What is this garbage?
theneverfox@pawb.social 5 months ago
Genuinely, yes. They’re the stage where humans stretch boundaries and react to the society they’ve been raised in
Teenagers want autonomy and support, but beyond that? To understand them you have to study constantly emerging culture, constantly changing language, endless subcultures and remixes
Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
As far as I can tell, brain rot encourages no thoughts, head empty enjoyment. It expects and promotes the lowest common denominator thoughts, like a thought stopping cliche but for entertainment instead of propaganda.
There’s plenty of mature brain rot and it’s only non-productive in the same way most media is. I can see calling it decompression-driven, but more as a form of escapist relaxation, like coloring books or knitting. It’s main focus is mininal mental effort, hence the name.
TL;DR: Ye, paper is garbo.
Cat_Daddy@hexbear.net 5 months ago
I guess that’s why it’s posted in science memes